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Willow Goddess of Magic: The other bullet
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Willow Goddess of Magic
The other bullet
Nichlous Woodward 10/27/12 5:51 PM
Dark Willow shifted her gaze from the bus and the people surrounding it. Had she been spotted by her other self? She dint think so after this quick visit she flashed back to her own home. Laying just outside of timespace.
Dark Willow: Walks around her home full of warmth and light. Outside one of the windows time energies crackle and flowed on word to infinity. Well that was interesting.
Tara: Turns in the sofa she sat in reading a book. What did you visit this time?
Dark Willow: I followed a line where I died by Warren’s bullet instead of you.
Tara: Puts the book on the table. Oh what happened?
Dark Willow: Plops down on the sofa and leans her head on Tara’s shoulder. You took revenge for me. Yours as a lot less forceful then mine but it still happened.
Tara: Did I go Dark like you did?
Dark Willow: Lets her own darkness slip off of her like water her skin returning to it cute freckle self her hair and eyes get back there vibrate colors even her clothes flow into just a simple dress of purple and yellow. You did but you were less ragey then I was you dint try to destroy the world.
Tara: Plays with Willow hair. But I did kill Warren dint I?
Dark Willow: Oh yeah…
Tara: Looks over at one of the current white boards showing lines, paths in time, spells, math equations, all that Dark Willow was currently working on drawn on it. How far did you follow this path?
Dark Willow: Floats a coke from another part of the house it opens and she grabs it from the air she sips from it. Long enough to watch Buffy pull you back from the brink. She and Giles figured out you used those crystals again. Willow sits the coke down.
Tara: Why do you do this to yourself?
Dark Willow: Looks up at her lover from her lower position on the sofa. Do what?
Tara: Torture yourself you succeed a long time ago. I’m here I’m real and I love you very deeply.
Dark Willow: Sits up because your still here… She points to her chest. She slips off the dress exposing her lover to her naked body and again points to a spot between her breasts there just barely visible a small scar… near my hart always.
Tara: Touches the small scar Tara lets her finger slide over the barely raised skin there. Tell me again why did you put the bullet that killed me there so near your heart?
Dark Willow: It’s a reminder of my failures of how far I still have yet to go.
Tara: Pulls Willow into her as she wraps her arms around her. You dint fail I told you that. She puts Willow head in her hands. I’m right here I’m always here. And she kisses her. She lays Willow down on the sofa and Tara kisses the small scar where the bullet rest down in Willow’s chest Tara lays her head down on Willow’s exposed chest as Willow wraps her arms around Tara this time. Tell me how it got there.
Dark Willow: Plays with Tara’s hair. Are you sure you’re ready to hear that story?
Tara: Looks off at nothing. Her own fingers running over Willows leg. Yes I’m ready to hear about my own funeral.
Dark Willow gets a far off look in her eyes her very own memories of that event flood to the surface.
Dark Willow: I dint attended it you know. Giles felt it best I leave immediately and seek the help of the coven. A tear rolls down her cheek Tara never sees it. I suspected it was more to the fact he dint want me to slip into the darkness again I told him as much….
The house a house that seems to fill with nothing but death lately Buffy Summers home Willow sits on the sofa Giles sit on table in front of Willow outside the winds from earths near destruction have still yet to die down. Echoing the emotions still boiling inside one torn girl.
Willow: Tears stream down her face. She dint think they ever stopped anymore. You just think I’m going to lose my control again I should be here Giles for her.
Giles: That is a possibility Willow. I won’t lie to you. But you must understand that you’re still in a state of flux we must use this time wisely.
Willow: Giles I can’t leave not now!
Giles: Looks out the window as if cue the winds shuffle at the outburst of emotions. Giles walks over to the window and pulls them back and points outside. You must Willow your still very much the cause of this.
Willow: Looks out the Window. I still can’t leave yet Giles I have to see her one more time no matter what you say I have to.
Giles: Willow I don’t think that’s a good…
Willow: Flashes out of existence
Giles: …Idea Damn!
