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Just a gentle reminder: ~~~ time break, "someone speaking", 'thoughts'
Glow
"Welcome home guys" Willow happily announced as Buffy and Spike came into the house carrying Amanda and Elizabeth. Both asleep and comfortable in their parents arms.
"Lets take the girls to their new room" Spike said. Buffy nodded and everyone followed them upstairs.
"Wow, you guys did a great job in here" Buffy said as she and Spike entered the bedroom followed by Dawn, Anya, Willow, Tara, Angel, Cordelia, Giles, and Hank.
"Dawnie did a lot of it. We just helped her set it up" Tara supplied proudly.
"Thanks guys" Buffy replied in awe of what used to be her bedroom. Dawn, Anya, Tara, and Willow had theme-ed the room in white, silver, baby blue and lilac. Where Buffy's bed used to be was two matching cribs. One blue and white satin and the other silver and lilac. The curtains were a soft white sheer with a silver trim. The wallpaper that had been there before had been replaced by a cloth looking one. It was silver and white striped with small lilac and baby blue coloured flowers. In the corner where Buffy's chair used to be was two rocking chairs. Beside that where Buffy's dresser once was, was a dual changing table. In the other corner by the door a loveseat sat along with a small table and a lamp.
"That's for those nights when your up so much that your ready to fall asleep anywhere" Willow said noticing Buffy glance at the couch.
"Their clothes are in the closet drawers. We bought them some toys.." Dawn said gesturing towards the corner where Buffy's tv was. In its place was a giant pile of teddy bears and stuffed animals.
"You ladies did a great job" Spike said as he set Amanda down in the blue and white crib, Buffy followed and sat Elizabeth in the other one.
"Thanks Spike" Anya said graciously. "but like Tara said Dawn did most of it, we just helped her set it up."
"Hey we helped" Xander said acting insulted.
"Yea in the muscle area" Dawn said with a small giggle.
"Well thanks guys" Buffy said as she hugged Dawn.
"Buffy?" Giles asked.
"Yes" Buffy answered.
"Not to be a fuddy duddy as you so often call me but perhaps we should look into that eye illumination problem of yours and Spike's." Giles suggested.
"I'm with G, except for one little detail.." Xander said, "We should do it tomorrow. Unless its life threatening, tonight we should party. You remember that thing called fun right guys?"
"I do recall it yes" Spike said with a smirk of agreement.
"So..what do you guys say? Tonight we do this party type product and tomorrow we get back to tending to saving the world?" Xander urged. Everyone looked as if they wanted to say yes but were all looking at Buffy for the final conclusion.
"The votes are in. We party" Buffy said and everyone cheered waking up Amanda and Elizabeth who began to cry.
"Oh bugger" Spike said walking over to the crib Elizabeth was in. "I'll get Beth you get Mandy" Spike said as Buffy went over to the other crib.
"How can you tell the difference?" Cordelia asked speaking for the first time.
"Beth's eyes are green..Mandy's eye's are blue." Buffy answered as she lifted her daughter.
"Cool"
"Should we head back to L.A Buffy?" Angel asked.
"If you want to you can, but it would be great if you stayed." Buffy replied rocking Amanda.
"I want to stay..." Cordelia filled in.
"You can use the guest rooms" Dawn supplied.
"Is it all right William?" Angel asked looking at Spike intently.
"I don't see a problem" Spike said as he placed Elizabeth back in her crib. "That is if we all get out of here while the girls are still asleep" Spike added noticing Buffy putting Amanda back into her crib.
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Downstairs....
"I suppose I should head back to LA." Hank said as he finished his tea.
"What is with you people from LA. turning tuck tail and running home as soon as you think your not wanted?" Spike asked slightly amused.
"Oh well I just thought that since you all were going to..party" Hank answered.
"Exactly, *all*" Buffy said with a small smile.
"So that means..Buffy do you mind if we went somewhere to talk?" Hank asked quietly.
"Sure Dad" Buffy answered getting up gesturing for him to follow. They went upstairs and then went into an office.
"Was this your mother's?"
"Yes..she didn't use it very often though..when Willow lived here she used it and so did Tara...it's a bit of a funny story too..mom had a computer up here and Willow didn't want to move it so she put her's on the dining room table and the girls had to eat at the other end.."
"The girls?"
"This was mostly when I was dead." Buffy answered plainly as she sat down on the couch. "When I came back she moved it to her room..when Spike and I got back from LA 4 months ago we packed up some of mom's stuff and put it in the basement. A lot of the stuff in here is still hers but Spike and I are both using this office now.." Buffy said trying to avoid the real conversation.
"It's quite nice in here" Hank commented said as he finished looking at the photo's and trinkets in the room. He sat down in to chair across from Buffy's.
"This is quite a life you and Dawn have" Hanks said as he crossed his legs and sat back.
"I'm happy with it" Buffy replied.
