* Twilight *

Title ~ Hunting

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ Darla, Dru, Angelus, Buffy and William/Spike (or Spilliam as I like to call him) belong to Joss Whedon. While the extract from the song "Twilight" belongs to Vanessa Carlton.

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Takes place after the last chapter "Sparring" basically the title explains what happens in this one, so really you don’t need a summary per se.

A/N ~ Thanks to all who have reviewed my story. I have noticed after reading my story. I find that while I write I tend to miss out a couple of words in several sentences. I think that makes sense. Anyways…I just realized that. Also, probably in the next couple of chapter I might finally jump time, but we will see. Alright…on with the new chapter. Enough of my rambling! Enough!

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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William let out a haggard groan as he attempted to stay asleep. It had only been a few hours since he had finished sparring with Buffy and he hadn’t been able to fall asleep. He was getting stronger though. He could feel this new type strength and power course through out his whole body. She had taught him well. No one could see his new strength though, and did they even care?

For one, Darla, she was never around. Even though she and Angelus were involved, she was never around him or anyone else. And when she was around, there was always a furious look in her eyes towards Angelus. William didn’t know what to make of her yet. He wasn’t surprised that if one of these days she just left.

And then there was Dru, William thought by now he would be infatuated with her. Following her everywhere she went, responding to her every beckon and call. For some reason though, he wasn’t. Instead, she was infatuated with Angelus. She was never far from his side. Wherever Angelus was, so was she. To tell the truth, William was a bit alarmed by her. Sometimes during the day, William would wake up to her incessant ramblings. He didn’t comprehend what she was saying but he did not want to know.

Finally, there was Angelus, he was…what was it called again…oh yes, that is right, a poofter. He guessed is how you would call ‘im. William objected to the way he treated Buffy. She just seemed like an object to him. She was just someone to juggle between Darla and Dru. It was not right.

For the past couple of days, whenever he had the chance, Angelus would send the most gruesome looks William’s way. Every time that had happened, William just wanted to take the older vampire on. Show him what he was made of. But of course, reality set in and William remembered that Angelus was more experienced in the art of combat. And a couple of days sparring with Buffy weren’t going to help William beat Angelus into a bloody pulp.

William continued to toss and turn until he felt a pair of rough, cold hands graze his highly accented cheekbones. A soft purr sounded out through the room; it was gentle and dangerous at the same time.

"Come now, my sweet little William. It is time for us to feast." Dru soothed into her childe’s ear, running a slender finger down the contours of his face. "Daddy promises a large banquet tonight, and all the kings and queens are invited."

William’s bright eyes flew open when he heard the sound of her childlike voice in his ear. He felt tired and jaded. He didn’t know if he would be able to survive tonight without collapsing under exhaustion.

Dru saw the worn look on features and let out a sigh and then rolled her eyes. "Now, now my ocean, we mustn’t be late. Daddy and Grandmummy do not accept tardiness." She lightly wagged her finger in his face and nuzzled the side of his face with affection. "Sister Elizabeth was late once. Daddy was not happy. He said she was a bad puppy. There was so much screaming."

"Bloody poofter." William grumbled as he turned over in the soft cushion, his back facing his sire.

"Bad puppy!" Dru growled slightly as she swatted his arm. "Do not be angry with Daddy." Her gaze then softened and ran her hand slowly down the side of his face. "Now my sweet one, we must leave, come now!" She pouted as she took his hand in hers and began to tug at it but he wouldn’t budge.

"I do not feel like going Druscilla." He whispered deeply as he wrenched his hand from hers and pulled the bed sheets tightly around his lean frame. "Leave me be."

Dru giggled as she threw herself on top of him and squeezed him tightly, "Do not jest with me William…now come." She begged as she removed herself from on top of him and then tried to tug at his hand again but he did not budge.

"No." He said once again, removing his hand from hers.

Just as Dru was about to say something else to William but she was stopped when another presence entered the room. Dru snapped her head towards the figure and slightly frowned at her.

"Hello sister." Dru smirked as jumped off the bed and walked slowly over to Buffy who stood with her arms crossed over chest. "My sweet little William does not feel like our feast tonight." She then whirled her head over in William’s direction and shook her finger at him. "He’s being a grouchy puppy. Bad William."

Buffy shook her head at Druscilla, "Go on Dru, I will talk with him." She reassured the raven-haired vampiress who just giggled with delight and skipped out of the room, Buffy shutting the large door behind her.

A small smile appeared on the blonde vampire’s ruby lips as she swayed over towards the bed and crawled in next to her new friend. When she lay down next to him, William sniffed the air and then chuckled with amusement.

"How did you make her go away?" He chuckled in a low-pitched tone before turning to face her. His bright blue eyes shown as he looked at her.

"You just have not learned properly yet." She told him pointedly, "You get use to her after a while."

William let out a slight huff as he pulled the blood red sheets tighter to him; "she wouldn’t stop talking about Angelus. About to make my ears bleed."

Buffy giggled as she lay down fully on the bed, resting her head on his shoulder. "Yes, I know what you are talking about. Feel the same way about that myself." She told him quietly while she began to play with the material of his shirt.

It was the same one that he had worn when he crawled out of his own grave. It wasn’t as dirty as it had been but it still had that earthy smell to it. There was also a long trail of blood down the front of it. Buffy smirked as she traced the line with her gentle fingers.

"I don’t see why he worships her so?" He stated as his eyes watched her fingers travel down his chest and stomach, then back up again. Through the slightest touch, William began to feel a tad bit nervous but soon relaxed into it. "I am not jealous by it but…I just don’t understand."

Buffy sighed as she snuggled deeper into his shoulder, continuing to trace down the bloodline, "that’s how it has always been. He has never been this deeply affectionate with Dru before, I must tell you that. Usually he wants me after drinking tons of ale at the local pub. With Darla it is after they are full of blood and lust. And Dru…she is just like a child to him. There have been few moments of passion between them in the last 20 years but now there have been more than ever."

