Small Mistake

Chapter 4: Reversing The Spell

Buffy and Xander tiptoed over to the other side of the room, being careful not to wake Spike eventhough they knew that they couldn't.

Anya had given them a small glass vial to collect his blood.

Xander pinched it in a tripod grip.

Buffy pulled out the sharpest stake she had in her pocket and stabbed it into Spike's arm.
Blood began to run leaving a red stained trail.

She fixed her gaze on Xander.
"You know what to do Xand"

He nodded and held the vial beneath his arm so that the crimson liquid began to drip into it. Drip drip.

Xander and Buffy could both smell the blood. It smelt horribly and strongly of iron or copper.
They didn't know which but they did know that it was a sickening smell.

Once the vial had been filled with blood, the duo made their way back to Willow who had already begun the spell. She took the vial from them.
"Ready?"

Xander and Buffy exchanged glances before facing Willow and nodding eagerly in agreement.

"Ok"

She emptied Spike's blood into the black bowl that already contained the other ingredients for the spell, turning it a dark purple colour.

She took a handful of powdered Poke Root and closed her eyes.

She chanted the incantation whilst sprinkling the powder into the bowl.

The stars, the earth, the moon and sun!
Let my spell become undone!
Hear my words and heed my plea, let my power receed from me!"

As she chanted her spell, sparks of light began to emit from Willow. Her hair began to blow in a strong tornado of wind, blowing out the candles placed around the bowl and sending everything to fly around the room.

"Fast forward through time!
Age the soul!
Take the offering I have placed inside this bowl!"

As if on que, the tornado of wind and the heavenly glowing stopped abruptly. The bowl in front of Willow was empty. Nothing in it at all.

"Well that was fun! Did you think that was fun?"
Xander said.
He looked over at Spike.
He was still asleep but he was back to himself again.

"Should we wake him? I can do it?"

Buffy shook her head.

"Xand, you can't wake him. Where do you think the phrase 'let sleeping vampires lie' came from?"

Sorry this is a short chapter. Hope you liked it though.