Chapter Three ~ Problem After Problem
William had become extremely bored sitting there listing to a bunch of adults talk. He didn't mind Winnie at all, but after having to sing that silly song, he really didn't think that he wanted to stick around for 'anything' else. But the prospect of adventure in a strange place like this was pure sugar to any kid.
Slipping away silently, William slunk out of the office and down the halls without being noticed.
Along his travels he saw many strange things. He stopped to watch a funny looking blond lady wearing the most unladylike clothing he had ever seen, sorting out bags of crystal-like powders. Walking up behind her, he gave a small tug on the hem of her dress.
"What is that white stuff lady"
She gave off an odd sounding shrike and tossed the packages she was holding. They hit the floor and exploded on impact. The powder settled like a fine dust around the office.
"What do you think your doing!" She snapped in a snobbish air-headed voice. She took a deep breath and then mutter to herself. "At least there isn't any magic users on this floor"
That was until William let out a sneeze. Glass everywhere shattered; paper turned to confetti and small objects shot across the rooms with such fury that some people were actually injured. A red light began to pour out of him and anyone who knew a thing or two about magic would have known that the William was getting seriously charged with magical energies. And with all the magical energies within Wolfram & Hart, there would be enough for him to cause some major damage.
But then the light sucked back into William, knocking him to the floor, but also taking the lady with him. He scrambled away from her. Approaching the lady, who was inspecting her tattered dress, one of the startled employees demanded.
"Harmony, what have you done now?"
"I like did not do this!" Harmony squealed. Turning to glare at William, she snarled and vamped out.
"I'm going to get you for that you little brat! You destroyed my best dress!"
She jumped at him, but hit a solid invisible wall just in front of him. William smirked at her through his quickly done put force field. Before taking off away from the enraged vampiress, who likely give chase, William shot back.
"Dress? That strip of cloth was only fit for tramps and streetwalkers!"
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Pushing people out of the way, William fled. Then he spotted it. It was the strange metal contraption that seemed to take these people to different places within this building. What had Papa say they were called? Was it elevators? But that didn't matter right now and putting on an extra burst of speed, William managed to leap into it before the doors snapped shut.
Once inside though, William began to feel sick. He felt like his whole body was burning and in the smooth surface of the walls around him he saw it! His red magical aura had returned and something strange was happening to him. In morbid fascination, William watched a startling transformation unfold.
His ears began to point and go furry, as did the rest of his body. His short curly brown hair was starting to became pelt like, a small bushy tail protruded from a spilt in his trouser bottom and along with that of course, came along the whiskers, claws and fangs.
Whimpering from fear at the thought that his life was never going to be normal again, he sank to his knees and cried.
"I want to go home!"
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Shocked, Angel and the others backed away as the doors to elevator in Angel's office opened. One the floor sat a little creature that resembled a large domestic cat. Lifting its head with a sob, they knew who it was * William! *
"I. don't. like. that. crazy monster. lady!" he managed though harsh sobs.
Crazy monster lady? Oh god, that could only be Harmony. And that could also mean one thing, William had disrupted her work with the Elvin Dust.
Fred ran forward and scooped up the fuzzy little boy. They know they would have to do something and something soon. As if they all had one brain at that precise moment, everyone went into action. Fred rushed William to her lab, Wesley back to his office, Gunn to his, Lorne one his cell phone and Angel stayed where he was.
This was going to be a long day.
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"I'm a sodding kitty! That wretched glitter turned me into a sodding kitty" William cried as though it was the most horrible thing that could have happened.
"WILLIAM, LANGUAGE!" Fred and Wesley shouted simultaneously.
The miniature feline/human hybrid growled. Angel frowned at the boy for having got into such a mess only a day after being transformed from Spike to William.
"Well he got himself into this pickle, so how do we get him out of it?" he sighed.
Fred picked William up to stop his ranting and Wesley took that as his moment to pick up the conversation.
