Catching up:

Buffy's body went limp in place, and her head sunk to the hard stone floor beneath her. She held her breath, waiting for the torture. Anya bent down and gently unfolded the paper from Buffy's hand. "She's in hell." Tara and Anya both thought quickly and herded the group out of Spike's crypt, leaving him to care for Buffy. Spike sighed and closed his eyes before slipping back down into the lower area. He climbed into his bed and wrapped his arms securely around his lifeless love. How long would he have to wait?

A/N: Like my cliffhanger there? :P haha Sorry guys, I had to! Ok, so… I was gonna wait a while to put this up, just as a tease after the cliff hanger, but oh well. :) HOPE YOU ENJOY! R&R please!

Spells, Charms, and Crystals.

"Make me, whelp." Spike sneered stepping towards Xander, who had spent the last while demanding that Spike keep away from Buffy.

The door to the crypt opened and closed then, just in time to stop a brawl from beginning inside. "Spike I brought some of Buffy's-" Tara looked surprised at seeing Xander there with Spike, and so made a quick save on what she was saying. "Some of Buffy's recent e-mails… I thought they might be helpful." She tucked her bag under her arm, attempting to make the act look casual.

"Right, well, I'll just put them somewhere." He said pausing between every few syllables.

Xander looked suspiciously back and forth between the two. Why would Tara have brought e-mails to Spike? Why not have one of her friends – Buffy's friends – look at them for hints?

Spike was making aggravated gestures for Tara to get rid of her friend. If he found out about Buffy… He didn't want to think about what the consequences could be. But they were very lucky that the scoobies hadn't put together the pieces as of yet. It seemed they would have wondered about the link between Buffy's disappearance, and three deceased friends of Buffy's reappearance.

"Uhm, Xander," She said handing the bag to Spike, who disappeared into the lower level of the crypt. "I was wondering if you could recheck the normal hangout places. You know, the Bronze, and places like that." She gave him her awkward puppy dog look that she often used.

"Yeah, sure." Xander replied with a look that grew even more suspicious every second.

"Well, you heard her. Get on out of here!" Spike snapped.

Xander looked between them again nodding in disgust, before he turned around and walked out of the crypt, slamming the door behind him.

"Right then, I'll just have a look at the –"

"They're not e-mails Spike. It's some of Buffy's things. I just thought, that maybe it might help her a bit to have them…" She blushed slightly but went down into the lower level, followed closely by Spike.

Tara brushed back the hair from Buffy's face and then began emptying the contents of the bag onto the end of the bed. It contained a comfortable looking light blue shirt, and loose pajama bottoms, a hair brush, and a white candle.

"You wouldn't happen to have any matches or anything with you?" She asked hopefully.

"Yeah, I do." He glared at the floor while he climbed his way back up to the main space.

Tara began changing Buffy's clothes, hoping to finish before Spike got back. Not that it really mattered… She did manage to beat him. He came back quite a while after he left with a bright red lighter. He passed it silently to Tara who lit the white candle and put it on the dresser next to the bed.

"I'm hoping it will help bring some peace to her mind." She said glancing at him.

"Yeah…" He starred at the blonde laying only a few steps from him. He missed her, even though she was right in front of him.

"Willow wants to do a spell, a tracking spell?" She eventually brought up.

"I've been trying to convince everyone it's a bad idea, but they decided that if I don't do it, then Willow would. I don't know what'll happen if they find her."

Spike was silent before he finally answered. "Can you take away her magic?"

"What? Spike, that's… Spike."

"Well? Can you?"

"I guess so, I've never really-"

"Well then figure it out. Because if a powerful unstable witch like that finds Buffy, and finds us, what's going to happen then?" His voice rose in pitch.

"Ok, I'll do it." She slowly turned away from Buffy, and then made her way out of the crypt.

Back at the Magic Box, Tara pulled out all of the books she could find on the matter, and hid herself away in a corner. She found what she was looking for quickly, and set out to find her ingredients. She was going to take Willow's power away. And she was going to take it for herself. She was going to protect Buffy alongside Spike, and she was going to protect herself, Anya, and her possible new friend Spike.

The next day the magic took place, Tara prepared everything before the others came. She hid at the back of the store while she worked her extremely risky spell. If anything went wrong, anything at all… She didn't know exactly what then, but she didn't want it to happen.

A couple of words from an ancient language, the burning of a candle, and the crushing of some crystals, the spell began to work it's magic. It flowed in a tendril of purple smoke, which only Tara could see, towards Willow. It went inside her, cleansing her body and soul of magic, sweeping it away, and expelling itself from her. It made it's way back to Tara, and pulled itself inside her mind. Spell successful? There was only one way to find out.

Tara joined her friends at the round oak table, and sat down in a chair almost opposite Willow.

"Well, Tara, I would expect that we've waited long enough. We need the spell." Giles said looking at his hands. Tara said nothing. "Willow?" he asked with a gesture of his hand.

"Yeah, I know." She mumbled preparing herself for the upcoming re-rehabilitation. She began working her magic, to no avail. The spell wouldn't cast. "I – I don't know what's going on, my magic won't – I mean, I can't…" she looked at her hands horrified.

Tara smiled from herself and pushed herself away from the table, to go and tell the good news to Spike. He would enjoy this.

A/N: Did you guys really think I would kill SPIKE? You should be ashamed of yourselves! After Buffy went through SO much to bring him back. Tsk tsk. But yeah, anyways! R&R please, constructive criticism GREATLY appreciated! Tips? Thanks! Hope you enjoyed this chapter, I know it was a little… Slow?