I don't own these characters. They belong to Joss Whedon. Some of the quotes were also taken from the episode this is based on.

A/N: Obviously, this is a slash, just so we're clear. Also, it takes place right after Tara dies in "Seeing Red".

Why did she die? Why did someone so sweet...so innocent leave the world today? It was senseless. I was infuriated. That's what kept me going. That's what kept me from dying as well. I couldn't bring her back, I was told. "It is done!" I could hear Osirus yell at me. If I couldn't get him to bring my girl back to me, then I would have to do it myself.

I remember how she looked when she was shot. She didn't even see it coming. She didn't know she was taking her last breath. She informed me that my shirt was a wreck. It was stained with her own blood and she didn't even realize it. She didn't cry, but I knew she was in pain.

As I continued my walk to the magic shop, I tried to shake the brutal crimson image out of my mind. I couldn't think about the past. I could only think about Warren and how dead I could make him.

"Willow," I heard Anya call my name as I walked into the magic shop. I had no time for her. I had no time for anyone. "I heard about what happened and..." I needed books, not a talk from her.

I saw them all from where I stood on the main floor. They were upstairs on the shelves, just waiting for all of their letters to be sucked right off of the page and into me. I promised that I wouldn't use magic again. I thought it would be hard, but with Tara as my motivation, it was nothing. However, Tara was not here.

Just as I was about to draw the information out of the books, something happened to me. I didn't know what it was, but it was as if someone was guiding me. They were telling me not do what I was doing, at least that's what I thought they were telling me. I felt my head being guided to just one section of the shelf, where seconds later, a book fell to the ground. It opened itself up and flipped over hundreds of pages before stopping at one, right in the middle. It was a sign.

I ran over to the book to find out what it was all about. I saw that it only had a few lines on it. I read them aloud:

"Bad things have happened

All too fast

Let me change the future

By changing the past." I chanted.

The room grew bright. I looked up to see a pure white light, hovering above me. Slowly, I reached out to grab it. It was a talisman, tiny and silver, with a blue jewel in the middle.

"What is this supposed to do?" I asked as I continued to hold it in my hand ands examine the small object. I didn't see anything else strange. I felt no different. My heart still hurt, knowing I would never see Tara again, and I was still hungry for Warren's blood. "What a waste of time I said as I mindlessly chucked the talisman on the floor, not even giving it so much as a second glance.

"Look Willow, I'm here for you if you need me..." Anya started, right before the ground began to shake. Books, charms, rabbit's feet and almost everything else in the shop could now be located on the floor.

"Willow!" Anya screamed at me as a chunk of ceiling and loads of clutter from the second floor fell down, breaking upon her head. I rushed over to her, still swimming in my own pain, but a bit afraid of what might of happened to the girl who was only trying to help. Did I do this? Was this massive earthquake caused by me? I made it over to Anya, but I was far too late. Her body was covered in blood and debris. It was the second death in one day that I witnessed, but although I grew even sadder to see it, it was not quite as big a tragedy as loosing Tara was. I cried as I closed my eyes.

"This isn't happening," I tried to convince myself. Suddenly, I felt heavy, as if my body had become a magnet. What was going on? I opened my eyes to see that the walls, the floor, Anya...everything appeared to me melting, as the strange earthquake continued. The room looked as if was spinning around and all the colours bled together to make one. I screamed as I turned, faster and faster until everything finally stopped.

"Willow, what's wrong with you?" Tara asked, giving me a weird look.

"Tara? Y...you're alive?" I cried tears of joy now, as I hugged her tightly, never wanting to let go.

"Of course I am, will. Why wouldn't I be?"

Abruptly, I remembered the spell and the talisman that had appeared.

"Oh, I...I'm sorry. I was just...never mind," I told her, not wanting to explain what had just happened.

"Anyways, like I was saying, there's so much to work through. Trust has to be build again...on both sides. You have to learn if you're even the same people you were, if you can fit into each others lives. It's a long important process and can't we just skip it? Can't you just be kissing me now?"

That sounded familiar. It was the night before Tara was killed. Warren hadn't done anything yet and I could still stop him from killing Tara tomorrow. I had a chance and I was going to take it!

A/N: So how was that for the first chapter? I've been meaning to write something like this for a while, but I didn't know what show I should do it for.

For the record, Anya didn't die in that reality. Willow only thought that she died because she saw that she was bleeding and a lot of stuff had fallen on her head. In reality, at that part of the show, Anya had already become a vengeance demon again, so she couldn't have died. I just thought I'd point that out because I knew someone else would.

Please review and let me know what you think of this so far.