Key To My Heart – Chapter Fourteen – The Scoobie Meeting

Buffy POV

I hurried to the Magic Box. I'd called a meeting for 10:00 p.m., and I was late. I finally got there after dusting a vamp that tried to jump me in an alley I was taking a shortcut through. "Hey guy's, sorry I'm late." Everyone was here. Including Spike. Oh, joy.

"Hi Buffy," Willow said. She looked sad. I felt a knot in my gut. Tara should be here. I wonder if they'll ever get back together. I hope so.

"Hey Buff," Xander said. "So, what's with the meeting? We got a lead on the nerds?"

"Um, no. This is bigger. I had a dream. The Slayer kind."

"Oh." He looked worried. I smiled at him.

"No biggie. Not yet at least."

"Is this what you wanted to talk to Giles about?" Willow asked. Anya's head snapped up.

"Giles? Is Giles coming? He can't have the shop back. It's mine! He signed the papers!"

Xander looked heavenward. "Ahn, honey, no ones taking the shop away from you."

"Oh. Well, good. And he'd better not try."

I couldn't help but smile, even though talking about Giles made me kinda sad. "No, he's not coming. Will left a message, but he never replied."

"So, Slayer," Spike called, "You going to tell us about this dream then?"

I glared at him. "What the hell are you even doing here?"

He shrugged and smirked. "Not much else to do. But if you can think of anything to pass the time…" He raised an eyebrow. Xander made a gagging noise.

"Spike, for the last time, give it up." Spike turned the raised eyebrow look to Xander, then back at me. I looked away.

"Guy's we need to focus here."

Xander glanced at me. "Sorry Buff. Go on."

"Okay. In my dream, there was this guy. Well, I mean I say guy, he was a vamp. His name's Glazzior, and this really weird thing happened…"

"Glazzior?" Spike and Anya said at the same time. I looked back and forth at them.

"Uh, you guys know him?"

"Oh yes, he's really nice," Anya said cheerfully.

Xander's head snapped towards her. "What?"

"We dated for a while. He's really romantic."

"What?" Xander said again.

"Well you know, we were to immortal demons, both into blood, chaos, carnage…We had fun. And oh God, do I miss the sex."

I had to smirk at the look on Xander's face. He seemed to be struggling between horror and a bruised male ego. Anya patted him arm. "Sex with you is good to."

"Okay. But, romantic. I'm romantic, right? I got you flowers and chocolates on Valentine's Day."

"When I was with Glazzior on Valentine's Day, he ripped out the hearts' of a hundred virgins and gave them to me as a present. You've never done that."

"Yeah well, I guess I'm just not an evil Romeo like him."

"Angelus did that." I looked at Spike. Oh God, he was sulking.

"What's up with you? I mean, besides what's always wrong with you."

"Angelus…back when you shagged Angel and made him lose his soul. I got Dru a present on Valentine's Day. And he was there when I gave it to her. And then he pulls out this heart for her. 'I ripped it out of a quaint little shopper girl'. He gives to her, looks at me and just smirks. Bastard."

I gave him a disgusted look. "Okay, that is so not what I wanted to here. Whatever, what do you know about Glazzior? Have you met him?"

"He invited me to dinner after I killed my first Slayer. You know, kind of a 'Well done', 'Congratulations' thing. Had a minion give me the invitation. I told him to tell Glazzior to bugger off."

"O-kay. Again, not what I needed to hear. Can you tell us anything useful?"

"He's known as the Impaler."

"The Impaler?" Willow asked nervously. "That doesn't sound good."

"It's not," Anya said. "Well, it's not for Buffy anyway. He's a Slayer killer. He kills them by impaling them with their own stakes. Luckily, we're not Slayer's, so we should be fine."

I glared at her. "Gee, really feeling the love here."

"Sorry. Maybe we'll get lucky and an apocalypse will happen."

I stared at her. "Uh, Ahn, honey?" Xander said slowly. "Why do you hope an apocalypse will happen?"

"So he won't try and kill Buffy."

"Right. Because he can't kill me if I'm already dead."

"Yes, I know, but he'll help."

"Huh?"

"Well, it's kinda funny. See, for some reason, I don't know why, in fact that's the reason he left me, to go find that Slayer, I mean can you believe him? He's a vampire! And I was like…"

"I think what the bint's tryin' to say," Spike interrupted, "is that Glazzior's known to have fought alongside past Slayers, help them save the world. Rumour has it he even saved the lives of some of them."

