Disclaimer: in chapter one.
AN: sorry for the long wait. School kinda got in the way. Well here you go
chapter 2!
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It has been 2 ½ months since Spike died. Dawn kept track of the days, like she was counting down till the days for Christmas. Only about a month left until he would be back, or so she hopes.
No one knew she had heard them planning. Today was the day she was going to ask Willow if she could help in thier task.
"Hey Wills!" Dawn said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Hey Dawnie. What some pancakes?"
"Sure"
"Willow I have to ask you something really important and you can't tell Buffy about it!"
"Dawn, is everything ok?" Willow asked worriedly.
"Oh, yeah everything is fine. Well as fine as things can be anyways." Dawn looked around the room, remembering past events.
"I know things have been tough with Buffy and all, but it'll pass."
"No. No it won't pass. Things aren't going to ever be the same. I need him back!!!"
"I know Dawnie. Please take these up to your sister. Please try to get her to eat them. When your done come back down here and you can ask me that thing you wanted to ask me."
Dawn took the plate of food and started walking up the stairs. She hesitated when she reached Buffy's room. Buffy hadn't been eating much of anything. The only time she got out of bed was to go patrol, whish she hasn't even been doing lately. She took Spike's death the hardest out of any of them. Dawn entered her room and sat on the end of Buffy's bed.
"Buffy, I brought you some pancakes. Willow made them so you know their good." She got no reply.
"I guess I'll just leave them here for you. Please try to eat them."
Dawn looked at her sister, and saw the tears in her eyes. She pulled a strand of hair away from her face and put it behind her ear, then left Buffy alone. She walked back down the steps, and went into the kitchen once more to talk to Willow.
"I know what you are planning." Dawn just blurted out.
"What are you talking about?" Willow asked slightly confused.
"I know about yours and Buffy's plan to bring Spike back."
"H..How do you know about that?"
"I over heard you talking to Xander about in the other night. I know Buffy's knows about it and it in on it. I want in on it too!"
"Dawnie, hunny, it is a very dangerous thing, and we don't' want to put you in that kind of danger."
"I don't care about what kind of danger I will be in. Spike saved me. He didn't have to jump, but he did for me. For Buffy. I am going to help in any way possible to bring him back and I don't care what you say. I am doing this."
"No. I can't.." Willow was cut short by Buffy entering the kitchen.
"Let her help. You know we needed one more person to do the ritual so let her."
"Buffy, are you sure about this? I mean you know the risks we are taking by doing this ritual." Willow asked curiously.
"Yes I am sure. If Dawn wants to help then we are going to let her."
"So we are really going to try to bring him back?" Dawn asked excitedly.
"No. We aren't going to try. We are going to bring him back." With that Buffy left the room.
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The next three weeks Buffy was up and about. She got up everyone morning, went and trained with Giles, then went to work. She had to get a job to pay for food and rent, and stuff like that. Everyone noticed that she still wasn't the same Buffy. She was like a robot. No feelings or anything. Dawn even found a letter she wrote. It was crumpled, and on the floor of her room. Dawn picked is up and read it:
You left me here all alone. Without you here I am left as just a shell of a person. Without you in my life I slip into the darkness. It is my only comfort, heart and soul. At night I dream of how my life could be happy and a better place if only you would come back You are my light. The only thing that can bring me from this dark place. The pain is the only thing left for me. It's the only thing that I think about. Sometimes I think about going into the night and letting something take my life away. Nothing out there is worthy, you are the only person worthy enough, but you aren't even here. I can't do it. I will wait for you. Until eternity. I will bring you back to me.
Dawn knew it was a letter to Spike. So she tucked the letter away in her pocket. Once he was back, she would give it to him. A way for him to see what Buffy has been feeling during the time her was gone. It was only a few more nights until the full moon. That was the night they were going to perform the ritual.
Those few days past, and it was finally night fall. The Scoobies had all gathered at Buffy's house and were getting ready to head to Spike's grave. They were almost ready to bring him back.
"Buffy, are you sure you want to go through with this?" Xander wondered nervously.
"Of course she wants to go through with it!!! We have not planned for months not to do it." Dawn yelled.
"Yes Xander I am sure I want to do this." Buffy looked around the room. She sensed something outside. Something familiar, but she couldn't put her finger one. She just figured it was her nerves.
"Ok, you guys, we're ready. Lets go" Willow walked into the room with Tara. They were carrying the rest of the supplies they needed.
"You guys go ahead and head out to the car. I have to go and grab something from upstairs." Buffy told them as she headed towards the stairs.
"Ok, we'll see you out there." Buffy ran up the stairs, and everyone else headed for the door. Just as the opened it, they saw him. There he was just standing there on the porch.
"Spike?" Dawn went over to him and put her hand on his face to make sure he was real.
"Yes Nibblit, It's me. I'm really here."
"Oh my god Spike. You're really back" Dawn started crying as she threw her arms around him.
"How did this happen? We haven't done the ritual yet. What is going on? Not that I am not happy to have to back or anything, its just wow!" Willow was frantic. She didn't know what was going on.
"Don't worry Red there is plenty of time for me to explain. I am kind of tired from my trip, so do you mind if I come inside and rest?"
"Of course Spike. Ccome in." Tara stuttered.
Right before he entered the house Buffy came down the stairs.
"Hey what is everyone standing around the door for. Come on we need to get moving. We only have an hour before midnight. We have to get this done my then!" She walked over towards the door and everyone parted so she could see who was in the doorway.
"Spike?" With that she fainted.
You like? I will have the next chapter up by this coming weekend? R/R. please don't be too harsh though. This is only my first fic and I am trying.
