Author: Blackcherrymeg
Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.
Summary: Faith and Buffy are Twin slayers who move to Sunny Dale with their sister Dawn. Now having to live with an aunt, they meet new people, one which they aren't pleased to see.
As I walked through the empty halls of the high school with Tara and Faith I got the chills. I hadn't clued them in on what I had planned for tonight.
"So we just go in, look at it and go right B?"
"Uh… yeah sounds good." We reached the basement door which of course was locked. I kicked it down and we continued. Our flashlights came in handy until we found the power switches. The lights flickered on and what we saw before us definitely wasn't a school basement.
"I can't believe I go to school here." Faith smiled as she continued down into the huge room. The ground wasn't cement, but merely dirt. "Well I don't see any kind of seal in here. Guess we better go." She turned back, but I stopped her.
"We should look harder then." She griped a bit longer as we looked. "Maybe we should dig?"
Tara and Faith looked at me like I was crazy. "Or I can magically remove levels of dirt?"
I smiled at her effort of getting out of digging. "Sounds good to me." With a few words and some points of her finger the dirt was put into a neat pile in a corner. After this there was a weird shape in the dirt. I went into the hollowed dirt and brushed off the dirt where it was shaped. "Looks like we found our seal." I brushed more dirt off to uncover a metal type material shaped as a star.
"So there are like a bunch of demons under that thing."
"We're not sure. It just says beneath the seal. The prophecy could be talking about a whole other dimension within the seal. I guess we won't find out until—"I cut off Tara with my own words.
"Until I bleed to open it."
"Buffy we need Brittany's blood."
"Like you said Tara, Brittany is a part of me. We have the same blood. I believe I can open that portal and I'm going to try."
"B what about Spike and Brittany? They need you!"
"Tell them I love them forever." I stood in the middle of the star and took out the dagger I packed into my bag. I quickly cut the palms of my hands then lifted my shirt a bit and cut my stomach. "Just a little bit should open whatever we want."
"You can still get off Buffy! The blood hasn't touched it."
"It's just a matter of sacrifices Tara. I need to sacrifice whatever it takes to get this done before Brittany has to. I have weapons and I'm trained. Tell Brittany I love her… and Spike too." As I finished my sentence a drop of blood dropped to the seal. The points of the star started going up. I stepped off of it as the points formed a triangle. Soon a bright light shot out of the top, and then a dark portal opened. "I'll see you when I see you… if not, then let my daughter and Spike know I died fighting for them and for our family." I ran and jumped into the portal.
----Faith's POV----
I watched my own sister jump into some portal that led to God knows where. "Do you think she will be able to fight whatever's down there?" Tara asked.
"I'm not really sure. I can't believe she just did that. We only came down here to examine the thing. Then she goes and jumps into it!"
"I will look into some more books about portals and stuff. We will find a way to get her back if she doesn't come back … on her own." I nodded… not really knowing what Tara meant. I just wanted her back.
"Guess we better go then. We'll come back tomorrow to see if anything has changed or something." We left the dirt filled basement and the triangular seal. The walk home was pretty silent. There wasn't much to say after what had happened. Buffy loved Brittany and Spike… she did what she thought was best. "I wonder what dimension or world is behind that seal… Anyway to find out?"
"Well I could ask around and research a little. But usually the descriptions and names are in files I can't get to… well not anymore."
"What do you mean not anymore?"
"I am a powerful witch Faith… it can get addicting. I used my magic for everything. People didn't notice that at first… I was rewarded for all I had done with magic and was allowed to access of the most private files witches and watchers or just anyone would want to see."
"So how did you blow it?"
"Shortly after I got addicted I got into some serious magic. I only tried a little bit of the dark magic. But when my mom was killed in a shooting I went crazy… I killed the guy with my magic."
"Well hey don't feel bad. I mean I know we aren't close friends and all and didn't talk in L.A. much… but let me tell you something. I wouldn't have used magic on that guy. I would've used my bare hands."
"Sounds… gross right now." We laughed, which was nice to ease the mood. "But anyways, I got caught using my magic and killing him so I was sent to some facility and my powers were drained. After many lectures and lessons they slowly let me re-build my magic again. I'm not allowed in those files anymore."
"So you're like the wicked-witch gone good?"
"Kind of like that."
"Then your powers… can bring Buffy back?"
"It depends…"
"Well what does it depend on?"
Tara shifted her eyes nervously. "If Buffy dies in that place and I bring her back. She will most likely be a zombie. She will look like Buffy, but won't be her."
"Oh wow… well we can't do that. I love Buffy and all but I won't do that."
"Yeah I thought so. It's not a good idea. But we will try to get her out of the portal before we come to that."
I nodded and we kept walking until we came to the house. "Alright so what do we tell Spike?"
"Maybe he won't notice?" She gave a half smile.
"Highly doubt it… but we won't say anything until he says something."
I opened the door and looked around. No one was in the living room. I tried to shut the door quietly, but of course it made noise. I heard shuffling coming from up stairs, then the door come open. Spike ran down the stairs, over to us. "Buffy is that you?"
He rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Buffy's not here Spike… you look tired so go to bed."
"Faith what do you mean Buffy's not here? Just where in bleeding hell is she?"
"We don't know where she is…" Tara spoke up.
"How can you not know?"
"Well it's a weird story actually… see Buffy realized that Brittany and her have the same blood so Buffy decided to open the seal with her won blood before Britt had to."
