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Angel Academy for the Gifted and Talented
Mrs. Evans met her guest at the front door of the Academy and escorted him to her office and waited outside when he entered. When her guest entered her office, he bowed to the man inside and the man told her guest why he was there. Mrs. Evans' guest had lunch with her in her private garden and afterwards, she gave him a tour of the Academy and her guest met the students, faculty and the Avalian Elves. After they returned to her office Mrs. Evans showed her guest a prophecy which foretold: The one who was never allowed to return and scorned by his people will bring the three kindred's together and he will be known by the scars on his hands. Mrs. Evans handed her guest a copy of the prophecy and her guest thanked her.
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Angela and Eönwë were summoned to Mrs. Evans' after practice.
"Come in," Mrs. Evans said when she heard a knock on her door.
Eönwë bowed to Mrs. Evans' guest when he entered her office.
"Hello Námo this isn't your Halls," Angela said smiling when she saw him.
He returned the smile and got up from the chair and gave her a hug. "Congratulations to the both of you," he said.
"Thank you," they replied in unison.
"Námo will be our guest for four of five days and he'll be staying at the Academy," Mrs. Evans told them.
"Would you like to have dinner with us this evening Lord Námo?" Eönwë asked.
"Yes I would," he answered.
Angela grinned. "Let's invite Olórin," she said.
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Eönwë and Angela's Home
Angela was preparing dinner for her guests...and the first course would be a creamy mushroom soup with hot bread and butter; the second, a deboned lamb shank with roasted potatoes and fresh vegetables and for dessert, fresh fruit and cheese and elvish white wine will be served during the meal and elvish tea afterwards for her guests and her husband.
"Come in," Eönwë said when he opened the door and saw Lord Námo and Olórin standing there.
Angela handed her guests a glass of white elvish wine when they entered.
"Thank you," they said and Námo looked around the house.
Eönwë told them dinner would be served on the patio in an hour and escorted them outside. Angela showed Námo their wedding album while they were waiting and also showed Námo the photos of Illyria, the Beast and the girl in the white room and explained who they were.
During dinner Olórin told them he and Buffy had a picnic on the former Sunnydale hellmouth and about his visit to the Cleveland hellmouth and going on patrol with the slayers that evening.
"Now you know what a slayers life is like," Angela stated.
"Yes I do," he replied.
"Why do they die so young?" Eönwë asked Angela.
"They have the power, but they're still children and their bodies are not fully developed. They also encounter things terrible and powerful," she answered.
"How old was Buffy when she was called?" Námo asked already knowing the answer.
"Fifteen," she answered. "Buffy has always hated her calling and wanted to live a normal life, but that didn't happened and she's suffered more than anyone could ever know."
"I can see it in her eyes," Olórin said.
"The worse thing that ever happened to her was when she had to claw herself out of her grave after she died the second time," Angela replied. "It was Willow who thought she could bring Buffy back to life," she answered.
"That's what that spell was," Námo said with a grim look on his face.
"Yes, and that was big time blood magic," she replied.
"How dare she!" Olórin exclaimed in an anger voice.
"Willow forgot that blood begets blood and her friend Xander questioned her ethics and told her that was wrong. Tara also told her it was wrong and it was impossible to do and they would be invoking forces they had no right to invoke. Willow found everything she need for the spell and she, Xander, Tara and Anya performed the ritual over Buffy's grave. However, the spell only reanimated Buffy's rotting corpse. Your Atar put Buffy's soul back into her body when the First Evil saw the residue of that spell and as Tara predicted, they invoked forces they had no right to invoke – meaning the First Evil, who only your Atar can handle. Xander had his left eye snatched out by Caleb, Tara was killed by Warren Mears and Anya was killed by a Bringer during the Battle in the Hellmouth.
"Everyone who was at Buffy's grave during the ritual were punished," Námo said and took a sip of his wine.
"Yes they were," she replied. "A Gnarl demon did the same thing to Willow that she did to Warren Mears, which was the third part of that doom, and she now has the SWORD OF DAMOCLES hanging over her head."
"Atar set a doom on her," Námo said.
"Yes, and it's a lifetime doom," she replied. "What I've just told the three of you never leaves this room.