"Oooo-kay," I said slowly. "Picture me confused."

"Well, we talked about it," Anya said. "He was kind of vague. He did say that if the world ends, where's he going to go? And he also said 'If the Old Ones are unleashed, the humans will not survive. If that happens, what will I eat?'"

"Okay, so he's evil, sure, but also practical," Xander said.

"He also said something else. Well, more that he let it slip by mistake. Something about a promise he made."

"Okay, I'm still confused here. I mean, vamps don't keep their promises."

"I did."

I looked at Spike. "What?"

"I promised to protect her. I kept my promise, even went against a god to keep it."

"Yeah, just a part of your twisted Buffy obsession," Xander sneered.

Spike looked at Xander. His eyes were gold. "She died. She died, she was buried, and I didn't think she was coming back. I still fought with you. She was dead, and I kept my promise." Slowly, his eyes changed back to blue. I didn't know vampires could have yellow eyes without changing their faces the whole way. I glanced at Xander. He was glaring at Spike, but I didn't think he was going to say anything.

"Tell us about the dream pet."

So I told them everything that'd happened.

"Okay, I'm confused here," Willow said.

"Well it's obvious, isn't it?" Anya said. All eyes turned to her. "Dawn's going to get a boyfriend. How sweet."

"'As the moth is drawn to the flame and burned, the vampire will be drawn to the Dawn'," Spike said softly. "I'm guessing the raven that was eating Glazzior has something to do with this. What did the first Slayer say about it again?"

"She said 'He is the one that will love her'."

"You sure it was 'he' and not 'she'?"

"Uh, pretty sure. Why?"

"Glazzior's got this childe, a witch. She's known as the Beautiful Death. Raven's are associated with death."

"Yeah, or it could mean that he's gonna kill her."

He shrugged. "Could be."

"A witch?" Willow asked. Spike looked at her.

"Yeah. I think she was sired in the early 1800s. She's into some dangerous stuff. Sacrifices, blood magic. Not a lady you want angry at you."

"Oh." She looked down. I knew this was hard for her, giving up the magic. I'll see if she's okay later.

"Hang on," Xander said. "Raven's are associated with death. And it was eating this vamp. Maybe it kills him?" He suddenly looked happier. "So maybe you kill him. Alls well that ends well." Anya smacked his arm. "Hey! Ow."

"You're only saying that because you're jealous. And if he's coming here, I want to invite him to the wedding."

"Anya! We are not having a vampire at our wedding!" He glared at Spike. "Chipped or not."

Spike snorted. "Like I'd even want to go."

Anya snapped her head around. "What? I'm not good enough for you?"

"Anya!"

"It's not that pet. I'd love to see you walk down the alter, but the man of the hour will just make it miserable for me."

"You bet I will, fangless."

"Guys! Can we get back to the fact that a very dangerous vampire's coming to kill me? I mean, sure he's just a vamp, but he could be trouble."

"Slayer, this is not 'just a vamp'. This is Glazzior the Impaler. Every Slayer he's ever fought, he's killed. He's as tough as me."

"And despite that, every time you've tried to kill me, you failed."

"So did you. Never could kill me love. See, the thing I did wrong was rush into it. But I got my chances."

"Oh yeah? When?"

"That first time. I had you. If Joyce hadn't hit me with that axe, you'd be dead now. The never coming back kind. When I got the ring of Amarah. If the whelp 'ere," he nodded at Xander, "hadn't jumped on me, you'd be dead. Believe me, I could've taken you. You're alive because you've got people here who love you, who'll put their lives on the line for you. Glazzior'll learn this, and he'll go after them. Hell, he'll probably start with Dawn."

"And I bet you'll be waving a fang cheering him on," Xander snapped. Spike glared at him and marched to the door. He ripped it open, and then stopped.

"I promised to protect her. I keep my promises, Buffy. Till the end of the world."

He left, slamming the door shut. Anya looked annoyed. "If he slams that door one more time…" Suddenly the phone rang. "Ooh, customers!" She ran to the phone. "This is the Magic Box, Anya speaking, how can I…" She stopped talking.

Xander got up. "Anya? Who is it, are you okay?"

She didn't answer. "Tomorrow? Okay, I'll tell them." She put the phone down then looked around the room. "That was Giles. He knows about Glazzior, and he said some of him strongest warriors might already be here. Giles also said…he said he's on his way to the airport. He'll be here tomorrow."

A/N: So CAN anyone tell me how to put up the pics of Glazzior, Jax and Slasher on my bio?