"Oh…" William sighed as he slightly closed his eyes. "I tell you, we have to start sparring earlier in the day because I am having the hardest time staying awake." He mumbled as he felt himself begin to drift off and then snapped out of it.

"I know." Buffy mumbled as she felt her eyes drooping but also shook her head in order to stay awake. "Now why do you not want to come out hunting tonight?"

"I don’t want to." He replied simply as his eyes began to flutter open and close. He didn’t know if vampires could be sleepy but all he knew right now is that it was hard for him to stay awake. "Too tired and I am not really in the mood to have Angelus send sharp looks at me the whole night."

"Please…" Buffy whispered soothingly into his ear, making William’s stomach do strange motions. "I promise that if you come, we can train earlier."

William chuckled as he looked down on the woman who was leaning on his shoulder and grinned. He then cupped her cheek and suddenly placed a soft kiss against her temple before removing himself from the bed. Buffy chortled with pure excitement as she bounced off the bed and out the door.

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Darla growled with impatience as she, Dru and Angelus made their way through the icy London streets. "I am bored, shall we retire now?" She asked with annoyance, moving her hard gaze over towards Angelus who had his arm wrapped tightly around Dru’s waist and his other arm linked with hers.

"Here in a minute, Darla. We must wait for the boy and Buffy, they are still feeding." Angelus told her but had slight venom in his voice when he spoke of his childe and Dru’s.

"Forget them! It is almost daylight." Darla huffed impatiently, gripping tighter to Angelus’s arm. "We shall not become ashes because of their carelessness." She tried to reason with him, stopping in her tracks, pulling on his arm when she did, causing both he and Dru halt in mid-step.

Dru pouted as she nuzzled Angelus’s shoulder, trying to obtain his attention. "Daddy, I am full of exhaust and weary. I do not feel like waiting for my little ocean. He will return home soon enough with Sister."

"We may leave when we know where they are!" Angelus raged at them before turning on his heels and stalking off into the opposite direction that they had come, bumping into several people as he passed them by.

As he stalked down the street, Angelus heard a pair of laughter come from a nearby alley. Recognizing it was his childe and the boy, the elder vampire sauntered into the alley to find Buffy and William dropping their latest victims towards the ground. "Where have you two been!" Buffy and William gasped with alarm as Angelus’s booming voice called out to them.

"We have been feeding Angelus." Buffy told him softly, shaking off her vampire mask and wiping the crimson trail of blood away from her chin. "William and I are very hungry tonight."

"Well the rest of us are ready to retire. It is time to go. We don’t want to turn into dust." He growled with an irate tone.

"We are still hungry and we’re going to stay out longer." William smirked at the brunette vampire that only snarled at him.

Angelus cocked his head to the side as he observed Buffy. She only nodded her head with agreement at her blonde companion and then turned back to Angelus, her face seemed firm and assured of her decision.

A slight hiss escaped Angelus’s mouth as he looked between the two blonde vampires, "fine but be back before sunrise!" He barked before storming out of the alley.

As soon as the elder vampire was gone from sight, William turned towards Buffy and smiled. "He did not seemed to blissful did he?"

"No, but it is alright." She reassured him, linking their arms together. "A bit more bloodshed before we turn in William?" She grinned at him as they slipped out of the alley.

"Yes, I think so." He nodded his head as they made their way through the cobblestone streets but he halted immediately as a shock look covered over his face when he saw HER figure walk trough the small crowds. William furrowed his eyebrows as he whispered her name. "Cecily?"

To be Continued…

* Twilight *

Title ~ Reuniting

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ Darla, Dru, Angelus, Buffy and Spilliam belong to Joss Whedon. While the extract from the song "Twilight" belongs to Vanessa Carlton.

Rating ~ Pg~13

Summary ~ Takes place after "Hunting" how will William react when he sees Cecily. How will he deal with it? Well you are going to have to read and find out!

A/n ~ Thank to all who have supported this fic. and any of the other ones I have written! You guys have really helped me out! I love you all! Heheh! Anyways…on with the new chapter!

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The young woman laughed with glee as the gay melody floated through out the room. It had been a wonderful night; there was beautiful music, joyful dancing and elegant conversation. This party could not have gotten any better.

The young woman was brought out of her musings when there was a slight tap on her shoulder. Wiping her body around, she wasn’t surprised to see one of her many admirers standing there with a pleasant smile on his face.

"Dear Cecily, would you do the please of accompanying me for one dance?" Henry Austen asked her politely; extending his arm but she just giggled, covering her mouth with her white-gloved hand.

"Oh no thank you Henry, I do not dance well." She continued to laugh at the thought of her dancing.

The young man just shook his head amusingly at her, "now, now Cecily, I think you would float like an angel on the ballroom floor." He commented, taking her hand in his.

Cecily blushed at his loving words. Henry had a way with them and she admired that. Unlike William…ugh, she did not want to think about him. Thank goodness she had gotten rid of that boy.

"Your words are sweet Henry." She whispered softly, letting go of his hand and took a step back from him, "but it is getting late and I must retire. But thank you ever so much for the offer." She nodded to him but before he could say anything else she turned around and headed out of the estate and into the nightly streets of London.

She did not feel comfortable walking around at night alone. God forbid a lady of her stature should have a male companion with her. Pickpockets and thieves have become more and more abundant lately. Some of them had their throats ripped out and their blood drained or so she had heard.

Cecily pulled her shawl closer to her body as she quickened her pace down the street, but stopped when she felt a creeping feeling up her spine. It felt familiar and powerful. The power that pulled her caused Cecily to turn around.

"Oh my Lord." She gasped as she saw William standing there, alive.

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Buffy furrowed her eyebrows as she heard the name leave William’s mouth. "Cecily?" She whispered to him in a questioningly and then looked in William’s direction to see a young beautiful girl standing there, staring at him with disbelief.

