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[Buffy Anne Summers]

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Her bags were packed, her room was locked, the meeting was over, and now she had nothing to do but wait. She was glad she told everyone an earlier time than they really needed to leave, as no offense to her friends, but none of them were the most punctual in the world. Granted, neither was she, but that was beside the point. She knew she usually wasn’t the most punctual either, but her nerves were jumping and it was time to hit the road. She looked down at her watch again and for the hundredth time in the period of the 10 or so minutes she had been standing there she begged time to speed up and slow down at the same time. One could look at this girl and be amazed by the fact that she could battle demons with her eyes closed (not something she recommended by the way) and not break a sweat, but waiting for a plane to go back to the United States had her biting her lip so hard that it was bleeding.

As she stood around, waiting for the rest of her group to arrive, she looked around her. She was waiting at the Rome Airport, though in reality it was some name she couldn’t pronounce as she didn’t speak Italian. She had left her friends a note and text messaged each one of them telling them to meet her here for the simple fact that she had to get everyone’s tickets. She was thankful that the Watcher’s Council had put Giles on the bank accounts a long while ago so money was never an issue anymore, something that Giles had been shocked by as well but pleased with nonetheless. She had a feeling they had just simply never taken him off the accounts from when he was her full time watcher all those years ago, but you wouldn’t see her spoiling her watcher’s parade.

“Ms?” She heard a man say in a broken Italian accent. She looked up and saw it was her turn in line. She quickly counted in her head to see how many tickets she needed before answering. “I need four tickets to Virginia, USA please.” She told the man, hoping he understood her. He smiled and nodded. She handed her credit card over, cringing at the almost $10,000 price tag on it. Giles better love, her that was all she had to say. He handed her the card back followed by what felt like a mountain of paperwork. He smiled sympathetically and held up 3 fingers. “3 Stops.” She groaned then smiled and nodded. “Thank you.” She told him before heading inside right in the main entrance to wait for her group and look over the itinerary.

Their first flight was on the British Airways, leaving at 7:50am and landing in London, England at 9:45am. From there they changed planes but stayed on British Airways and left from London, England at 11:10am and landed in Washington, DC at 2:30pm. Once in DC they changed planes and got on US Airways, leaving Washington, DC at 4:15pm and landing in Charlotte, North Carolina at 5:34pm. Finally they would get on another US Airways plane at 6:15pm and land in Charlottesville, Virginia at 7:25pm. From there they would have to drive 2 hours to Mystic Falls Virginia…though she had a feeling after the 17 hour and 35 minute flight(s) they would be enduring, they would be renting a hotel in Charlottesville for the night before heading to Mystic Falls. She sighed and waited, hoping her friends would be there soon. They had 2 hours and 10 minutes until their first plane left and they still needed to get through customs and grab some snacks before getting on the plane.

She had a feeling her friends were going to kill her before they got on the plane, for she knew they were not going to be happy with the number of stops they would make. Looking on the bright side however, she would get to grab a souvenir from each airport…wow, she needed a life.

Word Count:: 754
Tag:: Willow Rosenberg, Dawn Summers & Andrew Wells
Outfit:: Click here for Buffy’s outfit!
Note:: I would just like to say that I actually looked a flight from Rome to Virginia up and followed the itinerary exactly. I may have picked the one with the most number of stops just to be ridiculous but I just wanted to let you know that this is an actual itinerary.

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Willow was running back in forth trying to remember to pack everything she thought she would need, she grabbed closes, magic books, snacks, and even some games for the trip. Willow was the type to over pack, but everyone loved it because she was always the one to have something that someone would need. Willow grabbed her bag and started to get ready to walk out the door, she turned and looked at her room like she might not see it again, but willow knew she was just worrying to much. As she was getting ready to shut the door she remember something, she walked over to her table and grabbed her journal and opened it up. There was a picture of Tara and Her in side the Journal, willow couldn’t leave home without it. She took the Journal and started to head back out the door to the air port.

