Chapter One
Disclaimer - I own nothing. Not even the plot, which is highly upsetting.
Rating - pg-13 to start off with. Will get higher.
Summery - I was going through my old buffy tapes and thought 'what if Dawn was the one to leap off the tower?' starts from the last episode of season 5. Reviews are very welcome.(please!)
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As Dawn looked down at the swirling mass of white light, she realised she was going to be alright.
"Dawn, you can't," Buffy said. The pain was evident in her voice.
"Buffy, I have to," Dawn replied. "It's started already." She was right. Unidentifiable demons were appearing everywhere, tearing the area around the bottom of the makeshift tower apart.
She looked down. She saw Giles standing over the body of Ben, Willow, Tara, Xander and Anya fighting off demon, glory minions lying dead. And she saw spike, waking from the unconscious state he had been in from where Doc had thrown him off the tower.
Dawn turned back to Buffy, tears in her eyes.
"My blood started it, my blood should finish it. I have to do it."
"No," Buffy choked "Dawnie, I can't do this without you, please-" she broke off there, unable to imagine a life without Dawn. Yet somewhere in the back of her mind, a thought registered. 'you did before' the voice says, 'she wasn't even real.'.
Dawn looked at the emotion rushing across her sister face and looks back toward the swirling maelstrom. More demons were materialising but the scoobies weren't fighting them anymore. They were staring at the portal. She turned.
"I love you Buffy, but I have to do this. Please tell everyone I love them and to carry on the good work. Please Buffy, live. For me."
She took one last look at Buffy tearstained face and turned towards the portal. She ran, knowing that when she jumped, she would be taking her last breath. She smiled as she hit the white pure light feeling warm, safe and content. And then she was gone.
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The scoobies stared at Dawn's battered body laying on the ground. Willow buried her face into Tara not wanting to look at the girl she'd considered a surrogate sister. Xander bowed his head as a mark of respect and Anya clung to his arm, feeling as if she let go, she would drown. Giles sat heavily on a pieces of debris, clenching his teeth and Spike kneeled by the girls body, mumbling under his breath, tears streaming down his cheeks. And when Buffy numbly descended the tower, and saw her sister laying, still on the ground she realised, while they might of won the battle, they had lost the war.
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Disclaimer - I own nothing. Not even the plot, which is highly upsetting.
Rating - pg-13 to start off with. Will get higher.
Summery - I was going through my old buffy tapes and thought 'what if Dawn was the one to leap off the tower?' starts from the last episode of season 5. Reviews are very welcome.(please!)
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As Dawn looked down at the swirling mass of white light, she realised she was going to be alright.
"Dawn, you can't," Buffy said. The pain was evident in her voice.
"Buffy, I have to," Dawn replied. "It's started already." She was right. Unidentifiable demons were appearing everywhere, tearing the area around the bottom of the makeshift tower apart.
She looked down. She saw Giles standing over the body of Ben, Willow, Tara, Xander and Anya fighting off demon, glory minions lying dead. And she saw spike, waking from the unconscious state he had been in from where Doc had thrown him off the tower.
Dawn turned back to Buffy, tears in her eyes.
"My blood started it, my blood should finish it. I have to do it."
"No," Buffy choked "Dawnie, I can't do this without you, please-" she broke off there, unable to imagine a life without Dawn. Yet somewhere in the back of her mind, a thought registered. 'you did before' the voice says, 'she wasn't even real.'.
Dawn looked at the emotion rushing across her sister face and looks back toward the swirling maelstrom. More demons were materialising but the scoobies weren't fighting them anymore. They were staring at the portal. She turned.
"I love you Buffy, but I have to do this. Please tell everyone I love them and to carry on the good work. Please Buffy, live. For me."
She took one last look at Buffy tearstained face and turned towards the portal. She ran, knowing that when she jumped, she would be taking her last breath. She smiled as she hit the white pure light feeling warm, safe and content. And then she was gone.
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The scoobies stared at Dawn's battered body laying on the ground. Willow buried her face into Tara not wanting to look at the girl she'd considered a surrogate sister. Xander bowed his head as a mark of respect and Anya clung to his arm, feeling as if she let go, she would drown. Giles sat heavily on a pieces of debris, clenching his teeth and Spike kneeled by the girls body, mumbling under his breath, tears streaming down his cheeks. And when Buffy numbly descended the tower, and saw her sister laying, still on the ground she realised, while they might of won the battle, they had lost the war.
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