They agreed.
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"I have to meet a demon tonight and take care of a problem he has," Angela told them.
"Why?" Eönwë asked.
"As Eru Ilúvatar's Herald and I'm the only one who's allowed to deal with the Lords and Ladies of these hell dimensions," she answered.
"I'm coming with you," Eönwë said.
"I do this all the time Eönwë and I don't need your help," she replied smiling at her husband.
"Nevertheless, I'm coming with you," he said.
"It you insist," she said rolling her eyes. "Námo and Olórin, would you like to come?" she asked.
"Yes," they answered.
"Make sure you're not seen," she said.
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"We're not going to war Eönwë," she said when she saw him dressed in battle armor and his terrible blade in his hand, after she changed her clothes.
"Where are your weapons?" he asked with a concerned look on his face.
"I don't need them and I can call them to me from anywhere," she answered. "It's time to go."
When they arrived at their location, Námo, Eönwë and Olórin watched as Angela summoned the demon who appeared out of nowhere and they'd never seen anything like him before. He was tall and huge with two large black horns on his head; black eyes; his skin was reddish black with some sort of horrible black things crawling over him and he had a long coiling tail. Eönwë had his sword at the ready and was ready to pounce, if need be, and his sharp eyes never left his wife.
"What can I do for you?" she asked with an impassive look on her face when the Ra'zar demon appeared.
"I want my payment," he answered and told her his tale of woe.
"I will not and cannot do that, but this is what I can do for you . . .," she told him and he agreed. She then summoned D'Hoffryn, the Lord of Arashmahaar.
"Herald," D'Hoffryn said when he appeared in front of her and bowed.
"I wish that Sandra, Bill and Charlie be brought before us," she said.
"Done," he replied and snapped his fingers and they appeared.
Sandra, Bill and Charlie were surprised when they appeared before the three of them and Angela told them the deal she'd struck and gave Sandra a choice – either go with Bill and Charlie or with D'Hoffryn. Sandra looked frantically between the two demons and chose D'Hoffryn. The Ra'zar demon took Bill and Charlie back to his hell dimension and D'Hoffryn took Sandra to his.
"You pronounced their dooms," Námo said when he appeared in front of her.
"That's what they get for making a deal with that thing. He did their bidding and wanted two babies to sacrifice in return and they didn't live up to their end of the bargain and stiffed him," she told them.
"Is this what people do here?" Olórin asked.
"Only the black magic wielders and they do it at their peril. They wanted clean hands, but it backfired on them," she answered.
"Yes it did," Námo replied.
"Let's go home," Eönwë said and took his wife's hand.
Námo and Olórin thanked them for dinner and returned to the Academy.
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"You could've gotten hurt," Eönwë said when they appeared in their family room.
"I can take care of myself Eönwë as you well know," she teased. "Thank you for caring." She watched as Eönwë re-clothed himself and his sword disappeared and reappeared in their bedroom on his side of the bed. She walked up to him and put her arms around him and he responded in kind. She smiled when she felt his power surrounded her and his love flowing threw her and when she looked into his eyes she saw his fire and he kissed her.
"Let's go to bed," he whispered.
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Watchers' Council - Rupert Giles' Office
Mrs. Evans called Giles the next morning and told him she needed to see him immediately and said she'll stop by with her guest and he agreed. When they arrived a butler greeted them and escorted them to Giles' office. Námo saw Willow sitting at her desk talking to Maglor, who was surprised to see the Vala and bowed. Everyone else stared at the two strangers.
"Who is he?" Willow asked looking at Maglor after making eye contact with the male stranger and felt the power coming from him.
Maglor told her.
"Oh," Willow said.
"Hello Rupert," Mrs. Evans said when the butler opened the door and she and her guest entered his office.
"Hello Helen," he replied looking at her guest.
"This is Námo, the Lord of Mandos and the keeper of the souls of the Elves in Aman or the Angel of Death as we call them," she said.
"Hello Mr. Giles," Námo said extending his hand.
"Hello Námo," he replied when he got up from his chair and shook his hand and offered them a seat and elvish tea, which they accepted. "What's so urgent Helen?"
