Title - Little Bit 5/5
Author - The Sorcerer Bard (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Pairing - Dawn Buffy Willow Tara (well combinations of these characters, well eventually at any rate, yea okay it could get a bit confusing)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. 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.
Authors Note - WARNING! there are some incestuous parts to this episode, involving Dawn and Buffy so consider yourselves warned.
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Little Bit 5/5
"Stop!" Willow yelled.
Suddenly all the vampires stopped moving they stood as if they were stone.
"Where is Buffy?" Willow asked looking at Angel.
"Out of the game." the Key answered, Angel realised that it must have all of Dawn's memories.
"Dawn? You sound different?" Tara asked.
"I AM NOT DAWN!" the Key's voice resonated in the ears of the gathered vampires.
"The Key!" Willow and Tara breathed, the whole reason Willow had decided to save Dawn.
"Hey Vamp face!" came a cry from behind Angel and Dawn.
"Gunn what are you doing?" Angel shouted without taking his eyes off Willow.
"Helpin' you out man." Gunn said as a crackling pulse of light flew overhead hitting several vampires. they wobbled and bent then vanished.
"No!" cried Willow.
"Key can you get to the portal?" Angel asked, as the pulse of light had flown over them they had crouched down.
"Not at the moment." the Key answered.
"Right, you need a path then." Spike said as he crept up beside them.
"You volunteering?" Angel asked looking at him.
"Damn straight, I don't wanna live with Buffy like that." Spike said.
Angel gave him a strange look, "Follow me then."
Angel got up and ran at Willow with Spike following close behind.
"You bastard!" Willow cried as Angel tackled her to the ground.
Spike headed towards Tara but was intercepted by Faith.
While Angel and Spike grabbled with Willow and Tara respectively, Gunn was shooting the vampires as fast as he could. The Key was making her way towards the portal.
"Dawn! Stop." Tara said stepping in front of her.
"Get out of my way." the Key said.
"I can't and you know it." Tara said.
During this exchange of words the two had been sending out feelers of thought to try and get in behind the others defences.
The scene was as if they were each eight armed creatures with each arm poking at the other person. Dawn's energy was a vibrant green with a purple tint while Tara's was a shimmering silver.
"Give it up witch you cannot defend against me forever." the Key said.
"Yes I can." Tara answered.
The Key concentrated a fraction of her power on a nearby piece of wood and sent it flying towards Tara's heart.
"No!" Tara hit the wood away, but failed to notice the other piece floating behind her back. The wood flung itself into Tara's back, "Aaarrrgg!" Tara roared as she slowly turned to dust.
"Tara!" screamed Willow as she looked up and saw the dust floating down.
"Key! Run!" cried Angel.
The Key knew exactly what he wanted her to do. She had a mission. She had to restore the timeline to it's original stream.
She turned and ran towards the portal.
"Noooo!" screamed Willow as she managed to bring a stake round and thump it home into Angel's chest.
Angel's face went wide in amazement as he too slowly turned to dust.
Spike meanwhile had managed to wrap his fingers round Faith's throat and he was pressing hoping to crush something vital.
"Spike!" cried Gunn. Spike glanced back to see him being taken down by four or five vampires.
"Damn!." Spike swore.
"Can't win love." Faith said as she kicked him off of her.
"He can try!" came the Key's voice from behind her.
Faith spun round as she had decided that the Key was a greater enemy. She failed to notice that Spike now had a stake in his hand which he now pushed through her so hard that the point actually came out her front before she turned to dust.
Willow saw what was happening and began muttering a spell to throw up a shield around the portal.
"Willow!" called Spike, "Stop it!"
"No!" Willow cried back as she finished the spell.
The Key had just about reached the portal when a blue energy barrier flew up around it.
"Bitch!" she cursed.
Spike and Willow were the only two left fighting, they were circling each other.
"Give up?" Spike asked.
"Never. You?" Willow asked.
"Never!" Spike cried as he leapt at the witch vampire.
Willow saw the jump coming and managed to block it, knocking Spike off his feet.
Spike managed to turn the fall into a roll and he ended up on his feet again facing Willow.
The Key turned and saw Buffy sneaking up behind Spike, who hadn't noticed yet.
