Title - Dawn, The Key: Guardians of The Key Part 1
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - PG (Warning - one swear word)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. The Ghost Roads, The Gatekeeper and The Gatehouse come from the Buffy, The Vampire Slayer novels The Gatekeeper Trilogy Books 1, 2 and 3 by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder (Great set of books get em if you can) What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit. There is one exception to this and that is Quinton Everett III, he is mine and you can't use him whatsoever.
Authors Note - To be introduced to Quinton Everett III please read one of my previous stories "Love's Energy"
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Guardians of The Key - Part 1
Dawn was in the kitchen of her well kept house doing the dishes from the evening meal when she noticed that it was time for her two kids to go to bed. She put the plate she was cleaning in the dish rack and began walking towards the living room.
As she got nearer she heard the voice of her brother-in-law telling her son and daughter a story.
"Jason, Juliet it's bed time." Dawn called as she got closer to the room.
"We'll finish this story another time kids, you better do what you're mother says." she heard Quinton Everett III tell the kids.
"Quinn are you telling my kids scary stories again." she asked as she walked into the room just in time to see her twin children get up and head off to their bedrooms.
"No, Dawn, I am not." Quinn replies from the seat in the corner of the room in which he was sitting, "I promised you I wouldn't and this is one of the few promises I intend to keep."
"I've heard that before." she said with a smile.
"When does Jason get back from work?" Quinn asked getting up.
"He should have been back by now." Dawn said walking over to the main window in the room and looking out.
"He'll be alright." Quinn said coming up to stand beside her. He put an arm around her shoulder and she leant her head on his shoulder. "He's trained for just this type of mission, you knew that when you two met."
"I know but I just wish Buffy wouldn't keep asking him to go on these missions." she told him.
"My wife knows exactly what she's doing, not to mention that she's the vampire slayer." Quinn said as Dawn raised her head.
"Yes I know the drill she's the slayer and I'm the key." she said the wobble in her voice was audible, "I just worry about him that's all."
"Yes, well," Quinn said looking behind them, "I think you need to calm down just a tad."
Quinn gently turned Dawn's head so she was looking at the book case against the wall opposite them. All the books that should have been on the shelf were floating in mid air some flapping as if to stay aloft.
"Oh shit." Dawn swore and in response the books dropped to the ground with a thud.
"Why don't you see if you can use you powers to put them back?" Quinn suggested just as the phone rang.
"Answer" Dawn said in the direction of the phone base. The TV came alive and an image of Buffy Summers appeared, she was aged 41 and despite all the slaying she had undertaken she still looked beautiful, at least to her husband's eyes.
"Buffy, what is it?" Quinn asked.
"We have a problem." she replied.
"Jason?" Dawn breathed.
"Sort of, he's been kidnapped." Buffy answered.
"By who?" Quinn asked.
"The Knights of Byzantium, they say they'll release him in exchange for the key." Buffy said.
"Where are you?" Dawn asked her sister.
"London, the Watchers Council Headquarters, Giles, Willow and Tara are already here and Xander and Anya are on their way." Buffy answered.
We can be there in about half an hour." Quinn told her.
"But you're in Sunnydale how can you do that even Dawn's abilities aren't that great are they?" Buffy asked looking startled.
"No they aren't but she's in a very agitated state." Quinn began.
"Which I can see by the books on the floor." Buffy interrupted.
".and that coupled with my magic should be enough." Quinn finished ignoring the interruption.
"What about James and Juliet?" Dawn asked.
"Bring them with, Willow and Tara have been dieing to see them." Buffy answered with a smirk.
Forty minutes later in a big Victorian building in the center of London a semi-happy reunion was occurring.
"Auntie Willow, Auntie Tara!" James and Juliet exclaimed when they saw the two witches. The two eight year olds ran and gave them each a big hug.
"What no hug for your Uncle Xander and Auntie Anya?" Xander said coming up behind Quinn and Dawn who were standing back watching the kids and the witches.
"Xand, Ann great to see ya again." Quinn said, "Willow, where's Buffy?" he asked turning to the red-haired witch.
"She's in the war-room." she answered.
"Does she ever leave it?" asked Dawn.
"Not often." Quinn answered before walking past Tara and Willow and down the corridor heading to the War-room at the other end of the building.
"Honey, what's going on? How did they get Jason?" Quinn asked Buffy as he entered the room.
"They grabbed him just as he was about to enter the front door of this very building, this new bread of knights are a hell of a lot braver than the original sect." Buffy replied pointing to a television that was playing what looked like surveillance camera footage. It showed a man in his mid thirty's getting out of a car and walking towards the front door when literally out of nowhere came four men dressed in armour grabbed him and as suddenly as they appeared they disappeared.
"Ok darling" Buffy said sarcastically, "What was that?"
