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Tales From the Nursery
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BtVS AU/AR › Het - Male/Female › Spike(William)/Willow
Rating:
Adult ++
Chapters:
5
Views:
2,367
Reviews:
1
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Currently Reading:
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Tales From the Nursery
Title: Tales from the Nursery (Part 1 “The Bad Beginning”)
Pairing: W/S
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Giles receives a mysterious gift that has some interesting consequences.
Spoilers: Season five
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The Scooby gang had assembled for the latest creature feature at the Magic Box, and all were in attendance. Willow was working on her laptop, trying to dig up any possible info she could on Kirari demons, while the others went through the books. Xander and Anya, of course had to take a break every five minutes for a little smoochie time, and Buffy was sighing heavily, simply turning pages without reading any of them. Spike wasn’t reading his book either, instead he would stare at the pictures for a moment and then stare at the redhead working hard across the table from him, only to have Buffy clear her throat loudly, catching him in the act, and driving his gaze back to the book in front of him. It was after about the third time of this that Buffy decided to confront the bleached wonder about what exactly it was he thought he was doing and why he was even there in the first place, when Giles suddenly came through the curtains leading to the back, making a small clucking sound.
“Giles? What is it?” Willow asked, drawn from her work by the soft noise, knowing full well that it was a sound the watcher only made when upset or highly perplexed. She was completely oblivious to the vampire that was studying her every move.
“What? Oh, nothing. It’s just this book I found. It wasn’t here before,” he replied, holding up a large volume with the words ‘Tales from the Nursery’ emblazoned across the front in gold.
“Well are you sure? I mean you do have a lot of books here,” the redhead offered.
“No, I’m quite sure. I did an inventory of all the books last week, and this one simply was not here.” He had opened the book and began leafing through the colorful pages, marveling at the detail of the pictures.
“Well, what kind of book is it? Another demon text?” Buffy asked, not really understanding the direness of the mysterious book.
“No, actually it appears to be a book of fairytales,” Giles responded, still perplexed.
“Evil fairytales?” Anya offered, but Giles simply shook his head.
“Oh, and nursery rhymes…”
“Evil nursery rhymes?”
“No, Anya, not ‘evil’ nursery rhymes, just nursery rhymes,” the watcher said in frustration. “Oh look, there’s an inscription in the front. Oh, bloody hell!”
“What G-man? Don’t keep us in suspense, what does it say?” Xander asked somewhat nervously. Giles let out a heavy sigh and began to read the message out loud.
“Ripper,
Since you didn’t like my candy,
maybe you’ll like this little treat
instead. It’s fun for the whole
family. Well, if you survive at
any rate. Have a smashing
good time! Cheers mate,
Ethan”
Just then, the world began to spin around them as everyone in the room was lifted into the air, feeling their bodies being twisted. It felt like being in a taffy pull, as their bodies were stretched and then squashed. Each were able to catch brief glimpses of their friends as they flew by them in a whirlwind, all of them circling like some sort of cyclone towards the open book that was lying on the floor.
The impact was painful and disorienting as they felt themselves being pulled into the pages with brutal force. As the last of them were sucked into the book, the cover slammed shut behind them and darkness, total and absolute, settled over their new world, rendering them all unconscious.
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Dawn came through the Magic Box doors an hour later than usual, carrying her backpack and trying to think of a way to explain her tardiness other than admitting she had detention. She was relieved and a little surprised however, to find that no one was there. ‘Huh, weird,’ she thought. The shop was open, but she didn’t see either Giles or Anya anywhere. It wasn’t like the watcher or the ex-demon to leave the front room unguarded. Giles was always worried some inexperienced customer would wreak havoc with some of the more dangerous magic items, and Anya was afraid a gang of thieves would come in their absence and cart the whole store away. Something weird was going on.
The first beginnings of panic began to settle into her gut, as she looked around, calling out to Buffy and the others. When no reply came, she really began to worry, and started running through her head all the possible horrors that could have befallen the gang. On her way back into the main room, she tripped and fell over a book lying carelessly on the floor. She picked it up, wondering what it was doing there. It wasn’t like Giles to just leave his books lying around, and then a thought occurred to her, maybe it was a clue. She sat the large volume on the table in front of her and flipped past the table of contents to the first page. There across the top were the words, ‘Little Boy Blue’, and below it was a picture that so closely resembled Spike, that she let out a small gasp. Definitely something very strange was happening here!
