Disclaimer: Based on the characters from the TV shows Buffy The Vampire Slayer and Angel created by Joss Whedon and his team.
MAIN TITLE: Back To The Beginning
Part of: The Unfinished Trials Of The Slayer (UTS for Short)
Written By : (Me) Graham Duke
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Chapter 7 - A Friend In Need.
Tara was this first to arrive at Giles house the following morning. Willow still looking worse for wear opened the door to her. Before Tara could say a word Willow hugged her very tightly. " OK Willow I'm happy to see you as well but leave some of my ribs intact. " Tara told her. At that moment Giles came out of the kitchen carry a Pot of tea and placed it on the table. " Tara, Eh sorry about calling you so late last night and asking you to come round so early in the morning." Giles told her. Willow let go of Tara and looked up at her, and it wasn't a happy face she had.
They all sat down and Willow explained to Tara what she had seen happen the night before to Buffy and Faith. As Willow explained, the colour in Tara's face drained away until she was a pale white almost as if she was a member of the undead herself.
Willow suddenly turned to Giles and said "Dawn, I totally forgot about Dawn". Giles looked at Willow and replied "What about Dawn?" , "I went to her house first but she wasn't their Giles....What if....the same thing has happened to her as well.." Willow sobbed.
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At the same time else where in Sunnydale, a small shop just of the main high street opened. Anya and Xander where the first to arrive at the Magic Box shop. Giles had already phoned them the night before with some of the details of what had happened, and had asked them to meet at the shop that morning. Xander entered the shop first, leaving Anya to struggle with a large heavy bag full of the babies things on one arm and trying to carry their baby in her other arm.
" You could at least help me Xander", Anya said as she struggled though the door. Xander stopped in his tracks and throw the shop keys on the counter and turned around to help. Xander took the heavy bag from Anya and placed it on the top of the counter. " What do you think is going on?", Xander asked Anya. "How should I know, all I remember was it was something about Faith and Buffy" Anya replied. Xander was about to ask another question when the shop phone rang.
Xander picked up the phone and said "yello, your one stop shop for all things creepy.". Anya gave Xander a quick thump on his arm, he had been told about answering the phone in that way before. This time at least it wasn't a customer on the phone, it was Giles. "Hey Giles what's up" Xander asked Giles. While Xander was chatting to Giles, Anya took their baby into the back room and moments later returned to collect the bag off the top of the counter. Xander was just putting the phone down as she came back into the room.
Xander keep up his keys and put the in his pocket, "Where you going? " Anya asked him. "Sorry have to go, Giles and Willow what me to check up on Dawn I'll be right back" Xander replied. Anya turned to Xander as he was going out of the shop door and said "Well OK then, I'll stay here. " .
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Xander pulled up in his car outside Buffy's and Dawns house and switched off the engine. Looking at the house from the outside nothing looked wrong at all. Xander opened the car door and got out. Walking up the path to the front door he noticed what looked like a bright light coming from inside the house out of the corner of his eye. Xander now ran up the rest of the path and was just about to open the door when it opened infront of him. Dawn stood in the doorway , "Hey Xander what's up" Dawn asked.