Willow watched as her home came into view, they had picked Clara and Giles
up at the airport, they had had to wait around a bit because the plane had
had a late take off but when it had finally landed, she had run up and
hugged Giles as he had walked through the gate and kissed Clara on the
cheek and bent down to hug Aria.
Oz had appeared as if out of nowhere with a luggage cart to carry their luggage and had smiled at Giles and Clara and bent down to pick up Aria and waved her around in the air, he was exceptionally fond of the little girl and she of him. He had tickled her and pushed her up to sit on his shoulders before turning back to them all and grinning.
Giles looked slightly bemused at him before saying
"Sorry we were late but the idiotic planes you know how it is."
"Don't worry bout it Giles, we said we'd meet you like we always do, and we've had a lot to sort out over the last couple of days so it was kind of cool to leave the house and have a talk just the two of us." Oz answered the older man smiling
"Really? What's been going on?" Clara asked willow
"Well we've had a large Blonde British Vampire living with us and you know how difficult they can be don't you Giles?"
Willow answered with a little twinkle in her eyes
Giles stared at her for a moment and said
"You mean Spikes come back?"
"Yup, he's in the house as we speak now."
Oz answered while pushing the luggage cart and tickling Aria's feet.
Giles smiled and squeezed Clara's arm indicating his happiness at the situation.
"And violet what does she think about her father appearing again?"
Clara asked, she had heard a lot about This Spike but she had never met him, she knew about his past and his being a vampire and everything and she was very interested in meeting Violets father he must have been an extraordinary man to have a daughter like Violet.
"She was a bit taken a back at first wasn't she Oz?" Willow said
"Yup as in she bolted back down the stairs and out the door."
"She wasn't hurt?" Giles inquired quickly and since they had reached the car he started to put their luggage into the boot of Willow's People carrier.
"No don't worry Giles, Spike followed her, he wouldn't let anything happen to her, he's nearly as bad as he was when she was little," she added with grin knowing that the watcher would immediately know what she meant by this and that all his fears would be extinguished.
Giles smiled at her and sat down in the back next to Clara. Oz, climbed into the front with Willow who was driving and strapped Aria into the seat in between them cause she always loved to sit up front whenever she could persuade anyone to let her and that didn't take much she was gorgeous she had silky blonde hair which curled angelically in ringlets and the brightest green eyes you ever saw, like Cats eyes. And well in word she was cute she had dimples and would smile at anyone she saw.
Clara had rosy blonde hair and green eyes, she was not as tall as Giles not by a long way she was more on the same height range as Tara, she was very thin and always nicely dressed, today for instance she was wearing a pair of Dewberry Corduroy skirt and a black silky top which swished at the top.
Giles looked the same as he always had except maybe a couple of years older although you wouldn't be able to notice it much, he still wore the same sort of clothes as he had worn when they had been younger jeans and jumpers.
They were a couple of blocks from the house when willow pulled into the side of the road out side a small house and beeped the horn a couple of times, Tara appeared at the door smiled and pulled the door behind her and ran out to the car, climbing in beside Giles saying
"Hello Giles, Clara? How are you and hello Aria I can see you down there."
Playing a short came of peek a boo with Aria, until they pulled into the driveway.
They were all getting out of the car when Giles turned to Willow and asked
"Is the front door meant to be open like that?" indicating the front door which had been left slightly ajar.
Willow looked at it for a moment, and said, "I was sure we shut it but I doubt anything wrongs,"
And walked towards it shouting "Violet, Spike we're home!"
She didn't get an answer at first but heard a lot of movement coming from upstairs and then suddenly Violet appeared, she ran down the stairs and hugged Willow and Smiled at the others, Oz turned his attention away from Aria to violet and said
"Hey babe what's wrong, why you been crying?"
Willow took another look at Violet, she had been crying, She was just about to say something when another person was walking down the stairs.
"Angel, what are you doing here, we thought that you weren't going to be able to come until Tuesday night in time for the party." she broke off noticing the expression on his face
"What's wrong?" she asked
Angel ignored her and looked at Giles
"Giles, we've got a problem on our hands."
