New Universe, New World, New Start

This is un-beta'd(I would like one if anyone is intersted) and I do
not own eith Buffy or Stargate. Just borrowing them for a
bit.Spoilers for the end of Buffy and the first season of Stargate
Atlantis.

Special Note: There will be romantic pairings in this story and they
will contain slash, femslash, hetero and a couple of threesomes. The actually pairings will be revealed in the next chapter.

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Prologue-

"Good luck and know you will be strongly missed and loved. May you
all find happiness and peace in your new home." As Giles finished
speaking Willow began chanting the transportation spell.

Dawn, Spike, Xander and Faith were standing holding hands in a
circle in the living room. They were each carrying backpacks that
had been magically enlarged to more than a normal backpack. Each
person were bringing the typical - clothing, food, weapons, books
plus entertainment items. Willow had also spelled portable DVD and
mp3 players to hold 100x more and to recharge with sunlight since
they didn't know if they would have access to batteries or electric
outlets. They all knew that the likely hood of returning home was
small and even then it would be at least fifteen years. During the
planning stages they made sure that they did not have existing
counterparts in the universe they were traveling to; they either had
never been born there or had died years before.

Unfortunately these extreme travel plans were necessary for two
serious reasons. The first being a prophecy that had been delivered
by the newly deceased Cordelia and the recently permanently deceased
Drusilla. It mentioned need the White-Knight-Who-Sees-What-Others-
Don't, the redeemed dark slayer, the souled & chipped vampire, and
the glowing girl grown into a strong witch. The group was already
looking for an escape for Spike, Xander and Faith before the
prophecy due the second reason. Quentin Travers had manged to
survive the Firsts attack on the council. He got together with
surviving members of the Initiative scientists and started a very
disturbing organization. The group had attempted to take Spike twice
already and the last time had been a close call. Willow had a
discovered in her hacking that the group also wanted Xander and
Faith for dissection and experiments. Dissection for Xander since he
been possed several times and had those swim-team fish genes and
experiment on Faith since she was one of the oldest living slayers
in recorded history. Once it was decided that the four had to be
sent away Willow worked double time to create a spell that would
prevent mystical tracking. After it was preformed the information
would vanish from Willow, Giles, Kennedy, and Buffy's heads. In
fifteen years a letter would appear before all three of them with
directions on how to contact the others.

There wasn't much Willow could find out about the new universe
without tipping her hand to Travers and so the group was trying to
prepare for all possibilities. While due to the prophecy they knew
there would be some sort of big bad to fight there was still a
strong hope among the four that this would get them a fresh start.
While they were preparing to leave Giles gave each of them a small
gift before wishing them luck. Spike was given a ring that worked
like the Gem of Amarra but once it was placed on his finger it could
not be removed. Dawn was given a gold locked with a picture of her
mother on one side and a picture of Tara on the other. Faith was
given a blessed sword that Giles had a specially commissioned for her
(it was her first true weapon that didn't belong to someone else
first). Xander was a little worried about what Giles could possibly
give him as he was pulled aside.

"Xander, there has been a tradition in my family to pass two items
on to the first born son in the honor of continuing the watcher
tradition. Xander, since the first day in the library you have been
like a son to me. I know you will continue to make me proud in the
new universe your going to. Never under estimate yourself, you have
been vital to the our fight and I know you will be in the new fight.
I have hope that even in this new fight you will find a peace of
mind and happiness. Good Luck, son" And that was how Xander ended up
with an antique crossbow and a Slayer/Watcher handbook. That was
also how Giles ended up cleaning his glasses with red-rimmed eyes.
Both men though hugged and quickly swallowed their emotions before
returning to their previous positions.

As Willow entered the middle of the chant and a glow started
everyone gripped their hands tighter. They were all excited and
scared about what this future world would bring them. Then there was
a tug, a bright light and they were gone. Buffy collapsed in Giles
arms sobbing while Willow collapsed into Kennedy's arms. All of them
said a silent good-bye and good luck to their vanished friends.

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