Author: Lash_Larue
Title:"Fading Dawn" Chapter 25

Pairing: Dawn/Faith, Buffy/Willow, Amanda/Blake, others
Rating: Mild R

Warnings: Some Girlsex, Incest

Word Count:1300

Disclaimer: These characters belong to Joss Whedon and JKR

"Fading Dawn"

Chapter 25

"Thrall and Steam"

"Dawn, you 'ported a house?" Willow asked, stunned.

"A house full of people, no less," Giles added.

"And weren't you worried about doing a Wicked Witch on somebody?" Buffy questioned further.

"It's easier to teleport people when they are in something. I just port the object as I sense it, which includes everything in it. As for squishing somebody, I let the stream bring me the feel of the landing zone so I knew nothing was there. I knew this lot was prepped for building, so…" Dawn explained with a shrug.

"You don't even look out of breath," Willow commented.

"I'm not. I don't have to use my own power to do this anymore. Being immersed in the stream as long as I was has given me a constant access to it, I just let the stream carry the things I teleport. It's different, and it doesn't cause disruption like conventional 'porting does."

"Didn't feel a thing," Rona assured them. "I looked up from my computer screen and there was a house next door. I figured that meant Dawn was okay. Come here, you!"

Rona gave Dawn a slayer hug.

"You feel stronger," Rona commented.

"It's a side effect, I think. I don't know if it will last," Dawn told her.

"Check out her peepers," Faith suggested with a grin.

"Damn! Wicked, Dawnie," Rona exclaimed in admiration.

"I assume that you can put our house back?" Hermione asked, clearly still in a bit of shock.

"Absolutely, won't even crack the plaster."

"Is there anything we need to take care of right away, Rona?" Buffy asked her.

"Not a thing, boss. We cleaned out a little nest yesterday, only three vampires. Not as tidy as the first team but we got it done and none of ours got hurt."

"That's a win in my book," Faith commented, "good job, Rona."

"Cool. What day is it?" Buffy inquired.

"Monday," Giles answered.

"Faith, what say we take a few days off, all of us? We need to decompress, and we should show our guests around. That is, if you can stay for a while," Buffy addressed this last to Hermione, Gabrielle, Fleur, and Nicollette.

"I have nothing planned until next week," Fleur responded.

"I can clear my schedule easily enough. Joanna can cover my rounds; I covered for her last month. I'd really like to spend some time here," Hermione admitted.

"Nicollette and I are already on leave. Nic, do you want to be a tourist for a while?"

"Indeed, I would very much enjoy doing some sightseeing," Nicollette replied, but she was staring at Ryuki when she said it.

"Oh! How did you get the house past the wards?" Hermione asked suddenly.

"The wards can't detect this sort of magic. I don't think you need to worry about that too much, nobody else can do it like this," Dawn explained.

" 'Ow can you be sure?" Gabrielle questioned her.

"I would sense it if there was another connected to the stream like I am now."

"And there isn't anybody else quite like Dawn," Buffy added. "Okay ladies, thanks for your help, I'm proud of you. Faith and I will handle the debrief with Giles. Go have fun. We'll have a short meeting at breakfast to go over the revised schedule for this week."

"Thank you all again," Dawn told them, and tears started from the green eyes.

The slayers hugged her in turn and went to their own places. There were a lot of naps taken that day, with the release of the tension, fatigue asserted itself.

"Shoot, I forgot about the cars," Blake said. "Is there any way someone can get through your wards to pick them up, Hermione?"

"Where do you want them?" Dawn asked.

"This is a wonderful bathroom," Hermione exclaimed. "Why didn't we think of more sinks and toilets?"

"There are usually just two of us there," Fleur replied, "but we should perhaps correct this oversight."

" 'Zee tub is more modern than ours," Gabi commented.

"It's pretty nice, but it's only big enough for six comfortably," Willow said.

"We occasionally have a guest," Buffy said in answer to the unspoken question, "you'd like Doctor Petty. She's sweet. Literally."

"I look forward to meeting her. Now then, let's see about enchanting this tub to accommodate guests," Hermione suggested as she took out her wand. "There, the tub will accommodate as many as you like. I also charmed the water to stay fresh and to adjust automatically to anyone's desired temperature. That will save power."

"Also, it is very convenient," Fleur added.

"I could use a soak, anybody else?" Faith asked.

"Me too, it looked like a river where I was, but it's not really wet and it's not hot at all," Dawn agreed.

"I'll take care of that for you," Buffy promised, and she set about undressing Dawn.

"A marvelous idea, come and help me undress, Gabi," Fleur requested.

"You two go ahead," Faith told Willow and Hermione, "I'll be happy watching for a while. Buffy and Dawn together always does it for me, and I'll bet Fleur and Gabi can start a fire in your panties – fuck…"

Fleur and Gabrielle were locked in a nude embrace, and as they kissed their thralls merged and spilled over everyone. Their skin, so fair and so alike, took on a rich golden glow, and the air in the bathroom thickened.

Buffy, however, only had eyes for Dawn.

"I was so scared," Buffy whispered as she took Dawn in her arms.

"I wasn't," Dawn told her, "I knew you would find me, I'm a part of you."

"The best part, I love your eyes," Buffy said softly, staring into the rich green.

"I'm glad; now love the rest of me, okay?"

Buffy slid her fingers into Dawn's hair and kissed her softly, breathing in the scent of Dawn's skin. Her tongue flicked gently over Dawn's lips, and they parted to allow Dawn's tongue to meet Buffy's. Dawn wrapped one of her dancer's legs around Buffy's hips and pulled her closer. The kiss deepened, and so did the breathing.

"They really are beautiful together," Hermione said to Willow.

"Which two?" Willow asked.

"Both of them. So when are you going to kiss me?" Hermione asked her in return.

"Just now," Willow told her, and Willow's hair turned white. "Just now…" Willow whispered, trailing kisses down Hermione's neck. "Just here," she said, and her lips closed on one of Hermione's nipples. "Here too, in a minute," Willow promised, lightly caressing Hermione's pussy with her fingers.

"Yes please," Hermione said throatily, "oh, yes…"

"Little help, Faith," Buffy asked, "I can't turn loose of her long enough to get in the tub."

"Sure thing, babe." Faith lifted the entwined women and gently set them in the tub. In a moment she had done the same for Gabi and Faith, as well as Hermione and Willow. Faith settled into the tub herself, leaning back and sliding down until only her face was above water. Her face grew red as she watched the women making love, and she stretched her leg so that she could run her foot over Buffy's bottom while Buffy kissed her way down Dawn's belly.

Faith watched in amazement as a bubble formed around Hermione's head, and she disappeared under the water in front of Willow. A moment later Willow's knees broke the surface of the water a fair distance apart, and Willow's eyes closed as she moaned something that Faith couldn't quite make out.

Gabrielle was sitting in Fleur's lap, and both of them had their hands busy under the water while they continued the kiss.

"I could get used to this," Faith thought as she touched herself. "Kind of, anyway…"

The air was a heady mixture of thrall and steam; seen from above it was an ever-moving portrait as the couples separated, merged, and combined.

Faith had been wrong. She didn't get used to it at all, but she didn't mind.