"And you let her leave us?"
Spike had tears streaming uncontrollably down his cheeks. I felt bad for him… "We didn't let her. She didn't even tell us until she took out her dagger and cut herself."
"The dagger… she said it was to ensure her safety."
"Well it probably is. There are demons in the portal she jumped into."
"You let her jump into just some portal?"
"Again Spike we didn't let her… Tara is going to look up some things and bring her back. I think it's best if we just all go to bed for now."
Spike just stood there. Not moving as Tara and I went to our own bedrooms.
----Spike's POV----
I finally got the energy to move from my spot in front of the door. I trudged up the stairs into my empty room. It smelled of her vanilla and coconut shampoos and perfumes. Brittany was fast asleep in her crib. 'Poor girl… doesn't know her mother's out saving what could be her life.'
I watched as Brittany stirred about in her sleep. "Shush little girl… mommy will be home soon enough." A small smile crept over her lips and a tear down my cheek.
After she was sure asleep I went over to my own bed and lay down. I never slept. I only stared up at the ceiling…wondering where or what Buffy was doing. I couldn't get her scent off the pillows or her picture out of my head.
Morning came too soon, and I was still awake. Brittany slept through the night as she had been doing as of late. "Spike are you coming down for breakfast? Aunt Loraine wants to talk to you." I just laid there wondering what could possibly motivate me to get up. Just then Brittany let out a cry.
I jumped from my spot and was at her side in a moment. I picked her up and held her to my chest. "What's wrong little one? How about daddy gets you some breakfast, alright bitty?" She looked up at me and I could've sworn she read all my sorrow. My emotions were mirrored in her eyes. "Don't worry Britt, mommy will come back."
I walked downstairs, still holding the tiny girl to my chest. "Spike please come sit down, we need to talk." Loraine patted her hand on the couch and motioned me where to sit. "Now I understand Buffy has up and disappeared again? You two were doing so well. She was doing great in home-school and is graduating. She has a family here why did she leave?"
"There's a lot about Buffy you don't know, alright?"
"But she loved Brittany and you so much… I don't understand how she could just leave! She is so irresponsible."
"She didn't bloody leave us! Buffy's coming back soon, I just have to find a way."
"What do you mean find a way?"
"Buffy has a different life. One that other normal girls don't have because Buffy isn't normal!" I knew I couldn't spill her secret, but Loraine was insulting Buffy.
Just then Faith walked into the living room. "Oh it's Faith, now she can finish explaining why Buffy isn't just a normal girl." Loraine whipped her head around to face Faith and continued talking. "Now why is Buffy being excused for just leaving?"
Faith gave me a glare. "It's something you won't understand. If I tell you and get you involved you could be in danger."
"So she's like a mobster?"
"Just never mind ok?"
"No I won't just forget about this! What is Buffy hiding?"
I could tell Faith just about had it with Loraine and wanted to rip her head off. "Buffy is a vampire slayer! There I told you!"
Loraine was obviously confused and even angrier. "Don't play games with me young lady! I want the truth."
"I am telling the truth! For a while now Buffy was the slayer, the one chosen girl called to protect the world against demons. I'm a slayer too."
"You just said the one chosen girl, how come there are two? If you're going to lie to me then make it a good one."
"Buffy died a while ago and came back to life when I saved her. She was only dead for a few moments, but this Council thing called another slayer within those moments and it was me! So we are both slayers now and we both kill vampires and demons and things that go bump in the night. Need more explanation?"
"I don't know what this is all about, but I'll take it for now. Sure would explain your late night visits through the cemetery."
"You knew about those?"
"Mr. Clemens saw you walking through the cemetery a couple times. He said you were carrying some wooden stakes… I'm guessing they are for the vampires?"
"Yep that's right." Loraine gave Faith a weird look.
"Well then where is Buffy?"
I felt I should explain this one. "It seems some wanker years and years ago recorded some prophecy that the slayer will have a baby that's pure and blah. Lots of stuff, anyways it turns out that this ancient seal needs to be open and the demons in it need to be killed. Well Brittany's blood opens the seal and kills the demons. Buffy figured that since Britt is her baby they have the same blood, Buffy went to open the seal and jumped into a portal and now she is gone. Leaving me with a baby to care for."
"Well I think I need to go get a drink at the bar." Loraine got up from the couch and left. Faith sat there looking exhausted.
"What's the matter slayer?"
"I just want Buff home, you know how that is? I was up all night thinking of what to do. What if she well… doesn't come back? What will Brittany do? I feel so bad because I just told Angel I would move in with him, but I don't want to leave you and Brittany."
"It's ok I can deal. Buffy will come back… no matter what."
----Buffy's POV (other Dimension) ----
I woke up in an unfamiliar place then remembered the seal and the school. My head hurt a lot and I figured I had been unconscious through the night. I got up to my feet and looked around. A beach was out in the distance… maybe a five minute walk. There was so much sand, then what looked to be a tribe's village or something up on a hill above me. After climbing up the little mountain type hill I reached the village.
"Um excuse me." A tall demon approached me and looked me up and down.
"Who are you?" He spoke in a deep and raspy voice.
"I'm Buffy Summers… I'm a slayer on earth."
"You defeat demons, correct?"
"Yes that's what I do. Now where exactly am I?"
"You are in Tilarion. A dimension made to keep us off of earth."
"Who made this dimension?"
