A/n Thanks for the inspiration boost and sorry it took so long. Also, not everyone is gay, just everyone so far. Maybe 1 other pairing but not certain yet. Haven't gotten that far yet. Also, Kudos to anyone who has played Chaos Bleeds. It had a profound effect on this tale.

Traveling Time

By Seraph Maclay

Morning came all to early for Sera on her last day at home. She knew that she'd be away from 'her' home for months at least and was grateful Hope was going with her as a reminder, but all her mother would tell her was that she was going back almost seventeen years in time. She had no idea why yet and was constantly told she know as soon as she got there, but still she asked incessantly.

She then looks at her watch and realizes how late she is. She was supposed to be at Giles's house for the spell at eleven o'clock, and it was now ten thirty. She hurriedly got dressed in a pair of black jeans and a white camisole, grabbed her jacket, pulled on her boot, and ran all the way to her motorcycle before remembering the keys.

After returning with keys and the bag of clothes she also forgot, she got on her bike and made her best time ever to Giles's on the bike. Arriving with what she feels like is only moments to spare she looks down at her watch and notices it is dead and must've stopped working last night at ten thirty. After cursing, multiple times she pulls her cell phone from her pocket to check the time. The electronic clock says it is not even six thirty yet.

Driving back home and leaving a disgruntled Giles for a grumpy Willow, Sera soon starts to realize what she is leaving there. Her moms, her grandparents, her girlfriend's parents, who are just great to talk to about Slayer stuff, her godparents, Buffy and William, her best friend, Liz, and the rest of the Scoobies.

She knew it was going to be hard in the first place, but it finally just registered as she walked through the door into her house.

"Hi honey," Willow says as she sneaks back through the door. "You're up early. Did you have something to do early today that couldn't wait for the rest of the world to wake up or did you just forget that the rest of the world tend to sleep in on weekends?"

"No mom didn't forget. My watch battery died last night and when I looked down it said ten thirty so I though I was running late to Giles's and well you know. Right?"

"Ahhhhh," Willow says with a knowing look. Mainly because, she herself had done such a thing many times before. "So that's why you woke up everyone on the block?"

Sera simply nods as her mom comes in the door.

"Good morning, Sera," she says.

"Morning, Mom."

After a breakfast of pancakes Sera and her moms all ride together over to Giles's about ten forty-five making brief chats about how careful Sera had to be and how secretive she had to be on this mission. All that was going through her mind was how long would she be gone and why she had to go.

When they arrived, Willow grabbed her bag of supplies and went to begin the spell. Her other parent followed almost immediately, but she stopped to give Sera a hug, knowing that this mission would be hard on her.

Walking into the house, Sera notices the arrival of Faith, Kennedy, and her favorite of the three, Hope. They briefly embrace before going to help with the spell.

Going out back, Sera examines the circle that she and Hope would be using as a door to where they were going. It was simple enough, but she knew the actual spell would be much, much harder.

Looking at her mother, she asks, "Are we ready?"

Willow looks up and answers her daughter. "Not quite," the redhead says. "We need to consecrate the ground." She then begins a spell to do just that. "Go get ready."

Her mom had told her what this spell involved, and it wasn't pretty. She had to first fight her most deadly adversary. Then she had to traverse a whirlwind of magicks. Then walk through the astral plane, a place where only the most able witches travel, and only then with anchors. She knew this would be hard on Hope so she was to act as her anchor when they got there, although it would put herself at risk too.

She grabs her bag and walks over to the weapons cabinet to retrieve two orbs. One the purest of whites, while the other the darkest of blacks. She knew the secret behind these though. They were weapons, powerful ones too. They harnessed all the magicks of the wielder into whatever they needed at the time. Sera's favorite effect with them was the sword and dagger set, their true forms as well. Hope's Dagger, although a sword, made from the first light on earth, and Hellfire, a dagger wrenched from a warrior of the First that tried to kill her and her family a few years back, that was forged in the First's own dimension. She then grabs an axe for Hope.

"I'm ready," she says walking back outside.

"Me too," Hope says taking the axe from her.

"Well that was good timing, the circle is ready," Giles says.

After a quick good-bye, both the girls jumped through the portal. They were then immediately split up and knocked out by the force of the magicks coming through the spell.

Awaking shortly there after Sera stood up and looked around finding herself on a floating circular platform. Seconds later she heard a voice, like that of a god.

"Let the Trial of the Travels begin upon ye Seraphis."