Fic: A Potential Tara Maclay

[Tarahand]

Title: A Potential Tara Maclay (AU)

Rating: PG to NC-17 (give it time)

Author: Stephanie

Disclaimer- All characters belong to Joss and ME….sigh if only I could own my very Tara and Willow.

Spoilers: none really it mostly AU

Couples: well duh! W/T but not yet.

Summary: Now when the title said a Potential Tara Maclay you thought replacement didn’t you! BUT nope that’s not it. It’s a what if story…what if Tara was a Potential? Well we’ll find out. As for Willow, well she stayed with Oz for a while but ended up breaking up. So she stayed single, sure she dated but never found the one. She doesn’t know she’s gay quite yet. Of course Tara comes to town as a potential and Willow starts to feel something for her. This bothers our little Willow tree, well for a while.(hey gotta have drama!)

Authors Note: if you would like to help the story in anyway then e-mail at movie_music19@yahoo.com, and give some ideas or what you would like to happen next.



On that note here I go tell me if you enjoy or not!



Chapter 1- Welcome to Sunnyhell



She runs deep into the night fear grips her. She can’t stop running, if she stops then they will get to her. She trips over her feet Oh god! She scrambles to her feet but is throw in a wall. She realizes she ran herself into a trap! She’s trapped in the alley with no way out! The man grabs her throat and lifts the knife into the air while the other two hold her still. She shuts her eyes closed tightly waiting for the knife to stab her. The knife flies out of his hands



“Oh, you’re not going to wait for me?” A female voice says. Bewildered as to where his knife went he turns to around to find a blonde woman standing there. Dressed in blue jeans and a t-shirt. “You look so surprised to see me.”

The other two let go of the girl roughly. All three of them start to circle her like a predator circles their prey.



“You really know how to get a girl don’t you.” She said with complete coolness and suddenly the one to her left jumped for her. She knocked him down before he knew what happened, with a nice hard kick to the stomach. The other two jumped for her at the same time. She moved before they got to touch her and hit the closest one to her with a hard right hook. The third one scrambled to his feet and ran away follow by the two others. She just stood there with a disappointed look on her face. ”It’s no fun if they run away.”



“Th-thank you.” A small voice said behind her. Turning to find a very scared brunette girl.



“It’s ok. You alright?” Concern in her voice.



“Y-yeah I a-am.” The brunette replied still shaken. The blonde moved to help her up. “Thanks.”



“Welcome” the blonde said. “Do you need someone to walk you home, or something?”



“Um no not really I’m supposed to meet my sister soon, but then those guys came after me wanting…. um my, my money.” The brunette said a little unsure of the lie. She extended her hand “I’m Dawn by the way.”



“Tara.” The blonde said shaking the hand in front of her. Tara let go of her hand and moved to where her duffle bag was. She picked the bag up and started walking away “Well if you are alright I have to be going now.”



“It was nice meeting you!” Dawn shouted to the retreating form. She watched Tara walk away until she was completely gone. She’ll have to tell Buffy about her, and in awe said to herself. “She is so cool. Wonder where she learned to fight like that? She’s almost as good as Buffy.”



“DAWN!!!!” one angry voice said forgetting completely about Tara. And only person she knew that could yell like that…Buffy and just on cue.



“EEP!”

******

Tara walked up the stairs to the motel room. With her duffle bag thrown over her left shoulder. She looked at the number on the key chain.

” Number 21.” She said out loud. She reached the door to her room and unlocked it. ”This place sucks. Oh well.” She sighed. She put her bag on the narrow bed and opened it up. Inside were the few clothing she did have, her small weapons, and her magic books and ingredients. There wasn’t much left for her to put a protection spell on the room but enough for one night. “Guess tomorrow I’m going shopping.” She looked out the window. And whispered to herself ”Welcome to Sunnydale.”



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comments? does it suck? is it anygood? tell me i'm all ears people! but please be gentle -sign- Stephanie

Edited by: BytrSuite at: 11/15/03 11:44 am

[xita]

When responding or commenting , please treat this entirely as an AU and make no mention of season 7.

Thanks!



xita

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Tallulah Bankhead

Edited by: xita  at: 11/15/03 11:58 am

[deixs]

Good start!



