Author: Babs

e-mail: shify77@hotmail.com

Authors note: Okay, so this is a Roswell/Buffy/Angel x-over. Here are the things you need to know. I started this last season before much had happened on all the shows and I never wanted to go back and rework it b/c frankly I liked it how it was. So... in this world we don't know what Dawn is the key to and Buffy never died. Alex never died and Tess never went psycho. Stuff does get mentioned that happened after Alex died. No fear! It will get explained eventually. And as far as Angel goes, I guess Pylea never happened. It really doesn't matter. Lastly, each part is told in alternating POV's. It starts with Dawn and then will go to Maria and so forth. Eventually, Cordy will get introduced as the Angel voice. It's not that confusing. Any questions?

Disclaimer: None of them are mine. I'm not completely crazy. So don't sue b/c no good will come from it

Rating: PG-13??

Feedback: Please?? Begging doesn't look good on me.

Distribution: If you want it, take it. Just please let me know.

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Okay, so here's the deal. I'm Dawn Summers. Only I'm not. I'm actually "The Key." I'm a mystical thing sent to this dimension in the form of a human so that the Slayer would protect me. The Slayer? Yeah, the Vampire Slayer. That's Buffy. See, there are vampires and demons and werewolves and all other kinds of creepie crawlies that go bump in the night. For real. And in every generation there is one girl who has the power to fight this stuff. This generation, it's Buffy Summers. My sister. Only she's not. The people who sent me here thought that Buffy would be most driven to protect me if I was her sister. Yeah right? Have you ever met a girl who is "most willing to protect" her younger sister. Most willing to torment maybe.

Anyways. The thing about being the Slayer is that nobody is supposed to know. It's supposed to be a thing done all top secret like. Only her and her watcher, that would be Giles. He's British. Do you really need to know anything more about him? Umm… I guess you could say that Buffy likes to make her own rules. In the five years we've lived in Sunnnydale these are the people who have learned about her. Willow-she's a witch and also Buffy's best friend. Xander- he's just Xander, but that's plenty for me. Xander is dating Anya who used to be a demon but is now human. Then there's Oz- Willow's ex-boyfriend who happens to be a werewolf but left Sunnydale and is now…Where is Oz? Maybe Timbuktu. Something like that. Tara knows too. That's Willow's current girlfriend. She's a witch too. Now when I say witch I don't mean witch in the I'm too nice to say bitch kind of way. Whatever. I mean witch in the wicca - they can do spells and make things float-kind of way. Then there's Riley. That's Buffy's ex- boyfriend he knows too. Along with half the military secret-ops group he was in. Riley was cool. Cute too. Too bad he flipped out and started letting vamps suck his blood. Can I just say "EEEEEEEWWWWW?" Shudder. Then there's Cordelia. Now she's a bitch. Well at least she was the last time I saw her. She was all like "I'm Cordelia. May dad's rich. I'm so special." Well, she knows too, but she went to LA after high school to be famous. Sure.

Wow, that's a lot of people. But what can you expect from a Slayer who falls in love with a vampire? That would be Angel. I mean granted he has a soul and all, but still. You have to know that no good can come from a relationship between a vamp and the Slayer. Most of the time the just did the whole woe is me, brood around and steal longing glimpses at each other type of thing. Or they'd kiss. A lot. But Angel's gone now. He left to go to LA so Buffy could live a normal life. Uh?? Hello!!! She's the Slayer. How do you get from Slayer to normal? Oh yeah, you head straight down denial and then make a left at impossible. Oh well. I guess he made his decision. Now he and Cordy work together. They run a private investigation of the things that go bump variety. Now THAT I would love to see. Cordy in battle. What happens when she breaks a nail??

Confused yet? Did I mention we live in Sunnydale? That's on the Hellmouth. Lot's of creepy goodness for the Slayer and her friends. Which leads to now. Now I'm waiting at the bottom of the stairs for my sister to finish packing her bags. My gosh, how many pairs of shoes does she need for a two week trip? You see, we've had much wackiness around here as of late. A little while ago our Mom died. Only in a town that is more like a one stop evil shopping stop, Mom died from complications due to a brain tumor. Buffy's been kind of kicking herself in the butt about it. Me?? I'm not sure how I'm taking it. There are some days when I forget. When I bound down the stairs in the morning and expect to see her in the kitchen or living room. Other days, I can't stand to get out of bed and Buffy has to threaten me with my life in order to get me to go to school. She says if I don't keep going to school, Dad's not gonna let me stay with her anymore. Yeah right. Buffy could kick Dad's butt any day and I'm not sure he'd be at all copestetic with the idea of demons and vamps and oh yeah "your daughter's the key." I usually go to school anyway. Giles says that I need to be nice to Buffy because she's having to deal with a losing her mother too. Really? I didn't know that. Geez, I'm fourteen not stupid.

