Title: Half of my soul and all of my heart
Author: ladydewinter
Email: ladydewinter@gmx.net
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: W/K first, but I don't really like them...so W/T eventually :-) And this is becoming B/S as well, it seems.
Setting: The story takes place roughly after The Killer in Me, so spoilers up to then. And if you have no idea about Season Three of Angel you'll be spoilt as well...so don't come running to me *lol*
Disclaimer: Willow, Tara, Kennedy, Anya et. al belong to Joss Whedon and ME and - hey you know whom they belong to. The story however is mine. Oh, the title is taken from a book called "Magic's Promise" by Mercedes Lackey. And there may be quotes from the show included in this story - I haven't really marked them, but if it sounds familiar - I mean it as an homage, I don't wanna violate any copyright, really. Please don't sue me!
Feedback: Yes please! Tell me what you like, what you don't like, what I could do / should do...
Distribution: If you want it, you can have it, just let me know where it ends up.
Summary: After the last dream - back in our Sunnydale.
Author's note: Something I forgot to do the last time - I have to thank Ellen for the whole "dream communication" idea. She suggested it, and, well, I did what she told me (well, almost *lol*) So, thanks a lot!
***
The first thing Buffy did the next morning was looking for Faith. She obviously had to talk to her about the dream - and about what to do next. She found her in the kitchen, together with Dawn, Connor -and Willow. She wondered what Willow would say if they told her that they had spoken to Tara - a Tara from another dimension, sure, but one who seemed to love Willow and wanted to get back to her, after all. 'Tell Willow I love her', that's what Tara had asked them to do. But Buffy realized she couldn't. She couldn't tell her best friend there might be a slight chance to bring back the love of her life - and the one person who might help them defeat the First - and - what if it wouldn't work? She knew Willow would be devasted, more than ever. Hope could be a bad thing really. Especially if the things you wished for didn't come true.
So when she joined the others in the kitchen, she looked at the others, trying to find out whether Faith had already said something. As Willow seemed pretty normal and not overly cheery, she concluded that Faith had decided for her to break the news. Except she wouldn't. First she needed to talk to Giles, who had come back with yet another Potential. He had gotten the phone call yesterday, just before they left for their search trip at the High School. "Good morning everybody."
"Buffy!" Faith, who had been standing with the back to her, turned around. "How - how are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. I - I kinda need to talk to you alone for a second. Is that alright?"
"Sure, I'll - Connor here just wanted to leave. I'll wait until I'm sure he actually does so."
Willow grinned. "It's okay Faith, you can go and talk with Buffy. I'll see to it the two of them don't - y'know." With that, she looked at Connor and Dawn, whop both cringed but didn't say a thing.
"Whoa, is there anything I should worry about?" Buffy asked.
"No, there isn't," Faith said, pulling her after her out of the kitchen. "Bye Connor, see ya!" When they were standing in the hallway, she stopped. "Don't worry, we were just joking... I think. I mean, soon he's going to be in LA again anyway. And as soon he's under Cordy's thrall again..."
"Thrall? There is thrall?" Buffy sounded shocked again.
"I don't know. Don't like to think about the two of them. To be honest, I think it's somewhat icky. I mean, she's his mother in a way."
"Stop it, please," Buffy begged her. "Now, we have to talk. About what happened last night. You remember, right?"
"You mean the dream? Sure I do. What, you think I'd forget that?"
"No, but I thought maybe it was just me having the dream after all," Buffy said. "Let's - let's go upstairs to my room. We should be alone there." The two Slayers did just that. After Faith had closed the door behind her, she looked at Buffy.
"So, what is it you want to talk about?"
"I - you didn't tell Willow, did you?"
"After what happened the last time I mentioned her girlfriend? Not really. I thought I'd leave that job to you. Why are you asking?"
"I don't think we should tell her right now."
