Dawn Winchester?
Summary: Dawn isn't a magical clone, she's Buffy's daughter,...and John's.
Disclaimer: If you recognize it, it ain't mine!
At the back table in the Magic Box there was complete silence. Dawn was the Key. Glory wanted to kill her. Not just use the Key, but kill Dawn to use the Key.
Xander stared at Buffy, "She was made from your blood, Glory is out to kill her to rip the dimensions apart, and all you can say is why doesn't she look like me?"
Buffy punched his arm, pulling her Slayer strength so she didn't break it. "No, Xan. Dawn wants to know. Clones should be identical or something. I've got no clue so I'm tossing the ball to the brains." she said, gesturing to Willow and Giles. "They know magic and science. If anyone knows the answers they do, and whatever answers Dawn needs, she gets. Right?" She stared hard around the table. She might not have been the best big sister for Dawn, but she was going to be the best mom she could be. And that meant supporting Dawn as much as possible like Joyce now did for her. Why Joyce had even learned to carve stakes! And hosted research parties complete with large amounts of munchies! She washed out the results of Slaying out of Buffy's clothes and offered to do the same for the rest of the Scoobies, and ...Buffy's thoughts trailed off as she thought of everything her mother had done for her. It would not be easy living up to Joyce's example, but she was determined to try.
There was a solemn nodding from around the table. It was obvious that Buffy had gone into a super protect mode and the truth was that the rest of the Scoobies weren't far behind. Even if their memories of Dawn were false, she was theirs. And that meant Glory wasn't getting her hands on Dawn, no matter what they had to do.
Wearing her sternest version of her resolve face, Willow turned to Dawn. "You aren't a clone. You are right about clones being identical, and the magic wouldn't effect that. I'll have to check your DNA out with science, and that will take 72 hours, because I'll have to take a skin sample from inside your mouth, because we can't use blood because of the Key and I'll have to grow it out and I'll need Buffy's DNA too, and," Xander put his hand over Willow's mouth. "Right. 3 days for you to do the DNA work, and we'll keep looking up stuff on the Glory front while you do that." Willow caught her breath and nodded, grateful that Xander had stopped her ramble before it could really get started.
Tara slipped into the back room and came out carrying the first aid kit. She handed Willow a couple of sterile swabs and accepted a large book from Giles. While Willow swabbed Dawn and Buffy's mouths for the DNA samples she needed, Joyce also accepted a large book. With Willow working on the clone or what question, someone would have to take her place reading the new shipment of books that Giles had just received. Thank god most of them were in english or latin. She had brushed up on the lastin she had learned during college when she found out just how much of Slaying was really researching. She may not be able to do much for her daughter, but at least she could help find out how Buffy could kill the current big bad gunnging for her, and this time Dawn as well.
