Summary: When Buffy finds out Dawn is the key, the Scoobies find a spell
that can transfer the energy into another thing, and then they can destroy
the key, but as you know in Buffy-land, nothing ever goes as planned. B/S
Disclaimer: The stars whisper to me, children. They say to write a story, and the PTB tells me to give the children of the world a message, 'The Powers That Be own everything, and that I will be punished if I say that any of this belongs to the stars or the moon.'
CHAPTER 1- THE SPELL
This was by far the Scoobies' most important mission ever and closest to home. Dawn was the "Key"- a mystical energy that opened the portal between dimensions. If those portals were ever opened, the world as they knew it would be destroyed. Buffy was torn, everyone saw it. Dawn was the only real family she had left, but if the "Key" wasn't destroyed the world could end.
The whole gang had been looking for anything, in all the books they had, to save Dawn and not destroy the world. Even Spike had taken to research. Willow scanned every page for something that could help, maybe a spell for transferring energies. Xander tried to help, too, though he wasn't as quick as Willow or Giles. They had been searching for hours now, not even stopping to eat.
"I think I may have something!" Willow said. The Scoobies rushed to her side to see if what she had found was of importance.
"It sounds like it is what we have been searching for." Willow continued, as Giles looked over the spell. He took off his glassed and began rubbing them.
"It does seem like it is the spell we have been looking for." Giles said, and all eyes turned to Buffy. "What does it say?" Buffy asked. Willow showed her the page.
"It is basically saying two strong people will join during the spell and the energy will go out of the being, and into some small breakable object." Willow said matter-of-factly.
"While Buffy is an obvious candidate for one of the powerful being spots, who would be another?" Giles said looking around the library. His eyes stopped when they reached Spike; this did not go unnoticed by the vampire. "Buffy, would you, perhaps consider Spike for the other being?" Giles asked her.
"Would you, Spike?" She asked him, and gave him a pleading look.
"Of course! Nibblet's like my little sis, but if any of you tell the Big Bad was helping out the slayer, I will tie you down and feed you to a Krovkold demon." He said, as they all knew he wouldn't, but still, the thought of being tied down and eaten wasn't all that appealing. "What do I need to do?" He asked Buffy.
They then began the preparations for the spell. Dawn had to stand in the middle of the circle, along with Buffy and Spike, and hold the object the Key's energy was to be transferred into. Buffy and Spike sat near Dawn, but not directly in the middle. Dawn had her back to them. As soon as they had the proper herbs they began the spell. Willow began to chant in Latin, and Dawn had sort of a glow that came about her. Forgotten by them, part of the spell was for the protectors of the energy to join. Halfway through the incantation, the group was surprised to see Buffy and Spike rise from their seated positions and lock hands.
Buffy didn't know what was coming over herself. She felt as if she had lost complete control. She felt herself grab his hands, but it wasn't her that was doing it. She then felt herself lean in, and kiss Spike, passionately. She realized it was the spell, but she didn't remember it saying anything about kissing, until she remembered the protectors will join and bond. She realized then what she was doing. She knew it was bad to enjoy kissing Spike, but she did, and she could always blame it on the spell later.
Willow looked on as she chanted the spell. She saw the green energy flow from Dawn into the item they had chosen, a glass figurine. The figurine was small, easily hidden, and breakable, so they decided to make it the "Key". Willow also saw Buffy and Spike kissing. And they both looked like they were enjoying it. That was twice they had been brought together by a spell. She made a mental note to laugh later.
Xander was looking wide-eyed as all of this was happening. Sure, he'd seen spells done before, but none like this. And he'd seen Buffy kiss Spike before, too, and it really got to him. Another vamp! It must be something about being the Slayer, he thought and continued watching. Anya sat with Tara, because Tara was brainwashed still, and needed someone to hold her. Xander was sure Anya would say something about Buffy and Spike kissing.
A few minutes later the spell was over. As soon as it was, Buffy and Spike stopped kissing, abruptly and looked away from each other. Dawn was lying on the floor, unconscious. Buffy and Spike both ran to her side. Willow felt slightly woozy, and decided it best not to move. A minute later Dawn began to wake up. She hadn't seen Buffy and Spike kissing.