"The first and the Master. Their plan went wrong and they are now in here as well."
"Are you dangerous to human kind?"
"We cannot feed on humans or any meat, we would die."
"So can you help me get the first and the master killed?"
"I can only tell you where they are. I shall not hurt them myself."
"Well that's all I'm looking for. So where are they?"
"Climb high into the fiery pit… their lair is hard to reach; down in the pit is where it lies. Be careful. They have strong guards…"
"Is that all I get to know?"
He nodded. "Start walking that way. Go straight and never turn. Climb over anything and everything, but don't turn." He pointed straight ahead.
The land I had to travel looked flat enough and it was easy for about two hours. I guessed this was just an island since I could always see the ocean. Once I got through the flat land I came upon a forest. As I walked through the forest it got cooler and the ground was moist. I could hear noises coming from all directions. I quickened my pace to a jog. Soon I was out of the forest and facing the huge mountain I wanted to get to.
"Well he said a fiery pit, so I'm guessing this is a … volcano." I said to myself. I looked up the mountain and noticed it wasn't to big… but it would take some work.
----Spike's POV----
I walked up to Tara's door and knocked. "May I come in, pet?"
"Sure Spike you can come in." She said from the other side of the door. I went in and closed the door behind me. "Did you want something?"
"I wanted to ask you about some of your magic."
"Ok what about it…?"
"Well is there anyway you could like get a spell or something like that to communicate to Buffy in the other dimension?"
Tara sat there for a while, and then a knowing expression came upon her face. "I'm pretty sure if I do the spell right, I can talk to her telepathically."
"That would be great. I just need to talk to her… I can talk too right?"
"Yeah sure you can. I'm going to go to the Magic Box and grab a few things. I will be back soon." We left her room and she left to the Magic Box.
I went up to check on Brittany and she was awake in her crib. "Want to go to the park with daddy?" She giggled and I picked her up. "Come on let's get your diaper bag together. Then we can go feed the duckies!" She smiled and her little hands grabbed onto my shirt.
Once we were ready I took out her stroller and I walked her to the park. I stopped at a bench in front of the lake. Brittany got antsy in her stroller so I set her in my lap. I played with her a bit and she was very active. A few girls walked by and said 'awww' and 'how cute'. It didn't matter to me at all. I wanted Buffy…
I put Britt back in her stroller to walk a bit. I was going down the path as a man was approaching. "Excuse me… are you Spike?"
I was confused at how he knew me, but I didn't know him. "Yeah that's me. And you are?"
"I'm just an old friend of Buffy's."
"Oh… right then. Well I must be on my way."
I started walking away, but he quickly caught up. "That's a cute baby there…I always thought Brittany was adorable. Looks just like her mother."
"Yes she does, except she has my eyes." I gave him a suspicious look, and wondered what he was up to.
"Why isn't Buffy with you right now?"
"She had to go on a little trip, but she will be back."
"So she left you again, right?"
This time I stopped and stared at him. "She did not leave me or Brittany. She loves us very much and I don't know who you think you are to come and ask me such a thing. Now get the bloody hell away from me you wanker!"
"I'll tell you who I am. I'm Riley Finn, Buffy's friend from L.A."
I then gave him a smirk. "Oh right the big poof who had the hots for Buffy, but she could never feel the same for you. Not even after giving her a place to stay when she was four months pregnant with my child!"
"I know you're probably mad about that. You have every reason to be too."
"Well I'm a little mad at you, but not much. Because I know Buffy could never want you. Look how beautiful our daughter is. Buffy will never leave us and I won't leave her. Now leave us alone." I walked off and went home.
----Buffy's POV----
I had been climbing for so long and finally got to some type of stairs carved into the mountain. "Oh well for being hard to reach." I continued up the stairs and saw what might have been twenty guards in front of a huge door. "What kind of demons are those?" I studied them a bit more.
----Spike's POV----
I got home and went straight to Tara's room. "Is everything ready?"
"Yeah now sit down on the floor. The second circle of sand is for you." I followed what she said and sat down. Brittany was left in her stroller next to the bed. "Now just concentrate hard on Buffy. I'll be chanting the words. The magic will travel through our hands." She took my hand in hers and chanted.
I could hear in my head what Tara was saying. "Buffy are you there?"
I laughed at Buffy's response. "Whoa … now I'm hearing voices in my head."
"No you're not luv. It's Tara and me."
"What do you mean… am I going crazy?"
"You're not going crazy; Tara and I are talking to you telepathically."
"Oh so I can tell you all about this portal then you can yell at me for jumping in."
"No so I can say… I love you and so does Brittany. You need to come home soon."
"I will, I am at a volcano right now in this dimension called Tilarion. The demons locked in here can't hurt humans, but they aren't the ones I need to kill."
I saw Tara's confused look. "Then who do you need to kill?"
"The Master and the First; they used this dimension to keep the friendly demons in here for some reason. Their plan kind of went wrong and they are stuck here too. If I kill them then I can leave right?"
"We aren't quite sure how you leave…I'm sure a simple spell can be performed."
"Luv are you sure you can take these two?"
"No I'm not really sure of anything in this place…the only thing I do know is I don't want Brittany to ever be here. I have plenty weapons. There are about twenty guards blocking their lair right now. Are you guys going to stay in my head while I fight?"
"Would you like us to pet?" I wanted to stay and know what was happening.
