Dawn flipped through the book of runes. She came across a page titled 'Walking Between Worlds: How to Travel to Other Dimensions.' Dawn smiled. "Yatzee." She read on: "On a door draw two circles, one inside the other. In between the circles carve these runes starting from the top center and going clockwise: Dagaz, Thurisaz, Gebo, Isa, Kenaz, Raidho, and Uruz. Then stain the runes in blood. Then name the runes aloud in the order they were carved in. And they will guide you to the dimension you desire."
Dawn went to her basement door. "Xander can replace this. I might even live to see it, if Buffy doesn't kill me first." After gather things for carving and a heavy coat to face the frigid Ice Hell, she took a pencil and began to draw a blueprint of where to carve. The coven was researching ways to teleport beings through dimensions. Giles told them to involve runes, because he knew Niflheim was centered on runes.
Willow sat in the door way watching the rain fall. She just prayed that Dawnie wouldn't do anything stupid because she was told the coven would get Buffy, Xander, and Anya out of that game before 5:57 California time. But Willow wasn't so sure Dawnie would just stay put. Dawn had use a kitchen knife to cut herself two years earlier after finding out that she was a mystical Key to opening hell dimensions. She thought it was weird that none of the Shadow Men had gotten out when all the Hell dimensions opened. It took a sacrifice to exchange Julian for Warren. She was glad Buffy had not landed in Niflheim when she had jumped.
Dawn used the same knife to cut the palm of her hand. she quickly stained the runes with her blood, having to squeeze after about half of it was done to draw enough blood for the rest. Dawn wrapped an ace bandage around her wound and picked up the book. She read aloud the names of the runes, and watched them spin around in circles. Dawn watched in awe. Willow would have loved it. She missed Willow, and Tara. Warren desearved what ever torture these Shadow Men bestowed upon him. He was the scum of the Earth. The runic circle stopped spinning, the rune that was engraved on top was now more on the right. Dawn held her breath and turned the door handle.
The ice, snow, and wind came pouring into the house from where her basement used to be. She looked out and saw a frigid landscape. Glacier like mountains in the distance. There was no flat tundra, but a jagged ice earth as far as her eye could see. And in the middle of it all stood a house. Dawn knew what her distination was.