Chapter 4 - New Feelings
"What the hell is he doing here?" Spike glared at the boy and turned back to Willow. Willow just rolled her eyes and continued to look in one of the books she had been reading.
"Xander." Buffy's firm statement shut the boy up as she walked into the room. Anya grabbed his hand and pulled him into the house.
"Buffy, what's going on?" Buffy sighed as she dropped the stack of books onto the table.
"Spike's a human. Willow's a vampire." Willow shifted uncomfortably as Xander and Anya's gazes settled on her. Xander looked horrified and Anya just stared. She vaguely felt the comforting hand on her back as she tentatively looked at her best friend.
The moment the redhead had tensed, Spike had placed a hand on her back. 'What the hell is going on mate? Why are you doing this? One minute your following the slayer around like a bloody dog and now you're comforting the slayer's friend?' Spike just shook the thoughts off and his hand stayed put.
"You're a vampire? Oh god, Will." Willow nodded sadly and cautiously walked over. Xander met Spike's eyes. The gaze that met him made Xander shiver. He had never seen such a fierce, protective gaze in the vamp's, well ex-vamp's, eyes.
Xander turned back to Willow. She seemed to now being look at her feet. She was wrenching her hands together and Xander's heart nearly broke. Out of everyone in the room, he knew Willow the best. She was scared, not nervous, but scared.
"Oh Wills. Don't be scared of me." In one swift move, Xander had her in his arms.
The moment the words had left his mouth, the tears fell. The one person who seemed to matter the most was the one person who was holding her in comfort. She tightened her hold on him as the tears continued to fall. After a few moments, Willow pulled back.
Xander smiled and wiped the tears off her cheek. "I'll support you through anything, you know that?" She nodded and she broke out into a grin.
Throwing her arms around him she said into his ear, "You know I love you, right?" He laughed and nodded.
"I love you too Wills." They broke apart and Willow wiped the remaining tears off her face.
She turned and stared at Spike. He had an unreadable expression on his face. She shrugged and sat down. Anya grabbed Xander and pulled him down with her. Buffy handed them some books and sat on the ground.
Spike felt the surge of jealousy run through him the moment Xander had taken her into his arms. He had to physically restrain himself when Xander had wiped the tears off of her cheek. 'Get under control.' That was his mantra throughout the whole ordeal. He felt the pang of hurt run through him when Willow had brightly smiled. Xander had been the only one to truly make her smile like that. Why couldn't she have smiled for him? 'She doesn't like you, you stupid git.' Spike sighed. 'Why do I even care?' The answer didn't come and he sat back deciding to ignore the group and immerse himself into the book.
"So...what exactly happened? Willow's just magically a vamp with a soul? Spike is magically alive again with a beating heart?" Xander's question floated throughout the room and the others shrugged.
"We don't exactly what happened, Xan. All know is that Willow and Spike both woke up in the middle of the night in wrenching pain and they woke up like this. It's obviously a spell. We're just hoping to find the spell in some of these books. I tried to get Giles, but he hasn't called back yet. I phoned LA and they're going to search, too." Buffy's silence didn't go unnoticed to the group. She must have truly been worried to call Angel.
Willow smiled at her friend. "Thank you Buffy."
Buffy nodded and smiled before continuing. "Just search. Later tonight, I'm going out to ask around. I'll see if Willie has heard anything."
So, they all went to work. For five hours they searched and nothing was found. Throughout the day, Willow and Xander had joked around. It seemed their friendship had gotten stronger under pressure. Anya just rolled her eyes at the two and continued to search. Buffy had smiled and joined in on the joking every once in a while. Xander truly was the only one able to make Willow smile. Willow seemed the happiest when he was in the room.
This, of coarse, did not go unnoticed by the quiet man in the corner. The moment Willow and Xander had started their playing; he had closed into a shell. He only spoke when asked a question. The answer was usually a yes or no. He tried to ignore the jealousy and hurt, but the more he ignored the emotions, the more they seemed to affect him. It did hurt. He knew the witch and the boy had always been close. He just didn't know they had ever been this close. Every time Xander touched her he had to leave the room to control the urges to attack the boy.
