Baby Blues
By Jen
This is request from Greaser Angel.
Willow's spell accidently turns Dawn into a newborn but when she tries to fix it, she finds that she can't so not knowing what to do or even how to take care of a baby, Buffy goes to Angel.
Takes place after Hotlz takes Connor from Angel. Rated M
Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel all belong to Joss Whedon I own nothing of this man's geniuses. This all for entertainment purposes.
Chapter 1 I Put a Spell on You
Buffy sat alone in her room. The wedding was a disaster. Anya and Xander were supposed to be married but Xander walked out. How can someone go on knowing the one they loved left them at the Alter? For Buffy it was all the more reason why she had no plans to marry. Well the one man she ever wanted to marry wasn't coming back. She got a phone call from Angel telling her how he lost his son. At first it was devastating to learn Angel had a son and it wasn't hers. But then to learn that someone took his son her heart broke for him.
While Buffy grieved for two people Dawn was being taught by Willow. Dawn wanted to learn some magic nothing extreme but just simple spells and charms. But both Dawn and Willow were quiet. The horrible wedding was still looming in the air. Dawn looked into her spell book but she wasn't reading anything. She then looked up to Willow. Willow was Xander best and long time friend and she must be breaking now too. But who's side do you take the grieving almost bride to be or the groom?
"You think they'll talk?" Dawn asked and Willow came out of her little world and shrugged. In time maybe but for now it's best if Anya and Xander kept a distances from one another.
"We shouldn't talk about it anymore let's learn how to do a simple but effective brace charm." Willow suggested and Dawn nodded. Buffy at first wasn't all that keen on Dawn playing with magic but Dawn needed to defend herself somehow so it was ok. But she had to be under supervision when doing it. Dawn argued Willow practiced without supervision when she first started. But Willow had a few close encounters and they could be avoided with help. That was the condition also now spell could be done unless it had a counter spell with it.
Buffy left her house and was heading to the graveyard to find Spike. She needed a release but the closer she got the sicker she felt. She hated herself for sleeping with Spike and how she continued to do so. But she had pain she wasn't over the fact that at one point she was happy and then was ripped from it. That wasn't the first time nor would it be the last. She stopped just as she got to the graveyard and sighed. She should turn around what she was doing was wrong. Spike was just an escape for her but not the answer. She knew he was waiting but she turned around anyways. She needed to talk to someone but who? She didn't want to talk about the wedding from hell or how she was stripped from heaven or her ex-boyfriend blew into town with a wife. She felt so much weight on her shoulders it was choking her. She just wanted to talk about something anything really.
She got half way through dialing the number then would hang up. She shouldn't bother him he was suffering his own grief right now with the loss of his son. She wished she could have met the little baby he probably had his father's smile. Buffy dialed the number again but before pressing the last number she hung up. Buffy let out a sigh she needed to talk to someone and Angel was one in the few these days that not only listened but understood. She didn't have a mother anymore and her sister wanted something else but not to hear her big sister talk. For now Buffy was alone. The time would pass and this whole wedding tragedy would blow over but for now she was in pain for her friends.
Another day passed and Anya and Xander haven't spoken. They would need to talk at some point about what happened and why. The lies Xander saw turned him away even though they were just lies. He believed the lies and walked away. Anya was punished for something she did so long ago and that punishment wasn't death but pain, pain to see the one you love the most walk away. Buffy was downstairs eating breakfast and then Dawn came down with a book.
"Can't take it to school." Buffy stated and Dawn looked up nodding. She set down the book and went to reach for some cereal but the one she wanted was gone.
"Where's my cereal?" Dawn asked and Buffy looked up and shrugged. "You didn't go shopping did you." It was more of a statement than a question. "Thanks,"
"I'm waiting for a paycheck ok we barely have enough to keep the lights on and have running water." Buffy said and Dawn sighed. "Maybe you should get a job too." Buffy suggested.
"I'm only sixteen." Dawn stated and Buffy looked up at.
"So I was saving the world when I was sixteen." Buffy tossed at her.
"Don't make it sound like your slayer duties made you perfect." And Buffy dropped her spoon here comes another argument. Everyone thought it would be better if Buffy came back especially for Dawn but these two bickered and argued.
"Look I'm doing my best with what I have and got, if you want something then work for it otherwise shut up." Buffy made the terms clear but Dawn was a fighter and this fight wasn't over.
