Aries: Chapter 6

Author: Aries Sythax

You can contact me at Aries_the_Vampyro@yahoo.com.

Disclaimer: All characters belong to the WB Show Buffy the Vampire Slayer, except for Aries and the few selected characters from her past… No infringement is intended to anyone.

Aries: Chapter 6

Aries changed into Spike's oversized shirt and a pair of flannel pants. Spike changed into a pair of pajama bottoms. He had his tee shirt on but when he had lied down next to Aries, she asked him to take the shirt off.

"Why love? Not that I'm complaining."

"I want to feel your skin next to my head while I tell my past and feel your breathing."

Spike did and when he lied back down Aries curled up next to him with her head on his chest, like their first night together. It finally hit Spike; she wanted to go back to that first night. Aries had said that she felt safe next to him, now she was scared. Spike wanted to know what was scaring his love so badly. Spike didn't know that soon enough he would.

"Well, when my parents found out that they were going to have a baby, they were so happy. My father's family wasn't as happy as my mom's. They wanted a boy, a warlock. My mom's family kept saying that at least as long as it's a healthy child. I got my name because I caused war between the families. My dad said I might as well be Ares himself, so my mom named me Aries with an i. My family lived here in Sunnydale until I was eight. By then my mom decided to take me and move to L.A., but my dad stayed. When we moved, my mom and I used our powers very little, only small things like lighting candles and getting things from high places, and such."

"Love, why did you suppress your powers?" Spike asked.

"I'm not sure why. My mom did, and so did I. I was little, scared, and did what mommy did. After a year in L.A., the city of lost souls or the city of angels, which ever you want to call it, my mom put me in karate. The teacher was amazed at how fast I progressed. I made my first black belt not even a year after I started. That is very unusual; by the time another year past, I was a second-degree black belt. My teacher told my mom that I should try Judo since it was harder. I flew through Judo like I flew through karate. Every time I degreed in one, I degreed in the other. Eventually it took longer to degree, but by the time I was fifteen, I was a third degree black belt in Judo and a fourth degree in karate. I quit then, since I had passed up most instructors. Yet before that, my life changed.

When I was ten, my mom received a letter saying that my dad had died and had been buried. Even though my mom had left my dad, she still loved him. When the letter came, she became very depressed and stopped using her powers all together. She said that witchcraft was the reason for his death. So I stopped using my powers. I didn't want to remind her of the pain."

"So you stopped using your powers all together?"

"Yes, I also shoved it so far back in my mind that I eventually forgot I had them."

But you use magic now," Spike interrupted.

"Let me continue. I'll tell you how I got my powers back."

"Do continue, I won't interrupt."

"Well, I went to a Catholic high school when I got old enough to. It was called St. Frances Xavier High School. By the time I got into the end of my sophomore year, my friends wanted to try some magic, little nothing spells. I didn't agree to, but part of me wanted to. A part that had been hidden away for so long. Eventually my friends wore me down, and I gave in and agreed. That was right before junior year started. Right before, my life would change forever.

We were doing small spells like I had done when we first moved to L.A. A voice inside me kept saying you've done this before, you've done even more powerful spells. I kept thinking that's not true. After the start of my junior year, I was getting back memories of my times with my powers.

Then my world came crashing down on me. I was sixteen, a good student, a good fighter, a re-found witch, and an orphan. My mother was murdered and whoever did it tried to make it look like suicide."

Aries was in tears by now. Spike wrapped his arms around Aries extremely tight.

"Love, you don't have to continue. If you are getting this upset, you don't have to tell me anymore."

"William, I want to you to know my whole story. OK?" Spike shook his head yes. "After my mom's death, I lived with a family fried. I adapted eventually, yet my senior year gave me another downward spiral.

The school's star quarterback started hitting on me. Had I been any other girl, I would have been thrilled. Brad Joublanc, St. Frances Xavier High's star QB hitting on me. It made me sick. I hated him and I made sure it was clear that I didn't want him. Brad was very one minded, and the one thing on his mind was me. The one time he sexually harassed me, he regretted it. I beat him so bad Brad's parents wouldn't even look at him. All the school saw, though, was me beating up their star. They didn't see the sexual harassment. The school let me stay because they said I needed God in my life, and that I needed some kind of family. When the person I was staying with found out, she threw me out and told me I could keep my name there, but I would never stay there again.

So began my life on the streets. It was then that I learned about demons, learned about vampires, learned to street fight, and learned the full extent of my powers. The man who helped me learn all that was named Sydney Drake. Sydney became my surrogate father. After graduation, I bought a car and drove. Eventually, I ended up here, Sunnydale. And that is my life until I met you, Buffy, Riley, and the gang."

"Well, I guess I know everything about you and your life."

Spike and Aries only talked for a few more minutes before they fell asleep in each other's arms.

To be continued…