Title: Are They There?

Author: Orilon

Rating: PG-13 for one bad word

Pairing: Spike/Xander

Spoilers: Small ones for Season 4 of Buffy

Distribution: If you want it, take it and let me know where.

Disclaimer: Everything from Buffy the Vampire Slayer belongs to Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy.

Summary: The ghosts play pranks on Buffy and Willow, leaving clues.

Feedback: Please.

Dedication: Thank you to k.macdonald for the idea for this one.

Xander's ghost chuckled as Spike's ghost broke all of Buffy's vials of holy water on her bed.

"Get Mr. Gordo." Xander said, knowing she treasured that damn pig.

"Which is that?" Spike asked, looking around the girl's dorm room.

"The stuffed pig." Spike floated over and picked it up, handing it to Xander.

Xander looked around the room, trying to find something symbolic he could do to the stuffed animal. He grabbed a stake and drove it through the pig's "heart" into her bed. He snatched a handful of stakes and shoved them into her mattress, spelling out Spike's name above the staked pig. Spike poured a bottle of red nail polish on Willow's bed, spelling Xander's name, and his own beneath it. Xander retrieved a handful of sand and poured it over the pig, simulating vampire dust.

"Want to do something more to slutty's things?" Spike asked.

Xander thought of how she always whined about her clothes. Using one of her knives, he slashed all of her new clothes. He knew it was petty to want revenge on the slayer, but he couldn't help it. He wondered if Buffy and Willow would get the point.

Buffy probably wouldn't, but Willow might. He hoped that she would use her intelligence to piece the clues together. Especially the glaring one on her bed.