"It would be nice for the support."
----Buffy's POV----
I walked into the huge crowd of demons. "You guys still in there?"
"Yeah we're here luv."
I smiled as Spike's voice played in my head. Several demons came at me. They were about my height with vicious claws and dark green scales for a skin. I got five down in no time, but they kept coming. I kicked and punched and even used my stake to slow them down. Soon it was three left.
"Well boys looks like it's just us…no more fooling around." They ran towards me and I jump kicked the middle one down. The other two were stronger, which made since for them to be last. I got them down and stopped for a moment to look at my surroundings. 'I really am that good aren't I?' I thought to myself.
"Hey pet we can hear you thinking remember?"
"Oh…well I didn't think you could hear me when it's not directed to you! Now there's a big door. It looks to be made of vines and wood."
"What do the vines look like Buffy?"
"They are really thick and have big spikes sticking out. Then at the end of each vine is like a little bulb thing."
"Those aren't any ordinary vines." I heard Tara's thoughts clearly and knew they were dangerous. "The vines' bulb turns into some type of monster that has razor sharp teeth. You might want to get out that dagger you brought."
I pulled the dagger out and walked towards the vines. They stared shaking and I sliced them off. Some of the bulbs actually made it to the monster stage, but were soon gone. "That was way too easy."
"Well you are about to enter that lair of the Master and the very First evil…ever. I'm sure they thought you could use a break."
Tara was right in a way; they just wanted me to think it was getting easy so I would drop my guard. I opened the wooden door that was behind the vines. "You guys going to stay in there… because I could be thinking some major bad language during this fight." I thought to them. I looked at what lay ahead of me.
"Well Slayer, looks like you made it."
"How did you know I was here?"
"Oh don't be ridiculous, this is our dimension. Of course we knew you were here!" A ball of fiery energy came flying at me from the Master's hands.
"Don't harm her yet… she could get us out of here!" The first snapped at the other villain.
"You can't honestly think I will let you back into my world do you?"
"Please don't flatter yourself… we will make you."
"Not if I kill you!" I sent two stakes flying at the first; both just barely missed his chest.
"Is that really all you came with? Watch what we have in store!" The first didn't contain a shape… just waves of energy I could barely see.
"Why don't you get a body and fight me like a real man?"
"You certainly aren't educated on me are you? I do not contain my own shape… I merely borrow someone else's."
"What do you mean?"
"A body of someone very close to you… but someone that is also dead." My eyes widened as the first took form.
"Get. Out. Of. Her body!"
The first smiled… "Not happy to see your mother? Shame on you slayer."
I gripped my fists into a tight ball. "You aren't my mother, and I will still kill you."
"And how do you-"I flung the dagger straight into his heart. "Oh m-my we have a b-brave s-slayer here…" He choked no each word then fell to floor. The body of my mother remained lifeless as it disappeared.
"So you're the Master?"
"Yes that would be me."
"And now the First is really dead?"
"Well I believe so. Not one person could have the guts to kill him. It was his time to die anyways… but I will live."
"I wouldn't be too sure of that." I ran towards him with my stake. I kicked and punched, but most of them were blocked.
"Go on slayer, just give up now and let me kill you."
"Tara I need help. I can't beat him, this is it for me. Spike I love you."
"I love you too Buffy, but you have to live…"
"Buffy don't let him beat you. If he beats you then what will Brittany do? All of this would have been for nothing! You would have died and Brittany will still have to go! Look at what she has to face!"
I stood there staring at the Master as he gave me a death glare. "What are you waiting for Buffy…don't tell me you're giving up now? And to think we even accepted your blood instead of the pure ones."
"What do you mean… accepted?"
"All we wanted was powerful blood. Yes we accepted you into our dimension… but we wanted the pure child's blood. Once we had her blood I could feed off of it and gain the power of a God! Then I could get out of this dimension! But we let you in, you let very little blood drop. I could only gain a little strength."
"So how do you plan to get out?"
"I plan to have the rest of your blood. You owe me at least the much for not bringing the pure one!" He came at me and I thought of Brittany. If I die she will face him… only he will be worse and in our world. I can't let my daughter suffer.
"Don't ever talk about using my daughter!" I ran to him and kicked him down. As soon as he was on the ground I straddled his tired body. "You will be sorry you ever thought of feeding off my baby!" I plunged the stake into his chest. The figure under me soon turned to dust and I stood up.
"Tara are you there?"
"Yeah so did you beat him? We heard you thinking about not wanting to die."
"Yes… he's dead."
"Good then you can come home, right pet?"
"Right."
"Ok then I will contact you later after I get the spell done for bringing you back. I will disconnect the telepathic spell. Buffy… go back to where you started. I will open a portal for that spot. Do you remember where it was?"
"Yeah I can get there. How long do I have?"
"I will say about... fifteen minutes?"
"Are you serious? After all I just went through?"
"Buffy if you don't get there now then I can't do it. There's only a certain amount of time I can open this portal after someone going through. If you want to see your family ever again you will get to where you came from… I believe in you."
"Thanks… I love you Spike. I will see you soon."
"I trust you on that…"
"No worries… I'll be there." I walked out of the lair to find hundreds of the demon guards I had faced before. "What the…"
To Be Continued….
----Ok I got this chapter in before leaving so I won't be updating for a little while. Thanks for the reviews and everything. Please read and review! Thanks for all the support!----
Chapter 11
Disclaimer: I don't own these characters.