Then about a week ago there was the whole Glory debacle. Glory, she was this god from the other dimension who was trying to find the Key (that would be me) so she could open whatever it is that I open. It wasn't a pretty thing. She was a god. Buffy had never fought a god before and it turns out that god Glory could kick some Buffy butt. That's okay. We figured out to deal with her eventually. Now she's dead or at least she's gone. Not quite sure if gods can do the dead thing. Doesn't matter. She's now somewhere where she's not bothering us. This is a good thing.

After it all ended Buffy said we needed to go somewhere that wasn't here. We needed to take a break and everyone knows what that mean. Road trip. It was gonna be just Buffy and me but then we decided to invite Willow and Tara along. At first I was kind of upset cuz I thought it would have been cool for it to be just us, a sisters' kind of thing. But then I realized that road trip means driving and as Buffy once said, Buffy and driving are very unmixy things. I mean she drives now. Riley spent countless hours willingly subjecting himself to the torture that is Buffy's driving and she got her license. Still, driving with Buffy isn't the most relaxing way to spend your time. Now Willow and Tara can help with the driving and it will be a much more happy time. Less white knuckles all around.

We're never gonna get on the road if Buffy doesn't get her butt moving.

"BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUFFFFFYYYYYYY!!!!! Come on!" No more little nice Dawn. I wanna get going. Speaking of which, I don't even know where we're going. Nobody ever tells me anything.

"Buffy! We're gonna be late-uh-er. Willow and Tara are waiting." That's it. Time to take matters into my own hands. I trudge up the stairs to find her. I'll drag her out of the house kicking and screaming if I have to. Rounding the corner, I find Buffy in her room. Well I guess it's Buffy. Right now all that I can see are her legs sticking out from underneath the bed.

"Where is it? I know it's somewhere around here? Ah hah! Found it!" With that Buffy emerges with sword in hand. Figures. She leaves me waiting so that she can find a weapon. SO I send her the look. You know the look, the one that says "couldn't you have gone without?"

"What?" she says, all nice and innocent like "It's better to be safe than sorry. Well, at least that's what Giles says to me all the time. I figure, couldn't hurt right? Let's go. Well come on Dawn, we can't keep Willow and Tara waiting all day. Hurry up."

Do you see what I have to deal with? It's just that sometimes she's so. I don't know she's just grrrrr. You know? But I'm not gonna say anything. No I'll take the high road thank you very much. So we grab our bags and rush down the stairs where Giles is waiting for us.

"Now you know if anything comes up you can phone me. Please Buffy, be cautious. I'm not entirely comfortable with you just leaving like this. I know it's not going to stop you, but I just wanted to voice my concerns." That's Giles. Always in watcher-mode.

"Giles, you must calm down. We'll be fine. You have my cell phone number and my pager number and my e-mail. It's amazing what all this new fangled technology can do for you these days. I'm so reachable you'll never even notice that I'm not here. Well, except for that I won't be here, but it's only for a little while."

"Yes, yes. I realize that I can stay in contact with you. Just please be careful. Other than that have fun."

After that it's a quick chorus of good-byes and hugs all around.

"Bye M....," I start to yell. I try to stop myself but it's too late. Giles and Buffy both noticed and both turn to look at me with that look in their eyes. I hate that look. I don't want pity. "It's just, you know, sometimes I forget that she's gone."

"Come on Dawny. Let's go."

The drive over to the dorms is quick and surprisingly not terrifying. Willow and Tara are waiting for us in front of the dorms. Buffy pops the trunk and they throw their bags in. "See Buffy? They know that you don't need to take five million bags for a two week vacation. Maybe you need to take bag packing lessons from Willow. Because you may be the Slayer but you have yet to learn the art of packing."

"Whatever Dawn. I had to bring the weapons. I'm weapon girl and weapons take up lots of room. Willow, Tara tell her I didn't pack too much."

"Hey girls," Willow says "Are we ready for some fun? I mean not the demon slaying type of fun that we normally have but some real people fun? And by the way I'm not getting in the middle of your sister argument."

Buffy looks at Tara for help.

"Nope. Nuh uh. I'm not middle girl either. Let's get going. We're wasting valuable time. Um, can I ask a question? Where exactly are we going."

"Yeah Buffy. You've been top secret girl about this. Has she told you Dawn?"

"Don't look at me Willow. She hasn't said anything to me about it. Look at me. This is me, totally in the dark."

"Come on Buff, spill."

"Okay, okay. Now that we're leaving I guess it's only fair that I tell you where we're going huh?" Well, duh. I could've told her that. "We're gonna go to Roswell."

Willow, Tara and I turn to look at each other. Okay, who's going to be the brave soul to say it? I guess it'll be Willow.

"Um… as in New Mexico? Like with the aliens and stuff?"

"Yeah. I thought it'd be funny. I thought we could use a break from reality."

"Well that's true." Tara says with a playful look in her eyes, "But Buffy, how do we know that aliens don't really exist."

"We don't I guess. But I guess we'll find out."

Aliens. Yeah. Sure. Whatever.

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