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-----------------------With Dawn-------------------------

What was she supposed to remember? Something that the key can do. It could do so many things, the key. But it never had a mind with which to do them. Something always commanded. Now the key commanded itself. What could it be capable of NOW??

*Flashback*

Buffy grabbed her arm and went to find a place to sleep. Dawn laid down under a rock, forcing Buffy to stop. Before she closed her eyes, Dawn grabbed Buffy's arm. "He thinks he knows what he wants. He's wrong." Buffy looked at Dawn oddly. "It used to always be the blood. Not anymore. It's all different."

*Present*

It was almost there. Just one or two more things to remember. What were they?

*Flashback*

I think this is a nightmare, though what I do here, I do in reality. Most likely. Someone charges at me. I parry, I punch, I kick, I drop, I swing, I flip backwards. I slice off the head. Two more come up, I dispatch them. I hear voices now, Buffy's voice I think. Aragorn's too. Maybe even Pippin and Frodo and Merry. Are those real voices? I'm confused. I stop fighting whatever it is. It disappears. As does everything else around me. What time is it? I came here at noon and the sun is going down. Is this reality? I'm so confused.

*Present*

Almost there. Something about her abilities. Something she could do. She hasn't done it consciously lately, though it is possible. Suddenly, a list flashed through her mind. She began to read it....

1. What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us.

Why was THAT important? Something lies within me. Alright. But what??

2. It's not the age in the years that count, but the years in the age.

Something about how old she is. In age I have the body of eighteen.... In actuality though.... I really am over 4,000. Is that what it means?

3. It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not.

How is that supposed to help me? Alright... the key doesn't hold be back. That means... the human part of me is holding me back! I don't often think of myself as human since I do not think I am.

4. Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.

Man.... Can't be talking about me. Man cuts out Frodo, Sam, Merry, Pippin, Gimli, Gandalf, and Legolas. Aragorn and Boromir left. Aragorn is living his life to the fullest. That leaves... Boromir. He's not living? Or does this mean he is going to die?

5. The best way to predict your future is to create it.