TITLE: In Between Black and White
AUTHOR: Demona
SUMMARY: Mathilda is alone in NYC, searching for her place in life. Darla never wanted a human as a friendly companion. But fate deemed otherwise.
SPOILER WARNING:
For Buffy: Set pre-Buffy, with brief mentions of episodes from Season 1 & 3.
For Angel: Through Season 2 just to be safe.
The Professional (Leon): Set after the movie ends.
RATING: R (barely) for death scenes, murder, slight mayhem, possible language.
WARNING: character deaths
DISCLAIMER: I do not own any of the characters in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and/or Angel the Series; they belong to Fox, the WB/UPN, Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, etc. I do not own any of the characters in The Professional; they belong to their creators (who I am too lazy at the current moment to look up). The most important thing is that I do not own any of these characters. I just "borrow" them for my own personal amusement and entertainment. However, the ideas, concepts, and original characters in this story are mine entirely. Please do not copy or take this story without my permission. Joss Whedon is God...

NOTES:
The story is set after The Professional, but before Season 1 of Buffy. It continues along through Joss Whedon's world of Buffy and later Angel. Just the parts that I have written kinda make it AU. But to be fair we never really did know what Darla did before she came to Sunnydale to be with the Master for the Harvest. Additionally, this story is supposed to be choppy. To jump back and forth between Darla's point of view and Mathilda's. Please keep that in mind.

And comments, good or bad, are welcome.

Written for Twisting the Hellmouth's 2005 Movie Fic-A-Thon. Faye, I hope that this qualifies as what you were looking for.

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( Chapter One: Chance Encounters )

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( Chapter Two: Undead Domestic Life )

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( Chapter Three: In Between Demons & Souls )

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