Giles runs out the door Buffy and Dawn are just coming up the sidewalk holding on to each other.
Buffy: Sees Giles running over to them with a slight limp. Giles what’s wrong?
Giles: Its Willow she took off again.
Buffy: Is she going back to the bluff?
Giles: Somewhere worst I’m afraid.
Dawn: What’s worst then that?
Giles: The morgue.
Buffy: Tara…
Dawn: What do you think she will do?
Buffy: I don’t know. Where is Xander?
Giles: He went to take Anya home while I stayed with Willow.
Buffy: Call him tell him to pick you up and meet me at the morgue be prepared for anything. And Buffy takes off using Slayer speed like never before.
Willow flashes back into the world and looks around the cold white interior of the city morgue. A man in a lab coat drops a chart and stares Willow almost slides back in to her darker self just to get the information she wants.
Willow: Relaxes I’m just looking for my friend Tara Maclay?
Lab Tech: Picks up his chart and looks down it the body’s not yet been processed or looked at by the examiner no one’s allowed to be here right now.
Willow: That body has a name! And for a second she flashes and rage takes over common sense and she raises her hand and in a flash the poor lab tech finds himself in the park miles from work. Willow walks into the room and finds Tara’s Body lying there her blue shirts stained where the bullet never made it out of Tara’s chest completely. If it had Willow to would have been shot to that thought ran though her mind Tara saved her life while losing her own.
Willow: Runs over to the table tears streaming down her face. Why dint it continue forwards why didn’t it take her to! That damn bullet why did it not let her join Tara! Willow places her hand on Tara chest and it glows slightly and she raises her hand off Tara’s chest the bullet floats up.
Willow: tears flow down her checks she holds the bullet in her fingers and remembers how she killed Warren how she took a human life. Was hers worth anything now? Willow looks over at Tara I’m coming baby hold on she lets go of the bullet and it floats again. Willow raises her arms to the side and the bullet points towards her own chest and just like Warren before the bullet enters her own body but unlike Warren the numbness she feels blocks any pain she might have the bullet works its way towards her own hart she would be with her lover again soon.
Buffy slams thought the door
Buffy: WILLOW!! DON’T YOU DARE!!!
Willow: Let me go Buffy please.
Buffy: Buffy tackles Willow in a hug tears rolling down her own face I won’t do it! I will never let you go.
Willow: I want to be with her! Blood trickles down Willows chest.
Buffy: I won’t let you go damn it! Willow please don’t leave me I’m so sorry she is gone but I can’t lose you to Willow I love you.
Willow: But I want to be with her!
Buffy: Looks at the hole in Willows chest and you always will be now she’s here inside you now. I need you Willow I need you to be stronger than the rest of us. Can you be?
Willow: Looks over at Tara’s body. She’s not here anymore is she?
Buffy: No baby she is only here in our harts and Buffy touches Willows own hart hoping to stop the bleeding.
Willow: Closes her eyes and the wound closes around the bullet. She will always be near me.
The rest of the gang bust though the door and find Willow and Buffy hugging each other.
Giles: Willow are you?
Willow: Wipes away the tears that are still coming forth. I’m me no crazy dark vainy Will.
Xander: Puts away a yellow crayon before anyone else notices it but Willow spots in anyway. Good cos I don’t know what I would have done if you had gone to the dark side again.
Willow: Holds out her hand. Give it to me Xander Harris.
Xander: Sheepishly pulls the crayon back out. I well you know I was gonna try...
Willow: Holds the yellow crayon close to her. Thank you guys for everything. Giles. She takes one long look at Tara. I’m ready to go now.
At the airport the goodbyes where short and to the point. Most the important stuff had been said none of them had left Willow side after the morgue. The only real words Willow said where Take care of her.
Buffy watches the plane take off wondering when or if she would see her friend again.
Buffy: Turns to the others. Now I have to do something harder than dealing with another apocalypse.
Xander: What’s that?
Buffy: Talk to Willows mom.
Xander: Oh I can do that I known her longer Plus theres that whole tried to burn you thing.
Buffy: No I have to do this Xand. But I don’t have to it alone you can come with.
