A/N: Thanks to those that are continuing to read, you gives give me the fuel I need to keep writing. That being said on to the next chapter.

"Hey, it's Buffy. Did you find the... Auximoa?"

"I'm…I'm not sure, Willow's locator spell…"

"What? What is it?"

"I'm not sure it worked…It lead me to a human if it's supposed to be a fairy or whatever… it's in human form."

"Wow, I'm so déjà vuing." Buffy sighed.

"I think that-" Was all Ashley could say before the doorbell rang.

"Can you get that?" She heard Spencer yell from the shower.

"Sure." She replied with the same volume. "I'll check in later." She whispered in the phone and hung up. Pushing her phone in her pocket, she made her way back down the stairs to open the door, behind which two brown-haired women were standing with their back to her.

"Took you…" One of the girls trailed off, finally turning around and noticing Ashley. "Who the hell are you and why are you in the Carlin's house?"

"Chill Alex." Bella said to her friend holding her back. "Don't mind her, she's all bark and no bite." She smiled "She gets very protective of all of her friends… I'm Bella and this one here is Alex." She thumbed to her friend as she extended her hand.

"Ashley." She shook the girl's hand, trying her best not to crush it with her Slayer's strength.

"Nice to meet you…you're not from around here are you? We practically know everyone who lives here."

"No just passing through…long story short, Spencer set me up with a room till I can get a tow."

"That still doesn't explain what you're doing here?" Alex stated, suspicious.

"Behave Alex." She glared at her friend. "May we come in?"

"Sure, I guess." Ashley shrugged as she let them in. "Spencer's upstairs. I guess she forgot you guys were coming over…I don't blame her after that whole Carmen incident."

"Wait…" Alex said moving forward on the couch. "Carmen…what did that bitch want?"

"Well..." the brunette glanced towards the staircase.

Following her eyes, Alex frowned "She wanted Spencer."

"Yeah…" she sat across from the two friends.

"I swear, if she doesn't leave her alone..."

"Alex sweetie, it won't solve anything if you end up in jail." Bella gently rubbed her knee, trying to soothe her. Ashley noticed their exchange, and tried to break the ice. "So how long have you two been dating?"

The two girls looked at each other and suddenly broke out into a fit of laughter. "Us?" They said in between laughs.

"Ok, guess I was wrong."

"I'd say so." Spencer chuckled as she walked down the stairs. "Although, sometimes I wonder...Can you guys forgive me, it's been a totally weird day…and I forgot you were coming over."

Coming down from the laughter, Bella was the first to speak. "No problem, Spence." Pausing for a minute, she tried to think of a way to formulate her question. "Um…"

"So we're going to talk about you now, mind if we step outside for a minute?"

"Subtle Al..." Bella hit her on the knee and stared at her pointedly.

"Sorry about her." Spencer said looking at Ashley. "Alex, I can't believe you." She paused and smirked "You know what, I can."

Ashley felt her phone vibrating. "You know what? I've got this sudden urge to go to the bathroom." She stood up hurriedly.

"You can use the one in my room." Spencer offered.

"Thanks." the brunette kissed her on the cheek and went up the stairs with a smug look on her face, knowing Bella and Alex were certainly going to ask her about the kiss.

"Okay, what the hell was that, Spencer?" Alex immediately asked once the brunette had disappeared from sight.

"Um… what was what?"

"I think what Alex was trying to say was why a girl you just met is kissing you?"

Spencer bit her lip and answered. "Cause we're kinda dating… at least that's what we want Carmen to think." She could tell that Bella's gears were churning.

"Is she...?"

"Yeah."

"This changes things." Bella was lost in thought until she noticed Alex looked very confused.

"Remember last week? When Spencer told us about the dream she had. The fire."

Pushing her lips to the side, Alex tried to remember…

Last Week….

"Hey Spence!" Alex said walking into the store. One look at her and she could tell that her friend was distracted. "Spencer?" she waved her hand in front of the blonde girl.

"Hey, what's wrong with her?" Bella said coming in to the store.

"Don't know. She was like this when I came in."

"Spencer?" She said snapping her fingers in front of her face.

"Huh?" the girl shook her head.

"Where were you just now, honey?" Bella asked.

"Just trying to figure out this dream I had last night." she replied, running her fingers through her hair.

"What about?" Alex leaned against the counter.

"It's stupid."

"Spence. How long have you known us?"

"Yeah…" Alex said gently pushing her. "There's nothing we don't know about each other."

"Okay, okay... You're right. Well it really wasn't a dream… it was kinda like one of my-"

"Premonitions." Alex finished for her.

"Yeah. See, it was like this..." she began her story.