Mrs. Evans told him why they were there.
"Another apocalypse?" Giles asked wiping his glasses on his tie.
"I'm afraid so," she answered.
"How many slayers do you need?" he asked.
She told him and said she wanted Buffy to lead the slayer team with Faith as her second and when, where and at what time they were to meet.
Giles agreed and gave them a tour of the Council Headquarters and introduced them to the Watchers.
"Miss Rosenberg," the Lord of Mandos said when Giles introduced them to the infamous Willow Rosenberg.
"Hello Willow," Mrs. Evans said and she and Námo saw the dark mark surrounding her.
"Hello," Willow replied blushing. "I um . . ."
"There's no need to explain yourself Willow," Mrs. Evans told her.
Giles watched as Willow wilted under the gaze of the Dooms man of the Valar.
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Angel Academy for the Gifted and Talented
"Why aren't you at Oxford?" Angela asked when she saw Dawn appear in her key form.
"My classes have ended for the year and I'm officially on summer holiday," she answered smiling.
Námo wondered what Dawn was and noticed no one in the dining hall paid her any mind. He was introduced to Crown Princess Maril, who gave the Vala a deep nod of her head and then she and Dawn walked over to the table were Aral and the Avalian Elves were having lunch.
"What is Dawn?" Námo asked knowing she's the young girl who spoke Sindarin to Maglor at her wedding.
"She's Buffy's younger sister and a human being," she answered.
Námo raised an eyebrow and took a sip of his tea.
"The power your Atar gifted her with is much older than the Ainur," she told them.
"What is it?" Námo asked.
"They won't tell us Lord Námo. Her wands were made and hallowed in the Timeless Halls and when she dies they'll return to the Timeless Halls," Eönwë answered.
Angela smiled at Námo. "Buffy wields the slayer scythe and Dawn wields another piece of His power," she told him.
Námo turned and looked at Dawn who was laughing and talking to the elves and heard her speaking Elven.
"Maril is teaching her elvish and human magic and healing, and Aral is teaching her weaponry and she's a more capable witch than Willow ever was," she said.
"She's learning elvish magic?" Námo asked.
"Yes, however, it's very different from the magic practiced by the elves in Aman," she answered. "She learned how to wield a sword by watching her sister."
"She never took lessons?" Eönwë asked his wife.
"No," she answered. "Dawn learns by sight and it has something to do with the power your Atar gifted her with. Her magic is dormant while at the University and only activated when she returns to the Academy. She won't receive her wands and her magic won't be fully activated until she graduates from the University. If she has to use her magic Maril will supervise her."
"Atar wants her to become an adult," Námo said.
"Yes, the same as us," she answered. "When Willow used magic on the hellmouth it always ended with disastrous results and she never stopped to think if she should used that magic or what would be the consequences if she did," she answered.
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Before Aral and Maril departed the Academy that afternoon they extended an invitation to Námo to have dinner with the King and Queen and he accepted. When he arrived on Avali he saw how truly different it was from Aman. When he arrived at the Royal Palace he was introduced to their Majesties and the Ruling Council of Avali, along with the Ruling Council of the White Elves who were also invited to the feast which was held in his honor. After the feast he was taken to Sylvan and every leaf on every tree was lit when they arrived – which reminded him of the light of the Two Trees. A few of the children ran up to him smiling and he returned the smile. Námo was introduced to other prominent citizens of Sylvan and had tea with them...and before he left Avali and Sylvan, he was given a copy of their laws and customs.
The next morning Námo was given a tour of the Angel Grade School and was mobbed by the younger children who give him hugs and kisses, which he returned.
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Slayer Compound
"Why do we have to be at the Academy tomorrow afternoon?" Buffy asked Giles. Her gut told her something was up and felt a since of dread come over her.
Before Giles could answer Olórin told her it was God's Will.
"We'll find out tomorrow. Pick your team and Whistler will transport all of you to the Academy," Giles told her. He spoke to Buffy alone in the conference room and handed her a note from Mrs. Evans.
"Why?" Buffy asked with a raised eyebrow after reading the note.
"Mrs. Evans wouldn't say – only that it's urgent," Giles answered.
