"Spike is Willow okay?"
"She'll be fine. She's really wiped and she's not going to do magic again."
Xander nodded and walked up the stairs. He peered into Buffy and his room where Spike had laid Willow down and she was recovering from her magic overload. He went back downstairs and sat on the couch next to Dawn. "Is she going to be okay?"
"I think she'll be okay, as long as she stays off the magic."
"Isn't it just as bad too stop altogether rather than just cut back?"
"I don't know. But you saw what happened before, with the 'simple' summoning spell. It went wacky."
Dawn nodded and went to get a drink from the kitchen. There was a knock on the door and Xander went to open it. "Hey guys, come in"
"How's Willow?"
"She's sleeping. She's really wiped."
"So, what spell did she do?"
"She tried to do a summoning spell to find out who and why Buffy and me saw some girl. Well the girl came, had too much power and she couldn't grasp it cause no one bothered to teach her how, she left cause the blackness was coming again and then Willow hit the ground, literally."
"Did we find out who she was?"
"No. She didn't tell us her name before she left."
"Can we summon her again?"
"Willow isn't going to if that's what you're asking"
"No, I know Willow isn't doing it. But maybe someone else could try. I mean, I know no one else has Willow's power, but someone must be able to. Is there a group summoning spell? Where more than one person can summon the girl in question?"
"I don't know. You guys make with the research, I'm gonna go check on Willow." Xander climbed up the stairs while Blake, Faith, Angel and Cordelia cracked open the witchcraft books, trying to find a spell.
---
"Paige? Are you okay?"
"Sleepy. Let me sleep."
"Paige, your parent's want to talk to you downstairs." Paige moaned and rolled so she was facing away from April.
"Paige, just go downstairs and see what they want"
Paige grumbled as she climbed out of her warm bed, "Not gonna be anything good anyway"
"Paige, darling, are you okay?"
"Sleepy."
"Okay, this will just take a second. Your father and I are going away for the weekend on a business trip. Will you be alright alone with April?"
"Uh huh, Fine. Can I go back to sleep now?"
"Paige, we're leaving in an hour."
"Okay, have fun" Paige turned and left the room. In her room, she found April sitting on her bed. "When your parent's leave, do you want to try transporting again?"
Paige shook her head. "I think I've had enough of that forever."
"Paige, you have great powers. Some people would kill to have the power's you have inside you. Why else do you think your parents have guards and don't let you go to school? It's because they know they powers you could have if you were to access them. They hoped that by keeping you away from the outside world, you would never know what you could do. But the transportation spell screwed that up."
"So you mean, if I tried, I could do more than just transporting myself?"
"You could, but you're not going to. Not yet anyway."
---
"Guys! We found one"
"One what?"
"A group summoning spell Dawnie"
"Is it hard?" Xander had come down the stairs and was leaning over the book Cordelia had pointed him to. "It's a fairly simple spell. Pouring essence, lighting candles, deep thoughts, that kind of stuff. We could easily pull it off."
"Okay, you go to the Magic Box and buy everything we need. No candles, we still have those." Cordelia grabbed her bag and walked out the door. Xander went upstairs to talk to Willow.
"Will, Cordy found this group summoning spell. It's like what you did, except it spreads the power between more than one person. Is there anything you want to tell us before we do it? Cordelia went to get the things we need."
"You, have to wait. The power, if she can't focus it, it could blow her up from the inside. You need to let the side effects wear off."
"How long will that take?"
"Give it another hour. And if you accidentally blow her up, you will be going to her family and telling them what happened."
He nodded and grimaced slightly. He left just as Spike was coming in with coffee for Willow.
Cordelia, Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Xander and Blake were sitting inside the circle lit with candles. Willow stood with Spike near the door to control things if they got too out of hand. They all breathed in and kept their breathing deep and long. Cordelia poured the essence around the circle and it rose up in steam off the ground. They all closed their eyes and focused on the human they wanted to bring forth. The curtains blew and the candles flickered.
---
"April, it's happening again"
"Take my hands. Focus your energy, just like we practiced. Allow yourself to be taken to where ever you are called. Breathe, and try not to come home until you know why they keep calling you"
"There's more than one. Not just one of them, five or six. They focused their energy's on me, they need to know" She started spinning and the darkness washed over her again. She was surrounded by darkness, April was gone, and her room was gone. She tried to breathe and found herself short of breath.
She landed in the same circle she was in earlier. There were six people sitting inside the circle and the second she came they all jumped out.
---
The girl appeared once more inside the circle and the six hopped out of it.
She was scared, Willow could sense it. Spike pulled her close and she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Who are you people and why do you keep summoning me here?"
"We want to know why you popped into Buffy and Xander's room and why you are here, like that?" Cordelia indicated to her hazy body.
