The entire gang found themselves standing in a costume shop the day before Halloween. Buffy, Xander, Willow, and Ciel were being forced to take kids trick or treating. Rige on the other hand… She just adored Halloween. She also was choosing a special costume just for Sebastian: a cat. She walked right over to the black cat outfit and found her size. Willow had chosen a ghost, and Xander was getting a toy gun for his army costume. That left Ciel and Buffy trying to decide what they wanted to dress up as. "You know Ciel, you could do a dog," Rige joked. The blue haired boy glared at her.
"No one asked you," he growled, walking away. He then turned around quickly. "I have no idea what the hell I want to dress as." Rige shrugged.
"You could go as a cat like I am. I'll pay you for it too," Rige suggested. Ciel growled. Rige just smiled.
"How much?" Ciel asked. Rige thought for a moment.
"Let's say a hundred dollars, and you can choose a big cat if it's a bit more manly," Rige proposed.
"I wouldn't past that up," Xander chimed in. Ciel glared at him.
"Shut up," he spat. Xander just shrugged.
"Hey, I'm being honest," Xander defended. "You know, I really think it'd be hilarious if you dressed up as a devil. Buffy, what do you think? Buffy?" Buffy was walking towards the back of the store, enchanted by the pink dress. Rige looked at it with disgust. She always hated the style of dresses in the 1700s and 1800s. Then again, she just hated dresses in general.
"Buffy, it's perfect for you!" Willow exclaimed. The owner of the store, an older man named Ethan that gave Rige the chills, glanced at the scene and walked over.
"It's worthy of a princess such as yourself," Ethan cooed to Buffy.
"I could never afford something like that," Buffy argued. Ethan laughed, taking the dress off the display. He pressed it against Buffy, looking at her as she looked at herself in the nearby mirror.
"No, this dress deserves to belong to you. I've never seen a better match. Take it free of charge," Ethan encouraged. Buffy looked up at him.
"I really couldn't," Buffy began. She looked at herself in the mirror again.
"Go on, take it," Ethan told her. This time there was no argument.
"I've decided on a knight," Ciel whispered to Rige. He looked over at Buffy. If Rige didn't know any better, it was as though the young demon actually felt something for the Slayer. That was a road that futile, and Rige knew it.
***HALLOWEEN!***
The night carried a bit of a chill with it. Ciel had already gone out to meet Buffy and the others at the school, leaving Rige and Sebastian alone. They had just closed up the shop after an exceedingly busy day, and Rige had just gone up to hers and Sebastian's bedroom to change into her cat suit. The sun had finally gone down and it was close to 6. Rige waltzed downstairs with pride to where Sebastian sat grading papers in the living room. She wrapped her arms around his neck, leaning down to his ear. "Why don't you take a break?" Rige asked.
"I have to get this done," Sebastian denied. Rige tapped her fingers on his chest thinking.
"Why don't you see my costume then?" Rige taunted. There were a few candles lit in the downstairs, filling to house with the smell of pumpkins, apple pie, and roses. Rige had a thing for candles, and after a while the boys stopped complaining and started to enjoy the scents. Rige kept it changing once a week, but today she was relishing in the fall spirit. Sebastian finished with the test in front of him and finally turned to face Rige. His eyes widened as he took in her costume: a black cat with leather skinny pants and a long sleeve, low cut black shirt. Rige couldn't help but smile at her accomplishment.
That was the moment things changed. The next thing Rige knew, the tail of her costume was swinging in the air, and the ears seemed to be a part of her. "What the hell?" Sebastian muttered. Hearing commotion outside, he jumped up and ran to the window.
"Please say it's not just me," Rige groaned, running her rough tongue over her now sharp teeth. Sebastian turned to her, looking her up and down. She frowned. "You aren't seriously turned on by this?"
"What?" Sebastian asked. Rige just rolled her eyes, looking out the window as well. People and demons were running the streets.
"What the hell? What's with the demons? It's never like that on Halloween," Rige pointed out.
"I think they may be children…Turned into their costumes like you," Sebastian proposed. Rige glared at him.
"Oh my god… What about Ciel?" Rige asked. Soon the couple rushed out the door. However, Sebastian grabbed her wrist and pulled her back inside.
"Please…Just give me twenty minutes. This is a once in a lifetime thing," Sebastian begged. Rige growled, but caved, dragging her cat obsessed lover upstairs.
*** At Buffy's***
"Oh, he can protect me, he's a knight!" Buffy exclaimed, clinging to Ciel. Willow, now a ghost, was about ready to lose her mind. She looked over at Angel.
