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A/N: I know there are a lot of characters, but it won't get too confusing, promise!

A Wish Gone Wrong

Spike looked down at the coin he'd just dropped into Rome's Trevi Fountain. He closed his eyes, remembering back to when he had decided to come to Rome, just for a quick glimpse of Buffy and Dawn, to make sure that they were all right. What he hadn't expected to find was the whole gang there having a remembrance party for everyone they'd lost over the years.

Spike opened his eyes, trying to stop the sight of everyone's tear-streaked faces overwhelming his thoughts again. He had come to make sure Buffy and the Bit were happy, but as it turned out, no one was.

He looked down once again at the bottom of the fountain where his lucky coin lay, the coin he had saved from his human days even after his turning. He looked down at the copper head of Queen Vic and made his wish.

I wish everyone were happy.

He paused in his thinking.

Well, the gang anyway.

The potentials - well, new slayers, had looked happy enough.

He got up and walked away, not seeing the black clouds gathering in the sky.