Willow and Oz were the first to arrive, followed by Cordelia and Xander and finally Ms. Calendar.
"Willow, are you and Oz werewolves?" The girl asked bluntly.
"Oh, uh." Willow fumbled with answering, they'd just found out Oz was a werewolf last night, how did this stranger know?
"She appeared out of nowhere in front of Mom and knows a lot about us." Buffy admitted. "Might as well tell her."
"I am, Willow isn't." Oz admitted. "Both of us are where you come from?" He was a genius, if she appeared out of nowhere, she still came from somewhere.
"Yes and you're lost in the National Forest right now. You changed back, I guess."
"How do you know we're there?" Willow asked. "Where you're from, I guess?"
"Xander used Magic to try to find any werewolves and found two in the Forest."
"I do Magic where you come from?" Xander asked, something about this girl felt - he felt like he had to protect her.
"Yeah and you're real good, Ms. Calendar is teaching you, but you already knew some stuff. You were Dr. Strange for Halloween and you made all the vampires disappear!"
"I don't know who Dr. Strange is," Cordelia commented. "but considering everything Xander remembers about being a soldier and modern weapons from being a soldier on Halloween, I'm not surprised."
"Worth investigating why." Jenny agreed, hoping they'd let her help. The whole mess with Angel - she just wanted to help, that's all.
"And you and Xander are dating here too?!" Dawn squealed. "That's great, you guys make a great couple, even if it means I won't get to date him when I'm old enough."
"Woah! Back up, another me's dating another Cordy?" Xander asked.
"Yeah, since not long after Halloween, I guess."
"People don't have a problem with it?" Xander asked, eying Willow as Cordelia thought about her Cordettes.
"Not since they realized geeks make great boyfriends." Dawn grinned. "Cordy convinced Harmony to try dating Johnathan because he might be a rich geek some day and now she's being nice and the other Cordettes are trying geeks out too. 'Cause they pay attention and aren't grabby and jerks like jocks."
Cordelia blinked, "That is -. I should try that with our Harmony. It might help since my Cordettes here are having a problem with us dating." She hated the way they were ostracizing her, she'd have to decide something soon. "But other us is happy?" She checked.
"Yep, your Dad even likes him, so much he's giving him an internship at Chase Holdings this summer, teaching him how to run a business."
"He thinks I can actually do that?" Xander asked, surprised. "I'm not so good at Math." He explained.
"But that's the only regular class you take, all the rest are advanced, so it's not like you're not smart."
"Xander doesn't take any of those classes here." Willow tried to point out.
"Yes, I do." Xander countered. "Some of them are the same classes you take. Did you miss me sitting just a few seats away from you?"
"But, how long? No, I didn't see you." Willow stared at her oldest friend, how had she missed him taking the same classes she did? Of course she'd also missed the fact that he liked Cordelia, of all people. What else had she missed? She didn't like how lost she suddenly felt, she thought she knew Xander better then anyone and yet this stranger knew things about him that she didn't.
"But this doesn't help me get home." Dawn shrank down, her initial excitement at meeting other versions of people she knew passing as she remembered, they weren't her people. Because there was no her here.
"What is the last thing you remember?" Xander asked, putting his arm around the little girl, the feeling that he needed to protect her was so strong he stopped questioning it
"Mom was making breakfast, Buffy was getting cleaned up, she spent all night searching the Forest and not finding them and she was exhausted. Xander, our Xander, must be too, because Buffy mentioned he was searching too. Mom, you told me to set the table, I wasn't paying attention and I tripped and dropped the plates. One of them broke and I cut my finger." She showed them the bandage Joyce had put on her finger before they'd arrived. "A drop fell on the floor and the floor got wavy and then I was standing in front of a different Mom." She leaned into Xander's warmth, he made her feel safe, just like the Xander back home did.
"Kid, you got your own superpowers!" Xander dug his fingers into her side, tickling her. "That is so cool! Little Dawnie's got superpowers!"
"I do? You mean I did this? I moved myself to another place?"
"Your blood did and your blood's part of you." Xander told her. "Once you figure out how to control it, you probably won't need blood, just think about where you want to be and there you'll be. You were worrying about your Willow and Oz and you cut yourself. Your superpowers activated, but it takes time to learn how to use them. Just be patient, you'll get it."
"I've got superpowers, like Buffy and Cordelia and you?"
"I've got superpowers?!" Cordelia exclaimed. "Since when?"
"Since Xander made you Valkyrie and gave you a flying horse." Dawn said matter of factly. Before anyone could comment the air began to swirl in front of them and an opening appeared to...another Summers family dining room, where Dawn had dropped the plate. They could see...themselves on the other side. Including another Xander holding something.
"Dawn Patrol, you get your butt back home before your mother has a stroke!" The other Xander yelled and Dawn squealed, she didn't hesitate, that was her family waiting for her!