The female suddenly remembered what he had told her about this young woman. Buffy now understood the hurt and vengeful look that was embedded deeply into his dark blue orbs. She now knew.

Touching his shoulder lightly she looked over at Cecily who was continuing to stand there across the street, looking dumbfounded. "What are you going to do about ‘er?" Buffy asked him sincerely, running her hand down the length of his arm, towards his hand, intertwining their fingers together.

"She hurt me. She made me this." William whispered hoarsely, giving her hand a slight squeeze and then finally turned his gaze from his former love towards his vampire teacher and confidant. Buffy could see the rage that was building up inside him and placed a tender hand on his cheek. William let out a deep sigh as he felt her hand come in contact with his skin.

"Don’t be too long okay? It will be sunrise in a few hours." She told him gently, as she ran her hand down his cheek. "We do not want Angelus to go into one of his fits again when he discovers that we have been out all night." She giggled and then gently brushed her lips against his. This stunned them both for a minute while they both just stared at each other. Eventually though Buffy shook her head and nodded towards the nearby party. "I will be in there." She told him before walking off and leaving him to do his business.

William watched her go as a slight smile appeared on his face. She was a remarkable person…vampire and she had kissed him. Quickly though, he snapped his head back over towards his former love. He could feel his demon visage begging to be released and to rip the woman apart for what she had done to him. Shaking it off, William continued to stare at her, his eyes finally locking with hers.

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Cecily didn’t know what was happening, but his eyes…they spoke to her in so many ways. They beckoned her to him. She had never looked at William’s eyes like this before but now that she did, she couldn’t pull away.

"William?" She whispered quietly to herself before he turned on his feet and headed into the alley behind him. She didn’t know how it happened, but for some reason her feet began to follow him into the alley. As soon as she entered the dark alley, Cecily brought her hand towards her nose. It seemed like death amongst the shadows. Too dark to see your own hand if you stuck it up in front of your face. The young woman began to walk until she reached a high wall that extended several feet above her head, the only light coming from the ghostly moon above her. That’s when she heard his voice.

"Hello Cecily," the vampire purred with twisted amusement as he hid from her in the darkness. He chuckled as she whipped her body around in circles, trying to look for him in the shadows. An alarmed look passed over the woman’s face as she searched for him but it was useless.

"Where are you?" She whispered with a slight stammer in her voice. Her eyes still searching for him, having no luck. The smell in the dank alley was getting worse. She couldn’t stand it and she wondered how he could, if it was really him. How was he alive? "Come out."

William smirked as he shook his head, "not your dog anymore, pet, I’ll come out when I please." He told her in a deep rumbling accent. Feeling his anger for her course through out his body.

"You come back to tell me more of your poetry William?" She said in a snotty attitude, her face mimicking pure annoyance towards the vampire in the shadows. She didn’t know if it was really him but even if it wasn’t she still felt a negative feeling towards him. "I told you before William, you’re beneath me."

Cecily was surprised when she heard a deep chuckle out from the shadows.

"That may be luv, but I didn’t come here for poetry." He told her as he finally emerged from the darkness and towards her. The eerie glow from the moonlight bouncing off of his figure. A dark chill ran up Cecily’s spine when she saw him.

She could tell from the sound his voice that the sweet and shy tone he had once before was gone from his speech, and replaced a dark and confident one. He seemed taller to her, and leaner. His spectacles had disappeared from his face, and his dark curly hair was swept away from his brow, giving her a clear view of the bright blue orbs that were his eyes. Once again as she stared into them, she felt as if she was in a trance.

"What…are you here for then?" She asked him dazed, still trapped in the color of his eyes.

"I have a surprise for you. Want to show you what I have become." He smirked as continued to walk towards her, backing the young woman into a nearby wall. She was trapped, there was no where to run. The amusing part of this whole ordeal was that, she had no idea what was going on.

Cecily sighed with frustration as she finally snapped out of his gaze. She only stared at him with utter aggravation. "Go home William." She huffed as she tried to get her feet to start walking but it wasn’t working. He was doing something to her.

"No thanks." He grinned at her impishly, running his hands down the sides of her arms, "kind of like it here."

Cecily let out a short huff as she tried to wrench herself from his touch but he just tightened his grip on her when she did. "Let go of me William!"

"It always has to be about you doesn’t it?" He asked with venom, tilting his head to the side. "No one else matters but Cecily because everyone else in the world doesn’t live up to her stature. She couldn’t see what was right in front of her!"

Cecily let out a slight whimper at the tone of his voice, "William please." She begged now a look of fright set on to her face. She thought that would make him let her go but it didn’t work because he continued on ranting.

"You broke my heart that night. I felt like you had ripped me in two and then copped me into little pieces! I thought my life was over," he then smirked as he thought the irony of what he had said. "And it was in one way or another…so I just wanted to thank you…"

"F-for what?" The young woman stuttered as she looked up at the man in front of her that was holding her tightly.

"For making me into this." He hissed as he demon surged forward and growled at her deeply. "You like?" He chuckled deeply as his golden eyes sparkled with anger.

"Oh God!" Cecily gasped as she now tried to struggle away from him but his strength was no match for hers. She let out several small cries of help as she placed her hands on his chest and attempted to push him away but wasn’t able to.

"Don’t look so alarmed, luv, this is what you did. This was your fault!" He told her, looking down at her jugular with immense hunger. He had never felt like this before, he had never felt so primal and vengeful in his whole life. It felt unfamiliar to him but when he saw her, the urge and passion for blood hit his stomach hard. His stomach felt empty and heavy and his heart felt rage and a deep undying pain. He loosened his grip as he thought of that night that his life had been taken away from him, he watched it play over and over in his mind.

The moment of thinking was all Cecily needed to break away from the vampire’s grasp. Fear was now settling uncomfortably into her body as she began to run out of the alley but began to subside as she saw the dimly lit streets of London ahead of her.

