Chapter 1: remembrance

A brief candle; both ends burning
An endless mile; a bus wheel turning
A friend to share the lonesome times
A handshake and a sip of wine
So say it loud and let it ring
We are all a part of everything
The future, present and the past
Fly on proud bird
You're free at last.

Previously

The innocent bird flew as the electric charge began to break her wings. Her long curly hair flowing in the wind

"Dawn listen to me listen, I love you I will always love you"

" you have to take care of each other, you have to be strong"

" the hardest thing in this world is to live in it"

Dawn woke in as shock sweating but feeling cold, she turned to look around at her room, it was dark and silent. As she got out of her bed she tiptoed over to her window, remembering Buffys last words " the hardest thing in this world is to live in it", she whispered to herself, and it was so true right now she felt like she didn't wasn't to live in the world, I mean she had just lost her sister. She let out a deep sigh and headed downstairs rubbing her puffy eyes, the amount of times she had cried, she could fill a whole litre bottle. Dawn wandered slowly into the kitchen noticing a light on in the living room, she decided to eavesdrop on the conversation, she took a peek at who was talking, Xander Willow and Giles were all in deep conversation.

" You don't understand this is an unsafe environment for a young girl" Giles spoke in the most British accent.

" Giles we cant just abandon her, she's just lost her sister, she sacrificed herself, she needs us" Willow answered back.

" Well what can we do leave her up there to rot, she hasn't come down since that very night, we need to take action make her get over it"

" GET OVER IT? Giles are you blind, she's 15 she's still a child and she watched her sister die, she's not going to get over it in one day, its going to take time, you don't want to be a part of this then leave. We all know you didn't want Buffy doing what she did, you wanted Dawn to die…remember" Willow responded back with an angry tone in her voice.

Giles paused with a deep frown almost shocked at what Willow had just said to him, he casually answered" I love Dawn you know I do but what Buffy did was dangerous, she knew what she was getting herself into I just wish there was another way" the former watcher looked down trying to restrain himself from crying.

Willow nodded" Well there isn't she's gone and there's nothing we can do about it now… we cant just turn back time and make everything alright the world doesn't work that way"

Giles debated" why not. We all live in a world where the impossible becomes possible cant we just cheat death?" he nodded and gave a fake laugh" yea your right your all right I mean what's the point right? Its not like we can bring Buffy back from the dead"

Something inside Willow changed, what if she could bring Buffy back. She leaned on the table in deep thought. It seemed like seconds which turned to be minutes, she came out of it.

Xander waved a hand past Willows face" earth to Will…you ok?"

Willow forced a smile" yea im fine. I just cant believe she's really gone"

Dawn frowned and looked down to the ground. She felt herself getting spun into a flashback

Dawn's bare feet where on the edge of the platform blood dripping over her toes.

Doc: ...free.

Buffy gasped "Dawn."

Dawn gasped in pain "Buffy"

Doc whirls around as Buffy strides forward.

Doc frowned "This should be interesting."

Buffy doesn't even pause, just walks right past Doc, giving him a push as she goes he falls over the edge we can hear him faintly screaming as Buffy goes to Dawn, who continues crying.

Buffy helped her poor defencless sister "Here."

Dawn still crying said "Buffy, it hurts."

Dawn lay in bed again crying to herself, she couldn't bear it anymore she wanted her sister back.But there was no way…was there?