Anya: And what do we do?
Buffy: Go home rest we been though a lot the past few days let things settle down. Then we can begin the funeral arrangements.
The ride to the Rosenberg home was fairly quite as Buffy noticed the weather steadly calming down. They walked to the front door and rang the bell.
Sheila: Why Buffy Xander what a surpise come in.
Xander: Hi Misses R.
Shelia: Xander Harris I have not here that in a long time what’s going on?
Buffy and Xander walk into the house looking around nervously.
Shelia: Please sit. And she points a couch and some chairs.
Buffy: I uh thank you. Miss Rosenberg…
Shelia: Please call me Shelia. I’m sorry about your mom dear.
Buffy: Oh yeah thanks the flowers you sent where… lovely. But um this is about Willow.
Shelia: How is my daughter these days?
Buffy: Shes gone… I mean left the country…Miss…Shelia how much did you know about Willow?
Sheila: Well she explaned a few things like that fling with that girl but my daughter is her own person. Where did she go?
Buffy: England. Shelia how honest would you like me to be about Willow?
Shelia: What do you mean?
Buffy: Well I can sit here and lie to you about how Willow is peachy and all that or I can tell you everything.
Xander: Shelia you need hear this.
Shelia: I don’t know whatever my daughter does is her own affair.
Xander: Your daughter killed a man. Now how much do you want to know?
Shelia: Looks at both of them she starts to rise but can’t seem to. She what?
Buffy: Looks at Xander with a look that would dust a vamp instantly. But looks back at Shelia. Willow’s friend that she had was no fling Shelia. What those two had was real love. Her girlfriend was murdered by someone that was gunning for me her name was Tara we were both shot I lived she died.
Xander: Willow took out some that’s murdered before I’m not saying its right or wrong but the guy would kill again. Willow channeled her grief and anger toward herself she changed she became something else something dark.
Buffy: Though her growing Wiccan ability’s she almost destroyed the world.
Shelia: My daughter Willow? Why are you telling me all this?
Buffy: Because Xander was able to bring her back from the brink. Willow she will need our love and support. She thinks she does not deserve it. But she does. She also wants you to know how important Tara was to her. We were her family.
Shelia: What about Tara’s real family?
Buffy: They kinda disowned her. We are Tara’s family.
Shelia: Sighs. This is all too much. What is it you want me to do?
Buffy: Help us with the funeral show your daughter that you do care about her life and that you do support her learn about Tara and just how much she meant to Willow.
Shelia: Manages to rise off the couch. Let me think about it do you have the number to where she is staying?
Buffy: Hands a slip of paper on it: Giles said for a while there won’t any contact but when and if there is this is the number.
Outside the Rosenberg home Xander and Buffy walk back to the car on loan since Xander’s was destroyed by Willow.
Xander: Well that went well. OW!!
Buffy: Gets ready to hit Xander again.
Xander: Relax Buffy I know Willows mom the lady deals in facts and figures she will come around.
A few days pass as life with the scoobies return to what they think is normal. Anya and
Xander walk into Buffy’s house arguing
Xander: I’m just saying Anya you need to go by the store who knows it might be salvageable I boarded it up to keep out the rift raft. But there are still a lot of powerful items there not to mention all of Buffy’s weapons.
Anya: No you just want me to be distracted from my vengeance work.
Xander: At least help up get the stuff out?
Anya: Fine.
Xander and Anya walk into the dining room where Buffy has paperwork in all directions.
Xander: Ok what fileing cabinet exploded?
Buffy: Looks down in frustration at the papers. I’m not getting any closer to Tara’s funeral. Guys I’m stuck in Sunnydale red tape and Slayer strengths not cutting it.
Shelia: You said my daughter really loved this girl?
All three looks up at Shelia standing there.
Shelia: The door was left open I tried knocking
Xander: My bad Buff.
Buffy: It’s ok Xand. Yes Miss Rosenberg Tara meant the world to Willow…literally.
Shelia: Looks over Buffy shoulders at the paperwork. Can I do this if my daughter loved this woman then I feel it’s up to me to help her out.
