Magic Scooby

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red-rosenberg:

Finishing my shower, I walk into my bedroom and sit down at the vanity. The brush is one that I have had since I was six. My aunt gave it to me, and I have used every night, before I went to bed, since. I picked it up and pulled it gently through my ginger locks. Today had been a good day. I handed out a few resumes for a summer job, I got completely caught up on mail and bills from while I was away and a letter came from Occidental College. They have left my job open for me to come back, next semester, if I would like. I called them immediately and let them know that I did want the position. They had even decided to add on the “History of the Occult” class that I had been trying to get them to let me teach. So, all in all, it had been a pretty amazing day.

Once, I finished with my hair, I placed the brush back down on the vanity and stood to walk to the bed before I remembered, I hadn’t checked on my list. I ran out to the kitchen and looked at the list pinned to the fridge. I checked off mail and bills. It felt so good to finally have that off my back! I left resumes unchecked because; I still had a few places that I wanted to deliver them to. I grabbed a couple of grapes, out of the fridge and popped them in my mouth, as I walked back down the hallway to my bedroom.

Climbing into bed, I could hear the music blaring from the apartment next door. They had obviously decided tonight was a good night to have a raging party. I pounded on the wall a couple of times. It was past 10:30pm but, that didn’t seem to make any difference to them. I started thinking back to my college roommate, freshman year. That is what these neighbors were like. A couple of party college kids, whose parents spent the money for them to live off campus. Of course, college being over for the summer, it was party time, all the time. Most nights, it didn’t bother me so much. I could usually sleep through it. It would take me a while to fall asleep but, I could usually sleep ok. But, tonight, for some reason, maybe it was because I had had such a great day, I didn’t want it to end like this, I don’t know. But, tonight, it seemed to really bother me. I even pulled out the earplugs from my nightstand to see if that would help. Laying back, earplugs in, I closed my eyes. I tried to envision myself at the garden at the Devon Coven; sitting down at the gazebo, listening to the waterfall and the calming sounds of the wind blowing softly around me, smelling the intoxicating scents of the blossoms on the plants. Slowly I finally started to doze off to sleep.

That was until the doorbell rang. I sat up and let out a huge, frustrated sigh. Pulling thte earplugs out of my ears and placing them on the nightstand, I shuffled out of bed and down the hallway. As I look through the peephole, I see Oz standing on the other side of the door. My heart starts to race, as I begin to think about all the times I have thought of him lately. I had been thinking about him so much, I had been dreaming about this very moment… and now it is actually happening. Oz is here to see me. I collect myself, wishing I had put something other than my old pink pjs with the bright orange flowers all over them on, tonight. I reach for the doorknob and open the door. He greets me with that slight smile that is so typically Oz and says, “Hello!” I smile brightly back at him and say, “Hey!” moving to give him a hug. He hugs me back, holding on tight, lingering, which is fine by me. I close my eyes and lean my face into his shoulder, inhaling his scent. God! How I have missed him! I can feel my heart pounding as he pulls out of the hug and asks me how I have been. I wave him in, shutting the door behind me and immediately start rambling on about school and the classes and how busy I’ve been.

He sits down on the couch as I continue to ramble. My mouth just won’t stop but, of course, when have I not been like this? Finally, I stop. “Sorry. You know me, all ramble-girl.” I said with a nervous smile. Fidgeting with my fingers I ask, “So, what brings you here?” He looks at me, calm as can be, “I was in the area.” Then, as he reaches his hand out to me, I notice there is no wedding band on his finger. My heart pounds harder as he gently places his hand over mine, to stop me from fidgeting. I look up at him just as he starts to lean in and kiss me. I close my eyes and lean forward to kiss him back but, his lips never touch mine.

I open my eyes and I am suddenly standing in a black room. There is nothingness as far as the eye can see. As I turn around and around, the icy cold sensation starts to run through my veins. I know this feeling all too well. It is what I fear the most. My heart beat begins to race as I start to panic. The more I panic, the stronger it gets. I can feel my blood thickening, getting harder to pump through body. I can feel my breathing getting labored as the blood that surrounds my lungs gel. My body starts to shiver, uncontrollably and before long I collapse to the floor, convulsing, as my the blood thickens more and starts to shut down my organs, one by one. The pain is excruciating. It has never gone this far before and I don’t know what to do. I start to scream the only name that will come out of my lips… “BUFFY!!!!”

