Salvaging from the Ashes. Chapter 2
Thank you thank you for all the reviews! I get ideas for things that I think are great but sometimes they are not to other people. I'm glad everyone is reading and I appreciate your support.
Becks89, Princess Bethy, Miz, Usakura, RyanKatherine,Celia- thank you for your encouraging words, all of you.
Lexinator- Spike and Anya are also my 2 favorite characters too!
Lukoi- I aim to please!
Dawnie 17- Thanks for the reassurance! I admit to sometimes being one of the lazy people!
Wwlph- Expect to see some of the Scoobies in this fic. Especially Buffy but more towards the middle to end.
Fantasy Angel- Yep the gang at Hogwarts will find out about Spike and Anya's demon days. You think Anya could keep quiet about that? LOL.
Irishsodabread- I agree, Anya doesn't get enough fanfic about her. If you know of any good ones let me know!
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On with the story!
"I can assure you we did nothing to you" Dumbledore said calmly for the sixth time. The professors had ordered all the students to their common rooms and had escorted the two strangers to the Headmasters office where Anya was looking bored and Spike was pacing angrily. There had been some shouting and cursing, from Spike, and inquiries on how much land the school took up and how much was it worth, from Anya. Even Dumbledore was starting to lose patience. Severus, who was never a patient man, looked ready to hex the entire room. Hagrid was keeping a wary eye on the vampire while considering the suggestion the woman had given him about "bouncing" in Muggle pubs for extra cash. Whatever bouncing was.
"Perhaps you could tell us who you are?" Professor McGonagall asked kindly yet suspiciously.
"Didn't we answer this already?" Anya said impatiently "Honestly it's like we're in the Twilight Zone, doomed to answer the same questions over and over again for eternity."
"Yeah" Spike agreed before adding thoughtfully as he looked at Dumbledore "Though I can't help but think I've seen you before. Can't figure out from where though."
"Then you're obviously not wizards then" Severus said with a sneer.
"No" Anya agreed before adding with a good deal of venom "Thank God"
"And just what is that supposed to mean, pray tell" Severus asked rudely ignoring the quelling look from Dumbledore.
"If Demon Girl here has dealt with the same wizards I have then I happen to agree with her" He said returning Severus' glare "Bloody poofs waving around a wooden stick and thinking they are better and more powerful than everyone. Hell Red could wipe the floor with the lot of you and not break a sweat."
Dumbledore hid his chuckle and asked calmly "What was the last place you remember being?"
"The Hellmouth" Anya answered promptly "In the high school"
Everyone, with the exception of Dummbledore who looked intrigued, stared at Anya blankly. Spike noticing the stares muttered
"Not the sharpest group we are dealing with" Before saying loudly "Sunnydale California"
"And what were you doing there?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes sharp and faintly excited.
"Fighting the First Evil. Us and the Slayers." Spike answered watching as Dumbledore let out his breath that he had been holding. Anya interrupted.
"Slayers as in plural?" She asked "Willow did it then?"
Spike smiled and nodded "Red was brilliant, had all those girls kicking a little demon ass. You should have seen it."
"Well, I would have like too" Anya said crossly "But I was upstairs getting stabbed."
"That's true Pet" He agreed more gently. He was startled as Anya jumped up and shouted
"OH MY GOD Xander!"
"What?" Spike asked looking around as if he expected Xander to appear behind him.
"I have to find him!" Anya said frantically "He thinks I'm dead. What if HE is dead?"
"Buffy too." Spike said worriedly "Last she saw was me burning from the inside out. What if she didn't make it out?"
Something cl in Dumbledores head
"Buffy Summers?" He asked calmly Both turned to look at him
"Yeah you know her?" Spike asked.
"I know OF her" Dumbledore said absently still thinking. He muttered to himself a few seconds with everyone watching him before he continued
"Are you certain the last thing you remember is Sunnydale?"
Both nodded.
"And are you perhaps known as the vampire who acquired a soul named William the Bloody?" He asked Spike
Spike nodded and Dumbledore turned to Anya
"And were you once known as Anyanka, vengeance demon for scorned women who was made human?
Anya nodded happily "You've heard of me? I must have been more well known then I thought"
"Oh dear" Dumbledore said ignoring Anya's question.
"What?" Spike asked warily
"Yeah you just went all Giles and British." Anya stated, to Spike she said "At least he didn't say Oh dear lord"
"I'm afraid that the Hellmouth destroyed in Sunnydale California and claimed the lives of many young slayers, the souled vampire William the Bloody, and the former demon Anyanka occurred over 7 months ago"
Both stared at him in shock.
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Okay I hope this was quick enough for you all. I'm trying to write 2 chapters, put one up so that I'll always be a few chapters up. I'd appreciate any feedback you may offer.
Coming up..... Dumbledore comes up with a plan.
