Searching for 2 fics

[katiekat641.livejournal.com]

I've been searchin for two different fic every way I know how.  I hope someone here can help me!

Fic #1
     I've been looking for this fic for a while and its driving me crazy not being able to remember!  I think it takes places in S5 shortly after Dawn and Spike break into the magic Box. A representative of Wolfram and Hart comes and asks Spike if he wants he chip removed.  He says yes and they make him sign some sort of contract which he does not read (I think because he didn't want to put his reading glasses on in front of the guy and show weakness.) In order to remove the chip, they stake him (Buffy finds his dust) and resurrect him with the same spell they used on Darla.  They get Dru to revamp him which he tries to fight.  They plant subliminal messages in Spike that make him turn in Dawn because she's the key which results in her being kidnapped. He tried to defend Dawn but later remembers turning her in.  They find Dawn in LA as Wolfram and Hart is using her to open a portal which Spike shuts by drinking either Dawn or Buffy's blood.  He gets stuck in that world, which is very inhospitable containing no life forms and lots of ice, for whats seems like a hundred years in his time.  He eventually returns, I believe on his own. 

Fic #2:
     I've also been looking for another fic which I remember next to nothing about... :( I only remember a conversation between Willow and Tara.  Tara tells Willow why the things that kill/harm vampires do so.  A stake works because its something that was once living and is now dead like a vampire.  Beheading works bcause it severs the mystical connection between demon and body.  She also explains holy water, crosses and sunshine but I don't remember. I know its not a lot to go on... 

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

~Katie-kat

Comments

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I'm almost positive that the Fic #1 is "After Dust" (http://www.allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=61) by EMG.

And I could swear I remember reading the conversation you're talking about in Fic #2 in rahirah's big series somewhere (which starts with "A Raising in the Sun" (http://sleepingjaguars.com/buffy/raiseintro.htm) -- you can find the other stories in that series on her website here (http://sleepingjaguars.com/buffy/bufindex.htm)).

And sorry about the multiple edits... I can finding things I'd missed.

[katiekat641.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much!!!

[fenchurche.livejournal.com]

I really can't type tonight... obviously I meant I KEEP finding things I'd missed. *facepalm*

BTW, I found the conversation I was thinking of, although I don't know for sure if it was the one you're looking for. It was in the second story of rahirah's series, "Necessary Evils" and can be found at the top of this chapter (http://sleepingjaguars.com/buffy/ne7.htm) if you want to check it really quickly.

[katiekat641.livejournal.com]

Thank you! That was exactly what I was looking for. Its been flaoting in the back of my head for weeks.