Summary: Faith and Buffy are Twin slayers who move to Sunny Dale with their sister Dawn. Now having to live with an aunt, they meet new people, one which they aren't pleased to see.
As I walked through the empty halls of the high school with Tara and Faith I got the chills. I hadn't clued them in on what I had planned for tonight.
"So we just go in, look at it and go right B?"
"Uh… yeah sounds good." We reached the basement door which of course was locked. I kicked it down and we continued. Our flashlights came in handy until we found the power switches. The lights flickered on and what we saw before us definitely wasn't a school basement.
"I can't believe I go to school here." Faith smiled as she continued down into the huge room. The ground wasn't cement, but merely dirt. "Well I don't see any kind of seal in here. Guess we better go." She turned back, but I stopped her.
"We should look harder then." She griped a bit longer as we looked. "Maybe we should dig?"
Tara and Faith looked at me like I was crazy. "Or I can magically remove levels of dirt?"
I smiled at her effort of getting out of digging. "Sounds good to me." With a few words and some points of her finger the dirt was put into a neat pile in a corner. After this there was a weird shape in the dirt. I went into the hollowed dirt and brushed off the dirt where it was shaped. "Looks like we found our seal." I brushed more dirt off to uncover a metal type material shaped as a star.
"So there are like a bunch of demons under that thing."
"We're not sure. It just says beneath the seal. The prophecy could be talking about a whole other dimension within the seal. I guess we won't find out until—"I cut off Tara with my own words.
"Until I bleed to open it."
"Buffy we need Brittany's blood."
"Like you said Tara, Brittany is a part of me. We have the same blood. I believe I can open that portal and I'm going to try."
"B what about Spike and Brittany? They need you!"
"Tell them I love them forever." I stood in the middle of the star and took out the dagger I packed into my bag. I quickly cut the palms of my hands then lifted my shirt a bit and cut my stomach. "Just a little bit should open whatever we want."
"You can still get off Buffy! The blood hasn't touched it."
"It's just a matter of sacrifices Tara. I need to sacrifice whatever it takes to get this done before Brittany has to. I have weapons and I'm trained. Tell Brittany I love her… and Spike too." As I finished my sentence a drop of blood dropped to the seal. The points of the star started going up. I stepped off of it as the points formed a triangle. Soon a bright light shot out of the top, and then a dark portal opened. "I'll see you when I see you… if not, then let my daughter and Spike know I died fighting for them and for our family." I ran and jumped into the portal.
----Faith's POV----
I watched my own sister jump into some portal that led to God knows where. "Do you think she will be able to fight whatever's down there?" Tara asked.
"I'm not really sure. I can't believe she just did that. We only came down here to examine the thing. Then she goes and jumps into it!"
"I will look into some more books about portals and stuff. We will find a way to get her back if she doesn't come back … on her own." I nodded… not really knowing what Tara meant. I just wanted her back.
"Guess we better go then. We'll come back tomorrow to see if anything has changed or something." We left the dirt filled basement and the triangular seal. The walk home was pretty silent. There wasn't much to say after what had happened. Buffy loved Brittany and Spike… she did what she thought was best. "I wonder what dimension or world is behind that seal… Anyway to find out?"
"Well I could ask around and research a little. But usually the descriptions and names are in files I can't get to… well not anymore."
"What do you mean not anymore?"
"I am a powerful witch Faith… it can get addicting. I used my magic for everything. People didn't notice that at first… I was rewarded for all I had done with magic and was allowed to access of the most private files witches and watchers or just anyone would want to see."
"So how did you blow it?"
"Shortly after I got addicted I got into some serious magic. I only tried a little bit of the dark magic. But when my mom was killed in a shooting I went crazy… I killed the guy with my magic."
"Well hey don't feel bad. I mean I know we aren't close friends and all and didn't talk in L.A. much… but let me tell you something. I wouldn't have used magic on that guy. I would've used my bare hands."
"Sounds… gross right now." We laughed, which was nice to ease the mood. "But anyways, I got caught using my magic and killing him so I was sent to some facility and my powers were drained. After many lectures and lessons they slowly let me re-build my magic again. I'm not allowed in those files anymore."
"So you're like the wicked-witch gone good?"
"Kind of like that."
"Then your powers… can bring Buffy back?"
"It depends…"
"Well what does it depend on?"
Tara shifted her eyes nervously. "If Buffy dies in that place and I bring her back. She will most likely be a zombie. She will look like Buffy, but won't be her."
"Oh wow… well we can't do that. I love Buffy and all but I won't do that."
"Yeah I thought so. It's not a good idea. But we will try to get her out of the portal before we come to that."
I nodded and we kept walking until we came to the house. "Alright so what do we tell Spike?"
"Maybe he won't notice?" She gave a half smile.
"Highly doubt it… but we won't say anything until he says something."
I opened the door and looked around. No one was in the living room. I tried to shut the door quietly, but of course it made noise. I heard shuffling coming from up stairs, then the door come open. Spike ran down the stairs, over to us. "Buffy is that you?"
He rubbed his eyes tiredly. "Buffy's not here Spike… you look tired so go to bed."
"Faith what do you mean Buffy's not here? Just where in bleeding hell is she?"
"We don't know where she is…" Tara spoke up.
"How can you not know?"
"Well it's a weird story actually… see Buffy realized that Brittany and her have the same blood so Buffy decided to open the seal with her won blood before Britt had to."