"Oh no you don’t." William huffed as he shoved Cecily into the wall opposite her.

"I am sorry William! I am so sorry!" She begged and pleaded as small tears began to stream down her face. He cocked his head to the side, as if he was trying to see if her apologizes were true and that if she was truly sorry.

William let out another growl as he shoved her up against the wall once more. His golden eyes flashed with a look of rage. "Lies." He hisses softly between his teeth. "You don’t know what you have done to me!"

"I am sorry William, I truly am!" She continued to beg, the tears now pooling down her face like a waterfall. Her usually pale cheeks were now a deep crimson color from her tears; her beautiful eyes that he had loved to look at when he was human were now wide with fear.

"Too late." He spat before shoving his sharp veins into her jugular, letting the bloodlust take over him completely. Cecily let out cries of help as she felt William draining the blood from her body, feeling her life easily slip away from her.

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Buffy sighed as she continued to dance with this Henry fellow she had met as soon as she had entered the mansion. He was polite and elegant but he wasn’t…she didn’t know how to describe it. If she were human she would have taken keen interest in him but now that she was a vampire, he seemed to bore her.

"Do I bore you Elizabeth?" Henry smiled at her as they waltzed along the ballroom floor. She was a wonderful dancer and had a timeless beauty that he had not seen before, he thought to himself as he looked at her. Although, Cecily was beautiful herself, this woman Elizabeth was mysterious at the same time. He liked it.

Buffy giggled, as she finally looked Henry in the eyes for the first time since they had approached the ballroom floor. "Oh no Henry. I am just thinking. You do not bore me." She lied but she didn’t want to hurt this mortal’s feelings.

Silently she worried about William, he had been taking a long time and she was starting to worry about him. It was eating at her. She had to see if he was all right.

"I am sorry Henry," Buffy began to apologize as she pulled away from his gentle hold on her, "I must go." And with that she turned on her heels and ran out of the mansion.

Henry curiously watched the beautiful woman run out of the mansion and out into the streets. And then letting the curiosity consume him, he quickly followed her.

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William let out a pleasured moan as she continued to feed off of his former love. As soon as her blood had entered his body, William felt the burden of her rejection of him several nights ago had been put to rest. His attention was suddenly pulled away from his victim when he heard someone approaching. Whirling his head around, William saw Buffy coming towards him. Immediately he let his demon mask fade away and replaced it with his human one.

"Buffy? What’s wrong?" He asked with concern, the rage that he had been feeling soon dying away when he saw her. "Are you okay?"

Buffy let out a sigh of relief when she that he was all right and the dead body of Cecily hanging limply in his arms. "I am alright, I was just worried about you. Thought something went wrong." She replied with concern, watching him lean the body up against the wall softly and then turned towards her.

"I am sorry that I worried you." He said sincerely as he ran his hand down her cheek softly then down her arm. "Didn’t mean to."

"I know." She smiled genuinely feeling a slight tingling sensation as his hand stroked her arm gently. She suddenly remembered what she had done before she had taken off into the party. She kissed him. Buffy didn’t know why she did it but she just did. But what she did know was that she liked it. The tingling feeling was now growing in the pit of her stomach and she was having a hard time concentrating on anything but that.

William tilted his head to the side as he watched his companion have an inner war within herself. He wondered what she was thinking. The young vampire then moved his eyes away from her face and towards his hand which was holding hers gently. She had the smallest hands he had ever seen and somehow they seemed to fit perfecting within his. Furrowing his eyebrows he brought the hand towards his face.

Buffy slightly giggled as she saw him open her hand up and traced his own fingers down hers. "Having fun?" She laughed at him, watching him study her hand.

"You have the smallest hands." He stated as he placed his own hand against hers. "So delicate…so gentle."

Buffy let out a heavy sigh as she moved the hand that William was studying and placed it delicately against his face. Her hazel eyes fluttered close and then leaned forward and planted her lips softly on his.

"MONSTERS!" Buffy and William rapidly pulled away from each other when they heard the frantic cry sound out through the streets. There standing at them with a look of pure horror on his features was Henry. "You killed her! You monsters!" He continued to shout as several other men from the party joined up behind him looking at Cecily’s body with sorrow and then at the pair of vampires with fear.

"Oh God." Buffy gasped as she took William’s hand in hers and grasped it tightly. Soon a mob of men had gathered up behind Henry, several of then holding torches in their hands. They were trapped.

"Kill them!" Several of the men shouted at the pair, holding their torches high in the air, ready to strike at any moment.

Buffy quickly snapped her head towards William’s, she looked and felt afraid for the first time in years. "What are we going to do? They’ll kill us."

William’s eyes widened as he stared at her, "I don’t know." He told her, his voice shaky with dismay.

To Be Continued…

* Twilight *

Title ~ Running

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ Everyone belongs to Joss and the ME team. While the extract from the song "Twilight" belongs Vanessa Carlton.

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Picks up where the last one did!

A/N ~ Thanks to all who has ever read or reviewed any of my fics! And yay! I finally have 100 reviews! Wow! And this early too! This is doing better than "This Sweet Child!" That amazes me! Wow! Anyways…on with the chapter!

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The mob’s shouts and animosity seemed to grow immensely towards the vampires as they stood before the gang of humans. They had been standing there at least for several minutes and yet they had never felt more scared of something or someone in their whole lives. The sky was the smell of flame and ash, and had the look of death.

William flinched slightly when he felt the tightening grip of Buffy’s hand. She did have some strength in her, probably more than she realized.

"Do you have a plan?" He asked her quietly while they both had their eyes locked on the mob that was in front of them, not once looking at each other. The men were continuing to grow agitated and weary.

"No…not really." She replied in a slight whisper that only his immortal ears would hear. "I was thinking that we should run…"

William nodded slowly as he slightly glanced over at her and squeezed her hand, "Me too…worth the risk right?"