"I do believe that that was a portal." Quinn replied winding the tape back and watching it again.
"What like the ones leading to the Ghost Roads?" Buffy asked.
"Yea, but I spoke to Jacques yesterday, he told me he was shutting all portals except the one in the Gatehouse because something human was trying to get into the Ghost Roads." Quinn replied.
"And because only things that have their roots in magic can enter he couldn't allow that." Buffy finished.
"Phone on, dial the Gatehouse." Quinn said in the direction of the phone.
Thirty seconds later Jacques Regnier appeared on the screen, the boy who looked to be in his late teens or early twenties was only the fourth gatekeeper since the mid fifteen hundreds, he had taken over the mantle of Keeper in 1999 with the help of Buffy and the entire gang.
"Buffy, Quinn what a nice surprise." he said, "Or not." he amended after seeing their expressions, "What's happened?"
"The Knights of Byzantium, they took Dawn's husband, Jason." Buffy explained.
"He was kidnapped by people that came through what looked like a portal to the Ghost Roads, could that be possible?" Quinn asked.
"No the Ghost Roads are firmly shut I even shut the portal here at the house." Regnier answered.
"Great." Quinn said looking disappointed, "Hey Jacques, could you open a portal anywhere you wanted and link it to another point that only you wanted?"
"Yea, I suppose so, Why?" the boy answered.
"Just stay on the line." Quinn said turning towards the corridor and called "Dawn come here for a sec."
"Yea, what is it?" she answered as she walked into the room.
"We're gonna get your husband back." Quinn answered with a small smile.
"Jacques if you would be so kind as to open a portal here and link it to the room where Jason is being held." Quinn said turning to the screen.
With that a shimmering circle appeared against the wall.
"I can not seem to make the other opening." Regnier said with a look of concentration on his face.
"Why?" Quinn asked.
"There's something in the way." the Gatekeeper answered.
"Actually in the Ghost Roads, is that possible?" Dawn asked looking between Quinn and the screen with the Gatekeeper on it.
"No." they both answered in unison.
"But can we get onto the Ghost Roads?" Buffy asked.
"I have opened the portal at your end, you should be able to go in and see what is causing the problem." Regnier answered.
"Ok we gotta go, everyone armed?" Buffy asked stepping towards the front of the group.
"As armed as I ever am." Quinn asked.
Buffy, Dawn and Quinn entered the portal which closed behind them.
To be continued.
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - PG (Warning - one swear word)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. The Ghost Roads, The Gatekeeper and The Gatehouse come from the Buffy, The Vampire Slayer novels The Gatekeeper Trilogy Books 1, 2 and 3 by Christopher Golden and Nancy Holder (Great set of books get em if you can) What I do own. Everything not owned by the above mentioned people / companies is owned by me but you may use any of it as long as you give me credit. There is one exception to this and that is Quinton Everett III, he is mine and you can't use him whatsoever.
Authors Note - To be introduced to Quinton Everett III please read one of my previous stories "Love's Energy"
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Guardians of The Key - Part 1
Dawn was in the kitchen of her well kept house doing the dishes from the evening meal when she noticed that it was time for her two kids to go to bed. She put the plate she was cleaning in the dish rack and began walking towards the living room.
As she got nearer she heard the voice of her brother-in-law telling her son and daughter a story.
"Jason, Juliet it's bed time." Dawn called as she got closer to the room.
"We'll finish this story another time kids, you better do what you're mother says." she heard Quinton Everett III tell the kids.
"Quinn are you telling my kids scary stories again." she asked as she walked into the room just in time to see her twin children get up and head off to their bedrooms.
"No, Dawn, I am not." Quinn replies from the seat in the corner of the room in which he was sitting, "I promised you I wouldn't and this is one of the few promises I intend to keep."
"I've heard that before." she said with a smile.
"When does Jason get back from work?" Quinn asked getting up.
"He should have been back by now." Dawn said walking over to the main window in the room and looking out.
"He'll be alright." Quinn said coming up to stand beside her. He put an arm around her shoulder and she leant her head on his shoulder. "He's trained for just this type of mission, you knew that when you two met."
"I know but I just wish Buffy wouldn't keep asking him to go on these missions." she told him.
"My wife knows exactly what she's doing, not to mention that she's the vampire slayer." Quinn said as Dawn raised her head.
"Yes I know the drill she's the slayer and I'm the key." she said the wobble in her voice was audible, "I just worry about him that's all."
"Yes, well," Quinn said looking behind them, "I think you need to calm down just a tad."
Quinn gently turned Dawn's head so she was looking at the book case against the wall opposite them. All the books that should have been on the shelf were floating in mid air some flapping as if to stay aloft.
"Oh shit." Dawn swore and in response the books dropped to the ground with a thud.
"Why don't you see if you can use you powers to put them back?" Quinn suggested just as the phone rang.