"Buffy you've been back for what almost three months shouldn't you be feeling better?"
"No." Buffy stated plainly. "No I don't feel better because all I see is pain and it hurts even more now that I'm back." Buffy explained. "I'm doing my part to keep you here I suggest you pull in. I'm not mom which means you're not going to get everything you want or get off easy."
"You're right you're not mom," Dawn paused not sure if she was going to regret these next few words. "Maybe mom should have been brought back at least she knew what to do." Dawn stood there and Buffy fought the hot tears.
"You're such a brat I gave my life for you."
"That only goes so far you're family you're supposed to." Dawn added but in Buffy's world Dawn owed her.
"Just go to school." Buffy didn't want to talk anymore and Dawn scoffed and left the kitchen and Buffy sat back down but her cereal didn't look all that appealing anymore. Buffy heard the front door slam and she knew Dawn wasn't going to school or if she was she wasn't going to pay much attention. Buffy sniffed and wiped a few tears away and walked to the phone and dialed his number but before she could press the last digit she hung up. "God I'm such a whimp." She told herself and sat on the couch.
Buffy walked the streets of Sunnydale in the day light. The sun hasn't seemed warm in so long. She felt like she didn't belong here in this world anymore. It felt like her purpose was full filled when she jumped off the scaffold. Now she felt like she was just a feather in the wind. It felt like she was brought back to fight other people's wars. She might be the one to salvage Anya and Xander's relationship. But yet she couldn't salvage her own Angel, Riley. Buffy made it to the site of her death and looked up. The place was just rubble now but it held meaning for her. She saved the world here, she died here and part of her wished she had stayed dead.
In the city of angels the vampire with a soul sat in his room staring at the empty space. The crib, changing station all of it was gone. The image played over and over in his head of Hotlz holding baby Connor and jumping into the portal and it sealed. Only a few times in his life has it felt like his heart was ripped from him. When he took the day away from Buffy and seeing her tears, when she died and now Connor being taken all three times his heart was torn to pieces. Maybe it was for the best to forever fell tortured he was never meant to be happy not even a glint of happiness.
Angel then looked to his phone he needed to talk to someone. Buffy was the only person who would listen and understand. He regretted giving her up maybe if he stayed she wouldn't have died. There was no changing that now. He reached for the phone and dialed her number but before finishing he hung up. He was a mess and then his door opened and it was Cordelia.
"Hey stranger," She walked in and shut the door behind her. "Uh we're heading to Paco's for food you should come with us." Angel just sat there looking to the empty space. Cordelia sighed and walked into the room and sat on the bed with him. "Look I can't imagine what you're going though I wish I could." Angel still didn't even look at her. "He's not coming back and as young as he was do you think this is what he would want his father to do? Sit in the dark and mope?"
"This is how I've been until I came to Sunnydale it's just like old times." Angel answered and Cordelia sighed again and stood up.
"So you're just going to sit here and sulk?" She asked and Angel shrugged. "Angel there's people who need help and,"
"Cordy just go." Angel stated and looked up at her. "I don't want to hear it now please go." Cordelia nodded and walked away as Angel went back to staring into the empty space.
Back in Sunnydale Dawn managed to bind and unbind Willow. Willow stood up smiling and clapped for her. Dawn was coming along nicely so far. Dawn then looked into the book for another spell to work on and Willow sat with her as Tara came into the room with some drinks.
"Oh our Dawnie here did the perfect binding spell." Willow said and Tara smiled a she handed them some drinks. Dawn continued to look at the book but couldn't help but remember the conversation she had with Buffy this morning. She shook it off Buffy just needed more time but then she looked to Willow.
"Buffy seems to still be depressed maybe there's a spell to change that." Dawn said and Willow and Tara looked at each other. "Is there?" Dawn asked perking up a little.
"Well there is," Tara stated and Dawn looked interested. "But to messing with feelings and emotions especially when they need to be worked out it's good to mess with."
"All these rules." Dawn added she didn't like the rules at all.
"Dawn it's just its call time and time is the only thing that can heal." Willow explained but Dawn didn't know if she believed it. Buffy seemed to have enough time she's been surrounded by friends why couldn't she just get over it.
"What about this spell?" Dawn asked and Willow read some of it.
"It will give you the scent of baby's breath." Willow explained and Dawn looked a little disgusted.
