A/N: My first songfic. Be nice.
Disclaimer: Joss is a god. It's all his. "Ravine" is the song used, it's by Ace of Base.
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+Have you heard
Have you heard
About this girl
Who was ripped up
By her roots...+

Willow laid in bed, her heart buzzing uncontrollably, racing in a tireless frenzy inside her chest. She had OD'd on majick and now she was paying the price.

+Wanna know
What she learned
Like humility
You win when
You lose...+

She cried. She was afraid she was going to die. She knew going to Rak had been a horrible mistake. First she'd lost Tara-- that should have been warning enough. But no, she couldn't control herself, couldn't be strong, couldn't overcome her need. And now she'd lost the trust of her friends, the people who meant most in her life. And what she'd done to poor Dawn... Willow was sure Dawnie hated her now. Maybe it *would* be better if she just died.

+I have learned
I have learned
The most horrifying
Nights have an end...+

She felt as if the night would never end. She was scared, she was alone, she had no one to go to. And she couldn't hide from her life behind majick anymore. Things could have been so much simpler if she'd not relied on it for the minor things in the first place. But she had, and now it was all bunched into one gigantic problem. She wished so badly that Tara was there to hold her and tell her things would be all right. Tara was all the majick she needed.

+I was hurt
I was lost
In the dark
I found my way
To a friend...+

Willow sat up and reached for the box next to the bed labeled "Tara". The few items she'd left when she moved out were being stored there. She stuck her trembling hand in and pulled out the first thing it came in contact with-- Mr. Soft, Tara's stuffed bear. Willow looked at him for a moment, then brought him to her chest and laid back down. She buried her face in his blue plush fur, inhaling deeply. He still smelled like Tara. He still *felt* like Tara.

His blue fur was purged by her tears.

+I am standing
Here in my ravine
Once again I see
A piece of the sky
And my joy will
Never be denied
Cuz I am meant
To be here
The only place
On Earth where
You are near...+

"Tara," she whispered.

Her eyes closed and her body slept and her mind dreamed, but her heart did not stop crying.