Willow was running as fast as she could trying to get there to Buffy and the others , she looked at her watch hoping she was not to late, but she saw she still had sometime left. She just didn’t want Buffy to have to wait long on her own. Willow got there to see Buffy sanding there waiting on everyone, “Hey Buffy I’m here! Were is everyone? Man I thought I would be late getting here” Willow said to Buffy with a laugh. Willow put down her bags and started to get out some stuff to show Buffy, “look Buff I bought games and snacks for our trip, cool huh” Willow didn’t love flying but she loved getting to spend time with the ones she loves, so she thought that it might be fun.

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Tagged- Dawn, Andrew and Buffy
Outfit- Click here for Willows outfit!
Note- My outfit is so cute !!
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Dawn woke up early that morning so she could pack, but first she hopped in the shower. She washed her hair and body and when she got out she wrapped her long brown hair in a towel and pulled on a pink puffy robe. She walked over to her closet before deciding to wear a pair of pink Juicy Contour sweat pants, with a black tank top and a matching pink jacket. She pulled on a pair of socks before going back to the bath room and drying her hair. She applied some make up including foundation, some bronze eyeshadow, eyeliner and mascara, and some nude lip gloss. Her naturally curly hair fell way past her shoulders as she pulled a brush through it, taming the wild mess. She gathered all of her make up,hair, and bath products into a small bag.

Dawn then made her way back into her bed room were she put on her low top chuck taylor shoes. She knew she looked skanked out but she didn't really care, she was flying on a plane for a set number of hours, she didn't care about looking good, she just wanted to be comfortable. She threw tons of clothes into a very large rolling Louis Vuttion suitcase. She then threw an equal number of shoes into a matching bag. She switched her purse to a large Juicy Contour one that she stuffed her laptop, laptop charger, cell phone charger, as well as all the stuff that was into her purse before. Over the years Dawn had changed alot, she was alot more girly now and loved brand names.

She like Willow had a small tendency to over pack, so she spent a few minutes running around and packing last second things. She then turned to the small pile of fur that laid on her bed, she walked over to her bedside table and took the Louis Vuttion dog collar that laid on it. " Zuzu, come here. Let's get your collar on." She watched as the small Pappillon dog walked over to her, Dawn put the collar on her. She called the airport like five times to make sure Zuz could travel with her, she wouldn't feel right leaving her small dog alone. The airport told her that Zuzu could, she even got to ride in the cabin and didn't have to ride in the cargo hold! She just needed a record of her shots, a letter from her vet saying she was healthy, she had to have her collar and tags on, and she had to be in a soft sided dog carrier the whole time. But Dawn could take her out when they stopped and let her stretch her legs.

Once she got the collar on the dog she put her in a Louis Vuttion dog carrier, and put in a blanket and some of her favorite toys. She threw one of the bags over her shoulder, and slipped the handle of the dog carrier on her right forearm, she grabbed her purse and slipped it on her forearm as well. She grabbed her iPhone and took the handle of the rolling suitcase before leaving for the airport. Once there she got all of her stuff out of the taxi and walked in, her eyes taking in the sight before they landed on Buffy and Willow. She walked over to them "Hey Guys, am I late? I had to make sure I had all of Zuzu's stuff."


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tag;;Buffy, Willow, And Andrew
outfit;; Here
word count;;588
notes;;Sorry It Took So Long For Me To Reply.

[andrew]

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Andrew was checking and rechecking his bags. He wanted to make sure he had everything her needed form research to things that he could research with. He did not want to leave without anything. Of course this was him and he was bound to let something slide and he'd have to make due without it once he figured out exactly what it was he might be missing. Now it was not to say that Andrew packed everything but the kitchen sink. That was not true at all. He actually packed rather light thanks to technology that helped him with things. He required him to not have to carry many books with him unless he really needed too. He'd be linked to the library of the Slayer school anyways just in case he might need something looked up. He took a deep breath and smirked. Yes he was done packing. It had been a rather long night actually.

