Disclaimer: I, Mariah Parker (yes that's my full name), do not, and never will, own Buffy the Vampire Slayer. But! I own two of the series books! Too bad they don't make Dawn and Spike books huh?
FYI: It's going to be a long ways from now, but there is going to be a major twist in this story; I'm half scared to write it though because I don't want flames! –holds up umbrella- but, something is going to happen to Dawn, I'm not telling what, but only that it's BIG.
Also, There is going to be comedy and crap in this, like I've said before, too bad they only let you have two of the description thingy's of the story. But that's probably for the better seeing how mine would probably have all of them... –sheepish grin-
Wow! I am so proud of myself! Usually by now I'd stop writing a story... Me and my bad habits... honestly...
Well, I guess I should stop babbling now and give you the chapter!
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- Last Chapter –
Dawn smiled before giving him a light and weak hug.
"Thanks again Jack...for everything"
"Yeah, yeah...go!"
- Left in the Dark -
- - Spike's POV - -
I watched as the smoke curled and swam towards my dark ceiling.
It was as if it was the only light in the crypt.
The only source of real life.
But all living things came to an end.
And I found it odd how I just lit this cigarette and watched it burn its life away instead of stealing it from the cancer stick.
Those demons...
They attacked her to get to me.
I caused her to get hurt.
I should have taken their warning...
But...of course...I didn't.
Usually don't.
Blew it this time didn't I?
Usually do anyways.
So why is this time different?
Simple...
Buffy wanted me to protect her younger sister...
And what do I do?
Leave bloody town, that's what!
She was right...
What makes it so different for me that I had to leave town?
Because right next to the chair I'm sitting in is where the Slayer and I made love?
I know now that was the ONLY reason why I left...
Couldn't take living without her...
Well Spike, you really fucked things up...
Nothing new there anyways...
The demons had spotted me, I knew that. I didn't care though, what could they do to me?
Oh yeah...
Hurt the one person who has ever accepted me...
Dawn
Why couldn't I stop thinking about her?
She's Buffy's younger sister for bloody sakes!
But there she was, drilled into my mind, the sight of her lying on the cold hard ground, knocked unconscious by the Varlark demons.
Sure, I made the Varlark's pay...
Luckily that bartender from Dawn's work came by...
Wouldn't be able to look at her if I brought her back here...
The burn in my fingertips made me look back down to the cigarette...or what was left of it.
I watched as it fell from my hand and down to the ground by my foot where I stomped on it.
Tilting my head back, I gazed at my ceiling before closing my eyes and pulled in an un-necessary breath.
In my other hand rested a half empty vodka bottle, I raised my head to look at it before my ears picked up the soft sound of footsteps outside my door, and the gentle whisper of breathing.
I furrowed my eyebrows together before rising from my seat, setting the bottle down on the floor before going over to the door and listened carefully.
Whatever it was, it was about 10 feet away.
Better not be those sodding Yickertak's coming back with another 'warning'.
Most annoying demon there was out there; Yickertak's...won't bloody leave you alone...
I felt my face morph into my Vampire face and reached for the doorknob, waiting for whatever it was to come closer.
It was when I heard it come to a stop in front of my door, I yanked the door open and let a low growl erupt from the back of my throat.
"Ah!"
It sounded like a girlish scream...wait? Girlish? That's not right...Yickertak's don't make that noise...
My face changed back to it's normal...or human, state before I gazed at the girl before me.
Dawn.
"Oh...you, what are you doing here at this hour?" I asked, my eyebrows knitting back together as I crossed my arms in front of me.
"I wanted and...Thank you. You know, for what you did for me earlier..." she said slowly.
I noticed she was also crossing her arms, very slowly and painfully though.
I nodded slightly at her words, but kept my gaze on her arms.
"So...how's your arms?" I asked finally.
She blinked at my question before replying with a shrug. "They're fine"
I also noticed that she was tugging her jean jacket tighter around her.
"Oh! in" I muttered quickly while taking a step back to make room for her before turning my back on her completely and picked up the vodka bottle again.
As I turned back to her, I noticed that she was slowly stepping in, then carefully closed the door behind her.
"You sure you're okay?" I asked with an amused smirk.
"Yeah, no problem" she offered me a small smile while still looking around. "I see this place hasn't changed so much..."