I startle myself awake, as I am still screaming Buffy’s name. Tears are streaming down my cheeks and my breathing is labored, still. My heart races as I jump out of bed. I can still feel the bitter chill in my veins! It hasn’t gone away. I wasn’t dreaming! I run to the bathroom to throw cold water on my face, thinking that maybe, I am still half asleep and that is why I still feel it but, as I round the corner into the bathroom I catch a glimpse of myself in the mirror. My eyes! I stare in disbelief. My eyes are swirling coal black. There is no white to them anymore; it is coal black… like the darkness that I was just standing in, inside my dream. Immediately, I run back into my bedroom, pick up the phone and call the only person that comes to mind… Buffy!

red-rosenberg:

After about a week of cleaning, laundry, unpacking and reorganizing, I finally had a chance to get to the grocery store. Not that I minded eating out or calling for delivery all the time but, it was not really in my budget to be able to do so. After a couple of trips of running up and down the stairs, unpacking everything from the cab, I was wishing there had been a first floor apartment available when I took this place. I had chosen it for a few reasons; it was so close to the school that I could walk to work, it was within the range that I had budgeted for myself, the whole complex was pretty clean (for the most part), it had a beautiful garden, a pool and even and hot tub to relax in, at night. For the most part, I had been pretty happy with the choice. There were a few obnoxious neighbors but, I would have gotten that anywhere I went.

I paid the cabbie and made my way back up to my apartment with the remaining bags. Once inside, my arms full, I swung the door closed with my foot. I placed the bags down on the small kitchen table, careful not to knock over the vase of flowers I had gotten the other day when I went out to grab lunch. I looked through the bags for the cold stuff, first. I found a few items in one of the bags on the counter and went to the fridge to put them away.

As I closed the fridge, I saw an old photo of Buffy, Xander and I from back in high school that I had on the front of the door. It all seemed so long ago, almost another lifetime. If only I had kept in touch with them more, I would feel comfortable talking to them about this icy feeling I get sometimes. It doesn’t happen a lot but, once in a while, I get this feeling that my blood is thickening to almost a gel consistency and I get chills throughout my entire being. I called Althenea and when I spoke to her, she said it was my dark side still fighting to take over. I can’t even tell you how much this terrified me! I thought it was over! I thought I had gotten past all that. The horrible things I had done the first time I went through it flooded my thoughts and I was determined not to let it happen again. It was the reason I went back to the coven. Althenea helped me to work hard to keep it from continuing. I learned more relaxing techniques and some new meditations. For a little while, I thought it might have been working so, I stayed longer than planned but, then it happened again. I was stuck. I could stay longer but, I would lose my apartment and everything in it. There were also my bills to consider. At this point, I was going to have to go back and find a job for the summer in order to catch up. I had left mid-school year so, I wasn’t even sure the college was going to keep me on the following year and if not, I needed to get some applications in at some more colleges. I tried to explain this all to Althenea but, she wasn’t convinced. She was determined that I needed to stay, telling me there was more work to be done but, I told her I just couldn’t. I know she was upset with me but, I couldn’t stay and she knew she couldn’t make me.

Now, looking at the photo, I really wish I had stayed in touch more with Buffy and Xander. I could really use their help sorting all this out. I just don’t want to go through the whole “waiting for me to turn evil again” thing that I felt the last time I came home from the coven. I was sure I wasn’t going to hurt anyone. My mind was made up. I wasn’t going to tell them. I could handle this on my own. I shook the thoughts from my mind and went back to putting the groceries away.

onedaftvampire:

OOC: This is a great reference tool for the RP—your basic map of Sunnydale to help you maneuver around town.  Enjoy!  (full sized image click here http://wots.mushpark.com/sunnydale.jpg)

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anonwilliamthebloody:

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i lurk so many of you and you don’t even know

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