"Well we know that the Elvin Dust that Harmony was dealing with was a magic- inducer. She must have known that because she had all those with magi ability to vacate the floor. little did she know that our little wayward mage was about to turn up"
He turned to Fred and smiled. William was purring as she stroked his head and the added bonus was that he was fast asleep in her arms. Looking back to Angel he had both a disturbing combination of that smile and a frown.
"That doesn't look good"
"No its not is it? There really isn't anything was can do for William. His mage powers chose this form for him, so he'll have to live out his life as a half-breed or until the magic reverses itself. which is highly unlikely"
"So your telling me that Spike. no I mean 'William' will be shredding my sofa for fun till we can find away to get Spike back * although I personally don't want Spike back? *" Angel grumbled, slumping farther down into his seat.
"Now that's the problem Angel," Fred replied to the annoyed vampire. "He. can't become Spike again. It's permanent"
"No, no, no, no, no."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I'm afraid it is. He'll have to grow up again"
After a few minutes of silence, Angel asked the inevitable question.
"So what now?"
"Well we just can't send him away now can we, so it's a unanimous vote that we have you adopt him"
"WHAT! You don't mean it do you Fred, oh please tell me you don't mean that!" Angel cried out in horror.
"Yes Angel we do" Wesley replied as Fred jumped back for the horrified vampire's outburst. "Gunn and Lorne think so too. You're the one that knows 'all' about the 1800's, so you're the best one to take him"
"But I'm a vampire!"
"Now don't go and try to use that one. He use to be a vampire too and you do have a soul, so it shouldn't matter"
"Do I have to?"
"Oh don't be such a big baby" Fred chided laying the sleeping boy down upon the sofa.
"But"
"Well if you want it that way we could just let someone evil take him and use him to take over the world, who about that?"
Angle groaned. This day was not going how he would have liked it to be going. No thanks to his friends teaming up and landing him with the miniature terror. Things just couldn't get worse then this.
"Fine, but I'm not babysitting"
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I would like to send thanks to those who gave ideas for helping me with this chapter and I would also like to send a special thanks to Ms. Perception and Harm Marie for giving me the ideas that I actually used. A little heads up the next chapter will take place about a month to two months later. T.T.F.N
William had become extremely bored sitting there listing to a bunch of adults talk. He didn't mind Winnie at all, but after having to sing that silly song, he really didn't think that he wanted to stick around for 'anything' else. But the prospect of adventure in a strange place like this was pure sugar to any kid.
Slipping away silently, William slunk out of the office and down the halls without being noticed.
Along his travels he saw many strange things. He stopped to watch a funny looking blond lady wearing the most unladylike clothing he had ever seen, sorting out bags of crystal-like powders. Walking up behind her, he gave a small tug on the hem of her dress.
"What is that white stuff lady"
She gave off an odd sounding shrike and tossed the packages she was holding. They hit the floor and exploded on impact. The powder settled like a fine dust around the office.
"What do you think your doing!" She snapped in a snobbish air-headed voice. She took a deep breath and then mutter to herself. "At least there isn't any magic users on this floor"
That was until William let out a sneeze. Glass everywhere shattered; paper turned to confetti and small objects shot across the rooms with such fury that some people were actually injured. A red light began to pour out of him and anyone who knew a thing or two about magic would have known that the William was getting seriously charged with magical energies. And with all the magical energies within Wolfram & Hart, there would be enough for him to cause some major damage.
But then the light sucked back into William, knocking him to the floor, but also taking the lady with him. He scrambled away from her. Approaching the lady, who was inspecting her tattered dress, one of the startled employees demanded.
"Harmony, what have you done now?"
"I like did not do this!" Harmony squealed. Turning to glare at William, she snarled and vamped out.
"I'm going to get you for that you little brat! You destroyed my best dress!"
She jumped at him, but hit a solid invisible wall just in front of him. William smirked at her through his quickly done put force field. Before taking off away from the enraged vampiress, who likely give chase, William shot back.
"Dress? That strip of cloth was only fit for tramps and streetwalkers!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Pushing people out of the way, William fled. Then he spotted it. It was the strange metal contraption that seemed to take these people to different places within this building. What had Papa say they were called? Was it elevators? But that didn't matter right now and putting on an extra burst of speed, William managed to leap into it before the doors snapped shut.