Buffy couldn't hold the smile. The emotions playing on Spike's face were easily readable. Buffy had also noticed the closeness in the two. However, she knew something that Spike didn't. Xander and Willow had always done this with each other in moments of despair. If one ever needed cheering up, the other was always there. Xander was doing his best to cheer the girl up and he was succeeding. Of coarse, the ex-vampire didn't know that. He just saw the playful touching. Buffy couldn't help but smile. Spike was jealous whether he wanted to admit it or not. He definitely liked the redhead. 'Okay, so normally I would be staking his sorry ass, but I'm not. Hmmmm...time to think.'
"The sun's going down, Buff. You gonna head on out?" Buffy jumped at the voice. Xander pointed out the window and she eagerly jumped up. She had not flipped a page in her book in twenty minutes.
"Yep, thanks Xan. I'll see what I can find out. I'll check back in soon, okay?" They nodded and she headed to the door.
"Hey, slayer, wait up." Buffy turned to see Spike walking to the door. "I'm coming with you."
"Spike...I don't think that's such a good idea. You're not a vamp anymore?" He shrugged and smiled.
"So? I know how to fight. Besides, if these wimps can patrol, I sure as hell can." She nodded and walked out the door with the vampire in tow. The whole time, Willow stared after them.
"He really needs to get over that crush on Buffy." Willow turned to Xander and slowly nodded. She stood up and walked into the kitchen. She stared out the window as Buffy and Spike walked across the street together and disappeared out of sight. 'Why do I even care? I knew he liked Buffy from the start. God, I'm such an idiot.' However, something else Willow had not thought about came into play. The bloodlust in her had started to bubble up. Not wanting to bring any attention to it, she had pushed it down. Until now. Willow walked into the living room to see Anya and Xander share a soft kiss. She smiled coughed. They pulled apart with sheepish grins on their faces.
"Well, it's night time and I haven't left the house in 24 hours." Xander stood up and walked over.
"We'll come with you." She shook her head and pushed him back onto the couch with Anya.
"No, you stay here and research. We have to find a way to reverse this. I'm just going for a walk. I'll be right back. I promise. Besides, I'm a vampire. I don't have to worry about other vampires attacking." He smiled and nodded.
"Alright, but you better be back in twenty minutes. Or else, I'm coming out to find you. Okay?" She nodded and quickly left with a wave.
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Buffy walked along side her companion in silence. She could feel the tension coming off of him in waves. Choosing to ignore it, she had started to softly hum as she twirled a stake in her hands. After a few minutes of that, she finally gave up.
"Alright, I can't take the silence anymore. Normally you would be professing your undying love for me. Now, you're all mopey." Spike's eyes widened and he turned to her.
"I..um..." Buffy laughed and held up a hand to silence him.
"Spike, it's okay. I'm actually glad you don't feel that way anymore. Now I don't have to worry about it." Spike halted and she stopped and turned to him.
"It's not that I don't care about you anymore. It's just that...well.." She smiled and he closed his mouth.
"I know Spike." He raised an eyebrow with a confused gaze.
"You know what?"
"You opened your eyes." She smiled and continued on their trek leaving a speechless Spike standing there.
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Willow hastily walked down the sidewalk. She was headed towards Giles'. She knew he kept extra blood in the fridge for Spike. Her whole body was screaming to be fed. Every time she passed someone, she had to fight the urge to stop and feed. Upon reaching the door to Giles' house, panic started to rise up in her chest. She raised her foot up and kicked the door in. Running to the kitchen she pulled out the blood and savagely ripped the package open. The blood rolled down her throat and soothed the demon in her. 'Thank god.' Willow closed her eyes and started crying. She hated this. She was dead. She was nothing. Trembling, Willow cleaned up the kitchen and closed the broken door behind. 'I'll have to fix that for Giles.'
Willow stepped onto the sidewalk and looked around her. She could leave and head back towards her house. She could go right towards Willie's or she could go straight into the park. With a soft sigh, Willow looked left and right and crossed the street. Even though it was almost 7:30 at night, Willow felt like it was early afternoon. She could see fine even though it was pitch dark. She could hear every little thing around her. All of these new enhanced senses amazed her.
Hearing a twig snap behind her, Willow turned quickly. Standing before her were three vampires. With a surge of determination, Willow smiled.
"What the hell do you three want? Can't you see I'm hunting?" They looked at each other and the "leader" turned back to her.
"We're here for you, Red." A feeling of anger flowed through Willow. The only person allowed to call her Red was Spike. No one else.
