Author's Note: First I desperately need to apologize for taking AGES to update this. SORRY!!! Life has been kinda crazy. I was away all summer and then I had no internet for ages. My internet is still fairly perplexing right now because it is dial-up and stupid…but I will do my best to update as often as I can…promise! Hope you can not hate me…please continue to R&R and enjoy!
Willow entered the room and a grin immediately crossed her face. Entering a room where Spike and Angel…two heroic/evil vampires were playing duck, duck, goose with a load of kids was a very amusing scene. She had to take a deep breath to keep herself from losing it.
"Well I have an idea that I think will work," Willow said calmly, but obviously holding back laughter.
The adults quickly got up from where they were sitting cross-legged on the floor and walked across the room to Willow. Dawn and Xander stayed behind and got the kids to play Follow the Leader with them.
"So what's the what?" Buffy asked.
"Well I have been researching a lot, and if we can make a portal I can do a spell for each child to transport them back to their dimensions. We can't just send them by themselves because it could prove too dangerous. So they will need to be accompanied." Willow explained.
"So one of us will have to go with them?" Gunn asked.
"Well several of us. I can't go, and perform the spell. Giles, I'll need you to help me here with the spell. Angel, you can go with Angie; Fred and Wesley with April; Gunn with Danny, and Spike and Buffy you can go with JD and Tabitha. Now the portal's can last long enough for you to get the kids to their houses, but you must not be seen by yourselves!" Willow said.
"By ourselves?" Spike asked.
"Yes, well Buffy, Spike and Angel will have another self in this dimension and it could prove very dangerous if you end up seeing yourselves. Dimensional travel is dangerous and it said that if you are to let your other self see you then you could change the future." Willow explained.
"So we need to be careful and fast?" Angel said.
"Yeah basically…but we need to go now, the kids could already be changing the future by being here!" Willow said.
Buffy, Angel and Spike all glanced at each other and then over to the kids. Now would be the hard part of saying good bye to the children and explaining that they cannot tell their real parents what happened to them. Buffy and Spike headed over to their kids, as Angel went to Angie.
"Hey dada, can we go home now?" Angie asked as Angel approached her. He knew he wouldn't have to explain to Angie not to tell because a two-year-old couldn't explain it anyway.
"Is dada coming wiff Angie?" Angie said.
"Well I am, but then you will be going with your real mommy and daddy." Angel tried to explain.
"But I wike you!" Angie said tears welled up in her eyes.
"I know sweetheart, but you will be with you mommy and daddy, he will be just like me." Angel said hugging her.
"Otay then, but I wuv you too." She said as her little lip shook and she wiped her tears away.
"And I love you Angie." Angel said feeling surprisingly like he was losing another child.
"Hey mom, dad, can we go home now?" JD and Tabby asked together.
"Yeah that's why we have come to talk to you." Buffy said.
"We have to take you back to your real parents and your home." Spike said.
"Will you meet them?" JD asked.
"No, no we can't. We can't let them see us so we have to drop you off. We need you to promise us that you won't try and explain this to your real parents okay?" Buffy explained.
"Why?" JD asked.
"Because they won't understand," Spike said.
"But why?" Tabby asked this time.
"Okay guys, let's make it a game. It will be a secret okay? You can't tell them and it will be a secret for just you two okay?" Buffy said smiling.
"Ooooh! I like secrets!" Tabby said laughing.
"Me too! Me too!" JD said.
"Great! Well I need to go and talk to April and Danny, but I will be back okay." Buffy said leaving the little ones with Spike.
TBC…
AN: Up next…saying bye to April and Danny. Will the kids get back safely? Will they be seen by themselves? I'll update asap.