"Buffy!" Joyce Summers called from the kitchen. "Do you want me to make a start on Dinner?"

Buffy came to join her. "No thanks, mom," she answered, "I'm not hungry just now."

" Well are you sure? it's getting pretty late,"

"Yeah, I'm fine. The guy said they'd come patrolling with me anyway. We're gonna check out the city dump, apparently some vamps have been hanging around. Anyway, enough about me. How've you been feeling?"

"Pretty good. I've been hoping to start again at the gallery soon," Joyce said casually, waiting for her daughter's reaction.

"What!" exclaimed Buffy, "I mean….Isn't it a bit soon? Just don't push yourself too hard, Dawn and I worry about you."

Joyce smiled at Buffy's concern, "I won't, I'm fine now Honey, honestly. But shouldn't you be going?"

"Yeah, it's dark, and the vampires don't usually wait for me before they eat."

"That's rude of them" Joyce remarked.

"Well, I've always thought so" said Buffy, as she grabbed her coat and left.

Willow lay on her and Tara's bed, looking over her journal. She sighed. Life was usually…lively in Sunnydale. But it had been peaceful for weeks. "Not even the odd chaos demon to keep us amused" she said to herself.

"What, sweetie?" asked Tara. She came to sit next to Willow and put her arm around her.

"Oh, nothing." answered Willow "Just thinking."

"About what?"

"Just about how nice and demon-free it's been lately."

"Mmm." Tara agreed. "That's new. Maybe we could work on some new spells sometime, keep us busy?"

"That sounds nice." Willow smiled at her girlfriend, "We could work on changing Amy back, you know, de-ratifying her." Amy went round and round on her wheel as Willow spoke.

"I'm not sure." Tara said thoughtfully. "You tried it once with that warlock, Michael, and it didn't work. And you're the most powerful witch I know."

"I'm not that great really, you've been practising way longer than me." Her eyes lit up as she tried to persuade Tara. "Together we're stronger, I think we could do it."

"Maybe…" Tara wavered, "but I still don't think it's a good idea. Amy was reckless. She was powerful, but she didn't only use it for good, she had dark powers."

"But sweetie, all magic has elements of darkness to it." protested Willow. "It's grey, it can go either way."

"Yeah, but Amy knew what she was doing. She could control it, but she chose not to. We should wait until we're sure we can handle her before we attempt to bring her back."

"You think she could be dangerous? I guess it's possible, her mother Catherine Madison went crazy after Amy's dad left. I told you about the whole switchy-cheerleader thing. But Amy's not like that. She was my friend." Willow sighed. "But you're right, we probably couldn't complete it right now anyway. We should wait until we're sure what we're doing."

"Agreed." said Tara, with a small smile. "But we could make a start on that sun spell for Buffy, makes dusting vampires more efficient."

"Sounds good." confirmed Willow "But we have to meet the Scooby Gang at the dump. Apparently that nest of big-bads are going to show up.

"There should be plenty of action then."

"Well, maybe afterwards could be action-packed too?" Willow suggested, her eyes sparkling.

Tara smiled and held Willow's hand as they left the dorm.

"Come on, the others will be waiting at the Magic Box, we should load up on stakes."