Episode 14- The Confession by C&S

The gang is sitting in the summers home. They're just relaxing for a change But then we hear yelling.

Kennedy:" Dawn, you are a spoiled little brat who always wants her way, You can not get it this time.. NO I will not Do this for you, I don't care how much u scream and yell at me!"

Dawn:" I thought u were a friend, Friends do things for each other, Not just say a straight out no with out thinking about it first"

Kennedy:" I don't need to think about it. The answer is NO!"

Dawn:" I'm never, never talking to you again!" She turns away storming off upstairs.

Kennedy:" Fine by me! Go cry u big baby!" Faith and Willow run to see what is going on.

Willow:" what in the world was that about?"

Kennedy: "kids stuff. Nothing for your pretty head to worry about."

Faith: ""Oh give it up K!... well I guess I'll go talk to her."

Kennedy:" not a good idea, U should let the brat cool off first, She'll get over it."

Willow:" If it isn't a big deal, then tell us what all your bitching is about."

Kennedy:" who said it wasn't a big deal, I said it was kid stuff." She walks off to the kitchen.

cut to street

Xander and Spike are on patrol tonight.

Xander," I miss Buffy," Spike shows a fake look of surprise.

Spike: "Me to mate."

Xander: "Behind you!" Spike casually turns the stake around with his fingers swinging it slowly backwards, dusting the vampire.

Spike: "Thanks Mate."

Xander continues: "She was our Rock, even though she had those stupid sayings. I'm the law, I'm in charge, I'm the slayer, blah blah blah." He mocks Buffy's voice. "Only if she would have chilled a bit once in awhile. Oh I Forgive her for this eye thing, She may have got us there, but we always have a choice to go or not, I went willingly, I should have just watched out more carefully."

Spike: "Well mate, we all make mistakes, We either learn from them, or complain and regret it the whole time, making one just like it later in life."

Xander, Surprised Spike was making sense: "You're right."

Cut to Dawns room

Dawn is sitting on her bed Crying and talking to herself, "Why did I ever trust in her, I have no one, I want Buffy back!" She throws her face into her Pillow..

She lifts her head, tears streaming down her face and stares off. Remembering the gift she got from Faith on her birthday, She takes it out from under the bed and stares at it.. She slowly opens it and sees Buffy's stake and the bracelet. It also has D&F in graved into it and would fit a small girl. But then she has a flash back of herself walking with someone when she was young. She is laughing and skipping; noticing the bracelet on her wrist, With the letters D&F on it. Then she notices the older figure has one too.

Someone knocks at the door. Jerking herself back to reality she wipes a tear as she tosses the box and bracelet under her pillow.

Dawn: "Go Away!"

Faith" It's me Dawn. Can I please come in?" Dawn stayed quiet so Faith walked in.. "You doing okay?"

Dawn: "Just having a bad morning."

Faith:" want to talk about it?"

Dawn:" No, it's okay."

Faith: "Well I just wanted to make sure you're okay, I'll leave u be." Turning to leave, she sees the box slightly out from under the pillow. ""Pretty isn't it?"

Dawn looks puzzled: "Ya thanks," she doesn't plan to tell her of the flash back's she's had since she can remember. Her logic was, why tell as she was told she never had a childhood minus that of the fake Summers memories.

Faith: "I think it's time we talk." She sits on the bed next to Dawn. "This will be hard to understand and accept, but u must believe what I'm about to tell you." Faith takes the bracelet from under the Pillow.. "Do you know what these letters stand for?"

Dawn: Well u told me about your sister buying the one you gave me for Christmas by saving her pennies so I assumed this one had something to do with it."

Faith:" you're right, Dawn.. But there is more to the story You see, I lost my mom at a young age too, but we're not going to get into that right now.. But I was raising my little sister.. Oh she was a wonderful little girl. Always laughing, smiling, she would light up any room she would enter.. No matter if I was having a rough day or not, she would cheer me up.. We did everything together."

Dawn: "What happened to her?"