Giles looked completely confused before he the meaning of those words sunk in.
"What's going on?" Tara asked as she walked in
"Angel what is it?" Giles asked
"It's."
Spike appeared then looking whiter then he did normally.
"Have you told them peaches?" he asked
"No I was just about to spike" he answered
"Told us what?" Oz asked
Violet let go of willow who she had been hugging so closely and said
"It's Erin. They. She."
"What is it?" Willow asked, "Someone tell us what's going on now."
"She's." Violet tried to continue before starting to cry again and holding on to willow.
"Violet's friend came round, while you were out." Spike started. "She's been beaten round a bit and collapsed, I took her upstairs and was going to try to treat her, then Peaches turned up. he went upstairs to look at her and."
"Yes?" Willow said beginning to feel a bit impatient
"She bears the mark of Angkara on the base of her neck." Angel finished looking at his feet
"WHAT?" Giles, Clara, Willow and Tara exclaimed suddenly.
There was silence for a moment then Oz spoke up
"Um. Hate to disturb this quiet moment but who is Angkara?"
Tara was the first to speak up
"Angkara was a Wicca, from the ancient times, one of the first, but she got obsessed with the power she lived for it, one day she did a spell that was so powerful that she crossed over into the next world, but was not able to cross back, She became the most powerful woman in the underworld, and was honoured with the gift of death. She is it's bringer, and stopper she chooses a girl every two thousand years who will wreak her savage will in this dimension one who will sacrifice everything she holds dear and stop at nothing until Angkara is pleased, she will know no remorse because her soul will be taken from her but she will know eternal suffering because it is not until she has pleased Angkara that she will be able to house her soul again but when that happens she will be so far gone into the darkness not even a soul will help her."
"Wow," Oz said exhaling softly.
"Yeah." Willow added then suddenly thinking she said to violet
"Baby will you take aria up to bed please she must be really tired and its getting late, is that ok Clara?"
Clara was stuck dumb with shock at the situation, which she had found herself in.
Giles answered fro her saying
"Yes, please that would help. No bath tonight Aria now come and say night to me and mummy."
Aria toddled over to her father kissed him on the cheek and hugged her mother before taking violets hand and walking upstairs with her.
Oz had appeared as if out of nowhere with a luggage cart to carry their luggage and had smiled at Giles and Clara and bent down to pick up Aria and waved her around in the air, he was exceptionally fond of the little girl and she of him. He had tickled her and pushed her up to sit on his shoulders before turning back to them all and grinning.
Giles looked slightly bemused at him before saying
"Sorry we were late but the idiotic planes you know how it is."
"Don't worry bout it Giles, we said we'd meet you like we always do, and we've had a lot to sort out over the last couple of days so it was kind of cool to leave the house and have a talk just the two of us." Oz answered the older man smiling
"Really? What's been going on?" Clara asked willow
"Well we've had a large Blonde British Vampire living with us and you know how difficult they can be don't you Giles?"
Willow answered with a little twinkle in her eyes
Giles stared at her for a moment and said
"You mean Spikes come back?"
"Yup, he's in the house as we speak now."
Oz answered while pushing the luggage cart and tickling Aria's feet.
Giles smiled and squeezed Clara's arm indicating his happiness at the situation.
"And violet what does she think about her father appearing again?"
Clara asked, she had heard a lot about This Spike but she had never met him, she knew about his past and his being a vampire and everything and she was very interested in meeting Violets father he must have been an extraordinary man to have a daughter like Violet.
"She was a bit taken a back at first wasn't she Oz?" Willow said
"Yup as in she bolted back down the stairs and out the door."
"She wasn't hurt?" Giles inquired quickly and since they had reached the car he started to put their luggage into the boot of Willow's People carrier.
"No don't worry Giles, Spike followed her, he wouldn't let anything happen to her, he's nearly as bad as he was when she was little," she added with grin knowing that the watcher would immediately know what she meant by this and that all his fears would be extinguished.
