"Angel you know this demon" Willow looked ready to attack.

"Easy Willow, he's not evil, in-fact Whistler here showed me Buffy in the first place." Even though Angel seemed calm, his eyes said he wasn't happy with the demons presence.

All of a sudden Whistler was against the wall, with Buffy's hand around his throat.
"Buffy" Willow and Angel had forgotten about the blonde slayer.

"Did you know Willow was going to redo the restoration spell?" Buffy's voice was coated with anger and danger. She slammed Whistler against the wall.
"Did you know that I was going to send Angel and not Angelus to hell, when I put that sword through him" tears were streaming down her face as she remembered one of the worst days of her life.

Angel was now also expectantly watching the demon.
"Yes I did, but wasn't allowed to say anything. That Xander kid was suppose to tell you." Whistler drooped to the floor when Buffy released him.

"Wait, Buffy what message did Xander give you." Willow thought that Buffy knew she was re-doing the spell, Xander had told her that he had relayed the message, but they were too late.

"He said kick his ass, so I did, then I killed him again. Not the demon that had killed Ms Calendar, but the man I loved"

Angel went towards Buffy and embraced her in a protective hug.
"Hey, you did what you had to do. You're the slayer Buffy, and the world had to come first." he pulled back so he could gently kiss her on the lips.

She pulled back. "But if I had known, I would've tried harder to stop him from opening Acathla, then you would never of left for L.A"

"Actually he would of. He needed to go to L.A" Whistler interrupted them.

"So he needed to almost lose his soul when he slept with Darla. Then have his only son he will ever have get kidnapped to some demon dimension." Buffy felt Angel go stiff as a rock beside her. Then she suddenly realized what she said.

"Oh my goddess, I didn't know any of that. I must have gotten it..." she stopped and backed away from Angel. Her pain written all over her face. Before Angel could explain, Buffy's head shot towards Willow.

"You knew and never told me, I trusted you and you kept something this important from me." By now Buffy was huddled on the floor, the room slightly shaking as she tried to hide from the truth.

"The kid isn't Darla's" Whistler said, all eyes turned towards him and the shaking stopped.

"What do you mean he isn't Darla's, I saw her carry and give birth to him" Angel was angry and confused by the statement.

"Oh she was a kind of surrogate mother for Buffy's and your child"

"How is that possible Angel and I only slept with each other on my 17th birthday and he is a vampire." Buffy stopped as a sudden thought crossed her mind.
"It's from the time Angel got turned human isn't it." she asked slowly.

"Somebody give this kid a medal"

"She remembered, how is that possible, the oracles assured me no one would remember but me"

"Right you are, but she died, and they also assured you that wouldn't happen yet, so she got to remember."

"Well that's nice and it's great they have a kid. But why did they send her back and why with so much power" Willow asked

"The powers didn't, she came back out of her own free soul."

Everyone just froze as they processed what had come out of Whistlers mouth.

"The portal I jumped into gave me the magic didn't it" Buffy was finally beginning to understand why she was back and a small smile appeared on her face.

"You are on a roll, shall I continue or do you want to"

Angel and Willow tried to follow a conversation that wasn't making any sense to them.

"It will be better coming from me, thank you Whistler"

"Don't mention it kid, or should I say guardian" with that whistler left in a flash of light.

"Buffy what's going on" Willow and Angel asked at once.
Buffy just smiled, then headed downstairs.

Annoyed by her silence, but with no other option Angel followed.

Willow lingered for a while, so she could think about what Buffy had just told her telepathically.
'How's she going to do it' Willow started when she noticed that's he was alone.

Buffy sat calmly next to a fidgeting Angel on one of the couches, while Willow leaned against the fireplace lost in thought.

"I suppose I don't have to wait to do the first thing, huh Willow" Buffy said breaking the silence.

I don't believe so, but how are you going to do it, I couldn't." Willow walked over to Buffy who was now standing.

"You weren't meant to" Buffy pulled Angel up and placed him directly in front of her.

"What's going on Buffy and what are you planning to do" Angel wanted answers badly, Buffys sudden attitude change disturbed him deeply.

She smiled at him, a true smile, one she only used on him.
"Well right now, I am going to do a spell which will bind ours and let you go out in sunlight" she looked up at him and Angel was taken back by the love and power coming out of those hazel jewels, directed all at him.

"What, sunlight, bind our souls" Angel was completely lost.

"Yes, once I do the spell, Angelus will be gone, only magic could bring him out not happiness." she paused and took one of his hands in hers.
"However, I will only perform it if you give full consent, cause afterwards we won't be able to be too far away from each other for too long"

Buffy was essentially giving him his redemption. Angel though about it.
'Do I deserve this, do I deserve her.'

"Angel I can't make up your mind, or make you believe you deserve this. For once let your heart make this decision for you, cause right now, its the only thing that can."

Spurred by Buffy's speech, Angel closed his eyes and thought with his heart and soul.
"Do it" he finally answered.

"O.k., Will be my anchor, this is going to be powerful." Willow came quickly to Buffys side. She was excited that her two friends were finally allowed to be together and happy.

