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Chapter 2 The Giving Of Power (Xander's POV)

We followed The Summoner into a dark cave. i thought we had walked right into a trap...but Willow and Spike seemed to know what was going on so i figured it was ok.

The Summoner led us into a cave with very weird looking chairs and motioned for us to sit down.

"The five." she said. "One Key, One Witch, One Mortal, One Demon and One Vampire."

"But I'm not a demon...anymore." said Anya

"But you have all the knowledge it takes...you're past is enough to revoke the five."

"But we don't know how to fight demons! Not without Buffy!" said Anya

"And The Key is much too young!" said Spike. Dawn glared at him.

"And how can I help? I'm only human!" I said. I really couldn't see where all this was going.

"Silence!" said The Summoner "You will all be given your powers. You will all be taught how to use them."

She walked around the half circle in which we were sitting. When she returned to her original position, I noticed that she had a small glowing red ball in her hand.

"The Sphere of Power!" said Willow and Spike together

"How do you know all this?" I asked them

"I've read about this while doing research" said Willow

"I've been around for a long time. I know these things.," said Spike.

"You will now touch the Sphere. All of you!" said The Summoner. She handed the ball to me, first. "You may go first" she said.

I touched the Sphere, and as soon as i did, i felt a weird sensation. my brain began to swirl round and round and i felt like i was losing all my senses. somewhere in my consciousness i could feel energy and as i looked around me, i vaguely understood my situation. i saw a whole lot of red light. Then as suddenly as it had happened, the sensation stopped. i felt normal again.

"Red Light" said the Summoner. "The Sphere has chosen to give you the power of X-Ray vision."

i couldn't believe what i was hearing. X-Ray vision?

"You can now see through closed doors and through the ground if you choose to. you can find weapons or anything you wish to look for."

i couldn't believe it. i had power? this was excellent!

"it is your turn now" the Summoner told Willow.

Willow looked hesitantly at the Sphere. Then she closed her eyes and touched it.

She looked like she was going through the same sensations i had been going through. a white light erupted from the sphere. She seemed to come back to her senses.

"The Sphere has chosen to give to you, the power of invisibility." said the Summoner. "You as the most powerful of the five, as you are a witch, will be their leader. Your new power will able you to disappear with the blink of an eye. you can also walk through doors and walls."

"Like a ghost" i remember thinking.

The Summoner took the Sphere and handed it to Dawn. A curious blue light was given out of the sphere.

"The Power of Levitation" said The Summoner. "You, The Key, can fly whenever you wish to. you can also jump three times higher than normal human beings"

She handed the curious sphere to Anya. As soon as Anya touched it, the ball gave out a brilliant yellow light."

"Ah" said the Summoner after Anya had recovered from her swooning fit. "The Sphere has given you a rather powerful power. You now have the strength of a hundred men. this will allow you to fight with force and carry immensely heavy loads if you have to"

I could see that Anya was in shock.

"And now" said The Summoner "It is your turn"

She offered the sphere to Spike.

Spikes color had been a majestic shade of green.

"The Power Of Time" said The Summoner. "You can now go into the future or the past if you choose. You can stop time and change the future. However you cannot change the past"

The Summoner took another walk around our semi circular position. when she returned to her original place, the ball had gone and in its place was a small black box.

She opened the box, revealing its contents. five oval shaped rings.

she gave one to each of us.

"These rings will help you fin each other. They can take you to any member of the five if you are looking for them." she said. "now put them on"

As soon as we had all put on our rings, jets of light began to shoot out from them. red, white, blue, yellow and green all merged together to form a spectacular shade of orange.

"The forming of the five most powerful force's is now over" said The Summoner.

with that, she snapped her fingers and was gone. we looked around us only to find that we were back at the house.