AU: "When Two Hearts Meet"

[Roseate Magics]

AU Fan Fic: “When Two Hearts Meet ”

Author: The Next Tara Maclay and Roseate Magics

Rating: it could be PG through R.

Part: 1/?

Spoilers: None

Disclaimer: We here by announce that we do not own any of the characters Joss has created, but we do own the ones we make up.

Distribution: Do take it, we love it when our stories get taken.

Feedback: Yes ma’am. We do like feed back but we also love to get constructive stuff to… but please be soft on the harshness…

Author Notes: They’re in High school and Sunnydale High does not exsist.

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"Throw your dreams into space like a kite, and you do not know what it will bring back, a new life, a new friend, a new love, a new country."

-Anais Nin



Tara walked down the long hallways of Bride Hill High School she was the new kid in school. She didn’t exactly like being new after all it meant new classes, new teachers and worst of all new friends, it wasn’t easy making friends since they were in high school and it meant looks and attitude to make friends, she wanted to make a good reputation.



“Hey you!” Ruthy said, after running over to Tara, she could tell that Tara was new because Tara was walking in the opposite direction of the class that she was supposed to be going to. “You’re going the wrong way, you do know that right? You’re next class is choir?”



Tara glanced at Ruthy quickly her blue eyes looked a bit confused on why a person just would randomly run up to her and start talking. “W-what..?”



“I said you are going the wrong way… the choir room is in the other direction, but no sweat, we’re in the same class so you and I can walk there?” Ruthy offered nicely, she didn’t want to give Tara a bad image of the school or a bad image of herself.



“Okay…I’d…l-like that.” Tara nodded firmly as she followed Ruthy, she noticed a group of girls walking by chattering and laughing. “Who are they?”



Ruthy looked back at the group, she rolled her eyes, that was the popular group the “In” crowd, all the people in there were pretty popular only because they are pretty and all the things regular people weren’t.



“Oh…those people?” Ruthy laughed quietly. “They’re known as the in crowd, the big cheese… you don’t want to get in any mess with them, it could mean trouble especially with the red head…gal…”



Tara took a look at the red head for a second; something about the red head seemed to catch her eye. “You know, her names Willow the red head girl…” Ruthy stated.



Tara thought in her mind *Willow….that’s such a pretty name… wait…am I falling for…nah?* Tara slowly entered the choir room, it was pretty big and students seemed to be taking her seats. She had no clue on where to sit so she just followed Ruthy and sat down next to Ruthys group of friends since there was no one else to sit with.



“Hey! Who’s that blonde girl?! She looks like a trash can!” Cordy said as she laughed and pointed at Tara.



Tara glanced down at the ground as she heard back round laughter coming from other classmates, except for Ruthy and Ruthy’s friends they weren’t laughing. This is where she wished that Michelle was here, her twin sister.



After class was over, Tara, and Ruthy walked over to the lunch area, Ruthy’s friends and Tara sat down at the dark blue table in the way back of the lunch room.



Emma glanced up from her book that she had been reading since 1st period which was English, she didn’t even notice that Tara was new, after all Tara seemed to fit in pretty well with this group. “Oh, you’re new… well, my names Emma, or some people call me Graceful Emma because I always end up tripping or spilling something…”



Michelle and Lisa sat down on the opposite side of Emma, Ruthy, Celestial and Tara.



“Hey Tarebear” Michelle said cheerfully.



Tara glanced up at Michelle, the blondes eyes blue eyes seemed to be tearing up as if something were terribly wrong, it caused Michelle to stand up and stand over Tara and give her a tiny hug.



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Buffy, Willow, Cordy, Anya and Xander walked inside the lunchroom slowly, they’re eyes glanced from every single student that was sitting at each table, they knew them all by names… well the popular students at least, not the geek dork students like Ruthy’s friends.



“Someone is going to be really nice and give up their lunch for Willow here!!!” Cordy said as she stood up on the table and yelled. “How about trashcan girl from 4th period Chorus!” Cordy glanced around slowly trying to locate her, alas she found her after glancing around for 5 minutes, the thing was… Tara had a twin and she couldn’t tell them apart so she just assumed that Tara was the one sitting next to Ruthy.



Willow marched over to Taras table and glanced at the group, she grabbed Taras lunch and snickered. “Thanks for the lunch, Trash girl…” The red head turned around and walked towards her table. *I feel sort of bad….taking Tara’s lunch… it was sort of mean… besides… she’s pretty… whoa Willow stop you are straight, you don’t have feelings for Tara… nope nope…*





TBC



Sorry if it stinks, Whitney and I are working on it!!! Tell us if you want us to continue or not....

Edited by: xita  at: 12/29/02 7:47:44 pm

[willntlover]

so Tara has a twin?



Well at least willow felt bad for taking Tara's lunch.



on the trach girl name though.



pretty cool.



-Will

"Hear that baby? You're my always."

"well, you know, when you play a lesbian witch you've gotta get killed in this fun kind of exciting way, so the heart was the way to go..."

"we have the most amazing fans though they LOVE us."

[iceprincess2076]

the scoobies are the 'cool crowd'? with Cordy?



but Willow? well at least she felt bad.....and Tara's not 'trash girl'



pretty good start. Please update soon

[urnofosiris]

Hmm well I don't think Willow has this in her, not in any universe.

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Tara: "uh Willow?"

Willow: "No dancing naked, huh?...It just won't be the same."

