I decide to continue this story, because I just don't like sad endings.

Chapter 2

As Willow exited the cemetery she heard someone calling her name. She turned to see a young woman standing in the rain holding a large black umbrella. "Hello, do I know you?" Willow asked the girl.

The girl walked toward her "It hasn't even been a year and you forgot me already" she told Willow with happiness in her voice.

"Dawn! Oh my goodness it's you!" she cried moving forward and wrapping her arms around her. Dawn responded by giving her friend a huge hug.

"How did you know where to find me?" the redhead asked the brunette.

"Mrs. Murray said you were going to say goodbye to a friend before you left. You never let me know you were leaving?" Dawn asked her.

"I was going to call when I got to Boston. There is no reason to stay in Sunnydale; everyone else has already gone. When did you get here Dawn?" Willow asked looking into her young friend's eyes.

"I left LA a few hours ago. Dad thinks I'm spending the weekend at Jamie's. I don't have to worry about him checking up on me either, because he flew to Chicago on business yesterday" she told Willow as they walked to Dawn's car.

"It really is nice to see you Dawn. I get to spend my last day in Sunnydale with my favorite ball of energy" she said smiling at the girl.

Dawn abruptly stopped walking and turned to Willow "I'm not just here for a visit. I need your help. You know what tomorrow is? Everything went wrong one year ago. I need your help to change it."

"Dawn I don't have magical powers anymore. They were stripped a long time ago. There is no way I can use magic to change the past. I wish there were. I'm sorry!" she said with regret in her voice.

Dawn clutched Willow's shoulders and exclaimed "I have it all worked out. We can do this and it doesn't require any magic, but it must be done by tomorrow."

Willow stared at the Dawn and painfully said "What, I mean how?"

"Willow I'm able to open a portal to the past. We can go back and change that day" Dawn said excitement radiating from her. "We can save Buffy and Xander."

Dawn spent the next hour explaining everything to an astonished Willow. She told her that not long after Buffy's death Dawn found that she could open a small window to the past. It was only about the size of a quarter, but over time she was able to expand it. She practiced everyday until it was large enough to send someone through. She had gone through the portal twice and made it back safely both times.

Willow was furious with Dawn for doing something so dangerous. Hadn't Dawn learned anything from all the mistakes made by the Scoobies? Dawn tried to tell her that it was her gift. However, the gift had limitations. At most she could travel back one year that was why if she was going to save Xander and Buffy she had to do it by tomorrow afternoon.

TBC

There were two ways to go with this story, the reset or what happens to vamp Buffy and human Spike. For now I decided to do the reset.