Chapter 4
The Soul of the Matter
Tara sat in the living room of Buffy's house with a set of candles around her. Spike watched on from outside the spells' perimeter with Dawn. Both were waiting at the door, ready to take out anything that came through. With Willows, super-magic powers on full she could break through the whole invite clause. Spike and Dawn fidgeted a bit as Tara began the spell.
Deep in her underground fortress Willow sensed her former love's presence. She was performing a spell, she knew it, but which one she wasn't sure. It wasn't for a couple of more seconds before she put the pieces together.
"No," she growled, springing to her feet. "NO!"
She summoned up all of her strength and placed a magical barrier around her. The blast from her friends was powerful, but so was her barrier. They were equally matched and then a blast of light knocked them all out.
Dawn felt herself drifting. It was a strange feeling, mostly because she had been on solid ground a couple of seconds earlier. She tried to open her mouth to voice her opinion, but nothing came out. She felt herself drifting for a while longer before she it occurred to her to open her eyes.
When she did she saw a white plane and her friends. All of them, Xander, Anya, Spike, Tara and lastly Willow, who was still decked out in her Vamp outfit. No one seemed to be able to move. After a couple of minutes Dawn noticed a figure walking towards them. She wanted to ask if anyone could see who it was, but she still couldn't talk. As the figure neared Dawn could make out who it was and she gasped.
"Hey guy's," Buffy said. Buffy walked over to Willow and looked into her black eyes, which were filled with confusion and hatred. "Willow what went wrong? You should have known better than to try and use a resurrection spell. Dawn could have told you that. She tried it with our mom. Luckily she stopped it at the last moment; things could have majorly turned ugly. Well now I'm going to help make things better."
Beside Buffy the another Willow appeared. Only this one wasn't all black-haired and eyed, this was the normal Willow.
"This is your soul Willow," Buffy explained. "Now I'm going to put it back."
There was another flash of light and Dawn woke up back in her house.
Willow snapped back out of the Higher Plane and landed on her back. Her head spun and her stomach was a little queasy. When she was able to orientate herself she sat up. Suddenly all of her emotions came running back and she broke down crying. Just then one of her vamp slaves came back in. Upon seeing her cry he snarled.
"You've got a soul now!" He screamed, lunged in for an attack and was then flung into the adjoining room. Willow's sealing spell was still in affect, she still controlled all of her vampire hoard. When this thought struck her, Willow stopped crying. She could continue on Buffy's work. She could use her vampire hoard for good, as long as she was in control, they couldn't go against her will. At that thought, Willow smiled.
The Soul of the Matter
Tara sat in the living room of Buffy's house with a set of candles around her. Spike watched on from outside the spells' perimeter with Dawn. Both were waiting at the door, ready to take out anything that came through. With Willows, super-magic powers on full she could break through the whole invite clause. Spike and Dawn fidgeted a bit as Tara began the spell.
Deep in her underground fortress Willow sensed her former love's presence. She was performing a spell, she knew it, but which one she wasn't sure. It wasn't for a couple of more seconds before she put the pieces together.
"No," she growled, springing to her feet. "NO!"
She summoned up all of her strength and placed a magical barrier around her. The blast from her friends was powerful, but so was her barrier. They were equally matched and then a blast of light knocked them all out.
Dawn felt herself drifting. It was a strange feeling, mostly because she had been on solid ground a couple of seconds earlier. She tried to open her mouth to voice her opinion, but nothing came out. She felt herself drifting for a while longer before she it occurred to her to open her eyes.
When she did she saw a white plane and her friends. All of them, Xander, Anya, Spike, Tara and lastly Willow, who was still decked out in her Vamp outfit. No one seemed to be able to move. After a couple of minutes Dawn noticed a figure walking towards them. She wanted to ask if anyone could see who it was, but she still couldn't talk. As the figure neared Dawn could make out who it was and she gasped.
"Hey guy's," Buffy said. Buffy walked over to Willow and looked into her black eyes, which were filled with confusion and hatred. "Willow what went wrong? You should have known better than to try and use a resurrection spell. Dawn could have told you that. She tried it with our mom. Luckily she stopped it at the last moment; things could have majorly turned ugly. Well now I'm going to help make things better."
Beside Buffy the another Willow appeared. Only this one wasn't all black-haired and eyed, this was the normal Willow.
"This is your soul Willow," Buffy explained. "Now I'm going to put it back."
There was another flash of light and Dawn woke up back in her house.
Willow snapped back out of the Higher Plane and landed on her back. Her head spun and her stomach was a little queasy. When she was able to orientate herself she sat up. Suddenly all of her emotions came running back and she broke down crying. Just then one of her vamp slaves came back in. Upon seeing her cry he snarled.
"You've got a soul now!" He screamed, lunged in for an attack and was then flung into the adjoining room. Willow's sealing spell was still in affect, she still controlled all of her vampire hoard. When this thought struck her, Willow stopped crying. She could continue on Buffy's work. She could use her vampire hoard for good, as long as she was in control, they couldn't go against her will. At that thought, Willow smiled.