Faith:" Well she was taken from me; she was eight years old. They took away my world, my life, and my memories of all the wonderful things we did together... After a few years, I found where I hid those bracelets. When I looked at those letters it brought back all the memories, With playing in the park together and holding my hand when we went for a walk. Just everything about how happy we were together." Dawn looks surprised on how open and loving faith sounds as she tells the story.

Faith:" Then I remember what those evil men did. They took her from me, said I couldn't handle it. Being a slayer was all I could handle with what my life was like plus the girl needed a better family setting. All that, was why I messed up so bad. After killing the mayor's aid by mistake, remembering all that I did, I just couldn't handle it. So I went dark D, then I turned myself in, for no one else but my sister and the care Angel showed me. He, like my sister, always believed in me." Faith tries unsuccessfully to hide the hurt on her face.

Dawn: "What happened to your sister?"

Faith: "Well while I was in Jail, I had connections. The truth was told to me, the missing years, my little sister, what really happened.. My sisters Memories were also taken from her, They gave her other memories which were all made up. None are true.. But I found out where she was and I came for her."

Dawn: "So u found her?"

Faith:" Yes, I did. Dawn, My sister by blood, my sister I missed for so many years of her life," Dawn shows excitement for Faith.

Dawn: "Well where is she, why isn't she with us?"

Faith: "She is Dawn, She's right here." Dawns smile turns into a frown. Remembering the letters D&F.. "Dawn and Faith" she whispers.

Faith: "Yes Dawn, U are my sister who I lost so many years ago."

Dawn: "you're Lying, Buffy is my sister, Joyce is my mom. This is where I belong! You're Lying!"

Faith:" No Dawn, I'm not, Just couldn't tell you right away cause I knew u wouldn't believe me.

Dawn: "Stop it! Stop lying to me! I know what you're trying to do! You're trying to replace Buffy, you'll Never replace my sister Faith! I Hate you for trying!" She storms out of the room and runs out the front door of the house, as Faith slowly walks downstairs staring at the bracelet in her hand.

Kennedy: "Oh great, now u go and piss her off. I told you to leave her alone!"

Faith: "Kennedy stay the hell away from me and my business, before I knock those big teeth out of that big mouth of yours" Kennedy gives her a funny look quietly leaving the room. "Red can I talk to you for a minute"

Willow:" Sure Faith." They go into the basement where Faith tells Willow everything about she and Dawn being sisters.

Faith: "I'm sorry I didn't tell you, just Dawn needed to know first, Now she hates me and thinks I'm making this up just to take over Buffy's place as a slayer and now as a sister"

Willow: "Wow this is big Faith, it explains a lot though. The missing childhood minus the fake memories, why she doesn't remember anything, Buffy denying her."

Faith: "What? Buffy didn't want her?" Anger shoots across her face as she thinks out loud. "That figures, anything that cramped B's style was a no go!"

Willow: "Oh faith, it was long ago, so much was unexplained, Come on. Lets go have a soda," they head to the living room again.

Kennedy whispers to Willow but loud enough for faith to hear: "Well what did she say?"

Faith: "Its adult stuff, nothing for your Ugly head to worry about." Willow smirks and walks away towards faith.

Willow: "It was hard back then, Buffy didn't like the idea of having to protect the key on top of her other responsibilities nor having her mind tricked like that. She did it though but Dawn always felt a small sense of not belonging too and now I know why. You were supposed to be the protector of the key, only they gave her to you when she was a child, they didn't have to put fake memories in her head. But yes Buffy did resent it at first although she did grow to love her and well gave her life for her once. There are a lot of things you don't know." Willow sees sadness in Faith's eyes.

Faith: "Red, can you imagine what it'd do to a person to have someone taken from them like that, they screwed me all up inside. They tore up my mind man," she gets up walking out of the room as Willow looks after her sadly.

(cut to Dawn's room, later)

Dawn is sobbing as she removes a stake from the box with Elizabeth Anne Summers age 14 engraved in it and cries all the more.

(fade to black)