Buffy: Stands up please. I can’t even get them to release the body to us.
Shelia: Gathers all the papers. I will give you a call when I have something. Shelia walks out the door before leaving completely she turns to Buffy. Thank you for letting me know about Willow.
A few days later and Shelia has cut though all the red tape and the somber day has arrived.
Buffy: Yells up the stairs. Come on Dawn Xander’s waiting for us.
Dawn: Comes down the stairs. Buffy I don’t know if I’m ready for this.
Buffy: None of us are.
Dawn: Buffy losing Tara like this ...so quick. Seems worse than losing mom. Is that fair to mom?
Buffy: Hugs Dawn. Oh Dawny. Its ok…and you’re not being unfair to mom she knows how you feel there’s room in your hart for both. We…we have to go Buffy takes Dawns face in her hands you can do this. And she wipes away a tear around Dawns eye.
Both walk out to the car where Xander and Anya are waiting. The drive over was quite not much was said during the services till it was time. Dawn walked up to the front and stood in front of everyone.
Dawn: Stands there for a few seconds and everyone gathered look up at her.
Dawn: A lot of you dint know Tara Maclay and that’s understandable because that’s the real tragedy here. She was not here long enough her life was brief but bright. As most of you know not to long ago I lost my own mother. And I was lost in myself but Tara she became…like a mother to me her warmth and compassion help me find my way she was a light. But not just for me for a lot of us… For all of us. That light was bright and fun and I’m deeply going to miss her. But not that light I know that light will shine on forever in each of us.
Buffy: Runs up and grabs Dawn in a hug and Dawn breaks down. Sobbing a few good byes where said and everyone breaks up leaving the Scoobies there with just Shelia
Dawn stops crying and walks over to Xander as Shelia and Buffy talk.
Shelia: You dint tell everything about my daughter did you?
Buffy: I thought there were a few things that could wait till you knew more about Tara.
Shelia: What is it what is it you’re not telling me?
Buffy: I don’t think this is the right place.
Shelia: Tell me! You got me involved now tell me!
Buffy: Willow...she tried to kill herself. Shelia’s hand reaches out and slaps Buffy hard across the face. Buffy grabs at it. I stopped her she loved Tara so much Miss Rosenberg. But I was able to stop her.
Shelia: And you dint tell me this before? I thought about this. About what my daughter can do now and it frightens me. To know that I’m totally useless to my daughter you taught me that Miss Summers! She never once turned to me. It was you or that rude Mr. Giles that won’t even let me speak to my daughter I’m leaving Sunnydale. My work here is done! Miss Rosenberg walks off before Buffy can say anything.
Dark Willow watches from afar she watches Buffy get slapped and watches as Shelia her own mother walk away from her life.
Tara: You dint see your mother much after that did you?
Dark Willow: Looks at Tara her eyes focus in on Tara again No I did not.
Dark Willow: Slowly pulls away from her lover her hair and complexion turns dark her eyes go black and her dark black dress reforms over her naked body. I…I have to go I have someone to meet. I will be back soon.
Tara: Oh. Who are you going to see?
Dark Willow: Myself
Tara: Watches as Willow leaves her again. So obsess with her goals she didn’t even say goodbye or I love you before she left. Tara walks past the current white board with all the recant additions and steeps into a large room filled with hundreds of similar boards all with same type of writings lines and paths to parallel dimensions Equations and computations, Math and magic blending.
Tara: You know she is gunning for your job.
Perhaps.
Tara: She would not be you know? … Had you granted her request.
There are rules everyone must follow.
Tara: She is rewriting that rule book and she will succeed you know this. You could have avoided all this if you had just done what she had asked Osiris. She hurt you once she saw you flinch. You and I both know one day soon she is going to be up there with you guys or replace you given her mood at the time.
Osiris: She is a very willed one I give you that. And you’re sure you can’t stop her from this goal?
Tara: No why would I? You would not even bring me back. You’re on your own. You made your choice. she is making hers.
Tara: Walks back into living room and sits on the sofa with her book happy to wait for her lover to return to her.