"I don't think so you idiot. I'm not a human. I'm a vampire. I'm trying to get some food if you don't mind." They laughed and Willow glared.
"We know you're a vampire. You're not supposed to be, though, are you?" Willow's eyes widened. The leader seemed to be smarter than the other two. He stood there confidently watching as the emotions played across her face.
"What the hell do you know about that?" He smirked.
"I know a lot of things, Red. The question is what do you know?" She shrugged.
"I don't anything. You're right. I'm not supposed to be a vampire. But I am. So I can easily kick your ass."
"Oh yeah?" She nodded and he laughed. The other two vampires seemed like they wanted to run, but he just stood there. His confidence was really starting to piss Willow off.
"Look, we have orders to...kill you. I don't know why. You sure are one hell of a vampire. All that fire." She rolled her eyes.
"Well you don't have to kill me. I'll stay out of your way. You can stay out of mine." He shook his head.
"Nope, I can't do that. My ass would be dust."
"So you're gonna be a wuss and follow orders? Well, that's bullshit. Whose orders are these anyway?" Ignoring the question he stepped forward menacingly.
"Look, Red, let's hurry up and do this." Willow sighed. She looked up in surprise when he muttered, "Stupid bitch listens to the stars."
"Stars?" His eyes widened. She smirked.
"Along with being a vampire, I've got better hearing. So Druscilla is behind all this shit. I should have known. Why the hell did she do this to me?" He sighed and laughed.
"It wasn't supposed to be you."
"What the hell are you doing?" One of the vampires grabbed onto his arm and he growled at the vampire. "She'll be dead anyway. What's the harm?" The vampire growled in return and let go of his arm. Willow watched the scene. She should be scared. Sure, they probably could kill. However, she needed to know the answers.
"What do you mean, it wasn't supposed to be me?"
"That's exactly what it means. The spell went wrong. You were supposed to be turned into a vampire. The slayer was. Druscilla was pissed off." Willow nodded. A rain of sadness washed over her.
"Because Buffy had Spike's love and she didn't right?" He nodded and she closed her eyes. Of coarse Buffy had Spike's love.
"What's your name?" She questioned. He looked at her in surprise and she shrugged.
"I might as well know the name of my killer."
"Hayden. Yours?" He smirked at her confused gaze. "I might as well know the name of the girl I kill."
"Willow." He nodded and she stepped forward. "Let's get this over with, shall we?" As fast as lightning, she kicked her foot out and knocked him onto the ground. She didn't have a stake. At least she could go down fighting. The two vampires behind him jumped forward and she punched the first one in the face. The other one looked at her in surprise. He grabbed her and brought his face down to her neck. She kicked out and pushed him to the ground. She couldn't see Hayden anywhere. By now, the first vampire had grabbed her and thrown her into a tree. She let out a scream as he jumped on top of her. Closing her eyes, she braced herself. Waiting a few moments, nothing happened. The weight of the body disappeared, but she kept her eyes closed. A chuckle sounded from above her.
"You can open your eyes now, Willow." Willow slowly opened her eyes. Hayden stood above her, stake in hand. She looked around to see two piles of dust.
"What the hell?" He smirked and offered her a hand. Willow tentatively took it and he swiftly pulled her up.
"Aren't you going to kill me?" He shook his head.
"What happened to following orders?" He shrugged and gave her a toothy grin.
"Well, I've never been really good at that Willow." She turned to him in confusion.
"But...you're supposed to be evil! You don't have a soul do you?"
"Oh god no." He said in horror.
"So, what's with the good deed?" He shrugged and pocketed his stake.
"Well, Druscilla is getting on my nerves. All she can talk about his getting her Spikey back and killing the women he loves. It's all rather sickening."
"Well, Spike doesn't love me." He raised an eyebrow at the tone she used.
"Oh really? Well, why did the spell affect you? It was meant to affect only the woman he loves." She shook her head.
"Well, the spell obviously was botched up. Spike loves Buffy." He cringed.
"I feel sorry for him, then. Damn, a slayer." Willow glared at him and he raised his hands in surrender.
"I'm just saying!"
"Buffy's a good person." His face twisted in disgust.
