Title : Family

Author : Aset

A/N : Yes, I know ! And sorry ! Guess my mind was still too filled with Byzantine Art and other crap that I also forgot to turn on the spelling- check. But you're right, bèta is needed (and asked for too), so is someone wants to volunteer ? …

It was dark in the cave, dark and damp. Cordy knew they'd get lost in the galleries wasn't it for the holes in the ceiling, letting in a little light, enough to see their feet. It was like someone had made them, especially for that. Cordy thought back of one of their family-holidays, when her dad absolutely wanted to do some speology. When their guide had ordered them to shut of the lights, the darkness had been intense. It wasn't like the scary darkness there is when you're little and you have to cross that spooky hall all alone in the middle of the night, monsters looking at you from behind every corner. No, it had been the blackest black she'd ever seen and it was calm and serene. And although they were in the middle of a cave, the darkness made it seem like she was in the middle of a large field. She hadn't been scared then, but now she was.

'Cordy ?' Dawn asked, her voice a bit dimmed like she was scared of the dark too.

'Yes ?'

'I think I see a light over there'

'It's probably just another hole.'Cordelia answered without even looking. It was about the forth time Dawn said she saw light in the distance, and in a way Cordy had given up hope.

'No..over there'

'Dawn..oh my god ! You're right !' she said as she looked. It was a bright light..daylight-bright !

***

Holtz was staring out the window. He watched as the sun proceeded her dayly tour around the horizon. He watched the clouds move over the flowered meadow in front of the castle as he thought of his plan… It wasn't such a big deal those girls had the boy. The boy didn't really mean anything to him. The only thing that mattered was that Angelus would pay, soul or no soul. After arriving in the dimension, he had given the child to a woman in a local village. He himself had a higher purpose…to rule in the abandoned castle. He smiled as he saw the Arklen leave their prisons. It were the most horrible creatures he'd ever seen, except for vampires then.

The Arklen were set to kill the foreigners and bring him back the boy. They wouldn't fail He watched as the two creatures ran across the meadow, to end up flying. 'Fluttering' he thought, 'almost as gracious as a butterfly on a sunny summersday'.

'Master' The goblin said as he entered

'What ? !' he didn't like to be disturbed again.

'They've entered The Caves'

'Who ?'

'The Human Girls and the Miraclechild'

'The Caves, huh ?' Holtz said, turning back to the window,' Then let them. The night is coming soon…and we all know how the caves are at night…The Arklen will find them'

'Yes master' The goblin said as he closed the door behind him, leaving his Master alone again in his throne-room.

***

'Poor Angel' Willow said as she went to sit down.

They had all returned back into the cave, the rain was pouring out, but still Angel had refused to look for shelter. He wanted to say goodbye.

'I still can't believe she's dead' Xander sighed.

'No…And Connor'

It all seemed so unreal to them. The other dimension, seeing Angel in so much pain, loosing Cordelia,…

They all became silent again, until a cry behind them all woke them from their trances.

'Buffy !' a young girl's voice yelled

'Dawn ? !'

'My, aren't you guys the most glum bunch I've ever seen ! Who died ?' They all looked into the cave, seeing Dawn run into Buffy's arms, both near tears. Behind her, they saw Cordelia, and Connor. Well and alive

'Cordelia ? !'

***

A/N : I know : short and blahblah… It's just I've got this crappy exam tomorrow and this is a really good anti-stess thing ! ! ! ! Enjoy ! ! !