"We really need to figure this out," Angel urged.
"Yeah I know. I just hope Rige and Sebastian are okay. Her costume was a cat," Willow sighed. Angel froze.
"A…Cat?" he asked. Willow nodded. "I think we should just leave them be. Go on with Xander and try and find Giles. I'll watch these two."
"Come on, ghost lady. We should listen to him," army Xander agreed. With that, Willow stormed out of the kitchen. Buffy turned to Ciel.
"You seem like such a handsome knight," Buffy cooed. The two started complimenting each other to a point where Angel was about ready to slap someone. That was until some demon children managed to take down the door, and Angel had to jump into action. This caused him to show his vampire face, and Buffy screamed.
"HE'S ONE OF THEM!" she cried. Ciel pushed her behind him.
"Back demon!" Ciel urged. Angel just glared. "Come, my lady, let's escape." The two then ran outside into the night. Angel sighed, finishing his fighting. He was so ready for this to be over.
***Gile's***
Sebastian and Rige had run straight to Gile's house after satisfying Sebastian's…needs. Sebastian began pounding on Gile's door. August soon opened the door, ready to kill anything. He had that look on his face. "What the hell?" August exclaimed, looking at Rige.
"Don't even ask," Rige growled. Giles was soon at the door as well, just as Willow and Cordelia marched up.
"What's with the cat get up?" Cordelia asked, making a face at Rige.
"At least mine doesn't look like some slutty playboy costume," Rige spat back. She eyed Willow up and down. "Damn girl, you look hot!"
"I always hate when you do that," Sebastian and August muttered simultaneously.
"What?" Willow asked.
"Oh, I'm bisexual," Rige explained. She looked at Giles. "What the hell is going on?"
"I, uh, have no idea," Giles stuttered.
"Only the people who bought costumes at Ethan's seemed to be changed," Willow stated. Giles had a look of horror on his face.
"Oh, that makes sense," he growled, grabbing his keys. "Come on, let's go to this Ethan's." They all followed foot after the Englishman.
"Do you know the owner?" Sebastian asked. Giles nodded stiffly.
"We were friends a long time ago. I should have known this would be his prank," Giles explained.
"Can we stop it?" Rige asked, practically pleading for her situation to be over.
"I think so," Giles assured.
"Good, 'cause Ciel and Buffy were getting kind of touchy when we left," Willow remarked. Rige and Sebastian looked at each other.
"That's not good," Sebastian breathed.
"I'd say. Angel looked pretty upset," Cordelia added.
"Oh damn… We need to stop this now," August urged.
"Oh, who are you by the way?" Cordelia asked. August just glared at her.
"Don't even try," he warned. They drove off in silence towards Ethan's.
***Where Buffy Is***
"Thank you for saving me brave knight," Buffy breathed as Ciel held her close. They looked deep into each other's eyes and kissed, Angel glaring off to the side. Suddenly the curse was lifted, though, and the two love birds began coughing and jumping away from each other.
"WHAT THE HELL?" Ciel barked.
"Don't even ask," Angel sighed as Buffy ran into his arms.
"I feel weird," Xander remarked. "I feel like I've been put through army training." Just then, Rige and Sebastian ran in.
"Oh good, it worked for you all too," Rige panted. Her cat ear headband fell off, and she threw the matching tail onto the ground. "I am never dressing up for Halloween again."
"That's what you said last year, Dear," Sebastian reminded her. She just glared at him.
"Can we just please go home? I need to wash my mouth," Ciel growled. Sebastian and Rige both nodded.
"Angel, can you make sure Buffy and Xander are all cool?" Rige asked. The vampire nodded. For once, Halloween didn't seem as fun anymore, and Rige promptly took down all her decorations before taking a shower to scrub every inch of her body in hopes of getting rid of the furry feeling on her skin.
A/N: I am so sorry this took so long! I decided to spend some extra time on this one since I love this episode and I adore Halloween. However, I did rush through a good part so that I could actually update a chapter here. I think it's a good lighthearted chapter. I had fun deciding what Ciel would be. I was going to bring back the dress, and then decided against it. So then I thought what about a cat. That was until I remembered what Buffy's costume was and chose to play off of that. So we now know Ciel may actually like Buffy. I may or may not decide to bring that up again. I think it'd be funny, especially when Spuffy becomes a thing (though as much as I think Ciel and Buffy would be an interesting couple no one intrudes on my Spuffy). What do you all think? Leave a review!