"STOP!" she cried. A long wooden pole appeared from nowhere the Key gripped it and, like a javelin professional, threw it towards them.
Spike saw it coming as did Buffy but there was little they could do about it because by now Buffy had Spike by the arms and was holding him as Willow was getting a stake up to kill him.
Suddenly the pole burst through Willow then went into Spike and through to Buffy taking all three out in one shot.
"Dawn?" Buffy managed to say before she began to turn to dust.
The Key stood there surveying th scene before her. Sunnydale a wasteland of darkness ruled by vampires, the slayers all dead, humanity reduced to an animal species.
"This ends now." the Key said quietly.
"No!" Dawn said, "I want to live."
"You will." the Key told her.
"How if you do what you want to then I'll be gone." Dawn said.
"In this form yes." the Key said, "But you will live on in another."
"Then get it over with." Dawn snarled.
The Key turned and looked at the portal. She took a step towards it and found that the shield was still in place.
"DROP!" the Key said raising a hand and laying it on the shield.
There was a sound like breaking glass and the shield looked like falling broken glass as it shattered.
The Key walked towards the portal and the second she touched it there was a pulse of brighter than white light that washed over Sunnydale. Things began moving backwards, the slain vampires reformed and the ones that had been pushed out of phase reappeared. Time began to move faster and faster as it sped back to the fracture in time. The point where Buffy had interfered. The point where Buffy had leapt into the portal opened by Glory.
"Noooo!" screamed Dawn as she began to turn to dust much, much slower than was natural. Soon all that was left was the Key in it's natural form.
"NOW!" the Key said as it lost cohesion and spread out to fix the timeline.
Buffy had indeed leapt from Glory's tower and she had indeed closed the portal. This time however a change happened the smaller portals didn't open the permanent eclipse didn't happen and the Scooby Gang went on with life, safe in the knowledge that Buffy had given her life to save the would and her sister not realising how close things had come to unravelling. Eventually Willow performed a spell and resurrected Buffy, but that's another story completely.
THE END!
Author - The Sorcerer Bard (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Pairing - Dawn Buffy Willow Tara (well combinations of these characters, well eventually at any rate, yea okay it could get a bit confusing)
Disclaimer - What I don't own. Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy and 20th Century Fox own Buffy the Vampire Slayer and everything related to them. 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.
Authors Note - WARNING! there are some incestuous parts to this episode, involving Dawn and Buffy so consider yourselves warned.
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Little Bit 5/5
"Stop!" Willow yelled.
Suddenly all the vampires stopped moving they stood as if they were stone.
"Where is Buffy?" Willow asked looking at Angel.
"Out of the game." the Key answered, Angel realised that it must have all of Dawn's memories.
"Dawn? You sound different?" Tara asked.
"I AM NOT DAWN!" the Key's voice resonated in the ears of the gathered vampires.
"The Key!" Willow and Tara breathed, the whole reason Willow had decided to save Dawn.
"Hey Vamp face!" came a cry from behind Angel and Dawn.
"Gunn what are you doing?" Angel shouted without taking his eyes off Willow.
"Helpin' you out man." Gunn said as a crackling pulse of light flew overhead hitting several vampires. they wobbled and bent then vanished.
"No!" cried Willow.
"Key can you get to the portal?" Angel asked, as the pulse of light had flown over them they had crouched down.
"Not at the moment." the Key answered.
"Right, you need a path then." Spike said as he crept up beside them.
"You volunteering?" Angel asked looking at him.
"Damn straight, I don't wanna live with Buffy like that." Spike said.
Angel gave him a strange look, "Follow me then."
Angel got up and ran at Willow with Spike following close behind.
"You bastard!" Willow cried as Angel tackled her to the ground.
Spike headed towards Tara but was intercepted by Faith.
While Angel and Spike grabbled with Willow and Tara respectively, Gunn was shooting the vampires as fast as he could. The Key was making her way towards the portal.
"Dawn! Stop." Tara said stepping in front of her.
"Get out of my way." the Key said.
"I can't and you know it." Tara said.
During this exchange of words the two had been sending out feelers of thought to try and get in behind the others defences.
