Kind of a short chapter. I know I know. But I didn't want it too long, and I wanted to update. Sorry it's been so long. But here's the next part. Getting exciting yet?

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"Has anyone seen Dawn recently?" Buffy asked. The others shook their heads.

"I saw her a half hour ago." Jonathon mumbled through his tears. "She was running downstairs, she wouldn't even listen to me."

"She's probably okay Buffy, just give her a bit of time." Xander cut in.

"Look, we need to figure out what to do with the body. I know this is a hard time for some of us, but we can't keep it here. Not in the house." Giles said, taking off his glasses to clean them on his shirt.

"You know," I said, gliding into the room. "Warren is a he, not an it. It'd do you well to remember that." Everyone looked up to me. Jonathon grabbed Andrew and Xander stepped back.

"Dawn?" Buffy said cautiously taking a step forward. "Dawn, what did you do?"

I suppose I was a sight. I was probably glowing. All that magic was pulsating through my body and I could see a slight golden tone all over my skin. Well that and maybe the fact I was two feet off the ground. I giggled.

"Why Buffy, why would you just go and assume I went and did something." I willed myself down and my feet gently touched the floor. "I just wanted to see what you were planning to do with him." I said glaring at Giles.

Everyone stayed silent for a second until Willow started laughing.

"Well now, I forgot about those books. Looks like little Dawny did some reading. So what's the plan babe, are you going to take me down?"

"Something like that."

"Well bring it on darling." Willow raised herself off the ground until she was standing. "Want to take my ropes off?"

"Nah, it'll be more interesting this way."

Willow smiled for a second, than lunged at me. I raised my hand as it said to do in the book and she immediately stopped in her tracks.

"Ooh, someone's been practicing." She said in a sing song voice.

"It's something to do." I retorted.

She sneered at me and twirled herself out of my spell. I raised my hand again and whispered a spell. Willow's eyes rolled to the back of her head and her body straightened into a board.

"Okay Dawn, stop. You don't know the kind of power you're using." I could barely hear Buffy over the roaring inside my head. I was enjoying my silence and no one was going to take that away from me. I turned my head to them to cast a spell, when a choking feeling ran over my body. I turned back to Willow where I found her standing, ropes at her feet and both her hands raised.

"Thank god you're cute Dawn, because you're not all that smart." Her smile turned down into a cold, hard look I was becoming accustomed to. Willow raised her hand towards the gang and simply swiped the air. Immediately they all fell to the ground. "Thought I'd help you with that." She smirked.

"Thanks," I whispered hoarsely, "that's mighty nice of you." Willow rolled her eyes and lowered her hands. I fell to the ground coughing.

"Come on Dawnie, isn't it time to finish this?" Willow yelled. "Come on Dawn. I want to see what you're made of."

I stood up, catching my breath. I had only two options. I could stand up and fight Willow, or I could let her kill me. It wasn't that hard of a choice.

"You're right Willow, it's time. It's time for me to show you the woman I've grown up to be."