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"So what do you want to do now?" Dawn asked, after Buffy had finished her large ice cream. It was certainly one of the largest ice cream desserts either of them had ever seen, but it was one of the most delicious ice creams they had ever had. There was a large dollop of Vanilla, Strawberry, Chocolate, Mint and a variety of other flavoured ice cream with a large Banana, and cut up strawberries and raspberries, layered in Strawberry sauce and with chocolate flakes on top. It was delicious on a day like today. The sun was shining down, without a cloud in the sky, and the heat was almost unbearable. Dawn thought she would be used to it, as it was always sunny back in Sunnydale, considering it was the magnet for most demons being a Hellmouth.
It's not there anymore though, Dawn thought to herself. She would never go to the mall again, or to the cinema, or even visit the Magic Box. It was all gone. The thing which hurt her the most was that she would never be able to go to her mother's grave anymore or Tara's.
"We got a few days left here before we head to the UK to see Giles, so we could go to some temples or something if you want." Buffy said and starting to trace her fingers in the bowl to get at the melted ice cream, which had now moulded all the flavours into one.
"Temples?" Dawn said, not trying to hide her dismay.
"Yeah. It will give us an insight or something into Greek history, or, we could," Buffy said and paused, "God this is lame."
"True. Let's go shopping or something. It will be great. Just the two of us." Dawn said and Buffy smiled, though Dawn noticed the sad look in her face. Dawn knew what she was thinking.
"Your not the Chosen one anymore. Like I'm not a Key. You can be a normal girl for once." Dawn said.
"It's not that. I was just thinking about home and what happened." Buffy said and continued to lick the bowl clean with her fingers.
"It's over. The hellmouth was destroyed. You can't change what happened." Dawn said.
"I know. Spike died. Anya died. Amanda died. God knows how many others died." Buffy said and got a dazed look in her eyes. It had been over two months since Sunnydale was destroyed but the memories were still fresh.
"It wasn't your fault they died." Dawn said.
"I know, but I feel like it's not over. Like something else will happen. I can feel it." Buffy said and started to look about worriedly.
"Nothing will happen," Dawn said but noticed Buffy was still looking about worried, "What is it?" Dawn said.
"You can't feel it?" Buffy said, now looking up at the sky.
"No. Maybe we should get you inside, from the heat." Dawn said quickly.
"No, something is going to happen now." Buffy said and stopped her gaze on a couple on the other side of the street. "Them." She said.
Dawn looked but could not see anything unusual.
"What about them?" She said while still looking.
A hand clasped her shoulder and a small electric shock went through her shoulder. It was not painful but she let out a little yelp. Buffy was laughing.
"Sorry, I couldn't resist. I saw it in a shop yesterday." Buffy said and held out her hand. There was a small metallic disc in the centre of her hand. Buffy was still laughing but saw the look on Dawn's face.
"Come on, as if anything would happ-" Buffy started to say but stopped mid sentence as she disappeared with a faint 'pop'.
Dawn stood still and watched the empty seat where Buffy originally was.
"Ok not good."