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A/N: I know there are a lot of characters, but it won't get too confusing, promise!

A Wish Gone Wrong Chapter One

Rome

She watched as her friends were sucked into a huge portal in the sky.

A loud rumbling noise came from the swirling vortex, adding to her terror.

Dawn rose up next to her – her sister would be the next victim, she couldn't let the portal take her. Buffy jumped up and grabbed her sister's feet, only to be pulled up with her. Dawn's white face looked down, seeking comfort, which Buffy gave.

"It will be all right Dawnie, we'll get through this, we always do."

Dawn smiled down at her as they continued to rise, their speed increasing at an alarming rate. They both watched as Xander flew past them, waving manically, trying to swim through the air. If it weren't a life-threatening situation, Buffy would have laughed at him.

The portal neared and Buffy closed her eyes and held on tighter on Dawn's feet, determined not to be separated when they got to wherever the portal was going to take them.

Suddenly they were in it, swirling around. Xander swirled above them, still trying to swim, futile though it was.

Buffy looked down as someone bumped into them. She caught sight of a flash of red hair before they were swept away. Willow. She looked around, but couldn't spot her anywhere. This scared her, but not as much as the light that had appeared above them.

Buffy and Dawn looked up and watched their friends entering the light. Xander, Willow…Giles. So many others, some she didn't know. Wait…Angel. What was Angel doing in Rome, or Italy for that matter?

And then, it was their turn. They went into the light where Buffy felt the cold envelop her, and…

…Woke up.

Buffy looked around her bedroom for a minute, disorientated. She sat up. "Weird dream."

Later that day, everyone had gathered at the Training School and after discussing the same dream everyone had had, but from different viewpoints, set about researching.

A while later, they had come up with nothing, and decided to wait and see if it had been a prophetic dream, and if it would come true.

They waited for a long time.