Bed of Bones by Roz Kaveney (R)

[lilian413.livejournal.com]

Fandom: BUFFY
Pairing: none
Author on LJ: rozk
Author Website: Glamorous Rags
Why this must be read:

The First Slayer. She who started the line of chosen girls, who was forced to accept shadows in order to fight them— In this short story, Rozk gives us a glimpse of her life, and glimpses of what one day will be: the First Slayer and the Last Ones.



None of them understood what came in the night, the dead things, and
she had no way of telling them. She knew, because she had seen, and,
having seen, lived and fought..

Could they really not hear the screams in the night, or did they simply
not understand what they meant? Did they not even notice who was not by
the stream to drink in the morning, or who came in the night, having
stayed away for days? Death was all around them - hyenas came and ate
children; males brought back carrion that killed those who ate it;
people grew grey and feeble and walked out into the rocky places.




Bed of Bones