After hours of tossing and turning, Spencer was finally able to fall asleep. When she opened her eyes to her dream world, she was in the middle of her family's' store. In her hand, she held a note that was from Carmen. Looking around, she was startled by the sound of glass breaking. She gasped at the sight of the front of the store that had caught on fire. She spun around and headed straight for the back room to find another way out. Looking out the window, she was surprised to find that it was not only burning on the inside of the store but the outside. "Oh my God." She said as she began to cough covering her mouth and nose and running to the phone. Picking it up, she listened…nothing. "Damn it." She was coughing, trapped inside as the smoke was slowly starting to consume her.

And before she had a chance to escape the flames she heard glass shattering once again.

A brunette had jumped through the window. "Is anyone in here?" she yelled, brushing off the stray pieces.

"Over here." Spencer's call was barely louder than a whisper. Following the voice, the young brunette found her lying on the floor. "Spence! Stay with me. I'm gonna get you out of here. I'm not gonna lose you now, Shopee girl" She bent down to pick her up. Making sure they were both covered with the flame retardant blanket, she ran though the flames to get them out of this hell.

"Are you sure it's her?" Bella scratched her head.

"Pretty sure, her face was blurry… but I'd recognize that voice anywhere. I felt it when we met. Besides you know these things aren't ever perfect."

Upstairs, Ashley was eves dropping their conversation. So Spencer had dreamt about a fire. It felt awfully familiar to the brunette. She remembered her own dream, the one that had got her here, one of the many dreams that plagued her since she found out she was a Slayer.

Making it safely out of the store, she knew the fire department would never make it to save the building. "Wills, we could use a little of that magic of yours." She carefully placed the blonde on the ground.

"I'm on it." The Wicca clapped her hands together. Closing her eyes, her head flew back and a brilliant white light started to flow through her. She pushed her hands outwards and the fire slowly began to dissipate. Seconds later, the shop looked intact, as if nothing had ever happened.

"Very impressive." A figure walked out from the shadows. "You've got a Wicca on your side." The creature said, face still hidden in shadows from sight, with a mocking tone. "Definitely

a new twist on things." waving them off. "No matter, you'll all die soon."

Ashley looked down to the blonde girl who was slowly starting to stir in her lap. "And a few Slayers to boot." Standing as three other Slayers joined her side, "You can't win, our side always wins, no matter what big bads we come across."

"Please, call me Forisya…" The demon sneered, placing her hand on its chest. "After all, it is who I am. Don't bother…" Groaning the beast exhaled as they felt Willow's magic trying to get the creature to show it's true form. "You may be a powerful Wicca…." The evil creature titled its head from side to side as if cracking it's neck. "But I make this look good…" it laughed as they slowly began to transform into something else. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

Being jarred out of her memory, Ashley pulled out her phone. She saw she had received a text from her boss. She read it and let out a heavy sigh. Spencer was going meet her bosses sooner than she wanted.

Two Towns Over…

"Yo B., you here?" The brunette walked into the house. After going off by herself, the younger Slayer had decided to travel with Buffy and the rest of the Scoobies for a while. It felt totally out of character for her to ask, but no one ever really understood her like the blonde Slayer. After defeating the First, they all felt a break was in order. Little did they know, this so-called quiet town was home to one of the biggest nasties they had seen in a while.

"In here!" She yelled from the kitchen.

"Any word on the Auximoa yet?" the brunette Slayer took a seat on the bar stool across from her. The blonde set a glass on the counter in front of her.

"Ashley got a hold of Willow and I about an hour ago." She said, pouring some coke into the glass. "It seems that this isn't gonna to be as cut and dry as we thought." The blonde Slayer said putting the bottle back in the refrigerator.

"What's the sitch?" the former rouge slayer asked.

"It's human."

"Why does it seem like trouble always finds its way to us." Faith picked up the glass and took a drink.

"The life of a Slayer." Buffy replied as she took the glass from her. Over the months, things had gotten complicated between the two. Depending on whose prospective you were looking from.

"You can say that again, B." She said placing her hand on the small of her back as she made her way around the counter. The touch felt so natural, but things were still unclear…like it was an unspoken rule between them; it was okay and necessary for both of them.

Leaning into the touch, Buffy took another sip. "Human." It was meant more as a statement than a question. "Which is something we didn't anticipate."

"Makes things simpler though. Big Bad must be near then." Faith encircled the other slayer from behind, putting her chin on her shoulder.

"Has to be." Buffy turned so that she was fully in her arms. "When the purest form of good is around, there has to be evil around to corrupt it." She sighed and took Faith's sweet scent in. "I missed you." She said matter-of-factly. They were the Chosen Two, the only ones who could fully understand the life of a Slayer, who had bore the burden of protecting the world alone, without an army backing them up when things got ugly. Now, it was that same destiny that was pulling them back together. For Buffy, it was a lot easier for her to expect. Faith, on the other hand, seemed like she was waiting on the other foot to drop.

TBC….