AN: Well on to the third chapter, I want to make one thing clear right from the beginning there will be no resurrection for Tara, she will remain dead, since it was her time to go.

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There's moments in your life that make you, that set the course of who you're gonna be. Sometimes they're little, subtle moments. Sometimes...they're not. I'll show you what I mean. "Becoming Part One"

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In a floury of lights Charlotte disappeared and Joyce stood and cradled Dawn in her arms, wondering how in the world she was going to protect her, while knowing that in the end she wouldn't be able to. Joyce was just about to speak when silver lights started coming form the center of the circle of candles, Dawn and Joyce watched as Tara stepped from the candles in a beautiful white gown, that fell all the way to her feet. Dawn opened her mouth to yell for the others when Willow walked through the door. "Dawnie, Conner is here" She trailed off as she saw Tara standing there. "Tara baby is that you?"

Tara spun in a graceful circle and looked at Willow, Willow's eyes rolled back in her head and she slumped to the ground. Joyce rushed over to her, and knelt down, Dawn shouted for Buffy as she moved closer to Tara. "Is it really you Tara?"

Tara smiled gently. and looked up over Dawns shoulder, they were all here. "I am here because a new champion has been born."

Buffy glanced at Xander who was holding their sleeping daughter, a moan from the floor made Buffy kneel down and help Willow to her feet. Willow never took her eyes off Tara, Tara smiled gently knowing that all she could give Willow was a smile. She took the group in, all were accounted for. She stepped out of the ring of candles but remained in spirit form. "A champion and a prophecy have been born. All play a part in it. That of the Chosen One and her Knight shall wage great battle on evil itself, The balancer shall have the mark of the scales on her upper thigh and will be charged with keeping the balance between good and evil, That which does come from the Warrior chosen and that which does come from the Chosen Ones shall merge and from them shall spring forth the unifiers."

Spike glared at the blond woman he had considered a friend. "What the bleedin bloody hell are you jabbering about. What does all that mean?"

Xander had just got the baby to sleep, and glared at Spike. "SHHHHH Deadboy Jr."

"Spike," Faith said, "Most of it is self explanatory. That of the Chosen One and her Knight, that part is talking about Tara Rose."

Jenny stepped into the circle and smiled. "The last part, that which does come from the Warrior chosen and that which does come from the Chosen Ones. Well that last part is talking about Dawn. But who is the Warrior chosen?"
They all turned to Tara, who shook her head. "This I can't help you with, the Fates have decreed that you find the answers for yourself."

Conner until this time remained quiet, thinking Tara didn't want him to speak of the things she had told his family but they need to know. "I am that which comes from the Warrior chosen." Everyone looked at him, he had to resist the urge to scuff his shoe and duck his head. "Tara told me and my father, that the child of two vampires and the child of two slayers would join and from our union twins would be born, the unifiers."

Tara could sense and see the questions in everyone's faces. "The fates are not saying that Dawn and Conner must have them now. Just that this is to happen that this is their destiny." She turned to look at the two slayers. "The twins shall be girls, One will be a slayer, the other the next in line to the Warren legacy."

Buffy shook her head and looked at Faith, she didn't think she could take much more revelations, looked at Tara. "And what are you to be doing during all this?"

"As it was written I shall become the new champions protector, until the time that she is able to protect herself."

Dawn spoke up then. "Will you be showing me how to handle these new powers?"
"No I am afraid that I can not. It is for Willow to teach you."

Willow looked shocked. "Me? But I'm not a Warren, how am I suppose to teach her to use powers I don't even know how to use."

Tara's answer was simple. "You will find a way."

Giles looked up from his legal pad. "We still have no idea who the Balancer is or even where to start looking for her."

Dawn looked like she was freaking out. "Excuse me, Excuse me. I have a problem here, Okay I get it I am okay with the whole Witch thing. But I sure as hell am not gonna sleep with some guy I don't even know and get pregnant to fulfill some prophecy that says I give birth to the Unifiers."

She looked around the room and stormed out, Faith sighed. "Alright Conner, your staying with me and Spike so lets get your things." She turned to the others. "We'll continue this tomorrow."

Faith, Spike and Conner left the room, Giles rubbed his eyes as Xander rocked Tara Rose. "Tara I don't like it, the fact that my daughter is gonna be the target of ever demonic hit man out there."

Buffy interceded. "Xander, it's not Tara's fought, it's nobodies really. This is just the way it is, so now we have to prepare our daughter for her destiny." She turned to Tara. "Where will you be?"

Tara smiled. "I will be around, and I will be able to sense when or if Tara Rose is in trouble."

Buffy and Xander said good night to Giles and Jenny and followed the others out. Giles turned to Tara. "Do you have any idea where I can begin looking for the balancer?"

"In the book of souls." She said as she faded from sight.

Jenny put her hand on his shoulder. "Rupert don't take this all on yourself, we are all a family and will work this together."

"I just hope they can handle this. I so wanted a normal life for Buffy's daughter."

