Disclaimer: Please forgive me Joss… I horrendously hurt your characters.
Much is due to the fact I listened to my father's record of Randy Newman's
'Short People" Ironically he is only 5 foot 1 himself… That and Uptown
Girl… Go Me First and the Gimme Gimmes! We LOVE YOU! That and Spike… mmm
mmm goodness.
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"What do you mean that it needs the blood of Glory? That's impossible!" Cried Anya.
"It says that it requires the blood of a foe that the warrior wasn't able to kill, and Buffy couldn't kill Glory because of Ben. So the only Big Bad she couldn't beat was Glory."
"B-but then it's impossible. We can't bring Buffy back. What are we going to do?! She's going to come back evil."
"But s-s-she can't! It was going to work! It had to work!" Willow sobbed. She had been so sure and now the time was ticking fast, Buffy would come back and they would have to kill her again. Just like Spike said.
"W-we have to tell Giles. He can help. Maybe he can find some other spell or a way to stop it…" started Tara.
" I can't face them! After the fight I put up. Oh God! How am I going to face Dawn? I basically just told her I could hand her one shiny new Buffy…and now…"
"Well you're going to have to!" Said Anya, " they need to know, and deserve to know about Buffy. Even if it means being wrong Willow! You have to own up to this!" she was starting to get very upset with Willow, even as her years as a vengeance demon she hadn't gotten that deep into the Black Magicks… Willow was abusing it and not even taking responsibilities for it.
Willow looked up at Anya and slowly nodded with tears streaking down her face. She had never had to deal with the feeling of being wrong. She was the "smart-Velma-y" one of the Scoobies. Now she had to face them all and tell them that not only was it impossible to raise Buffy, but there wasn't enough time to find another spell to raise her, if there was another like it at all.
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Everyone except Blaine and Ayn were sitting in Giles' living room. The two were still getting over jet lag from their flight. The Scoobies sat patiently as a nervous Willow paced back and forth in front of the bar window to Giles' kitchen.
"Wills?" asked Xander, the waiting was killing everyone. 'What was so important about the spell that was bothering her so much? The way she told it, the spell was perfectly safe, Buffy would be fine, Willow would be safe. Nothing could go wrong… oh wait, that's right!' he thought, 'Hellmouth Murphy's law… anything that CAN go wrong will.'
"Oh for goodness sake Willow! Suck up your pride! The more time we waste the better chance Buffy will come back all evil!" said Anya.
"What?" said Dawn in a timid voice. Considering it was the last of her family she would have been… SHOULD have been more involved. But the very fact that she was coming back floored her. She was still in shock about the whole idea.
"Um… here's the thing… the spell…" started Willow.
"The surefire spell where absolutely NOTHING could go wrong?" rushed Spike.
"I… I can't do it…" The Scooby gang started to shout questions and the occasional threat from Spike.
"What do you mean you can't?" shouted Xander.
"The spell it's impossible! It needs the blood of Glory." The room went quiet.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" said Willow as a tear started down her cheek.
"You were going to bring her back!" shrieked Dawn. "I lost the last of my family! And then you promised to bring her back, then in the same day taken away from me! But oh no, she'll still come back! Only you'll have to kill her this time!"
"Dawn" said Willow.
"Leave me alone!" she screamed and ran off into the washroom.
"DAWN!" Willow cried as she followed her washroom.
"Get out, Get out, GET OUT!" She sobbed, screaming.
Willow slowly made it back to the living room, where the faces there were even more judging and painful than Dawn. The most painful was Spike. He had the faint shimmer of tears in his eyes and looked like someone just killed his Juliet. Guess she just did. Though even as he looked completely heartbroken, he also looked like he was going to kill her. Tearstained cheeks red, jaw clenching and unclenching, eyes fixed on her alone.
"There's got to be a loop hole! There always is with magicks. FIND A BLOODY LOOP HOLE!" he shouted. "please" he whispered. " There has to be another way."
"Spike, I'm sorry! I tried! The book said: it requires the blood of a foe that the warrior wasn't able to kill. It's Glory! We know she couldn't kill a human! She couldn't kill Glory because of Ben…"
Giles hung his head for a moment. But no, he wouldn't feel guilty; he did a Watcher's job. He had stopped the bad guy.
Spike nodded for a moment, head down. When he finally looked up his eyes were red and puffy. "We do the spell as planned." Said Spike with a sniff.
"W-what do you have planned Spike?" asked Giles.
"The blood of a foe that the warrior could not kill eh? Let's look at Buffy's track record. Killed the Master, sent Angelus to Hell, killed Mayor, killed Frankenstein…"
"Then Glory." Said Xander.
The rest of the group looked confused.