"Did it work?" She asked. Everyone nodded. Tara pointed to Dawn and said, "No more green light!" Willow smiled fondly, and walked over to her and began to stroke her hair.
"Guys, I hate to ruin the party, but I need to patrol. Willow, would you guys watch over Dawn?" Buffy said, and then walked out the door. Soon after her Spike followed.
She kept walking even though she heard him follow. He was silent, and stayed a distance behind her until they reached the cemetery. Then he called out her name. She spun around.
"What do you want?"
"I want to know what bloody happened back there."
"Nothing happened." She said, and turned around and began walking. She dusted a newly risen vamp. He ran up behind her and grabbed her shoulder, turning her around. He kept his hand on her shoulder.
"Yes, something did happen, Slayer." She punched him in the nose.
"Don't touch me!" She hissed.
"But we kissed, Buffy. You can't tell me that you didn't enjoy it," He said. His tone of voice was almost pleading.
"It was a spell. It was only to help Dawn." She said harshly. They continued to argue, but they got nowhere. Spike continued to believe the kiss meant something, but Buffy objected full force.
"FINE!!" He shouted, "Be the damned Queen of Denial! But someday you'll bloody have to face it."
"Face what?" She spat out. "I don't feel anything for you except hate, and someday you'll have to face THAT!!" She turned and started walking, looking for something to kill.
"Well fine!" He shouted back at her, even though he was hurt by her words, and he turned the other way and began walking. "Fine!" He heard her yell back.
He then suddenly sensed a demon, a large one at that. He turned and ran back towards her. She was already in battle with it, and he joined in. It was big and red. It had sharp claws, and horns on its head. He had heard of them, and he knew how to kill them. It was a Kroninde, and the only way to kill it was to slice off its hands.
"Slice off the hands, luv!" He yelled to her. "Never" punch. "Call" kick. "Me" slice "Your" dodge. "LUV!!" She said. As soon as she said it, the Kroninde took its remaining claw and slashed her stomach. Spike saw this and chopped off its remaining claw. The Kroninde roared, then melted, and finally turned into a powder like a vampire. Spike looked at Buffy. She had lost a lot of blood due to the gash, and she was semi-conscious. He picked her up and carried her to his crypt.
He sat her down on the sarcophagus and examined her wounds. The cut on her stomach was deep, and it was obvious she had already lost a lot of blood. He looked back to see a trail of blood leading out of his crypt. She had lost more blood than he had thought, and was no longer conscious. He gently lifted her shirt just so he could see the cut. It went all the way across her stomach. He, being a vampire, most of the time would have no use for a first aid kit, but it was just luck he had gotten one the week earlier. He took out the antiseptic and a cloth and cleaned the wound and then raised her carefully to wrap the bandage around her waist.
Meanwhile, Buffy, who in her unconscious state, was having a dream. Or at least she thought it was a dream. It was the only logical explanation. She was fighting a demon, she didn't know what kind, and Spike was with her. He was mostly standing back, letting her do the work, but still his presence was a comfort to her. Suddenly the demon had her pinned. "Spike!" She screamed out, but it was too late. The demon had already cut her with its claw, and she knew it was poisonous. She would be near death within the half-hour. Spike tore the demon into small pieces with his bare hands out of rage. "Spike," Buffy said weakly, "I love you, Spike." And then she drifted off into a sleep that she would never awake from.
Spike had retrieved some food from his refrigerator and some water, for when she woke up. He had an ice pack resting on her forehead to keep a fever down. By this time it was already daylight so he figured she would need to stay with him the rest of the day because she was in no condition to go anywhere. She tossed and turned, and Spike kept a good eye on her, to make sure she was okay.
"Spike!" she screamed. He jumped to her side and began stroking her hair. "S'ok, pet." He told her, and then he heard her mumble 'no, please no' and a few other incoherent words, though she was still unconscious. He kissed her forehead, and this seemed to soothe her for a minute, but then he heard her say softly, "I love you, Spike." He was shocked to hear her say those words, willingly. Unconsciously but willingly, and that was an improvement of some sort.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT TIME ON CONTRADICTION: Buffy wakes up, and she and Spike talk about her dream, and their lives.
