Title - Dawn, The Key: Guardians of The Key Part 4
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - PG
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"
Authors Note 2 - The Hell's Circle does not exist to my knowledge. If anyone thinks it does exist then email me.
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Guardians of The Key - Part 4
"We have a report from the Air Safety Administration, the jet when down on the coast of Ireland there were only four bodies recovered and none of them match Dawn, Jason or the kids." The comms officer informed the group gathered in the conference room.
Buffy, Willow and Tara all breathed an audible sigh of relief.
"It sounds like they were able to get off the plane before it went down." The Gatekeeper said.
"Yes but where did they go?" Quinn asked.
"The Ghost Roads?" Buffy suggested.
The Gatekeeper tilted his head, "No they are not there, could Dawn have opened a portal?" "Yes, her power was just about at that level." Quinn replied.
"Could she have opened a portal to an alternate dimension?" the boy asked looking at the older man.
"A parallel universe, you mean?" Quinn said looking thoughtful, "Yes I think she could."
"Well I think we could use the Ghost Roads to find them." The Gatekeeper told them all.
"How?" asked Buffy.
"The Ghost Roads connect all universes with the right guidance a person could travel between them." he replied.
"Could you guide us?" Willow asked.
"I can and so could Quinn." The Gatekeeper responded looking at Quinn.
"I could?" Quinn said looking intrigued, "How?"
"Well you are the son of two powerful sorcerers you were born into powerful magick the Ghost Roads respond to that." The most powerful sorcerer in the world told him.
"Can I open portals to the Ghost Roads?" Quinn asked.
"Yes." was his simple answer.
"Teach me." Quinn said.
Three hours later Quinn was ready to go.
"Buffy!, are you ready to go?" Quinn called to her.
"Yea." Buffy came from the direction of the armoury.
Quinn looked her up and down, "Are you sure you're bringing enough weapons?"
Buffy had about her person, twelve wooden stakes, a Browning hi-power 9mm gun with holy water filled bullets, a sword strapped to her back and she was carrying another which she handed to Quinn, "Just in case." she said with a smile.
Returning her smile Quinn took the sword and attached it to the back of his duster, "Just in case." he said handing her a powder in a small plastic bag.
"What is it?" she asked.
"A sunlight spell, just throw it up into the air and it will produce sunlight." He replied leaning in to place a tender kiss on her lips.
She returned his kiss, placing her arms around his shoulders.
"Ahem." someone from behind them cleared their throat.
Buffy and Quinn broke their embrace and turned to see Willow, Tara and Giles standing there.
"Are we ready to go?" Giles asked.
"We are." Quinn replied.
He walked up to the nearest wall and drew a door on it with his finger, when he was finished the door became real and he grabbed the handle and opened it.
Through the door Buffy could see the grey expanse of the Ghost Roads.
"After you." Quinn said holding the door for the women and Giles.
Quinn closed the door behind him and moved to the front of the group and turned to face them, "Ok now Giles, Willow and Tara you go that way," Quinn said pointing to his left "And The Gatekeeper will guide you, Buffy, you and I will go this way," he said pointing to hid right "guided by me."
"What if we run into trouble?" Tara asked.
"Take this." Quinn told them handing Giles a small metal box, "It's an interdimensional communications device."
"How does it work?" Giles asked.
"You hold it to your forehead and speak, since there are only two you will get through to me." Quinn answered holding up a matching box.
"Ok, we'll see you later then." Giles said before turning and walking off in the direction Quinn had indicated followed by the two witches.
"Come on Buffy I think I can feel Dawn over this way." Quinn said leading the way.
"Here, she's here." Quinn said stopping and looking around.
"Can you open a portal?" Buffy asked.
"Yes." Quinn answered kneeling down and drawing a circle in the air. The circle shimmered and then vanished leaving a hole that looked into a warehouse.
There sitting in the middle of the giant room was Dawn looking a bit worse for wear.
"Dawn!" Buffy cried as she ran to her sister.
"Buffy!" Dawn cried as she stood and hugged her.
"Are you ok?" Quinn said as he came up to the two women.
"Yea but James and the kids aren't here, where are they?" Dawn said with the panic audible in her voice.
