~~~~OKAY!!!! As for my fellow B/A shippers, you will feel me on my frustrations and hate!!!!! As of this moment, I HATE Angel!!!!!! I mean, how dare he love another woman that's not BUFFY!!! I mean hello, the skank Cordelia??? She was after him when he was with Buffy and he didn't give her the time of day. I understand they are "best friends" now, but DAMN, this is outrageous. I am very upset and am harboring a lot of hatred towards Angel's punk ass, so I choose to make it all good here!!!!!!!

P.S. The Buffy and Spike thing was forgiven cuz she cut it off and NEVER loved him. Angel on the other hand has gone off his O-Positive with this crap!!! Joss needs his ass whooped!!!!!!

Now to the story................

Buffy, or Sharp, realized she was ascending and immediately started to struggle to break the forces grasp on her.

"No, wait, I'm not ready yet!" She screamed. The forces kept pulling her towards the heavens and away from her loved ones. "Please, don't do this to me. Angel!" She sobbed throwing her hands to him. He couldn't reach her. His voice wasn't even heard through the energy, but he spoke volumes with his eyes. They were dying for her. Pleading with the heavens to release her, so they could make their past right. He wanted to run to her, to keep her. To rescue and be selfish with her, but he knew it wouldn't work. He knew that because almost the same thing had happened to Cordelia years ago. She was thrown out of the dimension for reason she had never specified. Buffy's long flowing white hair haloed around her form and her eyes glowed a remarkable color undescribable by words. She appeared beautiful to them. Tears streamed down Dawn's face as she watched her sister be taken away from her only this time, it was for the greater good and she accepted that. Gunn, Fred, Lorne and Blade watched with awe over what had transpired while Xander held Willow. Angel's face appeared as though he was in pain. The most utter and painful pain of his existence. His heart was being crushed and most of all, hers was crushing ten times worse.

"Angel, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry and I love you. I always have and I always will. I promise I won't forget. I won't forget us, or this or what we mean to each other. I love you Giles, Blade, oh Dawny. I love you all. I'll never forget. I'll never forget. I'll never...." And she was gone, her claddagh ring dropping to the dirt below where she disappeared. Angel sucked in unneeded breath and let out a sob. HE wouldn't let tears fall down, but he heaved in air to prevent them. HE felt a hand on his shoulder and turned to see Conner. HE grabbed his son and crushed him to him.

"God, Conner. Are you okay? Were you hurt?"

"Don't worry about me dad. I think we need to worry about you guys first. The whole place was in disarray. They gathered themselves and loaded into the cars.

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"We want the whole story, now!" Angel roared.

I've already told you all I know. IF you want to know more, I suggest you talk to Buffy. Seeing as she is not here, I guess that's out of the question." Blade replied smugly.

"Damnit!" Angel whispered. "Why would they take her if she was so happy here?"

Lorne looked back and forth between Angel and Cordelia. His eyes grew wide with realization.

"Oh no. You didn't, did you?" Lorne asked, backing away from Cordelia.

"What? What did I do?" She asked, terrified.

"Tell them why you were sent back to this dimension, sweetcakes." He persuaded. Everyone in the room looked at her.

"Okay. When I got there, they were getting me settled. They were going through the process of purity. To see if I was tainted. I was. They threw me out. End of story." She finished.

"No it's not. What are you hiding?" Giles asked, advancing.

"They said that I... They said that I was unworthy. I had dirtied your love. I had interfered with the destiny of their goddess. As a matter of fact, their most important.....goddess." She trailed at the end. "This isn't my fault you know. You can't pick who you love." she snapped.

"No one is blaming you, Cordy." Angel said quietly.

"The hell 'we' are!" Willow roared. "If it hadn't been for you two, she would be here. I was on the brink to creating a serum to keep her on earth and now you two have ruined it. You have ruined her life! Everything she has worked so hard to build for herself. And you. You were always after him., Couldn't wait until he broke her heart, huh? Couldn't wait to get him to yourself. And you're not any better. You couldn't wait to let her try you. You wanted her out of the way to..."

"Enough Willow. You know this isn't true and it will not help the situation." Giles, yelled, to stop her rambling.

Nobody noticed Dawn sitting in the corner. She was to herself and quiet, tears strolling down her face. All of a sudden, a smile broadened her features. She walked to the group and they all turned to look at her.

"She's okay." She smiled. "She's happy."

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"Sharp, what honor do I owe?" The highest power asked.

"I want to go back." She sighed, tiredly, but sternly.

"You are stubborn child. Why do you want to go back?"

"My family my friends." She started.

"The vampire." The power finished.

"Yes, and his son. And Giles and my sister." She finished.

"We brought you here because you are no longer Buffy, you know."

"Yes."

"And he does not deserve you. HE is a warrior for the good. You are now a goddess. In every sense of the word. HE did not stick by you and he dared to love another. That was not in the books. That was not supposed to happen." He became angry.

"People make mistakes. I made plenty of them."

"Yes, well, you are needed here."

"Why? I can live in their dimension and still do your good."

"I know this. The question is, will he be worth this time around?"

"Who cares if he isn't. I still have my family and my friends to help and take care of. I am THE slayer. I belong with the baddies!" She smiled.

"Very well. You will return to earth and report here once a week. If I see things going downhill, I will pull you here. Are we clear?"

"Yea, yea. You won't though. Thank you." She smiled, walking from the chamber, her now permanent white hair hitting her bottom as she sauntered down the hallway and disappeared from the realm of the gods.

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