Giles smiled at her and sat down in the back next to Clara. Oz, climbed into the front with Willow who was driving and strapped Aria into the seat in between them cause she always loved to sit up front whenever she could persuade anyone to let her and that didn't take much she was gorgeous she had silky blonde hair which curled angelically in ringlets and the brightest green eyes you ever saw, like Cats eyes. And well in word she was cute she had dimples and would smile at anyone she saw.
Clara had rosy blonde hair and green eyes, she was not as tall as Giles not by a long way she was more on the same height range as Tara, she was very thin and always nicely dressed, today for instance she was wearing a pair of Dewberry Corduroy skirt and a black silky top which swished at the top.
Giles looked the same as he always had except maybe a couple of years older although you wouldn't be able to notice it much, he still wore the same sort of clothes as he had worn when they had been younger jeans and jumpers.
They were a couple of blocks from the house when willow pulled into the side of the road out side a small house and beeped the horn a couple of times, Tara appeared at the door smiled and pulled the door behind her and ran out to the car, climbing in beside Giles saying
"Hello Giles, Clara? How are you and hello Aria I can see you down there."
Playing a short came of peek a boo with Aria, until they pulled into the driveway.
They were all getting out of the car when Giles turned to Willow and asked
"Is the front door meant to be open like that?" indicating the front door which had been left slightly ajar.
Willow looked at it for a moment, and said, "I was sure we shut it but I doubt anything wrongs,"
And walked towards it shouting "Violet, Spike we're home!"
She didn't get an answer at first but heard a lot of movement coming from upstairs and then suddenly Violet appeared, she ran down the stairs and hugged Willow and Smiled at the others, Oz turned his attention away from Aria to violet and said
"Hey babe what's wrong, why you been crying?"
Willow took another look at Violet, she had been crying, She was just about to say something when another person was walking down the stairs.
"Angel, what are you doing here, we thought that you weren't going to be able to come until Tuesday night in time for the party." she broke off noticing the expression on his face
"What's wrong?" she asked
Angel ignored her and looked at Giles
"Giles, we've got a problem on our hands."
Giles looked completely confused before he the meaning of those words sunk in.
"What's going on?" Tara asked as she walked in
"Angel what is it?" Giles asked
"It's."
Spike appeared then looking whiter then he did normally.
"Have you told them peaches?" he asked
"No I was just about to spike" he answered
"Told us what?" Oz asked
Violet let go of willow who she had been hugging so closely and said
"It's Erin. They. She."
"What is it?" Willow asked, "Someone tell us what's going on now."
"She's." Violet tried to continue before starting to cry again and holding on to willow.
"Violet's friend came round, while you were out." Spike started. "She's been beaten round a bit and collapsed, I took her upstairs and was going to try to treat her, then Peaches turned up. he went upstairs to look at her and."
"Yes?" Willow said beginning to feel a bit impatient
"She bears the mark of Angkara on the base of her neck." Angel finished looking at his feet
"WHAT?" Giles, Clara, Willow and Tara exclaimed suddenly.
There was silence for a moment then Oz spoke up
"Um. Hate to disturb this quiet moment but who is Angkara?"
Tara was the first to speak up
"Angkara was a Wicca, from the ancient times, one of the first, but she got obsessed with the power she lived for it, one day she did a spell that was so powerful that she crossed over into the next world, but was not able to cross back, She became the most powerful woman in the underworld, and was honoured with the gift of death. She is it's bringer, and stopper she chooses a girl every two thousand years who will wreak her savage will in this dimension one who will sacrifice everything she holds dear and stop at nothing until Angkara is pleased, she will know no remorse because her soul will be taken from her but she will know eternal suffering because it is not until she has pleased Angkara that she will be able to house her soul again but when that happens she will be so far gone into the darkness not even a soul will help her."
"Wow," Oz said exhaling softly.
"Yeah." Willow added then suddenly thinking she said to violet
"Baby will you take aria up to bed please she must be really tired and its getting late, is that ok Clara?"
Clara was stuck dumb with shock at the situation, which she had found herself in.
Giles answered fro her saying
"Yes, please that would help. No bath tonight Aria now come and say night to me and mummy."
Aria toddled over to her father kissed him on the cheek and hugged her mother before taking violets hand and walking upstairs with her.