"We don't know but Giles, Willow and Tara are looking for them, but we should go before someone finds us" Quinn said walking back to the portal and allowing the women to go through before hopping in and closing it behind him.
"Giles do you think we can find them?" Willow asked the older man.
"I hope so, Willow, I really hope so." he replied.
"The children should be here." came the Gatekeepers voice.
Just ahead of them a portal began to open and through it they could see what looked like a school classroom.
When the portal stabilised they went they went through and looked around.
"James! Juliet!" called Willow.
"Auntie Willow." came an answering call from under what could be thought of as the teachers desk.
The two eight year olds came out from under it and ran to the two witches.
"We should go before someone finds us." Tara said.
"Right." Giles said leading the way back to the portal.
"Auntie Willow, where's Mom and Dad?" Juliet asked.
"We don't know but your Auntie Buffy and Uncle Quinn are looking for them."
Willow replied, "Giles, are we going back to the Council building?"
"Yes, that's what Quinn asked us to do." Giles replied before taking the communications cube out and placing it against his forehead, "Quinn, are you there?"
"Yes Giles, I am." only Giles could hear his voice.
"We have the kids and we are heading back to the Council building." Giles told him.
"Tell the kids we have their mother and are looking for their father." Quinn replied.
"Dawn, Giles and the others have the kids and they're heading back to the Council building." Quinn told her as he came back to the two sisters.
Dawn let out a sigh of relief.
"So where do we look for Jason?" Buffy asked Quinn.
"Well I think we should look over there." he replied pointing to his left.
"He's here somewhere." Quinn said, he had stopped at a nondescript spot and began to draw a portal.
Once the portal had finished forming they hopped through.
"Um Quinn, something's happened." Buffy told him
"What?" he said turning around and staring in amazement at his wife and her sister.
All three looked like they had in 2001 and as they looked around they noticed that the room was identical to Buffy's from the same period.
"Let's go down stairs." Buffy said leading the way.
As they headed down the stairs they heard Willow and Tara's voices coming from the living room.
"Willow, Tara, what are you doing here?" Buffy asked.
"CUT!" yelled a voice from behind them, "Sarah, what are you doing?"
To be continued.
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - PG
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"
Authors Note 2 - The Hell's Circle does not exist to my knowledge. If anyone thinks it does exist then email me.
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Guardians of The Key - Part 4
"We have a report from the Air Safety Administration, the jet when down on the coast of Ireland there were only four bodies recovered and none of them match Dawn, Jason or the kids." The comms officer informed the group gathered in the conference room.
Buffy, Willow and Tara all breathed an audible sigh of relief.
"It sounds like they were able to get off the plane before it went down." The Gatekeeper said.
"Yes but where did they go?" Quinn asked.
"The Ghost Roads?" Buffy suggested.
The Gatekeeper tilted his head, "No they are not there, could Dawn have opened a portal?" "Yes, her power was just about at that level." Quinn replied.
"Could she have opened a portal to an alternate dimension?" the boy asked looking at the older man.
"A parallel universe, you mean?" Quinn said looking thoughtful, "Yes I think she could."
"Well I think we could use the Ghost Roads to find them." The Gatekeeper told them all.
"How?" asked Buffy.
"The Ghost Roads connect all universes with the right guidance a person could travel between them." he replied.
"Could you guide us?" Willow asked.
"I can and so could Quinn." The Gatekeeper responded looking at Quinn.
"I could?" Quinn said looking intrigued, "How?"
"Well you are the son of two powerful sorcerers you were born into powerful magick the Ghost Roads respond to that." The most powerful sorcerer in the world told him.
"Can I open portals to the Ghost Roads?" Quinn asked.
"Yes." was his simple answer.
"Teach me." Quinn said.
Three hours later Quinn was ready to go.
"Buffy!, are you ready to go?" Quinn called to her.
"Yea." Buffy came from the direction of the armoury.
Quinn looked her up and down, "Are you sure you're bringing enough weapons?"
Buffy had about her person, twelve wooden stakes, a Browning hi-power 9mm gun with holy water filled bullets, a sword strapped to her back and she was carrying another which she handed to Quinn, "Just in case." she said with a smile.
Returning her smile Quinn took the sword and attached it to the back of his duster, "Just in case." he said handing her a powder in a small plastic bag.