I wonder where the story goes!



Stef

Willow: Hey, clothes!

Tara: Better not get used to 'em.

Willow: Yes ma'm

[Grimlock72]

Heh...stiiiilll got to say Tara being all powerfull and slayer-like was as suprise. Not that I had another scene in mind of course, nooooo



I would dare say Tara is bit more then 'potential' based on her fighting skills. She a witch AND can fight well ? Neat combo I like Tara doing a protection-spell on her room, bad things happen to people in hotel rooms after all....



Why *is* Tara in Sunnydale anyway ? Is she comfortable with her slayer-like powers ? How long has she been practicing witchcraft ? For that matter, how old is she ?? Lotsa questions here....



Narrative was a bit jumbled at times but I suppose I can blame Dawnie being all upset for that



Lotsa potential, heh....



Grimmy

"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

Edited by: Grimlock72 at: 1/30/03 1:17:22 am

[veronsmygirl]

hi

i like this fic,to be honest i like most of the fanfic where willow and tara meet for the first time,but i really like this,making tara a potential an all good idea, ,im gonna follow this fic ive been waiting for something like this for ages,anyway ill be waiting for the update ,and i hope it will be real soon ray

[Tarahand]

i've got good replies so far!! YAY! anyways-



deixs- i wonder what's going to happen too



Grimlock72- all questions will be answered. thanks for asking them, ask more of them, it helps me along with the fic.



veronsmygirl-thanks, i thought the idea would be a bit riska so i was all but now i'm going to update as soon as possible!



p.s- i really need help i'm still all but probaly b/c this is my first fic. thanks agian kittens.

[Dumbsaint]

I was kind of thrown by the repetitive use of "blonde" and "brunette" to describe the heroine and the slashy knife victim at first, but in retrospect, the blonde turning out to be Tara was interesting. Especially because the image of faceless assailants wielding daggers and chasing girls through the streets brings to mind potentials being slain rather than doing the slaying. So yeah, topsy turvy beginning- a little befuddling, but an interesting use of Buffyverse mythos.



My big question here is whether or not the Dawn in this AU knows about Slayers- is Buffy just a normal girl here? I ask because Dawn's reaction to being saved by a strange girl seemed rather more wide-eyed than I'd expect from the little sister of the Slayer, who has been through the kind of Hellmouthy things that Dawn has experienced these past few years, you know? She has to know about Potentials, or the possibility of other slayers (i.e. Faith), so I'd expect her reaction to at the very least question Tara more.



I could also give a few suggestions regarding your sentence structure, but I don't know that you're looking for that much constructive criticism. You might want to look into finding a beta if you don't have one already.

Spank me, I'm Julia.

Edited by: Dumbsaint at: 1/30/03 9:58:40 am

[Stroke of Luck]

Great start!!



Tara with slayer strength??? why not!!

She is so cute and she still knows Dawnie, great



Want to more



Please keep going



Cu

SoL/Natti



There are two kinds of tears, tears for those who leave you, and tears for those you never let go - Xena/The Quest

[willntlover]

Nice start! I thought it was Buffy at first. But Boy was I surprised when it turned out to be Tara. More soon??



-Will

"I think finding her soulmate would have made Tara a more confident and secure person" -Amber Benson

[Tarahand]

Title: A Potential Tara Maclay (AU)

Rating: PG to NC-17 (give it time)

Author: Stephanie

Disclaimer- All characters belong to Joss and ME….sigh if only I could own my very Tara and Willow.

Spoilers: NONE it's AU

Couples: well duh! W/T but not yet.

Summary: Now when the title said a Potential Tara Maclay you thought replacement didn’t you! BUT nope that’s not it. It’s a what if story…what if Tara was a Potential? Well we’ll find out. As for Willow, well she stayed with Oz for a while but ended up breaking up. So she stayed single, sure she dated but never found the one. She doesn’t know she’s gay quite yet. Of course Tara comes to town as a potential and Willow starts to feel something for her. This bothers our little Willow tree, well for a while.(hey gotta have drama!)

Authors Note: if you would like to help the story in anyway then e-mail at movie_music19@yahoo.com, and give some ideas or what you would like to happen next.





