2012

Dawn hurried toward the house that Giles had helped her buy and fix up with the remaining Council funds a few years ago before he'd been captured and killed. She closed her eyes momentarily at the grief that welled up inside of her. She noticed something was off as she approached the house, the doors to both apartments stood open. She knew neither Andrew, Robin, nor none of the Slayers would be stupid enough to leave the wards down. Dawn glanced around before quickly ducking out of sight. Once sure she was out of view, she mumbled the spell that allowed her to open a portal.

This particular portal would allow her to enter the apartment without being detected by whoever was in it. She had to sallow back the bile at what she found. Not one person left alive. Dawn looked around in fear; she knew she had to get out of here quickly.

"Dawn Summers, wait!" A voice called out. Dawn turned, ready to run. There was a dark haired woman standing there. She didn't look like a Hunter so Dawn asked,

"Who are you?"

"I'm a representative of the PTBs. Dawn, I've been sent here to help." The woman said.

"Yeah, and how do you plan to do that? Everybody but me is dead." Dawn said.

"I know. This wasn't supposed to happen. But the PTBs can help…."

"Really? And how is that, exactly?" Dawn asked, voice dripping sarcasm.

"I can send you back. Give you the chance to fix what went wrong."

"Say I went along with this, when would I go back to? And how would I know what to fix?"

"That' the catch, you wouldn't. As for when, the PTB would send you back to the Angel/Angelus fiasco."

"Would I be able to stop Angel from losing his soul?" Dawn asked.

"No, but you would be able to keep it from getting as bad as it did." The woman said.

"How? Technically I wasn't there when that happened." Dawn pointed out.

"In that reality, Principal Snyder is looking to replace the recently deceased computer science teacher, Jenny Calendar. That's where you would come in, you'd be hired as her replacement. From there you'd have to figure out how to get your sister and her friends to trust you, preferably without revealing who you are." Dawn thought about this. To have her sister and family alive again, to see her mom again and possibly save her would be a miracle. Dawn had to bite the inside of her lip to keep the tears from spilling as she nodded her consent.

"Done." The woman declared.

Everything blacked out.