Chapter 10

...It's a Kind of Magic…

The only pair that had any luck in looking for Amy was Buffy and Faith who had stumbled upon the young woman's unlocked car in the parking lot of Albertsons. Faith had driven it back to the school where they could keep an eye on it. The girls, once they reached the parking lot, pulled the young woman's belongings out of the backseat and brought them into the Library.

Willow and Oz followed the young women inside.

Buffy tumbled the young Wicca's school books and purse onto the table while Faith brought the perishable food items to the mini refrigerator in Giles' office.

The brunette Slayer noticed the magazine, shrugged as she grabbed it and brought it out to the pile of Amy's belongings.

Noticing the cover of the book, Giles blinked, "May I see that, Faith?"

"Sure," the young woman said with a shrug as she handed the book over to him.

Flipping the book, the Immortal turned to the dog-eared page and tilted his head sideways at the strange symbol. "What in the world does that mean?" he wondered barely above a whisper as he turned the book to view the symbol at different angles. "Hmn," he said thoughtfully as he rubbed his chin then finally turned to the index in the back. He read the description then looked heavenward, thinking.

"What is it, Giles?" Willow asked curiously as she tried to read over his shoulder.

At that moment, the transgenics entered the room.

"I noticed her car," Cordelia said quickly with concern, "Is she here?"

"I'm sorry, Cordelia," Giles said as he frowned and shook his head.

"The door was wide open when we got there," Buffy said with a frown.

"We're lucky someone didn't jack the car," Faith said on the tail end of the blonde Slayer's words.

"Damn it!" Xander exclaimed in frustration.

"Where the hell is she!" Cordy exclaimed as she restlessly paced around the room rubbing her arms compulsively.

The other transgenics picked up on her agitation and Zack started pacing as well.

Xander, since he had been Alec and had more training, was able to curb the restless nature of the predator, "G-man, is there anything we can do to find her?"

Giles looked at him for a long moment before he responded, "Yes there is, I need an atlas, a pendulum and some salt."

"There's some salt in yer office," Faith said as she headed there to get the container.

Xander moved quickly to the reference section to grab an atlas and brought it back to spread it open on the other table.

The Watcher moved over to Amy's belongings and grabbed up a handkerchief from the young woman's purse.

The brunette Slayer rushed back into the main part of the Library and handed the box of Morton's Salt to Giles.

"Thank you, Faith," he said as he took the salt from her and moved over to the table, "Buffy, could you please grab four crystals from the windowsill?"

The blonde smiled and bounced over to the window to do her part. She rushed back over with four medium sized quartz crystals and handed them over.

First, the Watcher flipped to the map of Sunnydale and the surrounding area. Next, he placed the kerchief next to the map. Then he set the crystals in a directional: North, East, South, West pattern surrounding the atlas. He then poured the salt in a circle encompassing all items. Once he was done setting up the area and caste a circle of protection, he began the spell.

Willow got as close as she possibly could without disturbing him so she could watch his every move.

Raising his hands and breathing deeply to center and ground himself, Giles began to chant, "Laudo Hermes, pax pacis. Commodo aviudo expiscor sin qua non, Aimée. Bona fide pro forma. Ad infinitum."

Xander translated quietly on the sidelines, "Praise Hermes, peace. Please help find someone indispensable, Amy. With all honesty, in a formal manner. To infinity without end."

The others watched as the crystals and salt took on a green glow.

"Accio," the Immortal said as he placed a hand, palm up and waited expectantly.

"Come."

A small, fat pendulum the size of an egg with a chain attached flew to his hand.

With the chain held above the atlas, the pendulum swung in an erratic, circular pattern. As he moved the pendulum closer to the book, it slowed down and as he moved the chain around it continued to swing.

Suddenly, to the surprise of everyone watching intently, the chain was ripped out of Giles' hand and the pendulum flung itself to rest its point on a spot on the map.

Scratching the back of his head in surprise, Zack remained silent as he watched. He had never seen something like this before, would never have thought magick were possible other than in fairy stories. They were telling the truth about all of it.

Everyone crowded the atlas after the spell was complete and looked to see where the pendulum had landed.

"Bronson Caves?" Cordelia frowned.

"What's there that would be of any interest to anyone?" Xander said with a frown of his own.

"Well," Buffy resolved to get to the bottom of this mystery, "let's go there and find out."

Author's Note: If anyone has a better suggestion for the spell cast in this chapter, please message me and I'll fix it in the story.