It was eleven fifteen when they reached Buffy's home. Walking through the front door they headed for the living room where Willow, Dawn, Xander and Andrew were waiting for them.

"So buff what's the big emergency you called us over for ..." Xander began to ask then he spotted the girl who was stood behind Faith.

"Everyone this is Hope, she's a ..." Buffy began

"Slayer" Willow finished

"How did you know that?" Hope asked beating everyone to the question

"Slayers have a different ora to other beings, usually I'd have to do a spell to see a person's ora but your's is screaming at me." Willow said answering Hopes question.

"Is that a bad thing?" Faith asked.

"No far from it" willow answered

"Dawn could you go down to the basement and get Spike for me please." Buffy asked her sister

While Dawn did this everyone took various seats around the living room, returning dawn joined them taking a seat on the couch between Xander and Faith. Spike followed her into the room a few seconds after.

"Spike, this is Hope" Buffy told him

"Hello" said Hope

"She's a slayer ..." Spike began but was cut off by Faith

"Yeah we kinda got that memo." Faith told him

"Ok everyone's here you wanna tell us what's going on." Buffy asked before taking a seat with the others.

"I was sent here by my watcher to help you." Hope began

"Wait, I thought all the watchers were dead." said Andrew

"They are, but not in my time. I'm from the future, from the year 2025 to be exact I was sent back to change things to create a better future.

"The watchers council would allow that?" asked Xander

"The old council wouldn't. But thanks to your watcher Mr. Giles the council was rebuilt bigger and better then ever, new watchers who fight along side their slayers in battle, no more of that one slayer dies the next is chosen crap they use to spout off." she told them.

"Who trained you?" asked Faith

"You did, you, Buffy and Kennedy, as the most superior slayers you were legends Mr. Giles had you teaching newly called slayers weapons training, hand to hand combat, figured you might as well earn some money at something you're good at. Spike trained me a little as well." hope answered

"Me?" Spike asked a little shocked about that

"Yes, one of the councils new methods, who better to train a slayer then someone who's killed two of them." she told him.

"Was the Scythe handed down the line?" Buffy asked

"Yes, but don't worry you chose who the Scythe's were handed down to." she told Buffy

"Wait did you just say Scythes as in plural there's only supposed to be one?" Willow said

"Yes but that was also said to be true about slayers wasn't it" hope said with a smile as held up what she had been carrying all night placing it on top of the coffee table she unwrapped it to reveal the second scythe it was similar to the one Buffy had except this one was blue not red .

"You see the Scythe that was passed on to me isn't your's Buffy it's Faith's." she told them

She then pulled out the Scythe from under her coat that she had used earlier that night, and place it next to the one she had unwrapped they were identical except hope's had some scratches along the blue part.

"Mine?" Faith asked leaning forward and tracing her finger along the blade

"Hope you like the color, it was hidden in South Boston you weren't suppose to find it for another two years but as things stand we needed it sooner, which is why I went there first before coming to you." Hope informed them

"I gave the scythe to you why?" asked Faith

"I guess that's something only time will tell" Hope told her

"Who did I give mine to?" asked Buffy

"Another slayer, her name is Ashleigh."

"So you turn up here with another scythe because you were sent by the council to change the future things must be pretty bad in your world." Dawn summed up.

"You have no idea." she said turning to face Dawn "every thing that's happened over the past seven years The First, Glory, the initiative, angelus, the master, its all been a sweet dream compared with what's to come." Hope finished

"If things are that bad why send you?" Kennedy asked then off hope's look " I just meant why not one of us?"

"Because there's no-one to send back you're all dead." Hope told them then seeing the looks on their faces

"Listen I'm sorry for being so blunt but its true the world you're living in now doesn't exist anymore the demons have made it theirs all hell has broken loose. Some of the events that I came back to change wont even happen for years to come but I came back to this year because I want to stop them before they even have a chance to begin."