"She's a slayer." Willow nodded. Yep, Willow, he's a vampire. You're having a pleasant conversation with a vampire! 'Well, you're a vampire too.' Willow sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"I've got to go. We've got to find out how to reverse this stupid spell. I hate being a vampire." He smiled.
"Now come on, it's not that bad is it?" She glared and he laughed.
"Look Willow, this spell is old. Real old. We all had a hard time finding the damn book. There are probably no others like it. So, you mine as well just get used to the state of being a vampire." Her lip trembled and she jumped up.
"I can't be a vampire! I'll never get to have a family. I'll never get to finish school! The sun! I won't get to go out in the sun!"
He shrugged. "You get used to it after a while." She wiped her eyes.
"Are you crying?" He questioned trying looking at her. She shook her head.
"No!" He grabbed her hand away from her face just as another tear fell down her cheek.
"You are too crying!" She pulled her arm back from his grasp.
"So, what of it?"
"I've just never seen a vampire cry before. It's bloody pathetic." She glared at him.
"All I'm saying is that instead of acting all sappy, do something about it. Kick Druscilla's ass. She needs it. She's a bloody loony bin."
"I'm not the one who was following her orders." Willow muttered. Hayden laughed and nodded.
"I guess you weren't. But anyway, get the slayer and whoop her butt. I'll even tell you where she is. She's at that old factory." Willow snorted and he continued. "There are about ten vampires following her ass. Everyone else saw how crazy she was and left."
"I don't blame them." Hayden laughed and Willow looked at him curiously.
"Why did you follow her?" She asked curiously. He tensed and stared back at her.
"I...can't tell you." Willow shrugged and nodded.
"Well, it's getting late and I have to feed. Nice to meet you. Have fun finding a reversal spell." He stepped away from the bench and started walking away.
"Wait!" Willow grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"What?" She had a look of panic in her eyes.
"You're not going to kill anyone are you?" He laughed and nodded.
"That's what I usually do." She gave him a look of sadness and he sighed.
"Look, just because I didn't kill you doesn't mean I'm a soulless vampire. I've got to feed." She nodded and wrung her hands together.
"I know. It's just that you couldn't kill them. I mean, you could feed, but not kill, right?"
"Well I could, but I won't." Willow sighed and he turned back to leave. Once again, she grabbed his arm.
"What the hell do you want from me? I let you live. I even told you who was behind this whole thing! I even told you where to go. Leave me the hell alone."
"You can help us!" He turned back to her and laughed.
"I'm serious! You could help us!" He grabbed her arms and squeezed them tightly. She let out a cry and he didn't flinch.
"Look, I'm a vampire. I'm evil. I'm not going to help the slayer and her little gang of friends." Willow nodded and he let go. With a growl, he walked off. Willow sighed.
"Be positive, Will. At least you're not dead." With that, she turned and quickly made her way home.
Xander was going to kill her.
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Spike and Buffy walked towards the Rosenburg Residence. They had gone to Willie's and came out with nothing.
"You didn't have to start that Spike fight." Spike laughed.
"Like you didn't have fun kicking those vamps' asses. They deserved it." She rolled her eyes and playfully hit him on the arm.
"Yeah, but they could have killed you if I hadn't been there!"
"Whatever." He said laughing and hit her back. A soft sigh reached their ears and they looked up. They had reached the Rosenburgs' driveway and standing on the sidewalk in front of them was Willow. She had a sad look on her face. Buffy immediately noticed it. 'Damn.'
Spike, however, only noticed the ripped shirt. "What the hell happened?" He yelled. Willow winced, but before she could answer Xander had run out and grabbed her into a hug. Spike growled and slammed into the house. He pushed Anya out of the way and walked into the den. Buffy followed him.
"Spike?" He looked at her and his anger melted. "Why can't I ever get the girl?" Buffy almost didn't hear it. With a sigh, he walked into the living room and plopped down. Buffy looked over at Willow who stared at the bleached blonde.
'Maybe you have gotten the girl.'
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Hayden slammed through the park. What the hell did she know? He was evil. He spotted a girl walking through the park. He grabbed her and muffled her scream. He twisted her head to the side and let bit into her neck. He felt the weakening in her body. The conversation with the redhead played into his mind. With a growl, he pulled back and laid the girl on a near bye bench. She was still alive. He really did hate himself. With a curse, Hayden walked off into the night.
