Back To the Beginning

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Summery: Buffy is taken back to where she first started after she destroyed the Master. Can she stop herself before Angel is turned into Angelus? She just might be able to change the fate of many. This starts in season 7.

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Buffy was walking in the graveyard like she did every night. She knew she shouldn't go to where she was drawn to go. She knew she shouldn't go back to the mansion but she did anyway. The place gave her comfort. It also made her remember all the bad things that started there. She remembered waking up without him there beside her. She remembered finding him there again. What he had said still stung when she remembered, but she also remembered it wasn't really him saying those things. She didn't know how long she sat there, in his bed, remembering everything she had caused. She remembered how he tried to warn her of what could happen, how she wouldn't listen, how she just couldn't, wouldn't, kill him, how Angelus had killed Ms. Calendar, how Giles almost got himself killed, and so on. She would never forget any of it. She would never forget that, even after everything, she still loved the real Angel. She wished she could go back and stop it all.

She fell asleep in his bed.

When she woke up the next morning, she was in her own bed, in her house. She went down still confused by what had happened. She found her mom fixing breakfast in the kitchen. Her mom had died before Glory had taken Dawn. How could she be here now? And where was Dawn anyway?

"Happy Birthday Buffy!"

"Mommy?" Buffy went over and hugged her mom.

" Yes honey?" It was really her.

" Mom I love you."

"I love you too, Buffy. No go get ready for school or your going to be late."Now she was really confused. School? School ended a while back.

"School? Oh yeah school. Where's Dawn?"

"Who?"

" Dawn, my sister."

" Buffy, you don't have a sister. Honey, are you ok?"

"Yeah. I think I'm just still a little tired." and she went to her room to get ready for school. Then she realized what had happened. She was back to where she had started. She also realized she could make sure what happened that night didn't.