Chapter 5: Buffy's Decision
As Emma and Spike sat in the basement, Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Faith, and Anya gathered in the living room to discuss Emma.
"I think she should stay." Dawn voted. "She hasn't done anything to hurt us. She could've, you know. If she wanted, she could even kill Spike down there. She hasn't though."
"Dawn's right, Buffy. I mean, if I was chained to the basement and I was an evil vampire witch, I would've been outta there before you chained me up!" Willow added.
"Okay, you guys may be right, but she doesn't have a soul." Buffy noted.
"But, maybe you don't need a soul to do good things!" Dawn replied. "How'd you know that, anyways?"
"Faith told me." Buffy replied. "And you do need a soul to do good things. Spike's proof of that."
"But he wanted to be good, even when he didn't have a soul." Dawn replied.
"So she wants to be good, but she still isn't 100 percent good. There's still got to be evil in her!"
"Buffy, how about this- how about we test her, and if she does anything bad –any little thing- then we stake her. Easy as that." Faith replied.
"FAITH!" Dawn almost exploded "We can't stake her!"
"We will if she's a bad vampire." Buffy told her. "But since she's not bad, we won't have to resort to staking her. Right guys?"
Everyone gave their general approval. Even Dawn.
"I'll go tell her she can stay." Buffy replied, going towards the basement. She opened the door, and went downstairs.