'Ello! Sorry, REALLY sorry!! I just noticed how long it's been since I updated. As in, a REALLY long time.
I just wanted to thank all the people who reviewed and faved and put on alert. I haven't been wanting to go on Fanfiction. net anymore, but then I saw that I was getting people who wanted to read, and I decided to just do it. SO, THANKS for getting me started again!! :D
This is one of the last chapters of the story, though. You kinda notice in this chapter: I'm not really all that into it, and I was planning to wrap it up a while ago anyways. SO, enjoy!!
Iggy POV
Max, Spike and Buffy were all in the kitchen, staring angrily at us. My eyes widened, preparing for the onslaught.
Max went first.
"What the hell? Where are Angel and Fang? And why can you see, Iggy? And Gazzy, WHY in the name of GOD are you still holding Dawn's hands? I NEVER allowed you to go out with her, you know?" she yelled, getting in all our faces.
I frowned at her. "Jeez, it's nice to know you're happy for us. Angel and Fang left, and that's what we're doing very soon," I said, staring into her eyes, not flinching. She frowned and backed off.
"What do you mean, left?" she asked quietly.
"He means that they left, and they're never coming back. Neither are we, just so you know. We don't like you anymore. You're a slut. You don't deserve to be our leader. I don't want to be here with you, while you get all the fun, and we can't settle anywhere," Nudge said all in one breath.
Max's eyes widened, but she stayed silent, because Buffy started talking.
"Dawn? What's going on? Are you leaving as well?" she asked, panicking slightly.
Dawn's eyes widened. She looked at Gazzy, then at Buffy, and then at Gazzy again. She closed her eyes, and turned to face her sister. "Yes," she said calmly. "I want to leave. I love Gazzy, and I fit in with hem. I have wings now. Look at them," she said, smiling slightly as she unfurled her wings.
Buffy stared at them in horror and backed away. "No..." she whispered. Spike 's eyes widened as well, and so did Max's. "How?" she asked disbelievingly.
"A spell," I said. "Same thing as my sight."
Buffy and Max stared accusingly at Willow and Tara, who'd been hanging in the background.
"How could you?" Buffy asked Willow. "I thought you were my friend! How could you DO this to me?"
Willow closed her eyes. "I'm sorry. I had to. You don't understand: you've been obsessed with your own life. You don't care about anyone other than yourself. You haven't been able to look outside your own personal troubles. Gazzy and Dawn are in love, and Iggy needed help. They deserved every ounce of attention Tara and I gave them."
Buffy's eyes widened. "I... I have?" she whispered. Willow nodded, took Tara's hand, and walked back out of the house, leaving me with all the others.
Spike muttered something about this being too messed up and left the kitchen.
Buffy sat down and put her head in her hands, crying.
Max frowned again and said, "Doesn't matter. You guys aren't leaving. Stay here, I'll be back tomorrow morning," she added, looking me in the eye. I stared back at her and said, "Whatever."
Max frowned again, but then she shrugged and left the house. Probably went to get laid again.
I turned around and faced the others. "Ready guys? We're leaving soon. Dawn, I advise you say your goodbyes. We won't be coming back in a long time."
They all nodded at me, and I told them to meet me outside in 5 minutes. I left the house and went to sit on the chairs outside. What a night.
Buffy POV
Dawn came up to me and hugged me. I cried into her shoulder, unable to stop myself.
"Please," I whispered pathetically. "Please don't go. I need you."
Dawn hugged me harder, but all the same, she said, "I love you, Buff, but I can't stay anymore. I'm going with Gazzy and the rest of the Flock."
I sobbed, and hugged her tight. After a short while, though, she pushed me away, and kissed me on the cheek. "Goodbye, Buffy," she said. She walked away, took hold of Gazzy's hand, and walked out the door with Nudge behind them.
I sobbed and closed my eyes, my head dropping onto the kitchen counter. I'd lost her, and I was never getting her back.
Nudge POV
"Iggy!!! Let's GO! I wanna leave, NOW!! Come on! Angel's just sent me a thought! She wants us to hurry up!" I let out in one breath. I was starting to get annoyed with this.
The sooner we left, the sooner we'd be at the beach, free of everything that's been holding us down for the past several years. -coughcoughMaxcoughcough-
Angel sent me another thought. Where's Max? Does she know you guys are leaving? Does she know WE left?
I don't know where she is. She probably went to the nightclub to get another one-night-stand. And, yes, she knows. She was pretty pissed about it, but it's not like I care, anyways, I sent back.
She answered by telling me to hurry up. I answered by saying that I was doing my best.
Dawn sent one last look towards the door, and then she nodded to us.
I nodded back, and looked towards Iggy. He was our leader until we got to Fang.
He nodded, and we took a running start. We unfurled our wings at the same time, and flew towards freedom.
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