The other bullet
Nichlous Woodward 10/27/12 5:51 PM
Dark Willow shifted her gaze from the bus and the people surrounding it. Had she been spotted by her other self? She dint think so after this quick visit she flashed back to her own home. Laying just outside of timespace.
Dark Willow: Walks around her home full of warmth and light. Outside one of the windows time energies crackle and flowed on word to infinity. Well that was interesting.
Tara: Turns in the sofa she sat in reading a book. What did you visit this time?
Dark Willow: I followed a line where I died by Warren’s bullet instead of you.
Tara: Puts the book on the table. Oh what happened?
Dark Willow: Plops down on the sofa and leans her head on Tara’s shoulder. You took revenge for me. Yours as a lot less forceful then mine but it still happened.
Tara: Did I go Dark like you did?
Dark Willow: Lets her own darkness slip off of her like water her skin returning to it cute freckle self her hair and eyes get back there vibrate colors even her clothes flow into just a simple dress of purple and yellow. You did but you were less ragey then I was you dint try to destroy the world.
Tara: Plays with Willow hair. But I did kill Warren dint I?
Dark Willow: Oh yeah…
Tara: Looks over at one of the current white boards showing lines, paths in time, spells, math equations, all that Dark Willow was currently working on drawn on it. How far did you follow this path?
Dark Willow: Floats a coke from another part of the house it opens and she grabs it from the air she sips from it. Long enough to watch Buffy pull you back from the brink. She and Giles figured out you used those crystals again. Willow sits the coke down.
Tara: Why do you do this to yourself?
Dark Willow: Looks up at her lover from her lower position on the sofa. Do what?
Tara: Torture yourself you succeed a long time ago. I’m here I’m real and I love you very deeply.
Dark Willow: Sits up because your still here… She points to her chest. She slips off the dress exposing her lover to her naked body and again points to a spot between her breasts there just barely visible a small scar… near my hart always.
Tara: Touches the small scar Tara lets her finger slide over the barely raised skin there. Tell me again why did you put the bullet that killed me there so near your heart?
Dark Willow: It’s a reminder of my failures of how far I still have yet to go.
Tara: Pulls Willow into her as she wraps her arms around her. You dint fail I told you that. She puts Willow head in her hands. I’m right here I’m always here. And she kisses her. She lays Willow down on the sofa and Tara kisses the small scar where the bullet rest down in Willow’s chest Tara lays her head down on Willow’s exposed chest as Willow wraps her arms around Tara this time. Tell me how it got there.
Dark Willow: Plays with Tara’s hair. Are you sure you’re ready to hear that story?
Tara: Looks off at nothing. Her own fingers running over Willows leg. Yes I’m ready to hear about my own funeral.
Dark Willow gets a far off look in her eyes her very own memories of that event flood to the surface.
Dark Willow: I dint attended it you know. Giles felt it best I leave immediately and seek the help of the coven. A tear rolls down her cheek Tara never sees it. I suspected it was more to the fact he dint want me to slip into the darkness again I told him as much….
The house a house that seems to fill with nothing but death lately Buffy Summers home Willow sits on the sofa Giles sit on table in front of Willow outside the winds from earths near destruction have still yet to die down. Echoing the emotions still boiling inside one torn girl.
Willow: Tears stream down her face. She dint think they ever stopped anymore. You just think I’m going to lose my control again I should be here Giles for her.
Giles: That is a possibility Willow. I won’t lie to you. But you must understand that you’re still in a state of flux we must use this time wisely.
Willow: Giles I can’t leave not now!
Giles: Looks out the window as if cue the winds shuffle at the outburst of emotions. Giles walks over to the window and pulls them back and points outside. You must Willow your still very much the cause of this.
Willow: Looks out the Window. I still can’t leave yet Giles I have to see her one more time no matter what you say I have to.
Giles: Willow I don’t think that’s a good…
Willow: Flashes out of existence
Giles: …Idea Damn!
Giles runs out the door Buffy and Dawn are just coming up the sidewalk holding on to each other.