He'd gone out and trained with Giles. Everything went well with that and he was steps closer to getting that title he so desperately wanted. Only a few more field hours and he'd be all set to test and become a full fledged watcher. It was something that he'd been waiting for for a long while now. He had to build up the trust and everything from ground up after what he'd done to Jonathan. However, he did prove himself and he was not part of the family and her was progress into being a bigger part of the family as a watcher. He was happy he had something he could call family again. The days of the Trio were long over and his brother was gone so all he had left was the people he was with now. He didn't want to mess things up but he knew that he would make mistakes and there was nothing that the could do about that.

He looked down at his watch and smirked. He locked up his room and headed out. He was going to be his usually fashionably couple minutes early. Okay Andrew was hardly ever on time and most of the time he could be late. He however knew better when it came to traveling. One would think with his experience he would be one of the first ones there but no. He had to make his usual latish entrance or it just wouldn't be right. He walked down the street and took a second look at his watch before her sprinted for a cab and had it take him to the airport. He was sure he was going to be the last to arrive an with mere seconds to spare before being late. That was just the way that he was.
He got out of the cab, while grabbing his things and handing over the money. He walked into the airport to find himself face to face with Willow, Buffy, and Dawn. It looked like he might indeed be the last one of the group to arrive and surprisingly earlier then he has expected.

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tag:Buffy, Willow, Dawn
outfit:when i make it
note:sorry it took me so long. Computer problems

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[katie]

He looked around the room quickly and decided that he was good. He, unlike some of the girls was a light packer if he forgot it then he would get it while he was there. He normally had the amount of two bags if not less. He went to his bathroom and checked one more time then looked around the room to make sure he got everything. He grabbed his duffle and book bag then a small briefcase type bag he wanted to make sure he had all of his research in it. Then he headed to his rooms door shut and locked it. He moved through the corridors quietly making his way to the main door, stepping through it and into the waiting cab.
As the cab drove through town he let his mind wonder back to the meeting and finding out about going to the United States. It had never really bothered him before but he felt that this time was going to be different something was happening and he did not like it. He let his mind wonder into the past and remembering everything that had happened in his short life and while he was lost in his memories they had pulled up to the airport. “sir, sir” He looked up at the cab driver then out the window he paid the man and stepped out he as he walked through the doors he realized he was probably the last one there looking at his watch he saw he was on time.
Walking up to the group he saw Willow showing Buffy everything she had packed looking at Dawn in her pink outfit and dog. Looking around as he waited for the few people in front of him to move he saw the line and was grateful that Buffy had come earlier to get their tickets. Now it was time to get this show on the road. “Hey I do believe I’m the last one.”
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[Buffy Anne Summers]

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She stared at the planes coming and going as she waited for her friends to arrive. It was going to be a long day as they had so many stops, plus the layovers. Luckily the group that she was traveling with was the type that they could sit in relative silence and be comfortable around each other. Even Andrew, who none of them had known nearly as long as they had known each other, was still fitting in nicely with the group. It gave Xander that other guy friend that he had complained about for years but he was trust worthy and put those he cared about before anyone else.

Willow arrived first, no surprise there. Out of anyone, she was the one who was the most punctual for the most part. She was always also prepared it seemed. As soon as she arrived she immediately told the blonde slayer that she had snacks for the plane. She hoped customs would allow them to bring those snacks on the plane, but figured even if they didn’t they would just get more. “Hey Wills.” She replied, smiling and handing her the boarding pass. “Have your ID and everything?” She asked, just double checking. She felt like a mom sometimes to a bunch of people as she was the one who always made sure everyone had everything…even those like Willow who she really didn’t need to worry about, she still did. “Nah, you’re not late. You’re actually only here about 20 minutes after I got here. Besides, out of everyone you should know it’ll be Xander who gets here last.” She told her, smiling a bit.

