Fueled Enchantment

Author's note: I decided to do some plot. More Spuffy tme. me.



Chapter Four

Ten years later.

Giles, Xander , Anya, Willow and Tara sat in Giles living room, having a heated discussion.


"I don't see why we need to brthemthem both back. We don't know anything about him. He may
have gotten rid of the chip. He might kill us all." Xander's face was red.


"The dynamics of the spell will work so much better if we retrieve them both. They left together.
As far as we know, they're still together. They were when we got the college graduation
announcement from Dawnie. She said they bought her furniture for her new apartment as a gift."
Willow said.


"And we did a locator spell. Both lights appeared in New Orleans." Tara spoke gently.


"And if they are still together, then Spike could be a big help with the Grimali." Anya said.


"So, we know where they are-why not just go there and find them?"


"There's very little time." Giles spoke while removing his glasses and frowning. "The temporal
disturbance will happen with the full moon, in ten days. The closer we get to that time, the more
difficult it will be to get right results from a spell."


"I propose we do it at dawn," Willow said. "We have everything we need, right, Giles?"


"Yes. At first I was going to havgel gel bring the dragon tears with him, but I was able to locate
some in Finland. They arrived in the post this morning. So we don't have to wait for Angel and
Faith to arrive. Their flight doesn't comes in for forty eight hours."


"So, we're going to do this, huh? Drag Buffy and Spike here to fight a Grimali Queen, even
though she hasn't been slaying in a decade?" Xander asked.


"Faith will be there to help, as will Angel and his crew. Need I remind you that once the queen
lays and hatches her eggs, well, it will be too late. For humans. Only a few demons will survivee swe swarm."


Xander nodded. "Yeah, all right. I agree. Bring on Buffy and her bloodsucking lover."


The witches did the spell precisely at dawn, just them, Anya and Giles, to make four. When it was
complete and the summoning circle glowed, Anya let Xander in. He was carrying a crossbow. It
was his own idea.


There was a shimmer in cir circle, as two shapes began to take form. Soon a bewildered Spike
and Buffy stood in the circle, dressed casually in sweats and tank tops.


"Giles! What?" Buffy looked confused.


Spike threw himself in front of her. "Might be a trap, luv."


"No, no trap!" Giles rushed to reassure them "We desperately need your help, and this was the
quickest way."


Just then , two more shimmer forms took shape. A Spike dressed in an expensive dark suit and
maroon silk tie, materialized, followed by a very blond Buffy in a sundress. They were followed
by two more shimmers, a dark haired Buffy leaning heavily on a cane, and a Spike in a black wife
beater, black jeans, and black duster, holding a bottle of scotch.


Drinking Spike and suited Spike locked eyes.


"Bloody hell," they said in unison.


The blondest Buffy flew across the circle to Tara, hugged her, and then snaked an arm around
Anya. "Tara, Anya, you're alive! Oh, I've missed you so much." She cried, tears streaming down
her face. Then she saw the other Spikes and Buffys. A look of complete confusion clouded her
face.


"I think our summoning spell had unexpected results," said Giles. "Let us retire to the living
room, and talk."


Over rolls and coffee, and mugs of blood for the vampires, they all tried to sort it out.


The Buffy and Spike who were dressed in work out clothes were the couple that had left
Sunnydale together, fleeing a Council wetworks team, ten years ago. They were married and were
known by different names, Beth and Dan.


"We got to New Orleans, where Spike had some contacts in the demon realm. We were almost
out of money. Spike sold the van so we could get an ugly little basement apartment. He was able
to get us fake id's so I could get a job without being traced by the council. Spike got a job, too."
Buffy glanced at her Spike and he took up the story.


"I got a job through a demon friend of mine as a bouncer in a club. But pretty quick I figured out
that I could make a lot more money by being part of the show. So I got an act together and
started bringing in a lot of money. All legit, too, even if I don't declare all my tips."


Anya looked confused. "So, what kind of act do you do? You get tips?"


"I'm a male stripper in a trendy club. I do an act in an angel costume. I bill myself as Angel."

His smirk said it all. "I make really good money. Buffy went to college."


"I teach preschool, now."


"Yep, still dealing with monsters," Spike snarked, and Buffy cuffed him, gently.