Buffy: Sees Giles running over to them with a slight limp. Giles what’s wrong?
Giles: Its Willow she took off again.
Buffy: Is she going back to the bluff?
Giles: Somewhere worst I’m afraid.
Dawn: What’s worst then that?
Giles: The morgue.
Buffy: Tara…
Dawn: What do you think she will do?
Buffy: I don’t know. Where is Xander?
Giles: He went to take Anya home while I stayed with Willow.
Buffy: Call him tell him to pick you up and meet me at the morgue be prepared for anything. And Buffy takes off using Slayer speed like never before.
Willow flashes back into the world and looks around the cold white interior of the city morgue. A man in a lab coat drops a chart and stares Willow almost slides back in to her darker self just to get the information she wants.
Willow: Relaxes I’m just looking for my friend Tara Maclay?
Lab Tech: Picks up his chart and looks down it the body’s not yet been processed or looked at by the examiner no one’s allowed to be here right now.
Willow: That body has a name! And for a second she flashes and rage takes over common sense and she raises her hand and in a flash the poor lab tech finds himself in the park miles from work. Willow walks into the room and finds Tara’s Body lying there her blue shirts stained where the bullet never made it out of Tara’s chest completely. If it had Willow to would have been shot to that thought ran though her mind Tara saved her life while losing her own.
Willow: Runs over to the table tears streaming down her face. Why dint it continue forwards why didn’t it take her to! That damn bullet why did it not let her join Tara! Willow places her hand on Tara chest and it glows slightly and she raises her hand off Tara’s chest the bullet floats up.
Willow: tears flow down her checks she holds the bullet in her fingers and remembers how she killed Warren how she took a human life. Was hers worth anything now? Willow looks over at Tara I’m coming baby hold on she lets go of the bullet and it floats again. Willow raises her arms to the side and the bullet points towards her own chest and just like Warren before the bullet enters her own body but unlike Warren the numbness she feels blocks any pain she might have the bullet works its way towards her own hart she would be with her lover again soon.
Buffy slams thought the door
Buffy: WILLOW!! DON’T YOU DARE!!!
Willow: Let me go Buffy please.
Buffy: Buffy tackles Willow in a hug tears rolling down her own face I won’t do it! I will never let you go.
Willow: I want to be with her! Blood trickles down Willows chest.
Buffy: I won’t let you go damn it! Willow please don’t leave me I’m so sorry she is gone but I can’t lose you to Willow I love you.
Willow: But I want to be with her!
Buffy: Looks at the hole in Willows chest and you always will be now she’s here inside you now. I need you Willow I need you to be stronger than the rest of us. Can you be?
Willow: Looks over at Tara’s body. She’s not here anymore is she?
Buffy: No baby she is only here in our harts and Buffy touches Willows own hart hoping to stop the bleeding.
Willow: Closes her eyes and the wound closes around the bullet. She will always be near me.
The rest of the gang bust though the door and find Willow and Buffy hugging each other.
Giles: Willow are you?
Willow: Wipes away the tears that are still coming forth. I’m me no crazy dark vainy Will.
Xander: Puts away a yellow crayon before anyone else notices it but Willow spots in anyway. Good cos I don’t know what I would have done if you had gone to the dark side again.
Willow: Holds out her hand. Give it to me Xander Harris.
Xander: Sheepishly pulls the crayon back out. I well you know I was gonna try...
Willow: Holds the yellow crayon close to her. Thank you guys for everything. Giles. She takes one long look at Tara. I’m ready to go now.
At the airport the goodbyes where short and to the point. Most the important stuff had been said none of them had left Willow side after the morgue. The only real words Willow said where Take care of her.
Buffy watches the plane take off wondering when or if she would see her friend again.
Buffy: Turns to the others. Now I have to do something harder than dealing with another apocalypse.
Xander: What’s that?
Buffy: Talk to Willows mom.
Xander: Oh I can do that I known her longer Plus theres that whole tried to burn you thing.
Buffy: No I have to do this Xand. But I don’t have to it alone you can come with.
Anya: And what do we do?
