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"Poor Uncle Andrew" Sophie giggled. Willow smiled at her daughter, then went on with the story.

"After Warren's visit, Tara wasn't very happy.."

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"Is he gone?" Tara asked a group of farm animals, mostly pigs and chickens, as she peeked out the back door. A pig nodded, and Tara relaxed a little as she headed outside. "Can you believe he asked me to marry him? Me, the wife of that boorish, brainless.." Tara grabbed a scarf and wrapped it around her head in an impersonation of Warren's perfect woman.

"Madam Warren, can't you just see it?

Madam Warren, his little wife."

Tara ripped the scarf off and threw it down roughly, startling the animals.

"No sir, not me, I guarantee it,

I want much more more than this provincial life!"

Tara ran into an open field over-looking a beautiful valley.

"I want adventure in the great wide somewhere,

I want it more than I can tell."

Tara picked a dandelion and blew on it, sighing sadly.

"And for once it might be grand,

To have someone understand,

I want so much more than they've got planned.."

At that moment, Jonathan galloped into the field.

"Jonathan!" Tara cried, surprised. She began to panic when she noticed her uncle's absence. "Where's Uncle Giles? What happened boy?" Tara ran into the house to grab a traveller's cloak, then returned and climbed onto Jonathan's back. "Come on boy, we have to find Uncle Giles" she said to the horse. "Take me to him!"

That night, Jonathan and Tara arrived at the castle gates.

"What is this place?" asked Tara, looking around nervously as she walked through the gates, leading Jonathan along behind her.. She gasped in surprise and fear when she spotted Giles' watch sitting on the ground. "Oh Uncle Giles, please be alright!" She cried, picking up the watch.

On a shelf inside the entrance hall of the castle, Wesley marched back and forth in front of Xander, who had his arms crossed.

"You just had to do it, didn't you Xander?" Wesley scolded. "Just had to invite him in, didn't you? Now we're all in trouble."

"I was trying to be hospitable!" Said Xander. Unnoticed by the bickering duo, Tara entered the castle.

"Hello?" she called "Is anyone there? Uncle Giles, are you here? Anyone?"

Meanwhile in the kitchen, Buffy was bathing the other teacups in the sink when Dawn hopped in.

"Buffy, there's a girl in the castle!" she cried excitedly.

"Dawn, you have to stop making up these crazy stories" said Buffy. "Mum wouldn't like it if she knew you'd become a liar."

"But there is a girl, I saw her!" Dawn protested.

"Enough!" Buffy scolded. "Just get in the sink with the others." Dawn had grumpily obeyed, when Anya, a feather-duster and Xander's girlfriend, rushed into the room.

"You won't believe this, but there's a girl in the castle!"

"Told you so!" said Dawn, sticking her tongue out at her sister.

"Oh, shut up" said Buffy.

Back on the shelf in the hall, Wesley was attempting to give Xander a refresher course on the rules. Xander was mimicking the clock behind his back.

"Hello? Uncle Giles?" Tara called.

"Did you hear that?" Wesley panicked, peeking over the edge of the shelf.

"It's a girl!" cried Xander excitedly.

"I know it's a girl, I'm not stupid!" Wesley snapped.

"But don't you get it Wesley? She's the one, the girl wev'e been waiting for! She's here to break the spell!"

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"Yay!" Sophie cried.

"I wouldn't be cheering yet, sweetie" said Tara. "There's still a lot of story left to go."