Slayer Jr. 4

Earlier at 3:30 am . .

Willow hung up the phone sleepily. She had just had the strangest dream. Her eyes snapped open and she ran up the stairs into Dawn's room. She was gone. It wasn't a dream. "What is it Will?" Tara asked, coming up behind Willow. Willow spun around. "Dawn's staying with Angel apparently." Tara's eyes flew open. "Well, that's good isn't it? Dawn will be gone when we do the spell." Willow shifted uncomfortably on the bed. "I don't know if it's such a good idea. I mean, I want Buffy back as much as the rest of us but this is heavy stuff." Tara slipped her hand into Willow's. "It'll be alright. I promise." She gave Willow a gentle smile. Willow grinned back. "Thanks honey." They both walked off and went back to sleep.

The next night . .

Xander couldn't believe what Willow was planning. She wanted to bring Buffy back. Part of him really wanted Buffy back but another was screaming to leave things alone. He went with the bringing Buffy back as well as Tara and Anya. All four of them were at the graveyard with shovels and magic stuff. Xander picked up a shovel and read Buffy's tombstone. He swallowed heavily and put his shovel into the dirt. A half an hour later, the casket was revealed. Xander sat down and held hands with the girls. Willow started reciting the spell and Xander felt chills crawling up his spine. Willow let out a gasp as blood starting coming from her arms. "Willow!" Xander shouted, nearly breaking the circle. "Xander, stay in the circle, she can handle it!" Tara yelled. A few minutes later Willow collapsed, spell completed. Xander looked at the grave. Gingerly he stepped into it and heard a banging sound. He opened the casket and Buffy leaped at him. "Ahh!" He yelled and Anya screamed. Buffy stopped and looked around confused. "Wh-where am I?" She asked confused. Xander looked at the now alive Buffy and gently led her out of the grave. "Buffy. You died. We brought you back." Xander said gently. Buffy took one look at her tombstone and fainted in Xander's arms.

Buffy blinked and woke up. She sat upright quickly and then sat back down as the world started spinning. "Whoa, easy there Buffy." Xander's voice called out to her. She shook her head and opened her eyes. "What happened?" She said hoarsely. A half an hour later Buffy walked down the stairs, not believing what had happened to her. All she remembered was that wherever she was when she was dead was way better than here and she was at peace. It made her depressed thinking about it but she wouldn't ever tell Willow after the trouble she went through. She was just trying to help and had missed her. She smiled as she walked into the living room. Anya, Xander, Willow and Tara were all gathered around. Willow hugged her. "How are you doing?" She asked. Buffy had two answers for that but went with the nicer one. "I'm okay. It's just kind of weird." She looked around. "Where's Dawn?" She asked. "She's at Angel's." Willow replied. Buffy looked stunned. "What's she doing there?" She asked. Willow reached a hand out to Buffy's. "She was feeling depressed actually about your death and kept blaming herself for killing you and didn't want to stick around sinceJoyce and youhad both died." Buffy looked surprised. "Why would Dawn think that she killed me? I was the one who jumped." Willow shrugged her shoulders. Buffy stood up. "I should call her and tell her that . . ." "What Buffy? Tell her you're alive? I don't think she'd handle it too well so soon." Xander said. Buffy sat back down. "Okay, we'll leave them alone for now."

A week later at Angel's . . .

Dawn closed her eyes and focused on the desk in front of her. Wesley was standing about ten feet away from here. "You can do it Dawn." He said encouragingly. Slowly the desk lifted off the ground. It flipped upside down and then went back down. Dawn opened her eyes and laughed. Wes straightened his suit. "Well done Dawn. I really think you're getting the hang of this magic thing." Dawn stood up and rushed over and hugged him. "Thanks for teaching me Wes." She said happily. Wes grinned. "No problem." Faith walked in. "How's it goin' little D?" She grinned and walked over to Dawn. Dawn smiled back. She had been surprised at Faith being out of jail but Faith had served the time and she had changed. Faith was likean older sister to her. She had taken Buffy'sdeath pretty hard.Dawn swallowed, thinking of Buffy. "It's going awesome." Dawn exclaimed. "I'm finally getting the hang of magic." Faith grinned at Wes. "Well a slayer and a witch. That's a first." Wes smiled back. They allwalked out of the room and into the lobby. Connor walked up to Dawn and kissed her. "Hey, how's it going?" He asked gently, grasping her hand. Dawn smiled. "It's good." She kissed him back. They had "officially" been going out ever since the first night they had met. "Ah!" Cordy screamed andeveryone ran to her. She was on her knees, grasping her head in her hands. Angel grabbed two Advil and some water. Dawn looked confused. "What's happening? Is she okay?" She asked concernedly. Connor squeezed her hand. "It's okay, it's a vision. They're wicked painful." A few seconds later it was over. Cordy gratefully took the Advil from Angel and downed them. She stood up shakily, Angel supporting her. "What was it?" He asked. Cordy looked at him. "You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She took a deep breath. "I had a vision of Willow. She's gone evil." Dawn took a step back. "What? There's no way she's evil." Cordy looked at Dawn almost as to apologize. "That's not all. I saw Buffy, alive." Dawn's eyes widened in shock. She sat down on the couch. "I-it might be the Buffybot." She said. Angel looked at her confused. "The what?" "When Buffy died, there was no slayer at first so Willow made a robot of Buffy." Dawn explained. She stood up, determinedly. "I'm going back to help out." Connor held her hand. "I'm going with you. It's too dangerous for you to go by yourself." Dawn nodded in agreement. "Well then, we're all going." Angel said. "Just one problem." Cordy said. They all looked at her. "We can't all fit in the car. Two of us have to find a different way." Dawn let out a deep breath. "I can teleport myself to my house." Connor added that he'd go too. "Dawn you can't. It's too dangerous. You're just a beginner and you might get stuck." Wes argued. Dawn closed her eyes, Connor still holding onto her hand. "Dawn, stop!" Wes yelled. Two seconds later the teens were gone. Wes's face went pale. "We need to get to Sunnydale, now." He yelled. Angel looked at Fred and Gunn. "You two stay here and hold down the fort." Gunn started to argue. "No. We need people here." Angel said and with that, Cordy, Faith, Wes and Angel ran out the door.