Once inside though, William began to feel sick. He felt like his whole body was burning and in the smooth surface of the walls around him he saw it! His red magical aura had returned and something strange was happening to him. In morbid fascination, William watched a startling transformation unfold.
His ears began to point and go furry, as did the rest of his body. His short curly brown hair was starting to became pelt like, a small bushy tail protruded from a spilt in his trouser bottom and along with that of course, came along the whiskers, claws and fangs.
Whimpering from fear at the thought that his life was never going to be normal again, he sank to his knees and cried.
"I want to go home!"
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Shocked, Angel and the others backed away as the doors to elevator in Angel's office opened. One the floor sat a little creature that resembled a large domestic cat. Lifting its head with a sob, they knew who it was * William! *
"I. don't. like. that. crazy monster. lady!" he managed though harsh sobs.
Crazy monster lady? Oh god, that could only be Harmony. And that could also mean one thing, William had disrupted her work with the Elvin Dust.
Fred ran forward and scooped up the fuzzy little boy. They know they would have to do something and something soon. As if they all had one brain at that precise moment, everyone went into action. Fred rushed William to her lab, Wesley back to his office, Gunn to his, Lorne one his cell phone and Angel stayed where he was.
This was going to be a long day.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"I'm a sodding kitty! That wretched glitter turned me into a sodding kitty" William cried as though it was the most horrible thing that could have happened.
"WILLIAM, LANGUAGE!" Fred and Wesley shouted simultaneously.
The miniature feline/human hybrid growled. Angel frowned at the boy for having got into such a mess only a day after being transformed from Spike to William.
"Well he got himself into this pickle, so how do we get him out of it?" he sighed.
Fred picked William up to stop his ranting and Wesley took that as his moment to pick up the conversation.
"Well we know that the Elvin Dust that Harmony was dealing with was a magic- inducer. She must have known that because she had all those with magi ability to vacate the floor. little did she know that our little wayward mage was about to turn up"
He turned to Fred and smiled. William was purring as she stroked his head and the added bonus was that he was fast asleep in her arms. Looking back to Angel he had both a disturbing combination of that smile and a frown.
"That doesn't look good"
"No its not is it? There really isn't anything was can do for William. His mage powers chose this form for him, so he'll have to live out his life as a half-breed or until the magic reverses itself. which is highly unlikely"
"So your telling me that Spike. no I mean 'William' will be shredding my sofa for fun till we can find away to get Spike back * although I personally don't want Spike back? *" Angel grumbled, slumping farther down into his seat.
"Now that's the problem Angel," Fred replied to the annoyed vampire. "He. can't become Spike again. It's permanent"
"No, no, no, no, no."
"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I'm afraid it is. He'll have to grow up again"
After a few minutes of silence, Angel asked the inevitable question.
"So what now?"
"Well we just can't send him away now can we, so it's a unanimous vote that we have you adopt him"
"WHAT! You don't mean it do you Fred, oh please tell me you don't mean that!" Angel cried out in horror.
"Yes Angel we do" Wesley replied as Fred jumped back for the horrified vampire's outburst. "Gunn and Lorne think so too. You're the one that knows 'all' about the 1800's, so you're the best one to take him"
"But I'm a vampire!"
"Now don't go and try to use that one. He use to be a vampire too and you do have a soul, so it shouldn't matter"
"Do I have to?"
"Oh don't be such a big baby" Fred chided laying the sleeping boy down upon the sofa.
"But"
"Well if you want it that way we could just let someone evil take him and use him to take over the world, who about that?"
Angle groaned. This day was not going how he would have liked it to be going. No thanks to his friends teaming up and landing him with the miniature terror. Things just couldn't get worse then this.
"Fine, but I'm not babysitting"
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I would like to send thanks to those who gave ideas for helping me with this chapter and I would also like to send a special thanks to Ms. Perception and Harm Marie for giving me the ideas that I actually used. A little heads up the next chapter will take place about a month to two months later. T.T.F.N