Dawn was next, which again wasn’t a surprise. She was usually in the middle, either being punctual or late, but never too late and never too early. Buffy quirked her eyebrow at the little dog that was seated next to her sister. “Uh…Dawnie? When the hell did you get a dog?” Dawn had never struck Buffy as a dog person so why and where she had gotten one she wasn’t sure…but the dog was cute, in a weird sort of way. “Nice outfit by the way.” She commented, wishing she had worn something slightly more comfortable. She had brought something else to change into before the plane departed so she may have to go change into that once they got through customs. It would be a long day if she was stuck in the sweater and pants she had on. She couldn’t help but roll her eyes at her sisters luggage. Even though they all had money now, most of them weren’t frivolous with it. Sure she had a few nice purses and such, but she would never waste her money on expensive luggage only for it to get ruined in the dirty plane…but it looked like Dawn didn’t mind doing that. She shrugged internally, whatever floated her boat she guessed.

Andrew was the next to arrive and he couldn’t help but smile at him. He had come a long way since the guy he had met trying to be a super villain. He had grown up a lot and was now working extremely hard to becoming a great watcher. Buffy and Giles had spoken briefly after the meeting earlier and depending on the personalities of the new potential in Virginia, they both came to the conclusion that if the personalities matched, Andrew was ready to be a watcher. He still needed some field time but in research and in heart, he was ready. Some stuff you just couldn’t teach and it was time for him to be on his own…though he would always have help if he needed it. She hoped the new potential would get along with him but she also hoped she would choose to come back to Rome in order to let Andrew still be surrounded by those could help him while still letting him have the opportunity to branch out on his own. “Hey Andrew.” She smiled and handed him as well as Dawn their boarding passes. “Everyone have everything they need?” She asked but before she could get an answer the last member of their group showed up.

Xander, he was always late. She loved him like a brother and would never replace him, but she had specifically told Xander their plane left an hour before it actually did so he would have a chance of being on time. “Hey Xand.” She grinned and handed him his boarding pass. She again asked the same question she had asked everything, and that was if he had everything. “Alright guys, lets head through customs.” She told them with a sarcastic smile. “Fun huh?” She laughed.

Luckily customs didn’t take as long as she thought it would and before long she was seated at the gate where the plane would be departing in an hour. “Anyone want to head over to the gift shop to see what snacks they have? Also wouldn’t hurt to grab some reading material…it’s going to be a long ass flight.” She told them, smiling internally. None of them knew all the layovers and such…and she knew they weren’t going to be happy when they found it out. “Did anyone look at the itinerary?” She asked, but figure they hadn’t so went ahead and told them anyway. “Our first flight is on the British Airways, leaving at 7:50am and landing in London, England at 9:45am. From there we change planes but stay on British Airways and leave from London, England at 11:10am and land in Washington, DC at 2:30pm. Once in DC we change planes and get on US Airways, leaving Washington, DC at 4:15pm and landing in Charlotte, North Carolina at 5:34pm. Finally we get on another US Airways plane at 6:15pm and land in Charlottesville, Virginia at 7:25pm. From there we have to pick up the rental cars and then drive 2 hours to Mystic Falls Virginia…If we are too exhausted after all the plane changing and such we can always grab a hotel room...if not whatever. I rented two cars...an SUV and a Sedan...only that way it'll look less suspicious if we aren't all traveling in a big pack. I have no idea how long we're going to be there so hopefully it'll be okay with only two cars. If we need another one then we'll rent another one. Any questions?”

Word Count:: 1,116
Tag:: Willow Rosenberg, Dawn Summers, Andrew Wells & Xander Harris
Outfit:: Click here for Buffy’s outfit!
Note:: Woot! They are almost on the airplane! Lol. Yes, I’m slightly ridiculous sometimes. Also, please stick to this posting order unless the person above you tells you to skip them!

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Willow showed Buffy that she had everything ready to go for the trip, “Yeah Buff! I got it my Id, plane ticket, and passport. Hey I even brought my graduation card, I know how airports are and they don’t mess around Buffy so I just thought just in case you know.” Willow knew that it sounded kind of dumb but she just wanted to make sure this trip went smoothly as much as Possible, plus Willow was just paranoid like that.

Shortly after Willow was there Dawn showed up over packed as always, she always had to have her whole life with her. Willow also had notice that Dawn had change her style a bit, she was really loving the fact that they had money now these days. Willow turned and looked at Dawn and said “nice outfit Dawn and I see you got a dog now? Nice doggie” Willow said to the dog while petting it.

