Oz grabbed Anya's hand apprehensively and she yanked him through the crowd.

"I thought we were going to Sunnydale."

"We are. We just have to get Hallie."

"Hallie?" He inquired curiously.

"Vengeance demon friend. We have to teleport you to the Magic Box so Buffy can fill you in."

"Okay."

Hallie and Anya grabbed Oz's hands and he waited nervously. This won't feel to great he thought nervously. His air passage seemed to stop and he felt a sharp pull at his abdomen and had it not stopped suddenly he would have vomited. Oz lost his footing and fell to the ground landing at somebody's feet. He looked up at the face of the Slayer.

"Hey Oz." She leaned down and pulled him up.

"Hey." He greeted softly. "what's going on?"

"Oh, that's a long story. I'll start from the beginning." Buffy paced and ran her fingers through her hair. "Okay, when I died,"

"You died?"

"Yes, I did. Anyways, Willow got into some dangerous magic and eventually became addicted. Do you remember Tara, the girl that you almost killed when you went all wolfy?" Oz nodded slowly. "Well, she dumped Willow because of the addiction but Willow stopped pretty much cold turkey. Anyways, Tara came back and they were happy."

"I think I actually heard them and I was down stairs." Dawn added.

"Thank you Dawn. Anyways, Warren, some guy that we met a while back shot Tara and Willow got back on the Magic and flayed Warren alive and now she's out to kill other people and possible destroy the world."

"I'm still confused on what you want me to do." Oz said.

"Just tell her how you feel about her." Somebody said from the doorway. They all looked over and saw Giles.

"Giles!" Buffy exclaimed running over and hugging him.

"Nice too see you too." He said looking down at the blonde slayer fondly. "You cut your hair." Buffy looked up and smiled at her watcher. Anya grabbed Giles around the waist tightly and hugged him.

"I'm blonde. I dyed my hair blonde…again."

"yes, I see." Giles looked over at the redheaded werewolf. "Nice to see you again Oz." Oz nodded in reply. "Now I think it's best if you stay out of the way until the time is right and you will know when the time was right."

"Just follow me." Buffy said exiting the store out of the back. Oz followed cautiously. "Okay all I need you to do is go to my house and wait until I call it…then will be your cue." Okay.

Careful not to be seen by anybody Oz ran to Buffy's house and waited. He sat on the couch uneasily and waited.

Meanwhile back at the magic Giles and Buffy talked in the back room.

"I came as soon as I heard... " Buffy thought about how he could have found out so quickly

" Council--?"

" The Council hasn't a clue. About much of anything, really. No, there's an extremely powerful coven in Devonshire. They sensed the rise of a dangerous magical force here in Sunnydale. A dark force fueled by grief. "

"Willow." Buffy said sadly

"I had so hoped it wasn't her. And then a seer in the coven told me about Tara... That's when the coven imbued me with their powers."

"And sent you here to bring Willow down." Buffy concluded.

"Buffy, what's happened here?"

"God. I don't even know where to start..." Buffy said brushing her hair back with her fingers and rubbing her temples. Her head was propped up on her hands and she was leaning against the saw horse.

"Well, Willow's clearly been abusing the magicks-"

"She has. She was - and I barely even noticed. Giles, everything's just been so... Xander left Anya at the altar. Anya's a vengeance demon again. Dawn's a total klepto, Money's been so tight that I've been slinging burgers at the Doublemeat Palace. And I've been sleeping with Spike." The room grew silent and Giles stared at her incredously. The silence became tense and Giles burst out laughing. Buffy cast a reproachful glance his way but joined him. Through the laughter they continued their converstation.

"Duct tape?"

"On their mouths! So the demon could eat them-"

"Because they were figments?"

"All of it! You, Sunnydale... And I was just some nutcase in L.A.!"

"Of course. Why didn't we see it before?" The hysteria stopped and they calmed down. After many more moments of silence Giles spoke again.

"Can you forgive me?"

"For what?" Buffy inquired curiously tilting her head like a dog.

"I should never have left." Giles said sincerely

"No... You were right to leave. We're just... stupid."

"I know you're all stupid. I should never have abandoned you."

"No. Giles, you were right about everything. It is time I was an adult."

"Sometimes the most adult thing you can do is ask for help when you need it."

"Now you tell me. I guess... I wasn't ready before. It took a long time for that feeling to go away... The feeling that I wasn't really here. It was like... when I clawed my way out of that grave, I left something behind. Part of me. I just... I don't understand. Why I'm back."

" You have a calling.

"But it was my time, Giles. Someone would have taken my place. So why?" Giles didn't answer. "Right." Buffy sighed and hastily changed the subject. "What's going to happen to Willow? I mean besides Oz attempting to save her."

"Well, once Oz does, should he succeed, the plan is to get her to the coven who is working on a way to extract her powers without... killing her. Should she survive, you ought to know, Buffy that there's no guarantee she'll...be as she was. Willow's killed a human being. How will she be able to live with herself?"

"I wouldn't worry about that..." Willow said holding Anya by her throat. "Willow doesn't live here anymore." Buffy stood up bravely.

"Willow, I don't want to fight you."

"Come on Buffy, you know I don't even have the strength to bruise you. DAH "MEE-hee WIM." (English trans: Give me Strength.) "Now, I'm pretty sure I'm strong enough to beat you to death."

"I don't want to hurt you." Willow smirked and threw a blow at Buffy sending her flying back against the wall

"Not a problem."

"I said I didn't want to." Buffy used all her strength and punched her. Willow flew into a set of bookshelves.

"Didn't say I wouldn't."

"So. Here we are." Willow said while the slayer and she circled

"Are we really gonna do this?" Buffy asked.

"Come on! This is a huge deal for me! Six years as a side man. Now I get to be the Slayer." Willow grinned.

"A killer isn't a Slayer. Being a Slayer means something you can't conceive of." Buffy said angrily

"Oh, Buffy." Willow said sadly. "You really need to have every square inch of your ass kicked." Willow said harshly.

"Then show me what you got." The Slayer challenged. "And I'll show you what a Slayer really is." Willow lashed out with a savage blow and Buffy stumbled back. Buffy kicked up and made contact with Willow's face but the black-eyed-wicca was unaffected as she retaliated with her own kick sending the Slayer back. Buffy jumped on Willow knocking her to the ground.

"Get off, super bitch." Willow screamed throwing Buffy off. Buffy stood up after the wall collapsed on top of her limping and trying to keep her balance. She sent a round-house kick towards the black witch and Willow caught it throwing the Slayer on her back. Buffy stood up.

"I can help you stop."

"I thought you were gonna show me what a Slayer was? Buffy, I gotta tell ya - I get it now. The Slayer thing really isn't about the violence. It's about the power. And there's no one in the world with the power to stop me now." As Willow said this, she was shot back against on the ground. Giles who was watching the whole thing held his hand up keeping her down

" I'd like to test that theory." Giles said sadness in his eyes.

AN: I know there's very little oz in this story and that it's a little confusing but I SHALL add oz in the next chapter. And there shall be some more in the following chapter…R&R!!!!