Hi, hi, hi. Hope you like it. Please review and read my other story " What
family means." Love you all. Dawnie. Oh and thaks Justine for a great work
she is doing.
Dawn looked around. Where was she? This place was strange. There was nothing except darkness. Dawn couldn't understand why did she felt so comfortable in the place like this. The girl turned around. Nothing. Something in the back of her mind told her to move. The place was moving with her. It looked like the darkness was following her. It creeped Dawn out. She wondered where was she when she heard a sound. Dawn looked around again. Nothing, but the sound was stronger now. It was coming towards her. She tensed. Somehow she knew no one should be here. The place was hers.
" Hello, Dawn. I've been waiting for you."
Dawn looked up in surprise at the woman.
" What, no hug?"
" Cor.Cordelia?"
" Yup, it's me." The woman smiled. She looked really good, natural. Her hair was long again.
" What??? How??? Aren't you in coma?"
" You could say so." Cordelia smiled. Dawn just stared at her. After a few seconds she ran and hugged the seer.
" Oh, god. You are ok?"
" NO, I am not. Neither are you Dawnie." Dawn looked surprised at her.
Everything here was wrong. " What do you mean?"
" It wasn't supposed to happen this way."
" What? What are you talking about?" Dawn was getting irritated by this.
" You. You weren't supposed to happen."
" What?" Dawn cried out, befoe sitting down. All her fear about not being real came back.
" You should have died on that tower Dawnie." Cordelia smiled. Dawn wondered when did the seer become so cruel. How could she talk like that? After everything, how could she?
" No. No, I wasn't. Why are you doing this to me?" Girl cried desperately.
" I am just telling you the truth. If you had died everything would be fine now. But you didn't." Cordelia touched Dawn hair. " That's why I am here. I will help you to do things right." She hugged the crying girl.
" It will be ok Dawn. I promise you. It will be ok." At last Dawn calmed down.
" Why are you telling me this?"
" I am only telling you what you need to know." Hazel eyes met green ones. Suddenly Dawn felt something. Something so familiar, so close, so.
" This is my home, isn't it?" Cordelia smiled again
" You learn fast."
" Where exactly is this place."
" We are between."
" Between?"
" Between life and death, love and hate, birth and kill. Everything comes from here. Everything came from you."
" And you?"
" Oh, Dawnie." Woman touched her cheek. " I will help you to be you again."
" To be key again?"
" No. You have always been a key. I will teach you how to be human again."
" But I am human."
" Are you?" Dawn looked at her surprised.
" Of course, I am. "
" You know why this place looks like this?" Dawn shook her head. " It's your soul. It's empty, black, there is nothing in it just power."
" That's not true." Dawn stood up. "That is so not true. I love Buffy and Xander and Willow and."
" Yes."
" And Harry."
" True, you love them as family. It might be enough for ordinary human but it isn't for you. You have to love Dawnie. And by saying that I mean to love someone so much that this place would be alive again. To love so strong that one simple smile of that person would be enough to make worth your life living. So much that it would be worth dying for. If not."
" If not what?"
" You were put into human form to be protected."
" Yes I know, from Glory." Cordelia laughed.
" Who told you that?"
" Buffy." Dawn knew she wouldn't like what Cordelia was going to tell.
" She was so wrong. You had to be protected from yourself. Dawn, you created Glory, it was your attempt to say how much you hurt. You created so many things and without love. Without love you disturbed the balance. You became the black hole which pulled everything to itself. Good and evil."
Dawn gasped. She would never do that, would she?
" But you said I had to die. If I died wouldn't I do the same?"
" No, you were made as Dawn Summers to get rid of Glory. And you were made like Dawn Potter to find love. That's why you had to die. To begin again. Unfortunately Buffy did something stupid, she always does and the balance was changed again. You should have never remembered hellmouth or know you are the key."
" Then why are you telling me this?"
" Like I said. Situation has changed. Because of your knowing your powers are out of control."
" So you are here to help me to get out of this place." Dawn asked hopefully. No matter how comfortable she felt here she wanted to get away. To see Harry, Spike and all the others. She wanted to get out so she could change things. Dawn looked at Cordelia instinctively knowing she wouldn't like the answer.
" Oh no. I can't do that. You are the only one who can." Dawn cried out.
