Author's Note: Here is a bit of background for this new fanfic Author's Note: Here is a bit of background for this new fanfic. This fanfic starts off 5 years after the collapse of Sunnydale. The Scoobies are now settled in Cleveland. They run the U.S. slayer school while Faith, Robin, Andrew and Dawn run the European slayer school in Scotland. Giles is now in charge of the new Watcher's Council, which he established in London, England. This fanfic centers around Willow, as the main character. There are a couple of new characters but they will be explained as the story goes on. Please take the time to post a review and let me know how you like this fanfic. All credit for Buffy and everything Buffy related goes to Joss Whedon. Prologue

"Goddess, are you sure about this?" asked the small demon, whose long horned tail fidgeted in nervousness, as the goddess walked over the dead body of his fellow demon servant.

"Are you actually questioning my plan?" Asked the goddess. She couldn't believe that this thing was stupid enough to question her. Did he not know who she was?

"No. No. I would never question your plan. It is the most brilliant plan ever. But I would just like to bring to your attention one slight possible problem. But I doubt that it will even be an issue." The demon replied, lowering his head as he knelt down in front of the goddess. He was prepared for her to kill him as he had just witnessed her do to the last demon that had dared question her plan.

The goddess walked around the demon as he bowed down to her. 'That's the way that it should be. Men should bow down to women.' But she was interested in what the demon had to say and she knew that if he said something that she didn't like, she would just simply kill him. The goddess couldn't think of any potential problems with the plan that she had spent the last five years working on. Even though she had been on earth since the very beginning, the last five years had felt long and torturous as she sat and watched the witch, waiting for the perfect time to strike. But now that the time had finally arrived, she didn't want anything coming between her and that power. "Entertain me. Tell me about this problem."

"Well Most Beautiful, this witch is the key to your plan, right?"

"I kinda need her, in order to harness her power. So yeah, she's the key. Your point being?"

The demon continued to stare down at the floor, knowing that if he were to make eye contact with her, she would instantly use the large axe in her hand to take off his head. "My point is, Goddess, what if she finds out about your plan?"

"Have you not been listening to me? I know that you're a male and therefore have no listening skills but try to pay attention. I don't need for her to willingly give me her powers; it just makes things a lot simpler and a whole lot more entertaining. When you've been around as long as I have, you need to find new ways of keeping yourself busy. And it's just a bonus that I'm going to drain to most powerful witch in the world of her powers." The goddess knew that she couldn't let anyone or anything find out that this witch actually possessed a lot more power than she did, and therefore posed a real dangerous threat to everything that the goddess had worked millenniums for. 'She won't be a threat for much longer and I'll have all that power to myself. Now that will be a sweet day in hell.' She thought with a smile. She turned back to the demon and continued, "Stand up, I tired of staring at the top of your bald little head. Now what was I saying? Oh yeah, with the powers that this witch has, it's smarter for me to take it from her, little by little, that way she won't suspect anything until it's too late. And when she figures out what happened, she won't have any powers left to fight me. Then I'll kill her. If anyone tries to stop me, no biggie, on to plan B."

"Plan B, your holiness?"

"Why do males, both human and demon alike, think that women can't do anything? Yes, there's a Plan B. This witch is at her most powerful when she's overpowered by her own emotions. Which is perfect because if I need to drain her of her powers quickly, I just need to piss her off, and what better way to do that than to kill someone close to her. It's both effective and entertaining. And when she's all dark and veiny, I just have to do the stupid and really overwritten spell. Then it's all mine. Get it now?" The goddess was growing more and more irritated with her latest species of demon servants. In her opinion, they asked too many questions for a species that was supposed to worship her. But she knew that she needed them to do her dirty work, leaving no one to suspect that she was actually the one behind all the chaos until the time was right.

Chapter. 1

"Baby, we'll be together again soon. I'll see you in like a day and a half. Plus, you're the one who didn't want to leave you car behind, so now you have to drive the 33 hours up to Cleveland. We can still just buy you a new car when we get there." Willow said, trying to reassure her girlfriend.

"I can't just leave my car here in L.A. while I move to Cleveland. I've put a lot of work into her, and a lot of money. And I don't want to use the Council's money to buy a new car. We can find better ways of spending their money. Why don't you just come for the drive with me? 33 hours is too long to be driving alone without my regular Willow kisses." Lilly replied as she pulled Willow closer to her, wrapping her arms around the petite witch's waist.

Willow couldn't help but laugh. "I'm going to miss you too and not just your kisses." She countered as gave Lilly a sultry smile, letting her know that she wasn't thinking about only kisses. "And you know that I have to be in Cleveland for tomorrow. I need to be there with the others to greet the new slayers."

Willow couldn't believe her luck when she met Lilly three months before, while at a popular L.A. club. Lilly was the lead singer for a local band that was playing at the club that night. The moment she heard Lilly's voice, she knew that she was in love. It felt as though Lilly was singing directly to her. Willow knew that the chances that the woman who was that beautiful could also be interested in women, wasn't likely. But after Lilly finished the set, she made her way through the crowd to where Willow sat and offered to buy the witch a drink.

