Yes! THAT is how Season 5 should've ended. The character of Dawn was completely useless (and insanely annoying) throughout Seasons 6 & 7. Thank you for the perfect
re-write!

This story is hands down one of the best I've ever read in the Buffy fandom. You have captured the emotinos so perfectly. It is absolutely heartbreaking and I feel as if I've been punched--definitely a quality of an excellent writer.

This made me so sad. They both loved her so much more than the rest and to lose not only her but the memories of her, well it was cruel of the monks to do that to them. Even a few memories to keep with them anything to remind them of someone they loved so much.

Very interesting concept.  I liked it even as it made me sad to see them lose their memories.

Nice job!

Oh my...I Loved this. I always thought that if Dawn died instead of Buffy then the memories would fade. My heart aches for her.

Very poignant.  It makes a lot of sense that the spell would wipe out its influence as cleanly as it appeared.

It's been  long time since a fanfic made me cry. This one did it.
Thank you for writing and sharing.

angst, terribly painful angst.  but well written angst.  I think forgetting is the worst thing we can do to someone's memory, but sometimes we have no power to stop it.

You made me sob like a loon!! Poor Dawn, vanishing like that. I wonder if that's how Joss was gonna play it if Dawn died. It'll be too heartbreaking.

There was this chill, at the end of the story, that ran all the way through my spine, through my arms, through my heart. I needed to close my mind and just, sigh.

I just thought you might want to know.

Wow... that's strong, really strong...

Wow. Thankyou... wonderful... That was unbelievably haunting. I don't know if you were going for a deeper and more personal meaning about life and death, but it made me think... "well at least we got the memories"... only... They don't...

Very sad and very touching.

This was very sad, but at the same time, it's nice to read something without a happy ending, for once. I was hoping that there would be something.. maybe she'd write a diary while she still remembered (a fitting homage to Dawn, as well).. but in the end, she just forgot. And that doesn't leave me with happy tinglies, but it's real and it's sad. That's very powerful.

Wow. This is so angsty it amost made me cry. Nice writing and plot. It flows really nicely. I loved it!

Sad and beautiful at the same time. It's nice to see Dawn as the hero and not the spoiled, whiny brat. I always felt her character had the potential to be much more than what was portrayed on the show. Thanks for sharing this awesome story with us. I can't wait to read more of your stories. :)

beautifully written, very sad tale. thank you.

Your writing in this fic is as beautiful as ever! I could truly feel Buffy's pain. Am I the only one though, who was happy to see Dawn and all memories of her gone? I'm just saying, lol.

oh wow. That was intensely powerful.

This is really interesting. First, so much of the time we see Dawn as a problem - a whiny brat to be rescued - that it's refreshing to view her as a hero *and* the catalyst for Buffy and Spike's romance.

But more than that, I love the way you've detailed the forgetting. It's almost hypnotic. That last bit, with the notepaper, is especially heartbreaking!

Oh I feel sorry for them all, losing Dawn really hurt her then the forgetting.

I hope some day she will find it in her heart to forgive and move on.

This is heartbreakingly awesome. I'm just saying...

A very clever idea - beautifully done.

Damn, you broke my heart. I hate the thought of Buffy and Spike fogetting Dawn. Great and very emotional fic.

Now that is just wonderfully heartbreaking. Beautiful piece of fiction, love.

Wow, like it! Your writing is always amazing, so emotive. Keep up the good work!

This is so beautifully sad. It reminds me of a film called Memento in some ways. With the idea that when people die there will be nothing left of them, its always comforting to think they'll be remembered, but Dawn won't...

What a fascinating idea; the slow, steady fading of someone who really never existed. I wonder what Buffy will remember as the reason why she quit slaying.

What a unique, creative twist on Dawn's death. I bet Joss is kicking himself for not thinking of it first! And you played the emotions of the readers so well-we were happy Buffy and Spike got together but heartbroken at the same time as they slowly lost Dawn. Great job!

Oh wow that's so very sad. You know, I never really thought about what would have happened if Dawn had jumped instead of Buffy. Very intriguing! I look forward to more...

That was... well, I'm not sure I have words for what that was. I always find stories where Dawn dies to be interesting because I feel like that would've made more sense than Buffy's death and resurrection. But the idea that Buffy would leave and give up her calling is heart wrenching. Sadness and hopelessness all wrapped in beauty. Great job!

Loved it! Very interesting idea.

Loved it!

Awwww, Dawn. How very sad. It does seem like a possibility, that she would just disappear from existence if she'd been destroyed. A very bittersweet piece. No one should ever forget such a brave girl.

wow...this is intense, and beautiful, and so unique...don't know if i've ever read anything quite like it...excellent work, love, i cant wait to see where you take this...will there be more?

Very, very touching.

Personally, Iwould have prefered the final scene being Buffy waking up to find a tape with a note saying "Play Me". When she does, it is herself and Spike talking, telling her, "You had a sister named Dawn. She gave her life up to save the world. Never forget that."

Ala Forty First Dates, with Adam Sandler.

"...forcing down the sinking feeling that she’s lost something precious."

Wow, E. Very original. I've seen fics that had Dawn die in Buffy's place, but never one where the spell is broken and everyone forgets her. Very bittersweet. Buffy misses Dawn, but she doesn't know that it's her that she misses.

That was heartbreakingly sad.

OH wow, that is just so heart breaking. There are really no words.

So sad... poor Dawn to be forgotten in that way.

Okay - that was heartbreaking and very sweet.