"What is it?" she asked.
"A sunlight spell, just throw it up into the air and it will produce sunlight." He replied leaning in to place a tender kiss on her lips.
She returned his kiss, placing her arms around his shoulders.
"Ahem." someone from behind them cleared their throat.
Buffy and Quinn broke their embrace and turned to see Willow, Tara and Giles standing there.
"Are we ready to go?" Giles asked.
"We are." Quinn replied.
He walked up to the nearest wall and drew a door on it with his finger, when he was finished the door became real and he grabbed the handle and opened it.
Through the door Buffy could see the grey expanse of the Ghost Roads.
"After you." Quinn said holding the door for the women and Giles.
Quinn closed the door behind him and moved to the front of the group and turned to face them, "Ok now Giles, Willow and Tara you go that way," Quinn said pointing to his left "And The Gatekeeper will guide you, Buffy, you and I will go this way," he said pointing to hid right "guided by me."
"What if we run into trouble?" Tara asked.
"Take this." Quinn told them handing Giles a small metal box, "It's an interdimensional communications device."
"How does it work?" Giles asked.
"You hold it to your forehead and speak, since there are only two you will get through to me." Quinn answered holding up a matching box.
"Ok, we'll see you later then." Giles said before turning and walking off in the direction Quinn had indicated followed by the two witches.
"Come on Buffy I think I can feel Dawn over this way." Quinn said leading the way.
"Here, she's here." Quinn said stopping and looking around.
"Can you open a portal?" Buffy asked.
"Yes." Quinn answered kneeling down and drawing a circle in the air. The circle shimmered and then vanished leaving a hole that looked into a warehouse.
There sitting in the middle of the giant room was Dawn looking a bit worse for wear.
"Dawn!" Buffy cried as she ran to her sister.
"Buffy!" Dawn cried as she stood and hugged her.
"Are you ok?" Quinn said as he came up to the two women.
"Yea but James and the kids aren't here, where are they?" Dawn said with the panic audible in her voice.
"We don't know but Giles, Willow and Tara are looking for them, but we should go before someone finds us" Quinn said walking back to the portal and allowing the women to go through before hopping in and closing it behind him.
"Giles do you think we can find them?" Willow asked the older man.
"I hope so, Willow, I really hope so." he replied.
"The children should be here." came the Gatekeepers voice.
Just ahead of them a portal began to open and through it they could see what looked like a school classroom.
When the portal stabilised they went they went through and looked around.
"James! Juliet!" called Willow.
"Auntie Willow." came an answering call from under what could be thought of as the teachers desk.
The two eight year olds came out from under it and ran to the two witches.
"We should go before someone finds us." Tara said.
"Right." Giles said leading the way back to the portal.
"Auntie Willow, where's Mom and Dad?" Juliet asked.
"We don't know but your Auntie Buffy and Uncle Quinn are looking for them."
Willow replied, "Giles, are we going back to the Council building?"
"Yes, that's what Quinn asked us to do." Giles replied before taking the communications cube out and placing it against his forehead, "Quinn, are you there?"
"Yes Giles, I am." only Giles could hear his voice.
"We have the kids and we are heading back to the Council building." Giles told him.
"Tell the kids we have their mother and are looking for their father." Quinn replied.
"Dawn, Giles and the others have the kids and they're heading back to the Council building." Quinn told her as he came back to the two sisters.
Dawn let out a sigh of relief.
"So where do we look for Jason?" Buffy asked Quinn.
"Well I think we should look over there." he replied pointing to his left.
"He's here somewhere." Quinn said, he had stopped at a nondescript spot and began to draw a portal.
Once the portal had finished forming they hopped through.
"Um Quinn, something's happened." Buffy told him
"What?" he said turning around and staring in amazement at his wife and her sister.
All three looked like they had in 2001 and as they looked around they noticed that the room was identical to Buffy's from the same period.
"Let's go down stairs." Buffy said leading the way.
As they headed down the stairs they heard Willow and Tara's voices coming from the living room.
"Willow, Tara, what are you doing here?" Buffy asked.
"CUT!" yelled a voice from behind them, "Sarah, what are you doing?"
To be continued.