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"What the hell is he doing here?" Spike glared at the boy and turned back to Willow. Willow just rolled her eyes and continued to look in one of the books she had been reading.
"Xander." Buffy's firm statement shut the boy up as she walked into the room. Anya grabbed his hand and pulled him into the house.
"Buffy, what's going on?" Buffy sighed as she dropped the stack of books onto the table.
"Spike's a human. Willow's a vampire." Willow shifted uncomfortably as Xander and Anya's gazes settled on her. Xander looked horrified and Anya just stared. She vaguely felt the comforting hand on her back as she tentatively looked at her best friend.
The moment the redhead had tensed, Spike had placed a hand on her back. 'What the hell is going on mate? Why are you doing this? One minute your following the slayer around like a bloody dog and now you're comforting the slayer's friend?' Spike just shook the thoughts off and his hand stayed put.
"You're a vampire? Oh god, Will." Willow nodded sadly and cautiously walked over. Xander met Spike's eyes. The gaze that met him made Xander shiver. He had never seen such a fierce, protective gaze in the vamp's, well ex-vamp's, eyes.
Xander turned back to Willow. She seemed to now being look at her feet. She was wrenching her hands together and Xander's heart nearly broke. Out of everyone in the room, he knew Willow the best. She was scared, not nervous, but scared.
"Oh Wills. Don't be scared of me." In one swift move, Xander had her in his arms.
The moment the words had left his mouth, the tears fell. The one person who seemed to matter the most was the one person who was holding her in comfort. She tightened her hold on him as the tears continued to fall. After a few moments, Willow pulled back.
Xander smiled and wiped the tears off her cheek. "I'll support you through anything, you know that?" She nodded and she broke out into a grin.
Throwing her arms around him she said into his ear, "You know I love you, right?" He laughed and nodded.
"I love you too Wills." They broke apart and Willow wiped the remaining tears off her face.
She turned and stared at Spike. He had an unreadable expression on his face. She shrugged and sat down. Anya grabbed Xander and pulled him down with her. Buffy handed them some books and sat on the ground.
Spike felt the surge of jealousy run through him the moment Xander had taken her into his arms. He had to physically restrain himself when Xander had wiped the tears off of her cheek. 'Get under control.' That was his mantra throughout the whole ordeal. He felt the pang of hurt run through him when Willow had brightly smiled. Xander had been the only one to truly make her smile like that. Why couldn't she have smiled for him? 'She doesn't like you, you stupid git.' Spike sighed. 'Why do I even care?' The answer didn't come and he sat back deciding to ignore the group and immerse himself into the book.
"So...what exactly happened? Willow's just magically a vamp with a soul? Spike is magically alive again with a beating heart?" Xander's question floated throughout the room and the others shrugged.
"We don't exactly what happened, Xan. All know is that Willow and Spike both woke up in the middle of the night in wrenching pain and they woke up like this. It's obviously a spell. We're just hoping to find the spell in some of these books. I tried to get Giles, but he hasn't called back yet. I phoned LA and they're going to search, too." Buffy's silence didn't go unnoticed to the group. She must have truly been worried to call Angel.
Willow smiled at her friend. "Thank you Buffy."
Buffy nodded and smiled before continuing. "Just search. Later tonight, I'm going out to ask around. I'll see if Willie has heard anything."
So, they all went to work. For five hours they searched and nothing was found. Throughout the day, Willow and Xander had joked around. It seemed their friendship had gotten stronger under pressure. Anya just rolled her eyes at the two and continued to search. Buffy had smiled and joined in on the joking every once in a while. Xander truly was the only one able to make Willow smile. Willow seemed the happiest when he was in the room.
This, of coarse, did not go unnoticed by the quiet man in the corner. The moment Willow and Xander had started their playing; he had closed into a shell. He only spoke when asked a question. The answer was usually a yes or no. He tried to ignore the jealousy and hurt, but the more he ignored the emotions, the more they seemed to affect him. It did hurt. He knew the witch and the boy had always been close. He just didn't know they had ever been this close. Every time Xander touched her he had to leave the room to control the urges to attack the boy.
