Is everyone in place?

"Jason get back here!" Tara's voice had to much laughter in it to alarm Giles. A few seconds later a child's giggle followed and he smiled for the first time in what seemed like weeks. "I will catch you and you ARE going to take a bath!"

A small blond and naked child ran through his living room, "Good heavens boy, either get in the bath or put some clothes on."

"Why?" Bright blue eyes looked at him with no shame.

Giles smiled and shook his head, why indeed, "Go get in the bath son."

The eyes lit up with mischief and the blond hair ruffled as the child smiled and shook his head. Then the eyes widened and he squealed as Tara wrapped a towel around him. "Got you Wiggles!"

The girl had a natural instinct for mothering as well as magic, Giles frowned and walked over to a phone, there was something he had been putting off too long, always too many things to be done, but in this helpless time of waiting he could do this much. "Sylvia? Nothing to bad, no the reason I am calling is I have two young ladies that are showing a high degree of magic and need someone to guide and teach them. No I haven't had time to work with them, I have my slayer. Yes Sylvia I know all about the dangers of magic addiction."

Giles rubbed his forearm and listened to the ranting witch on the other end. "Sylvia that is why I am calling I need help with them. One of them is here now, Tara is upstairs with the little boy we are watching. No, Willow isn't here at the moment. I don't know when she will be back. It's a very long story. No you do not need to come here and 'beat' it out of me."

Giles sat down this was going to take a while to explain and maybe Sylvia would know something he didn't, "It started when Faith the rogue slayer woke up from a coma...."

~*~

"And that should be it class. I want everyone to read chapter 18 tonight." A few groans from the preteens, and he smiled. He was as happy to see the end of the day as they were.

It was amazing the difference it made to know that three people were at his house waiting for him. Maybe they would all go to that new family place. Or the day was lovely maybe to the zoo no that should wait for Saturday or would the girls rather go to Six Flags? The two lively bundles of energy would probably prefer either of those to a museum. But what for dinner tonight? Should he grab something and take it home? Cook there? Go out? No matter what they needed to go to a store tonight.

Anita would prefer them to be out of the public eye, so he would grab take out. Did they like Chinese?

One phone call first....

~*~

The officer was a bit surprised when Anita showed up. "Need to grab some things. Any sign of the kids?"

"No ma'am everything has been quiet."

A nod and the tiny dark haired woman stalked off. Fox walked in and straight to the back door opening it up. Her heightened senses picked up Jacob easily but Edward took a few minutes. She opened curtains and in general made herself very visible. She did not like being bait. She stalked through the house checking every room and corner getting to know every inch of the place.

~*~

"See we found it." Xander said softly and pointed to the house where a very obvious cop was watching. Willow sat down beside him and yawned, which made him worry a bit. Neither one of them had gotten much sleep, little decent food and Willow seemed to be wearing out faster every time she used magic. "Lets see if we can sneak around to the back.

"Okay Xander." Willow stood up and followed him slowly. "Hey there is the woman that had Buffy!" She tugged at Xander's arm and pointed at a window.

Before Xander could say anything Willow took off across the yard running toward the house.

~*~

"Enough!" Anita practically had to scream.

"Look would it make you happier if we went to my house and looked around a little bit?" Anita asked the pair of angry girls. Buffy had worked herself into a fit of worry and Faith was now agitated too. "But you can't go in the house we don't think it is safe."

"I want to find Willow!" Buffy wailed. "She doesn't know anyone here and might be hiding and scared."

"Come on then and we will go look around a bit. I just need to leave a note for Richard."

Both girls were out the door and arguing over who got the front seat. Well she did need to grab some more clothing if she was going to be here much longer.

"Buckle up girls."

~*~

"Your interfering again aren't you?"

"Only making sure a few things are corrected"

"Have you thought that what you are changing could make things worse?"

"Or maybe I can set the pathways to go in a better direction."

"The were-fox is lost, that was set in stone."

"What was said is if she wasn't found that she would become as ice, but nothing says that ice can not be thawed."

"And the others?"

"The paths are finally starting to untangle."

"And the were-wolf?

"That was not in my plans, but rather an action of chaos."

"And now?"

"Now I have to hold that strand to and figure out where to weave it back in at."