I know that it it is the same as seeing red in season 6 but i thought that i should back track a bit. Btw i don't own anything.


Willow basked in the embrace of her girlfriend, Tara. She stared into her crystal blue eyes and was in total awe of her lob-sided smile that she had missed so much during the two months that they spent apart. They separated as Tara looked out the window at their previously arguing friends Xander and Buffy and she knew that Xander had come to apologize to her. Willow had noticed the joy in the air and knew how Tara felt and instantly felt the same way

The two of them turned to face each other and a few moments later were startled by gunshots. Almost the instant that the first shot was fired the last one left the barrel of the gun and flew through the window directly behind Tara. The bullet sped through Tara's chest and ripped into her heart. The impact caused blood to splatter all over Willows white shirt.

"Your shirt?" Tara said as she fell to the floor

"Tara!" Willow screamed dropping to her knees and holding onto her girlfriend, "Tara, baby no!"

As she clung to the lifeless body of her beloved soul mate she began to call on Osiris. She argued with the "keeper of the gates" to bring Tara back to her but as she did this Tara watched in utter grief. Not in grief of the fact that she had just lost her life but in grief that Willow had just lost her. Also in grief to the fact that because Willow had just lost her lover she turned to magic to deal with it, magic; the very thing that caused Tara to leave Willow for those agonizing 2 months. Tara stood there in the room and watched her girlfriend hold onto the body that she once inhabited. Leaning down to place a placating hand on Willow's shoulder she found that her spirit hand simply went through the shoulder of her sobbing lover.

As soon Willow left the room the last bit of life that Tara was clinging on to faded away, and so did she. In that exact moment that the familiar room that she had spent so much time in faded away she found herself surrounded by blinding white lights and people in gold robes talking amongst themselves. After her eyes adjusted to the light a man wearing jeans and a flannel shirt, instead of the gold fabric that surrounded her, walked up to her.

"I know that it can be kind of disorienting but you'll get used to it eventually," He smiled and offered his hand. Tara took it hesitantly, "My name is Leo." He began to lead her towards large double doors at the head of the huge white room.

"I-I'm T-Tara." She said with the stutter that she had before she met Willow, and it now had come back since she had lost her, "I-Is th-this… am I in h-h-heaven?" She asked completely dumbstruck

"No," Leo said to the complete disbelief of the blonde standing next to him, "Well not really," he quickly added, "You died but you have been given a second chance to do the same type of work that you were doing when you were alive." They continued to walk down the long hallway and finally reached the double doors, "Well this is where I leave you, but I will see you again soon, but first the elders are through this door, they will explain everything to you, feel free to ask questions but don't interrupt them.

With those words he dematerialized into blue lights and the doors opened.