Buffy, Willow, Xander, Giles, Mr. Michaelis, and Rige were all huddled around the table, a deathly silence hanging over the room. Rige had shut the shop down early, and now they just waited for Ciel, who was busy having a meeting with Principal Snyder. Buffy kept glaring at Rige, who was visibly tense, despite Sebastian's attempts to rub her shoulders or even rest his hand on her arm. Buffy was tense as well. Still, they hadn't been sitting too long before Ciel opened up the back door and stepped into the room. "Why's the store closed?" he asked with a sigh.

"We are having a discussion with Mr. Giles and his little group of students," Mr. Michaelis replied smoothly. Ciel looked around the table.

"Why the hell are we doing that?" Ciel snapped. Rige rolled her eyes.

"Don't you have any respect, Ciel?" Rige breathed. Ciel stormed over to the table.

"So, why don't you start with telling me why you had to tell Mr. Michaelis about me," Buffy proposed to Giles.

"Wait, what about her?" Ciel asked.

"I confronted your Watcher first, Buffy. I had my senses about you in the first place," Sebastian explained.

"Watcher? She's a Slayer?" Ciel breathed. "I thought…"

"Shut up, would you?" Rige growled. "You'll get your chance."

"H-How could you sense it?" Willow asked.

"Sebastian Michaelis is one of the demons I was talking about, the kind that was created from fallen angels," Giles explained.

"You're a fallen angel?" Ciel, Willow, Buffy, and Xander gasped in unison. Apparently Ciel hadn't been informed of too much. Now everything had to come clean. Sebastian sighed, leaning back. This time, as he placed his hand on Rige's back, she didn't tense. She actually relaxed.

"The angelic demon is what it is called," Sebastian began. "We are a demon tribe that feeds on the souls of willing humans in exchange for our services. We make up the High Court of the underworld, seeing as we are not entirely evil per say, though we are not good either. There are three ways to become an angelic demon, and the results of all three sit in this room."

"What do you mean?" Buffy asked. Sebastian looked from Ciel to Rige.

"Ciel was my master, back in the Victorian age. He asked me to serve him for eternity, and then became a demon. Rige is the daughter of two fallen angels," Sebastian answered, his voice then trailing off.

"What about you then?" Ciel asked. Sebastian looked at Rige, and then across the table at Giles. Buffy crossed her arms. She had to admit she was curious now. Leaning forward, she awaited an answer. However, it wasn't Sebastian who spoke up, it was Rige.

"It isn't obvious? Michaelis is an angelic name. He's a fallen angel himself," Rige hesitantly explained. Sebastian looked down at the table.

"Wait, if you're one of these demons, Rige, were you the one I ran into last night?" Buffy asked. She knew she was butting in, but it had all just clicked for her. It only made sense.

"Yeah, it was me," Rige mumbled, crossing her fingers.

"Rige was recently cursed to be human by the Court. At the same time, you had died for a brief moment. Rige ended up also being cursed to be a Slayer. Ironic, isn't it? A demon forced by birthright to kill other demons?" Sebastian quickly explained. Rige sunk down in her seat.

"Well, that was unexpected, but also expected," Willow mused. Xander nodded stiffly, his eyes locked on Rige.

"So are you guys actually engaged or what?" Xander asked, resting his chin in his hand.

"Yes," Rige and Sebastian quickly answered, Sebastian with that protective look in his eye. Buffy had that nagging feeling that something more was going on, but she also knew that if these two weren't going to say anything, then that was the end of it.

"So what do we do now with things?" Buffy asked.

"Treat me like a normal student, but from now on I want in on whatever you all are talking about. We're trying to find a way to help Rige get back to normal," Ciel proposed. Buffy glared at him.

"You're a bit assertive," Buffy snapped. Ciel's eyes narrowed.

"I was an earl," Ciel growled. "I was the Queen's watch dog and I ruled the London Underworld for years."

"Fine, we'll be willing to accommodate, and in return we'll want your cooperation if we need it," Giles replied.

"Also, you and I can split patrol nights. I'll take tonight," Rige added, standing up before Buffy could argue. She sighed, leaning back. Maybe Buffy could use a night off. It would be good for her, and she still had to get her room settled. Yeah, this would work out just fine.

***Across Town***

Rige decided that she needed the night out. She was angry at Ciel and Sebastian for decided to be so open about her situation. It wasn't her fault. She had made her choice, a fair one in all honest truth, but of course the High Court didn't like that, not one bit. Now she sat on a tombstone, a flask full of wine in hand. She wasn't getting drunk, it was maybe half a glass worth of wine, but she needed something to calm her nerves well enough. She wouldn't be able to focus enough to fight otherwise. "What do we have here?" a familiar voice laughed behind her.

"William the Bloody," Rige sighed. "You know, I did offer my services before that bitch came along." Spike lit a cigarette, and then offered it to Rige. She shook her head.

"Oh, this is the more fun way," Spike sighed. He looked Rige over. "You don't look too bad, considering things. Yeah, I know what happened to you. Dru figured it out, with her gifts and all."

"She's a lunatic, I hope you know," Rige warned with a growl. "Give me a good reason why I shouldn't kill you right here and now." Spike pulled his cigarette away and leaned his lips towards Rige's ear.

"Because I know where he is, and if you kill me, Dru will kill him," Spike whispered. Rige tensed.

"I haven't heard from August in years," she muttered.

"I know. He's our little captive now, so play nice doll," Spike laughed, walking away. Rige felt a single tear rolling down her cheek. She was really starting to hate Sunnydale.

A/N: So I just decided to spend my evening writing this over jumping into A Clash of Kings. Yes I've been reading the Game of Thrones series. DO NOT spoil! Anyways, I'm still not showing all of my cards. I explained some things, but I'm not giving you everything! I know I'm really not sticking to the show plot here, but I know what I'm doing. I'll still be hitting some of the main points, but for right now we take things like this. I will also work on Memories at some point. I have to rework the whole third chapter so... Well, Rige has some interesting background things! I will be getting to that soon. I hope you all enjoy. Please leave a review!