Title - Buffy, The Vampire Slayer - Restoration : A Holy Beginning
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - R
Pairing - Spike and Dawn
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 - This story is written along the lines of Lady Myst's 'A New Dawn' story. Dawn sacrificed herself in the episode 'The Gift' rather than let Buffy die.
Authors Note 2 - This first section is a slightly rewritten version of a transcript of "The Gift" written by Joss Whedon and transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com)
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Restoration : A Holy Beginning.
Then Dawn screamed as pure white light flowed from the cut's that had appeared in her wrist's. The light was so bright that Buffy and all those gathered had to turn their head's away.
"Giles, what's going on?!" Buffy yelled at him
"It must be the Powers spell!" he yelled back.
**R minus 0**
Meanwhile in the place that was neither here nor there a discussion was going on.
"THE RESTORATION HAS TAKEN PLACE."
"THE KEY IS THE LINK, THE LINK HAS BEEN RESTORED."
"WE ARE IN COMPLETE COMMUNICATION WITH IT ONCE MORE."
The three voices said in unison,
"WE ARE THE POWERS THAT BE, WE ARE THE SOURCE, WE ARE THE START AND WE ARE THE END, THE LINK IS WHOLE ONCE MORE"
"Buffy, you have to let me go. Blood starts it, and until the blood stops flowing, it'll never stop." Dawn cried to her sister.
Buffy stares at Dawn in anguish.
"You know you have to let me. It has to have the blood." Dawn said tearfully
Buffy gets a realization look on her face and she flashes back to what Spike had said earlier "Cause it's always got to be blood." then she flashes to the hospital after Dawn found out she was the Key "It's Summers blood. It's just like mine." Buffy had told her. Then Buffy remembered the first slayer "Death is your gift."
Buffy thought she heard the first slayers voice again "Death is your gift."
Buffy frowned and turned around slowly.
In the distance, holes seemed to be opening in the sky. The sky is growing lighter as the sun tries to rise.
Buffy looked peaceful as she turned back to Dawn, who stared wide-eyed.
"Buffy ... no!" Dawn cried. "Dawnie, I have to." Buffy calmly told her. "No!" Dawn cried again "Listen to me. Please, there's not a lot of time, listen," Buffy held Dawn by the upper arms and said, "Dawn, listen to me. Listen, I love you. I will *always* love you. But this is the work that I have to do. Tell Giles ... tell Giles I figured it out. And, and I'm okay. And give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong."
Dawn begins to cry. Lightning continues to crackle behind them.
"Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me." Buffy said as she stroked the side of Dawn's face, before kissing her on the cheek. Dawn continued to cry.
Buffy turned. In slow-motion, she ran down the platform as Dawn stayed there crying.
Buffy swan-dived off the end of the platform and into the portal.
Dawn watched, sobbing.
Buffy fell into the portal and hung there motionless, making expressions of pain. The portal writhed and spat. The portal shrunk to nothingness and disappeared and the sun began to rise.
Willow and Tara were holding each other up and walking forward. Behind them Giles was coming forward too, and Xander holding Anya in his arms. They all walk forward looking at Buffy's lifeless body lying amid the debris. In the background Spike tries to come forward, but falls to the ground as the sunlight hits him.
Willow begins to cry. Xander and Anya look sadly at Buffy. Anya lowered her head to Xander's shoulder.
Giles begins to cry.
Spike covers his sobbing face with his hands.
Dawn comes slowly down the stairs, holding her sides and after seeing the rest of the gang she begins to cry again.
We are in a graveyard, It's a sunny and pretty day with lots of trees and grass. we see a headstone. A small bunch of flowers lies on the grass in front of it.
The headstone reads: BUFFY ANNE SUMMERS 1981-2001 BELOVED SISTER DEVOTED FRIEND SHE SAVED THE WORLD A LOT
Standing around the grave were three figures that were out of the visual range of all living and undead beings.
"THE TIMELINE HAS BEEN RESTORED."
"I FEEL GUILTY, THE KEY GAVE HER LIFE TO SAVE THE WORLD, AND WE TREATED HER AS A MISTAKE IN THE COURSE OF TIME."
"WE COULD STABALISE THE ALTERNATE TIMELINE SO IT EXISTS INDEPENDANTLY OF THIS ONE."
"YES, WE SHOULD, IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE KEY AND HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES."
"LET US PROCEED THEN."
With that the figures joined their hands and said, "A WORLD IN PERIL A WORLD OF A MISTAKE, STABALISE AND BECOME WHOLE."
From the beings perspective, things shimmered and there were suddenly two copies of everything existing in the same time and place. The gravestone in front of them read in one reality.
BUFFY ANNE SUMMERS 1981-2001 BELOVED SISTER DEVOTED FRIEND SHE SAVED THE WORLD A LOT
and in the other.
DAWN SUMMERS 1987-2001 BELOVED SISTER SHE GAVE HER LIFE FOR THE WORLD.
