Part: 4/?
Author: PsycGurl
Rating: PG
Couples: B/A-mentioned
Spoilers: Set in season three of Buffy…around after Lover's Walk, but Angel and Buffy are not together as a couple.
Feedback: Please R&R

Disclaimer: Characters unfortunately do not belong to me!

CHAPTER 4

Buffy and Willow

Buffy and Willow casually strolled around the graveyard, over graves and around tombstones.

" What do you think this stupid furry monster is here for?" Buffy asked her best friend.

" He's a future demon…maybe he came from the future?"

" Who would've thought that big demon was this hard to find."

" Hey do you want me to try this new spell?"

" What kind of spell?"

" It'll make it easier for us to find the future demon. It'll direct us to the demon."

" Is it dangerous?"

" Come on Buffy, magic isn't dangerous."

~*~*~*~

" What do you think, strawberry?" A warlock said as magic sparkled on his hand.

"Can you handle some more?"

He shot a bolt of magic upward. The stream of magic light revealed Willow hovering in midair, surrounded by a bubble of magic. Willow's eyes were closed. When the opened Willow saw a view of outer space. Blackness and stars were all around the place, stars moved past. Willow floated in the starscape, dreamily. She reached out her hand to touch some of the stars. Suddenly a demon appeared holding a dead woman in his arms.  Willow screamed and fell to the ground as the warlock looked on.

~*~*~*~

" Whoa…"

" What happened Will? You kinda blacked out."

" I don't know…I just saw something really weird."

" What?"

" I saw like a mirage or something. I looked like I was high…on magic. This man was making me dance around in the sky and then I suddenly saw a demon and fell to the ground."

" That's weird. Was it like the demon?"

" No…it was a warlock or something…I think. And the other demon was scary…he had a dead woman in his hands."

" Uggh…"

" Yeah."

" Maybe you had a daydream or a nightmare."

" I don't think that's what it was…it was so real and vivid…"

" Well I can't think of anything else."

" I guess you're right…there's no other explanation. Maybe I'm just having like a magic nightmare or something…maybe it's like a side effect of some magic." Willow said forcing herself to believe it wasn't real. Her…Willow…could never do something like that.

" Hey did you hear that!" Buffy said suddenly jerking and pointed towards a tombstone.

" Hear what? That's just a tombstone."

" I heard a crack over there. As if someone was walking…"

" Do you think it's the demon?"

" Let's check…I doubt it's a big huge furry monster but it could be a killer vamp."

" Aren't all vamps killers?"

" Yeah…well except Angel."

" Yeah except Angel." They walked silently through the graveyard.

" Buff?"

" Yeah…"

" How does it feel being with Angel…but not being with him? You know what I mean?"

" You mean how we're not a couple…just friends."

" Yeah…"

" It hurts. But it's for the best I think. If we were together bad things would happen but..."

" But…" Willow prompted.

" But I don't know what would happen to me if he wasn't here with me…" Buffy finished.

~*~*~*~

Someone walked towards a grave with a small bunch of flowers. As the person moved further towards the tombstone and placed the flowers on the grave, the words on the tombstone focused from a blur…

Buffy Anne Summers

1981-2001

Beloved Sister

Devoted Friend

She Saved the World

A Lot

~*~*~*~

" Oh my god!" Buffy exclaimed clutching her head.

" What? What happened Buffy?"

" I just had an image…" A lump got caught in Buffy's throat.

" Of what?" Willow insisted.

" Of m-my grave!"