"And you let her leave us?"
Spike had tears streaming uncontrollably down his cheeks. I felt bad for him… "We didn't let her. She didn't even tell us until she took out her dagger and cut herself."
"The dagger… she said it was to ensure her safety."
"Well it probably is. There are demons in the portal she jumped into."
"You let her jump into just some portal?"
"Again Spike we didn't let her… Tara is going to look up some things and bring her back. I think it's best if we just all go to bed for now."
Spike just stood there. Not moving as Tara and I went to our own bedrooms.
----Spike's POV----
I finally got the energy to move from my spot in front of the door. I trudged up the stairs into my empty room. It smelled of her vanilla and coconut shampoos and perfumes. Brittany was fast asleep in her crib. 'Poor girl… doesn't know her mother's out saving what could be her life.'
I watched as Brittany stirred about in her sleep. "Shush little girl… mommy will be home soon enough." A small smile crept over her lips and a tear down my cheek.
After she was sure asleep I went over to my own bed and lay down. I never slept. I only stared up at the ceiling…wondering where or what Buffy was doing. I couldn't get her scent off the pillows or her picture out of my head.
Morning came too soon, and I was still awake. Brittany slept through the night as she had been doing as of late. "Spike are you coming down for breakfast? Aunt Loraine wants to talk to you." I just laid there wondering what could possibly motivate me to get up. Just then Brittany let out a cry.
I jumped from my spot and was at her side in a moment. I picked her up and held her to my chest. "What's wrong little one? How about daddy gets you some breakfast, alright bitty?" She looked up at me and I could've sworn she read all my sorrow. My emotions were mirrored in her eyes. "Don't worry Britt, mommy will come back."
I walked downstairs, still holding the tiny girl to my chest. "Spike please come sit down, we need to talk." Loraine patted her hand on the couch and motioned me where to sit. "Now I understand Buffy has up and disappeared again? You two were doing so well. She was doing great in home-school and is graduating. She has a family here why did she leave?"
"There's a lot about Buffy you don't know, alright?"
"But she loved Brittany and you so much… I don't understand how she could just leave! She is so irresponsible."
"She didn't bloody leave us! Buffy's coming back soon, I just have to find a way."
"What do you mean find a way?"
"Buffy has a different life. One that other normal girls don't have because Buffy isn't normal!" I knew I couldn't spill her secret, but Loraine was insulting Buffy.
Just then Faith walked into the living room. "Oh it's Faith, now she can finish explaining why Buffy isn't just a normal girl." Loraine whipped her head around to face Faith and continued talking. "Now why is Buffy being excused for just leaving?"
Faith gave me a glare. "It's something you won't understand. If I tell you and get you involved you could be in danger."
"So she's like a mobster?"
"Just never mind ok?"
"No I won't just forget about this! What is Buffy hiding?"
I could tell Faith just about had it with Loraine and wanted to rip her head off. "Buffy is a vampire slayer! There I told you!"
Loraine was obviously confused and even angrier. "Don't play games with me young lady! I want the truth."
"I am telling the truth! For a while now Buffy was the slayer, the one chosen girl called to protect the world against demons. I'm a slayer too."
"You just said the one chosen girl, how come there are two? If you're going to lie to me then make it a good one."
"Buffy died a while ago and came back to life when I saved her. She was only dead for a few moments, but this Council thing called another slayer within those moments and it was me! So we are both slayers now and we both kill vampires and demons and things that go bump in the night. Need more explanation?"
"I don't know what this is all about, but I'll take it for now. Sure would explain your late night visits through the cemetery."
"You knew about those?"
"Mr. Clemens saw you walking through the cemetery a couple times. He said you were carrying some wooden stakes… I'm guessing they are for the vampires?"
"Yep that's right." Loraine gave Faith a weird look.
"Well then where is Buffy?"
I felt I should explain this one. "It seems some wanker years and years ago recorded some prophecy that the slayer will have a baby that's pure and blah. Lots of stuff, anyways it turns out that this ancient seal needs to be open and the demons in it need to be killed. Well Brittany's blood opens the seal and kills the demons. Buffy figured that since Britt is her baby they have the same blood, Buffy went to open the seal and jumped into a portal and now she is gone. Leaving me with a baby to care for."
"Well I think I need to go get a drink at the bar." Loraine got up from the couch and left. Faith sat there looking exhausted.
"What's the matter slayer?"
"I just want Buff home, you know how that is? I was up all night thinking of what to do. What if she well… doesn't come back? What will Brittany do? I feel so bad because I just told Angel I would move in with him, but I don't want to leave you and Brittany."
"It's ok I can deal. Buffy will come back… no matter what."
----Buffy's POV (other Dimension) ----
I woke up in an unfamiliar place then remembered the seal and the school. My head hurt a lot and I figured I had been unconscious through the night. I got up to my feet and looked around. A beach was out in the distance… maybe a five minute walk. There was so much sand, then what looked to be a tribe's village or something up on a hill above me. After climbing up the little mountain type hill I reached the village.
"Um excuse me." A tall demon approached me and looked me up and down.
"Who are you?" He spoke in a deep and raspy voice.
"I'm Buffy Summers… I'm a slayer on earth."
"You defeat demons, correct?"
"Yes that's what I do. Now where exactly am I?"
"You are in Tilarion. A dimension made to keep us off of earth."
