"Do what tonight?" she asked rolling over to see Willow standing by the window.
"Raise Buffy, if we wait any longer the spell will not work and she will be gone forever."
Frowning slightly Tara walked over to Willow
and also looked out the window. "Willow, I read the spell you need ash
from a vampire with a soul. You said you couldn't bring yourself to stake
Angel."
"I found a way around that ingredient, I went patrolling
and found what I needed," Willow lied to her as she turned away from the
window, "are you in."
Tara nodded as she watched Willow crawl back into
the bed. "I am going to rest, can you check on Dawn?" Not waiting for an
answer she rolled over and fell back asleep.
Dawn's Room:
"Rise and shine Dawnie," Tara said quietly coming into the room. She noticed Dawn lying on top of the blankets as if dumped onto them. Slowly she sat down on the bed and shook Dawn gently.
Groaning Dawn rolled over and looked at the person who woke her up. Fear shown in her eyes for a second before a dull glassy color settled in its place. "Morning," she said stretching carefully on the bed.
"Would you like pancakes?" Tara asked uncomfortable under Dawn's stare.
"Funny shapes please?" Dawn asked for as Tara left the room.
Outside the hall Tara stopped wondering about the request. Dawn never asked for the funny shaped pancakes. Shrugging it off Tara went down the stairs to start breakfast.
Sunset:
"Hey Dawnie," Xander called out as he bounded into the house. Not getting a response he followed the sound of the television into the living room. "No hug for the X-Man," he kidded her playfully.
Xander took a giant step back when Dawn looked up at him, her eyes was almost completely lifeless. Moving quickly he knelt in front of her pulling her into a hug. "What's wrong Dawnie? Come on you can tell me," he prodded.
In response Dawn's eyes filled with tears. As her mouth soundless tried to form words to tell what she so desperately wanted.
"Where is Willow and Tara Dawn?" He asked his voice tinged with worry and fear.
"Out," was all she could say to him.
"Dawn are you feeling ok? Do you need to go
back to the hospital?"
"No, but can I come stay at your place tonight?"
"Sure, we'll leave a note." Leaning over her he
picked her off the couch.
Sighing heavily Dawn relaxed into him as he carried
her out to the car. By the time he drove to his place she was asleep. He
carried her in and put her in his bed. He left a light on in the hallway
before heading over the cemetery; he had a feeling he knew what out was.
The Cemetery: Willow and Tara have just finished the spell
"Are you sure you could substitute the ingredients?" Tara asked as nothing happened, the magic still cracking in the air.
"I don't know what went wrong," Willow said weakly swaying in an effort to stay upright."
Tara went over to support her quickly, "come on baby lets go home." She said leading her away.
Neither of the girls noticed Xander running over a shovel in his hands. He noticed them however, and the way Tara was carrying Willow out. He looked around at the broken shard of glass and the ash, flowers, and blood, which were turning the ground silver. He looked around and saw that the place was deserted. Desperately he started digging the ground coming up easily. Within moments he was at the coffin, with shaking hands he reached to lift the cover and….
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