To be continued…
Pairing: W/S
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Giles receives a mysterious gift that has some interesting consequences.
Spoilers: Season five
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The Scooby gang had assembled for the latest creature feature at the Magic Box, and all were in attendance. Willow was working on her laptop, trying to dig up any possible info she could on Kirari demons, while the others went through the books. Xander and Anya, of course had to take a break every five minutes for a little smoochie time, and Buffy was sighing heavily, simply turning pages without reading any of them. Spike wasn’t reading his book either, instead he would stare at the pictures for a moment and then stare at the redhead working hard across the table from him, only to have Buffy clear her throat loudly, catching him in the act, and driving his gaze back to the book in front of him. It was after about the third time of this that Buffy decided to confront the bleached wonder about what exactly it was he thought he was doing and why he was even there in the first place, when Giles suddenly came through the curtains leading to the back, making a small clucking sound.
“Giles? What is it?” Willow asked, drawn from her work by the soft noise, knowing full well that it was a sound the watcher only made when upset or highly perplexed. She was completely oblivious to the vampire that was studying her every move.
“What? Oh, nothing. It’s just this book I found. It wasn’t here before,” he replied, holding up a large volume with the words ‘Tales from the Nursery’ emblazoned across the front in gold.
“Well are you sure? I mean you do have a lot of books here,” the redhead offered.
“No, I’m quite sure. I did an inventory of all the books last week, and this one simply was not here.” He had opened the book and began leafing through the colorful pages, marveling at the detail of the pictures.
“Well, what kind of book is it? Another demon text?” Buffy asked, not really understanding the direness of the mysterious book.
“No, actually it appears to be a book of fairytales,” Giles responded, still perplexed.
“Evil fairytales?” Anya offered, but Giles simply shook his head.
“Oh, and nursery rhymes…”
“Evil nursery rhymes?”
“No, Anya, not ‘evil’ nursery rhymes, just nursery rhymes,” the watcher said in frustration. “Oh look, there’s an inscription in the front. Oh, bloody hell!”
“What G-man? Don’t keep us in suspense, what does it say?” Xander asked somewhat nervously. Giles let out a heavy sigh and began to read the message out loud.
“Ripper,
Since you didn’t like my candy,
maybe you’ll like this little treat
instead. It’s fun for the whole
family. Well, if you survive at
any rate. Have a smashing
good time! Cheers mate,
Ethan”
Just then, the world began to spin around them as everyone in the room was lifted into the air, feeling their bodies being twisted. It felt like being in a taffy pull, as their bodies were stretched and then squashed. Each were able to catch brief glimpses of their friends as they flew by them in a whirlwind, all of them circling like some sort of cyclone towards the open book that was lying on the floor.
The impact was painful and disorienting as they felt themselves being pulled into the pages with brutal force. As the last of them were sucked into the book, the cover slammed shut behind them and darkness, total and absolute, settled over their new world, rendering them all unconscious.
@@@@@@@@@@
Dawn came through the Magic Box doors an hour later than usual, carrying her backpack and trying to think of a way to explain her tardiness other than admitting she had detention. She was relieved and a little surprised however, to find that no one was there. ‘Huh, weird,’ she thought. The shop was open, but she didn’t see either Giles or Anya anywhere. It wasn’t like the watcher or the ex-demon to leave the front room unguarded. Giles was always worried some inexperienced customer would wreak havoc with some of the more dangerous magic items, and Anya was afraid a gang of thieves would come in their absence and cart the whole store away. Something weird was going on.
The first beginnings of panic began to settle into her gut, as she looked around, calling out to Buffy and the others. When no reply came, she really began to worry, and started running through her head all the possible horrors that could have befallen the gang. On her way back into the main room, she tripped and fell over a book lying carelessly on the floor. She picked it up, wondering what it was doing there. It wasn’t like Giles to just leave his books lying around, and then a thought occurred to her, maybe it was a clue. She sat the large volume on the table in front of her and flipped past the table of contents to the first page. There across the top were the words, ‘Little Boy Blue’, and below it was a picture that so closely resembled Spike, that she let out a small gasp. Definitely something very strange was happening here!
To be continued…