The Spell Unspoken
by Nykademis
Broken Dreams
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Dario caught Spiri before her head stuck the ground.
"Oh my god" Buffy dropped to her knee's next to Dario as she cradled the girl.
Faith stepped away from them and sat on the floor and rested her forehead on the couch.
Kida vanished.
"I heard yelling" Willow rushed down the stairs with Rowen close on her heels.
They both stopped short when they saw Spiri prone on the floor.
"Bricu" Rowen screamed when she rushed to Spiri's side.
Kida reappeared with the tall red headed Bricu in tow.
"My goddess what happened" Bricu gathered her lover into her arms.
"She touched Faith and screamed" Kida explained "then she fainted. That's when I came to you"
"Why was she touching her?" Bricu had tears in her eyes.
"She was doing a soul decerning" everyone said at once.
Faith remained silent with her face buried in the couch cushions.
"Why didn't you do it" Bricu growled her voice uneven and breaking "You could have done it"
"I wouldn't let her" Dario said standing "The Goddess called her earlier. I didn't want her to risk it"
"She's been doing ceremony all week" Bricu sat on the couch next to the dark slayer. She shifted Spiri in her arms bringing her so
that her ear was resting above Bricu's beating heart. She didn't realize that Spiri's limp hand came to rest against Faith cheek.
Both the Slayer and the Mystic jerked in reaction.
Spiri came to with a gasp and Faith backed away with fear on her face.
"Spiri?" Bricu touched her loves cheek to bring her attention to her face "Are you okay love?"
Spiri took a few moments to collect herself "I'm fine. But she's......" Spiri buried her face in Bricu's chest for a moment to wipe away tears that had fallen "She's in so much pain"
Everyone turned to look at Faith who remained cowered on the floor moving towards a corner.
"So much pain, but she isn't evil. The good in her and so strong, but she can't outrun the pain" Spiri moved to slid from Bricu's lap,
But the woman wouldn't let her go.
"So she's on out side?" Willow stood just behind Faith. The Slayer backed up against her legs and stiffened.
Rowen stood next to Buffy watching Faith move away from the group "I think you scared her Spiri. Did you have visions?"
Bricu and Spiri both turned to stare at the little girl "What's the Oracle doing here?" Bricu demanded.
"Fufilling her destiny" Willow said. She didn't know where the answer came from but she was damn sure it was right.
Faith looked up at Willow "Damn Red you think you cold say that once more with feeling?"
"Shut up Faith" Willow didn't even look down at her.
"Well fuck you" Faith stood, her fear disapated by the anger she had towards Willow.
"You have bad manners" Rowen said coming up next to Faith "Don't talk to her like that" she place her hands on her hips and stared the dark slayer down.
"Wow. Put in my place by a 5 year old. Now I've seen everything" Faith looked down at the miniature of Willow "Should I apologize?"
"No" Rowen said shortly "You wouldn't mean it. Why waste your breath?"
"Did you name her?" Spiri asked. She felt strong enough to stand but she doubted that Bricu would let her.
Bricu like Dario was protective of her mate due to her youth. Spiri and Hakida were the only Mystics still living their original Mortal lives. The youngest of the Chosen Eight.
"Yeah" Buffy lifted the little girl away from Faith who was eying her with disbelief "Her name is Rowen"
"Pretty" Bricu said softly.
Kida moved to the kitchen, with Willow only steps behind her.
"Okay, waitwaiwaitwaitwait" Faith interrupted "This kid is an Oracle?"
"Yeah" Dario, Bricu and Spiri said together.
"I was told all the Oracle's had taken on Astrial forms" Faith crossed her arms "The text said they could only exist on this plain for a matter of moments. Usually long enough to confuse the shit out of the seeker who summoned it"
"That's pretty much what I heard to" Buffy nodded. She took another look at the child in her arms. She met with Willow's resolve
face, only pint sized.
"She's the only to be born in the last oh, two centuries?" Dario said softly "She was lost to us because someone killed her mother before she could become pregnant with her. Some kind of time travel thing"
"Oh. But why does she exist?" Faith was in full slayer mode. Part of her retraining in prison had been concentration and strategy techniques, not to mention the many nuances of magicks.
"She wasn't on the plane at the time of the change. She'd been taken to the Goddess. She couldn't vanish from existence because she wasn't 'in' that existence" Dario explained "We were lucky. That plane ceased to exist because it became unbalanced. We needed her" she pointed to Rowen "to live and fufill her prophecy to keep all other planes from suffering the same fate"
"So your here to save the world" Buffy said kissing the little girl on the cheek "I can relate"
"And she's here so you'll protect her" Bircu smiled as she stood with her lover in her arms "I can relate"
Bricu vanished with Spiri in her arms. Spiri's residual 'hey' was echoed in the room as if it came from a far off place.
"Saving the world before bedtime" Faith joked "What is she a PowerPuff Oracle?'
Willow overheard in the kitchen. Her eyes narrowed
Faith screamed and began tearing at her clothes, when her underwear turned into spiders.
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