"Dawnie, I have to."
She bent down and whispered something into her sister's ear.
She stood up then, and ran towards the edge. She didn't look back.
"Buffy!" she heard her sister scream, but she just smiled.
She knew there was no way that she was going to make it out of this. So be it. She wouldn't go down without a fight. She was a slayer, one of the strongest, and she was Buffy.
/...I wont go down without a fight.../ she screamed to the portal as she swan dived into it.
/...You can't just have me!.../ She yelled into the electric waves as they pulsed through her arms, and chest. Her heart beat grew faster, and she smiled wider.
If this was her last battle, it didn't really matter. Except...
/...No! I have promises to keep! I'm not done yet. I'm not ready. He.../ Her voice was cut off as another blast of energy swiped through her body.
/..Promises to keep. You can't have me!.../
Her arms were still firmly out as she dared the energy to mutilate her, and tear apart her soul.
/...NO!.../ she mind-screamed again.
Buffy tightened her leg muscles and flexed her arms out. She was not going down now, but this would surely kill her.
/...Wait for me.../
Summers blood reacted with the magical portal, and she let the power flow through her. The Key essence set the energy back where it came from. And the Slayer in her let her go.
And in the distance, before her heart stopped. Before the energy faded. She knew that she heard it.
/...Forever.../
She was suddenly floating. She could see her body, it was still falling. Down, down, down. But she wasn't in it any more.
She arose up in whatever form it was she had, and she whispered something to eternity. She knew it would reach.
"Always."
Around her neck (on the body that was flying) was the silver cross necklace. On her body, was the jacket, and on her ring finger was the claudaigh ring...
She had fallen, and now, she was flying...