Buffy: Go home rest we been though a lot the past few days let things settle down. Then we can begin the funeral arrangements.
The ride to the Rosenberg home was fairly quite as Buffy noticed the weather steadly calming down. They walked to the front door and rang the bell.
Sheila: Why Buffy Xander what a surpise come in.
Xander: Hi Misses R.
Shelia: Xander Harris I have not here that in a long time what’s going on?
Buffy and Xander walk into the house looking around nervously.
Shelia: Please sit. And she points a couch and some chairs.
Buffy: I uh thank you. Miss Rosenberg…
Shelia: Please call me Shelia. I’m sorry about your mom dear.
Buffy: Oh yeah thanks the flowers you sent where… lovely. But um this is about Willow.
Shelia: How is my daughter these days?
Buffy: Shes gone… I mean left the country…Miss…Shelia how much did you know about Willow?
Sheila: Well she explaned a few things like that fling with that girl but my daughter is her own person. Where did she go?
Buffy: England. Shelia how honest would you like me to be about Willow?
Shelia: What do you mean?
Buffy: Well I can sit here and lie to you about how Willow is peachy and all that or I can tell you everything.
Xander: Shelia you need hear this.
Shelia: I don’t know whatever my daughter does is her own affair.
Xander: Your daughter killed a man. Now how much do you want to know?
Shelia: Looks at both of them she starts to rise but can’t seem to. She what?
Buffy: Looks at Xander with a look that would dust a vamp instantly. But looks back at Shelia. Willow’s friend that she had was no fling Shelia. What those two had was real love. Her girlfriend was murdered by someone that was gunning for me her name was Tara we were both shot I lived she died.
Xander: Willow took out some that’s murdered before I’m not saying its right or wrong but the guy would kill again. Willow channeled her grief and anger toward herself she changed she became something else something dark.
Buffy: Though her growing Wiccan ability’s she almost destroyed the world.
Shelia: My daughter Willow? Why are you telling me all this?
Buffy: Because Xander was able to bring her back from the brink. Willow she will need our love and support. She thinks she does not deserve it. But she does. She also wants you to know how important Tara was to her. We were her family.
Shelia: What about Tara’s real family?
Buffy: They kinda disowned her. We are Tara’s family.
Shelia: Sighs. This is all too much. What is it you want me to do?
Buffy: Help us with the funeral show your daughter that you do care about her life and that you do support her learn about Tara and just how much she meant to Willow.
Shelia: Manages to rise off the couch. Let me think about it do you have the number to where she is staying?
Buffy: Hands a slip of paper on it: Giles said for a while there won’t any contact but when and if there is this is the number.
Outside the Rosenberg home Xander and Buffy walk back to the car on loan since Xander’s was destroyed by Willow.
Xander: Well that went well. OW!!
Buffy: Gets ready to hit Xander again.
Xander: Relax Buffy I know Willows mom the lady deals in facts and figures she will come around.
A few days pass as life with the scoobies return to what they think is normal. Anya and
Xander walk into Buffy’s house arguing
Xander: I’m just saying Anya you need to go by the store who knows it might be salvageable I boarded it up to keep out the rift raft. But there are still a lot of powerful items there not to mention all of Buffy’s weapons.
Anya: No you just want me to be distracted from my vengeance work.
Xander: At least help up get the stuff out?
Anya: Fine.
Xander and Anya walk into the dining room where Buffy has paperwork in all directions.
Xander: Ok what fileing cabinet exploded?
Buffy: Looks down in frustration at the papers. I’m not getting any closer to Tara’s funeral. Guys I’m stuck in Sunnydale red tape and Slayer strengths not cutting it.
Shelia: You said my daughter really loved this girl?
All three looks up at Shelia standing there.
Shelia: The door was left open I tried knocking
Xander: My bad Buff.
Buffy: It’s ok Xand. Yes Miss Rosenberg Tara meant the world to Willow…literally.
Shelia: Looks over Buffy shoulders at the paperwork. Can I do this if my daughter loved this woman then I feel it’s up to me to help her out.
