Disclaimer: See Chapter One.
Parings: Not known yet.
Warnings: nothing major, maybe some language.
Timeline: Ok to clear up the time line here its Angel early season 4.Wes brought Angel back home but not back in the fold yet. Cordelia also not coming back. I don't know if the Beast will show or not. On the Buffy verse first episode of season six. Giles has left and Willow's addiction is growing. Hopefully this makes my story clearer.
A/N: Thanks to anyone who read and reviewed. (This hit counter thing is cool right!) YA! Reviews make me so happy. Melovespikey24, Angeloholic, ka-mia2286, SpikingJennsAngel, silvi-lic, teagan1024, smallfryes. Thanks so much, each one of you gets a bouncing baby Spike in the mail. Wait, can you FedEx a baby vampire? Anyway please enjoy this longer chapter and review! Know that flames will be used to barbeque.
Chapter 2: Unexpected Circumstances
"What's going on Dawn?" Willow said as she walked around the kitchen to see what Dawn was looking at. The others followed close behind. "Wait is that who I think that is?" said a very confused Tara.
Dawn crouched down to the little boy's eye level and spoke in a sweet tone. "Um… hi there you don't have to be scared my name's Dawn. What's yours?" The little boy looked at her with his big blue eyes, taking in everything in the room. After a moment he answered. "Willum."
Dawn reached down to wrap him in the now huge black t-shirt and put him on her hip. "William do you know where you are?" He gave a quick shake of his head, and then started to cry. Tara walked up to him. "Oh sweetheart that's ok, we where, are your friends. I'm Tara. This is Willow, Xander and Anya. I know everything doesn't make sense. But you don't need to be scared. OK."
The toddler nodded and snuggled into Dawn's shoulder. He then looked down at his growling stomach and his baby features became ridged with his tiny fangs sticking out of his mouth. "I'm ungry. An I'm a vampy, so I'm ungry now!" William lisped. He would have probably been terrifying if he wasn't so cute. "Uh ok do you want your blood?" asked a smiling Dawn. He nodded as they walked to the microwave.
The looks that Willow got could have killed an innocent bystander. Tara was the first to look away and speak. "Dawn can you stay with him while he eats, we're going to need to talk. Alone."
"I swear I didn't do that I will it so spell! I know this looks really bad." Willow said as soon as they reached the dinning room. "Wills we'd like to believe you but you just kind of said Spike was a baby and now. Poof, he's two feet tall. Not that I'm complaining." Xander said stretching his neck around the doorway to catch a peak of a little Will happily feeding.
"Well you see I said to stop acting like a child and I know not helping much. But I'm telling you the truth I didn't do that spell." Willow countered then sunk to a dinning table chair. Tara's grimace turned to a look of total disappointment and was completely unseen by Willow.
As the proverbial light bulb went off in Willow's head she shot out of her seat. "Oh ok I didn't do that spell. But if like some how this still happened I remember the reversal spell. So I say it and then you know Spike will be all adult size. Ok um…As theses words of peace are spoken let this harmful spell be broken and let my will be free again."
Willow tentatively opened one eye to see a now happy William with blue sports bottle in one hand and the other scratching his little exposed tummy. Everyone's attention was now back to Willow. "Umm... ok maybe we need a plan B."
"How did this happen then Will?" Xander asked as he sat down on the living room arm chair. "I don't know I mean…" Willow's response was cut-off by Tara. "A curse you unintentionally said or maybe mystical run-off from another spell. I don't know but as usual we're the ones left to clean it up." Tara said as she took a spell book off the shelf.
"Tara what do you mean cleaning up my mess! Are you saying I'm a bad witch?" Willow asked now standing in front of Tara. "No, not that you're a bad witch. It's probably because you're too good of a witch. Now you're using magicks for everything. By using spells to do even the simplest of things mistakes will happen. Like now Spike, the once 145 year-old vampire is now two years old."
The intense conversation was interrupted by little William, who was now done with his blood. "Nu-uh I'm." William looked down as he held up three of his little cubby fingers. Dawn laughed happy to have Tara and Willow's fight interrupted. She never likes it when they do that. And lately it's been happening more often.
Xander also happy to have had the diversion moved towards Tara as Willow retreated back towards the book shelf. "So we don't know what caused this but we should try to undo it. Right." Anya also unhappy with Spike's current size agreed with Xander. "Yes like reversal spell. Something to undo any curses or spells."
After two hours of different reversal spells they had managed to float the couch, singe the hair off Xander's arms, turn a lamp into a bunny, take the high lights out of Dawn's hair and break the television. William was disappointed at the last because he liked the pretty talking box.
With the latest spell the red magic sand had started to burn Dawn's skin. To get it off she went upstairs to take a shower. She let the cool water soothe her itchy skin. Not taking a very long shower and quickly stepped out of the tub wrapping a towel around her body. While reaching to grab her hair brush Dawn heard a wailing cry from downstairs. Quickly putting on her robe she ran down stairs. Seeing an angry Xander standing in front of the sofa where a crying William sat. She quickly took the sobbing little boy into her arms. "Xander what did you do! God he's a little boy!"
Xander shook his head raised his hands in self-defense. "I didn't do anything to him. I just told him he needed to go to sleep and stay in the living room. I disciplined, not hurt him." Dawn examined the now calmer William who ditched his blanket shirt to get in her grasp. "What's wrong Will, you're not sleepy?"
"No, I… don't wanna be all by maself." quietly replied a sniffly William. "That's ok. You know what, you can sleep with me if you want to?" Dawn asked as she kissed his forehead covered by gold curls. He nodded laying his head down on her collarbone.
"No he can't! I'm not letting Spike sleep in your bed!" yelled a now annoyed Xander. Willow, Tara and Anya where sitting at the table behind stacks of books. Anya walked over from the dinning table to the sofa. She motioned for Dawn to move as she took William's spot, laying her head down on his pillow. "Xander let them go, at least it doesn't cry with her. And some of us need to sleep a few hours so we can open are businesses in the morning." With that Dawn took William upstairs.
She went back to the bathroom, letting William make a potty stop as she went to get dressed. She put on a blue t-shirt and pink boxer-briefs with little blue polka-dots. She also found William a new tooth brush from the medicine cabinet. He happily brushed his teeth and fangs with Dawn. Since he wasn't wearing any clothes Dawn could see how red his legs and arms were. "Are you itchy Will?" Dawn asked as she examined his limbs. "Yah." William answered as he scratched.
She quickly rinsed him off in the tub, and then wrapped him in a clean towel. In her room she had found him a shirt small enough to wear as a nightshirt. As soon as he was dry he tried to jump on the bed. "Oh no mister. Get back hear." His attempts where quickly halted. Even though his fun was cut short the lotion Dawn was putting on him made the itchies go away and he liked his purple shirt. After Dawn lotioned her own arms she got up to make sure all the drapes where closed.
William had already made himself comfortable under Dawn's comforter when she came to bed. Within a couple of minutes Will had gone from the left side of the bed to Dawn's side. He hesitantly rested his head on her chest. Dawn looked down to see William with his right thumb in his mouth. She reassuringly wrapped her arm around him, his little body relaxed against her. She kissed the top of head. "Night William." 'Oh she was so going to blackmail Spike with this.'
A/N: Wow this chapter is longer than expected. But you asked so I complied. So please leave a review. I know you want to know where Angel fits in but all will soon be revealed. Muahahahahha, cough, muahahahh.