Buffy couldn't hold the smile. The emotions playing on Spike's face were easily readable. Buffy had also noticed the closeness in the two. However, she knew something that Spike didn't. Xander and Willow had always done this with each other in moments of despair. If one ever needed cheering up, the other was always there. Xander was doing his best to cheer the girl up and he was succeeding. Of coarse, the ex-vampire didn't know that. He just saw the playful touching. Buffy couldn't help but smile. Spike was jealous whether he wanted to admit it or not. He definitely liked the redhead. 'Okay, so normally I would be staking his sorry ass, but I'm not. Hmmmm...time to think.'
"The sun's going down, Buff. You gonna head on out?" Buffy jumped at the voice. Xander pointed out the window and she eagerly jumped up. She had not flipped a page in her book in twenty minutes.
"Yep, thanks Xan. I'll see what I can find out. I'll check back in soon, okay?" They nodded and she headed to the door.
"Hey, slayer, wait up." Buffy turned to see Spike walking to the door. "I'm coming with you."
"Spike...I don't think that's such a good idea. You're not a vamp anymore?" He shrugged and smiled.
"So? I know how to fight. Besides, if these wimps can patrol, I sure as hell can." She nodded and walked out the door with the vampire in tow. The whole time, Willow stared after them.
"He really needs to get over that crush on Buffy." Willow turned to Xander and slowly nodded. She stood up and walked into the kitchen. She stared out the window as Buffy and Spike walked across the street together and disappeared out of sight. 'Why do I even care? I knew he liked Buffy from the start. God, I'm such an idiot.' However, something else Willow had not thought about came into play. The bloodlust in her had started to bubble up. Not wanting to bring any attention to it, she had pushed it down. Until now. Willow walked into the living room to see Anya and Xander share a soft kiss. She smiled coughed. They pulled apart with sheepish grins on their faces.
"Well, it's night time and I haven't left the house in 24 hours." Xander stood up and walked over.
"We'll come with you." She shook her head and pushed him back onto the couch with Anya.
"No, you stay here and research. We have to find a way to reverse this. I'm just going for a walk. I'll be right back. I promise. Besides, I'm a vampire. I don't have to worry about other vampires attacking." He smiled and nodded.
"Alright, but you better be back in twenty minutes. Or else, I'm coming out to find you. Okay?" She nodded and quickly left with a wave.
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Buffy walked along side her companion in silence. She could feel the tension coming off of him in waves. Choosing to ignore it, she had started to softly hum as she twirled a stake in her hands. After a few minutes of that, she finally gave up.
"Alright, I can't take the silence anymore. Normally you would be professing your undying love for me. Now, you're all mopey." Spike's eyes widened and he turned to her.
"I..um..." Buffy laughed and held up a hand to silence him.
"Spike, it's okay. I'm actually glad you don't feel that way anymore. Now I don't have to worry about it." Spike halted and she stopped and turned to him.
"It's not that I don't care about you anymore. It's just that...well.." She smiled and he closed his mouth.
"I know Spike." He raised an eyebrow with a confused gaze.
"You know what?"
"You opened your eyes." She smiled and continued on their trek leaving a speechless Spike standing there.
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Willow hastily walked down the sidewalk. She was headed towards Giles'. She knew he kept extra blood in the fridge for Spike. Her whole body was screaming to be fed. Every time she passed someone, she had to fight the urge to stop and feed. Upon reaching the door to Giles' house, panic started to rise up in her chest. She raised her foot up and kicked the door in. Running to the kitchen she pulled out the blood and savagely ripped the package open. The blood rolled down her throat and soothed the demon in her. 'Thank god.' Willow closed her eyes and started crying. She hated this. She was dead. She was nothing. Trembling, Willow cleaned up the kitchen and closed the broken door behind. 'I'll have to fix that for Giles.'
Willow stepped onto the sidewalk and looked around her. She could leave and head back towards her house. She could go right towards Willie's or she could go straight into the park. With a soft sigh, Willow looked left and right and crossed the street. Even though it was almost 7:30 at night, Willow felt like it was early afternoon. She could see fine even though it was pitch dark. She could hear every little thing around her. All of these new enhanced senses amazed her.
Hearing a twig snap behind her, Willow turned quickly. Standing before her were three vampires. With a surge of determination, Willow smiled.
"What the hell do you three want? Can't you see I'm hunting?" They looked at each other and the "leader" turned back to her.
"We're here for you, Red." A feeling of anger flowed through Willow. The only person allowed to call her Red was Spike. No one else.
