Author's note: There is straight dialogue from Prophecy Girl, the episode in Season one because I believed that no matter what that wouldn't change. All disclaimers are the same, Nakia is mine and no one else is.

Chapter Seven: Prophecy Girl

Nakia kept one eye on Angel even as she studied the papers she was grading for the next day. Prom was around the corner and it seemed that staking Darla had finally stopped hurting him so much. It had been several weeks and the strangeness of Sunnydale continued with nightmares coming to life and invisible girls terrorizing Cordelia, which was rough not to like since Cordelia was still a little bitch even to Nakia sometimes. The snotty little prom queen's attitude to teachers had gotten her some after school typing classes and what not from her a few times.

"Ki, knock it off, I'm fine," Angel said to her. He'd allowed her to stare and worry for several weeks and they were both over it apparently.

"Okay, as long as your fine," she said and finished up her papers before packing them into her briefcase. "Has Buffy said anything about going to prom with someone?" she asked him. Despite the not falling in love thing, ever since Buffy found out about Angel and who he really is, they'd been really supportive and kind of chatty. Nakia was glad they were able to be there for each other.

Angel shook his head, "She's thinks that Xander might ask her but she's concerned about their friendship and how Willow feels about him. She says that her mom has been kind of crazed lately so she doesn't really know if she's going at all."

"Xander won't take that well but she's thinking about their friendship, hopefully he will see that."

Angel nodded, "Are you chaperoning the dance?" he asked.

"I didn't agree to that, I haven't been feeling well with the recent visions. Plus with Jenny Calendar's arrival to take most of my classes, I have been trying to figure out what I am going to do so I can stay in Sunnydale. My father has been trying to recall me home."

Angel's eyes snapped to hers, "You're leaving?"

"Not if I can help it," Nakia soothed gently. He seemed to settle after that, and that left Nakia to think on the friendships she'd been watching. No guy for Buffy but a few dates here and there. From what she understood after a long conversation with Giles, the Slayer was staying focused on her studies and slaying. Nakia wondered why without Angel loving her and her loving him in return had changed something so integral to the young girl's persona.

It worried Nakia from time to time but she didn't know how to change it back without cause a butterfly effect. Each action she took outside of the visions, she could make a spiral of trouble and that could make the visions come more frequently and she would suffer the consequences even quicker than her family foretold.

Angel stood and Nakia watched him as he grabbed his leather jacket, continued to watch as he slipped on his shoes and tied them quickly. "Where you going?" she asked.

"I have a meeting with Giles about Buffy, he was looking into the prophecies and different Slayer books and I might be able to access one that he wants. I need to find out the particulars."

Nakia nodded, reaching for her jacket, "Maybe I should head home and get some rest then."

Angel nodded and reached out to kiss her when the earth started shaking and he stumbled forward into her. Nakia's hand gripped his arm until the shaking stopped and as soon as they both knew they other was okay, they both ran for the door and ended up in different directions. Earthquakes were portents of things to come a lot of times and Nakia knew this was one of those times.

She needed to speak to one of the other seers in her division. Recently, since the change in Angel's destiny Nakia's visions had been picking up the slack but it was possible that she was going to miss things and she didn't want that. When she arrived home, the case for school dropped by the front door for the morning, she was quickly slipping the headset into her ear and dialing. On the fourth ring, someone answered.

"Hey, has the seers had any visions about Sunnydale, the Slayer or the vampire?" she asked.

"No, of course not, most of those have always found there way to you. Nakia, is something happening?"

"I don't know yet, there was an earthquake."

"You know as well as I do that there is no reason to automatically assume the worst."

"I know, I am just taking precautions."

"I will call you later Ki," the other woman replied and Nakia hung up after some more pleasantries. She knew this was not the reason to panic yet but there was always a reason to be cautious. She calmed herself down and decided to wait for a little while and see if Angel might decide to rejoin her though she didn't expect him to. He was a man on a mission before he left.