"Who made this dimension?"
"The first and the Master. Their plan went wrong and they are now in here as well."
"Are you dangerous to human kind?"
"We cannot feed on humans or any meat, we would die."
"So can you help me get the first and the master killed?"
"I can only tell you where they are. I shall not hurt them myself."
"Well that's all I'm looking for. So where are they?"
"Climb high into the fiery pit… their lair is hard to reach; down in the pit is where it lies. Be careful. They have strong guards…"
"Is that all I get to know?"
He nodded. "Start walking that way. Go straight and never turn. Climb over anything and everything, but don't turn." He pointed straight ahead.
The land I had to travel looked flat enough and it was easy for about two hours. I guessed this was just an island since I could always see the ocean. Once I got through the flat land I came upon a forest. As I walked through the forest it got cooler and the ground was moist. I could hear noises coming from all directions. I quickened my pace to a jog. Soon I was out of the forest and facing the huge mountain I wanted to get to.
"Well he said a fiery pit, so I'm guessing this is a … volcano." I said to myself. I looked up the mountain and noticed it wasn't to big… but it would take some work.
----Spike's POV----
I walked up to Tara's door and knocked. "May I come in, pet?"
"Sure Spike you can come in." She said from the other side of the door. I went in and closed the door behind me. "Did you want something?"
"I wanted to ask you about some of your magic."
"Ok what about it…?"
"Well is there anyway you could like get a spell or something like that to communicate to Buffy in the other dimension?"
Tara sat there for a while, and then a knowing expression came upon her face. "I'm pretty sure if I do the spell right, I can talk to her telepathically."
"That would be great. I just need to talk to her… I can talk too right?"
"Yeah sure you can. I'm going to go to the Magic Box and grab a few things. I will be back soon." We left her room and she left to the Magic Box.
I went up to check on Brittany and she was awake in her crib. "Want to go to the park with daddy?" She giggled and I picked her up. "Come on let's get your diaper bag together. Then we can go feed the duckies!" She smiled and her little hands grabbed onto my shirt.
Once we were ready I took out her stroller and I walked her to the park. I stopped at a bench in front of the lake. Brittany got antsy in her stroller so I set her in my lap. I played with her a bit and she was very active. A few girls walked by and said 'awww' and 'how cute'. It didn't matter to me at all. I wanted Buffy…
I put Britt back in her stroller to walk a bit. I was going down the path as a man was approaching. "Excuse me… are you Spike?"
I was confused at how he knew me, but I didn't know him. "Yeah that's me. And you are?"
"I'm just an old friend of Buffy's."
"Oh… right then. Well I must be on my way."
I started walking away, but he quickly caught up. "That's a cute baby there…I always thought Brittany was adorable. Looks just like her mother."
"Yes she does, except she has my eyes." I gave him a suspicious look, and wondered what he was up to.
"Why isn't Buffy with you right now?"
"She had to go on a little trip, but she will be back."
"So she left you again, right?"
This time I stopped and stared at him. "She did not leave me or Brittany. She loves us very much and I don't know who you think you are to come and ask me such a thing. Now get the bloody hell away from me you wanker!"
"I'll tell you who I am. I'm Riley Finn, Buffy's friend from L.A."
I then gave him a smirk. "Oh right the big poof who had the hots for Buffy, but she could never feel the same for you. Not even after giving her a place to stay when she was four months pregnant with my child!"
"I know you're probably mad about that. You have every reason to be too."
"Well I'm a little mad at you, but not much. Because I know Buffy could never want you. Look how beautiful our daughter is. Buffy will never leave us and I won't leave her. Now leave us alone." I walked off and went home.
----Buffy's POV----
I had been climbing for so long and finally got to some type of stairs carved into the mountain. "Oh well for being hard to reach." I continued up the stairs and saw what might have been twenty guards in front of a huge door. "What kind of demons are those?" I studied them a bit more.
----Spike's POV----
I got home and went straight to Tara's room. "Is everything ready?"
"Yeah now sit down on the floor. The second circle of sand is for you." I followed what she said and sat down. Brittany was left in her stroller next to the bed. "Now just concentrate hard on Buffy. I'll be chanting the words. The magic will travel through our hands." She took my hand in hers and chanted.
I could hear in my head what Tara was saying. "Buffy are you there?"
I laughed at Buffy's response. "Whoa … now I'm hearing voices in my head."
"No you're not luv. It's Tara and me."
"What do you mean… am I going crazy?"
"You're not going crazy; Tara and I are talking to you telepathically."
"Oh so I can tell you all about this portal then you can yell at me for jumping in."
"No so I can say… I love you and so does Brittany. You need to come home soon."
"I will, I am at a volcano right now in this dimension called Tilarion. The demons locked in here can't hurt humans, but they aren't the ones I need to kill."
I saw Tara's confused look. "Then who do you need to kill?"
"The Master and the First; they used this dimension to keep the friendly demons in here for some reason. Their plan kind of went wrong and they are stuck here too. If I kill them then I can leave right?"
"We aren't quite sure how you leave…I'm sure a simple spell can be performed."
"Luv are you sure you can take these two?"
"No I'm not really sure of anything in this place…the only thing I do know is I don't want Brittany to ever be here. I have plenty weapons. There are about twenty guards blocking their lair right now. Are you guys going to stay in my head while I fight?"
"Would you like us to pet?" I wanted to stay and know what was happening.
