Exactly a week later Dawn remembered why the name sounded so familiar. It was a Saturday night and the gang had got together to celebrate Buffy's birthday at Xander's house. It was midnight and Willow was tired, so Oz was going to drive her home. They went to the door but couldn't open it. Before they knew what was happening the room was on fire. It spread so fast nobody had time to react. Buffy kicked the door down and they escaped but Xander was caught in the blaze. She managed to drag him out but he was badly burned.

The week that followed had been hell. A new demon attacked everyday. Buffy or Angel managed to kill them but the last attack had left Willow in the hospital and Cordelia with a broken arm. Dawn had tried to tell Buffy that Drusilla would attack every night but Buffy was to far immersed in her guilt to listen. At the end of the first week she managed to get Angel to listen to her. She explained what would happen, she lied and said it had been a vision she'd had. Angel knew there was something off, but he believed her anyway, and it was it easier to fight against the attacks, especially as Dawn remembered some of the names of the demons her dad had told her. Prepared with the knowledge on how to kill the demons they fought them with less effort.

Willow returned from the hospital to find her parents laid out on the living room floor. Their throats had been ripped out.

At the end of the two weeks Buffy snapped and they made plans to take the fight to Drusilla.

"No," Dawn protested. "It's a trap!"

Everyone looked at her but Angel was the only one to speak.

"She's been right so far."

Buffy nodded, "Okay. What do you suggest?"

"I don't know, I'm sorry," Dawn dropped her head and Buffy hugged her tight.

"There's nothing to be sorry about, without your help we would be a lot worse off."

"After we don't take the bait she's going to come after us anyway," Willow spoke up. "If we go into this knowing it's a trap we'll be better prepared. It's the only way to stop her," Willow pleaded.

They realised Willow was right, and Dawn told them everything she knew would happen - leaving out some of the details her dad had told her.

There was indeed a trap, and just like her dad had told her three people had been captured.

Dawn looked over at her mother. She was lolled to one side, asleep because of the drugs she'd been given, but was showing signs of waking up.

"There's my little time traveller," Drusilla sang as she entered the room.

Dawn watched as the dark haired vampire danced across the room and came to a stop in front of her.

As Drusilla raised a hand and caressed her face, Dawn refused to flinch.

"Just like your mother," Drusilla whispered and kissed Dawn on the head.

Drusilla pulled back and Dawn saw a little boy enter the room; he looked to be around five or six, and scurried to Drusilla and held her legs.

"My baby boy" the vampiress bent down, picked up the boy and held him tight in her arms.

"This is the evil lady who took away your daddy," she brought the boy to face Buffy. "Do you want to kill her for me?" She asked in a sing song voice.

The little boy growled in Buffy's direction, reached out his hand and pulled hard on Buffy's hair, ripping out a clump of it. Buffy moaned in pain but was still too out of it because of the drugs. Drusilla bent her head down, bit into Buffy's neck and drank. When she pulled back there was a smear of blood on her face and she giggled when the little boy leaned forward and licked it off.

The crazy vampire carried the boy over to Dawn: "This is her little girl, but shush, she doesn't know." she singsonged.

He stared at her and Dawn had a spark of recognition for a second. He reached out his hand but Drusilla pulled him away.

"No, no, no, little Liam, she's all mummy's." She let him down and patted his bottom so he left the room.

Then Dawn realised why he looked so familiar and felt sick to her stomach.

Buffy groaned and her eyes opened and she looked immediately to Dawn.

"Are you okay?" Buffy questioned, panic in her voice.

"I'm fine, Oz is still out cold." Dawn nodded with her head in his direction.

"Angel's here," Buffy spoke. "We'll be out of this soon."

Dawn nodded, thanking god Angel had believed her about her visions. This time they were prepared and things would go differently from the story her father had told her. She'd asked Willow to show her several spells, and they had set up one that would let Willow be able to find Buffy anywhere at any time. She knew her father and the others were ready.

There was an explosion in the other room and she heard sounds of fighting.

After what felt like an eternity Angel burst into the room with Cordelia right behind him, and he immediately went to untie Buffy.

Cordelia slapped Oz hard on the face to wake him up.

They managed to escape with Angel carrying Buffy, but Drusilla had disappeared.

They'd almost made it to Buffy's house when Angel spotted a gang of vampires heading their way. He quickly put Buffy down leaning her against Dawn and thrust a bottle of

holy water into Dawn's hands. The scoobies fought desperately but they were outnumbered and they were tired from the previous fight. Willow fell to the ground right before Oz was knocked out.

A cold sense of doom crept up her spine. Dawn knew what she had to do. She placed Buffy on the ground under some bushes.

"Dawn?" Buffy asked still slightly groggy, the blood loss making it hard to fight the drugs in her system.

"Mom," Dawn whispered and took Buffy's hand. "I love you and dad so much. I'm really sorry for everything I've put your through the last couple of months. This is the only way to save you. I'm sorry," Dawn kissed her mother on the head and placed her own hands in front of her face. She said a few words and brought her hands down.

Buffy gasped in shock as Dawn transformed to look just like her.

"I love you," Dawn said one more time and stood up and ran away from the fight.

"Hey!" she yelled and all the vampires turned to her. "You're after me right?"

The vampires stopped fighting and took off after her.

She ran as hard and as fast as she could. She rounded the corner and the end of Station road and something hit her hard.

"Oh no, little girl, you don't get away that easily."

Dawn threw the bottle of holy water at Drusilla, it smashed in her face and the vampire burned. Then she watched in horror as Drusilla bent down as if nothing was wrong, bit her hard on the neck and began to drink. A silent scream left her throat.