Roots..Ch2

"B..B..Buffy." Dawn studdered as she ran out the door as fast her feet, well what was left of her feet could carry her.

"BUFFY!" Dawn screamed as she flung the door tor the bathroom opens.

Buffy opened the shower curtain a small fraction and tryed to spot her brunette sister threw the mist.

"Dawn what is it?"

"Im gone, im gone!" Dawn screamed.

Buffy grabbed a towel and wrapped it around herself as she stepped out.

"What?"

Dawn reached over and turned the fan on to remove the fog.

"Buffy..." She whispered.

Buffy looked at her sister's missing area, eyes wide.

"I'll call Willow." She whispered.

Dawn nodded.

For once Dawn wished she was going to school instead.

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Dawn stood silently on a chair as Willow circled her with a magnafying glass.

"This is creepy." Xander pointed out from his seat on the far end of the magic shop.

"More then creepy." Tara pointed out from next to Xander, looking up from identifying a slide under a microscope.

"Well it looks like she hasn't gone invisible girl on us." Willow pointed out.

Everyone looked cluelessly at her accept for Xander and Buffy who understand.

"Nevermind, how's the slides coming Tara?" Willow replied walking over.

"Truthfully, I can't really read these, it's difficult." Tara replied slowly in her very Tara like manner.

Willow stood behind her, taking the lens in her hand.

"Anything?" Buffy whispered.

Willow looked up shaking her head slowly.

"No, it shows it's there just not there.."

Xander looked to Buffy.

"Well that made loads of sense."

"Well I can't see it but exsisting particle are there."

Tara nodded looking Dawn over.

"Maybe I should do a spell, to see where it is."

Willow nodded as Tara headed out the door.

"Everything will be ok." Willow said soothingly.

"What if it doesn't what if im half Dawn half, knee's forever? I'll be a freak. What job could I get."

Dawn shot a look at Xander before he could speak.

"Not now. OOO! YOU KNOW WHAT I COULD BE? A CIRCUS FREAK! OH DAWN THE HALF WOMAN!"

Dawn yelled.

"Calm down, we don't know if stress could make it worse." Buffy said softly.

"I met a circus freak once, he was very nice and-never mind." Anya said from behind the counter.

Everyone didn't need to know what Anya ment. But they got it.

Xander was quiet, things where a bit..uneasy between the two.

Buffy turned to Dawn.

"I'd get you something to eat, but-"

"It could go right threw me? Thanks." Dawn replied jumping from the chair and onto the seat.

"That's not it Dawn. I want to know why this is happening and stop it."

Dawn looked to her feet them back up at Buffy.

"What if you can't?"

"What do you meen?"

"Buffy, what If you can't stop this? What if it's something we can't prevent? I may fade out before we could know." Dawn replied sadly.

Buffy took Dawn's head in her hand's and looked at her with determination in her eyes.

"I will stop this Dawn. No matter what. I can't loose you like I lost mom."

Dawn looked from Buffy's eyes, doubting her even then.

"I promise." Buffy whispered.

Dawn looked up into Buffy's sparkling blue eyes.

"Alright."

Buffy gave a half smile, then looked to Willow.

"I want you to research what could be doing this, all of you."

The remaing people in the room nodded and heading into different corners of the room.

Buffy turned back to Dawn.

"Im not going to let you down, not this time."