Not long came Andrew, Willow could tell he had been hurrying to get there, it was always like to him to make sure he was there on time for Buffy and the gang. He really had been a great watcher to the group, but it always seemed like he was trying to hard, like he was still trying to make up for the past with all the thing he did with the trio. It kind of made Willow feel bad for him, it wasn’t all his fault as it was Warren’s too. “Hey Andrew you ready for a fun filled trip on a boring long 17 hour flight?” Willow said to him with a laugh.

As the group waited finally came Xander, the one to never be on time but Willow didn’t care she loved him anyway and he was always there for them no matter. Willow walked over to Xander patted him on the back and said “you made Xand! hey I brought games and snacks, we are set for this flight.

They were set now that the whole group was there and ready to go, Willow listen as Buffy told them what the deal was going to be on the trip. But Willow had some question for Buffy that she wanted to know, so she raised her hand like a child in school, “Hey Buffy two things, yes on more snacks, and what and were are we going to do once we get to Mystic Falls? How are you going to find this potential slayer anyway Buff?”


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Tagged-Dawn/Andrew/Xander
Outfit- Click here for Willows outfit!
Note- I hope it is good, I was getting sleep while making it, LOL!

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Dawn listened as Willow told Buffy about all the things she had brought and all that. Dawn sat down on one of the hard, plastic chairs that were around. She sat all of her stuff down, people had often told her that she had a shopping addiction and a spending problem. Dawn always just ignored them, she had become accustomed to having more money then she knew what to do with, she wondered if this was how the rich, popular, and spoiled girls felt. She sat the dog carrier in the seat next to her, and unzipped it a little and stuck her fingers in and started petting on the small fluffy dog. She looked up at Buffy, "I got her last week sometime. Which you would have known if you answered your cell." She explained and smiled at her sister and Willow when they both commented on her outfit, "Thanks."

Dawn started staring off into space, lost in her own little world daydreaming, which that was something she done far too often. When she snapped back from her thoughts she noticed that Andrew was now there. She nodded when she asked if they were ready, and stared off into space again. That was until Xander arrived, she was shocked he was here and not late, but then she figured that Buffy had probably told him a earlier time, that's what they done when ever they needed him to be on time for something. She smiled at Xander as she crossed her legs, Dawn looked at Buffy, "Do we even know anything about this potential? Like her name, or what she looks like?" Dawn asked, it was going to be hard to find a person they knew noting about.

Dawn remembered when there was a time that she believed herself to be a potential, a part of her wished that, that was true. She thought that it would be cool to have the slayer powers, but then again she remembered all the stress and everything Buffy went through and was glad she was just a normal human. Then a voice came over the speaker of the airport "The flight leaving at 7:50am and heading for London is now boarding." Dawn got up and looked around at everyone, "I guess that's us." She gathered her things up and waiting on Buffy to start leading the way.



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tag;;Buffy, Willow, Xander And Andrew
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word count;;410
notes;;Sorry It Took So Long For Me To Reply.

[andrew]

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Andrew looked around knowing that there was one other person meant to be going on this trip. Xander of course had not arrived just yet. It brought a small smirk to Andrew's face. He's won this round. It didn't take long however for Xander to walk up to the group and Buffy to ask if they had everything. He just nodded his head and waited for her to lead the way to customs. He really didn't like going through customs and it usually took him awhile be it that he brought electronics with him for various reasons and he had to go through with telling the customs agents why he had them. At least this time things should got smoothly as he'd been in and out of customs many times now. He turned to look at Willow as she addressed him. He gave off a laugh at her comment about how long and boring the flight was going to be. "Well it will prove to be long that's for sure. But yea I'm ready for it." The other question was were they all ready for the small town of Mystic Falls. He'd been hearing more rumors about the Falls and the residents there. Things were not what they seemed to be. "We shall be in for a very interested adventure once we reach our destination as well."