The next morning she ended up hearing through the Scooby grapevine that Xander had asked and received a polite no to the request for the prom. He seemed to be handling it better than anyone had predicted. Giles and Miss Calendar, who apparently was a Techno-Pagan, had contacts and were curious about the portents as well. Buffy was worried about the vampires and Angel had retrieved some book for Giles.

With the information download, Nakia was spinning all through the day. She wished she knew what it all meant but she had no way of finding the answers. Nakia was still hoping she might have a vision but the Powers seemed unwilling to clear up the little misunderstandings taking place here.

As the sun was falling, she knew Angel was meeting with Giles to speak about some of the books and prophecies so she headed to the library. She stepped in and noticed Buffy listening to the guys who were not speaking very quietly.

"Well, there's gotta be some way around it," Angel was saying. Nakia knew what was coming and there was no stopping it.

"Listen, some prophecies are-are a bit dodgy. They're-they're mutable. Buffy herself has-has thwarted them time and time again, but this is the Codex. There is nothing in it that does not come to pass," Giles responded and Nakia stepped forward to place a hand on Buffy's shoulder. She didn't move, they both continued to listen.

"Then you're reading it wrong!" Angel shouted.

"I wish to God I were. But it's very plain. Tomorrow night Buffy will face the Master, and she will die."

At that moment, Buffy laughed hysterically and brought the men's attention to the girls. Nakia released Buffy and she stepped forward and spoke.

"So that's it huh? I remember the drill. One Slayer dies, the next one's called. I wonder who she is. Will you train her? Or will they send someone else?"

Giles frowned, "Buffy… I…"

"Does it say how he's gonna kill me? Do you think it'll hurt?" Buffy's last words were whispered painfully. Angel didn't move but Giles walked forward to try to take his Slayer into his arms. "Don't touch me! Were you even gonna tell me?"

Giles took another step back, away from the distraught blonde. "I was hoping I wouldn't have to, that there was some way around it. I…"

Buffy interrupted, "I've got a way around it. I quit." Nakia winced at those words, she knew they were coming but didn't know how to make destiny stop. There was no stopping this and they all knew it. Buffy continued her tirade of fear, "I resign! I-I'm fired! You can find someone else to stop the Master from taking over."

"I'm not sure that anyone else can. All the signs indicate…"

Buffy interrupted again, "Signs? Read me the Signs!" she throws a nearby book. "Tell me my fortune! You're so useful, sitting here with all of your books! You're really a lot of help!"

Giles sighed sadly, "No, I don't supposed I am."

Angel stepped in, "I know this is hard."

Buffy shouted at him now, "What do you know about this? You're never gonna die!"

The vampire didn't know what to say to that, Nakia reached out to take her shoulder once more. "Buffy, we don't want anything to happen to you. We will figure out a way to stop this from happening."

The Slayer jerked away from Nakia's gentle touch, "I already did. I quit, remember? Pay attention!"

"Buffy," Giles started, "If the Master rises…"

Buffy interrupts again, "I don't care! I don't care," the tears that had been shimmering in her lashes fell down her cheeks. "Giles I'm 16 years old, I don't wanna die."

With that, Buffy turned away and walked out. Nakia reached out to Angel and took his hand. The hopelessness they were all feeling at the moment seemed so overwhelming and the sick thing was, she knew what was coming. Giles was right; there was no way around this.

In the end, Buffy still died. There was no way around it. Angel and Xander still found their way to Buffy and Xander brought her back. Nakia stayed with Giles and the others to fight as the Hellmouth started to open and they tried to hold it back. Then the Master came and Buffy was there to fight.

Nakia knew that these events weren't changed from the way she'd seen them in Angel's destiny. Except for her presence. They fight came to an end with The Master landing on the wooden shard with Nakia, Giles, Willow and Jenny Calendar standing around as he turned to dust.

Then they went to the Bronze to watch the people dance on, not knowing how close it all came to ending.