Faith found herself back in her prison cell back where this madness had all started, rocking back and forth on her knees screaming with a dozen inmates looking at her rolling their eyes assuming she was daydreaming or just making a fuss. Alternatively and far more annoying in their opinion, they thought she might be trying to get transferred to the more comfortable metal health ward attached to the prison. They did not seem to be able to see the red demon standing beside Faith, but Faith did not consider this strange. Someone who had the power to send her back in time could certainly make himself invisible in her opinion.

She stared at him. "You reversed the spell? You…you brought me back? He nodded to her. "Why?" She asked him confused.

"Because it was just downright depressing watching the world end, all because of you. I'm not the sort of demon who gets off on misery and pain. I gave the moment altering device to you because out of everyone I visited, you had the most regrets. You were in the most pain living with the guilt of your actions, so I thought you would do something interesting. But, I thought you had enough sense to do something harmless like a simple apology or visit your grandma or someone for some tea." He shrugged. 'I'm bored. I would have been entertained enough if you had just gone back and relieved a nice moment with Buffy, but no not you. Not Faith. You had to go and mess up the natural order of things. Don't you know not to mess with death? Don't you know what an offense that is to the higher powers? How about the chaos theory?" Faith shook her head. "The butterfly effect then?" He asked.

Faith shook her head again. "Never heard of it."

"It has been said that something as small as the flutter of a butterfly's wing can ultimately cause a typhoon halfway around the world." He quoted. "With all the rewriting you did, its no wonder you caused the apocalypse! You just can't mess with death" He stressed each word carefully for her benefit.

"So…Allan Finch….I was meant to kill him." Faith asked confused.

"Yes, yes." The demon waved her off impatiently. "All deaths are planned and you can't cheat them. And if it feels like you cheated death you were meant to do so anyway…Willow was intended to raise Buffy." He added helpfully seeing Faith's expression.

"But I…I'm like poison to her." Faith said sadly. "No matter what I did, I hurt her…some times worse than others. Sometimes without her even knowing she was hurt just because I was there. When I'm around her and part of her world, she's got to be crippled or grieving or furious with me…or totally braindead!"

The demon stepped forward and put a clawed hand on her shoulder. "You sure got that right. It's not your time. It would only hurt her to go to her and be around her now. And that goes for anyone she is connected to. Flutter of a butterfly's wings, remember?"

"Like Willow…or Angel?" Faith asked.

"That's right. But one day, Faith, you'll be wanted, you'll be needed and you will be forgiven. The key is to stay here and wait it out. I'll tell you when its time."

"And then I won't hurt B?" Faith asked in a small voice.

"No." He told her gently. "As long as you wait here."

Sitting back down and drawing her knees back up to her chest she murmured "Waiting…waiting…I can do that. It's all I'm good for. I don't want to hurt anyone ever again."

"Its amazing how the world ended and no-one is the wiser." The demon commented. "I guess it's your secret to bear, Faith."

Faith was off in her own world and ignored this particular comment. "It's better this way." She said slowly. "It's hard, but its better this way. As long as B's okay."

The demon laughed. "Right now she's fine, now that she's without you. She's invisible, but fine." Faith looked at him with raised eyebrows. "Oh, don't worry. She'll tell you herself one day."

"She'll tell me one day." Faith repeated distractedly, suddenly very tired. She lay down on her prison bed, grateful it wasn't the floor of one of Glory's cells. "Uh…thank you for all your advice and stuff." She said awkwardly to the demon. "I know now that I got to accept things as they are. I can't change things myself yet, and its no good wondering what would happen if I did things differently. Cause now…" She grimaced. "I know the sort of things that would happen."

"Don't mention it." He said bowing to her and disappearing for now, leaving her alone with her thoughts and all the inmates in the vicinity wondering why she had been talking to herself.

Never trust a demon! It's not over for Faith yet.