"WE HAVE DONE GOOD THIS DAY."
"Giles? What happened?" Buffy asked as she picked herself up off the floor in Spike's crypt.
"The Powers spell must have backfired." Giles said getting up.
"Dawn!" Spike cried as he ran to her side.
"Oh, what happened?" Dawn said sitting up.
"What do you remember?" Buffy asked.
"Not much I remember throwing myself off the scaffolding into the portal, I
remember the Powers bringing me back and then it . it's all blank." Dawn said as Spike helped her sit up.
"Could the Powers be giving us a second chance?" Willow asked.
"I suppose it could happen, maybe the spell wasn't actually from the Powers." Giles said, "In the morning I will ask the Oracles, they should tell us."
"THEY DO NOT NEED TO." came a voice from the darkness.
"Who's there?" Buffy fell into an attack stance.
"WE DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL NAMES, I AM PART OF THE POWERS THAT BE." a figure stepped out of the shadows. It was dressed in a glowing gold suit of armour.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Giles asked a little amazedly.
"YES, I CAN." the figure began.
"A little quieter please?" Buffy asked.
"I am sorry. What happened was that the spell did in fact work but we decided that you," he indicated Dawn, "Deserved to live so an alternate timeline was established and this is it. I was sent to keep an eye on you, I am to be the Guardian of the Key, I will watch you but you will not know it and if you ever need my help just ask." with that he faded from view.
"Um, wow." said Willow.
"The powers created a whole alternate timeline so we could live with our memories and feeling?" Buffy asked, "Now I'm betting that doesn't happen everyday."
"Buffy, Spike can we go home now?" Dawn asked.
"Yea, Lil-bit let's go home." Spike said helping her to her feet.
The gang headed off to their respective homes, Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Tara and Willow headed to the Summers residence, Xander and Anya headed off to Xander's apartment, and Giles headed to his home.
The figure watched them leave.
"THEY WILL BE ALRIGHT, I WILL LOOK AFTER THEM."
"YES, THEY WILL NEED IT, THERE ARE MANY TRIALS THAT WILL COME THEIR WAY IN THE FUTURE."
**THE END**
NEXT MONTH IN BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER FANFICTION BY SHANE HOPKINS.
Stay tuned for - the "Guardian" series: Part 1: The Power of Persuasion.
Same Buffy Time. Same Buffy Channel.
Author - Shane A. Hopkins (thesorcererbard@I-am-the-key.com)
Rating - R
Pairing - Spike and Dawn
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 - This story is written along the lines of Lady Myst's 'A New Dawn' story. Dawn sacrificed herself in the episode 'The Gift' rather than let Buffy die.
Authors Note 2 - This first section is a slightly rewritten version of a transcript of "The Gift" written by Joss Whedon and transcribed by Joan the English Chick (pisces@englishchick.com)
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Restoration : A Holy Beginning.
Then Dawn screamed as pure white light flowed from the cut's that had appeared in her wrist's. The light was so bright that Buffy and all those gathered had to turn their head's away.
"Giles, what's going on?!" Buffy yelled at him
"It must be the Powers spell!" he yelled back.
**R minus 0**
Meanwhile in the place that was neither here nor there a discussion was going on.
"THE RESTORATION HAS TAKEN PLACE."
"THE KEY IS THE LINK, THE LINK HAS BEEN RESTORED."
"WE ARE IN COMPLETE COMMUNICATION WITH IT ONCE MORE."
The three voices said in unison,
"WE ARE THE POWERS THAT BE, WE ARE THE SOURCE, WE ARE THE START AND WE ARE THE END, THE LINK IS WHOLE ONCE MORE"
"Buffy, you have to let me go. Blood starts it, and until the blood stops flowing, it'll never stop." Dawn cried to her sister.
Buffy stares at Dawn in anguish.
"You know you have to let me. It has to have the blood." Dawn said tearfully
Buffy gets a realization look on her face and she flashes back to what Spike had said earlier "Cause it's always got to be blood." then she flashes to the hospital after Dawn found out she was the Key "It's Summers blood. It's just like mine." Buffy had told her. Then Buffy remembered the first slayer "Death is your gift."
Buffy thought she heard the first slayers voice again "Death is your gift."
Buffy frowned and turned around slowly.
In the distance, holes seemed to be opening in the sky. The sky is growing lighter as the sun tries to rise.
Buffy looked peaceful as she turned back to Dawn, who stared wide-eyed.
"Buffy ... no!" Dawn cried. "Dawnie, I have to." Buffy calmly told her. "No!" Dawn cried again "Listen to me. Please, there's not a lot of time, listen," Buffy held Dawn by the upper arms and said, "Dawn, listen to me. Listen, I love you. I will *always* love you. But this is the work that I have to do. Tell Giles ... tell Giles I figured it out. And, and I'm okay. And give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now. You have to take care of each other. You have to be strong."
Dawn begins to cry. Lightning continues to crackle behind them.
"Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live. For me." Buffy said as she stroked the side of Dawn's face, before kissing her on the cheek. Dawn continued to cry.
Buffy turned. In slow-motion, she ran down the platform as Dawn stayed there crying.
Buffy swan-dived off the end of the platform and into the portal.
Dawn watched, sobbing.
Buffy fell into the portal and hung there motionless, making expressions of pain. The portal writhed and spat. The portal shrunk to nothingness and disappeared and the sun began to rise.
Willow and Tara were holding each other up and walking forward. Behind them Giles was coming forward too, and Xander holding Anya in his arms. They all walk forward looking at Buffy's lifeless body lying amid the debris. In the background Spike tries to come forward, but falls to the ground as the sunlight hits him.
Willow begins to cry. Xander and Anya look sadly at Buffy. Anya lowered her head to Xander's shoulder.
Giles begins to cry.
Spike covers his sobbing face with his hands.
Dawn comes slowly down the stairs, holding her sides and after seeing the rest of the gang she begins to cry again.
We are in a graveyard, It's a sunny and pretty day with lots of trees and grass. we see a headstone. A small bunch of flowers lies on the grass in front of it.
The headstone reads: BUFFY ANNE SUMMERS 1981-2001 BELOVED SISTER DEVOTED FRIEND SHE SAVED THE WORLD A LOT
Standing around the grave were three figures that were out of the visual range of all living and undead beings.
"THE TIMELINE HAS BEEN RESTORED."
"I FEEL GUILTY, THE KEY GAVE HER LIFE TO SAVE THE WORLD, AND WE TREATED HER AS A MISTAKE IN THE COURSE OF TIME."
"WE COULD STABALISE THE ALTERNATE TIMELINE SO IT EXISTS INDEPENDANTLY OF THIS ONE."
"YES, WE SHOULD, IT WOULD MEAN THAT THE KEY AND HER RELATIVES AND FRIENDS CAN LIVE OUT THEIR LIVES."
"LET US PROCEED THEN."
With that the figures joined their hands and said, "A WORLD IN PERIL A WORLD OF A MISTAKE, STABALISE AND BECOME WHOLE."
From the beings perspective, things shimmered and there were suddenly two copies of everything existing in the same time and place. The gravestone in front of them read in one reality.
BUFFY ANNE SUMMERS 1981-2001 BELOVED SISTER DEVOTED FRIEND SHE SAVED THE WORLD A LOT
and in the other.
DAWN SUMMERS 1987-2001 BELOVED SISTER SHE GAVE HER LIFE FOR THE WORLD.
"WE HAVE DONE GOOD THIS DAY."
"Giles? What happened?" Buffy asked as she picked herself up off the floor in Spike's crypt.
"The Powers spell must have backfired." Giles said getting up.
"Dawn!" Spike cried as he ran to her side.
"Oh, what happened?" Dawn said sitting up.
"What do you remember?" Buffy asked.
"Not much I remember throwing myself off the scaffolding into the portal, I
remember the Powers bringing me back and then it . it's all blank." Dawn said as Spike helped her sit up.
"Could the Powers be giving us a second chance?" Willow asked.
"I suppose it could happen, maybe the spell wasn't actually from the Powers." Giles said, "In the morning I will ask the Oracles, they should tell us."
"THEY DO NOT NEED TO." came a voice from the darkness.
"Who's there?" Buffy fell into an attack stance.
"WE DO NOT HAVE INDIVIDUAL NAMES, I AM PART OF THE POWERS THAT BE." a figure stepped out of the shadows. It was dressed in a glowing gold suit of armour.
"Can you tell us what happened?" Giles asked a little amazedly.
"YES, I CAN." the figure began.
"A little quieter please?" Buffy asked.
"I am sorry. What happened was that the spell did in fact work but we decided that you," he indicated Dawn, "Deserved to live so an alternate timeline was established and this is it. I was sent to keep an eye on you, I am to be the Guardian of the Key, I will watch you but you will not know it and if you ever need my help just ask." with that he faded from view.
"Um, wow." said Willow.
"The powers created a whole alternate timeline so we could live with our memories and feeling?" Buffy asked, "Now I'm betting that doesn't happen everyday."
"Buffy, Spike can we go home now?" Dawn asked.
"Yea, Lil-bit let's go home." Spike said helping her to her feet.
The gang headed off to their respective homes, Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Tara and Willow headed to the Summers residence, Xander and Anya headed off to Xander's apartment, and Giles headed to his home.
The figure watched them leave.
"THEY WILL BE ALRIGHT, I WILL LOOK AFTER THEM."
"YES, THEY WILL NEED IT, THERE ARE MANY TRIALS THAT WILL COME THEIR WAY IN THE FUTURE."
**THE END**
NEXT MONTH IN BUFFY, THE VAMPIRE SLAYER FANFICTION BY SHANE HOPKINS.
Stay tuned for - the "Guardian" series: Part 1: The Power of Persuasion.
Same Buffy Time. Same Buffy Channel.
