Chapter 1

Warehouse District : Downtown L.A.

With a sigh Jesse opened the door to her makeshift home, awaiting her mothers speech about being late. Not seeing her mother or father around in the almost pitch black room, she walked to the middle of the room, dropped her weapons and took a seat by the fire barrel.

"What took you so long?" A woman asked out of the darkness. Startled, Jesse jumped up and got into a fighting stance. Grinning the woman stepped out of the shadows and gave the girl a hug. The woman was very thin and pale. She had long flowing white hair (which she was to young to have) and was easily a few inches shorter than the girl.

"Jesus, mother you almost gave me a heart attack!" the girl shouted as she returned the hug.

The woman pushed her daughter back gently and gave her a stern look.

"Now why were you late?" she asked again.

"Jeez, Willow cut her some slack. She was probably attacked or something." A man said as he stepped out of the shadows and approached the two women. He was about a whole foot taller than the two girls, had short brown hair and had an eyepatch over his left eye.

"Stop covering for her Xander." Willow said as she put on her 'resolve face'. Even after all these years he was powerless under her glare and he backed off.

"But mom I really was attacked!" Jesse put in before her parents could get into an argument.

"They were the last of the WolfBlades. See look..." she said as she lifted her sword. The black blood on the sword was still wet as it dripped to the floor. Letting out a breath Willow looked over at Jesse and then at Xander.

"I'm sorry you two." she said after a moment. "It's just the spell I'm about to cast is very important, and very powerful." 'Not to mention terrifying' she silently added.

"It's ok Wills. You know I'll alway's be there when you need me." Xander said as he put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. He understood how reluctant Willow was to doing spells. Since Sunnydale collasped she basically stopped with the magicks.

The last time she did a spell this powerful was when she activated all the slayers and when she almost destroyed the world. Xander shuddered at that last thought. Sensing what he was thinking, Willow pulled him into a hug and then kissed him full on the lips.

Jesse cleared her throat to get her parents attention. "Are we going to do this spell soon or do you two need some time alone." she said with a knowing smirk. Her parents pulled apart and glared at her.

A few hours later found the Harris clan in a large chalked out circle with a cauldron brewing. Willow was chanting something in a dead language as the three of them held hands.

"How long is this going to take mom." Jesse complained as she opened her eyes. Willow glared at her daughter before she replied.

"It'll only take a few more minutes." she said as she put something scaly into the cauldron. The substance she put in made a foul smell in the room that made Jesse and Xander scrunch there noses up in disgust.

Closing her eyes she began to concentrate, until she heard a loud moan. As she opened her eyes, everything seemed to happen in slow motion. The warehouse door collasped under constant pounding, admitting creatures into the room.

Before the stench of the reanimated corpses hit her nostrails, Xander stood and started blasting into the crowd of zombies. As he beckoned Willow to hurry with her spell, the zombies cleared a path. Out of the middle of the sea of zombies stood a figure of a woman. As she stepped into the light Xander stopped shooting. Because there in front of him stood Buffy. The First Evil.

The First Evil was pissed. That little bitch Jesse killed three of it's top general Werewolves. It didn't need one of it's minions to tell it that the wolves were dead. The First could feel it. Moments after their demise it used a spell to reanimate corpses.

As the walking corpses started there slow trek to where the girl had gone, The First followed. As they got to the warehouse they were immediately stopped by an invicible barrier. The First then stepped forward and ran it's hand down the barrier.

"Stupid girl. Do you really think this will stop me?" it snarled as it changed it's shape from a hulking demon, into Buffy Summers.

As it hit the barrier twice with it's now small fists, the invicible wall fell and her army of the dead marched on. As the zombies reached the warehouse door they started to wail and pound on the door. The First walked passed them and with one punch the warehouse door fell with a loud thump. The Zombies then walked passed her and started to file into the warehouse.

The noise of a shotgun blasting drowned out the wails of the dead. Stepping forward into the light, she saw Xander Harris, the one that see's, shooting away at her army. As he looked up and saw her he stopped shooting. Smiling the first in Buffy form walked forward.

"Hi Xand. Long time no see." she said nonchalantly as she walked toward him.

"No..." Xander croaked as he lifted the gun back up and started blasting at her. The First was hit full on with the incinerary bullets and flew up into the air, crashing into a heap not 15 feet away.

"FINISH THE SPELL NOW WILLOW!" Xander shouted as he started back shooting at the Zombies.

As soon as the zombies came into the room Jesse immediately put her coat on and got into a fighting stance. Any Zombie that would have the misfortune of crossing her path would be re-dead in seconds by the flick of her sword. At her father's shout she looked down at her mother only to see that her eyes were now black.

As Willow finished the spell a large silver vortex opened behind them. Opening her eyes Willow stood up and embraced her daughter.

"I'm sorry sweetie..." she said over the blasting of the shotgun. "But me and your father aren't going to be coming with you."

"But mom..." Jesse said, her eyes misting over with tears.

"But nothing Jesse!" Willow shouted. "You can do this." she continued in much more gentle tones. "Just remember the things I told you and remember that me and your father love you."

Before Jesse could argue a bag was thrown into her hands. Looking up she saw that her father had thrown it. "I love you Jesse now GO!" Xander screamed as a zombie got to close and bit down into his arm, sending blood gushing everywhere.

Before she could go and help, Willow used all of the strentgh that she could muster and pushed her daughter into the swirling vortex. The last thing Jesse saw before she fell was her father being held down on the floor by zombies and her mother on her knees crying out in pain.

As soon as the first got to her feet she saw a large swirling vortex and the girl Jesse going through it. Using all of her speed she ran towards it only for it to close in her face. With red eyes she turned and looked down at the still weeping Willow.

"Where was that portal going!" The First snarled as she dragged Willow to her feet.

"I'll rather die before I tell you." Willow shot back as she spit in the first's face. Wiping the spit off of it's face, The First smiled chillingly at Willow.

"Oh that can be arranged." she said as she lifted up her fist and hit Willow in the face. The last thing Willow heard before the fist impacted with her head was Xander's screams. And then nothing.

TBC...

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