Repercussions

This is pretty much the story of what happens after Chosen. Not based on anything that happens in Angel. Strictly Buffy based story. I do not own Buffy the vampire slayer. I only own a computer. So don't sue also, this is my first story, so I'm sorry if it's sloppy.

"Dawn! What is this?" Buffy asked furiously at her little sister as she gulped down her eggs. Dawn was taken by surprise; she stared at her sister, eyes wide with shock.

"Wha's what?" Dawn asked chewing rapidly. Buffy gave her the all too familiar you're-in-trouble-look.

"You dumped last nights dinner in a pot plant, that's what" Buffy raised her eyebrows, trying to get an explanation.

"You don't know it was me!" she replied defensively crossing her arms around her black hello kitty tank top.

"Dawn! You were the only one who ate peas last night, so unless the plants are possessed…" Buffy placed her hands on her hips, sure that she was going to win this argument. Before Dawn could answer Willow skipped into the room, still dressed in her fluffy blue pajamas.

"Don't stop the bickering just 'cause I'm in the room guys" she joked while continuing to the kitchen.

"Hey Will" Buffy smiled as Willow spun around and smiled back.

"I'm making breakfast, you guys want?" she offered while running her finger through her shiny red hair.

"No I'm not really in breakfast mode" Buffy replied

"I'm still kind of…" Dawn began to speak but was interrupted

"No" Buffy said directly to Dawn "You just ate half our eggs, you can wait until lunch" she said sternly.

"Besides you threw out last nights dinner, its your fault you're so hungry" she reminded her failing at hiding her superiority.

"It wasn't me! Willow you were there! Tell her!" Dawn said frantically waving her hands about as if to prove something.

"It wasn't her Buffy, it was Faith, we both saw her" Willow said grinning slightly, she loved being able to get Faith into trouble. Buffy sighed and looked up at the ceiling. Maybe I should charge her every time she eats over here, then I bet she wouldn't drop food everywhere… Buffy thought.

"Speaking of, where is she? I thought Faith was on Dawn duty this morning" Willow asked not really directing the question to anyone in particular.

"Ah, she spent the night at Princip…at Robins, so a little tardiness is expected" Buffy rolled her eyes; Faith had never been so attached to one guy before. It was nice though; it was definitely easier for Faith with someone standing by her like that.

"Do you think they'll get married soon?" Dawn asked while watching Buffy's face change from emotion to emotion. Buffy's head whipped up.

"Huh? Oh…I don't know" she replied

"Really? Because I could swear I hear bells on their way. Wedding bells that is…not bells in my head, because that would mean insanity and…hey, I'm thirsty!" Buffy laughed slightly at Willow's strange metaphor. A sudden knocking from the front door startled both Buffy and Dawn.

"I'll get it!" Dawn said happily. Dawn and Faith had gotten a lot closer. It had been a month since they all got out of Sunnydale and started living in Cleveland. It was Giles's idea to stay nearby a hellmouth again; something to do with the new slayers would all eventually be called here. It was still a bit of mystery of when they would come, and where they'd go.

Dawn jumped over to the front door and pulled the door open. Faith was waiting on the doorstep, dressed in a black t-shirt and dark denim jeans, she was the coolest person Dawn knew. Of course she'd never say that in front of Buffy.

"Faith!" Dawn hugged Faith before she could react.

"Hey kid, ready to go?" Faith laughed while pushing Dawn off, obviously uncomfortable with the sudden contact.

"Yep, wanna come in and see everyone?" she grabbed Faiths hand and pulled her inside anyway. Faith sighed in defeat. She was way too beat to fight back against the energetic Dawn. As they entered the dining room Buffy suddenly looked annoyed.

"Dawn what the hell are you doing? You're already late for school! Hurry up and go!" she demanded "Hey Faith" she added smiling quickly

"Hey B, sorry about being late. I would have been here before but," Buffy raised a hand to tell her it didn't matter.

"I just thought you'd wanna say hello!" Dawn said grabbing her school bag and frowning at her big sister.

"I just did, now go!" Buffy ordered again

"Later B, see ya Red" Faith called, getting no reply from Willow

"Geez, why are you always in such a bad mood these days?" Dawn grumbled as she and Faith disappeared out the door.

"I am so fed up with her! Every morning she's late!" Buffy complained as Willow walked into the room with her plate bacon and a glass of orange juice.

"Yeah and she keeps calling me Red! The only people who ever did that was Spike and…" Willow stopped herself halfway glancing at Buffy. Willow watched as Buffy's face fell into a painful look of despair.

"Oh Buffy, I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to…" Buffy snapped her head up

"No, no its fine. Besides you're right, he did…" she replied feeling tears well up in her eyes again "I'm still kind of tired, sorry" she got up from her seat and walked to her bedroom. She shut the door without making a sound besides a gentle 'click' before falling to her feet. The tears we already there, reminding her of what she had lost. It had been a whole month, yet it still plagued her mind. She had the chance to save Spike, but he had told her to run without him. She didn't know how she couldn't feel responsible about his death. Buffy tried to clear the tears from her face, but they just kept coming. She wanted to run outside and let Willow comfort her, but she knew that would mean telling her what happened. For some reason Buffy felt like that was private. A secret made just for her. Buffy glanced at her bed and decided to sleep it off; she'd feel better when she woke up. She locked the door, got into bed and then got the last of her tears out.

