Decernere, Part Nine: Willow
Author: Batdz Angel (0/)
Disclaimer: I do not own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or any of its characters. They are the property of Joss Whedon and Mutant Enemy. This is just a way to honor them. And the song belongs to Yellowcard.
Rating: PG-13
Pairings: Spuffy. Mentions of Tara/Willow, Anya/Xander, Spike/Dru, Dru/Angel, and Angel/Buffy.
Summary: After Spike's death at the hands of Glory, Buffy, Angel, and their friends find themselves learning about vampires and slayers. And the reason an insane vampiress chose a quiet, shy poet for her Childe.
Season: Alternate Season Five ending/Season Six.
Author's Note: For some reason, Drusilla started talking when I was writing a completely different story. So, here's the result of a moment that was supposed to be a fluffy Spuffy ficlet but wound up being something else entirely.
She watches as Buffy enters the house, holding a small urn that she remembers holding the remains of her clothing that she had burnt, instead of washing. Spike's ashes had been embedded into them and Willow has the slightly crazy idea that her friend wasn't as immune to the Cockney vampire's charms as they had all thought.
Dawn leaves, returns with the black duster and Drusilla giggles. Tara, her Tara, has been sitting with vampiress, talking with her gently, and treating her like a person. Willow can't possibly understand what her girlfriend sees in the insane vampiress but she doesn't say a word. She can't, especially when Tara is still angry with her because she isn't sad that Spike's gone.
She watches as they begin the spell, Angel and Buffy slicing their hands with a knife, pouring it onto the ashes of Spike. Tara sits, hair changing colors with the candles as she chants in Latin, Drusilla stepping into the circle. She crouches beside the ashes, fingers trailing through them, a glint of silver in her hand. She glares at it, crushing the chip between her fingers, and Willow turns to see Buffy quietly lean against Dawn.
She turns back to see Angel step into the circle, a wooden stake in hand, and Drusilla turns to him, saying, "A Childe for a Childe, Daddy. Only that which chose him can become ashes."
"Drusilla," Angel whispers, his voice filled with anguish. "I can't."
"Of course you can," Drusilla says as she smiles. "I'm to be an angel, Daddy. Up there with the stars."
Angel closes his eyes and strikes. The stake enters Drusilla and she vanishes with a laugh.
The ashes fall and Tara's head snaps back, eyes opening to reveal silver orbs. Concern fills her but she can't move as the ashes, Drusilla's and Spike's, suddenly begin to form. The blood Buffy and Angel have shared glows and spreads over the circle.
A body forms.
Buffy's gasp has her turning to look at her friend and she is shocked to find that the Slayer is on her knees, eyes wide and unseeing. Angel is silent, staring as the body finishes forming and suddenly, Spike is lying in the circle, glowing golden light.
Suddenly, Tara lets out a scream as her head snaps back and her name falls from Willow's mouth as she rushes forward when everything goes black.
End Part Nine