Next was the very blond Buffy. "In my dimension-ours, I think," She glanced at the suited Spike.
"Mom died, and we found out Dawn was the key that Glorificus, a hell god, wanted to sacrifice. I
ended up being the sacrifice. I died. Spike," She swallowed hard. "Spike took care of Dawn.
Willow did a spell and I was brought back to life, but it changed Willow, not for the best. Spike
and I...um...were together for a while. It ended badly, but it wasn't all his fault. He went to Africa
and got a soul. When he got back to Sunnydale, the First Evil had returned. It as a difficult time.
We did a spell that made all the potential slayers real slayers. Not just one girl. But Spike is the
one who saved us, with an amulet. He burned up the Hell Mouth. And died."


"And the amulet magically survived. I ended up at Angel's new office building, kind of a ghost.
Later I became corporeal. I work as an investigator, but I have my own business. I do contract
work for Angel's company."


"And I live in England, where Giles runs a school for slayers. I work with him"


"Dawn is still alive, in your worlds?" The dark haired Buffy spoke. "In my world, Dawn and
Spike both died, that morning on the tower. She jumped, and Spike tried to catch her. The First
Evil didn't rise. There hasn't been an apocalypse since Glorificus."


"Our Dawn is a scientist. She's married and has a baby boy." tank top Buffy spoke.


"How did you keep her safe from Glorificus?" Blondest Buffy asked. "And in our dimension, Tara
and Anya are both...gone." Spike nodded.


"Mom died, just like in your world. Dawn came to live with me-we got her a false identity.. When
we got the word on Glory, we went to a friend of Spike's. The whole family are shape shifters.
But not evil, they just can change forms. There's this powerful priestess in the Swamps-she got
Spike a soul without a curse, and shut down his chip-anyway, she did a spell so Dawn would
change shapes with the family. So Dawn spent that whole time in the swamp, being a raven, or an
alligator."


"Or a bob cat. She liked that best." Tank topped Spike said. "We figure that's why she went into
wildlife biology."


"And she married Pierre , the son ."


"In my world, Dawn works for the new Watchers council. She is a pretty powerwitcwitch, too."
Said blondest Buffy. Suited Spike nodded.


"Pretty amazing how things turned out so different," said Xander.


"Different choices," said Giles. "What might have been."


"What about you?" Xander spoke to the black clad Spike. "Are you chipped? Souled?"


He gave Xander a hard look. "Chip doesn't work anymore, but I'm not feeding off anyone.
Promise I made. No soul. Didn't want to be like Angel, all broody. I run a bar in Cleveland.
Demon bar. Dawn and Buffy are both dead. Died on the tower. Willow tried to bring Buffy back,
but it went wrong, and Willow's not been the same since then. Tara is still with her, but they live
in England, with Giles, I guess. Angel and his crew are in Sunnydale a lot. We don't keep in touch
much."


"Now, see, this Spike makes me uncomfortable. Could still be a blood sucker." Xander said.


"I just said I'm not." Black clad Spike spoke in a flat tone.


"Easy to prove," said Suit Spike. "Give us a taste. We can tell if it's human. Can tell if its
preserved with chemicals."


Black Spike scowled at him but finally jerked his head in assent. He bit his wrist. The other
Spike's nonchalantly dipped their fingers and tasted.


"Mostly pig, a little preserved human."


"What, I sell it in my bar! And I think its only fair that you two prove yourselves to me. Plenty of
souled killers out there."


They both obliged by producing drops. Suited Spike's was the same as Black Spike's, mostly pig,
with a little preserved human.


Suit Spike tasted the last sample and paused for a moment before he chuckled, a knowing hmmm,
hmmm, hmmm.


Black clad Spike tasted the sample and seemed to freeze in place for a moment. Then he looked at
the two, his expression angry. "You should have warned me, you gits. I'm the one with no soul.
I'm the one that's never had it. Her." With a flap of leather he whipped around and stormed out
of the room.


"What just happened here?. Has he been feeding?" Xander asked.

"He's had a healthy taste of Buffy," suit Spike said. "Look at him. He's got twenty pounds of
muscle on me or the unsouled. He's gettin' it regular."


"He Bites you?" dark haired Buffy looked horrified.


"Regular as in monthly." Suit Spike said. "Am I right?" His gaze was bland, but ran briefly over
Blondest Buffy..


Tank top Buffy was red in the face. Blond Buffy lookedittlittle pink.


Tank top Spike shrugged. "We're married.'s all proper."


"Talk amongst yourselves," suit Spike smirked. "I'll go get the git. Unless you want to go." He
gave dark haired Buffy a raised eyebrow glance. "Could be pretty exciting."


She rolled her eyes. "I've forgotten about his more infuriating qualities," she muttered..


"Yes, quite." Giles murmured in return.















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