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Chapter 6– So, Xander… Something you forgot?

"You're Hecate's chosen one!" Anya shrieked shocked, gaining the attention of the rest of the room. No one except Giles and Willow had understood more than some of the discussion, but every one of the Scoobies knew what a gods chosen one was, and of course had read a lot about Hecate in their research.

"Yes…" Tara answered very quiet, and looking really shy. She would have stuttered, but she was in the presence of a god, after all.

"Well, surely being gods chosen one isn't that weird… after all Spike is ´Dites favorite and I being Xander's godfather…" Ares said, with a slight wondering tone in his voice.

"WHAT!" Buffy yelled. "You're Xander's godfather? Well why didn't you tell me? You're practically family!" She then shrieked, and pulled Ares in a crushing hug, which could match Molly Weasley's. Everybody else in the room (Giles, Anya, Willow, Tara and Spike, Xander was still at work.) looked shocked, as they all hade heard what sort of damage the war god could do.

"Oh it's quite all right…" Ares said after noticing the others terrified look, and then turning his attention to Buffy, said: "Yes, I am Xander's godfather, I did not know you were not informed, however I of course prefer to call him Alexander, such a noble name… But then again as he seems to despise the name…" Ares explained, trailing off, getting a misty look in his eyes that told he had remembered something long forgotten.

"Ah, Spike! Dite send her kisses and hugs and all that gibberish she seems to love." Spike looked at the Greek god, before smiling gently, and nodding respectfully.

"What?" A shocked Buffy said, just now realizing what the god had earlier said.

"YOU? YOU are gods chosen? I can't believe this!" She exclaimed, rolling her eyes.

"What? Bloody hell, Slayer, is it actually so hard for you to actually believe, that I may be chosen to something, that someone may have chosen me!" Spike said lighting a cigarette. By that point Giles decided it was safe to pass out, and proceeded to do so, as Anya threw lovesick puppy eyes, to the direction of Ares, while mumbling: 'I always thought Xander's eyes were familiar.'

With Giles passed out on the floor, Anya in her own thoughts, Tara explaining to Willow why the subject had never been talked about, and with Buffy and Spike in their childish bickering, Xander thought the sight before him was quite funny. He even was about to laugh out loud, as he caught the sight of his godfather, and after some horror filled minutes realized that was what Buffy the vampire slayer looked so pissed about, he fast made his way behind the back of his godfather, to escape the wrath of the furious slayer. Some seconds later the slayer realized the subject of their conversation had arrived she said, with a calmness Xander would have sweared she had not the ability of enduring

"So, Xander…. something you forgot?" She then smiled a fast, obliviously fake smile, before attempting to change some chosen words with a certain Alexander Lavelle Harris.

After Ares had succeeded in calming Buffy down, and stopped her from attacking his godson, Anya had awakened Giles, and Spike was in the corner trying to light his cigarette.

The Witches had left to find a broom closet, and Xander had left to find some soda from the fridge. After a couple of silent minutes, where only Xander's light footsteps could be hear, Buffy finally asked what had been disturbing her for a while.

"So… How come, when Xander is like near twenty, or something and you look like sixteen. Now, no one has ever said I'm good at math, but still." Buffy said, wrinkling her nose. Everyone in the room looked at Buffy weird, before they remembered that she, of course could not speak Greek, and so forth had not understood the conversation before. Ares looked at Buffy, before clearing his throat.

"Hmm, Buffy. You see…" And then, after deciding that Buffy's face was worth seeing, when she figured it out herself, continued, "…Appearances are deceiving. I am actually, quite a bit older."

"Now that is an understatement of the year!" Spike said, rolling his eyes. Xander threw an irritated look at Spike, but then went to stand besides his godfather, and simply asked:

"So, Harry, what are you doing here?" He then sipped his soda, and did not notice everyone's weird looks as he called Ares Harry. Ares just simply answered, after mouthing to everyone except Buffy 'Alias'.

"Well, I came to see you, of course, what else. Oh, thanks for that Zombie bomb thing…I won a bet there. If you would have let them blew the school up, I would've lost. And let's just say I don't like loosing." Ares said, his eyes darkening for a moment. Xander just nodded, as Giles asked:

"Zombies, Xander?" Xander, without thinking answered.

"Yea, the ones who were about to blow up the school when you were fighting upstairs…, Right, forgot to mention that, didn't I." Xander said, nervously scratching the back of his head.

"Ah, so typical you, Alexander. Never taking credit for all the times you've saved their lives…" Ares voice trailed off, leaving the rest of the Scooby gang thinking, that maybe there was more to Xander than they thought. Then Ares tapped Xander's shoulder, and said.

"Come on, Alexander, maybe you can show to me how these 'autovechiles' work, you know what, you should teach me to drive, that's what." And with that, the two of them left behind a group of people, leaving their questions unanswered.

To Be Continued

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