Title: A Broken Beginning Ch 7
Author: Nicki C.
Email: Nimacu@yahoo.com
Disclaimer: "It's all been done before"- Barenaked Ladies. I don't own Buffy. Nor do I own the world of Harry Potter. They both belong to Joss and J.K.
Summery: Something happens that causes the Scoobies to head to England.
Feedback: I used to think that I didn't need it and it wasn't very important, but then I got some and I really liked it, in fact the more feedback I got the more I wanted. I think you get the idea.
Setting: Ok, this is set during the middle of September. Harry and the gang are in their sixth year and in the Buffy verse it's set after a couple of weeks after episode 7.3, after that it's AU. Willow has been home recovering from the loss of blood.
A/N* This is a really short chapter but it had to be done.
A/N* My family is moving so it might be awhile before I get to update again, but I will be working on chapter 8 and *Gasp* writing them by hand until our computer gets set up again.
Thanks to:
Wild- I'm glad you like the story, they're definitely going to be some, but it'll be a little while yet.Angeleyes- Read below and I'm glad you like this story, it makes me happy.
Buffy walked into the house to find Dawn and Xander already there. "Did you find her?" She asked immediately. But she already knew the answer; if they had found her she'd have been with them in the living room.
"No Buff, but we discover some information that might help us find her," Xander said.
"I did too; but tell me what you found first."
"Well, all the Demons in town seem to be in hiding. We went to talk to Anya and she said that D'Hoffryn had been killed." Xander informed her
"Anya said that new Bad is killing off all the little bads so it doesn't have competition." Dawn added.
"So what did you find out Buffy?" Xander asked
"Basically the same thing, all the Demons are in hiding because they're afraid of this new Bad, but no one seems to know what he is. Willy says he heard that the Bad considers Willow a threat and that's why she was taken." Buffy stated
"Well why would he take Willow when he's killed everyone else?" Dawn asked
Buffy and Xander both looked at her with grave faces, "Dawnie we don't know that he didn't just kill her too." Buffy quietly told her.
"We don't know anything yet," Xander added.
"Well then we need to do something!" Dawn demanded.
"Yes we do!" agreed Buffy. "What are going to do guys?" Xander asked.
"Call Giles" They both answered at the same time.
Fifteen Minutes later Buffy was on the phone with a Transatlantic call to her former Watcher Rupert Giles; Giles to everyone in Sunnydale. As Buffy explained everything that had happened in the last six hours, Xander and Dawn could here Giles exclaiming lots of, "My word's," and, "Oh dear's." As Buffy finished the call they started questioning her.
"What'd he say?"
"Is he on his way here yet?"
"Does he know what happened?"
Buffy looked stressed as she answered "He said Demon activity all over the England is also at an all time low, he doesn't know what's going on and he'd catching the first plane back here." She gave Xander and Dawn time to digest what they'd heard.
"Ok, once Giles gets here we'll figure out what happened." Buffy told them
"Yeah we always find the answers when Giles is here." Dawn added trying to sound hopeful.
"Yep, Giles is the answers Man." Xander agreed
"Well there's not really much we can do tonight, we should go to bed, we'll figure this out in the morning." Buffy told them.
"Yeah everything will look better in the morning." Xander agreed.
Dawn looked at both of them, no matter what they were saying she knew they were just as scared as she was. They didn't know where Willow was, they didn't know where to start looking and Giles wouldn't be there until tomorrow afternoon. As Xander settled down on the couch the girls headed up to their rooms each destined to wrestle with their own nightmares.
As Xander lay on the couch that night millions of memories of Willow entered his mind. He thought about how they'd met so many years ago, about how she and Jessie would bicker constantly. He remembered when they'd first met Buffy and the three of had become the original Scoobies. It seemed so long ago that they'd decided to fight the bad things that crept in the night with Buffy. It had cost them so much, they'd lost so much. He'd almost lost Willow for good that spring and now it looked like he might have. But he'd knew that if he had to do it over again, he wouldn't change anything. He just wished that he knew where Wills was and that she was safe. Xander fitfully fell asleep as dawn approached.
Upstairs Buffy who had been tossing and turning in her sleep awoke crying. She had been dreaming about Willow. In the Dream Buffy had been following Willow through a castle, Buffy had been screaming at her to slow down; but Willow didn't hear her. They'd kept going in circles. Willow seemed very lost, near the end of the dream Buffy was horse from screaming and she sat down on the floor crying and watched Willow leave her sight. That was when she'd awoken. She didn't understand the dream at all, she wasn't even sure if it was a regular nightmare or a "slayer dream". When Buffy fell back asleep it was already light out.
