Small Mistake

Chapter 2: The Little Vampire

After a few seconds, Spike had stopped shrinking.

He obviously noticed that  everything was different.
"Why is everything so sodding big?"

He stopped when he heard his own voice.
"And why do I sound like a kid?

Willow and Xander were frozen in place looking down at him with their mouths hanging wide open.

They shared glances.

A huge grin began to widen upon Xander's face. All of a sudden he started spluttering with laughter.

"What's so funny?" Spike demanded.

Xander couldn't stop laughing. His cheeks were very nearly bright red and he had tears running down them.
"Ha ha ha haaa! Y-you're a-a little k-kid! Ha ha ha!"

"I bloody am not!"

"Y-you bloody well are!"

Willow blushed a hot pink.
"Sorry! I-I didn't realise it was the wrong spell!"

She hid her head in her hands.
"Oh noo! Oh god! I'm supposed to be a s-skilled witch! I've had the training! I know what I'm doing!"

Spike looked down. He was A LOT closer to the floor now than he was before.
"Oh crap!"

He glanced at his hands. They were tiny childsized hands. Then he ran his little hands through his blonde hair.
It was extremely soft and fluffy.

"Bloody hell! What did ya do to me, red?!"
His voice was a high squeaky child's voice. Very much different to his usual commanding, manly, tone of voice.

He sounded so stupid with his British accent, that even Anya and Tara were attempting to hide their amusement.

Tara smiled shyly.
"I-I think it's kinda cute!"

Anya rushed over to him and delicately patted his hair.
"Ooh soft!"

Spike swatted at her "OI! No touching!"

At that moment Buffy and Giles wandered into the room.

Buffy didn't know what to say.
Giles did.

"Willow, are you responsible for this?"
Willow slowly and timidly turned to look at Giles, her face reflecting in his glasses.

"Y-yes but it-it was an accident!"

Buffy joined Giles at his side.
"Will, what did you do?"

"I-it was an accident! I swear, I didn't mean to do it! Xander and Spike were fighting and-"

Tara went over to Willow and held her hand, squeezing it, smiling. Willow returned the favour.
"She-she's telling the truth!"

Anya nodded.

"Yes! Spike is now officially a human child with extremely fluffy hair!"

Xander gazed at Buffy
"It's not that bad, Buff! He can't do anything! The only problem is his wittle Spike tantrums! I mean, he's not even up to your torso so what's he gonna do?"

The bell rang again and Dawn walked into the room, her school bag slumped over her shoulder even though she'd finished school 5 hours ago.

"I'm so glad to be here with you guys! Cos you know.."

She threw her school bag onto one of the wooden tables in the middle of the shop that the gang used for meetings and demon research.

"Staying home alone? Not my idea of fun. So did I miss anything interesting?"

Xander hmphed.
"I don't know about interesting...more like funny? He he he!"

Willow elbowed him hard in the arm.

"Ow! Hey! Ok geez! Witchy-boo here tried to cast a spell on Captain Peroxide to stop him trying to kill me, buuut she ended up changing him into a bratty Timmy Turner."

Dawn folded her arms.
"Seriously?"

Everyone nodded.

Giles took of his glasses and started cleaning them with a cloth that he took from his trouser pocket.

"Yes well, we're attempting to find out how to change him back to his original size and *cough* age"

He placed his glasses back onto his face, trying to be careful not to get fingerprints on them again.

She shook her head when she saw Spike. He was sat in the corner of the shop drinking a bottle of Jack Daniels.

She snuck behind him and snatched the half empty bottle before he could take another sip.

"OI! Little Bit! Give it back!"
He started grabbing for the bottle but his arms were too small. Just like him.

She held it up so that it was above her head and so there was no chance that he could reach it.

"Nu-uh a little boy shouldn't be drinking alcohol! It's against the law!"

Spike jumped for it but that just made it harder since he couldn't get it in the first place.
"I don't care about the bloody law!"

"You're a little boy! Oh my god!"

Spike gritted his teeth in annoyance.
"I'm not a bloody boy! Gimme the tossing bottle ya ponce! Gimme! Now!"

Dawn laughed until she was red in the face.
"Didn't your mummy ever teach you manners Spikey-Wikey?"

"Don't call me Spikey-Wikey! It's Spike!"

"Hmmm...ok then...Spikey-Wikey!"

He glared at her.
"This isn't funny!"

"You're right! It's hilarious! Ha ha!"

Spike threw his arms up in the air.
"I flipping give up!"

He turned to Giles.

"Giles! Tell her to give me my bottle!"

Giles took of his glasses and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I don't want to get involved with this, Spike. Dawn just give it to him please and act your age"

She did as she was told and left it at that.

Ohhh so cuuuute😻💖