"I assume." She replied, watching the flames that danced on their torches, she then moved her gaze towards William, "whatever you do…stay away from the torches." She let out a heavy and unneeded sigh before she brought forth her vampire mask, "whatever happens, keep on running. Don’t look back." She whispered and then placed a tender kiss on his lips that set a feeling of warmth through their bodies.

William stared blankly at her for awhile before bringing forth his own vampire face. "I promise."

With a loud growl sounding out through the air, both of the blonde vampires charged towards the men, with the thought that their vampire faces would cause the men to back away, but they didn’t, instead they did the opposite. Charging at them with full force.

William let out a loud cry of pain as 5 of the men toppled on to him, beating him with full force, more than he could handle. He tried to fend them off but it was difficult, two of the men that were attacking him had dimming torches in their hands and decided to jab his body with them. More painful screams springing from the young vampire’s mouth. He had never felt in this much pain before. It was excruciating.

"Buffy!" William yelled with all of his might as the men had gotten William into a corner and continued to beat on him with their fists and torches.

When she had heard his voice call out, Buffy snapped her head towards her companion and saw the he was seriously out numbered and getting beaten into a bloody pulp. Throwing the men she was fighting off, Buffy ran over towards the men who were attacking William and threw them off of him with some struggle.

"Come on!" Buffy shouted as she grabbed William’s hand tightly in hers as they ran down the street together while the mob chased after them slowly.

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Angelus growled with impatience as he and Darla sat in front of the fireplace in the main room. Darla reading one of the very few novels that they kept inside the mansion while Angelus himself stared gravely in the flames. He shouldn’t have let Buffy stay with the boy! He fumed in his head as he continued to stare. The fledgling thinks he can move in on my women. First Dru and now Buffy. I will not be surprised if Darla begins to fawn over him next!

Darla sighed as she licked her finger and then turned the crusty page in her book. "Stop worrying about them lover." She told him with slight venom. "Buffy is able to take care of herself, she doesn’t need you to look over her shoulder every five seconds." Darla hissed lightly, turning the page once again.

Angelus turned his gaze from the fire and then towards his sire and chuckled, "jealous Darla? Jealous that you don’t get that kind of attention from me?" He taunted her, his eyes sparkling with amusement. He enjoyed the thought of his women fighting each other over him.

"You’re the one to talk." Darla snickered as she kept her eyes on her book and didn’t have the patience with him to look into his eyes. "You hate it when Buffy’s with him. I see the look you get when you see them together. It is quite obvious Angelus. You’re jealous of them."

Angelus growled with fury as he leapt out of his chair and stalked over in front of her, blocking her reading light. "Don’t tell me what I am and am not, woman!" He roared with fury, staring down at her with filth.

Darla hissed with impatience as she jumped out of her seat and stood toe to toe with Angelus, "and you should learn to respect your elders, Angelus!" She sneered with disdain, her eyes flashing a tint of yellow, "Sometimes you forget I am the one who made you and I can easily take it away!"

The brunette vampire just chuckled at her, "you think you could take me on lover?" He taunted evilly, his eyes roaming her figure with appreciation. "You wouldn’t last for very long if you did." He told her with entertainment, bringing his dark eyes back towards her face and licked his lips.

Darla’s vampire features were brought forth as her hand darted out towards Angelus’s throat, gripping it tightly. The younger vampire of the two began uttering sputtering noises, as the grip on his throat grew vicious.

"Oh really?" His sire said, cocking her head to the side as she observed his squirming form. Letting out a small snort she leaned her face closely towards his and smirked, "I never thought I would ever have to tell you this Angelus, but you should remember your place."

"Oh Grand mummy you are hurting him!" Dru whimpered when she finally entered the fire lit room, almost crying when she saw Darla hold Angelus in a vice like grip.

Darla rolled her eyes at the young raven-haired vampiress and then turned her attention back on her childe, "remember what I said Angelus. Don’t cross me next time!" She hissed, dropping him to the floor like a rag doll.

Angelus let out a short huff as he picked himself up off the floor, rubbing his neck, "you could’ve been more gentle." He mumbled under his breath as his eyes were directed over towards Dru who was waiting patiently at a large window in the room, looking out into the streets.

"What’s wrong my love?" He asked her sweetly, wrapping his arms tightly around her waist, crushing her body to his, her face still locked towards the cobblestone streets.

Her frail hand reached out towards the glass and delicately ran her fingers down it; "my little prince is not here with me." She cooed sadly, her fingers still trailing down the glass. "Sister likes to keep him company."

"Yes, I know she does." Angelus hissed with anger, taking her hand in his, continuing to run it down the glass.

"She wants to take my little ocean away from me. It saddens me Daddy." Dru whimpered, leaning her head back, resting it against his chest. "She doesn’t want him to sing our little songs."

"I know Dru." He hissed once more.

Suddenly, Dru let out a small cry as she stared out the window, her hand tightening around Angelus, "look Daddy! My ocean and Sister are coming! The bad humans want to hurt them! They bring pretty fire!"

As soon as the words had entered his undead ears, Angelus snapped his head up to look directly out the window. Coming towards the house were both William and Buffy followed by a large mob of men who were holding torches high in the air. Letting out a sharp growl, Angelus threw himself away from Dru and walked over towards Darla who was back to reading her book.

"Pack up your things quickly and then head down towards the basement, there are tunnels down there where we can hide!" He barked at her. Sensing that something was wrong; Darla instantly bounded out of her seat and over towards Druscilla. Grabbing the younger vampiress hand, Darla rushed both of them into their rooms to pack.

As soon as they were out of site, Angelus bolted towards the front door of the house and whipped it open, letting both William and Buffy inside. The brunette vampire growled with frustration as he quickly bolted the door.

