A Day in a Knight by Pandora North Star Rated: PG-13 Note: Takes place right after Intervention. Prologue Giles sat down in a plush armchair with an aching groan. He was soar all over from the day's perilous fight. He held a copy of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. (A book he thought every British person ought to have in his collection.) The book always brought comfort to him. The smell of incense wafted around him, the residue of a warding spell he had done after the attack of Glory. Willow had just left and Buffy was off talking to Spike, making sure he hadn't spilled their secret while he had been chained. Though he was dubious as to Spike's merits he had an intuitive feeling Spike hadn't expelled the information in a moment of weakness. So with peace of mind for maybe the last time in a good while Giles began his book. Before long he grew tired and his eyelids became droopy and he fell asleep. But not before something peculiar started happening. Across town Willow and Tara were talking about Buffy and Spike. Willow was still upset, having been riled after the warding spell. She and Tara decided to try a new spell which would alert them if any of the group were near Glory. Kind of like a homing beacon. They couldn't do a spell to keep track of Glory just one that caused a chemical reaction of sorts to signal a warning if she was near a Scooby. "I wonder. If he had told why would Glory had continued torture him? But then again why wouldn't he tell." Willow murmured to Tara. "He's in love with Buffy. He wouldn't want to hurt her." It was as if Tara could sense it. Spike was appealing to Buffy right then with the same premise. "I suppose it really doesn't matter as long as Dawn's safe." "Are you ready to start?" "Yep. And since we're talking about Spike and Buffy we might as well start by casting the spell on them. "Sounds good." They sat down on the floor of the dorm room inside a circle. Tara lit a candle while Willow arranged objects. In the center of a pentagram she placed a piece of fabric, ripped from Glory and on the points various objects that represented her different friends. "Now to chant." "Goddess Hecate." They called out. "We bind our friends and family to you, we call to you to warn us if harm comes. We are all connected by The One. To each we are connected. Let no harm come from the Eye of the Storm!" Nothing seemed to happen when they opened their eyes. Willow looked at the strange pentagram. Since there were more people than points she doubled up the people per point depending on where they were at the moment. Suddenly the line that connected Buffy and Spike's point to Giles point and the line to Dawn's lit up like fire and disappeared. Tara and Willow looked at each other in alarm. "That wasn't supposed to happen." "We better go check on them." Tara agreed. They stood up and raced for the door. Willow with a moment's forethought grabbed a stake and her travel pouch of spell ingredients. "Did that mean Glory was nearby? We don't know how we are to be warned if she is." Willow asked as they ran towards the Crypt. "I don't think so. Something happened with Spike and Buffy. Their lines shouldn't have disappeared line that." They hit the cemetery and darted between headstones. Willow's leg throbbed from the rough battle earlier but she ignored it, her fear propelling her. When she saw the crypt she began shouting, not really caring if a vampire was nearby, ready to feed on her. She almost dared them too. "Buffy? Spike? If you've done anything to her Spike I'll kill you!" Willow banged on the door. It swung in heavily. It was quiet as a tomb. (Sorry!) There was no one in there. "Maybe they went patrolling?" "I don't think so." Willow shook her head, her red bob swishing around her pale face. "Buffy would tell us. She always checks in on Dawn." "Maybe Giles knows?" "I hope." They left and trotted across town, much slower because they didn't have the Slayer stamina. Giles awoke to the knocking on his door. The book that lay across his stomach slipped to the floor. Maybe if he had taken a moment to look at it, he would have noticed the new additions. "Tara. Willow? Is everything all right?" "No. We did this spell and something happened. Buffy and Spike are missing." "Oh dear." Chapter 1