I rolled a shrug off my shoulders. "Well, took me forever to get it back to this way"
She gave me a smirk as a reply.
Silence split through us, and I took a gulp of my drink as she continued to look around.
I watched her as she did this, trying to read her facial expression, but I couldn't.
Finally, her green eyes met mine.
"Dawn, I don't think it's such a good idea for you to come to Los Angeles..." I stated while placing the now empty bottle down.
She let out a short and forced laugh. "Funny, I knew you'd say that..."
I blinked at her, a puzzled look on my face.
"But I'm still coming" she stated as if it was a known fact that I didn't know about.
I opened my mouth to protest, yet she had cut me short.
"Spike, I need to go down to Los Angeles...The lady that called me yesterday wants me down there by Thursday...and seeing how it's Monday...I don't have much time. So please...let me come with you"
I starred at her long and hard before closing my mouth and setting my jaw.
"Please?"
"Alright fine! But if you get hurt...you can't blame me for anything. Got it?"
She smiled before advancing me and hugged me around the neck.
I won't lie...this took me by surprise.
I don't usually get hugged that much.
Only by her really.
Hell, the last hug I got was when I had left Sunnydale...
She sure did grow a lot since the last time though...before Dawn could only hug me around the middle.
And here she was
Almost as tall as me.
Her grip on me finally loosened, and she took a step back.
"Well, I guess I better be going now...still have to pack and stuff"
I gave her a curt nod before she turned her back on me and headed for the door.
I couldn't help but examine her from behind.
She sure has grown a lot.
Yet was still the same Dawn that I remember...
I grinned slightly as she turned back to me, and my grin disappeared quickly.
"I'll come back over in a few hours, seeing how it's almost day light"
"A'ight" was my reply.
And with that, she turned back around, opened the door, and stepped out of my crypt, and into the outside world, where anything could get at her like the Varlarks today.
"See you in a few hours..." I mumbled mostly to myself as I turned around and headed back to my chair as the door closed with a click.
And I was left alone in the dark again.
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A very short chapter, I know, I know...
But I need to pace myself, I usually rush things!
Anyways, I'd love you if you reviewed!
I'll even give you a Spike plushie! -
M.Parker
FYI: It's going to be a long ways from now, but there is going to be a major twist in this story; I'm half scared to write it though because I don't want flames! –holds up umbrella- but, something is going to happen to Dawn, I'm not telling what, but only that it's BIG.
Also, There is going to be comedy and crap in this, like I've said before, too bad they only let you have two of the description thingy's of the story. But that's probably for the better seeing how mine would probably have all of them... –sheepish grin-
Wow! I am so proud of myself! Usually by now I'd stop writing a story... Me and my bad habits... honestly...
Well, I guess I should stop babbling now and give you the chapter!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
- Last Chapter –
Dawn smiled before giving him a light and weak hug.
"Thanks again Jack...for everything"
"Yeah, yeah...go!"
- Left in the Dark -
- - Spike's POV - -
I watched as the smoke curled and swam towards my dark ceiling.
It was as if it was the only light in the crypt.
The only source of real life.
But all living things came to an end.
And I found it odd how I just lit this cigarette and watched it burn its life away instead of stealing it from the cancer stick.
Those demons...
They attacked her to get to me.
I caused her to get hurt.
I should have taken their warning...
But...of course...I didn't.
Usually don't.
Blew it this time didn't I?
Usually do anyways.
So why is this time different?
Simple...
Buffy wanted me to protect her younger sister...
And what do I do?
Leave bloody town, that's what!
She was right...
What makes it so different for me that I had to leave town?
Because right next to the chair I'm sitting in is where the Slayer and I made love?
I know now that was the ONLY reason why I left...
Couldn't take living without her...
Well Spike, you really fucked things up...
Nothing new there anyways...
The demons had spotted me, I knew that. I didn't care though, what could they do to me?
Oh yeah...
Hurt the one person who has ever accepted me...
Dawn
Why couldn't I stop thinking about her?
She's Buffy's younger sister for bloody sakes!
But there she was, drilled into my mind, the sight of her lying on the cold hard ground, knocked unconscious by the Varlark demons.
Sure, I made the Varlark's pay...