"What did you both do!" Angelus boomed at the blondes, his features were a lit with immense anger. All three of them jumped suddenly when there was a loud banging on the door and several shouts of protest. Rolling his eyes, Angelus shook his head and then pushed the pair of vampires into the main room, "both of you get your belongings and go down to the basement, we have to leave."

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"Angelus will you cease with the pacing, my head is hurting." Darla whined impatiently as she watched her childe pace throughout the tunnel.

"What did they do?" Angelus continued to mutter over and over under his breath while he paced. "What could have they done?"

Dru chuckled with amusement as she wrapped her arms around Angelus and sighed, "my little ocean saw the nasty girl! He was wicked furious!" She giggled like a small child but then her voice grew serious. "He slashed her throat and drank her dry. Dirty humans though, they ruined my boy’s fun. Call him and Sister dirty names." Druscilla continued to ramble to Angelus, who as he continued to hear her words, grew more furious than he had been earlier.

Before he could say anything to Dru, the low sounds of both Buffy and William’s voices filtered into the room. When he first saw William enter the tunnel, Angelus immediately dashed over to the fledgling and grabbed him by the throat, shoving him up against the nearest wall. A long wheezing sound coming out William’s mouth.

Angelus’s vampire mask came forwards as he stared William in the eye. His yellow eyes dancing with deep and unbending anger and rage. "Give me an excuse not to stake you!"

To be Continued…

* Twilight *

Title ~ Hiding

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ Everyone belongs to Joss Whedon. The extract from the song "Twilight" belongs to Vanessa Carlton.

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ Picks up where the last one left off!

A/N ~ Thank you all for all the reviews! I am going to try to post my new chapters up at an earlier time because then people will actually know when I update! Hehe! Anyways…thanks to you all and enjoy the new chapter!

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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Dru giggled with madness approaching behind Angelus, looking at her childe up and down. "William has been a naughty, naughty little boy! Playing with the humans!" She continued to laugh, running her finger down the side of Angelus’s face. "Daddy doesn’t like it when you play with the humans! They are nasty ones!" She snickered as she ran her finger down her sire’s face once more, this time drawing blood.

"I ask you again William," Angelus growled at the younger vampire that had a flabbergasted look on his face as the older vampire held him tightly around the neck. "Give me a reason not to stake you?" He hissed.

"Angel, let him go!" Buffy pleaded as she watched her friend getting hurt.

Angelus snapped his over towards his childe when he heard that name uttered from that sweet mouth of hers. "WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT CALLING ME THAT!" He boomed at her, causing the blonde vampriess to flinch with fear, "and you helped him so don’t try to act all innocent with me!"

Druscilla chuckled as she brought her mouth towards Angelus ear, "what did I tell you Daddy? Sister wants to protect my ocean, she doesn’t want him to sing our songs anymore." The raven-haired vampiress sighed as she looked over at William; "you had better let him go Daddy. I think my prince wants to say he is sorry for being bad."

Angelus rolled his shoulders with frustration as he dropped William to the ground with ease. Even though the fledgling didn’t need to breathe, but as soon as he dropped to the floor William was gasping for air. Buffy let out a sigh of relief when she that Angelus had released him, she wanted to go comfort her friend but knew if she did, Angelus wouldn’t like it. So she restrained herself the best that she could and stayed glued to the spot the she was standing on.

Angelus let out a short growl as he stepped closer to William who was looking up at his Grandsire, un-phased at all by the stare he was giving him. "Why shouldn’t I kill you?" Angelus asked once again but William huffed as he stood up from the ground and then tried to move past the elder vampire but he easily blocked the blonde and shoved him back up against the wall with a hard push. "You are not going to walk away from this William. Come and face me like a man, not a scared little boy."

William’s demon surged forward as he let out a small growl, "sod off, mate." He told Angelus as he shoved the older vampire but he barely even moved.

"Mate?" Angelus chuckled as he took a step forward towards William, almost 2 inches from his body, "when did you start talking like that?"

"Since now." He snapped at the elder vampire, shaking off his demon and tried to move past him once more but it wasn’t working.

"Don’t get short with me boy, we are going to barely make it out of London because of you." He hissed, taking another step towards the fledgling. "Learn your place boy!"

"Angelus please, leave him be, it was my idea," Buffy pleaded once more, worry in her eyes for William.

Angelus turned his attention away from William and then marched over towards Buffy, "you are to stay out of this Elizabeth!" He barked at her with venom, using her actual name, which he rarely ever did. "I will come to you later but for now it is this mutt that I am speaking to!" He barked once more before stalking back over towards William who still had that un-phased look on his face. He couldn’t speak though because just was he was about to, a deep chuckling sound was coming over from Darla.

"You are such the hypocrite my dear lover." She continued to laugh with amusement.

Turning his attention away from William once again, Angelus stalked back over to his sire and his childe, who was giggling with wide eyes. "What are you saying?"

Before Darla could say anything though, Druscilla beat her to it. "Mummy is very cross with you Angelus. You are a silly, silly boy Angelus. That’s what her head says. You make dirty eyes at sister and at my little ocean while mummy makes dirty eyes at you!" She continued to ramble, skipping away from the couple and began to spin about the room.

Angelus growled at his sire, "you think I am a silly boy?" He asked with anger but with a tint of hurt that you could barely notice.

"Yes I do. You are a little boy who thinks of your women as toys or pawns in your little game of chess. Moving them where you please! It makes me sick Angelus! Sick! Ever since you turned Dru you have been like this! Then you let her make him!" She shouted at Angelus, pointing towards William who was being slightly tended to by Buffy but none of them noticed it. "You always want to make her happy!"

Angelus sighed with annoyance at his sire’s ranting, "well if you don’t like it here, why don’t right at this moment."

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Once she saw that Angelus, Darla, and Dru were being distracted by each other, Buffy eagerly made her way over towards William. "Are you okay?" She asked him quietly so that the others would not hear her.