"I don't think so you idiot. I'm not a human. I'm a vampire. I'm trying to get some food if you don't mind." They laughed and Willow glared.
"We know you're a vampire. You're not supposed to be, though, are you?" Willow's eyes widened. The leader seemed to be smarter than the other two. He stood there confidently watching as the emotions played across her face.
"What the hell do you know about that?" He smirked.
"I know a lot of things, Red. The question is what do you know?" She shrugged.
"I don't anything. You're right. I'm not supposed to be a vampire. But I am. So I can easily kick your ass."
"Oh yeah?" She nodded and he laughed. The other two vampires seemed like they wanted to run, but he just stood there. His confidence was really starting to piss Willow off.
"Look, we have orders to...kill you. I don't know why. You sure are one hell of a vampire. All that fire." She rolled her eyes.
"Well you don't have to kill me. I'll stay out of your way. You can stay out of mine." He shook his head.
"Nope, I can't do that. My ass would be dust."
"So you're gonna be a wuss and follow orders? Well, that's bullshit. Whose orders are these anyway?" Ignoring the question he stepped forward menacingly.
"Look, Red, let's hurry up and do this." Willow sighed. She looked up in surprise when he muttered, "Stupid bitch listens to the stars."
"Stars?" His eyes widened. She smirked.
"Along with being a vampire, I've got better hearing. So Druscilla is behind all this shit. I should have known. Why the hell did she do this to me?" He sighed and laughed.
"It wasn't supposed to be you."
"What the hell are you doing?" One of the vampires grabbed onto his arm and he growled at the vampire. "She'll be dead anyway. What's the harm?" The vampire growled in return and let go of his arm. Willow watched the scene. She should be scared. Sure, they probably could kill. However, she needed to know the answers.
"What do you mean, it wasn't supposed to be me?"
"That's exactly what it means. The spell went wrong. You were supposed to be turned into a vampire. The slayer was. Druscilla was pissed off." Willow nodded. A rain of sadness washed over her.
"Because Buffy had Spike's love and she didn't right?" He nodded and she closed her eyes. Of coarse Buffy had Spike's love.
"What's your name?" She questioned. He looked at her in surprise and she shrugged.
"I might as well know the name of my killer."
"Hayden. Yours?" He smirked at her confused gaze. "I might as well know the name of the girl I kill."
"Willow." He nodded and she stepped forward. "Let's get this over with, shall we?" As fast as lightning, she kicked her foot out and knocked him onto the ground. She didn't have a stake. At least she could go down fighting. The two vampires behind him jumped forward and she punched the first one in the face. The other one looked at her in surprise. He grabbed her and brought his face down to her neck. She kicked out and pushed him to the ground. She couldn't see Hayden anywhere. By now, the first vampire had grabbed her and thrown her into a tree. She let out a scream as he jumped on top of her. Closing her eyes, she braced herself. Waiting a few moments, nothing happened. The weight of the body disappeared, but she kept her eyes closed. A chuckle sounded from above her.
"You can open your eyes now, Willow." Willow slowly opened her eyes. Hayden stood above her, stake in hand. She looked around to see two piles of dust.
"What the hell?" He smirked and offered her a hand. Willow tentatively took it and he swiftly pulled her up.
"Aren't you going to kill me?" He shook his head.
"What happened to following orders?" He shrugged and gave her a toothy grin.
"Well, I've never been really good at that Willow." She turned to him in confusion.
"But...you're supposed to be evil! You don't have a soul do you?"
"Oh god no." He said in horror.
"So, what's with the good deed?" He shrugged and pocketed his stake.
"Well, Druscilla is getting on my nerves. All she can talk about his getting her Spikey back and killing the women he loves. It's all rather sickening."
"Well, Spike doesn't love me." He raised an eyebrow at the tone she used.
"Oh really? Well, why did the spell affect you? It was meant to affect only the woman he loves." She shook her head.
"Well, the spell obviously was botched up. Spike loves Buffy." He cringed.
"I feel sorry for him, then. Damn, a slayer." Willow glared at him and he raised his hands in surrender.
"I'm just saying!"
"Buffy's a good person." His face twisted in disgust.
"She's a slayer." Willow nodded. Yep, Willow, he's a vampire. You're having a pleasant conversation with a vampire! 'Well, you're a vampire too.' Willow sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"I've got to go. We've got to find out how to reverse this stupid spell. I hate being a vampire." He smiled.