Willow finished her breakfast quickly, feeling immensely guilty for making Buffy so upset. She decided she should go say sorry…again. She walked down the hall of their one story apartment, and placed a hand on the doorknob. It was locked. I'll leave her alone until I get back. Willow walked into her room, across from Buffy's and got changed. Now she wore a light blue t-shirt with a green skirt and brown high-heeled boots. Once satisfied with how she looked she walked out the front door, locking it behind her, just in case. This neighborhood was loud but everyone was nice to each other, more or less, so they got by just fine. She walked a whole block until she finally reached the string of nicer looking houses, she walked up to Xander's and knocked loudly on the door, sure he was still sleeping.

"Xander?" she called even though he probably wouldn't hear her.

"I'm coming, I'm coming" she heard his groggy voice on the other side of the door. She had woken him up. The front door flew open and there was Xander, messy hair and looking insanely confused.

"Will, its still…"

"Ten-thirty?" she smiled as Xander gestured for her to come in. He walked into the kitchen, still dressed in his black and blue pajamas, Anya's favourite ones. Xander missed Anya more that anyone could see. Every dream he had was about her.

"You want breakfast or something?" Xander offered yawning loudly.

"Again, I stress to you the ten-thirty factor" Willow grinned while Xander smiled his silly goofy grin.

"Since when was time a factor when it comes to food?" he replied in mock shock.

"No, thanks, I already ate" she explained. A comfortable silence followed after that, Willow played with her thumbs, as Xander put last nights sausages into the microwave. The two began some easy conversation while Xander ate breakfast, then Willows mobile rang. Willow picked it up and checked the number; it was Giles.

"Hi Giles!" she greeted him cheerfully.

"Willow, I've received a phone call… you must get here at once, bring Buffy with you" he got straight to the point.

"Why is it bad?" Willows mind suddenly switched into panic, thinking through a number of possible bad things

"No, but it is a matter of urgency, go give Buffy your telephone please" Giles was struggling with his home phone as he took of his glasses and began to clean them. Willow raised any eyebrow.

"Giles, I'm not at home right now, I'll tell her you called when I get home" she assured him. Xander looked at her questioningly as he continued stuffing as much food as possible into his mouth.

"What? Well there's no time to dally about! Go alert Buffy immediately!" he ordered in his most demanding tone.

"Okay, okay I'll go tell her…to…?" Willow hinted to him that she was confused

"To call me Willow, do pay more attention in the future" he scolded and Willow rolled her eyes. They said their goodbyes and Willow explained to Xander why she had to rush off so quickly.

"Oh you're going' to see the buffster? I'll go too," he proclaimed as Willow eyed his clothing. Xander stared at Willow

"What?" he questioned a bit self-conscious,

"Pajamas" she replied. Xander looked down at himself then grinned as he laughed with embarrassment.

"Maybe I should go change first huh?" he laughed as he began walking to his room.

"Might help a bit" Willow laughed as Xander looked back at her

"Shut up" he said at the laughing Willow as he shut his bedroom door.

Faith had nothing to do now that school was back in session. Robin had already landed himself the job as principal at Dawns new high school so that left Faith with 7 hours to kill. She decided today would be a good time to spend time with Buffy, maybe ask her what was wrong this morning. She walked up the mini walkway to their apartments front door and knocked a few times. No answer, she tried again. Quickly impatient she tried to doorknob, getting annoyed that even that didn't work she raised he leg to kick it down.

"Whoa, Faith did you turn evil again?" Xander called from behind her where he and Willow watched in fascination. Faith lowered her leg.

"The door wouldn't open" she explained, not understanding the looks she was getting.

"So you thought…a little house destruction would make it all better?" Xander asked her sarcastically. Faith looked from the door back to Xander.

"I was gonna fix it afterwards" she lied "Sides there no other way in, unless we smash a window" she said, eyeing the front window.

"Or we could be, you know, normal and use a house key" Willow added

"Well where the hell are we gonna find one of those?" Faith questioned putting a hand in jean pocket. Willow reached into her skirt pocket and pulled out a golden house key and grinned smugly at Faith.

"Good plan" Faith replied as Xander laughed, she shot a glare at him. Willow twisted the key in the lock and the door clicked open.

"Buffy?" she called, hoping that she had woken up on own. They got no reply. Willow traded glances with Faith and Xander.

"Buff," she began to call again but was quickly interrupted by ear splitting screams. It was Buffy. They all ran inside towards the sound of the screaming. It was coming from her room, and her door was locked from the inside.

"What should we do?" Willow questioned worriedly.

"Stand back" Faith replied

"What?" Xander pulled Willow back by her arm while Faith leapt forward and kicked the door open, almost ripping it off the hinges.

Buffy woke with a start, the screaming stopping as she did so. They three of them stared at her in confusion.
"Buffy are you okay?" Xander asked cautiously

"I'm…I don't think so…" she replied, her voice still shaking from all the screaming.

"What happened? Bad dream or something?" Faith questioned placing a hand over her fist, a habit or hers.

"I don't know, they felt real" she said looking down at her blanket. Willow sat down next to her and placed a hand on her best friends shaking shoulder.

"What'd you see?" she asked in a soothing voice. Trying seeing Buffy's eyes properly but failing.

"I… there was fire and…blood" she said slowly, remembering each scene of her 'nightmare' carefully

"Well that doesn't seem so out of the ordinary for you" he joked, Willow looked at him and he fell silent.

"Buffy what else did you see?" she asked as Buffy met her eyes. She was frightened, more than she'd been in a long time.

"I saw knives…fire and knives and…" her voice trailed off to the most important part of her dream.

"And what, Buffy?" Willow encouraged

and Spike… she thought holding in her pain at even thinking about him being surrounded by all that fire and torture. She held her chest, and let the pain take over.

Okay, so I hoped you liked it so far, I will write more very soon! Reviews would be awesome, and next chapter will have more on what Giles's emergency is all about and the truth behind Buffy's dream. Thanks for reading my first chapter!