"It would be nice for the support."
----Buffy's POV----
I walked into the huge crowd of demons. "You guys still in there?"
"Yeah we're here luv."
I smiled as Spike's voice played in my head. Several demons came at me. They were about my height with vicious claws and dark green scales for a skin. I got five down in no time, but they kept coming. I kicked and punched and even used my stake to slow them down. Soon it was three left.
"Well boys looks like it's just us…no more fooling around." They ran towards me and I jump kicked the middle one down. The other two were stronger, which made since for them to be last. I got them down and stopped for a moment to look at my surroundings. 'I really am that good aren't I?' I thought to myself.
"Hey pet we can hear you thinking remember?"
"Oh…well I didn't think you could hear me when it's not directed to you! Now there's a big door. It looks to be made of vines and wood."
"What do the vines look like Buffy?"
"They are really thick and have big spikes sticking out. Then at the end of each vine is like a little bulb thing."
"Those aren't any ordinary vines." I heard Tara's thoughts clearly and knew they were dangerous. "The vines' bulb turns into some type of monster that has razor sharp teeth. You might want to get out that dagger you brought."
I pulled the dagger out and walked towards the vines. They stared shaking and I sliced them off. Some of the bulbs actually made it to the monster stage, but were soon gone. "That was way too easy."
"Well you are about to enter that lair of the Master and the very First evil…ever. I'm sure they thought you could use a break."
Tara was right in a way; they just wanted me to think it was getting easy so I would drop my guard. I opened the wooden door that was behind the vines. "You guys going to stay in there… because I could be thinking some major bad language during this fight." I thought to them. I looked at what lay ahead of me.
"Well Slayer, looks like you made it."
"How did you know I was here?"
"Oh don't be ridiculous, this is our dimension. Of course we knew you were here!" A ball of fiery energy came flying at me from the Master's hands.
"Don't harm her yet… she could get us out of here!" The first snapped at the other villain.
"You can't honestly think I will let you back into my world do you?"
"Please don't flatter yourself… we will make you."
"Not if I kill you!" I sent two stakes flying at the first; both just barely missed his chest.
"Is that really all you came with? Watch what we have in store!" The first didn't contain a shape… just waves of energy I could barely see.
"Why don't you get a body and fight me like a real man?"
"You certainly aren't educated on me are you? I do not contain my own shape… I merely borrow someone else's."
"What do you mean?"
"A body of someone very close to you… but someone that is also dead." My eyes widened as the first took form.
"Get. Out. Of. Her body!"
The first smiled… "Not happy to see your mother? Shame on you slayer."
I gripped my fists into a tight ball. "You aren't my mother, and I will still kill you."
"And how do you-"I flung the dagger straight into his heart. "Oh m-my we have a b-brave s-slayer here…" He choked no each word then fell to floor. The body of my mother remained lifeless as it disappeared.
"So you're the Master?"
"Yes that would be me."
"And now the First is really dead?"
"Well I believe so. Not one person could have the guts to kill him. It was his time to die anyways… but I will live."
"I wouldn't be too sure of that." I ran towards him with my stake. I kicked and punched, but most of them were blocked.
"Go on slayer, just give up now and let me kill you."
"Tara I need help. I can't beat him, this is it for me. Spike I love you."
"I love you too Buffy, but you have to live…"
"Buffy don't let him beat you. If he beats you then what will Brittany do? All of this would have been for nothing! You would have died and Brittany will still have to go! Look at what she has to face!"
I stood there staring at the Master as he gave me a death glare. "What are you waiting for Buffy…don't tell me you're giving up now? And to think we even accepted your blood instead of the pure ones."
"What do you mean… accepted?"
"All we wanted was powerful blood. Yes we accepted you into our dimension… but we wanted the pure child's blood. Once we had her blood I could feed off of it and gain the power of a God! Then I could get out of this dimension! But we let you in, you let very little blood drop. I could only gain a little strength."
"So how do you plan to get out?"
"I plan to have the rest of your blood. You owe me at least the much for not bringing the pure one!" He came at me and I thought of Brittany. If I die she will face him… only he will be worse and in our world. I can't let my daughter suffer.
"Don't ever talk about using my daughter!" I ran to him and kicked him down. As soon as he was on the ground I straddled his tired body. "You will be sorry you ever thought of feeding off my baby!" I plunged the stake into his chest. The figure under me soon turned to dust and I stood up.
"Tara are you there?"
"Yeah so did you beat him? We heard you thinking about not wanting to die."
"Yes… he's dead."
"Good then you can come home, right pet?"
"Right."
"Ok then I will contact you later after I get the spell done for bringing you back. I will disconnect the telepathic spell. Buffy… go back to where you started. I will open a portal for that spot. Do you remember where it was?"
"Yeah I can get there. How long do I have?"
"I will say about... fifteen minutes?"
"Are you serious? After all I just went through?"
"Buffy if you don't get there now then I can't do it. There's only a certain amount of time I can open this portal after someone going through. If you want to see your family ever again you will get to where you came from… I believe in you."
"Thanks… I love you Spike. I will see you soon."
"I trust you on that…"
"No worries… I'll be there." I walked out of the lair to find hundreds of the demon guards I had faced before. "What the…"
To Be Continued….
----Ok I got this chapter in before leaving so I won't be updating for a little while. Thanks for the reviews and everything. Please read and review! Thanks for all the support!----