Title: Key To The First
Chapter: The Force (4/?)
Author: Anna
E-Mail: mostunstableone@aol.com
Rating: PG-13
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Disclaimer: I don't own BtVS… believe me. If it was mine, Buffy & Spike would be together already…
Note: takes place after 'Storyteller'
Dawn frantically paced the length of the kitchen and she was sure she was going to dig a hole in the tiled floor is she didn't stop soon, but she just couldn't sit still.
"So, you're saying that this… key to destroying the first… that it's me?" Dawn wasn't sure if this was a positive improvement or a very, very bad thing.
"Well, yea. I mean, you're a key. Or, the Key to be exact. These Tawarick demons, I think they had psychic powers, so they must have known that the First would grow more powerful. That's why they wrote this." Andrew explained.
"But why hide it? If they wanted people to know, why hide it like they did?" Dawn was beyond confused. Her mind was racing a million miles a second.
Andrew fingered the dull blade and turned it over in his hand. "Maybe… maybe they had to hide it from the First. They said the First was all-powerful so they had to hide it in this knife. The other carvings, the one about sacrificing blood to the oldest evil… it was like a diversion. They used magicks to cover it up. The knife only changed when you touched it. You're the Key, so your energy changed it."
"I guess that would make sense. They wrote the warning on the knife, covered it up to fool the First, and then hid it away. Me, being glowy-key-person, touched the knife and the hidden message was revealed." She slowly nodded, the whole story piecing itself together in her head. "So, these Tawarick demons, if we could find one-"
"We can't." Andrew interrupted her. She gave him a questioning look and he continued. "They're extinct. The species died out millions of years ago, probably around the same time the knife was created."
A thought appeared in Dawn's mind and she felt sorrow towards the Tawaricks. "What if the First found out what they were doing, and killed them all? A whole species dead because the First feared what they could do."
There was silence. Dawn rested her head on her hands as she sat on a stool at the kitchen island. She stayed like that for a few moments as Andrew watched, waiting for her next move. Finally she looked up again.
"So we know that I am the key to stopping the first, because it's written on the knife, but we don't know how exactly I'm supposed to do it." She glanced at the microwave clock and saw that it was already 2:26. "But we've been researching the First for months and we never found anything, so we still have no idea what to do."
Andrew nodded, agreeing on their lack of direction. Suddenly a thought popped into his head. "Oh! Couldn't you do some kind of trance-spell thingy to tap into your powers… then maybe you'll know what to do."
Dawn thought for a second and she remembered the spell Buffy had done to find out she was the Key. "Hhmm… I think that could work. I'll go check Willow's spell books in her room. You should study the knife more, to see if we missed anything. Or, um, find more information on the Tawarick demons. There could be clues there. I just hope I can do the spell right, I'm not very experienced with magicks."
"May the force be with you." Andrew quoted.
Dawn rolled her eyes at Andrew's comment but realized it wasn't annoying, but rather… cute? She smiled and leaned over, giving him a quick kiss on the cheek. As she turned and left the room she said, "And also with you, Andrew."
Author's Note: Sorry about the short chapter, but I wanted to update something and this seemed like a good place to stop before other stuff happens. Anyway, I've been sick lately so my mind isn't functioning properly. I'll write another chapter when I get better. So, go send me some feedback! It will make me feel better…