"Answer" Dawn said in the direction of the phone base. The TV came alive and an image of Buffy Summers appeared, she was aged 41 and despite all the slaying she had undertaken she still looked beautiful, at least to her husband's eyes.
"Buffy, what is it?" Quinn asked.
"We have a problem." she replied.
"Jason?" Dawn breathed.
"Sort of, he's been kidnapped." Buffy answered.
"By who?" Quinn asked.
"The Knights of Byzantium, they say they'll release him in exchange for the key." Buffy said.
"Where are you?" Dawn asked her sister.
"London, the Watchers Council Headquarters, Giles, Willow and Tara are already here and Xander and Anya are on their way." Buffy answered.
We can be there in about half an hour." Quinn told her.
"But you're in Sunnydale how can you do that even Dawn's abilities aren't that great are they?" Buffy asked looking startled.
"No they aren't but she's in a very agitated state." Quinn began.
"Which I can see by the books on the floor." Buffy interrupted.
".and that coupled with my magic should be enough." Quinn finished ignoring the interruption.
"What about James and Juliet?" Dawn asked.
"Bring them with, Willow and Tara have been dieing to see them." Buffy answered with a smirk.
Forty minutes later in a big Victorian building in the center of London a semi-happy reunion was occurring.
"Auntie Willow, Auntie Tara!" James and Juliet exclaimed when they saw the two witches. The two eight year olds ran and gave them each a big hug.
"What no hug for your Uncle Xander and Auntie Anya?" Xander said coming up behind Quinn and Dawn who were standing back watching the kids and the witches.
"Xand, Ann great to see ya again." Quinn said, "Willow, where's Buffy?" he asked turning to the red-haired witch.
"She's in the war-room." she answered.
"Does she ever leave it?" asked Dawn.
"Not often." Quinn answered before walking past Tara and Willow and down the corridor heading to the War-room at the other end of the building.
"Honey, what's going on? How did they get Jason?" Quinn asked Buffy as he entered the room.
"They grabbed him just as he was about to enter the front door of this very building, this new bread of knights are a hell of a lot braver than the original sect." Buffy replied pointing to a television that was playing what looked like surveillance camera footage. It showed a man in his mid thirty's getting out of a car and walking towards the front door when literally out of nowhere came four men dressed in armour grabbed him and as suddenly as they appeared they disappeared.
"Ok darling" Buffy said sarcastically, "What was that?"
"I do believe that that was a portal." Quinn replied winding the tape back and watching it again.
"What like the ones leading to the Ghost Roads?" Buffy asked.
"Yea, but I spoke to Jacques yesterday, he told me he was shutting all portals except the one in the Gatehouse because something human was trying to get into the Ghost Roads." Quinn replied.
"And because only things that have their roots in magic can enter he couldn't allow that." Buffy finished.
"Phone on, dial the Gatehouse." Quinn said in the direction of the phone.
Thirty seconds later Jacques Regnier appeared on the screen, the boy who looked to be in his late teens or early twenties was only the fourth gatekeeper since the mid fifteen hundreds, he had taken over the mantle of Keeper in 1999 with the help of Buffy and the entire gang.
"Buffy, Quinn what a nice surprise." he said, "Or not." he amended after seeing their expressions, "What's happened?"
"The Knights of Byzantium, they took Dawn's husband, Jason." Buffy explained.
"He was kidnapped by people that came through what looked like a portal to the Ghost Roads, could that be possible?" Quinn asked.
"No the Ghost Roads are firmly shut I even shut the portal here at the house." Regnier answered.
"Great." Quinn said looking disappointed, "Hey Jacques, could you open a portal anywhere you wanted and link it to another point that only you wanted?"
"Yea, I suppose so, Why?" the boy answered.
"Just stay on the line." Quinn said turning towards the corridor and called "Dawn come here for a sec."
"Yea, what is it?" she answered as she walked into the room.
"We're gonna get your husband back." Quinn answered with a small smile.
"Jacques if you would be so kind as to open a portal here and link it to the room where Jason is being held." Quinn said turning to the screen.
With that a shimmering circle appeared against the wall.
"I can not seem to make the other opening." Regnier said with a look of concentration on his face.
"Why?" Quinn asked.
"There's something in the way." the Gatekeeper answered.
"Actually in the Ghost Roads, is that possible?" Dawn asked looking between Quinn and the screen with the Gatekeeper on it.
"No." they both answered in unison.
"But can we get onto the Ghost Roads?" Buffy asked.
"I have opened the portal at your end, you should be able to go in and see what is causing the problem." Regnier answered.
"Ok we gotta go, everyone armed?" Buffy asked stepping towards the front of the group.
"As armed as I ever am." Quinn asked.
Buffy, Dawn and Quinn entered the portal which closed behind them.
To be continued.