"I'm stuck, between realms, I'm not strong enough to bring my entire self through yet."
"So, why did you choose here to come and have a visit?"
"I don't choose. Something takes me here. I just cast the spell."
"Where are you from?"
"England. Where am I?"
"Sunnydale, USA"
"Oh. I have to go back, the darkness, it's pulling me again."
"Wait." Willow spoke and everyone looked at her. "You have a lot of power. You have to learn how to control it, if you don't it, you'll, you'll lost control. Learn how to control it, for everyone's sake."
"I am. April's teaching me. I have to, I'm going to" The curtains blew right up and all the candles went out. She was gone.
"Why did no one bother to ask her name?"
"She wouldn't have told anyway."
---
"Are you okay now?"
"Yeah. I know where I went. Sunnydale. They summoned me 'cause of the time I crashed into their friend's room. The redhead, she told me I have to learn how to control my lot of power before I lose control."
"She's right too. If you can't control it, it will take you over."
"How do I control it?"
"Practice and calm."
"Show me how"
"No, Paige. Not now, you're not ready. When you're ready, then we can start."
"Am I ready yet? I want to start"
"Paige, don't whine. I'll be downstairs; I'm still trying to find Brandon's address for you. You do still want it, right?"
"Yes. I want to get out of here as soon as possible."
---
"Have they done it yet?"
"No, not yet."
"How much longer?"
"A few days at least"
"Has the second one happened?"
"No, but soon, very soon."
"How strong is she?"
"Strong. Not as strong as the first one, but still strong."
"How have you planned the second attack?"
"Death by vampire. Sound alright?"
"Sounds good. Make sure you give me a full report after it happens"
"Yes sir"
---
"You girls up for patrol?"
"Ooh, yes please"
"Go and grab some weapons, you have five minutes" The four Potentials took off and returned barely two minutes later, each armed with two stakes.
"Let's go." The five of them set out on routine patrol and stopped by Xander's old apartment to see if Fred and Gunn wanted to join them. They did and the seven of them walked to the cemetery. Buffy walked with Gunn and Fred while the four Potentials ran ahead, on look out for vampires.
As they turned to leave an hour and no vamps later, 15 vampires came from the trees and growled at them. "You girls ready?"
They nodded at the older Slayer and all of them charged at the vampires. Buffy staked three in one go and went to help Fred who was struggling with one vampire. Buffy staked it from behind. "Oof, thanks Buffy" "No problem, just doing my job."
"Buffy! Help"
Buffy ran to Morgan who was fighting a large vampire leaning into her neck to bite her. Before Buffy could reach Morgan, two vamps's jumped in front of her and she had to fight with them before she could reach Morgan. While she was fighting she looked around and noticed that at least two vamps were fighting with everyone, except Morgan, who had one vampire leaning in to bite her. He bit her and her scream was piercing. "Morgan!"
Buffy managed to kill the last vamp she was fighting and ran to Morgan. She whacked the vampire on the head with the stake and he dropped Morgan. Buffy staked him effortlessly and dropped to the ground beside Morgan. "Morgan, Morgan, come on, wake up" She felt for a pulse and dropped Morgan's arm on the ground when she didn't feel one. Fred came and stood over her when she staked the vamp she had been fighting.
"Buffy? Is she?"
"Yeah, she is. Oh god, this is all my fault. I was supposed to train them, not get them killed."
"Is she, was she, you know, sired?"
"No, I staked him before he did that."
Gunn came and wrapped and an arm around Fred's waist. He bent down and picked up the limp body that was Morgan. They six of them and the dead body walked home in silence. They entered the Summer's house and Gunn laid Morgan's limp and lifeless body on the couch.
---
"Has it happened?"
"It did. The vamp got staked but I figure, not really anyone's loss"
"Good. He didn't turn her did he?"
"No, Slayer staked him before he could."
"Good. Wouldn't want her coming back and telling all"
"When would you like the next one to take place?"
"Give them a day or two, they'll be over it."
"Okay then. See you then."
---
"Did you find it yet? Did you find it?"
"Paige, stop that, please. It's really annoying."
"Well? Have you found it yet?"
"No, I'm still looking. Sit still"
"But I want to go."
"I know, but you have to be patient. Even if I do find it, you still have to way of getting there." She noticed the look in Paige's eyes. "No. You aren't strong enough to get all of you there yet."
"Well, teach me."
"No. Oh, I got it."
"You did? Where? Show me?"
"Here, 'Brandon Hart, Last known residents, Living in LA with one Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. There's the address. Oh, Paige, that was when he first moved there. He probably doesn't live there anymore."
"But I could still go there, maybe this guy could tell me where he is now. It's worth a try."
"Okay. But first we have to get you to be able to transport your entire body."