Buffy did what Mrs. Evans asked.
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The Cleveland Hellmouth
"Hello G-man," Xander said when Giles appeared with Whistler.
"Giles," Faith said when she turned around.
"Hello Giles, Whistler," Robin said.
Giles told them why they were there.
"They'll be ready," Robin said.
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Washington, DC
"Thank you for coming Major," the stranger said to Riley Finn in an anonymous back alley.
"What's this about?" he asked standing alert and ready to pounce.
The stranger knew Major Finn didn't come alone and handed him a note.
"Are you serious?" Major Finn asked after reading the note and memorizing the information – and watched as the note burst into flames.
"Yes," the stranger answered.
"We'll be there," Finn said.
"This is our show and keep out of sight. After it's over you boys can move in and do what you do best," the stranger told him.
"We will," Major Finn replied. Later that evening Major Finn and his team, on orders from the President, headed to their destination.
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"Do you know what this is about?" Eönwë asked his wife after she got off her cell phone.
"No I don't," she answered. "The Warrior Class has been summoned to a meeting later this afternoon and we're to be armed and ready for battle."
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"I see you're ready for battle," Angela said smiling at Eönwë. He was dressed in magnificent blue battle armor with a large perfect sapphire stone set in the collar and his sword at his side.
Eönwë noticed his wife was dressed in black leather and her two short swords were strapped across her back and her daggers were around he waist.
"Shall we go," she said and they disappeared.
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Angel Academy for the Gifted and Talented.
Angela introduced Eönwë to the other Angel Institute Warriors when they arrived in the ballroom. After they congratulated the couple, they took their seats and Angela and Eönwë sat in front of Námo and Olórin.
"How was your trip to Avali?" she turned and asked Námo.
"Wonderful, thank you," he answered.
Maril and Dawn entered the ballroom and sat in front of David and Aaron. Aral entered behind his wife leading the many Avalian Warriors and they nodded to the three Ainur. Maglor and his slayer team, lead by Buffy, arrived next and were told to take any seat that was available. When Faith and her team arrived, they were told the same thing and Faith sat next to Buffy.
"Do you know what this is about B?" Faith asked her sister slayer.
"No I don't," Buffy answered.
"It looks like it's going to be all out war," Faith said looking at the elves who were armed to the teeth and dressed in full battle armor and the many other warriors in the room dressed in black and also armed with many different weapons.
"Hello Faith," Angela said when she walked up to her.
"I heard you got married," she said.
"Yes, and this is my husband Eönwë," she replied when she felt his presence behind her. "Eönwë this is Faith, another Chosen One."
"Hello Faith," he said.
Faith thought he was perfect. "Does he have a brother?" she asked with a grin.
"No," Angela answered smiling and looked around the room and saw many slayers with their mouths hanging open.
Eönwë noticed some slayers had swords, others broadswords and battle axes...and their daggers were around their waists. He finally saw the slayer scythe he'd heard so much about when Buffy appeared in the room with it in her hand. It was different from any weapon he'd seen before and realized it could be used at either end.
Námo felt his Atar's power in the slayer scythe and his keen eyes noticed it was perfect and without a single flaw. He admired the craftsmanship and thought the weapon unusual for a female warrior; however, he knew his Atar knew what he was doing when His hands were guiding the Guardian's in it's making.
Angela and Eönwë returned to their seats when Mrs. Evans and Giles walked into the room and sat at the high table and Whistler stood between the two.
"I'll now explain why all of you are here...," she told them.
Murmurs in the room.
"How do you know this ma'am?" Amy asked.
"I found it wise not to ask how the Angel Institute gets their information," Giles answered.
Mrs. Evans smiled at the young slayer and Olórin did the same. "You have to be at your destination at this time," she told them.
After the meeting everyone had dinner, buffet style, in the ballroom`and the slayers went back for seconds, including Buffy and Faith. After they finished they were given a quick tour of the Academy and met some of the students and other members of the Angel Institute Warrior Class.
"This is where you went to high school?" Faith asked Angela when she was giving her the tour of the Academy.
"Yes," she answered.
"It's beautiful," Faith said looking around.
"Yes it is," she replied.