Tara: "That's all right, we can save it for later" ----From Wilderness, the newest WT comic written by Amber Benson and Christopher Golden

[Centauri2002]

I like the idea of Willow and the others being the 'in' crowd but I don't know about Willow being nasty. It just doesn't seem to be in her nature. But, it's your story write it how you want, I'll enjoy it anyway.



Poor Tara, I feel so sorry for her. It's interesting that she has a twin, I know all the situations twins can get themselves in, especially in high school coz I have a twin. Yeah, me and a million other people.



I look forward to the update.



Caz

Tara: I got so lost
Willow: I found you... I will always find you

[katydid]

Oh...I like this so far. A bit different from the normal Willow and Tara meet in high school fics. I like that Willow is a bully. And the sexual tension is already there. Can't wait for more.



Katie

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She practically had genuine molded plastic stamped on her ass.

[XWickedXWiccan]

TWINS!!



-Trinity-



P.S. sorry about that I'm a bit hyper. he he twins...why can't that happen for real??

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Passion is the source of our finest moments. The joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstacy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bare. If we can live without passion maybe we'd know some peace. But we'd be hollow, empty rooms, shuttered, and dank, With out passion we'd truly be dead. ANGEL in "Passion"

[mariacomet]

Hey there,

First...I think this is your first post. Congrats on that. You may want to head over to the other side, and the intro thread and say hi. Also, congrats on posting. It can be hard to post fic, poems, etc on the pens. I think it takes guts to give it a try.



In reading the feedback you got, I noticed that you have people giving you differing opinions but very few specifics.



Here's what I think - obviously Willow as a bully is a new idea.

I won't say it could NEVER happen, because I tend to believe that anyone is capable of anything if they are pushed far enough.



The thing is that this is obviously a VERY VERY different Willow and I want to understand why. To give an example, we know from canon that Willow tries very hard, that she is an overachiever.



If you look at Willow's family, you can begin to see why she is like this. She has been virtually ignored by her family. So it seems like what she began to do is try very hard to get noticed by being a great student.



Another part of canon Willow is that she is very giving and senstive. So if something happened to make Willow 'hard' then I feel like it must have been pretty extreme. I'm not saying that it CAN'T work as a believable story but as you probably know, given that most kittens consider Willow a "friend," this version of Willow leaves you in position where you will have to do a LOT of explaining. It SEEMS like you have changed Willow's heart. And that's what I love most about her.



Other questions I have:



1. Smart people are typicially classified as nerds in school. How did Willow avoid this to become part of the in crowd? Does she downplay her knowledge.



2. It does seem hard to believe that Willow would call someone trash and only feel a LITTLE bad about that. Much less that she would steal lunches. Is she strongly motivated by groupthink here? Aka peer pressure? If so, you would think that she would feel VERY bad but do what Cordy wants anyway. Or did something/several things happen to MAKE Willow this way.



3. Why is Tara 'trash' - is it the way she dresses? Is she poor in this world? Why is she a nerd and not - as canon suggest - a wallflower?



4. Is this Willow worthy of Tara? If all Willow feels is a LITTLE bad...then you have to wonder why Tara would even consider her "pretty." Beauty in Tara's eyes, I would suspect, would be more then skin deep. This Willow doesn't seem pretty at all.



Btw, Calling someone pretty in your thoughts does not translate to being gay. Willow seems pretty quick to question her sexuality here. You might want to take this a bit more slowly.

Edited by: mariacomet at: 10/5/02 10:33:29 am

[ForeverPiper]

Hey! Glad you finally decided to post! Well so far i like it! It's very original and new. Though i do hope we find out why Willow's being so mean. And i do feel sorry for Tara being called trash! grr...mean willow (for now anyway ) And i really like how Tara has a twin! Hope the next parts out soon!

[ally02]

Hey,



Well I for one think this idea can definately work. It does need to be broadened out at some points...just explain thoughts and feelings and maybe delve into the past a bit more. It could work and is working well so far.



And I think it is possible to fall for someone wether or not they are nice to you. If someone is stunningly beautiful but they treat you like crap, you wonder what happened in their life to make them so mean. And then you get to know them and could find that they are just putting on a "tough gal" face.



Dont give up on this fic! I for one will be looking forward to more. Just try not to rush into the story, take your time and make your characters thoughts a bit clear and give some insight into why they act certain ways.



Dont get me wrong, I know I am no expert as most of my fics suck, but still I have had a fair bit of adivce and it all works. Anyway, I do like this story a lot, I had a similar idea myself and Im glad someone has delved into that good luck with the rest of the story and I will be continuing to read.



Aly xxxx

You all didnt happen to do a bunch of drugs did ya?

[Chewster]

Thanks for being bold enough to post. As a long term lurker I can appreciate how that must feel and to add a fic in there too.



I think this is interesting. I am not comfortable with the state of Willow right now BUT that is not a bad thing. You managed to make me uncomfortable with it and now that means that I just want to watch as (I am guessing) Tara will bring Willow around and generally be good for her? No don't tell me



I would broadly agree with many of the points that Mariacomet made above but I hope that these would have been worked into the future parts anyway as they are what make this different and interesting. I think she is right that when you create a new reality you need to explore and explain why that is the way that the relaity is.



How are you writing this as a collaboration? I am just curious. Is one of you writing it and another redrafting? Taking it part by part? I am just wondering how that works best for you both?

Paul


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