A/N: Thanx to Nikki101 and BAshipper. Your reviews made my day. And the reason Hermione asked if Angel was a vampire was because it was supposed to be like she knew he had to be, but why would the Slayer be good friends with a vampire, and an extremely evil vampire at that. And also, for some reason my prologue didn't post the first time (and I recently noticed this didn't either), but it is up now. Sorry 'bout that. Also, as much I would love to write in all the characters (Draco) I can't. This thing's due tomorrow, and there just really isn't room from any more people in this fic. But I will probably go back and make it better at some point.

Chapter Six – Weird Warning

All eyes were on the action that was taking place at the Gryffindor section of the

hall. "Angel? Why are you following me? Everywhere I turn I either run into you or the

little blonde." Spike said angrily stopped for a second and surveyed the hall. He spotted

Giles. "Well, well, well if it isn't the Watcher. If both of you are here then the Slayer has

got to be near." This statement confused most of the Great Hall. Spikes eyes were

combing the hall looking for Buffy. Little did he know while he was rambling about

Angel following him, Buffy had sneaked under the table and crept around be hind him.

"Hi Spike!" Buffy said enthusiastically from behind Spike causing him to turn

around. Before Spike could react farther Buffy had punched him hard in the face. Spike

vamped out and staggered backward. While all of this was going on, Giles had gotten the

staff to help him get all the students out of the hall, leaving Buffy and Angel to deal with

Spike.

"Now look what you did!" Spike said outraged. "You made all food run away. Oh

well. I was only here to deliver a message; I was just hoping it could leave the kind

people never forget. Well I got to go, we'll just have to defer our little fight scene till

later. Nice chatting with you." Spike made to move to the door but Buffy stopped him.

"You really think we're just going to let you walk out of here?" Buffy asked him.

"No, I know you're not even that dumb. Just give the school my message will

you? Tell them ' The one with the power will vanquish the Dark Lord to be ready in

twelve hundred.'" Spike said. Buffy rolled her eyes and exchanged looks with Angel.

Then she returned her glare to Spike only to be surprised to find that he was not there.

"How come he did that?" Angel asked slightly shocked. "I'm the only one who's

supposed to do that." Angel said referring to both the cryptic message and the sudden

disappearance of Spike.

"I think we've got a bigger problem. Like what exactly that cryptic message

meant. We also have to figure out if it's even real. I mean considering the source there's a

good possibility that it's not true." Buffy concluded. Angel nodded in agreement. They

headed for the doors to the Great Hall. They opened them to find that the rest of the

school had been sent to their dorms, with the exception of Harry, Ron, and Hermione

who were waiting on the other side of the doors with Giles, Willow and Xander.

"Well its good to know that Spike will no longer be a problem for us, now we

need to focus on-" Giles was saying when Buffy interrupted him.

"We didn't kill him Giles." She said quietly.

"Oh. Well why not?" Giles asked flatly.

"He said he was only here to deliver a message. He delivered it and then he

disappeared and I'm not talkin' left disappeared, I mean Houdini disappeared. I took my

eyes off of him for one second and he was just... gone." Buffy said disappointedly.

"What did he say?" Giles questioned. Buffy relayed the message to Giles. Harry

was the first to speak up after Buffy had finished.

"He means me." Harry said. The others all answered him with questioning looks.

"It was what Trelawney had said in my prophecy. I was called "The One With the

Power'. I don't know what the last part means though." Harry concluded. Angel decided

to keep things in perspective.

"Let's just stop and consider the source for a second. The last time we saw him he

had Willow and Xander locked in the basement of the factory and he had us carrying is

magic 'groceries' for him so Willow could make him a love spell so he could get back

with the insane woman who talks to her dolls." Angel now had everyone lost in thought

about what had happened earlier in the year. The Hogwarts trio was just confused.

Xander was the first to break the silence.

"Well, it's your fault Drucilla is insane." Xander said.

"Really not the point Xander." Angel said getting angry.

"Will you two stop with the old lady bickering?! We don't have time for it."

Buffy interrupted angrily.

"Angel does have a point." Giles said getting everyone back on track. "Spike is

not the most reliable source. However I think he might be right this time." The whole

group was now giving Giles looks as if he were a crazy person.

"I have a question." Ron said. "Who is Spike?" Hermione and Harry rolled their

eyes. Sometimes Ron was ridiculously slow.

"Oh come on Ron." Hermione said. "Where were you when Buffy told our whole

Defense class who that was." Ron gave Hermione a blank look. Hermione just rolled her

eyes and shook her head. Angel picked up Spike's story.

"His real name is William the Bloody. He got his nickname by torturing his

victims with railroad spikes. He has also killed two Slayers in the past century. Once

Spike starts something he never stops until everything in his path is dead." Angel said

gravely.

"How exactly do you know all of this?" Ron asked Angel.

"Because I am the reason he is what he is." Angel said roughly. Ron gulped.

Buffy knew talking about his past always made Angel feel dejected so she quickly

changed the subject.

"Anyway, back to the bizarre warning. Giles, you said you thought Spike was

right?" Buffy said as she turned to her watcher.

"Yes, now, I have seen quiet a few references to middle of time. With that

information, the information Spike has provided us with makes sense." Giles concluded

as if the answer was obvious.

"Care to elaborate?" Buffy asked abstaining from losing her patients.

"Spike referred to twelve hundred in his message. We know this event will occur

within the next fifteen hours. Therefore, the middle of time could mean the middle of the

day, or twelve o'clock which is in three hours." Panic suddenly struck everyone's face.

Buffy would have loved to have just one tranquil moment in her life. Especially right

now because she was feeling very stressed. With each day that tranquil moment seemed

less and less probable. "Fortuitously in order to complete my watchers we had to know

military time. Twelve hundred hours military time is equivalent to twelve o'clock our

time." Giles continued.

"So we've got three hours." Buffy unnecessarily stated. "Think we can cut class?"

as she lead the others up to the library to prepare. Giles sighed.

"The world is most defiantly doomed." Giles said to himself.

A/N: I know Spike didn't do much the chap, but I promise he will be back. You will also get a reason why he didn't want to fight.