"She'll be fine. She's really wiped and she's not going to do magic again."
Xander nodded and walked up the stairs. He peered into Buffy and his room where Spike had laid Willow down and she was recovering from her magic overload. He went back downstairs and sat on the couch next to Dawn. "Is she going to be okay?"
"I think she'll be okay, as long as she stays off the magic."
"Isn't it just as bad too stop altogether rather than just cut back?"
"I don't know. But you saw what happened before, with the 'simple' summoning spell. It went wacky."
Dawn nodded and went to get a drink from the kitchen. There was a knock on the door and Xander went to open it. "Hey guys, come in"
"How's Willow?"
"She's sleeping. She's really wiped."
"So, what spell did she do?"
"She tried to do a summoning spell to find out who and why Buffy and me saw some girl. Well the girl came, had too much power and she couldn't grasp it cause no one bothered to teach her how, she left cause the blackness was coming again and then Willow hit the ground, literally."
"Did we find out who she was?"
"No. She didn't tell us her name before she left."
"Can we summon her again?"
"Willow isn't going to if that's what you're asking"
"No, I know Willow isn't doing it. But maybe someone else could try. I mean, I know no one else has Willow's power, but someone must be able to. Is there a group summoning spell? Where more than one person can summon the girl in question?"
"I don't know. You guys make with the research, I'm gonna go check on Willow." Xander climbed up the stairs while Blake, Faith, Angel and Cordelia cracked open the witchcraft books, trying to find a spell.
---
"Paige? Are you okay?"
"Sleepy. Let me sleep."
"Paige, your parent's want to talk to you downstairs." Paige moaned and rolled so she was facing away from April.
"Paige, just go downstairs and see what they want"
Paige grumbled as she climbed out of her warm bed, "Not gonna be anything good anyway"
"Paige, darling, are you okay?"
"Sleepy."
"Okay, this will just take a second. Your father and I are going away for the weekend on a business trip. Will you be alright alone with April?"
"Uh huh, Fine. Can I go back to sleep now?"
"Paige, we're leaving in an hour."
"Okay, have fun" Paige turned and left the room. In her room, she found April sitting on her bed. "When your parent's leave, do you want to try transporting again?"
Paige shook her head. "I think I've had enough of that forever."
"Paige, you have great powers. Some people would kill to have the power's you have inside you. Why else do you think your parents have guards and don't let you go to school? It's because they know they powers you could have if you were to access them. They hoped that by keeping you away from the outside world, you would never know what you could do. But the transportation spell screwed that up."
"So you mean, if I tried, I could do more than just transporting myself?"
"You could, but you're not going to. Not yet anyway."
---
"Guys! We found one"
"One what?"
"A group summoning spell Dawnie"
"Is it hard?" Xander had come down the stairs and was leaning over the book Cordelia had pointed him to. "It's a fairly simple spell. Pouring essence, lighting candles, deep thoughts, that kind of stuff. We could easily pull it off."
"Okay, you go to the Magic Box and buy everything we need. No candles, we still have those." Cordelia grabbed her bag and walked out the door. Xander went upstairs to talk to Willow.
"Will, Cordy found this group summoning spell. It's like what you did, except it spreads the power between more than one person. Is there anything you want to tell us before we do it? Cordelia went to get the things we need."
"You, have to wait. The power, if she can't focus it, it could blow her up from the inside. You need to let the side effects wear off."
"How long will that take?"
"Give it another hour. And if you accidentally blow her up, you will be going to her family and telling them what happened."
He nodded and grimaced slightly. He left just as Spike was coming in with coffee for Willow.
Cordelia, Angel, Buffy, Dawn, Xander and Blake were sitting inside the circle lit with candles. Willow stood with Spike near the door to control things if they got too out of hand. They all breathed in and kept their breathing deep and long. Cordelia poured the essence around the circle and it rose up in steam off the ground. They all closed their eyes and focused on the human they wanted to bring forth. The curtains blew and the candles flickered.
---
"April, it's happening again"
"Take my hands. Focus your energy, just like we practiced. Allow yourself to be taken to where ever you are called. Breathe, and try not to come home until you know why they keep calling you"
"There's more than one. Not just one of them, five or six. They focused their energy's on me, they need to know" She started spinning and the darkness washed over her again. She was surrounded by darkness, April was gone, and her room was gone. She tried to breathe and found herself short of breath.
She landed in the same circle she was in earlier. There were six people sitting inside the circle and the second she came they all jumped out.
---
The girl appeared once more inside the circle and the six hopped out of it.
She was scared, Willow could sense it. Spike pulled her close and she wrapped her arms around his waist.
"Who are you people and why do you keep summoning me here?"
"We want to know why you popped into Buffy and Xander's room and why you are here, like that?" Cordelia indicated to her hazy body.