Chapter 2-Got a call



The small red head laid on her back in the big bed. Staring at the ceiling,*sigh* she turned to her side. She heard the front door slam shut, the muffled voices. Buffy found Dawn she noted to herself. Once again the teenager decided to sneak out to her friend’s place. The red head got up off the bed to go down stairs. She stopped in the middle to the stairs, listening to the conversation. Which wasn’t to hard in the beginning.

        “Why is it when I say don’t leave the house you leave anyways?!” Buffy was furious with Dawn.

        “It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Dawn said meekly, looking at the floor. Buffy just stared and then sighed.

        “Dawn.” Dawn looked up to her older sister. “It’s just not safe out there past sunset. I worry about you, you’re my sister, and even though you can be a pain I love you. Just thinking about something happening to you gives me the wiggins.” Then Buffy smiled. “Besides if you are gone who’s going to bug the hell out of me?”

        This time it was Dawn’s turn to smile and said, “no one else is allowed I just have special privilege too.”

        “Glad to see you found Dawn.” Both of the sisters jumped and looked up to see Willow with her hands on her hips smiling.

        “Hey Wills, what’s up?” Buffy said glad to see Willow smiling too. She doesn’t do that enough anymore.

        “Nothing much, just heard you guys come in, got me thinking I would need to keep you from killing someone Buff.” Willow teased. Buffy stuck out her tongue.

        “I’m not that BAD Will.” Buffy exasperated.

        “You’re not the good either, Bufy.” Willow deadpanned. Buffy scowled at that. Dawn giggled. Buffy looked at Dawn with a raised eyebrow.

        “Don’t you have somewhere to be Missy?” Buffy said look a Dawn hard. Her giggles faded, and she looked a bit nervous.

        “Come to think of it uh…yeah. I think it’s called my room. Bye.” She squeaked and bolted upstairs. Almost knocking Willow over.

        “So Will anything on the big bad?” Buffy said walking to the dining room.

        “No nothing new on that, but something on a potential.” Willow said walking down the stairs. “I got a call from the coven, they said the girl will be showing up in Sunnydale soon, problem is they aren’t sure where. It’s weird it’s like she can mask where she’s at.” Willow said thoughtfully.

        “You mean like with magic?” Buffy asked. Sitting down at the table.

        “Yeah, and that’s not an easy thing to do.” Willow said in wonder, getting into a sit of her own. “Besides I won’t be able to do a spell to find her tonight. Kinda used the rest of the ingredients I need on Dawn.”

        “*sigh* what about tomorrow think you could get some?” Buffy asked.

        “Yeah, no problem,” Willow said. “I’ll go to the Magic Box.” They winced at the statement. ”If Anya will ever let me in.” Willow mumbled to herself.



*****



        Dawn is at her desk getting frustrated with her math homework. ”wasn’t there something I was suppose to do?” she mumbled. What is it I’m forgetting? I know there’s something. She sighed and just went back to her work.

******

       

        “So where are the other girls anyways Willow?” Buffy asked realizing it was a bit quite.

        “Don’t you remember since it’s been a bit quite you said they go out a bit.” Buffy raised a blonde brow.

        “Huh? I did?” completely baffled.

        “Yeah you did Buff. And Xander went with them, you know just incase they need you.” Willow said a bit worried. “Hey are you alright you seem I bit out of it.”

        “Oh yeah I’m fine, just you know tired I guess. Working at the high school is harder than going to high school.” She sighed. “ I didn’t think that was possible.”

        Willow just smirked at her best friend remembering high school all to well. “Yeah that math class just made it plain hard. You know since I had to do the work for you.”

        “HEY!”