They were in and through customs in a matter or minutes for him. The person going through his things had seen him before and they chatted a bit as he checked out his things. Most everyone knew that Andrew was bisexual and flirting with customs agents got you a long way in the world of air travel. Of course Andrew wasn't going to ever admit he was flirting with the guy. Lucky for him though the guy flirted with him so all was well. He got his okay to go through thanked the guy by name and headed over to the rest of the group having opted to go last through customs because of his stuff. He listened as Buffy went through the itinerary for the trip. They were in for a very very long day but Andrew didn't mind at all. Then the questions came flying out. Andrew was all for going to the gift shop to possibly get a book just in case he got bored of actually studying up on Mystic Falls and such. There was still more research to do.

After going through the gift shop and buying a book he sat down with the rest of the group to wait. He could answer some of the questions they others had asked about the potential. Though he was sure that Buffy could fill them in with the actual details. "Well we do have her name and her address so it shouldn't be that hard to find her. Well and of course a picture of her." He'd done some research on the girl but had yet to tell Buffy. His head perked up as he heard the announcement to start boarding. It was time for the days adventure to start and by the time they landed Andrew was going to probably have not slept for over twenty four hours which was almost normal for him.

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A text message brought Buffy’s thoughts away from her friends for a moment. She groaned when she saw that it was from another watcher at the school. She read it quickly before wincing and looking up at Xander. “Uh…Xand…your needed back at the council…something went wrong and they need you there pronto.” She told him before hugging him and shooing him off. She looked at the group and explained to them since she had been a bit quiet while talking to her male best friend. “Zoe, that watcher at the council who knew Quentin? She just texted me and said that Mary’s watcher had a family emergency and they needed Xander to fill in for him since everyone else was busy…looks like it’s just the four of us headed to Mystic Falls.” She explained, a bit sad that Xander would have to miss out on this for now. Again, she had a feeling deep in the pit of her stomach that the 2 week trip to Virginia was going to be a lot longer than she and Giles had anticipated, but she kept her thoughts to herself for now.

The blonde slayer nodded at her best friend about more snacks, knowing they would definitely need the sugar to keep them going on the long as hell plane ride…plane rides she should say, for the next 24 hours or so. She knew she’d probably be the only one awake at the end of it only because she was one of the only ones who could sleep on planes. For some strange reason planes relaxed her and she very rarely stayed awake for more than an hour on a plane ride…something that used to annoy her parents as she was a lousy travel companion. She heard Willow’s question and sighed. “I’m supposed to be getting more information about her when we get there.” She told the group, knowing they most likely all had the same questions. “The seer is going to call Giles and then he’s supposed to text message me the details…then we’ll need to do some research on her before approaching her as the only thing that the seer told me was that she was 16. We need to tread lightly here folks as she’s underage…we remember what being young and having our parents constantly worry about our whereabouts. We need to make sure we don’t get arrested like Giles did when he was trying to pick up a potential in Missouri.” She told them, laughing at the memory of Giles calling them telling them he had gotten arrested for trying to talk to a minor.

The slayer was surprised however when Andrew answered about having more information about the potential than she had. She assumed that was why Giles hadn’t text messaged her yet. “Andrew your awesome.” She told him, ruffling his hair a bit. “Did you bring the file on her?” She asked, knowing though that he had already brought it. Andrew was like that now, responsible, even though he was still a little bit out there. She was glad that he was a part of their group now and had come to be an important part of their plans for a while now. She hoped him and the potential meshed well, as she was going to enjoy watching him become a full fledged watcher…she knew he would do a great job.

Buffy winced at her sister’s comment about answering her cell phone…she had been bad about that recently as she always forget to bring it with her while patrolling. “Sorry Dawn…I keep leaving it at the school while I’m out at night…plus I tend to be running around constantly.” She told her, looking at her banged up phone. “I need to head to the AT&T store when we get to Virginia, probably tomorrow, and up my contract so I can get a new iPhone…mine has gotten dropped one too many times and is now looking really bad.” She laughed.