Harry Potter was shocked to see blood tears coming from his unconscious sister eyes.
Dawn looked around. Where was she? This place was strange. There was nothing except darkness. Dawn couldn't understand why did she felt so comfortable in the place like this. The girl turned around. Nothing. Something in the back of her mind told her to move. The place was moving with her. It looked like the darkness was following her. It creeped Dawn out. She wondered where was she when she heard a sound. Dawn looked around again. Nothing, but the sound was stronger now. It was coming towards her. She tensed. Somehow she knew no one should be here. The place was hers.
" Hello, Dawn. I've been waiting for you."
Dawn looked up in surprise at the woman.
" What, no hug?"
" Cor.Cordelia?"
" Yup, it's me." The woman smiled. She looked really good, natural. Her hair was long again.
" What??? How??? Aren't you in coma?"
" You could say so." Cordelia smiled. Dawn just stared at her. After a few seconds she ran and hugged the seer.
" Oh, god. You are ok?"
" NO, I am not. Neither are you Dawnie." Dawn looked surprised at her.
Everything here was wrong. " What do you mean?"
" It wasn't supposed to happen this way."
" What? What are you talking about?" Dawn was getting irritated by this.
" You. You weren't supposed to happen."
" What?" Dawn cried out, befoe sitting down. All her fear about not being real came back.
" You should have died on that tower Dawnie." Cordelia smiled. Dawn wondered when did the seer become so cruel. How could she talk like that? After everything, how could she?
" No. No, I wasn't. Why are you doing this to me?" Girl cried desperately.
" I am just telling you the truth. If you had died everything would be fine now. But you didn't." Cordelia touched Dawn hair. " That's why I am here. I will help you to do things right." She hugged the crying girl.
" It will be ok Dawn. I promise you. It will be ok." At last Dawn calmed down.
" Why are you telling me this?"
" I am only telling you what you need to know." Hazel eyes met green ones. Suddenly Dawn felt something. Something so familiar, so close, so.
" This is my home, isn't it?" Cordelia smiled again
" You learn fast."
" Where exactly is this place."
" We are between."
" Between?"
" Between life and death, love and hate, birth and kill. Everything comes from here. Everything came from you."
" And you?"
" Oh, Dawnie." Woman touched her cheek. " I will help you to be you again."
" To be key again?"
" No. You have always been a key. I will teach you how to be human again."
" But I am human."
" Are you?" Dawn looked at her surprised.
" Of course, I am. "
" You know why this place looks like this?" Dawn shook her head. " It's your soul. It's empty, black, there is nothing in it just power."
" That's not true." Dawn stood up. "That is so not true. I love Buffy and Xander and Willow and."
" Yes."
" And Harry."
" True, you love them as family. It might be enough for ordinary human but it isn't for you. You have to love Dawnie. And by saying that I mean to love someone so much that this place would be alive again. To love so strong that one simple smile of that person would be enough to make worth your life living. So much that it would be worth dying for. If not."
" If not what?"
" You were put into human form to be protected."
" Yes I know, from Glory." Cordelia laughed.
" Who told you that?"
" Buffy." Dawn knew she wouldn't like what Cordelia was going to tell.
" She was so wrong. You had to be protected from yourself. Dawn, you created Glory, it was your attempt to say how much you hurt. You created so many things and without love. Without love you disturbed the balance. You became the black hole which pulled everything to itself. Good and evil."
Dawn gasped. She would never do that, would she?
" But you said I had to die. If I died wouldn't I do the same?"
" No, you were made as Dawn Summers to get rid of Glory. And you were made like Dawn Potter to find love. That's why you had to die. To begin again. Unfortunately Buffy did something stupid, she always does and the balance was changed again. You should have never remembered hellmouth or know you are the key."
" Then why are you telling me this?"
" Like I said. Situation has changed. Because of your knowing your powers are out of control."
" So you are here to help me to get out of this place." Dawn asked hopefully. No matter how comfortable she felt here she wanted to get away. To see Harry, Spike and all the others. She wanted to get out so she could change things. Dawn looked at Cordelia instinctively knowing she wouldn't like the answer.
" Oh no. I can't do that. You are the only one who can." Dawn cried out.
Harry Potter was shocked to see blood tears coming from his unconscious sister eyes.