I am not sure if you know this already or if it is just one of those things that you are ignoring but Willow and Tara already found out about Dawn being the key in chapter 16 at the hospital. Other then that I love this story.

Author's Response: Darn ... I forgot that I had the line in Post 16/Chapter 15 about Dawn and the key. Now at least Buffy wouldn't have known that Spike told them ... but he would have had a different reaction when she wanted to tell them. He would have said something like the Wiccas already know or something. Thank you for pointing that out. I will see how I can reword a little of Chapter 22 there to show that Willow and Tara already knew, but the others didn't (like Wes) Thank you!