Well, just wanted to say that Emily's dreams don't really mean anything. She just has regular nightmares like any other kid so it's not like her dreams are prophetic and that she's gonna grow up to be a Slayer or anything. It doesn't exactly run in the family. Well, that's my guess anyway.

Chapter 13

"Buffy, wake up!" Buffy rolled onto her back and opened her eyes when she felt someone shake her awake. "It's about time; I thought you would sleep the whole day away." Buffy got her eyes to focus on the person before her.

"Dawn, what time is it?" Buffy asked.

"It's after noon. You never sleep this late, you okay?" Buffy nodded.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I must have been more tired than I thought." Buffy told her sister as she sat up.

"You must be really hot too, you're sweating bullets. You're not getting sick, are you?" Buffy shook her head.

"I don't think so; I just had a weird dream." Dawn nodded.

"You wanna talk about it?" Buffy shook her head again.

"I...I don't remember it." Dawn looked at her sister and knew that she hardly ever forgot her dreams. She just hoped it wasn't one of her Slayer dreams, she decided to let it go for now.

"You missed breakfast, but I'm sure you can find something. I'll just let you get dressed and I'll see you downstairs." Dawn said as she headed for the door.

"Dawn, where's Emily?" Dawn turned back to her older sister.

"She's still with Spike; I think she's gotten attached to him. When I went to go wake him up I found her cuddled up to him in bed, it was the cutest thing. I took the liberty of grabbing my camera to take a picture for you. It would go great in your album; you don't really have any of Spike. It's also great to prove to him that the Big Bad is truly dead, I'm sure he'll love that." Dawn told her with a grin and Buffy had to smile in return. Her sister was so grown up now, but it still amazed her how she could go on and on about anything.

"I'll be right down." Buffy said as Dawn nodded and left the room. When Buffy finally made it downstairs she was greeted by Wesley and Angel, she wondered where the others were.

"Hey, you finally got up." Angel said as she joined them downstairs.

"Yep, what did I miss?" Wesley looked up from the book he was reading.

"Well, looks like Spike's theory of a shape shifting demon may be correct. Shape shifters have the ability to change into anything or anyone. Unlike the First it can touch and take the form of the living which would make it very dangerous. It seems to have targeted you, Buffy. No one else has had an encounter with it as far as we know. It makes its victims weak and vulnerable by taking the form of anyone that plays or played a severe part in that person's life. That could be why it chose to come to you as the form of your cousin. This demon seems to know a lot about you, Buffy. You need to be careful." Wesley finished.

"Why is it after her? It's not like she's the only Slayer out there." Angel wondered.

"I'm not sure; it could be because she is the strongest. There is more, it turns out that the demon can only be killed in its true demonic form. This would make killing it even more difficult. Of course, it can't stay in another form for too long or it would endanger itself, so every now and then when it's weak it would go back to its demonic form. We would just have to catch it when it does, which doesn't seem very easy. Also, unlike the First the demon cannot go from one form to another. It would have to return to its demonic form before it can change into something else." Wesley said as he handed Buffy the book he was looking at. "This is what the demon really looks like." Buffy looked at the picture of the demon and she cringed. It was huge with slimy green skin, razor sharp claws, and horns sticking out of its head.

"I'm suddenly missing the quiet life." Buffy said as she put the book down. "There's something else, I think it came to me in my dream last night. Not as its true self though. It came to me looking like...like the Master." Buffy said as she looked down.

"Buffy, why didn't you say something?" Angel asked as she looked at him.

"I wasn't sure if it meant anything or not, and it's not something I really wanted to talk about." Angel nodded.

"Well, I guess it's safe to say that Buffy is its primary target. You have to remember that whoever it decides to look like, it's not really them. You can't let it affect your emotions, that is exactly what the demon wants." Wesley told her and she nodded.

"Don't worry, I can handle it. Faith and I will patrol tonight. This is probably something that I shouldn't do alone." They both agreed and Buffy went to find the others.