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It has been 2 ½ months since Spike died. Dawn kept track of the days, like she was counting down till the days for Christmas. Only about a month left until he would be back, or so she hopes.
No one knew she had heard them planning. Today was the day she was going to ask Willow if she could help in thier task.
"Hey Wills!" Dawn said as she walked into the kitchen.
"Hey Dawnie. What some pancakes?"
"Sure"
"Willow I have to ask you something really important and you can't tell Buffy about it!"
"Dawn, is everything ok?" Willow asked worriedly.
"Oh, yeah everything is fine. Well as fine as things can be anyways." Dawn looked around the room, remembering past events.
"I know things have been tough with Buffy and all, but it'll pass."
"No. No it won't pass. Things aren't going to ever be the same. I need him back!!!"
"I know Dawnie. Please take these up to your sister. Please try to get her to eat them. When your done come back down here and you can ask me that thing you wanted to ask me."
Dawn took the plate of food and started walking up the stairs. She hesitated when she reached Buffy's room. Buffy hadn't been eating much of anything. The only time she got out of bed was to go patrol, whish she hasn't even been doing lately. She took Spike's death the hardest out of any of them. Dawn entered her room and sat on the end of Buffy's bed.
"Buffy, I brought you some pancakes. Willow made them so you know their good." She got no reply.
"I guess I'll just leave them here for you. Please try to eat them."
Dawn looked at her sister, and saw the tears in her eyes. She pulled a strand of hair away from her face and put it behind her ear, then left Buffy alone. She walked back down the steps, and went into the kitchen once more to talk to Willow.
"I know what you are planning." Dawn just blurted out.
"What are you talking about?" Willow asked slightly confused.
"I know about yours and Buffy's plan to bring Spike back."
"H..How do you know about that?"
"I over heard you talking to Xander about in the other night. I know Buffy's knows about it and it in on it. I want in on it too!"
"Dawnie, hunny, it is a very dangerous thing, and we don't' want to put you in that kind of danger."
"I don't care about what kind of danger I will be in. Spike saved me. He didn't have to jump, but he did for me. For Buffy. I am going to help in any way possible to bring him back and I don't care what you say. I am doing this."
"No. I can't.." Willow was cut short by Buffy entering the kitchen.
"Let her help. You know we needed one more person to do the ritual so let her."
"Buffy, are you sure about this? I mean you know the risks we are taking by doing this ritual." Willow asked curiously.
"Yes I am sure. If Dawn wants to help then we are going to let her."
"So we are really going to try to bring him back?" Dawn asked excitedly.
"No. We aren't going to try. We are going to bring him back." With that Buffy left the room.
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The next three weeks Buffy was up and about. She got up everyone morning, went and trained with Giles, then went to work. She had to get a job to pay for food and rent, and stuff like that. Everyone noticed that she still wasn't the same Buffy. She was like a robot. No feelings or anything. Dawn even found a letter she wrote. It was crumpled, and on the floor of her room. Dawn picked is up and read it:
You left me here all alone. Without you here I am left as just a shell of a person. Without you in my life I slip into the darkness. It is my only comfort, heart and soul. At night I dream of how my life could be happy and a better place if only you would come back You are my light. The only thing that can bring me from this dark place. The pain is the only thing left for me. It's the only thing that I think about. Sometimes I think about going into the night and letting something take my life away. Nothing out there is worthy, you are the only person worthy enough, but you aren't even here. I can't do it. I will wait for you. Until eternity. I will bring you back to me.
Dawn knew it was a letter to Spike. So she tucked the letter away in her pocket. Once he was back, she would give it to him. A way for him to see what Buffy has been feeling during the time her was gone. It was only a few more nights until the full moon. That was the night they were going to perform the ritual.
Those few days past, and it was finally night fall. The Scoobies had all gathered at Buffy's house and were getting ready to head to Spike's grave. They were almost ready to bring him back.
"Buffy, are you sure you want to go through with this?" Xander wondered nervously.
"Of course she wants to go through with it!!! We have not planned for months not to do it." Dawn yelled.
"Yes Xander I am sure I want to do this." Buffy looked around the room. She sensed something outside. Something familiar, but she couldn't put her finger one. She just figured it was her nerves.
"Ok, you guys, we're ready. Lets go" Willow walked into the room with Tara. They were carrying the rest of the supplies they needed.
"You guys go ahead and head out to the car. I have to go and grab something from upstairs." Buffy told them as she headed towards the stairs.
"Ok, we'll see you out there." Buffy ran up the stairs, and everyone else headed for the door. Just as the opened it, they saw him. There he was just standing there on the porch.
"Spike?" Dawn went over to him and put her hand on his face to make sure he was real.
"Yes Nibblit, It's me. I'm really here."
"Oh my god Spike. You're really back" Dawn started crying as she threw her arms around him.
"How did this happen? We haven't done the ritual yet. What is going on? Not that I am not happy to have to back or anything, its just wow!" Willow was frantic. She didn't know what was going on.
"Don't worry Red there is plenty of time for me to explain. I am kind of tired from my trip, so do you mind if I come inside and rest?"
"Of course Spike. Ccome in." Tara stuttered.
Right before he entered the house Buffy came down the stairs.
"Hey what is everyone standing around the door for. Come on we need to get moving. We only have an hour before midnight. We have to get this done my then!" She walked over towards the door and everyone parted so she could see who was in the doorway.
"Spike?" With that she fainted.
You like? I will have the next chapter up by this coming weekend? R/R. please don't be too harsh though. This is only my first fic and I am trying.