I do not own Buffy, Angel, or anyone on the shows. They belong to Jos Wendon. I only own Natalie and her friends.
Prologue
London, 2010
He stood outside looking in. Always looking in. Never a part of anything. Slowly he made his way down the street. Alone. The two people left in the world he'd care for were gone. One he thought he loved. The other a rival and then a good friend. Now gone from the earth.
Quietly he made his way. He was a man nor was he a monster. He was both. Gaining his soul back was a good thing anymore. Having gotten because of her and then three later watch her marry someone else had been more painful than turning. Glancing up the road, he noticed a group of youngsters. Quickly he made his way toward them.
He could nothing for the others. But the little girl needed to be taken away. He held her close to his chest as he raced toward the only friend he had left in the world. Vampires killed the poor thing's family and she had fainted.
As he handed her to his friend, he looked at her sleeping face. Something pulled at him to stay with her. To protect her. But as soon as his friend held her, he turned and left. As he walked away, something his mother told him when he was younger came to mind. Each of us is only half a soul, William. We must travel the world to find the other half of ourselves. Once we find that other half, we try to keep them with us until we go. We protect them and love them. I only hope one day you find yours.
William the Bloody, Spike, walked back into the dark damp night surrounding London.