"Now come on, it's not that bad is it?" She glared and he laughed.
"Look Willow, this spell is old. Real old. We all had a hard time finding the damn book. There are probably no others like it. So, you mine as well just get used to the state of being a vampire." Her lip trembled and she jumped up.
"I can't be a vampire! I'll never get to have a family. I'll never get to finish school! The sun! I won't get to go out in the sun!"
He shrugged. "You get used to it after a while." She wiped her eyes.
"Are you crying?" He questioned trying looking at her. She shook her head.
"No!" He grabbed her hand away from her face just as another tear fell down her cheek.
"You are too crying!" She pulled her arm back from his grasp.
"So, what of it?"
"I've just never seen a vampire cry before. It's bloody pathetic." She glared at him.
"All I'm saying is that instead of acting all sappy, do something about it. Kick Druscilla's ass. She needs it. She's a bloody loony bin."
"I'm not the one who was following her orders." Willow muttered. Hayden laughed and nodded.
"I guess you weren't. But anyway, get the slayer and whoop her butt. I'll even tell you where she is. She's at that old factory." Willow snorted and he continued. "There are about ten vampires following her ass. Everyone else saw how crazy she was and left."
"I don't blame them." Hayden laughed and Willow looked at him curiously.
"Why did you follow her?" She asked curiously. He tensed and stared back at her.
"I...can't tell you." Willow shrugged and nodded.
"Well, it's getting late and I have to feed. Nice to meet you. Have fun finding a reversal spell." He stepped away from the bench and started walking away.
"Wait!" Willow grabbed his arm and pulled him back.
"What?" She had a look of panic in her eyes.
"You're not going to kill anyone are you?" He laughed and nodded.
"That's what I usually do." She gave him a look of sadness and he sighed.
"Look, just because I didn't kill you doesn't mean I'm a soulless vampire. I've got to feed." She nodded and wrung her hands together.
"I know. It's just that you couldn't kill them. I mean, you could feed, but not kill, right?"
"Well I could, but I won't." Willow sighed and he turned back to leave. Once again, she grabbed his arm.
"What the hell do you want from me? I let you live. I even told you who was behind this whole thing! I even told you where to go. Leave me the hell alone."
"You can help us!" He turned back to her and laughed.
"I'm serious! You could help us!" He grabbed her arms and squeezed them tightly. She let out a cry and he didn't flinch.
"Look, I'm a vampire. I'm evil. I'm not going to help the slayer and her little gang of friends." Willow nodded and he let go. With a growl, he walked off. Willow sighed.
"Be positive, Will. At least you're not dead." With that, she turned and quickly made her way home.
Xander was going to kill her.
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Spike and Buffy walked towards the Rosenburg Residence. They had gone to Willie's and came out with nothing.
"You didn't have to start that Spike fight." Spike laughed.
"Like you didn't have fun kicking those vamps' asses. They deserved it." She rolled her eyes and playfully hit him on the arm.
"Yeah, but they could have killed you if I hadn't been there!"
"Whatever." He said laughing and hit her back. A soft sigh reached their ears and they looked up. They had reached the Rosenburgs' driveway and standing on the sidewalk in front of them was Willow. She had a sad look on her face. Buffy immediately noticed it. 'Damn.'
Spike, however, only noticed the ripped shirt. "What the hell happened?" He yelled. Willow winced, but before she could answer Xander had run out and grabbed her into a hug. Spike growled and slammed into the house. He pushed Anya out of the way and walked into the den. Buffy followed him.
"Spike?" He looked at her and his anger melted. "Why can't I ever get the girl?" Buffy almost didn't hear it. With a sigh, he walked into the living room and plopped down. Buffy looked over at Willow who stared at the bleached blonde.
'Maybe you have gotten the girl.'
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Hayden slammed through the park. What the hell did she know? He was evil. He spotted a girl walking through the park. He grabbed her and muffled her scream. He twisted her head to the side and let bit into her neck. He felt the weakening in her body. The conversation with the redhead played into his mind. With a growl, he pulled back and laid the girl on a near bye bench. She was still alive. He really did hate himself. With a curse, Hayden walked off into the night.
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Don't kill me for taking so long. I hope this chapter satisfied you guys! I've been busy. I didn't forget about this story though.
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