A Buffy & Spike fiction | FOREVERMORE
Title: Forevermore
Synopsis: After a failed attempt to bring back Joyce from the dead, Spike, Buffy, & Dawn settles a score. A post 'Forever' BtVS episode, Buffy & Spike fiction.
Note: I write immediately after an episode airs. I don't read spoilers nor early bird reviews so all my post-episode fictions are pure speculations :)
Rating: G
Date Written: Wednesday, 18 April, 2001 : 1:00:00 PM
Author: The Resident Web Vampyr © 2001.
Credits: Buffy the Vampire Slayer is a property by Joss Whedon and the powers that be. Click here for more.
Characters in play: Buffy Willow Dawn Spike



part one.

Dawn tossed the last piece of her mom's picture in the fireplace after ripping it in half to reverse the spell she performed earlier that night. She came close to bringing back her mom to life. At the last minute she realized that Buffy, too, was literally dying inside and avoiding her was just Buffy's way of coping with the truth : that their mother is dead and that life must go on.

Buffy watched her sister intently as their mom's picture was slowly consumed by the fire. Becoming the family matriach was a big step for Buffy, not only was she the protector but now the provider. It's a new phase in her life and from now on, she and her sister have to depend on each other.

She's been meaning to ask Dawn about the resurrection spell and how she was able to do it. Buffy knew Dawn will not speak of it again but she cannot keep her mind off the matter.

The phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Buffy? It's Willow."

"Hey, Willow!" said Buffy, a bit surprised to get a call from her but nevertheless glad to hear from her friend. Dawn turned her head in Buffy's direction, distinctly worried.

"How's everything? How's ... Dawn?" asked Willow hesitantly.

"We're just fine..." Buffy glanced at Dawn, still sitting in front of the fireplace looking back at her. A few seconds passed. "Is there something wrong?"

"No!" replied Willow defensively. "Yes.. I mean, nothing's the matter. I-I'm just checking if everything's okay," she added in a saintly voice.

Buffy traced a hint of resistance. "Willow, is there something I should know about?"

"No, n-nothing," said Willow, her voice faltered.

"There's something you're not telling me. Does it have something to do with... a spell?" asked Buffy, her eyes fell on Dawn.



part two.

Dawn stared blankly at her sister. She promised Spike not to say a word about their egg-hunting trip at the Ghora lair. It's true that her loyalty should be with her sister, but she can't break her word, even to a demon like Spike.

"I'm not saying anything," said Dawn, stubbornly.

Buffy paced around twice before suddenly stopping. Her nostrils flared. "It's Spike, isn't it?" she asked. "Isn't it?"

Dawn did not budge. Buffy's question fell on deaf ears.

"Okay, fine." Buffy finally surrendered. "I guess I just have to beat it out of him then." Buffy gave one final look at Dawn and left.

Dawn swallowed. "He was only there to help!" she said anxiously, just before the front door closed.



part three.

"...That's crazy, isn't it? I'd swear you were him. I mean, your hair's a different color and you're a vampire, but other than that"

Spike placed a bouquet of fresh daisies on top of Joyce's still-intact grave. He guessed that little Dawn didn't carry out the resurrection spell after all. Spike admitted that he stole the daisies from a grave nearby, but nevertheless, his intentions were geniune. He was glad though that the cemetery was teeming with flowers this time of year, even if his flowers would wind up in the wrong hands.

That idiot Xander is really testing my temper, huh? I'll show him, Spike thought of his earlier encounter with Buffy's friends.

"...No, you're that guy. That guy always hangs around down at the corner mart...."

What's up with that creepy Doc anyways? Big into dominos? Rocko?!, Spike chuckled and dismissed the thought altogether. He felt the wounds in his right torso. That Ghora demon nearly got him when he tried to save Dawn. The result of which was him bitten. "Firetruckin' hell!" he writhed.

"You can say that again," Buffy said sharply.

"Buffy!" said Spike. Hearing her voice, seeing her again after a long absence, made his heart hammered. "H-How are you?" was all he can say.

Buffy didn't say a word. Her eyes darted at the daisies on her mom's grave. Spike braced himself for a tidal wave.

"What the hell are you doing?" she flashed furiously. "Didn't I tell you to stay away from me and my family?"

"I did. I will!" Spike blurted out. "I-I just want to say my last farewell to Joyce," he said hesitantly. "She was, after all, the only person who didn't see me as a monster. And I appreciate her for that." Spike sighed, "Besides, it doesn't really matter now. I will go away if you wish."

Buffy was not impressed with his remission. She wanted to know more about the failed spell, what role he had in it, and how to stop this madness.

"You just have to do it, don't you? Mess things up! And-and why are you still here in Sunnydale?"

"What-" Spike started to speak, but he was cut short.

"You don't get it, do you?" said Buffy, her voice icy. "Leave - us - alone!"

The tiny ray of hope for them to work out their differences vanished. Spike nodded glumly. "Don't worry Buffy, after this day, I will be gone. Out of your life, forever..." he said calmly and left.


to be continued

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