"I'm stuck, between realms, I'm not strong enough to bring my entire self through yet."
"So, why did you choose here to come and have a visit?"
"I don't choose. Something takes me here. I just cast the spell."
"Where are you from?"
"England. Where am I?"
"Sunnydale, USA"
"Oh. I have to go back, the darkness, it's pulling me again."
"Wait." Willow spoke and everyone looked at her. "You have a lot of power. You have to learn how to control it, if you don't it, you'll, you'll lost control. Learn how to control it, for everyone's sake."
"I am. April's teaching me. I have to, I'm going to" The curtains blew right up and all the candles went out. She was gone.
"Why did no one bother to ask her name?"
"She wouldn't have told anyway."
---
"Are you okay now?"
"Yeah. I know where I went. Sunnydale. They summoned me 'cause of the time I crashed into their friend's room. The redhead, she told me I have to learn how to control my lot of power before I lose control."
"She's right too. If you can't control it, it will take you over."
"How do I control it?"
"Practice and calm."
"Show me how"
"No, Paige. Not now, you're not ready. When you're ready, then we can start."
"Am I ready yet? I want to start"
"Paige, don't whine. I'll be downstairs; I'm still trying to find Brandon's address for you. You do still want it, right?"
"Yes. I want to get out of here as soon as possible."
---
"Have they done it yet?"
"No, not yet."
"How much longer?"
"A few days at least"
"Has the second one happened?"
"No, but soon, very soon."
"How strong is she?"
"Strong. Not as strong as the first one, but still strong."
"How have you planned the second attack?"
"Death by vampire. Sound alright?"
"Sounds good. Make sure you give me a full report after it happens"
"Yes sir"
---
"You girls up for patrol?"
"Ooh, yes please"
"Go and grab some weapons, you have five minutes" The four Potentials took off and returned barely two minutes later, each armed with two stakes.
"Let's go." The five of them set out on routine patrol and stopped by Xander's old apartment to see if Fred and Gunn wanted to join them. They did and the seven of them walked to the cemetery. Buffy walked with Gunn and Fred while the four Potentials ran ahead, on look out for vampires.
As they turned to leave an hour and no vamps later, 15 vampires came from the trees and growled at them. "You girls ready?"
They nodded at the older Slayer and all of them charged at the vampires. Buffy staked three in one go and went to help Fred who was struggling with one vampire. Buffy staked it from behind. "Oof, thanks Buffy" "No problem, just doing my job."
"Buffy! Help"
Buffy ran to Morgan who was fighting a large vampire leaning into her neck to bite her. Before Buffy could reach Morgan, two vamps's jumped in front of her and she had to fight with them before she could reach Morgan. While she was fighting she looked around and noticed that at least two vamps were fighting with everyone, except Morgan, who had one vampire leaning in to bite her. He bit her and her scream was piercing. "Morgan!"
Buffy managed to kill the last vamp she was fighting and ran to Morgan. She whacked the vampire on the head with the stake and he dropped Morgan. Buffy staked him effortlessly and dropped to the ground beside Morgan. "Morgan, Morgan, come on, wake up" She felt for a pulse and dropped Morgan's arm on the ground when she didn't feel one. Fred came and stood over her when she staked the vamp she had been fighting.
"Buffy? Is she?"
"Yeah, she is. Oh god, this is all my fault. I was supposed to train them, not get them killed."
"Is she, was she, you know, sired?"
"No, I staked him before he did that."
Gunn came and wrapped and an arm around Fred's waist. He bent down and picked up the limp body that was Morgan. They six of them and the dead body walked home in silence. They entered the Summer's house and Gunn laid Morgan's limp and lifeless body on the couch.
---
"Has it happened?"
"It did. The vamp got staked but I figure, not really anyone's loss"
"Good. He didn't turn her did he?"
"No, Slayer staked him before he could."
"Good. Wouldn't want her coming back and telling all"
"When would you like the next one to take place?"
"Give them a day or two, they'll be over it."
"Okay then. See you then."
---
"Did you find it yet? Did you find it?"
"Paige, stop that, please. It's really annoying."
"Well? Have you found it yet?"
"No, I'm still looking. Sit still"
"But I want to go."
"I know, but you have to be patient. Even if I do find it, you still have to way of getting there." She noticed the look in Paige's eyes. "No. You aren't strong enough to get all of you there yet."
"Well, teach me."
"No. Oh, I got it."
"You did? Where? Show me?"
"Here, 'Brandon Hart, Last known residents, Living in LA with one Wesley Wyndam-Pryce. There's the address. Oh, Paige, that was when he first moved there. He probably doesn't live there anymore."
"But I could still go there, maybe this guy could tell me where he is now. It's worth a try."
"Okay. But first we have to get you to be able to transport your entire body."