Title: Trick or Treat (Working title)

Author: ME! Kk (kk_d_1@hotmail.com)

Rating: PGish {Rating is likely to change eventually}

Disclaimer: Lilith is mine, as is the name Aidan, the Plot is ALL MINE! and I'm kidnapping Spike, so he's mine too!!! *cackles and runs away)

Distribution: Ask and I'll think about it.

Dedication: To the great genius' that are Joss Wheedon and Garth Nix! Who have been kind enough to give me characters (or in Garth's case a universe) that I can use, alter and have fun with.

Warning: There aren't really any spoilers for BtVS past Season Four, I may end up taking liberties with the Jossverse... oh and I've deviated from cannon in that Spike doesn't love Buffy. Spoilers up to Lirael since I've read Abhorsen but am having memory difficulties and can't get my hands on a copy to brush up.

Authors Note: This is the only story I am having inspiration for at the moment, and even then the muse is being pretty stingy!

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Spike woke to find himself dressed similarly, but differently; still wearing the poet shirt {A/N *melts into chair drooling*} and the leather pants but also wearing knee high boots, spelled long-sword at his hip and an oilskin jacket. It was pitch black and so Spike quickly went into game face, or tried to; since nothing happened.

"Oh Bollocks!" A hovering light was coming closer, illuminated in the light was a pale face with long straight black hair, and a bandolier and a sword sparkling with light of it's own. Automatically Spike found his hands sketching out signs that part of his recognised as a spell for light and lo! A small rune, shining with light was hovering in front of Spike's face.


The hovering light with its mysterious figure speeding up and coming closer until he was face to face with the figure; the mingled lights showing the figure to be a woman of about twenty three; very pretty with high cheekbones, and eyes nearly back with a very suspicious look on her face.

"May I?" her hand clenched but for two fingers, hovering near Spike's forehead.

Spike is starting to guess where he is and hopes that his charter mark is untainted, part of his reassuring the rest of him that yes, it is unsullied. Nodding his permission he also noticed that the woman facing him had her other hand hovering near her bells, the second biggest, the little knowledgeable voice in his head whispering the name 'Saraneth'.

He noticed the marks on the bells, his knowledge as well as this new instinctive part of himself, that the woman facing him was Abhorsen. His hand mimicking hers in its hovering towards her face; fingers hitting charter marks at the same time; the feeling of drowning in the charter; blackness with gold and silver charter marks flying past.


Both leaving the fall of charter marks simultaneously. The woman opposite him smiling;

"I am Lilith; Who are you?" Spike opened his mouth to answer and found himself saying something unplanned;

"I am Aidan, Abhorsen" with that Spike and the inner feelings agreed to perform a courtly bow.

Spike found that he was sounding more like his human self, though he was glad not to be needing his glasses, despite his lack of ability to vamp face.

Lilith smiled at him again "I'm traveling alone; chasing a disturbingly strong necromancer and by the feel of your mark you are a strong charter mage and I could use that sort of help; would you join me?"
Spike presented his spelled sword to her; "Abhorsen I would be honoured."

Lilith blushed "As Abhorsen I would learn nothing as someone unknown I might learn more, and a woman unaccompanied would raise suspicion; would you mind traveling as husband and wife?" By his time the intensely pale woman was blushing very hard.

Spike's mind was running a mile a minute; how strange these times and this place are; for a woman to trust him that much after knowing him only a moment, even so the answer was clear; for one thing he trusted her; for another he knew nowhere else to go.

"Posing as your husband would be a great pleasure and an honour. I will do this for you; thank you for trusting me."

"I will take you to Abhorsen's House to plan. I thank you Aidan" Lilith answered.

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Authors Note: So kiddly-winkle-poo's... what did you all think?? Gimme feedback!

If you do then watch Kk write FAAASTER!!!