Jenny laughed. "Why should Rose have a normal life, her mother is a slayer, her father was the white knight, her Aunt is the Warren witch and was a key. And she will have an assortment of humans, demons and vampires to watch over and protect her. Not to mention a ghost. Rupert normal is highly over rated."

"Yes you are quite right, still I worry about Dawn, will she be able to handle this."

Jenny took Giles hand and led him to the door of the shop. "Dawn is a strong young woman she will be just fine. She has heart and courage, and a support system like no other person in the world, she will be fine."

The realm of the Omega

The elder sister fate, stood from the loam of fate, something she hadn't done in many, many millennium lost in her own thought. She turned back to her sisters. "Jezebel will make herself known."

The youngest looked unconcerned. "They will face there destiny as they are meant to."

The oldest resumed her needle work on the loom. "Jezebel is stronger than anything they have ever faced, this we know."

The youngest still looking unconcerned took her eyes from the loom. "Is there anything we can do."

The middle sister raising her golden needle, looked at her sister. "Since the beginning of time we have not interfered and we can not do so now."

The oldest held dominance over the other two nodded her head. "For now we shall not take matters into our own hands, but sisters remember, this new champion and the unifiers are needed in the coming days."

The other two had nothing to say as they continued weaving fate.

Faith and Spikes home- Same night

Conner was putting his things away in the guest room, when Spike came to the door to watch him, he had the dark good looks of his father, but the gracefulness of his Mother, Spike had watched him while they had been up at the shop and he had also seen some of Cordy in him. The boy would do.

"How you fairing in here."

Conner looked up at this man who had spent so many years with his dad. "Alright, I guess."

"You worried about something?"

Conner nodded. "Dawn, she didn't seem to happy."

Spike laughed. "Nibblet is more like big sis than she care to admit and she would stake me if she heard me say this. Dawn will balk at this prophecy but in the end just like Buffy she will meet it but on her terms. What do you think of this?"

"I'm not thrilled but then again I was a prophecy child."

Faith walked in and saw them sitting there and smiled. "Hey fangs," she bent to kiss Spike and sit in the chair. "I was just thinking of something, Now if Angel is Drucilla's sire, that makes him her father. Now she sired you, so that makes you her son. So doesn't that make Angel your grandfather?"

Spike narrowed his eyes. "Yeah so Peaches is My grandsire."

Faith smiled again. "Well Conner is his son, so wouldn't that make him your uncle."

Spike's smirk disappeared. "Bloody hell, you're right." He turned to Conner. "But don't think I will be calling you Uncle."

Conner snickered. "What was it that what's his name called you. Deadboy Jr. Can I call you that."

"Not bloody likely." Then he turned at the chuckle coming from Faith. "Let's go slayer it's been a long day, and I could use a snuggle and some sleep."

They said good night to Conner, and went to their room. As Conner wonder through the living room he found a photo album. He flipped through it and found pictures of the whole gang together and separate shots of Dawn, as he turned the page he found a whole section labeled "Our Vegas Wedding." It had shots of Spike and Faith, in front of a Chapel with a very bad impression of Elvis. Spike was in his habitual black duster, and Faith was in biker pants and a black halter top, they were holding a marriage certificate. Conner shook his head and laughed, he put the book back and went to his room.

Harris Apartment- Same day

Buffy stared down at her daughter in the bassinet, that was by the bed, and just watched her sleep, thought she was so beautiful. She turned to Xander who was gazing out the window.

"Xan is everything alright?"

He turned from the window, made his way back to the bed. "Buffy how many more times are we gonna let fate tell us how to live our lives. How to raise our daughter."

Buffy sighed. "Xander it is useless to fight it, how many times have I tried to fight my duty, only to surrender to it in the end. All we can do Xander is raise her to be the best woman she can. Teach her to face her destiny head on, then meet it with her terms."

Xander smiled and kissed Buffy as they laid down holding each other, each thinking about the future.

Somewhere not in Sunnydale

Across the country in a small town in Maine, a beautiful woman stirs in bed as nightmares plague her. This one different from the last, this one showed the Champion at the lead of a great Army, her being victorious. The woman jerks awake and sits up in bed. She has raven black hair spilling down to her waist, and blue eyes that on first glance seem perfectly normal but they hide the many centuries she's been on this earth. She was present at the crucifixion of Christ, had helped start the mob that wanted him gone, she had helped Hitler try to destroy the Jewish people. Had help start the L.A. Race riots. She had been at every single bad or evil moment in the past 3000 years. Before that, well she didn't think before that, she would get even with them also. She stepped from bed, her lover having been stirred awake sits up and complains, she throws a hand over her shoulder and he erupts in flames. She rings for her maid, and sits down at the vanity table.

The maid knocks and meekly opens the door, the woman barely gives a glances.

"Mary start preparing my bags for an indefinite period of time."

The maid bobs her head. "Yes Mistress Jezebel."

The woman smiled and thought soon very soon, the omens pointed her to California, and to Boca Del Inferno, she chuckled, the new Champion had been born on the Mouth Of Hell.

T.B.C.

AN: These past three chapters seem to ramble but I had to put a lot groundwork for the story in these chapters. I will start more with the action in the next chapter, thanks for reading