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Episode 13- It's A Merry Christmas by Nicholas
Faith, Spike and Andrew are in a cemetery battling with a group of vampires. Spike takes his two down easily and runs over to help Andrew who is swinging the stake like a battle ax and making squawking noises.
Spike: "Good way to get bit mate!" Faith is wrestling her last one to the ground.
Vampire: "You will never be the true one, but you will feel her wrath!" He screams as he turns to dust.
(cut to the summers home)
Xander is getting Robin settled in as Dawn and Willow decorate for Christmas.
Robin: "I wish I could remember, that book, are you sure you checked them all Willow?"
Willow: "Yeah, twice, I'm going to cross reference them with the ones I scanned to the computer awhile back, see if something comes up there." Amy comes in with some groceries and the rest of the gang follows her in.
Spike: "Did anyone remember to pick me up some scrumptious blood for the festivities?"
Dawn: "Kennedy is getting it."
Andrew: "By the way Wills, are you two back on?"
Willow: "No we aren't, um Faith can I see you in the kitchen?" Faith follows her to the kitchen. "There's a book missing from the magic box, I had them all numbered, one is gone, maybe, um, well maybe that's the book Robin got the info he can't remember from."
Faith: "Yeah and that temp thing you installed seems to not be working."
Willow: "Kennedy told me it worked when she and Xander tested it out today, or she and Spike, I can't remember."
Faith: "Well then we have a traitor among us mate." She makes her best Spike gesture as she speaks causing Willow to giggle then Spike comes into the room.
Spike: "Ladies, this Christmas deal is great and all but we have some pressing matters to attend to."
(cut to Caleb on the phone.)
Caleb: "Yes, it's almost ready to begin, the slayer is on shaky ground anyway. She doesn't know where she fits in so I'll advance the plans soon master." We see the hands of a woman as she hangs up.
(cut to Summers home, next evening)
The gang is laughing, joking and talking as they have their Christmas dinner. Kennedy keeps looking at Willow as Faith does Dawn obviously torn of what to do and what if she's wrong anyway.
Xander: "Well present opening time."
Andrew: "I hope somebody got me something." He races to the pile of presents noticing Dawn got the most.
Spike: "I haven't been out and about long enough to shop or get some bucks for that matter so I do hope you all will accept my helping hand as a present. I did get niblet something though and I have something for the slayer."
Dawn reaches for her present eagerly, opens it to find a nice chain with a locket containing a picture of Joyce, it's heart shaped. She gets outfits from Willow, Kennedy and Xander and a vest from Robin. Faith motions to the kitchen so she follows.
Faith: "Look I know we don't get along well because I'm not B, don't pretend nor want to be her, but maybe it's time we start over. If you ever don't want this, don't trash it, it's all I got from when I was a kid."
Dawn opens the box and sees a shiny silver bracelet on it with F/D engraved.
Dawn: "It's pretty, thanks, does it have meaning?"
Faith: "Yeah, my sister saved up her pennies till she had enough to get me this cause she wanted to show she loved me and thank me for trying to take care of her. When she was taken from me, they didn't get this cause I hid it. It's the only thing that kept me from forgetting everything." Dawn sees sadness in Faith's eyes for the first time that she can recall and feels a little sad herself. She wonders if she'd pegged the slayer all wrong.
Dawn: "Did she die?"
Faith: "They wanted me to think so." She looks at Dawn then heads back into the living room where Spike is taking off his leather coat.
Spike: "Mate, this belonged to your mother, it's rightly yours." He hands the coat to Robin as one small tear trickles from Robin's cheek.) "Slayer, this isn't much but it belonged to the first slayer I killed. It's time to do away with the old life if I plan to help Red here be your watcher or whatever you want to call me." She opens it to find a stake with initials carved in it.
After the others open their presents and head off to bed Willow stands looking out the window next to Faith.
Willow: "I think tonight was needed, I'll always miss Buffy, but, I think this helped us all cross the bridge, to move on. I am going to be as loyal to you as I was Buffy Faith, I promise and with Wesley sending me his watcher chronicles, I'll learn and hopefully I'll be as good a watcher as Giles."
Faith: "You'll be better Red, I just have this feeling." They smile and hug. "I'm sorry you aren't working things out with Kennedy, well not really cause she's a bitch but, I think things are looking up otherwise. Now lets go have a drink, I got some stuff to dump on my new watcher."
(fade to black)