Disclaimer: The stars whisper to me, children. They say to write a story, and the PTB tells me to give the children of the world a message, 'The Powers That Be own everything, and that I will be punished if I say that any of this belongs to the stars or the moon.'
CHAPTER 1- THE SPELL
This was by far the Scoobies' most important mission ever and closest to home. Dawn was the "Key"- a mystical energy that opened the portal between dimensions. If those portals were ever opened, the world as they knew it would be destroyed. Buffy was torn, everyone saw it. Dawn was the only real family she had left, but if the "Key" wasn't destroyed the world could end.
The whole gang had been looking for anything, in all the books they had, to save Dawn and not destroy the world. Even Spike had taken to research. Willow scanned every page for something that could help, maybe a spell for transferring energies. Xander tried to help, too, though he wasn't as quick as Willow or Giles. They had been searching for hours now, not even stopping to eat.
"I think I may have something!" Willow said. The Scoobies rushed to her side to see if what she had found was of importance.
"It sounds like it is what we have been searching for." Willow continued, as Giles looked over the spell. He took off his glassed and began rubbing them.
"It does seem like it is the spell we have been looking for." Giles said, and all eyes turned to Buffy. "What does it say?" Buffy asked. Willow showed her the page.
"It is basically saying two strong people will join during the spell and the energy will go out of the being, and into some small breakable object." Willow said matter-of-factly.
"While Buffy is an obvious candidate for one of the powerful being spots, who would be another?" Giles said looking around the library. His eyes stopped when they reached Spike; this did not go unnoticed by the vampire. "Buffy, would you, perhaps consider Spike for the other being?" Giles asked her.
"Would you, Spike?" She asked him, and gave him a pleading look.
"Of course! Nibblet's like my little sis, but if any of you tell the Big Bad was helping out the slayer, I will tie you down and feed you to a Krovkold demon." He said, as they all knew he wouldn't, but still, the thought of being tied down and eaten wasn't all that appealing. "What do I need to do?" He asked Buffy.
They then began the preparations for the spell. Dawn had to stand in the middle of the circle, along with Buffy and Spike, and hold the object the Key's energy was to be transferred into. Buffy and Spike sat near Dawn, but not directly in the middle. Dawn had her back to them. As soon as they had the proper herbs they began the spell. Willow began to chant in Latin, and Dawn had sort of a glow that came about her. Forgotten by them, part of the spell was for the protectors of the energy to join. Halfway through the incantation, the group was surprised to see Buffy and Spike rise from their seated positions and lock hands.
Buffy didn't know what was coming over herself. She felt as if she had lost complete control. She felt herself grab his hands, but it wasn't her that was doing it. She then felt herself lean in, and kiss Spike, passionately. She realized it was the spell, but she didn't remember it saying anything about kissing, until she remembered the protectors will join and bond. She realized then what she was doing. She knew it was bad to enjoy kissing Spike, but she did, and she could always blame it on the spell later.
Willow looked on as she chanted the spell. She saw the green energy flow from Dawn into the item they had chosen, a glass figurine. The figurine was small, easily hidden, and breakable, so they decided to make it the "Key". Willow also saw Buffy and Spike kissing. And they both looked like they were enjoying it. That was twice they had been brought together by a spell. She made a mental note to laugh later.
Xander was looking wide-eyed as all of this was happening. Sure, he'd seen spells done before, but none like this. And he'd seen Buffy kiss Spike before, too, and it really got to him. Another vamp! It must be something about being the Slayer, he thought and continued watching. Anya sat with Tara, because Tara was brainwashed still, and needed someone to hold her. Xander was sure Anya would say something about Buffy and Spike kissing.
A few minutes later the spell was over. As soon as it was, Buffy and Spike stopped kissing, abruptly and looked away from each other. Dawn was lying on the floor, unconscious. Buffy and Spike both ran to her side. Willow felt slightly woozy, and decided it best not to move. A minute later Dawn began to wake up. She hadn't seen Buffy and Spike kissing.