Buffy: Stands up please. I can’t even get them to release the body to us.
Shelia: Gathers all the papers. I will give you a call when I have something. Shelia walks out the door before leaving completely she turns to Buffy. Thank you for letting me know about Willow.
A few days later and Shelia has cut though all the red tape and the somber day has arrived.
Buffy: Yells up the stairs. Come on Dawn Xander’s waiting for us.
Dawn: Comes down the stairs. Buffy I don’t know if I’m ready for this.
Buffy: None of us are.
Dawn: Buffy losing Tara like this ...so quick. Seems worse than losing mom. Is that fair to mom?
Buffy: Hugs Dawn. Oh Dawny. Its ok…and you’re not being unfair to mom she knows how you feel there’s room in your hart for both. We…we have to go Buffy takes Dawns face in her hands you can do this. And she wipes away a tear around Dawns eye.
Both walk out to the car where Xander and Anya are waiting. The drive over was quite not much was said during the services till it was time. Dawn walked up to the front and stood in front of everyone.
Dawn: Stands there for a few seconds and everyone gathered look up at her.
Dawn: A lot of you dint know Tara Maclay and that’s understandable because that’s the real tragedy here. She was not here long enough her life was brief but bright. As most of you know not to long ago I lost my own mother. And I was lost in myself but Tara she became…like a mother to me her warmth and compassion help me find my way she was a light. But not just for me for a lot of us… For all of us. That light was bright and fun and I’m deeply going to miss her. But not that light I know that light will shine on forever in each of us.
Buffy: Runs up and grabs Dawn in a hug and Dawn breaks down. Sobbing a few good byes where said and everyone breaks up leaving the Scoobies there with just Shelia
Dawn stops crying and walks over to Xander as Shelia and Buffy talk.
Shelia: You dint tell everything about my daughter did you?
Buffy: I thought there were a few things that could wait till you knew more about Tara.
Shelia: What is it what is it you’re not telling me?
Buffy: I don’t think this is the right place.
Shelia: Tell me! You got me involved now tell me!
Buffy: Willow...she tried to kill herself. Shelia’s hand reaches out and slaps Buffy hard across the face. Buffy grabs at it. I stopped her she loved Tara so much Miss Rosenberg. But I was able to stop her.
Shelia: And you dint tell me this before? I thought about this. About what my daughter can do now and it frightens me. To know that I’m totally useless to my daughter you taught me that Miss Summers! She never once turned to me. It was you or that rude Mr. Giles that won’t even let me speak to my daughter I’m leaving Sunnydale. My work here is done! Miss Rosenberg walks off before Buffy can say anything.
Dark Willow watches from afar she watches Buffy get slapped and watches as Shelia her own mother walk away from her life.
Tara: You dint see your mother much after that did you?
Dark Willow: Looks at Tara her eyes focus in on Tara again No I did not.
Dark Willow: Slowly pulls away from her lover her hair and complexion turns dark her eyes go black and her dark black dress reforms over her naked body. I…I have to go I have someone to meet. I will be back soon.
Tara: Oh. Who are you going to see?
Dark Willow: Myself
Tara: Watches as Willow leaves her again. So obsess with her goals she didn’t even say goodbye or I love you before she left. Tara walks past the current white board with all the recant additions and steeps into a large room filled with hundreds of similar boards all with same type of writings lines and paths to parallel dimensions Equations and computations, Math and magic blending.
Tara: You know she is gunning for your job.
Perhaps.
Tara: She would not be you know? … Had you granted her request.
There are rules everyone must follow.
Tara: She is rewriting that rule book and she will succeed you know this. You could have avoided all this if you had just done what she had asked Osiris. She hurt you once she saw you flinch. You and I both know one day soon she is going to be up there with you guys or replace you given her mood at the time.
Osiris: She is a very willed one I give you that. And you’re sure you can’t stop her from this goal?
Tara: No why would I? You would not even bring me back. You’re on your own. You made your choice. she is making hers.
Tara: Walks back into living room and sits on the sofa with her book happy to wait for her lover to return to her.