"I can see that"
"Dad...I'm sorry about what I said..I was really harsh to you..its not the way I wanted that to happen"
"No you were right to be harsh Buffy. You've been through a lot more than you should have had to. I'm sorry I wasn't there for you and Dawn. Luckily though you weren't alone..."
"Yea, I don't know what I would do without Giles and the guys"
"I know"
"Dad I have to ask..where were you for the last few years?" Buffy asked looking him the eyes.
"Well...I was in Japan actually"
"Japan?" Buffy asked confused.
"I got offered a job over there as a foreign exchange business director, after 18 months they sent me back here to manage their new office in LA. I tried to contact your mother when I got back but unfortunately.."
"Yea" Buffy said quietly.
"When I found out she had died I suppose I was in a bit of shock..I started ding enquiries on you and Dawn and found out she was doing bad in school for awhile but is getting better this year. I was a little disappointed to find out you dropped out of college. Of course I understand why..it was a very grown-up decision"
"Thank-you, even though I only did it so I could take care of Dawn"
"I know honey. After a few more inquiries I found out you were getting married." Hank said and then paused. "Spike seems to be a very good man"
"I love him very much" Buffy said with a smile.
"I noticed" Hanks said with a small chuckle. "I'm glad you've found some happiness dear. I don't know everything that has happened in the last few years but I do know there has been a lot of..bad times" Hank said looking remorseful. "Buffy I want to apologize to you"
"another one? wow did someone declare it 'Apologise to Buffy day'?" Buffy asked and Hank chuckled.
"I think at this point this is the one you need to hear the most"
"really...well shoot"
"When you were 15...when your mother and I put you into that mental clinic..we didn't know Buffy. We honestly thought that.."
"Its alright dad" Buffy said interrupting him.
"We should have listened to you. What kind of parent ignores their child's cry for help?"
"You didn't ignore it dad you just took the wrong way...but if there's something I have learned these last few years its that we can't change the past and if we have to make mistakes we might as well learn from them"
"Your right of course. I'm proud of you Buffy"
"You can't imagine what it means to me to hear you say that" Buffy whispered.
"Yes I can" Hanks said getting up and moving to sit next to Buffy on the couch and quickly hugged her.
Knock Knock.
"Yes?" Buffy said with a small sniffle wiping a tear from her left eye.
"Can I come in?" Dawn asked opening the door.
"Sure Dawnie" Buffy said.
"I missed you girls" Hank said when Dawn sat down in the chair that Hank was in.
"We missed you too Daddy" Dawn said getting up to hug her father.
"Are you going to be around more?" Dawn asked looking at Buffy.
"I want to be" Hank said looking at Buffy as well.
"Then be" Buffy said with a small note of authority.
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"We come bearing gifts" Xander said as he and Angel came through the door.
"Alcoholic gifts?" Buffy asked.
"Buffy beer bad" Willow pointed out referring to the time Buffy had her first encounter with beer.
"Don't worry wills, we didn't buy any black forest" Xander laughed his face showing a hint of guilt.
"Good. Cave Buffy not really the greatest I've been" Buffy said as she grabbed the case of coolers from Angel.
"Cave Buffy?" Hank, Angel, and Cordelia asked at the same time.
"wait until we get to the story part of being drunk" Xander asked setting some wine on the table.
"Ok" Cordelia said as she took some groceries into the kitchen.
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2 hours later...
"So she's like a demon! Willow and everyone else thought I was just being paranoid but I was right" Buffy said recalling her first roommate in college. "She was running away from her father trying to be a normal girl. I guess I can understand that.."
"Buffy?" Dawn called from the living room.
"Yea?" Buffy asked walking into the room.
"This is fun!!" Dawn squealed as she moved her hands in circles. Above her head there were flowers, cards, pens and a bunch of other knickknacks were flying around the room.
"Who gave Dawn alcohol?" Buffy asked.
"Oops" Xander said with a burp.
"How much have you had Dawn" Buffy asked.
"umm..1..2..4..yea 4" Dawn answered and giggled.
"4 what?" Giles asked.
"4 bottles of Bicardi Silver..it tastes like that tropical 7 up." Dawn said as she started placing stuff back in its original places.
"What's going on?" Hank asked entering the living room.
"Dawn got into the alcohol and had fun with her powers" Xander answered.
"More like you gave her alcohol" Spike corrected.
"Yea..umm...oops..again" Xander said guiltily.
"Well lets get her upstairs" Spike said lifting Dawn up over his shoulder.
"But I'm not sleepy!" Dawn whined.
"Don't worry you will be" Spike replied as he took her upstairs. He put her into bed and as soon as she was under the blankets she fell asleep. As Spike began to walk down the hall towards the nursery to check on the girls he heard a muffled giggle coming from the guest room. Curious he walked up to the door and heard Angel calling Cordelia's name.
"Poofter finally got laid" Spike said with a smirk.
"I LOVE YOU" Cordelia screamed and then moaned.
"Shh Cordy some one will here you and then our first time would be cut short" Angel said from within the room. Spike just chuckled and went into the nursery. He found Amanda and Elizabeth fast asleep.