"Who would want to smell like that?" Dawn asked and Tara smiled.
"Actually it's a type of flower." Tara explained and Dawn looked to her. "It's a white flower." That didn't sound so bad come to think of it.
"Can we try it maybe I'll never have to use perfume again." Willow nodded it sound like a harmless spell. Dawn stood up and waited as Willow recited the spell. Dawn was excited she was going to smell good. As Willow read Dawn felt sick all of a sudden. Dawn was told if you feel odd or sick during a spell then to have it stop but she said nothing as Willow read. But the sickness didn't go away.
Tara looked up as Dawn stood there and knew something wasn't right then she turned to Willow to have the spell stopped but it was too late there was a clap of light surrounding Dawn and then a wind that engulfed her. The two witches knew that shouldn't be happening this was too simple of a spell for something like this. Then the wind and light went away and on the floor was Dawn…maybe. Willow and Tara's jaws dropped as a little baby was on the floor.
Buffy was downstairs in the living room watching TV when she heard something. It was a baby crying and she stood up looking around hearing it. Was there a baby in her house? Buffy then made her way to where the crying was coming from and it was coming from upstairs. This was odd but she should be use to odd things in fact of things were normal then it was odd. Buffy followed the crying down the hall and it came from Dawn's room. Did Dawn bring home a baby? Oh God did Dawn have a baby? Buffy rushed in and saw a baby on the floor as Willow and Tara surrounded it.
"Oh hi Buffy uh," Willow stammered and stood up as Buffy looked so confused as she stared at the baby on the ground. Tara was white in the face which told Buffy something wasn't right.
"Uh why is there a baby here?" Buffy asked and Willow tried to laugh.
"Oh perfect explanation." Willow then paused as Buffy waited. "It's Dawn." Buffy's eyes widen and she looked to the baby on the ground.
"What!" Buffy asked and Willow held up her hands and the baby's cry got louder.
"Oh God I don't know what happened." Willow lost her cool.
"You must have read the incantation wrong." Tara suggested and looked to the baby who was having a fit and the three girls didn't realize she was naked and needed to be wrapped up.
"What did you do!" Buffy demanded.
"Baby's breath simple spell I don't know how this happened." Willow assured her and Buffy walked into the room got on the floor as now baby Dawn cried.
"Change her back." Buffy looked up to Willow and the red head ran to the bed and picked up the book looking for the reverse spell. There was the reverse spell for baby's breath but not for being a baby.
"Uh," Willow looked up to Buffy. "Uh,"
"Tell me there's a spell to change her back." Buffy said and Willow looked up shaking her head no. Buffy looked down to baby Dawn as she cried. "Oh God uh blanket get me a blanket." Tara nodded and grabbed a throw blanket from Dawn's bed as Willow stood there not realizing what she had done. Buffy hesitated for a moment she was afraid to touch the baby thinking she could break. Buffy gently picked Dawn up and swaddled her and she started to calm down.
"She was just cold." Tara said smiling and Buffy sat on the ground holding her little sister her really little sister. Willow sat on the bed and Tara sat on the ground as Buffy held her. Buffy's head was spinning what was she going to do? One she didn't know how to take care of a baby she could barely take care of herself. Little Dawn cooed as she sat in Buffy's arms and Buffy looked down at her.
"First I am not your mom ok Dawn." Buffy made it clear.
"I don't think she can understand you." Tara added and Buffy looked up at the witch and then back down to her sister. Then Dawn started to tear up again and gave out soft whimpers.
"I'm so sorry I said that uh, uh," Buffy panicked she didn't want Dawn to cry again.
"She might be hungry." Willow suggested and Buffy nodded and got up and all three headed downstairs to the kitchen and Buffy opened the refrigerator and pulled out milk.
"Buffy babies can't have milk." Tara informed the slayer.
"They drink it all the time." Buffy added.
"It's breast milk they drink." Tara said and Buffy's eyes widen. "Or formula." Tara quickly added and Buffy put the milk away besides they had no bottles to feed her with.
"What am I going to do?" Buffy asked as she stood there trying to hush her sister.
"We need to get her food and diapers." Willow said and Buffy looked up there was a whole lot more but Buffy was hoping to find a way to change her back before she had to change Dawn's teenage room to baby room.
So far I hope you're liking should I continue and go on?