A Curse for two by the one and only. Bandgeek252

Summary: Well Buffy's family is shrouded in a curse that results in the ruin of any relationship when the Summers are in love. After her breakage with Angel, Spike seems like an unlikely candidate, but could he be the one to break the 200year old curse? AU

Disclaimer: These seem so pointless. Helloo, of course I'm not making any money off this. If you try to sue me, you won't get a whole lot seeing as how I'm a college student. Joss is the man and I'm not. So why don't we skip this and you just know that I'm doing this out of boredom and b/c I love Spike. Thanks!

Chapter 1 England-200 years ago.

Katherine Summers sat alone in her pallor. The rain pitter pattered against the pallor window pane. For her young eighteen years of life, her heart held chains not matched by those twice her age. She knew it was the end. Her blond hair matted and her clothes soaked. She sipped quietly on some hot tea that Rea had given her only moments ago. The tea only soothed her throat. Nothing could soothe her pain and disappointment now.

IT SEEMED LIKE MOMENTS AGO I WAS WITH HIM AND WE WERE PLANNING OUR FUTURE. WHY DID FATHER HAVE TO GO LOOKING FOR ME.?

There were quiet footsteps heading toward the pallor as Kathy perked her head up to see who had arrived.
"Katherine I have something to say to and listen well girl, your very life depends on it." She faced her face as if she were facing a firing squad as he continued, "You have disgraced this family, but thankfully to Lord Ward we have managed to keep your absence quiet. For his assistance, he has asked for your hand in marriage and I have agreed." Katherine was speechless. She could forsee her doom as a spinster, but to marry someone else. To be held by someone other than her love, she felt in an instant that she'd rather die.

"Marry that womanizing pig who would sell his soul to the devil in a blasted card game." Katherine spat at her father.

"Katherine, keep a still tongue in your head. You will marry him or be cast away from this family forever. And my dear I wouldn't recommend that."

"Why not? I can be with my one true love. A man who truly loves me." Her father stopped her outburst.

"Because he has been sent to the New World as a blacksmith. No longer shall you see him. I still don't understand why you fell in love with him anyway. He and you were never civil together, but no matter. You will go accept your proposal next Saturday at the McManner's Ball. No excuses."

"I'd rather die a thousand deaths then be with that Lord Ward."

"Oh my dear," her father whispered in her ear, "I would never let you die" Her face turned ashen.

"How could you stop me?"

"You don't think you got your powers from that ridiculous bookshop down the street, did you?" Katherine stopped and knew that her father had far more power then he had originally let on. She bit her lip and became silent. Her father, Andrew Summers, had taken the silence as a sign of defeat and left the pallor abruptly without so much as a goodbye to inform the evil Lord Ward that Katherine would accept his proposal. However, left with her thoughts and fears Katherine sought to undermine her father's powerful hold on her.

Later that night, Kathy sat in her attic that thankfully her parents left to her care entirely. That's where she kept her most precious possessions. Kathy had never been a believer of witchcraft, but after meeting her true love, she found she had a natural talent for it. He taught her discipline with the arts and profound balance that made her a very powerful force, but tonight there was no balance. The pain of not having her lover in her arms made her ache so much so she set out to curse the women of the world. To relieve them of rejection, she would make certain that no woman shall ever love and loose again. She set up the proper candles and grabbed her spell book "The Feminine Book of Spells". She began to chant and first silently and then growing with each repeat by the fifth time she was screaming.

"Erther warrior of women. Power that holds the Earth in your hand. I command thee. Let no more scorned hearts be burned. Let no more pain from the splitting of women's souls from the evil males that run amok in this world. I command you. GIVE US PEACE."