"Hehe"

*****

Tara was worn out she got into a fight with three guys, walked to the motel, and had to do the spells to keep her safe. Having used spells so she wouldn’t be found yet. I wonder how many potentials there are. And are they anything like me? She’s know for about 4 years that she was a potential, and was trained like slayer since then. She remembered her mother told her before she passed away. Sadden streched across her face. Mommy… I miss you. She remembered her father, how she feared him so much until that day. She shivered in the memory of him. Then a woman came to train her, she said she was a Watcher. Her name was Macy. Giggle. I caused that woman some major headaches. She couldn’t do much of anything really, well except for the magic. Her mother taught her that, and she respects magic because of her. She only used the magic for safety not fun. Like when she used a spell on the girl she helped. Poor Dawn is going to be annoyed for awhile but I can’t have anyone know I’m here yet. Not until I find the slayer, um what’s her name…oh yeah Buffy. I just wish Macy told me her last name. I wonder what she’s like? What she looks like, about how tall she is? Is she nice or mean? She pushed herself off of the bed and went to the bathroom. She looked in the mirror, she’s not a little girl anymore, she’s about 20, her birthday was coming up in 3 weeks. And you have to fight demons and hide at the same time. Shaking her head a bit she looked closer into the mirror. I wonder what I look like when I’m fighting. I’m a different person when I fight. More confident, not all shy and stuttery. Then she notices that she was all grubby. “ I need a shower, bad.”

******



so what's going on in those heads of yours? do still like it or what? i even edited the first part for ya. hopefully it's a bit better.

[veronsmygirl]

see im still reading,loving it more than ever,one problem though waiting for the updates is killin me .oh yeah one last thing ,thats for writing this fic,i love it

[Grimlock72]

So Willow does do magic, how good a witch is she in this story ? Who taught her ??



Who is Tara hiding from, just the bringers ? Is her watcher still alive or doesn't she know? Since she thought about Macy I would expect her to be sad if she did know she was dead. Four years of training, not too bad, seems to be time well spend. I doubt her mother ever taught her offensive spells though.. which she might need living on top of a hellmouth and such.



Now wouldn't it be fun if Dawn went to Willow for some help with that headache ?? Heh...



What exactly does Tara expect from Buffy anyway ? She feel she only needs to cloak herself until she has found Buffy. I can tell her already that Buffy can't do much more then Tara herself can, so I recommend to stay cloacked either way.



That would make it kinda difficult for Willow to find Tara, which would be... well not so good



Good part about this fic is that Tara can now kick nasty brothers away when they deserve it, heh....



Grimmy

"You hurt Tara," Willow said too calmly. "The last one who tried that was a god. I made her regret it." -- Unexpected Consequences by Lisa of Nine

Edited by: Grimlock72 at: 2/1/03 7:54:21 am

[DarkChild]

I like this story so far. Interesting

More please.

[effrena]

really interesting... why the hiding? i dind`t really follow season seven, `cause you know , but how come macy knew she was a potential?

can`t wait, till bumps into buffy! i`ll bet she`ll hardly believe, she is THE slayer.... and of course meeting !!!!!!



please, continue!

We'll fling the bunnies at her- evil bunny projectiles. After I run her over and you strangle her and Bre chops her up. It's brilliant!" Lisa of Nine - Milestones

[Tempest Duer]

Hmmm... Tara as a potential Slayer is a cool idea... should lead to some interesting things when she finally meets Willow. Mmmm... Slayer-strength...



And judging by your posting status, you're relatively new. Welcome to the board.

I believe in the madness called "now."

[Draco119]

I just wanted to say that I am loving this story.



Tara as a Potential is a great idea. I can't wait until she meets all of the Scoobies. I wonder what her first reaction will be when she sees Willow for the first time. Is she going to swoon? I hope she swoons. Will you introduce any other Potentials in your story? Will Faith make an appearance?



This story RULES! Keep up the great work. I can't wait to read more...this has got me hooked.

[Yellow Crayon]

this story is really good so far

Im loving the concept of Tara as a potential

Cant wait for Willow and Tara to meet soon



Update soon-ish?

[amazonaa]

hey



oh this story is really good. and i like how tara put a spell on dawn and said she was going to be annoyed for a while.



hehe



good job keep goin

brittney

[Quirky Canadian]

this is awesome so far i love the idea of being a potential and its cool that you kept her witchi-ness in there as well. keep goin

[everbreeze]

This is QUIET intersting. Good job~!

[xeembiote]

interesting.. waiting for another update

[Yellow Crayon]

Very good so far. I like where you're going. Cant wait for them to actually meet!



Good job, update soon!?