Nicholas approached her "Dawn, I think it would be best for you to take things slowly. I know you think you are the same as before, and you are, but as I told Buffy and Willow before, you now have new urges and" he took a breath before continuing "And You will have to learn to control the hunger. Don't underestimate it, it's very powerful" Dawn looked at him and then the others and asked "Where are the others?" Willow answered "They are outside the library waiting" Dawn asked "Why didn't they wait here" but she understood when she saw their expressions. She continued with a sad look "Y..you think I would try to hurt them… don't you trust me?" Buffy answered "We trust you, but you must remember that you are now a predator, we all are" Angel continued "Dawn, I do have a soul now, but the thirst for blood doesn't go away. It's a part of what you are"
Dawn looked at them all and said "I.. I Guess you are right, but please I want to see them, I want to see my mom." Nicholas approached with another bottle "You better drink this before we let them in" Dawn took the bottle from his hands and drank it as fast as she could "Happy now" she asked him after she finished. Buffy went to the door and said "You can all come in now"
The first who entered was Joyce, who ran into the room, with tears on her face, towards Dawn and hugged her in a tight embrace "Dear, Thank God you are ok" Dawn answered "Don't cry mommy, I'm fine" then she turned her face to look at the others. They were all happy, but Dawn noticed that some of them were also a little bit nervous.
Nicholas broke the silence as he approached to Joyce "Miss Summer, I think It would be best for all of us if Dawn, Buffy and Willow spend the next two night at the hotel with us" Joyce asked "B.. But why" Nicholas answered "It's for your own safety, believe me" he looked at the hurt glares Buffy, Willow and Dawn were giving him but he continued "They are newly made vampires, and I think they have done remarkably well in controlling their instincts, but if it were up to me, I would take them back to Toronto to watch over them. Give me just two more nights with them and at the end of it they will decide whether or not stay or go with us". Then he stood up and said "I'm going to the hotel now" Divia, Vachon, Jeannette and Natalie also stood up ready to leave "We will wait for you there" Natalie added. They all said goodbye and finally Nicholas told Giles "We will meet again in the library before we leave Sunnydale in two nights" then they all took off.
Buffy, Dawn and Willow stood there for a moment, then Willow approached Joyce and told her "Can you call my parents and tell them that I'm going to sleep at the hotel" Giles then said "What Nicholas said is true, but remember that we also know how to deal with these kind of situations" Buffy and Dawn hugged their mother and then said "I guess we will see you all in two nights".
After the goodbyes were said, the three of them took off towards the hotel.
Two nights later, all the Scooby gang waited patiently in the library, even Joyce and Riley were there. "I hope they will stay "Faith told her watcher "I kind of liked Buffy, not that I was jealous to have another Slayer here with me" Giles smiled at her. At that moment the three girls, along with the other five vampires, entered the library "Hi guys" Buffy said. They stood in front of the Scooby gang and Nicholas told them "They decided to stay. I'm sure Angel Spike and Drusilla will help them adjust to this new life, and besides" he thought for a moment what he was going to say "They have a really big group of friends who understands their nature. I just wish I had that when I was brought across, maybe things would have been different for me".
Finally, after they say their goodbyes to their new friends, the five "Canadians" were ready to leave. Jeannette approached Giles and said "If you ever consider changing your lifestyle, you know where to find me" she laughed when his face went very pale. Nicholas was the last to leave "And remember you are always welcome at my place. If anything happens, don't doubt to cantact me" he told the three of them. They al hugged him and Buffy said "Thank you, If It weren't for you…" Willow continued "I'll miss you Nick". Then he took off
After he left, they approached the table where their friends were waiting for them and Buffy asked "So Giles, what's up for tonight?".
Two weeks later
The group waited impatiently for Giles at the library "This is most unusual" Faith told Buffy "Normally He is the one who does the waiting" Buffy laughed and said "It was the same in my days" Drusilla asked with a worried face "You think something bad happened to him" but he was cut short when the door opened and Giles came inside. Willow smiled and asked "Giles, what took you so long?" Giles just sat on the table and said "Sorry I came late. I was talking on the phone with an old friend" Buffy then asked "What's the reason for this meeting Giles? Is there going to be action" Giles said "Oh no, not at all. Ever since the master was dusted, everything has been really quiet. The reason I called you all, is because I'm planning to pay a visit to the friend I just told you about it. He lives in Gotham and said I could bring some friends if I wanted, and since things have been quiet, I guess we all could take a break from fighting the forces of darkness" he stopped for a moment and then continued "I'm leaving in three days, so who wants to come?"
Buffy asked "If I go, does your friend know of our condition and needs" Giles answered "He knows more about the occult than any other person in the world, and I trust him with my life. Perhaps he could even help us in our line of work". Dawn said "I'll have to ask my mother, but I don't think that's going to be a problem. Count me in" Willow then continued "I have to ask my parents also, but I will go as well". Drusilla then added "I will go as well, I have been in many parts of the world, but I have never been in Gotham before" Spike, Angel and Cordelia couldn't go because they were already planning a trip to L.A. to visit some friends. Xander and Anya also couldn't go for they were busy with work. Tara was occupied with her magic studies, so she couldn't go. Oz had a concert and Faith said that she still wanted to keep an eye in sunnydale just in case. Finally Giles asked Riley "What about you then?" Riley smiled and said "Sorry Giles, My superior Officer has called me and I will be out of town for a few days" Giles then said "then it's settled. I just rented an RV for the trip" Willow asked "Does it have curtains?"
Meanwhile in a Town called Smallville in Kansas "Are you sure I can come up with you?" teenage Clark Kent asked his older friend "Yes Clark, as I have told you before, he was my teacher and friend in the time I was at Oxford" Lex answered. He lives in Gotham and has invited me to spend a few days there; I Imagine leaving smallville for a few days won't be too bad"