Buffy took a deep breath as she showed her staff pass to the nurse

behind the desk. The nurse Barley glanced at it, she smiled "How are

you this Week Dr Summers?" Buffy returned the smile "I'm ok, how is

she?" the nurse lost her smile and answered with the same words she

used last week and the week before and the week before that in fact

every week for the last 10 years "The Same" Buffy nodded and walked

on through the corridor. As Buffy walked down the corridor she felt

the same emotions as she did every time Guilt, Anger and most of all

Sadness . With all the Slayer strength that coursed through her

Body, she had to use every bit to put one foot in front of the other.

As the slayer she had Faced more evil than any normal person could

ever imagine and as a psychiatrist she faced people like this every

day, and yet this walk every week was more frightening than anything

she had ever known.

Buffy arrived at room 336 Composed her self and lightly knocked the

door then opened it enough to peek in seeing her Friend sitting in

the high back chair beside the bed made Buffy take another deep

breath, then she fully opened the door and walked in, the room

seemed cold but the occupant did not mind, After quietly closing the

door Buffy turned to her friend and slowly approached, she then sat

on the bed so she could take Willows pail Hand "Hi there Will, How

are you this week?" Willow sat on staring out into nothingness with

her vacant eye's that where a few shades lighter than they where 10

years ago, Buffy knew she would get no answer but still every week

she hoped, Hoped that one week there would be life in the eyes that

had remained empty for so long that her hair would once again be

shinny and not Dull and lifeless that her skin would hold the Rosy

Glow that got redder the more embarrassed she felt. Buffy wished for

all this and more for the Friend that had given up everything to save

her, Buffy's mind replayed the events that had occurred the day she

had lost not just one of her Friends but two

Ten years before

Willow sat in front of her computer typing lightly on the keyboard

trying not to wake the sleeping slayer who had been out until four in

the morning on a very heavy patrol she had killed more than 10

Vamps , Which meant that some big Evil was Brewing in Sunnydale, home

of the hellmouth, Giles had asked her put the Date into a program she

had written that performed calculations to produce what that date was

in many of the calendars that where in the books that Giles used,

armed with the print out she had decided to do some web searching to

see if she could bring any information to the gang meeting that noon,

it was now eleven and they would have to leave soon, just as the

thought entered Willows mind Buffy's internal clock woke her up,

Willow was amazed that Buffy only slept in when she wanted to and

that she could set herself to wake up any time, even if it was only

an hour after she went to sleep. A wide awake Buffy Sat up in her bed

and smiled over to the amateur Wiccan "Hi Will how's it going?",

Willow Sent all the information she had collected to her printer and

then turned to Buffy "Good morning, Well I ran today's date and the

next few days through the program then I did some web searching, I

found a few references but I think We will need Giles's Books to find

anything worth reporting" Buffy stood and grabbed the robe that lay

on the bottom of her bed "well it's a start, I'll get dressed and we

can head out" Willow nodded and checked the printer but did not fail

to notice the slight limp that the Slayer had when she had walked

from the room Many worries passed through Willows head but she shook

them off, they would know more once they spoke to Giles. It was then

that Willow received an E-mail from the address it looked like one of

her Wiccan chat friends that she had found from endless net surfing,

It read

Wiccanwill, I have just came across information on a

prophesy that is going to play out soon it is called the

prophesy of Oroan I have no other information hope this helps

Good luck! Blessed be

Willow had put out an E-mail to all the people she knew on the net to

see if they had heard anything of interest and thankfully they had

come through for her once again, she barley had time to look this

prophesy up when a fully dresses Slayer came back into the room and

announced it was time to leave so Willow noting that Oroan was a

Gayana Demon and also it had something to do with the Eclipses she

packed up her printouts and laptop and they headed out

After many Researching hours Willow was congratulated on providing

the best lead but in her normal modesty told them that is was not

herself that found out about the Oroan prophesy but a friend, still

Buffy smiled happily at her saying "But Will your the one with the

connections, take a compliment" Willow simply blushed more. It had

turned out that the up and coming eclipse would allow this Oroan

Demon free on the world,which in the collective opinion of the gang

was not a good thing, Buffy Thought a moment if this thing can be

freed during an Eclipse then why did we not see it during the Mayors

ascension there was an eclipse then?" Giles Cleared his throat

slightly and the Group knew they where in for a long explanation but

witty and easily bored Xander saved them from it, Renewing Buffy's

Happiness that he was still hanging around "Giles before you star the

Eclipse is tomorrow so can we have the Clip notes version " Giles

seem rather put out "Well ...... Yes .....I suppose Basically to

release the demon Certain rituals need to be said and spells cast as

well as the effects of the Eclipse and of course the Hellmouth and

most of the Demons in town where either in league with the Mayor or

where Fleeing for there lives so no one could make the preparations"

Buffy brightened at the news "Well that's great we stop the rituals

hence no Demon entrance we all go home" Giles looked at her shook his

head slightly and absently cleaned his Glasses "What?" Buffy asked

but she knew the answer "Well" Giles continued with his

explanation "It's not as simple as that " Buffy sighed "I knew you

where going to say that" Giles Continued as if no one had

interrupted "The rituals to summon this Demon will already be in

place so we need cast a counter spell but we need to find where the

summoning will take place to cast the counter spell" Xander sighed

and sensed a lot of Reading and talking coming on "Well this Demon

doesn't sound so bad why can we let him come then Buffy kills him

THEN we all go home?" Giles replaced his Glasses turned to

Xander "Well this Demon is summoned in the darkness of an Eclipse

because is surrounded in dark energy if you get within a few feet of

it,it creates darkness around some ones soul they will be alive but

they will not function,best described as a living Zombie" the whole

Group became quiet as they reflected on the news then Willow broke

her long silence and the silence of the group by simply saying "So

what's the Plan"



