10 years in the future:
Buffy yelled, “Dawn I need you to finish up that room with David. The new girls are due to arrive.” She could hear Dawn and David’s talking as she raced down the stairs only to bump into Spike who was carrying a dresser with Xander up the stairs. She apologized and raced to find Sarah who already had three applications laid out for the three girls Willow had found in the last week. She found herself thanking Sarah who just nodded and continued her work. Sarah mostly helped with the office stuff as she had become less people friendly after a bad break up with Satsu a few years ago. The place was buzzing with excitement because one of the girls was none other than Faith and Robin’s little girl. She was 11 years old and had just come into her powers. Despite Faith’s protest, Tammy Wood was coming to train at England’s Slayer Central for two years before returning home to be with Faith and Robin.
Giles grinned offering Buffy a cup of hot cocoa while holding two others in his hand which she knew was for Spike and Xander when they finished adding in the third set of furniture to the new girls’ room. It was set up to be a double but was definitely big enough to be a triple. Buffy watched as Dawn raced down the stairs with David pounding close behind her only to catch her from behind and twirl her around in a circle while laughter filled the air. She smiled at the sight, happy to see her sister happy with David after her heartbreak with James 8 years ago. She was crushed and had even tried suicide and was just lucky that Spike smelt her blood even down the hall enough to get her to safety. He ended up breaking Buffy’s rules of never tasting anyone’s blood but hers as he had to seal her wounds before wrapping them up and bandaging in order to see to it that she didn’t end up in the hospital. After constant watch by Buffy and Spike she got better though and ended up meeting David. Now they were as happy as could be together and he even was a great assistant knowing a few languages, not as many as Dawn or Spike or even Giles but still enough to be useful during research.
Buffy felt arms go around her waist and she leaned back against Spike whispering, “The room ready?” With a nod from Spike she turned around placing a kiss on his lips. Xander stood with his girlfriend. They had moved from Scotland to England after they bought the castle next door. With Xander and Spike’s hard work, they built an overhead hallway that lead from the neighboring castle to this one making it into a two castle slayer central allowing for even more room for the slayers. Just last month, they had finished the underground tunnel for Spike’s use. When Willow and Kennedy broke up, Kennedy had requested to take on the Scotland station and everyone had agreed since Xander had been missing the gang and wanted to desperately return to them. So with the gang all-together again, they were kept busy. Pictures filled the walls holding images of every slayer who had ever graced the presence of either castle from the time Spike had arrived until today. The rooms were filled with memories of adventures and friendship as well as relationships over the past few years. The slayer castle really felt as though it were a home rather than just a training station.
She heard the sound of the crackling of air and knew that Willow and her new girlfriend Sandy had transported in with the three newest slayers. Willow pushed the three into the room while she and Sandy grinned. Willow spoke up, “Meet Tammy Wood, Cara Yamishu and Lori Rash.” Tammy grinned, “Hey you guys. Mommy said this would be exciting. So these two are my roommates right? God this castle is bigger than the place mom and dad have.” She wandered right inside past everyone and started to peek into the rooms. Buffy shrugged as she held out her hand towards Cara and Lori, “Nice to meet you. You will love it here and will learn so much.” Cara shuddered, “Why is the back of my neck feeling like spiders are crawling over it?” Lori nodded in agreement as Buffy grinned, “Fellow slayers, meet Spike, a vampire. This is why your neck feels weird. Whenever a vampire is nearby, your neck will tingle. You will get used to his signature and either A learn to tune it out or B find it comforting.” Cara frowned, “Why would knowing a vampire is in our presence be comforting? And why are you with a vampire?”
Buffy sighed, “This is normal intermediate lesson material but I’ll tell you this much. Spike is good; he has a soul unlike every other vampire other than Angel in the world. No worries you won’t see Angel as he is busy with his thriving business of…” She heard Spike’s voice in his famous Angel mimic, “Helping the helpless is what I do best.” Buffy gave him a pointed look while Dawn giggled, “So Spike here helps not hurts. He doesn’t drink human blood…” She heard Dawn mutter under her breath, “Unless it’s Buffy’s” but Buffy decided to ignore it continuing her speech, “But please understand, there is no other vampire on this earth that is not going to kill you the first chance they get. Understood?” Both girls dutifully nodded their heads and Buffy hoped they really did understand. She watched as Giles led them into the room to fill out paperwork. She leaned back against Spike whispering, “Will introducing new slayers to our happy home ever get easier?” Spike chuckled, “Not as long as I’m in it luv.” Buffy shrugged, “Well you’re not going anywhere I’m not or it won’t be a happy home anymore so I guess that means, it won’t get easier. Oh well. It’s great practice.”
She watched as Dawn and David disappeared into the office to probably introduce themselves and noticed they were alone in the hallway. Spike grinned nibbling on Buffy’s ear, “Since it’s finally nightfall ready to patrol luv?” “Do we get to make out again in the crypt?” Spike laughed, “Is that all you ever think about, pet?” Buffy pouted, “But it’s a reward. We patrol, we make out, then return home to make love and then wake up to train the little slayers.” Spike chuckled and pulled her out the door grabbing a few stakes from the cabinet near the door where they were always kept after Xander whittled them, “We will see” then Spike raced past her saying, “If you catch me, I’ll make it good!” Buffy ran off laughing into the night thinking her life was downright perfect. She had a huge slayer family, Dawn was still around having graduated from college as a full time assistant and part time translator, all her friends were living with her and her mate never left her side. That made life downright perfect.