She overheard the voice on the loud speaker calling their boarding number and stood up, grabbing her carryon bags and the snacks that they had gotten while talking. She headed towards their first class seats and within an hour was dead asleep.

The day went by in a haze. The slayer barely remembered the trip in itself as she dragged herself across three different airports for plane changes. She was a terrible travel companion when it came to flying as the plane always put her to sleep. She was grateful they were a group versus just her and someone else as she knew it would have been a terrible ride for whoever else was with her. She remembered when her and her mom had went to New York from LA one year for a gallery opening (Dawn had stayed with their dad)…her mom complained for an hour once the plane landed about the whole reason she brought Buffy with her was to spend time with her and all the blonde did was sleep. It still made her laugh to this day, though she knew her mother had never found it amusing.

The slayer only was awake now as the pilot called that they were beginning their descent and everyone needed to put their seats in the upright position and stow away their carryon’s underneath the seat or in the overhead bins. She sat her seat up, buckled her seatbelt quickly and made sure her tray was up (which it was). One the plane landed she stood up and stretched…still for some reason unreasonably tired.

She was silent as the group got off the plane and headed towards baggage claim. She knew there would be at least a ten minute wait before they started receiving their bags so she looked to the group. They all looked haggard from the long plane ride as she was sure she did too. “Okay, we have two options. We can either go grab the rental cars and find a hotel and sleep tonight and then head to Mystic Falls tomorrow…or we can go grab the rental cars and just drive straight through and set up at the house we rented for the time that we are there. Let’s hear your votes.” She told them, not really sure what she wanted to do. She would be fine to drive straight through but she wasn’t sure about the others as she wasn’t sure who slept and who didn’t on the numerous plane rides. It didn’t matter to her either way as long as they got the Mystic Falls tomorrow by 2pm which was when she was meeting the rental agency to get keys in order to head to the house. Usually for a potential retrieval they would simply stay in a hotel…but because of her odd feeling she had talked Giles into allowing them to rent a house in case they were there for longer. Also they hadn’t discussed this with the group yet, but Giles and Buffy had both looked into possibly enrolling Dawn into high school under a false name in order to get closer to the potential if they encountered any trouble. She had a feeling her younger sister would hate that but she hoped she would go along with it. They had done some research and also saw that there was a librarian position open at the high school, along with a counselor position and a computer lab teacher position, which if it came down to it meant that her, Willow, and Andrew would all have jobs in order to blend it. She hoped it wouldn’t come to that but it just might.

The slayer waited for her half asleep group to answer her question as she kept an eye on the luggage carousel to make sure they didn’t miss any of their luggage coming off of it. She also noted in her head to make sure to grab Xander’s luggage and ship it back to him tomorrow so he’d have his clothes. She knew he was bummed about not coming but she would have to make it up to him another time.

Word Count:: 1,418
Tag:: Willow Rosenberg, Dawn Summers and Andrew Wells
Outfit:: Click here for Buffy’s outfit!
Note:: Yep, they are in Virginia now. Sorry I just wanted them to get there. Also the reason I sent Xander back to Rome was because we lost the member who was playing him so I wanted for it to make sense in case anyone was reading the RP.

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[Willow Danielle Rosenberg]

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As Willow was sitting there reading her spell book catching up on some of her magic for the trip, Buffy got some bad news that Xander was needed back at the school and could not go with them to Mystic Falls. Willow was not real happy that her best friend was not going to be there with them, but she understood that he was needed more there. Xander was the best when it came to monitoring the trips back at the school anyway, so this might help them better in the long run. Willow heard the voice over the intercom saying it was time to get on the plane, so willow put way her book and started to make her way to the terminal.

Willow wasn’t much for planes she was more in to teleportation, something willow had been reading about trying to learn. If she learned that it could really help her and the group out in times, Willow was determined to learn it. So willow read more about it on the plane to make the time pass, she read it till she fell asleep. before she knew it she had woken to them there in Virginia, they all got off the plane to figure out what there next move was.