William turned his head towards her and slightly winced, touching his chest, "it hurts." He told her quietly, "the townspeople, poked me with…"

Buffy furrowed her eyebrows as she pulled down William’s shirt collar to see a nasty burn mark over where his heart would be. It was healing now but not as fast as she usually healed; he would be all right though.

"You’ll be okay." She told him gently, touching the side of his face with her hand. "It’ll heal quickly." She whispered once again as he leaned slightly into her touch.

"What about you?" He asked tenderly, looking at her with concern, "did they hurt you."

"Are you being foolish, William?" She giggled with amusement. "they barely laid a hand on me."

William smirked as he looked at her. Like he had thought earlier, she was a wonderful woman…vampire. It didn’t matter if she wasn’t a woman or not, she was still amazing, no questions asked. She had taken care of him in the very beginning. It felt connecting and comforting.

"Hmmm…wouldn’t want to get in a fight with you, that’s for sure." He purred, running his hand delicately down her long golden hair.

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Angelus was brought out of his argument when he heard a slight giggling come across from the room. Whipping his head around, the brunette vampire seethed with jealousy as he saw the young fledgling run his hand down HIS woman’s hair.

"WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU ARE DOING!" Angelus roared as his demon surged forward and bounded over towards William, shoving him roughly up against the wall once again. "THINK YOU CAN TOUCH MY WOMAN LIKE THAT!"

"Poofter." William muttered under his breath, slightly glancing up at Angelus.

Angelus snarled once more as he grabbed the young vampire by his collar and lifted him high in the air. "You know William if I nor and angry mob can teach you a thing or two about discipline maybe the Slayer will!" He hissed, dropping him to the floor once more.

William snapped his head up at Angelus with a curious look on his face, "what’s a Slayer?"

Druscilla ceased her spinning and began to cackle with immense amusement, "my little one is curious. Curious, curious, curious. He’s a silly one. Always talking of love and pretty things." She giggled rubbing her stomach, "makes me hungry." She then scanned her eyes around their surroundings and wagged her finger at Angelus, "I do not like this place, it smells and it is not comfy. I want to go somewhere else."

Totally forgetting about William’s question, Angelus turned to his childe and smirked, "where would you like to go Dru?" He asked affectionately.

Druscilla beamed with happiness as she ran over towards Angelus and wrapped her arms around his neck and smiled, "I want to go where the bird sings in the morning. I want to go where all the animals play. I want to play with the animals Daddy." She whispered to him eagerly, her cold breath trailing the rim of his ear.

Angelus smirked once again as he pulled out of his childe’s embrace and then turned to the others, "come now. We’re leaving and heading to the countryside." He chuckled as he grabbed Dru by the waist and began to make their way through the tunnels, Darla following slowly behind them, a very displeased look on her face.

As soon as they left, William turned towards Buffy with that very confused look still on his face, "what’s a Slayer?" He asked once again.

A slight smile was brought to the vampiress lips as she bent down and retrieved her bag and handed him his, "I will explain it to you on the way. Come now." She told him as they both made their way through the tunnels.

To be continued…

Part 13:

* Twilight *

Title ~ Playing

Author ~ SunnyD

Disclaimer ~ All people belong to Joss Whedon while the extract from the song "Twilight" belongs to Vanessa Carlton.

Rating ~ PG~13

Summary ~ This takes place 5 years later just to let you all know! So have fun!

A/N ~ Hey all! Thanks so much for all your reviews! They have made me so very happy! You all are great! Anyways…hope you like the new chapter!

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~ Vanessa Carlton ~

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She was began to breathe heavily as she reached the edge of the huge field and the beginning of the forest, which was on the edge of the farm that she lived on. You would think it would be difficult to find a property big as this but for vampires but it wasn’t. Well so Angelus told her.

Buffy started to pant as she continued to sprint through the forest, not once looking over shoulder. She knew she really didn’t need to breathe but the whole act of inhaling and exhaling never left her when she became a demon. It was strange. She never did it around Angelus though because he would get angry with her, calling her human and soft. He had been doing that a lot lately, but it was all for little things. All about the little things.

Buffy immediately halted when neither she heard nor felt anyone behind her anymore. She whipped her head around in several directions, still no one. He was here. She could feel him. She could always feel him when he was around or near her. It’s just where he was, is what she had to figure out.

"Where are you?" She whispered quietly to herself, as her hazel eyes scanned across the area, still nothing. Wrapping her arms around her body, Buffy still continued to observe the area around her. It was less dark than usual. Probably due to the fact that sunrise was only in a couple of hours could be why. Looking up at the sky, the blonde vampiress could see the moon so brightly, it had an eerie glow to it tonight. The same kind of haunting appearance that it had 5 years ago when it was her last night in London.

Was it only 5 years ago? God, it seemed less than that to her. Like it almost happened yesterday. Time passed quickly for a vampire because it didn’t matter; all that did was your existence. Well, it wasn’t like that for before; it was only after Druscilla sired William. How could one person make things so different and positive for her? She use to consider her immortality a curse, but not now, she could actually bear it now because she could spend it with him.

"Where is he?" She whispered once again to the air, rubbing her already cold arms, another mortal like gesture that she should stop immediately. Angelus would find out soon, he would sense it, and he wouldn’t be happy when he did. He would not like the fact that his own childe was growing soft. "Where are you-!"

Buffy was suddenly brought down to the ground when someone dropped from the trees above and toppled down on top of her. Buffy’s demon surged forwards as she punched him in the nose and pushed him off of her. The blonde vampiress thought it was over but was surprised when he dealt a large uppercut across her jaw and then a swift kick into her gut, sending her staggering backwards. She let out a frustrated growl as she surged forwards dishing out several rapid punches and kicks at him but he easily blocked them. Buffy tried to hit him again but he blocked it once again, and was able to get a few punches on her also. She then surprised him by doing a roundhouse on his chest, which threw him up against a nearby tree. Being as persistent as he was, he still came back at her, throwing even more skillful punches and kicks her way, she was just as able to block them as easily as he had blocked hers. They were equal fighters though, so it was hard for either of them to win against each other.