"Oh come on! You can't remember the original Big Bad Buffy couldn't knock off? The spell goes as planned, I'll give you the blood of the only other Baddie she couldn't kill."
"Who's?"
Spike gave a halfhearted smirk "Mine."
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"What do you mean that it needs the blood of Glory? That's impossible!" Cried Anya.
"It says that it requires the blood of a foe that the warrior wasn't able to kill, and Buffy couldn't kill Glory because of Ben. So the only Big Bad she couldn't beat was Glory."
"B-but then it's impossible. We can't bring Buffy back. What are we going to do?! She's going to come back evil."
"But s-s-she can't! It was going to work! It had to work!" Willow sobbed. She had been so sure and now the time was ticking fast, Buffy would come back and they would have to kill her again. Just like Spike said.
"W-we have to tell Giles. He can help. Maybe he can find some other spell or a way to stop it…" started Tara.
" I can't face them! After the fight I put up. Oh God! How am I going to face Dawn? I basically just told her I could hand her one shiny new Buffy…and now…"
"Well you're going to have to!" Said Anya, " they need to know, and deserve to know about Buffy. Even if it means being wrong Willow! You have to own up to this!" she was starting to get very upset with Willow, even as her years as a vengeance demon she hadn't gotten that deep into the Black Magicks… Willow was abusing it and not even taking responsibilities for it.
Willow looked up at Anya and slowly nodded with tears streaking down her face. She had never had to deal with the feeling of being wrong. She was the "smart-Velma-y" one of the Scoobies. Now she had to face them all and tell them that not only was it impossible to raise Buffy, but there wasn't enough time to find another spell to raise her, if there was another like it at all.
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Everyone except Blaine and Ayn were sitting in Giles' living room. The two were still getting over jet lag from their flight. The Scoobies sat patiently as a nervous Willow paced back and forth in front of the bar window to Giles' kitchen.
"Wills?" asked Xander, the waiting was killing everyone. 'What was so important about the spell that was bothering her so much? The way she told it, the spell was perfectly safe, Buffy would be fine, Willow would be safe. Nothing could go wrong… oh wait, that's right!' he thought, 'Hellmouth Murphy's law… anything that CAN go wrong will.'
"Oh for goodness sake Willow! Suck up your pride! The more time we waste the better chance Buffy will come back all evil!" said Anya.
"What?" said Dawn in a timid voice. Considering it was the last of her family she would have been… SHOULD have been more involved. But the very fact that she was coming back floored her. She was still in shock about the whole idea.
"Um… here's the thing… the spell…" started Willow.
"The surefire spell where absolutely NOTHING could go wrong?" rushed Spike.
"I… I can't do it…" The Scooby gang started to shout questions and the occasional threat from Spike.
"What do you mean you can't?" shouted Xander.
"The spell it's impossible! It needs the blood of Glory." The room went quiet.
"I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!" said Willow as a tear started down her cheek.
"You were going to bring her back!" shrieked Dawn. "I lost the last of my family! And then you promised to bring her back, then in the same day taken away from me! But oh no, she'll still come back! Only you'll have to kill her this time!"
"Dawn" said Willow.
"Leave me alone!" she screamed and ran off into the washroom.
"DAWN!" Willow cried as she followed her washroom.
"Get out, Get out, GET OUT!" She sobbed, screaming.
Willow slowly made it back to the living room, where the faces there were even more judging and painful than Dawn. The most painful was Spike. He had the faint shimmer of tears in his eyes and looked like someone just killed his Juliet. Guess she just did. Though even as he looked completely heartbroken, he also looked like he was going to kill her. Tearstained cheeks red, jaw clenching and unclenching, eyes fixed on her alone.
"There's got to be a loop hole! There always is with magicks. FIND A BLOODY LOOP HOLE!" he shouted. "please" he whispered. " There has to be another way."
"Spike, I'm sorry! I tried! The book said: it requires the blood of a foe that the warrior wasn't able to kill. It's Glory! We know she couldn't kill a human! She couldn't kill Glory because of Ben…"
Giles hung his head for a moment. But no, he wouldn't feel guilty; he did a Watcher's job. He had stopped the bad guy.
Spike nodded for a moment, head down. When he finally looked up his eyes were red and puffy. "We do the spell as planned." Said Spike with a sniff.
"W-what do you have planned Spike?" asked Giles.
"The blood of a foe that the warrior could not kill eh? Let's look at Buffy's track record. Killed the Master, sent Angelus to Hell, killed Mayor, killed Frankenstein…"
"Then Glory." Said Xander.
The rest of the group looked confused.
"Oh come on! You can't remember the original Big Bad Buffy couldn't knock off? The spell goes as planned, I'll give you the blood of the only other Baddie she couldn't kill."
"Who's?"
Spike gave a halfhearted smirk "Mine."