Present day

Buffy Began to talk in the way she did when ever visiting her in a

babble on information Buffy was sure (although there was no

scientific proof to back it up) that Willow could still hear her and

when she found away to bring Willow Back she wanted her to be up to

date on everything that had happened in their lives "Well Xander

said to say "Hi" we all went shopping the other day him, Anya and I,

it was nice I bought Xander Jr. and little Willow bathing suits they

will look adorable in them when we have there pool party I cant

believe they are 6 so soon when I showed them the suits they gave me

a big hug and said "Thank you Aunty Buffy" I also bought them

sneakers and told them they where from their Aunty Willow I just know

they will love you when you meet them and I also think that one Day

Little Willow will make a great witch and when I find this cure you

can teach her all you know" Buffy as always tried to sound cheerful

as she spoke "you will come back to me one day Willow When I'm not

seeing patients or patrolling (although lately the new Slayer has

been doing most of that she really is nice so different from Faith)

I'm working on your Cure I think I may be on to something" Buffy did

not say anything more if Willow could hear her she did not want to

get her hopes to high "you know something Willow If I was one one of

my patients I'd tell them they where hanging onto a Dream and that

they need to face reality but I'm not ready I haven't lost you yet

but willow you need to fight it as well, try to find your way through

the fog come back to me,Xander,Anya and the Twins we all need you"

Buffy wiped some of the tears from her eye's "Xander unveiled his

Display of Pieces named after you, yeah "The Willow Collection" is

doing well I have my study redecorated to fit in the delicate

designs, it was a hit, who knew that Xander's Carpentry business

would be such a successes,Anya is in Heaven with all the money he is

making,Although I think the name dropping she did also help I can

hear her now 'Well if the furniture is good enough for the prominent

Dr Summers psychologist to the world I'm sure it is good enough for

you', she always did have a way with words, she does call me that in

front of her friends I tell her just to call me Buffy, and that

writing a few books and appearing on Ricki Lake a few times does not

make me psychologist to the world, But she will not listen I think

she would Call me 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' if she thought she

would get away with it although 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' does have

a nice ring to it" Buffy remained quiet for a few moments then more

tears began to fall "I'm so sorry Will I was suppose to protect you

but I didn't" then her thought returned back to that fateful day



Ten years Before

Willow sat quietly reading and rereading the spell she had to cast

practicing wish herb was to be added at what time so that when they

needed to cast it she would be ready, and of course it was she that

would do the Casting Giles had done a lot of witch craft in his day

but Willow had developed her power and she was the best person for

the job but still there was a knot in her stomach but she knew that

it would disappear when the magical energy engulfed her it always

did, she had just finished another successful practice under Giles

unwavering scrutiny when Xander and Buffy returned buffy lazily flung

herself into the chair "Well Giles Xander and I played a perfect Game

of good cop bad cop and Willy finally after much talk and head

punching gave us the location of this big ceremony it's in one of the

old Warehouses not Far from Spike and Dru's old place, I'm going to

write a very strongly worded letter to the council about that place

it should be demolished" Giles nodded his head slowly he had sifted

through Buffy's little speech and had come out with the information

and discarded the rest "Yes the plan is coming together" Buffy

nodded "Well we should all get some sleep it's going to be a long day

tomorrow we have a plan We go to the warehouse during the eclipse

and then Willow says the spell while we protect her that's the plan

everyone get some rest"

On the way back to the Dorm Willow kept repeating the spell over and

over until Buffy Could stand it no longer "Will, everything is going

to be fine you will do great we will save the world and then live

happily ever after, Well perhaps not but still everything will be

fine" Willow Smiled at her best Friend "I know it will but I need to

make sure everything goes perfect" Buffy nodded then put her arm

around her friends shoulder and they walked on.

The next day they had fought there way into the Warehouse many

Vampires Died in the process not that the scooby gang mourned them or

anything. Willow sat on the floor in the center of the large empty

building which smelled as if it once stored Raw meat, and started her

spell. When she was only a few words in she saw a Vampire bit into

Giles neck then breaking it "GILES!!!!!" was all Willow could say

Buffy must have seen it too because she called out to Willow "Willow

go on" Willow looked desperately at her friend and seen Tears in

Buffy's eyes "He would want you to go on" Willow started to chant

again as she seen Buffy dust several more Vamps including the one

that had killed Giles although that one suffered more than even the

Vampires Buffy had dusted post Angel break up When she was half way

through the Vortex she was trying to close began to open but only

two feet from where Willow was casting her spell Buffy noticed this

seconds after Willow and started to run towards her calling her name

but Willow having put in the last herb placed her hand up and stopped

Buffy with some sort of magical force Field "Willow let me through I

need to help you" by this time the tears where flowing down her

cheeks, Willow also had tears in her eye's "Buffy I need to do this

For the World, for Giles, for you, remember it's my own choice, I

love you"a Dark shadow shrouded Willow as she breathed the last of

the spell then in a wash of light the room became so bright buffy

had to shield her eye's then it was normal again the light had

finished of the rest of the Vampires and the large room contained two

lifeless body's, Buffy and Xander one body dead and the other very

much alive

Present Day

They had all mourned Giles and Buffy Still missed him but she still

mourned Willow every day and visited her "Grave" every Weekend and

every night she went to sleep thinking of the Book she would read the

next day in order to find a way to bring her friend back Buffy stood

to leave"Willow come back to me I know you did this for me but I

Would Give my life for yours" Buffy wiped a tear from her eye and

stood to leave when she got to the door she turned "I'll see you next

week I Love you" Buffy left the room and it became still, so still

Willow could hardly stand it and when she heard the trailing voice of

Buffy saying "Take Care of her" a single tear slide down her face and

inside Willow Screamed