A/N: First off, I want to apologize for my lack of updates. I seem to have run out of juice for my other stories. Hopefully they'll start flowing again soon.
Secondly, Gimpy72 is publishing an original story called To Love Again. It will be out May 15th, so go check it out. It's definitely worth it. Check out her page for the places it's available.
Prologue: Good vs Evil
With the darkness coursing through her veins, Willow Rosenberg allowed herself to remember her friendships from the past and the exact moment that those friends had turned their backs on her after all the years they had spent protecting and fighting together. It wasn't her fault really. The darkness inside her had been there for years, ever since the curse she had placed on Angel, Buffy's boyfriend at the time, to restore his soul. Buffy didn't want to see it. None of them wanted to see it. Willow really couldn't blame them though. Her innocent nature had made it easy to hide the evilness that was corrupting her soul. It made things so easy to fool them all.
Staring across the distance, Dark Willow smiled cruelly as her coal eyes searched the blackness surrounding her. Buffy had looked so disgusted when sweet Willow had proven just how much she craved the darkness. After all, Willow's addiction was the reason Oz left. It was the reason why poor little Dawnie had been hurt.
Turning back into her house, Willow felt her heart swell with love at the sight of the girl laying in her bed, sound asleep. The long red hair, fanning the pillow brought a smile to the dark witch's face as she walked over to sit on the edge of the bed next to the figure. She ran her fingers through the soft hair and brushed her finger's down the little girl's cheek before looking down into the opening blue eyes.
"Mommy?"
"Hey, Baby Girl," Willow whispered, her coal eyes turning green as she looked at her daughter. Willow couldn't help but remember Oz every time she looked at her little girl. Oz had been her first and only love for many years and part of her knew she would always love him.
Looking into her daughter's blue eyes, Willow gave her daughter a soft smile. "Go back to sleep, Little One. It's late," Willow told her, bending down to kiss her daughter's forehead as the girl's eye lids fluttered closed once more.
"Yes, Ma'am," Jayden whispered as she allowed sleep to overtake her once again.
Willow smiled at her daughter's sleeping form once more before standing up and walking over to the window to look out as she thought once more about her former friends. She knew Buffy, Xander, and Dawn were still fighting the good fight against evil. She had recently learned that Oz had rejoined the group to help them protect Sunnydale from the creatures of the night. She was also aware that her old friends were looking for the chance to rid the world of her darkness.
Closing her green eyes, Willow let the darkness inside her cover up the humanity, hiding the pain of their betrayal within her behind the anger of the black magic. Dark Willow opened her eyes once again revealing the coal black that was now her soul.
A/N: Thank you Gimpy72 for reading this over and helping me with the ideas. :)
Thank you Matash21 for the cover photo. :)