Luckily that bartender from Dawn's work came by...
Wouldn't be able to look at her if I brought her back here...
The burn in my fingertips made me look back down to the cigarette...or what was left of it.
I watched as it fell from my hand and down to the ground by my foot where I stomped on it.
Tilting my head back, I gazed at my ceiling before closing my eyes and pulled in an un-necessary breath.
In my other hand rested a half empty vodka bottle, I raised my head to look at it before my ears picked up the soft sound of footsteps outside my door, and the gentle whisper of breathing.
I furrowed my eyebrows together before rising from my seat, setting the bottle down on the floor before going over to the door and listened carefully.
Whatever it was, it was about 10 feet away.
Better not be those sodding Yickertak's coming back with another 'warning'.
Most annoying demon there was out there; Yickertak's...won't bloody leave you alone...
I felt my face morph into my Vampire face and reached for the doorknob, waiting for whatever it was to come closer.
It was when I heard it come to a stop in front of my door, I yanked the door open and let a low growl erupt from the back of my throat.
"Ah!"
It sounded like a girlish scream...wait? Girlish? That's not right...Yickertak's don't make that noise...
My face changed back to it's normal...or human, state before I gazed at the girl before me.
Dawn.
"Oh...you, what are you doing here at this hour?" I asked, my eyebrows knitting back together as I crossed my arms in front of me.
"I wanted and...Thank you. You know, for what you did for me earlier..." she said slowly.
I noticed she was also crossing her arms, very slowly and painfully though.
I nodded slightly at her words, but kept my gaze on her arms.
"So...how's your arms?" I asked finally.
She blinked at my question before replying with a shrug. "They're fine"
I also noticed that she was tugging her jean jacket tighter around her.
"Oh! in" I muttered quickly while taking a step back to make room for her before turning my back on her completely and picked up the vodka bottle again.
As I turned back to her, I noticed that she was slowly stepping in, then carefully closed the door behind her.
"You sure you're okay?" I asked with an amused smirk.
"Yeah, no problem" she offered me a small smile while still looking around. "I see this place hasn't changed so much..."
I rolled a shrug off my shoulders. "Well, took me forever to get it back to this way"
She gave me a smirk as a reply.
Silence split through us, and I took a gulp of my drink as she continued to look around.
I watched her as she did this, trying to read her facial expression, but I couldn't.
Finally, her green eyes met mine.
"Dawn, I don't think it's such a good idea for you to come to Los Angeles..." I stated while placing the now empty bottle down.
She let out a short and forced laugh. "Funny, I knew you'd say that..."
I blinked at her, a puzzled look on my face.
"But I'm still coming" she stated as if it was a known fact that I didn't know about.
I opened my mouth to protest, yet she had cut me short.
"Spike, I need to go down to Los Angeles...The lady that called me yesterday wants me down there by Thursday...and seeing how it's Monday...I don't have much time. So please...let me come with you"
I starred at her long and hard before closing my mouth and setting my jaw.
"Please?"
"Alright fine! But if you get hurt...you can't blame me for anything. Got it?"
She smiled before advancing me and hugged me around the neck.
I won't lie...this took me by surprise.
I don't usually get hugged that much.
Only by her really.
Hell, the last hug I got was when I had left Sunnydale...
She sure did grow a lot since the last time though...before Dawn could only hug me around the middle.
And here she was
Almost as tall as me.
Her grip on me finally loosened, and she took a step back.
"Well, I guess I better be going now...still have to pack and stuff"
I gave her a curt nod before she turned her back on me and headed for the door.
I couldn't help but examine her from behind.
She sure has grown a lot.
Yet was still the same Dawn that I remember...
I grinned slightly as she turned back to me, and my grin disappeared quickly.
"I'll come back over in a few hours, seeing how it's almost day light"
"A'ight" was my reply.
And with that, she turned back around, opened the door, and stepped out of my crypt, and into the outside world, where anything could get at her like the Varlarks today.
"See you in a few hours..." I mumbled mostly to myself as I turned around and headed back to my chair as the door closed with a click.
And I was left alone in the dark again.
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A very short chapter, I know, I know...
But I need to pace myself, I usually rush things!
Anyways, I'd love you if you reviewed!
I'll even give you a Spike plushie! -
M.Parker