In The Moment
I don't think this has ever been done, well I hope not.. anyway the summary is:
We all saw Buffy jump, but what would have happened if she didn't end up in heaven but in an alternate reality, where everyone it human.
These are the first set of pairings;
S/B A/C W/OX/Aothers
This will hopefully be really long, and will focus on her revival and more than that I can't say, but trust me you'll want to read this.
The change
Lightning crackles even larger than before and Buffy finds herself looking up; a huge dragon has just flown out of the portal causing the town to shake.
Dawn looks as Buffy and speaks "Buffy, you have to let me go. Blood starts it, and until the blood stops flowing, it'll never stop".
Buffy stares at Dawn who is in anguish, tears run down her little sister's face and through her tears she speaks again, tearful and pleading "You know you have to let me. It has to have the blood".
It is then that Buffy remembers what Spike had said earlier 'cause it's always got to be blood', shaking her head she realises what needs to be done. Its Summer's blood, its just like mine. She's me, the monks made her out of me. Death is your gift.
Buffy frowns, shakes her head and knows that what she's about to do is her destiny. Death is your gift. Turning around slowly Buffy looks at the end of the platform and then to the hole that is opening in the sky. The sky grows lighter as the sun tries to rise and a peaceful look begins to appear on her face. Turning back to Dawn she offers a smile as Dawn stares wide-eyed at her "Buffy ... no!" she always knew that that Dawn was smart, she knew she would figure it out
"Dawnie, I have to" Buffy's voice is firm but laced with thick emotions
"No!" Dawn begins to back off, shaking her head as if this is a bad dream
"Listen to me. Please, there's not a lot of time, listen" her voice it low and pleading as she holds Dawn by the upper arms and talks to her, Dawn begins to cry and they are both oblivious to the lighting cracking behind them. Stroking the side of Dawn's face she kisses her on the cheek and with great difficulty she lets go off her and runs down the platform, spreading out her arms she swan-dives of the end and into the portal, a small smile appears on her face while Dawn watches and sobs.
A voiceover begins:
"Dawn, listen to me. Listen. I love you. I will always love you. But this is the work that I have to do. Tell Giles ... tell Giles I figured it out. And, and I'm okay, give my love to my friends. You have to take care of them now, you have to take care of each other, you have to be strong. Dawn, the hardest thing in this world ... is to live in it. Be brave. Live for me"
As the portal closes we see Willow and Tara, holding each other up, walk forward. Behind them we can see Giles coming forward too, and Xander holding Anya in his arms. They all walk forward; staring at something we can't see. In the background we see Spike trying to come forward, falling to the ground as the sunlight hits him. It over, they each knew this was how it would end.
Atop the building a figure is crouching at the end of platform, and just before the portal closes she waves a hand, a gold light appears and forms an arch into the void as it finally closes. "Live for yourself" they mutter as they now vanish.
OOO
"Buffy, Buffy" a hand was waved in front of her face "are you spacing out on me"
Buffy shook her head "no, I'm thinking" she shifted on the couch "so what were we talking about"
"Gosh Buffy rude much" came the reply followed by a laugh "are you thinking about William"
"William?" she asked
"You know your boyfriend tall, thin and blonde"
"His not thin" she snapped instantly
The other girl raised her eyebrow "so you do remember him" Buffy frowned.
"I'm feeling real weird Cordelia. I feel like I know you but I don't know you, but yet I know things that I shouldn't know" Buffy inhaled and then tried to collect her thoughts "my head suddenly feels so scrambled"
A concerned express appeared across Cordelia's face as she went to hug the smaller girl "maybe that fall you took, affected you more than we thought" Buffy pulled herself out of the girls embrace "fall?"
"Yeah, remember we were trying to stop Glory- the bitch of a psycho serial killer? Anyway while Will and Liam were arresting Glory, you went up on the bridge to get the hostages, when the bridge began to collapse and…"
"I fell"
"Right" came Cordelia's enthusiastic remark as she pulled her legs into her chest "we don't know how you survived" her voice fades off
"Hey at least it explains this cast on my leg" she motioned to the ugly white cast "Still, I feel like something's not right, I don't think I belong here"
"Of course you do, I know that near death experiences cause people to freak out but Buffy you belong"
Buffy smiled "you're right, I belong"
"Good, now lets put a" she made quotation makes with her hand "chick flick on before the boys come"
"We'll never get them to watch it"
"Sure we will I mean stranger things have happened"
Ok that's it, i'm sure your wondering why its Cordelia and not Willow. Well I love A/C and S/B crossovers and thus they will be the main couple.
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