Prologue: Death Claims A Warrior

"Concerned" he asked a little amused at the goddess's inability to express what she felt.

"I think so. But I can't help. You'll be dead within moments." They both knew it was true and it hurt both of them equally Illyria because it meant she would lose the only one who helped her and Wesley because he lost the only thing he had any feeling for since Fred died true it wasn't a good feeling but it was feeling which kept him alive, but now nothing would keep him alive and nothing would have to.

"I know." He wished he didn't he had the sneaking suspicion that if he had lived through that fight he would have found a way to bring her back and now he would never know if he really would have or if it was just a feeling he had.

"Would you like me to lie to you now?" She asked. She was feeling for this pitiful human and wasn't sure why.

"Yes. Thank you. Yes." He looked at her weekly. Suddenly it was no longer Illyria, but Fred, his Fred, his love. She looked beautiful. Just as she always was smiling down at him with just as much love as that night when she had told him how she felt. All he could manage to say was "Hello there."

"Oh, Wesley. My Wesley." Tears were clouding her vision it was so authentic Wesley almost forgot that this wasn't Fred but a former God in her body.

"Fred. I've missed you." He whispered. It may have been quite but there was so much emotion behind it; it couldn't have meant more if he had shouted it. He had missed her. He had missed her so very much. He still missed her she was there and he still missed her.

"It's gonna be OK. It won't hurt much longer, and then you'll be where I am." She kissed his lips twice sweetly and then she kissed his forehead. She was crying. The emotionless goddess, Illyria, was crying and sniffing over a pathetic human life and she couldn't begin to explain why but she wanted it to stop. "We'll be together." She could feel the shells love pulling at her insides.

"I—I love you." He had lost himself in the idea that this was Fred. He didn't care that it wasn't he had to say it before he died. He never got the chance to say it enough when she was alive so he had to say it one more time before he left. She was starting to fade and blur as the world grew dark and a light came closer.

"I love you. My love. Oh, my love" She found she really did love him even if he was a worthless human she did love hi and she didn't even know what love was. She stood and morphed into her true form and smashed in the head of the worthless scum, Vail. He had destroyed the only thing she had ever been able to feel any emotion towards. She smashed in his skull and the last thing he saw was the revenge of an angry goddess. She felt his magic power seep into her pours as it fled his body.

A/N: I know this is supposed to go at the beginning but I wasn't feeling the beginning today so I put it at the end. This part, as far as the dialogue, is taken directly from the finale episode Not Fade Away (this doubles as a disclaimed I don't own anything blah blah, blah, you know the deal). This might seem slow and boring now but I promise it has a really good idea behind it and I will try and get the first actually chapter up really soon. I apologize for spelling etc. you know me w/ the spelling etc. if it bothers yell at me and I will use the flames to cook my dinner but please review either way.

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