"Did it work?" She asked. Everyone nodded. Tara pointed to Dawn and said, "No more green light!" Willow smiled fondly, and walked over to her and began to stroke her hair.
"Guys, I hate to ruin the party, but I need to patrol. Willow, would you guys watch over Dawn?" Buffy said, and then walked out the door. Soon after her Spike followed.
She kept walking even though she heard him follow. He was silent, and stayed a distance behind her until they reached the cemetery. Then he called out her name. She spun around.
"What do you want?"
"I want to know what bloody happened back there."
"Nothing happened." She said, and turned around and began walking. She dusted a newly risen vamp. He ran up behind her and grabbed her shoulder, turning her around. He kept his hand on her shoulder.
"Yes, something did happen, Slayer." She punched him in the nose.
"Don't touch me!" She hissed.
"But we kissed, Buffy. You can't tell me that you didn't enjoy it," He said. His tone of voice was almost pleading.
"It was a spell. It was only to help Dawn." She said harshly. They continued to argue, but they got nowhere. Spike continued to believe the kiss meant something, but Buffy objected full force.
"FINE!!" He shouted, "Be the damned Queen of Denial! But someday you'll bloody have to face it."
"Face what?" She spat out. "I don't feel anything for you except hate, and someday you'll have to face THAT!!" She turned and started walking, looking for something to kill.
"Well fine!" He shouted back at her, even though he was hurt by her words, and he turned the other way and began walking. "Fine!" He heard her yell back.
He then suddenly sensed a demon, a large one at that. He turned and ran back towards her. She was already in battle with it, and he joined in. It was big and red. It had sharp claws, and horns on its head. He had heard of them, and he knew how to kill them. It was a Kroninde, and the only way to kill it was to slice off its hands.
"Slice off the hands, luv!" He yelled to her. "Never" punch. "Call" kick. "Me" slice "Your" dodge. "LUV!!" She said. As soon as she said it, the Kroninde took its remaining claw and slashed her stomach. Spike saw this and chopped off its remaining claw. The Kroninde roared, then melted, and finally turned into a powder like a vampire. Spike looked at Buffy. She had lost a lot of blood due to the gash, and she was semi-conscious. He picked her up and carried her to his crypt.
He sat her down on the sarcophagus and examined her wounds. The cut on her stomach was deep, and it was obvious she had already lost a lot of blood. He looked back to see a trail of blood leading out of his crypt. She had lost more blood than he had thought, and was no longer conscious. He gently lifted her shirt just so he could see the cut. It went all the way across her stomach. He, being a vampire, most of the time would have no use for a first aid kit, but it was just luck he had gotten one the week earlier. He took out the antiseptic and a cloth and cleaned the wound and then raised her carefully to wrap the bandage around her waist.
Meanwhile, Buffy, who in her unconscious state, was having a dream. Or at least she thought it was a dream. It was the only logical explanation. She was fighting a demon, she didn't know what kind, and Spike was with her. He was mostly standing back, letting her do the work, but still his presence was a comfort to her. Suddenly the demon had her pinned. "Spike!" She screamed out, but it was too late. The demon had already cut her with its claw, and she knew it was poisonous. She would be near death within the half-hour. Spike tore the demon into small pieces with his bare hands out of rage. "Spike," Buffy said weakly, "I love you, Spike." And then she drifted off into a sleep that she would never awake from.
Spike had retrieved some food from his refrigerator and some water, for when she woke up. He had an ice pack resting on her forehead to keep a fever down. By this time it was already daylight so he figured she would need to stay with him the rest of the day because she was in no condition to go anywhere. She tossed and turned, and Spike kept a good eye on her, to make sure she was okay.
"Spike!" she screamed. He jumped to her side and began stroking her hair. "S'ok, pet." He told her, and then he heard her mumble 'no, please no' and a few other incoherent words, though she was still unconscious. He kissed her forehead, and this seemed to soothe her for a minute, but then he heard her say softly, "I love you, Spike." He was shocked to hear her say those words, willingly. Unconsciously but willingly, and that was an improvement of some sort.
TO BE CONTINUED NEXT TIME ON CONTRADICTION: Buffy wakes up, and she and Spike talk about her dream, and their lives.