Buffy closed her eyes and began speaking under her breath, so quiet and quickly that neither Angel or Willow could understand her. A bright light encompassed the combined bodies, two separate lights came from Buffy and Angel. The lights reached out to intertwine when they touched.

The light dimmed and Buffy opened her eyes with a content smile on her face. Then she fell forward into Angel.

"Hey you ok" Angel helped her stand up.

"Yeah, just took a lot outta me" she flashed him a smile.

"God I love you, thank you for this gift, how can I ever repay you" Angel held her tightly.

"I love you too, and just promise never to leave me again" She pulled back and kissed him passionately.

"Sorry to spoil the moment, but can we go outside and wait for the others." Willow asked

"Sure, I want to see the sun"

"Well what are we waiting for" Buffy still sounded a bit tired, but she was now standing by herself.

"Hey there they are and is that Angel with them". The rest of the gang had finally gotten to the mansion. Spike had to get his blanket so he wouldn't burn up.

"Bout bloody time, I'm starting to smoke, and I don't man with a cigarette.

Everyone was surprised to see that Angel was out in the sun and not blowing up.
"I preformed a spell which bond our souls and let him in the sun, but lets get inside so I can tell you everything. Buffy explained as she headed back indoors, Angel following close behind.

"Lets start with the magic, basically when I jumped into that big glob of energy, some of its magic infused with me, everyone understand" The whole gang nodded their understanding so Buffy continued.

"Next thing I brought myself back" she almost laughed at their faces. Everyone but Angel and Willow were shocked by this news.

"So why didn't you come back outside your grave." Xander asked feeling slightly sick.

"Had to go where my bod was , and none of you knew, so that's where I landed" Buffy said this like it was nothing, but Angel gave her hand a slight squeeze sensing her pain.

The bond they had was way more stronger now and both Buffy and Angel it felt like they were sharing her heartbeat.

"My slayer abilities were boosted cause I died and came back to life, just like when the master killed me, and so has Faiths ability and a new slayer has been called."

Now that there were some explanations the whole group noticeably relaxed.

"Well I'm just glad Angel got to you in time, even though I could've sworn I felt your death. Also I presume your magic won't be a problem anymore." Giles asked.

Buffy gave him a warm smile.
"I did die and no my magic won't be an issue, as I have finally accepted it as a part of me."

"What you died" Spike looked like he was about to become ashes.

"Huh" was all Xander could say. Giles looked lost in thought, while Anya just looked bored.

"It seems like I'm too good of a warrior for the powers to lose, but if I remember correctly you guys should be immortal as well as Angel's crew."

"What how could you, how do you know if any of us or them want to be immortal." Xander was using his anger as a shield against his fear.

"Look me and Angel are only as good with you guys there with us and if we all stick together." She knew now was the time to tell them something else.

"I Know its going to take some getting use to, but we now are the guardians of future slayers. All of use including Faith." she didn't let them take it in. Pulling herself away from Angel she went to Dawn.

"Excuse us, but Dawn and I have to go see our farther" Then they both just left.

"How is he" Buffy asked her sister as they walked back to Giles.

"How is who" Dawn was still in shock over all she had learnt today.

"Dad, I did hit him quite hard" Buffy seemed relaxed but she was far from looking forward to this meeting.

"Oh, he was awake when we left, Buffy I know you're angry with him..." she trailed off not knowing how to tell her.

"But you still want him around, and no I didn't read your mind. You were and are too young to fully understand the situation." She looked at Dawn.
"He isn't immortal, he will die. Do you understand.

Dawn looked like she was about to cry but nodded her understanding.
"Good, well we're here" Noticing that Buffy was a little nervous, Dawn grasped her hand and gave it a reassuring squeeze.

They stood still for a minute before Buffy opened the door.
Hank was in the kitchen making tea when his daughters entered the house, but before he could say anything Buffy cut him off.

"Save your excuses and apologies, cause nothing you say will make it right or me forgive you." Buffy said this in one breath.
"You abandoned us, I have anew father now. In fact it's his house we're in. I don't need or want near me, I have a new family."

Hank looked devastated and began to leave when Buffy continued.

"However Dawn feels differently, but you can discuss this more with her when I leave. She is not to leave Sunnydale unless I know or move. Hurt her again and nothing will save you."

Buffy gave Dawn a quick reassuring hug, mentioning bout returning to Angel before he hurt Xander or Spike since he couldn't kill them. Then she left them alone.

After that day, Hank and Dawn found a new place close to everyone, while Angel's crew moved to Sunnydale and opened up Angel Investigations there. Bringing in more work then they ever did in L.A.

Buffy, Angel and Conner became a real family after Buffy and Angel got married. The wedding was at night so Spike could come. Xander and Anya didn't end up getting married but remained close friends, Willow and Tara are still happily together.

Faith got let of jail and came back, and all together they look over the Slayers happily until time itself ended.

A.N Kay that's the end of my first fan fiction but if you want I could do a sequel. About high school fun, that might be a while as I'm trying to add more chapters to the story and I put up the wrong chapter the other day so sorry about that. Any way thanks to all who have read this and an even bigger thanks to those who reviewed.