Buffy stands at the edge of a crater that was once Sunnydale, they had come out victorious; her friends that had survived surround her, she stares deep; lost in thought, what they've gone through, all that they have changed, and the one's that they've lost; Anya no longer standing with them.

Spike who gave them the chance to escape before it all came down, giving himself to the mouth of hell.

"Buffy, What are we gonna do now?" Dawn asks

Buffy lifts her head up, breathing the fresh air into her lungs "anything we want" she answers as she turns to face them.

Dawn smiled brightly running to hug her sister, buffy wrapped her arms around dawn; they made it!

Although there was still a lot to take care of, there was a silver lining; slayers all over the world were awakening.

They all gather back on the bus, some of the potentials were severely injured. The bus drove off into the desert.

They drove to the nearest town with a hospital, checking in the girls that need care. Willow and buffy sat outside the hospital, "where will you go now? Angels in L.A." willow said.

"Maybe L.A." Buffy smiled, "but maybe not… I can't get Spike out of my mind."

Willow wrapped her one arm around Buffy's back, "I know Buff, but I think he would want you to be happy."

Buffy chuckled "not with Angel. Believe me."

"Whatever you do, do it for you; you can live your life now Buffy." Willow said excitedly.

"What about Will? Ready to retire from the Scoobies?" Buffy Asked jokingly.

"You know me, can't resist research of the oogie boogie kind" she teased.

Xander walked out of the hospital and was heading there way, "everybody taken care of" Buffy asked.

"Everyone's getting settled, Giles is finishing up the paper work, and Dawn is with him." He explained.

"That's great, hopefully it will be a speedy recovery for the girls" buffy replied.

Willow stood up and walked over to xander, hugging him tightly "are you ok, Xan" she asked.

He hugged her back; resting his head onto hers. "I just can't believe she's gone. It's Anya, nothing stops her. I – I just don't know how to get through this... without her."

Willow lifted her head to look up at him "it will be hard at first, but after a bit of time passes… you learn to start living again." She described a feeling she remembered all too well.

Xander held on to her tighter, buffy reached out her arms to embrace them both knowing all three of them had lost someone they loved.