Disclaimer: I do not own 'Buffy: the Vampire Slayer' series, world, or characters.

Sequel to Tadpole.

Series Summery: Angelus is gone and Acathla sleeps once more, but those who are left on the Hellmouth struggle to survive with the abandonment of their friend the Slayer. AU. Post 2.22 "The Becoming: Part Two".


It came addressed to her in a little white envelope decorated with the messy scroll she missed passing notes with in class.

I can't do it anymore, gone somewhere the dark-side isn't.

The message was short, at few sentences that only reassured her for their existence.

Tell Giles: Angelus is gone.

She kept it tucked in the bottom corner of her mirror; saw it every morning and night.

Apocalypse adverted, again, and don't I deserve a normal life?

The spell she had taught herself was elegant in its simplicity and used mainly in archival endeavors.

Kindra's gone, but another Council Dog should make it there soon.

It never faded.

I'm sure you'll be fine without me.

She would always have it as a reminder.

Tell everyone thanks (-for-), I never would have lasted this long, but now it's my time.

Not that she was likely to forget.

Please don't let them find me.

Ever.


Written for 365drabbles and fanfic_bakeoff at LiveJournal (secret ingredient: token). Part of the Diamond Seas and Lands of Smoke series.