"Thank-you" a quiet feminine voice said.
"For what Buffy?" Spike asked knowing who it was instantly.
"For..everything" she answered making it sound like the simplest thing in the world.
'I should be saying that to you' he commented turning around to kiss her.
'Oh Spike. I love you so much' her eyes filling with tears.
'Why are you crying Buffy?' Spike asked gesturing towards the door, indicating that they should go out to the hall.
"I don't know" she answered out loud as he opened their bedroom door.
He kissed her as soon as the door was closed and they were by the bed.
"Spike I want you" Buffy said her voice full of passion. He kissed her and both their eyes began to glow. "I love you" she said quietly when they came up for air.
"God Buffy, I love you so much it hurts" he said kissing her throat placing them on the bed. "oh god Spike" Buffy moaned as he pulled her shirt off. She placed her hands on his now bare back and pulled him closer to her. "Never let me go" she whispered harshly.
"Never" he promised as he removed her skirt. She kissed him on the forehead and together they fell into another world.
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"Giles?" Anya called as she entered the magic box the next day.
"Over here" he answered from the back table.
"What are you doing?" She asked setting down the two takeout cups of coffee.
"I'm finishing the translation of the Book of Raybon. Now that I'm confident that its about Buffy, Spike, Dawn, Amanda and Elizabeth I have been trying to finish it"
"How far are from done?" Anya asked as she sat down.
"Not far..I'm having a little trouble translating this one section though..the rest of the book in Latin but this part is different.." he said using his index finger to show Anya the last few pages of text. She glanced at it for a moment looking as if she was trying to remember something.
"Oh oh I know what language that is! Its Egyptian cursor" She supplied happily.
"Egyptian cursor? I thought the Egyptians only wrote in symbols" Giles mused taking off his glasses.
"They did, but later in the Egyptian era they turned to cursor for prophecy's and..." Anya said trailing off.
"And what?" Giles asked his curiosity in complete suspense.
"And the account of mystical occurrences.." she answered deep in thought. She moved the book in front of her and began to read it.
"I don't remember it all right now but I can tell you some of it" Anya said and then began.
"The key to worlds holds power that it will never know. It gives life and it takes it away. It is not darkness it is not light. some other words I don't remember. The slayer will protect the key with its life...The coronation will bring the key's true being to life. Light and Dark will meet..royal they will become..set it stone it now shall be. Twins...chalice, slayer, seer..trinity..umm not sure about this word" Anya said pointing to a small text. "oh it means eye light. Coronation shall bring together light and dark and together a new light shall be born. A paradox of the two. Strength unknown to the world will be held within the new light. They will move in and out of worlds their love forever a true power. Eye light is a mystical power, it is usually harmless but if taken away from who it was graced upon then evil could call upon the power of the ancient god Raw." Anya said remembering.
"The text doesn't make that much sense but if I keep going over it I think I can get it" Anya said as she gazed over it.
"Move in and out of worlds.." Giles mumbled.
"So you think that the eye glow thing that Buffy and Spike have is what?" Anya asked
"I think the light represents their love. It seems to be getting more sensitive. When Buffy and Spike got married I suppose it was triggered." Giles rambled.
"Your not making any sense" Anya pointed out.
"I know. Bloody hell I know" Giles said as he let out some air.
"Ok so lets go over everything. Buffy and Spike made love and then Buffy began pregnant. But at that time he was still a vampire. Buffy sees the powers in a dream and they encourage her to be with Spike. She confesses her love for him and while in L.A Spike becomes human and he and Buffy are bonded. They are brought before the powers together and told who and what they really are and what their daughter will be. During their coronation Dawn changes and gets more powers or rather her powers are revealed. Buffy has a prophetic dream where she sees the first slayer in a desert and she finds her two daughters. The powers that be tell Buffy and Spike that they are having twins after a time demon tries to change things for himself. Now that there are two babies Dawn nor the baby are in danger because together Elizabeth, Amanda, and Dawn will fight as what I think is the Trinity that the book of Raybon refers to. Spike and Buffy get married and this eye illumination starts. Buffy has the twins 4 and a ½ months after she becomes pregnant."
"Sounds about right to me" Anya replied after Giles recalled everything that has happened.
"Sounds like a bloody soap opera to me" Giles commented as he began to rub his temples.
"Wait! It says here 'Leaders of the Demon world they shall be, a Royal Family unlike no other. Warriors they shall be fighting for good and for themselves. The Trinity shall set as powerful as no other. Together they will fight for good. Court of 10, Trinity of Life and The Royals all destinies rooted in each other.' It has more about that and then it goes into the eye light again 'The strength of their love gives them the power to be in worlds not their own. Eye light the colour of sky will consume them their love forever strong'"
"So that means that they eye light is what gives Buffy and Spike their power"
"Exactly Anya" Giles said with a small smile."Their love is their power"
End Chapter 12
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