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Jolt

"ofcourse you have a choice with the royal part. But the birth of your daughter...well that is destiny, whether we told you or not the ascension would have happened. we thought it prudent to tell you though, considering. The choice of royalty is more just a precaution, I suppose, when your daughter does what she is to do, it would be easier for her to carry it out if it was assumed that she was royal. No one would question her motives, decisions, or opinions" Eve stated.

"oh" Buffy said glancing over at Spike who stood beside her holding her hand. "what about this mindsight deal? why is that going to happen?"

"when your bodies join, so will your minds, its that simple, it is a slight flaw, one that isn't possible to remedy. all we can tell you is that, after awhile you'll be able to control it, and only hear each other's thoughts when its needed. We understand that this is a big deal and responsibility. But you must understand, it is required. You don't have to accept the Royal status as Eve said, but you have to accept that your going to be one, your bodies will bind together and you each will be truely each other's soul mate. Your daughter, and we know it will be a girl, will have the strength of a slayer and the endurance of a vampire, as well as some traits of her own. She will be blessed by god." Adam said his becoming louder towards the end.

"what are we supposed to say to this?" Buffy asked a bit annoyed that her life was being controlled.

"nothing. It is out of your hands. The only decision you have is whether to be Royal. If you choose not to, the least that we can do is give you compensation to live comfortably. The money in your mother's bank account...will now be larger 10 fold. I know this may seem frivolous to you, but it is our belief that it is both needed and earned." Eve stated in a voice the rang with authority.

"uhum" Lorn coughed.

"Yes?" Eve asked.

"I was just wondering about the consequences. These two blonde's were just given a great responsibility and a gift, you can't tell me that there are no consequences besides Mindsight!"

"well there is one other" Eve said quietly after a moment she spoke again.

"The daughter...she will be in constant danger. It won't be long before the demon world becomes aware of her. They will want to destroy her I assure you. The slayer's sister, the key--"
"She isn't the key anymore!" Buffy said curtly.

"See that's where your wrong. Your sister is very much so, still the Key, only her purpose isn't to open any portal, her purpose dear slayer is to be the shield, the protection. When your daughter is born, Dawn will be linked to her. Dawn is made from you Buffy that much is true, but when your daughter is born, Dawn will have a natural inkling to protect her. She will jump at every oppurtunity to be there to protect her. She will die for her." Eve said solemly.

"Die?" Spike asked

"There will come a time, many years from now, where your daughter will have an assasination attempt upon her life and your sister, who will soon becoming into powers, will protect her and she will die. I can't give anymore details, we have already told you eneogh" Adam said. His voice ringing with authority that said that the disscussion will end.

"You have 12 hours to decide on the Royal status, take this" Eve said handing a talismon to Buffy "when your decision is made, say the words, es mar tuva, a messenger will appear. Tell your decision to him. Please keep the talismon as well. If at any time there is a need to contact us you can" Eve said with a wave of her hand.

There was a flash of light and then they were back in the post office. Neither said anything for a moment.

"Lorn...this is what you meant by the humanity deal? I thought you said when the moment comes that I felt the most...when I was truely happy, that I should come to you, what if I wasn't happy? the ascension has already bloody began!" Spike asked breaking the silence.

"ha, you see that's what you don't get, neither of you do! this thing is destiny. It was all set in motion. all these things. all this. your becoming the slayer's better half, your having a daughter, it was forseen! the moment you met, they knew."

"So what, it doesn't matter what actions we make it is set in stone?" Buffy asked.
"ofcourse not, but the prilimanary stuff, like you two getting together, becoming one, having a child, its destiny." Lorn smiled at Buffy.

"Buffy, luv, I think we need to talk about this" Spike said taking her hand again.

"I know" Buffy said, she glanced at her watch, "and we had better do it soon, my meeting is at 11 remember? It's 10:12 now."

"I'll just go, I should get back to Angel's, make sure everyone is alive still" Lorn said excusing himself. Lorn left, Buffy glanced at Spike and he nodded. "Right lets get out of here, the bank is about a block and a half from here and its daylight..." Spike said. Buffy smiled and lent in and kissed him softly on the lips. He pulled her tighter in his arms. Buffy was getting into the kiss when she felt a little zap of energy go through her.

"Whoa what was that?" she asked as she quickly broke this kiss.

"No idea love maybe-" Spike was cut off by another jolt between them. This time though they were separate.

"What the fu-" Buffy almost yelled again getting cut off by a jolt. The jolt was strong and hard this time and both Buffy and Spike were on their knees. Spike growled and then there was another jolt. His demon emerged this time, his eyes turning yellow. Again another jolt hit them and Buffy fell unconscious.

"Buffy!" Spike yelled. He tried to move to her but he felt as if he was frozen to the ground. His demon subsided after he let out a fierce growl and then all was quiet except for one thing.

A heartbeat. And it wasn't Buffy's.



End Chapter 11. Well I hope I cleared some things up for you folks. I understood why there was so mixed feelings with the whole royalty thing but I was just working that possibility into the story. I am testing my boundaries I suppose. LoL. Please give me a review on this. It means a lot to me what you guys have to say and it influences what I do with the story. Don't worry though, cause that's a good thing. So yes please review.