Chapter 21: Spike's Trip Outside.
Doyle headed down to the Great Hall, by this time he already knew his way around the school since he did recently haunt the halls. When he finally made it down the stairs, he turned and wound his way up to the teachers table. He didn't notice at first that many of the students stopped eating to stare at him. " What!? How? Wh-" Sir Nicholas was baffled about how Doyle had become a human again but was cut off.
" Spike's friend Fred helped me, she made a machine that can coporialize ghosts. If you want I could see if she would do it to you." Doyle looked at Sir Nicholas, he never thought about how upset Nicholas would be when Doyle was coporial and he wasn't.
" No, that's ok I kind of like being known as the Gryffindor ghost. I know that you wanted to be human again though, I just didn't know it was going to happen so fast. Congratulations. I must be off, I heard the Weasley's are going to pull something." Sir Nicholas then floated down the aisle between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw and threw the wall.
Doyle grabbed everything within reach of him and put it on his plate he had been dead for 4 years and built up quite an appetite. It wasn't until he was half way through stuffing his face that he had noticed that Professor Snape was giving him an ugly look. " Who are you?" Snape hissed.
" Oh sorry, I'm Alan Francis Doyle. You can call me Doyle though, I'm going to be the assistant Divinations teacher." Doyle went to shake hands with Snape but changed his mind.
" What is it with Dumbledore hiring all new people! Where did you come from?"
" I was a ghost here, Ms. Burkle created a machine to make me human. Don't worry Dumbledore approved it. However I originally came from L.-" Doyle was cut off by Snape getting up and storming out of the Great Hall.' What is it with people here they never let you finish a sentence.' Doyle thought and went back to stuffing his face.
Spike was careful about going outside, he knew that Dumbledore said it was safe but it was a habit that Spike decided he had to start to break. He reached the front oak doors pushed them open and took a tiny step outside shielding his eye's with his hand. Spike had only ever been outside once before and that was when he found the Gem of Amora, that is until Buffy stole it and gave it to Angel. Little git smashed it to pieces though. It took Spike's eyes a minute to adjust to the light, once they did he made his way towards the lake.
" Spike! What are you doing! You're going to burst into flames get back inside! Wait how did you get to the lake? Why haven't you suddenly burst into flames?" Hermione and Zoe started to yell at him. They were sitting with Harry, Ron, and Connor whom had instantly become friends with them.
" Dumbledore gave me some potion to drink. So I heard that there's a giant squid in the lake, where is he?" Spike sat down on the grass next to everyone.
" Watch." Connor said while picking up a stone and throwing it into the water. A tentacle suddenly came out of the water holding the rock and threw it back at them. " For being an assistant teacher, your hardly assistaning or teaching. I don't think you've been to your own class once."
" Yeah well, Andrew's doing fine on his own. He can handle the job without me. I would rather be making sure the students are safe than be crammed in that room with the Trekie if you get my drift." Spike threw a stone into the water. He thought it was cool that the squid would throw the rock back as hard as he could as to stop students from throwing them again.
" Professor Wells isn't that bad!" Hermione protested. She liked Andrew he was an interesting teacher and his classes were never boring.
" You might think so, but then again you didn't know him when he was a high school geek, and then part of the idiot squad now did you! All the guy does is complain, espically when he's in the face of danger. He'd be the first one to rat you out or turn you in if it was going to cause him even the slightest bit of pain." Spike remembered when Willow had gone all evil and Andrew came to Buffy for help and protection.
" Well think what you will, but I think Professor Wells has changed since his days of high school." Hermione then got up and walked away.
" I better go too. If I don't I'll never hear the end of it." Ron got up and ran after Hermione.
" Let me guess those two are offically a couple now." Spike rolled his eyes. He'd never admit it but he always loved watching people get together and seeing if they could work it out. Then again his favorite show was Passions, yet the only people to know that are Buffy and Giles
Doyle headed down to the Great Hall, by this time he already knew his way around the school since he did recently haunt the halls. When he finally made it down the stairs, he turned and wound his way up to the teachers table. He didn't notice at first that many of the students stopped eating to stare at him. " What!? How? Wh-" Sir Nicholas was baffled about how Doyle had become a human again but was cut off.
" Spike's friend Fred helped me, she made a machine that can coporialize ghosts. If you want I could see if she would do it to you." Doyle looked at Sir Nicholas, he never thought about how upset Nicholas would be when Doyle was coporial and he wasn't.
" No, that's ok I kind of like being known as the Gryffindor ghost. I know that you wanted to be human again though, I just didn't know it was going to happen so fast. Congratulations. I must be off, I heard the Weasley's are going to pull something." Sir Nicholas then floated down the aisle between Gryffindor and Ravenclaw and threw the wall.
Doyle grabbed everything within reach of him and put it on his plate he had been dead for 4 years and built up quite an appetite. It wasn't until he was half way through stuffing his face that he had noticed that Professor Snape was giving him an ugly look. " Who are you?" Snape hissed.
" Oh sorry, I'm Alan Francis Doyle. You can call me Doyle though, I'm going to be the assistant Divinations teacher." Doyle went to shake hands with Snape but changed his mind.
" What is it with Dumbledore hiring all new people! Where did you come from?"
" I was a ghost here, Ms. Burkle created a machine to make me human. Don't worry Dumbledore approved it. However I originally came from L.-" Doyle was cut off by Snape getting up and storming out of the Great Hall.' What is it with people here they never let you finish a sentence.' Doyle thought and went back to stuffing his face.
Spike was careful about going outside, he knew that Dumbledore said it was safe but it was a habit that Spike decided he had to start to break. He reached the front oak doors pushed them open and took a tiny step outside shielding his eye's with his hand. Spike had only ever been outside once before and that was when he found the Gem of Amora, that is until Buffy stole it and gave it to Angel. Little git smashed it to pieces though. It took Spike's eyes a minute to adjust to the light, once they did he made his way towards the lake.
" Spike! What are you doing! You're going to burst into flames get back inside! Wait how did you get to the lake? Why haven't you suddenly burst into flames?" Hermione and Zoe started to yell at him. They were sitting with Harry, Ron, and Connor whom had instantly become friends with them.
" Dumbledore gave me some potion to drink. So I heard that there's a giant squid in the lake, where is he?" Spike sat down on the grass next to everyone.
" Watch." Connor said while picking up a stone and throwing it into the water. A tentacle suddenly came out of the water holding the rock and threw it back at them. " For being an assistant teacher, your hardly assistaning or teaching. I don't think you've been to your own class once."
" Yeah well, Andrew's doing fine on his own. He can handle the job without me. I would rather be making sure the students are safe than be crammed in that room with the Trekie if you get my drift." Spike threw a stone into the water. He thought it was cool that the squid would throw the rock back as hard as he could as to stop students from throwing them again.
" Professor Wells isn't that bad!" Hermione protested. She liked Andrew he was an interesting teacher and his classes were never boring.
" You might think so, but then again you didn't know him when he was a high school geek, and then part of the idiot squad now did you! All the guy does is complain, espically when he's in the face of danger. He'd be the first one to rat you out or turn you in if it was going to cause him even the slightest bit of pain." Spike remembered when Willow had gone all evil and Andrew came to Buffy for help and protection.
" Well think what you will, but I think Professor Wells has changed since his days of high school." Hermione then got up and walked away.
" I better go too. If I don't I'll never hear the end of it." Ron got up and ran after Hermione.
" Let me guess those two are offically a couple now." Spike rolled his eyes. He'd never admit it but he always loved watching people get together and seeing if they could work it out. Then again his favorite show was Passions, yet the only people to know that are Buffy and Giles