Wake up.

"Hmm? Huh." Spike said sleepily coming out of his deathlike state. He found himself in an upright position leaning against a beam that held the white porch up.

Kara sat in front of him with sleepy tears in her eyes. She pointed at the sky, the light from the other side of the house was fading into the back.

Spike smiled at his stupid doing, falling asleep outside! What kind of vampire does that. But that dream, it had been so powerful, he felt so rested and powerful, if only he could remember it.

Everyone is up. Kara stated as they walked into the busy house. Willow told me that the spell has to be completed while the sun is rising.

Kara led Spike into the living room where Willow sat on the floor outside of a black chalked pentagram outlined by lit black candles. Everyone was busy getting herbs and placing them in the five triangles surrounding the center of the star.

Willow sat with Buffy and Dawn behind her, reading over the incantation, perfecting it. Nothing was to go wrong, nothing.

You ready for this? Spike asked silently but concern showed on his face.

Yes. Quit worrying, I'll be fine. Kara pushed on Spike's arm to sit outside the pentagram.

Willow looked up and smiled lightly at the girl.

"Would you please sit in the middle? We are all ready to get started." Kara did as she was asked, sitting cross-legged; slouching rested her hands on the floor beside her legs.

"Now, just remain as still as you possibly can. Close your eyes, no blinking allowed. I'm not really sure how this spell works, be ready for anything and everything guys. I am going to start now."

The house fell silent, all were watching.

Hartuen Ittaren
Fenala comey ta.

It went on like that for a while, repeating the same lines over and over until Kara's hands were pulled off of the ground so they were hovering at either side of her. Spike was afraid, he knew that Willow could pull it off, she was really strong, but magic wasn't his thing.

He had always felt like it was not necessary and too risky. And now as he watched as Kara's hands lifted, not by her will he knew, he was shaking.

Kara's eyes had slowly opened to reveal black orbs with white pupils. Staring at nothingness than to the ceiling.

Creating there a whirlwind of grey clouds that fell in a disk around the pentagram, closing in on Kara's body ever the faster.

Spike couldn't hear anything from Kara, which scared him even more, he wanted this to end. Something horrible was going to happen, he could feel it brewing.

The circle cloud was so near Kara's body, with fast winds. In a second the room watched as the cloud shot through Kara's body.

Gruesome watching as every scar, every cut that Kara had gotten throughout her life opened, dark crimson blood leaked out of her as if in slow motion.

Through her closed lips, blood pushed her jaw open, a waterfall of liquid ran down from her throat to the floor.

Everyone gasped in silence, Buffy wanted to hold on to Spike, he was taking it hardest. He watched as his symbolic little girl was being ripped through every which way.

He tried to reach up and pull Kara out of the star, but it was blocked. The line of candles had made a protective wall, too strong for him to breakthrough. Tears found there ways down his cheeks, why had he let her go through with this?

Willow had some time during the chanting stood and was behind Spike with her hand on his shoulder

It will be over soon, she is fine. Spike heard in his head.

The imaginary whip came and stung Kara's back over her original long scars spreading blood around and ripping her white shirt some more. And then the bleeding seized from everywhere but her mouth.

"Final Day To Wake," Willow stated aloud in some ancient language.

Kara's mouth closed, blood flowing still, her eyes closed. The cuts that were reopened on her had sealed back again into scars.

The candles were blown out by a nonexistent wind coming from Kara herself. And slowly everything returned to normal.

Kara's shirt still showed the bloodstains and ripping though, her body underneath was healed again. Soon enough the protective wall came crashing down. And as soon as it had Spike was at Kara's side, holding her to him, weeping into her plaits.

Kara opened her eyes, finding herself being smothered by Spike. Pushing away from him she righted herself on her own. Standing she looked at Willow with an expressionless face. The others watched in stunned awe. Looking around at the people standing there staring back at her.

"Hello," Willow spoke.

"Willow." Kara's body spoke aloud with a hollow echo of an accent. Everyone was startled by this, hadn't Kara been born a mute?

"The spell is beyond Kara's own physical abilities and will open her to her powers. Until the transaction is complete, Kara is in an advanced stage of meditating." Willow answered to no one but everyone.

"But, who is this...weren't you...?" Dawn managed to stammer.

Kara's head turned to look at the girl. "Ah, the Key. You've been missed." Kara's mouth answered.

"Willow? Who are we talking to if not Kara?" Xander asked bluntly.

"The Seer of Destiny."

"Whoa." Anya sounded out now speechless.