Now they stood at the airport, three months later, and Willow was kissing Lilly, who was now her girlfriend, goodbye. Willow not only felt lucky that Lilly loved her, but she had also found out that Lilly was a witch, a very powerful one. Even though they were only going to be apart for little more than a day, Willow knew that the separation was going to be difficult for the both of them. Since the night they met, they had not been apart for more than a couple of hours. The only fact that lessened her anxiety about the separation, was knowing that even though her time helping Angel in L.A. was over and she was returning to Cleveland for the start of another school year at the Trucido Preparatory Academy for Girls, Lilly was going back with her.

The moment that Willow told her girlfriend that her time in Los Angeles was over, Lilly quit her band and sold her loft. She told Willow that she was okay leaving her old life behind to move to Cleveland, as long as they were together. Lilly stated that she understood that the slayer school was very important to the witch, and that she didn't want to take that away from her.

Lilly knew that she was taking a chance by leaving L.A. but she also knew that keeping Willow's love was well worth it. "I know that I'm being a total chick about this, I guess I'm just nervous about meeting your friends."

Willow leaned into Lilly and began to passionately kiss her, allowing her fingers to get tangled up in Lilly's long black hair. "They'll love you, just like I do." Willow replied as she pulled slightly away from Lilly, hoping the kiss had calmed some of Lilly's fears.

"Just like you do? Well, maybe I can go for Buffy, she is kind of hot. But Xander? I think the whole him having a penis could be a problem. You know I'd much rather something that isn't a penis." Lilly laughed, but as she saw the look of shock on Willow's face, she explained. "Will, you really walked right into that one. I'm sorry but I just had to say it."

"You think that Buffy's hot?" Willow suddenly feared that she could lose her girlfriend to Buffy, even though women weren't Buffy's style.

"Honey, I was just joking. She's hot but not my type. Redheads are more my style. You know the saying that redheads are freaks in the bedroom? Well that's what I like and that's what I've got, my own freaky-in-the-bedroom redhead. So why would I want anyone else?" Lilly explained as she placed her hand on the back of Willow's neck, pulling the witch into yet another passionate kiss.

"GATE 8, DIRECT FLIGHT FROM LOS ANGELOS TO CLEVELAND. NOW BOARDING."

Lilly pulled away from Willow as she heard the announcement over the airport speakers. She smiled when she noticed that Willow's eyes were still closed from their kiss. "Isn't that your flight?"

Willow slowly opened her eyes, not wanting the kiss to end. "Yeah." She replied, her voice still thick with lust. "I hate saying goodbye. It sounds so final."

"Then don't. We'll just say 'cannot wait to see you'. But you are well aware that this is going to be torture for me, I hate not having you right by my side."

"It's going to be hard for me too. I'll miss not having someone to snuggle up with me, tonight in bed. But I guess that I can always ask Buffy." Willow replied with a goofy smile, letting Lilly know that she too was only joking.

"Ha ha, very funny. Oh wait! I have something for you. But you can't open it until you get on the plane." Lilly said as she removed an envelope from her bag, handing it to Willow.

"What's in it?" Willow asked, examining the envelope, hoping to find a hint of what was inside.

"Lets just say that it's a little something for you to remember me by. At least until we're together again." Lilly answered, wishing that she could be there to see the look on Willow's face as she opened the envelope. "You should really be getting on that plane before you have no choice but to take the 33 hours drive up to Cleveland with me."

"Okay, okay. I'm going." Willow pulled Lilly into one final fiery kiss. The intensity of the kiss left both women breathless and light headed as they separated from one another. "I love you" was the only thing that Willow was able to say without crying as she walked towards the gate, leaving the woman who gave her a new lease on life and love, behind.

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Tara sat in the middle of a beautiful green valley, but she couldn't acknowledge the beauty that surrounded her. Her mind was elsewhere, as she thought about Willow. 'I just want to see her, again.' She thought to herself.

"Tara."

Tara looked up towards the source of the voice. "Hi Mama."

"Tara, you're in the most beautiful of places yet you're not happy. I haven't seen you smile since you've arrived here." Tara's mother stated as she sat on the grass, next to her daughter.

"I'm sorry, Mama. I am happy to be here but I miss Willow so much and I don't even know what's happened to her since I died." Tara turned to her mother, with tears in her eyes. "I can never really be happy until I'm with Willow, again. Except for Willow's sake, I hope that it doesn't happen for a very long time."

"Tara, you're in heaven but you'd rather be back on earth with all the death, destruction and evil?" Tara's mother watched as her daughter began to cry. She pulled Tara into her arms, trying to provide some comfort to her daughter. But she knew that there was only one person who could truly make her daughter happy and that person was still alive, for now.

"I know about all the bad things that happen on earth, I used to help fight them. But there are so many good things about being alive and on earth, like Willow. We had just found our way back to each other then suddenly we were separated again, it just wasn't fair." Tara continued to sob in her mother's arms.

"I know, Sweetie. That is why I'm here. You're needed back on earth, Willow needs you."