Buffy’s opponent was suddenly taken aback though when she swept his legs from out under him and sent him to the ground. As soon as he was down though, she jumped on top of him and pinned him there with sitting on top his hips. Holding him tight enough so that he wouldn’t be able to get away, no matter how much he tried to struggle from beneath her.

"I win," she perked, holding his wrists tightly to the ground with her hands.

"Yes you did, pet." He replied, still trying to struggle from beneath her but it wasn’t working.

"I told you to start watching your legs." She told him firmly, her grip tightening on his wrists. "The Slayer almost killed you last time when you didn’t watch out."

"I know, and I almost didn’t get out of there alive…well not really alive, I’m already dead, but you understand." He smirked at her, studying her face.

"You have to remember Spike, I am not always going to be there. You want to take a Slayer on, you have to hold your own." She said once again and then saw the uncomfortable look that he was giving her, "What did I say?"

"Nothing," he said silently, "you calling me Spike, kind of weird. Have gotten so use to you calling me William."

"I know," Buffy smiled at him genuinely, "but it is not my fault that you decided to get all playful with a railroad spike that night. And you’re the one who came up with the name."

"I know luv, but still…" He sighed, "could you just call me William, you know, when we’re alone. Kind of comforting when you call me that." He admitted shyly, trying to struggle some more but it wasn’t working.

"All right…William," She whispered kindly, bringing her hand up against his cheek.

When she had finally touched his cheek, William tried to pry himself away from her but she easily caught on and ground her hips deeper into his body, pinning him once again. "Nice try, William."

"Buffy…" William squeaked, his face scrunched up in pain.

"Yeah?"

"You’re hurting my pelvic area." He winced as he continued to feel the throbbing pain he was feeling in the lower part of his body. Buffy only chuckled at him with amusement.

"You big baby." She giggled like a small child, her hand covering her mouth.

"S’not funny," He pouted, sticking out bottom lip that made Buffy laugh even more.

"See…baby." She chirped at him, cocking her head the side, observing him before she leaned forwards and pressed her lips gently against his. She was about to pull away when she felt his hand meet her cheek and rub it thoughtfully as he continued to kiss her softly. They hadn’t been this intimate since that night with the mob and that was five years ago. She didn’t know why now she felt like kissing him, but she just had this urge, this feeling like she should.

Eventually though they pulled away from each other and just sat there staring at one another with blank stares. Buffy shook her head as she snapped herself out of her strong gaze and got up off William and then helped him up. They both dusted themselves as they began to make their way back to the mansion that they resided in.

There were a couple of minutes of silence before either one of them spoke. William was the first, "you’ve never told me about how you know so much about Slayers."

Buffy sighed as she removed the pins from her hair and let her long golden locks fall on to her shoulders, "in the last 50 years I have faced off against 3 Slayer myself. I was able to kill two of them." She told him, running her fingers through her hair, keeping her eyes straight ahead. "The third one almost got the best of me."

"Do you think that I will able to successfully face off against a Slayer?" He asked her truthfully, clasping his hands behind his back as they continued to travel through the large field.

Buffy gave William a slide glance and then let a bright smile break out onto her face, "yeah I do. You just need to work on your combat skills and you will be fine." She told him in a very affirmative tone, "just remember to…" She said before biting her bottom lip and lightly pushed him, causing him to stumble a bit, "keep you balance." She chuckled slightly before returning her eyes towards the land in front of them, now seeing the mansion in clear view.

"You feel like mocking me tonight, luv?" He asked her with a slight smirk on his face.

"Maybe." She answered with an impish look on her face. Looking as if she wanted to cause some mischief, unfortunately it was almost sunrise so she would have to wait till when the sun set.

"You’re humorous Elizabeth," he purred at her gently before sprinting through the field as fast as he could. As soon as she realized what he had called her, Buffy took off after him, having a hard time catching up to him. When she had finally reached the barn, he was leaning up against it, a large smirk planted on his face, happy that he had won and she didn’t.

"I won." He announced, removing himself from the wall and walked to where she was standing, wrapping his arms around her waist in friendly gesture. "For once tonight."

"Well," Buffy pouted, slapping his chest playfully; "you cheated. We do NOT cheat William."

"Says who?" He asked, raising one of his eyebrows at her, his arms still locked around her waist.

"Me." She chirped, her hair bouncing all over the place while the moon reflected off of it. She looked almost heavenly to him but he wouldn’t say that to her.

"Oh and you make all the rules now, eh?" He chuckled.

"Yes, I do." She chirped once more before looking over at his shoulder at the mansion, which sat quietly on their plot of land. It was dark and it didn’t look inviting to her at all, knowing who was inside the house. She wished she could stay out in the barn with William.

Angelus made him sleep there. No one asked why because they already knew Angelus didn’t like William to be around Buffy. At all. It was a known fact to everyone. Buffy didn’t think that it was fair, letting William sleep out there in the hay where he had to constantly watch out for the bright sun that fell over the farm during the daytime. She hated it, but yet…didn’t say anything. She wished she could but she couldn’t. It was confusing and it plagued her mind all the time.

"You’d better get inside," he told her softly, "don’t want to get Poofter all upset, right?" He smirked at his own name for Angelus. He knew Buffy would appreciate it because whenever he called Angelus that around Dru she would get upset with him, REALLY upset

Buffy nodded her head reluctantly as she removed herself from William’s grasp, "Right then," she whispered, placing a tender hand on his cheek, "see you tonight."

"Yeah," he replied in the same silent matter before taking her hand from his cheek and kissed her knuckles gently. "Goodnight…" He purred before letting her hand drop from his hand and ran inside the barn.

Buffy watched in silence as he ran back inside the fairly large barn, "yeah…goodnight."

To be Continued…