Sparks Fly
Chapter Ten
Willow arrived later that morning. She bought a huge bag with her filled with candles and a huge dusty looking book. She told them about a way they could get to visit The Powers That Be to find out what happened to Spike and why he was human with no memories of his previous life.
"Buffy, will you come with me?" He asked
"If you want me to" she flashed him a smile
"I do"
"Well I'll get set up then" said Willow, digging into her bag
Buffy walked out of the room and into the kitchen. Dawn followed closely behind her.
"Did something happen with you guys last night?" asked Dawn
"What?" asked Buffy
"You and Spike? Did you sleep with him?" Asked Dawn
"That's none of your business" said Buffy
"So you did then?" said Dawn
Buffy remained silent
"Are you guys together now?" asked Dawn
"We haven't exactly talked about it Dawnie" Buffy shrugged
"You love each other" said Dawn
"I love him, I do. But he barely knows me so…"
Spike walked in to the kitchen "Sorry, didn't mean to break up the pow wow but Willow is ready"
Buffy nodded and went back into the living room
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Willow had drawn a circle in chalk on Buffy's living room floor with candles surrounding it.
"I kinda miss cleaning chalk off the living room floor" Buffy smiled
"Do this often do you?" asked Spike
"More times than I can count" said Buffy
"Ready when you are" said Willow
"I'm ready" said Spike
He grabbed hold of Buffy's hand and they stepped into the circle.
Willow started to chant in Latin "potestates be, consequantur ingressum. porta perditorum animarum"
A bright white light appeared before Buffy and Spike. Spike looked at Buffy and they stepped towards the light together.
The light was so bright it hurt both of their eyes as they stepped through. It took a moment or two for their eyes to adjust. Buffy looked around on alert for anything that may jump out at them.
They looked around the white marble room. They saw the shadows of two women standing in front of them.
"Hello you two" said a familiar voice
Buffy looked at the women as they stepped forward. Tears sprang to Buffy's eyes as she recognised her friends Tara and Anya standing before them.
"Oh my god" Buffy whispered
"You know these two?" asked Spike
"So do you Spike" said Anya
"What are you guys doing here?" asked Buffy
"You wanted answers right?" asked Tara "We're here on behalf of the Powers That Be"
"Are you actually them?" asked Buffy
Anya nodded "We watch over you, we try to guide you"
"Guide us?" asked Buffy
"Just little nudges" Tara smiled
"So what happened to me?" asked Spike
"The Shanshu prophecy" said Anya "Spike, you were one of the most infamous vampires in history. You killed two slayers and then you fell in love with one… as a result you went on a quest to regain your soul. Your part in not one but two apocalypses granted you your humanity back"
"Two apocalypses?" asked Buffy
"The destruction of Sunnydale and his efforts to help in the fall of Los Angeles" Tara explained
"LA? With Angel? He never told me" said Buffy "But wait that would mean that you came back and didn't tell me…"
Spike didn't know what to say he didn't remember any of this. "Right so I get that shanshu buggaboo but why do I not remember this?"
"The Powers thought best you had a fresh start" said Anya
"The Powers don't want us together?" asked Buffy
"They didn't" said Tara
Buffy was taken aback "So why did they allow Dawn and Spike to run into each other?"
"We cannot say…" said Tara
"So what now? How do I remember?" He asked
"We can show you what you need to see" said Anya
"What about what I want to see? I want to see it all!" said Spike
"We can only show you what is allowed" said Tara
"It's better than nothing" Buffy offered
"I suppose I'll have to take what I can get" said Spike sadly "What do I have to do?"
Tara gestured to the mirror that was behind them. "You look into it and you will see"
Spike stood in front of the mirror. The visions came in flashes.
*Flash* The night Cecily told him that he was beneath him
*Flash* The night meeting Drusilla and being turned.
*Flash* Killing his mother and then having to stake her.
*Flash*His various killings of young girls with Angelus.
*Flash* The two slayers he killed
*Flash* His arrival in Sunnydale and his failed attempts of killing Buffy
*Flash* His first kiss with Buffy at the end of their all singing escapade.
*Flash* The various times that he and Buffy were intimate
*Flash* Buffy sobbing on the floor in the bathroom with him on top of her
"Stop!" He begged
"It's okay Spike" said Buffy
"Stop it, Stop it!" He cried "I don't want to see anymore!" He fell to his knees
Buffy could not see what the mirror was showing him "Tara, Anya please stop!" said Buffy rushing to his side to comfort him.
"What did you show him?" she asked
"What he needed to see" said Anya.
Something clicked in Buffy's brain "You're not Anya… or Tara. If you were you wouldn't do this to him"
"He asked to see his past. We showed him" said Anya
Buffy put her arms around Spike "It's okay" said Buffy "I'm here… Willow!"
Buffy shouted into the air "Willow! Bring us back now!!"
Tara and Anya disappeared into the shadows and the bright light appeared before them. Spike was inconsolable, she picked him up and helped him through the portal.
It took her eyes a few moments to adjust again but they were back in her living room.
Willow and Dawn had large smiles filled with hope but when they saw Spike practically in a heap on the floor sobbing their facial expressions changed into that of worry and concern.
"It's okay Spike" Buffy soothed
"What the hell happened?" asked Dawn
"Everything that I was afraid of" said Buffy