Thank you to:

Vdarkangel88: Thank you

Bittersweetlife100: Keep the memories coming! Got it. Mental note made.

Me: I know but see I wanted to give the story a reason for Dawn being there and finding the diaries. Also even though his father was a watcher William/Spike never really wanted anything to do with watchers or what ever so he really doesn't know much about them he just heard them being mentioned.

PomegranteQueen: I'll see what my muse says about a Dawn/William kiss scene & I'm glad you liked Spike's flustered ness. J

SpikesBit: Thank you

Candi: Thank you I'm glad you like it, but watch out time is going to be a confusing element in the story. J

MoonAssassin13: Thank you I'm glad you like the story.

Golden-Vampire-Goddess: Thank you I'm glad so many of you are happy that I picked up this story!!!

Savy: Thank you I'm glad you like the story.

ShvrMeTmbrs05: Thanks Trina. Glad you like it

A/N: If anyone has any input on what they would like to see happen let me know and I'll see what I can do.

On with the story…

Dawn smiled at William for a moment longer, then a frown grew upon her face. William had an expression of fear and worry. But she didn't know why. " William? What's wrong? Are you ok?" Dawn, slowly sat up, or tried to but soon enough she realize sitting wasn't an option at the moment. She groaned and held her head as she slowly laid herself back down on the couch. " What happened? Why does my head hurt so much?"

William got a worried look on his face. He hoped she hadn't hurt herself when she fell, or even during her…glowing…period. "Dawn? What is the matter? Are you okay?" he asked, while he walked over to her. At the moment his concern for her was winning out over his fear of what had just happened. When he got to her he knelt down on the floor and put his hand to her forehead. " Dear lord your burning up! Lay still Dawn I'll be right back." She just groaned in response.

William quickly went to the kitchen where he found the maid. "Get another cool cloth for Miss. Summers. She is burning up with a temperature. She's in the library." As soon as William had said that Dawn was burning up the maid was already getting a few cool cloths and followed William out of the kitchen. The maid went to Dawn and William went to get his mother.

When William got to his mother's bedroom door, he knocked politely yet urgently. A few moments later his mother was at the door with a worried look on her face. "What is the matter William?" she asked him concerned. "It's Dawn, she was reading one of fathers watchers diaries. I know, I know, no one but the council is supposed to read them. But she guessed that father was a watcher. Anyway she read something and passed out. She came to, a few moments ago but now she is burning up with a temperature." William said to her urgently. But he left out the part about Dawn glowing and mumbling in her sleep. He wanted to talk to Dawn about that first before he worried his mother.

"Oh, the poor dear. Come on lets go and see if we can make her more comfortable. Why don't you contact Doctor Warren and see what he suggests." she said to William as they made their way over to the library. William nodded and left Dawn to be tended by his mother and the maid, while he got a hold of the doctor.

Dawn was laying on the couch, while the maid, Margaret, was running a cool cloth over her face and over her hair. It made her eyes water. Her mother would do something similar when ever she had a fever, while waiting for the childrens Moltrin to kick in. Then she heard a voice that sounded vaguely like her mothers, but she knew it wasn't possible. Dawn turned her head slightly to get a look at who she heard. It was William's mother, Lauren. Dawn gave her a small smile, and then closed her eyes again.

"Margaret, will you please get the spare bed and set it up over there near the fire place. I do not much think that Dawn will be wanting to try to get to her up the stairs and to her room." Margaret must have nodded and left, because for a moment the cool cloth was no longer on her forehead. Dawn opened her eye just in time to see Lauren sit down, give her a gentle smile, and replace the cool cloth to her forehead. "William, is getting the Doctor's opinion. We're not sure what's wrong with you. You could have just gotten a cold, or you could have hit your head when you fell."

Dawn looked at her for a moment. "I fell? When did I fall?" Dawn asked her a little confused. Lauren looked at her concerned. "What is the last thing you do remember, my dear?" Dawn thought for a moment. "The last thing I remember is… talking to William about a book he might have recommended.-- but I remember that I couldn't help but thinking that the books that I need are probably not an expectable for a girl to be reading." Dawn answered without thinking. Lauren looked at her for a moment. "What kind of books do you need?" and before Dawn's mind even told her to stop, "I need to figure out how I got here. I don't know how to get home. And I'm not exactly an expert on time travel."

By the time Dawn finished her sentence her eyes were already closed and she was falling asleep. Not even realizing that through the pain, dizziness, and fever she had told them the one thing that she had tried to keep a secret. The one thing they shouldn't have known, or at least one of the secrets anyway. But it was a pretty big secret no the less.

Sunnydale 2003

Everyone was still researching. Now that they had an idea of what had happened to Dawn and that it was linked to the prophesy of her killing the first and her being the key, they had a place to begin looking. But all the sudden Buffy felt a something cold on her left hand. When she looked down at it she jumped, squeaked, and stared at her hand wide eyed. Staring back up at her was a 1 1/3 carat total weight Diamond Ring. The center round diamond is met on either side by a row of round diamonds along the top and sides of the smooth finished band. 14K white gold. That was accompanied by a 1/2 Carat t.w. Diamond Band channel-set round diamonds in 14K white gold.

Everyone was looking at Buffy due to her little squeak. She looked at them and then held up her left hand. "When did I get married? Better yet, who did I marry? And why on earth do I know so much about diamond rings?" she looked at them in confusion. And they looked at her ring in surprise and then they all looked at Giles. "What? I told you things were going to change, I can't control what changes, I just know that things will change." Giles said a little annoyed.