Thank you thank you for all the reviews! I get ideas for things that I think are great but sometimes they are not to other people. I'm glad everyone is reading and I appreciate your support.
Becks89, Princess Bethy, Miz, Usakura, RyanKatherine,Celia- thank you for your encouraging words, all of you.
Lexinator- Spike and Anya are also my 2 favorite characters too!
Lukoi- I aim to please!
Dawnie 17- Thanks for the reassurance! I admit to sometimes being one of the lazy people!
Wwlph- Expect to see some of the Scoobies in this fic. Especially Buffy but more towards the middle to end.
Fantasy Angel- Yep the gang at Hogwarts will find out about Spike and Anya's demon days. You think Anya could keep quiet about that? LOL.
Irishsodabread- I agree, Anya doesn't get enough fanfic about her. If you know of any good ones let me know!
..........................................................................................................................
On with the story!
"I can assure you we did nothing to you" Dumbledore said calmly for the sixth time. The professors had ordered all the students to their common rooms and had escorted the two strangers to the Headmasters office where Anya was looking bored and Spike was pacing angrily. There had been some shouting and cursing, from Spike, and inquiries on how much land the school took up and how much was it worth, from Anya. Even Dumbledore was starting to lose patience. Severus, who was never a patient man, looked ready to hex the entire room. Hagrid was keeping a wary eye on the vampire while considering the suggestion the woman had given him about "bouncing" in Muggle pubs for extra cash. Whatever bouncing was.
"Perhaps you could tell us who you are?" Professor McGonagall asked kindly yet suspiciously.
"Didn't we answer this already?" Anya said impatiently "Honestly it's like we're in the Twilight Zone, doomed to answer the same questions over and over again for eternity."
"Yeah" Spike agreed before adding thoughtfully as he looked at Dumbledore "Though I can't help but think I've seen you before. Can't figure out from where though."
"Then you're obviously not wizards then" Severus said with a sneer.
"No" Anya agreed before adding with a good deal of venom "Thank God"
"And just what is that supposed to mean, pray tell" Severus asked rudely ignoring the quelling look from Dumbledore.
"If Demon Girl here has dealt with the same wizards I have then I happen to agree with her" He said returning Severus' glare "Bloody poofs waving around a wooden stick and thinking they are better and more powerful than everyone. Hell Red could wipe the floor with the lot of you and not break a sweat."
Dumbledore hid his chuckle and asked calmly "What was the last place you remember being?"
"The Hellmouth" Anya answered promptly "In the high school"
Everyone, with the exception of Dummbledore who looked intrigued, stared at Anya blankly. Spike noticing the stares muttered
"Not the sharpest group we are dealing with" Before saying loudly "Sunnydale California"
"And what were you doing there?" Dumbledore asked, his eyes sharp and faintly excited.
"Fighting the First Evil. Us and the Slayers." Spike answered watching as Dumbledore let out his breath that he had been holding. Anya interrupted.
"Slayers as in plural?" She asked "Willow did it then?"
Spike smiled and nodded "Red was brilliant, had all those girls kicking a little demon ass. You should have seen it."
"Well, I would have like too" Anya said crossly "But I was upstairs getting stabbed."
"That's true Pet" He agreed more gently. He was startled as Anya jumped up and shouted
"OH MY GOD Xander!"
"What?" Spike asked looking around as if he expected Xander to appear behind him.
"I have to find him!" Anya said frantically "He thinks I'm dead. What if HE is dead?"
"Buffy too." Spike said worriedly "Last she saw was me burning from the inside out. What if she didn't make it out?"
Something cl in Dumbledores head
"Buffy Summers?" He asked calmly Both turned to look at him
"Yeah you know her?" Spike asked.
"I know OF her" Dumbledore said absently still thinking. He muttered to himself a few seconds with everyone watching him before he continued
"Are you certain the last thing you remember is Sunnydale?"
Both nodded.
"And are you perhaps known as the vampire who acquired a soul named William the Bloody?" He asked Spike
Spike nodded and Dumbledore turned to Anya
"And were you once known as Anyanka, vengeance demon for scorned women who was made human?
Anya nodded happily "You've heard of me? I must have been more well known then I thought"
"Oh dear" Dumbledore said ignoring Anya's question.
"What?" Spike asked warily
"Yeah you just went all Giles and British." Anya stated, to Spike she said "At least he didn't say Oh dear lord"
"I'm afraid that the Hellmouth destroyed in Sunnydale California and claimed the lives of many young slayers, the souled vampire William the Bloody, and the former demon Anyanka occurred over 7 months ago"
Both stared at him in shock.
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Okay I hope this was quick enough for you all. I'm trying to write 2 chapters, put one up so that I'll always be a few chapters up. I'd appreciate any feedback you may offer.
Coming up..... Dumbledore comes up with a plan.