Buffy had asked them all what they had wanted to do, either get a car or stay in a Hotel. Willow thought that it might be smart for them to keep it moving, they had gotten this far so why stop now. Willow was already having fun on there trip and they weren’t ever there yet, so willow decided to tell Buffy “hey Buff let just rent a car and get going to Mystic Falls, I rested enough on the plane. You can drive one car Buff and I will drive the other, how does that sound gang?”

Word Count- 310
Tagged- Dawn, Andrew and Buffy
Outfit- Click here for Willows outfit!
Note- Yay we are in the Falls, Hell yeah!!!
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[Buffy Anne Summers]

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The blonde slayer sighed when she saw her luggage coming around the carousel. She grabbed her largest bag first, which was the only one she saw at the moment. She noticed Dawn’s luggage (somehow it had all come down at once) and grabbed that off the turn style as well, placing it at her feet. She again rolled her eyes at the dog carrying case that Dawn had sitting by her feet, she wasn’t sure when her sister had become a Paris Hilton wannabe but she refused to say it at the moment. She was crabby and was annoyed by everything so she decided just to keep quiet and not say a word. She wasn’t sure she liked the person her little sister was becoming but she knew well enough to not say those words out loud. She knew how people Dawn’s age were (as she wasn’t that much older than her younger sister…) and especially how stubborn Dawn was. If she told her to stop acting like an idiot just because they had money, Dawn would do the exact opposite and continue to act even more like a celebrity. She would need to make a gentle comment to Giles however and figure out a way to put a limit on Dawn’s credit card…just because they had money now didn’t mean she needed to go out and spend god knows how much money on designer luggage…it was fairly ridiculous.

The slayer saw another one of her bags coming around and leaned in to grab it, also grabbing Xander’s which was right behind hers. She reminded herself once again to make sure and FED EX Xander’s stuff to him as soon as the store opened. She felt horrible that he was missing this but hoped soon he would be able to head on over. It felt odd to have a ‘mission’ without Xander…he had been through everything with her and Willow and it felt incomplete with him not around. Unfortunately however his place was back at the school at the moment so she would just have to deal with things as best as she could without him around. It felt weird sometimes for him to have such an important and needed part in the entire slayer school/watcher council stuff but he had become such an important role that she definitely realized now how much they actually counted on him for tactical stuff.

She grabbed her last suitcase, which luckily had all her weapons in it (she had papers drawn up and they were given to the head of security about how they were government issued and all kinds of other bull shit so she was allowed to take them on the plane) before grabbing the red ones that Willow had. Once she made sure she had everything of hers and Xander’s, she noticed Andrew still needed his as well. She grabbed his which were luckily all together before heading to the rental car kiosk to get the two rental cars.

Once there she signed her name, gave them her credit card before receiving the keys to the two cars she had rented. She looked at the keys and rolled her eyes, realizing that because she had an unlimited amount on her American Express Black card that the Enterprise Rental Car agent had given her and her group extremely nice cars. Thank goodness for small favors and the fact that she had been determined to learn how to drive. She figured she would take the smaller car and make Dawn ride with her, while Willow took the SUV and let Andrew ride with Willow. She also decided that she’d pack all the bags in the SUV (except for Xander’s which she would ship as soon s they opened on their way to Mystic Falls.) “Here.” She said, handing the keys to the 2011 Black Ford Edge. “Take Andrew with you. We’re all going to put our bags in the SUV that your driving and that way it’ll be less of a hassle to get Xander’s to ship to him.” She told her before turning to Dawn. “You are I are taking the 2011 Nissan Altima...” She told her before heading towards the two cars. Once inside she rolled down the window and told Willow who was parked next to her. “Follow me, I’ve got the GPS.” She told her before leaving the garage, heading towards the unknown.

Word Count:: 758
Cars:: 2011 Ford Edge & 2011 Nissan Altima
Outfit:: Click here for Buffy’s outfit!
Note:: This is finished…Done…Finite!

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[ADMIN BRITT]

THIS THREAD IS OFFICIALLY FINISHED! IT IS BEING LOCKED AND SENT TO THE ARCHIVES.