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Full Summary: What if Dawn jumped before Buffy was able to? And then they afterwards, they forgot all about her because she was created by magic? This follows the story where they forget but were told of Dawn by the powers that be through Buffy's dreams. The visit and say that she can have her sister back or not. But Buffy and the scoobies have no idea what the powers are talking about.
The blonde and brunette on the tower hardly noticed as Rupert Giles suffocated the host of the hell-god that caused all the pain that happened. Even if they knew it would come to this, they never prepared for it. It was all about making sure, Glorificus couldn't get the key. And when she did, it was an uspoken plan. Make sure she doesn't spill the blood. But as it went the blood was being spilt, and to end the horror going, it had to be spilt fully.
Xander, Willow, Tara, and Anya stood down below with Giles and the vampire, Spike that tried to stop the key from being used. They were waiting to see the end of one of their loved ones. And they knew it would tear them apart. Xander held up Anya as she tried not fall under the pain she was in.
The blonde looked toward the portal once more then back at the brunette, resolve in her face and she ignored the protest of the brunette ready to end all the pain.
"I have to, Dawnie." Buffy Summers said looking at her younger sister with all the love she could show.
"It'll kill you!" Dawn Summers screamed, terrified, not believing what her sister was planning to do. "I can't let you, Buffy, I'm sorry." And with that she ran off the edge of the tower into the portal that was unleashing hell on earth.
"Dawn!" Buffy watched and hated that she couldn't do a damn thing to stop her sister from dying and yet, so proud of that fact that Dawn was brave enough to save the world.
When she climbed off the tower, she felt a piece of herself tear away, and it left her in so much pain that her watcher had to help her off the last few steps.
"She's gone, Giles." was all she could say to the man who had been next to her in her fights for the world for the past fives years. "Dawn's gone."
The group went home and sat around in mute silence unable to figure out what to say with tears. So they drank tea and stayed silent. It was the hardest night of Buffy's life.
That night Buffy dreamed. Of her life with Dawn and without.
"Forged to protect the world, she was never real. But you have a choice. You can go on with your life, your sister dead and never to be seen again. Or your sister can come back, only in a different form, Not as your sister but as your own. To give an answer, go to the quest, and we will go on from there. It is your choice, Buffy. None you make will be wrong."
Buffy sighed in her sleep. The powers that be were giving her cryptic messages again.
"I can't image what they mean by 'not as your sister, but as your own.' Who , or what, could they be talking about? It's always been you and your mom. You never had a sister." Giles said looking at the message Buffy had written out.
"I know, but it felt so normal to hear that phrase applied to me. And I felt like I had just lost something. They did say she wasn't real, in human means. Plus we know it's not from any from any evil means. They want me to go back to the quest. That's all Slayer stuff, right?"
"It is, but what is your choice?" the watcher asked.
"I want my sister back. Even if I don't remember anything." She said resolutely.
"Buffy, I agree with you, I really do, but what happens if it is a fluke?" Willow asked. Worried for her best friend.
"I agree, Buff. As much as I want to know what the hell they mean, we have to look at all angles." Xander added.
"Well, I have some questions to ask myself. Hopefully the powers that be will come and visit again tonight." Buffy said, grabbing her coat. "Patrol time. I'll see you when I get back."
Again Buffy had visitors in her dreams.
"You asked for us?" the same voice of the night before said.
"When I go to the quest, can I bring my watcher with me?"
"Yes. He would be ideal to bring along with you. Especially if you chose the answer you've been feeling around ever since last night."
"What will happen if I say yes?"
"That I cannot reveal to you. When it does come around,, you will be visited again in you dreams. Have restful night, Slayer."
"Did you know that the powers that be are more cryptic than Angel was when I first met him?" Buffy asked her watcher during training.
"Yes, well, they are very busy, I assume, and they can't just talk to you all they want." He replied, amused by his slayers annoyance.
"You're just happy that I'm annoyed, Giles. Admit it."
He laughed. "Maybe, Buffy. Just, Maybe."
"I'm still miffed about who my 'sister' was." Buffy said as she stretched.
"I'm not sure, either, but let's go to the quest before anything else, ok?"
"Deal."
Author's Note: Hey! This has nothing to do with my first story, just so you know. And I'm sorry about how short the chapter is. I tried to make it longer but I didn't want to give everything away in the first chapter. I'll try and make the rest longer than this. I'm guessing that this will be between 5-10 chapters. Not super long, but not too short (I hope!)
I hope you enjoy it, and PLEASE review? I love reading readers' responses!