First update in like 9 million years! Woo woo!!

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Tara put her hands over Willow's bare shoulders and began to deeply massage the pale, white skin.

"Mmm.." said Willow. "I might have to make sure to get hurt more often this can happen more often."

"Aww, you don't have to do that," Tara said, kissing her shoulder. "You know how to get me where you want me."

Dawn pulled her ear away from the wall. She really didn't need to hear anymore of that. Ever. But at least now she knew no one would be disturbed.

She threw her jacket on and quickly tip-toed down the stairs. Every now and then she would hear the rustle of leaves as she made her way towards Spike's crypt, but it never scared her anymore. Plus now there was a new slayer in town that no one bothered to tell her about.

As she made her way through the graveyard, she noticed a girl slumped over a gravestone. Slowly approaching her, Dawn tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hey, are you okay?"

The girl quickly shot up and automatically brought out a wooden stake.

"Human!" Dawn quickly shouted. "I'm human."

"Yeah, but that isn't."

The girl quickly got up and went over Dawn's head just as she ducked, to stake the vampire behind her.

"Wow!" Dawn said, getting up off the ground. "You sure know how to stake like a -"

"Slayer." Said the girl.

"The new one. The one they neglected to tell me about, right?"

"You tell me. I just got here, but they seem to be-"

"Stuck in their own little circle? Like they can only handle the original scoobs?"

"Yeah," Alexia said thoughtfully. "Who are you?"

"Buffy's sister. The really unspecial one."

"Wait, but you're not new! Why aren't you part of the 'original crew'?"

"I am new actually. I didn't exist before last year."

"Huh?" Alexia looked completely lost in confusion.

"It's a long story, don't worry about it.So umm, what's your story?"

"Story? I gotta have a story now?"

"Nope. Just figured you might have something to tell, being one of the chosen one's and all."

Alexia considered for a bit.

"Let's go somewhere. What's the cool dive in this town anyway?"

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"Well, here it is," said Dawn, pointing at The Bronze.

Alexia looked up, confused.

"This is where people hang out? It looks kind of dark and vampiric."

"Oh, it's not. Except when the vampires come to try and eat people, but Buffy always-"

"Wins."

"Yeah.She seems to have a talent with that, like she's -"

"Chosen."

Alexia and Dawn looked at each other for a bit, somehow feeling connected.

"So," Dawn asked. "You ready to see what's inside this 'dark, vampiric' building?"

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Willow lay in Tara's arms as she lightly carressed her skin.

"I swear being with you makes the world stop," Willow said. "It's like there's no evil in the world if we're together."

Willow turned to kiss Tara, but Tara pushed her away, making Willow fall off the bed.

Willow pushed herself up off the ground.

"Tara, what the hell was that about? Especially after all I've just been through with the-"

"You're covered in it, bitch!" Tara growled in a guttural voice. "The blood's all over you and you can't escape it.look what you've done!"

With that, Tara collapsed to the floor. Willow tried to get over as fast as she could to Tara, with all her injuries and limped and fell on the way.

"Tara," she cried, holding her tightly. "What the hell is going on?"

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Buffy walked quietly into the house from the early morning dawn to see Willow at the dining room table, fallen asleep over a bunch of books.

Buffy took a seat across the table and stared straight at Willow until she woke up.

After a while Willow slowly lifted her head and opened her eyes to the morning sunlight.

"Buffy!" She exclaimed.

"What's going on?" asked Buffy.

"What?"

"The books, the research. What's going on?"

"Oh! Oh, that.it's nothing."

"Then why did you attempt to stay up all night researching it?"

"Ok, it's something, but you shouldn't worry about it. You should rest."

"Already did. What am I, out of commission?"

"What? Buffy, no.of course you're not out of commission! We just care a lot about you. We want you to take care of yourself, not wear yourself out."

"I'm the slayer, remember?"

"Well, now that Alexia's in town, you don't have to be so savey and sacrificey anymore."

Buffy gave Willow a look that gave away immediately how not-good what she just said was.

"Buff-"

The door opened.

"Thanks, Alexia," Dawn said. "Do you want to come in?"

"Oh, I think I'd better not," said Alexia. "I think everyone else in the house would rather I didn't.

"Oh, do come in, Alexia." Said Buffy, now at the door. "I'd really like to know what you were doing with my sister all night."