The scene was as if they were each eight armed creatures with each arm poking at the other person. Dawn's energy was a vibrant green with a purple tint while Tara's was a shimmering silver.
"Give it up witch you cannot defend against me forever." the Key said.
"Yes I can." Tara answered.
The Key concentrated a fraction of her power on a nearby piece of wood and sent it flying towards Tara's heart.
"No!" Tara hit the wood away, but failed to notice the other piece floating behind her back. The wood flung itself into Tara's back, "Aaarrrgg!" Tara roared as she slowly turned to dust.
"Tara!" screamed Willow as she looked up and saw the dust floating down.
"Key! Run!" cried Angel.
The Key knew exactly what he wanted her to do. She had a mission. She had to restore the timeline to it's original stream.
She turned and ran towards the portal.
"Noooo!" screamed Willow as she managed to bring a stake round and thump it home into Angel's chest.
Angel's face went wide in amazement as he too slowly turned to dust.
Spike meanwhile had managed to wrap his fingers round Faith's throat and he was pressing hoping to crush something vital.
"Spike!" cried Gunn. Spike glanced back to see him being taken down by four or five vampires.
"Damn!." Spike swore.
"Can't win love." Faith said as she kicked him off of her.
"He can try!" came the Key's voice from behind her.
Faith spun round as she had decided that the Key was a greater enemy. She failed to notice that Spike now had a stake in his hand which he now pushed through her so hard that the point actually came out her front before she turned to dust.
Willow saw what was happening and began muttering a spell to throw up a shield around the portal.
"Willow!" called Spike, "Stop it!"
"No!" Willow cried back as she finished the spell.
The Key had just about reached the portal when a blue energy barrier flew up around it.
"Bitch!" she cursed.
Spike and Willow were the only two left fighting, they were circling each other.
"Give up?" Spike asked.
"Never. You?" Willow asked.
"Never!" Spike cried as he leapt at the witch vampire.
Willow saw the jump coming and managed to block it, knocking Spike off his feet.
Spike managed to turn the fall into a roll and he ended up on his feet again facing Willow.
The Key turned and saw Buffy sneaking up behind Spike, who hadn't noticed yet.
"STOP!" she cried. A long wooden pole appeared from nowhere the Key gripped it and, like a javelin professional, threw it towards them.
Spike saw it coming as did Buffy but there was little they could do about it because by now Buffy had Spike by the arms and was holding him as Willow was getting a stake up to kill him.
Suddenly the pole burst through Willow then went into Spike and through to Buffy taking all three out in one shot.
"Dawn?" Buffy managed to say before she began to turn to dust.
The Key stood there surveying th scene before her. Sunnydale a wasteland of darkness ruled by vampires, the slayers all dead, humanity reduced to an animal species.
"This ends now." the Key said quietly.
"No!" Dawn said, "I want to live."
"You will." the Key told her.
"How if you do what you want to then I'll be gone." Dawn said.
"In this form yes." the Key said, "But you will live on in another."
"Then get it over with." Dawn snarled.
The Key turned and looked at the portal. She took a step towards it and found that the shield was still in place.
"DROP!" the Key said raising a hand and laying it on the shield.
There was a sound like breaking glass and the shield looked like falling broken glass as it shattered.
The Key walked towards the portal and the second she touched it there was a pulse of brighter than white light that washed over Sunnydale. Things began moving backwards, the slain vampires reformed and the ones that had been pushed out of phase reappeared. Time began to move faster and faster as it sped back to the fracture in time. The point where Buffy had interfered. The point where Buffy had leapt into the portal opened by Glory.
"Noooo!" screamed Dawn as she began to turn to dust much, much slower than was natural. Soon all that was left was the Key in it's natural form.
"NOW!" the Key said as it lost cohesion and spread out to fix the timeline.
Buffy had indeed leapt from Glory's tower and she had indeed closed the portal. This time however a change happened the smaller portals didn't open the permanent eclipse didn't happen and the Scooby Gang went on with life, safe in the knowledge that Buffy had given her life to save the would and her sister not realising how close things had come to unravelling. Eventually Willow performed a spell and resurrected Buffy, but that's another story completely.
THE END!