"But - Tara - she asked us to tell her - and to find out - how are we supposed to-"
"I know," Buffy interrupted. "But just - I mean, what if that was the First, trying to hurt us? Or what if it was really her but it doesn't work? If we tell her and it doesn't work, it'll - it'll kill her. Or at least hurt her. I don't want that right now. And as for the research part, I think we can just ask Giles. I'm sure he can help us."
"I guess you're right. I don't know. Do you really think it was the First?"
"No." Buffy smiled. "It just - the First is - it's too evil to be able to show us what we saw. I mean, you saw them as well...making love - that was too good to be evil. And the way she talked to us - no, I'm sure it was her. Now we have to find a way to bring her to our dimension."
"So - let's talk to Giles. Is he back yet?"
"I think so. He's probably asleep, or down in the living room. Let's wait until Willow's at the university, okay?"
Faith just smiled in agreement and sat down on Buffy's bed. "Waiting's just fine."
***
As soon as Buffy and Faith heard Willow shut the door behind her, they got down to the living room. "Giles, we need to talk to you," Buffy started. Then she noticed the look on his face and realized that he probably didn't even know that Faith was here. "Don't worry, Faith is here to help."
"Is she? How come she isn't in jail any longer?"
Buffy didn't know the answer to this one. In fact, she never had thought of the question herself. "Um..."
"I escaped. Wesley came and he told me they needed me and - I escaped. But I didn't hurt anyone, on my escape, I mean. And -" Faith saw their worried expressions. "Don't - I mean, I'll go back after all this is finished."
"No, you won't." Buffy looked at her. "You know yourself that you'll be very much in trouble if you return. And you are needed, just like Wesley said. Not just now, but you'll always be. You're a Slayer. Even after all you've done - you've changed, haven't you? I - I can feel it. And see it. You couldn't attack Willow last night."
"You're right. But don't you think they'll be looking for me all over the country?"
"Somehow I don't. We've got friends in high places, remember?" Buffy grinned. "Now, back to why we needed to talk to you, Giles."
"Yes?" He still eyed Faith suspiciously, as if he was waiting for her to jump at him and-
"Giles, cut it out. Won't you trust me?" Now Buffy sounded impatient. "It's okay, really." She turned to look around her. "Where are the potentials?"
"Out in the garden, training."
"Good. Cause we need to talk to you in a private sort of way."
"What is it then?"
"Last night, B and I both had the same dream," Faith answered.
Now his interest war perked. "The same dream? What happened? Was it something about the First?"
"No, we don't think so. Well, I guess you could say so though, very loosely connected." Buffy looked thoughtful. "We both dreamed about Willow and Tara."
Now he looked confused. "Willow and - Why?"
"That's what we were thinking, too. At first. When we were just watching them. It was totally weird - there were four of them, that is, two Willows and two Taras. It seems as if they both had the dream we had as well - Tara at least had it."
"But Buffy - Tara is-"
"That's not completely right," Faith interrupted him. "She - well, after we watched the two of them the Dream two of them, that is - dance, and - well, you know - we watched Tara being shot and then - the other Tara, who so far had just been watching, suddenly turned to us and talked to us."
"Talked-?"
"Yeah. She told us that she was from another dimension. One, where there also is a Giles, and a Buffy - and where Willow was shot. She told us that the other Giles had somehow gotten some books - some of your Watcher's diaries. And so they have found out about us and tried to contact us."
"My diaries? So that's where they are... I've been looking for them since the day you - when the key-"
"I thought so. The thing is, Tara wants to cross dimensions. She wants to go back to Willow, but she doesn't know how. They haven't got any books about that, it seems. So - she said she wanted to contact us again in three days, and we promised her we would find something. We can do that, right?" Buffy looked at Giles.
"Well, most of my books - I don't know, I will have to do some research...have you talked to Willow yet?"
"No, we thought - what if it doesn't work? She will be devasted if she first - you know?"
"Well, I guess you're right. But I don't know íf I'll be able to - without any help, I mean."
Faith had an idea. "Maybe - this annoying girl could help you. Didn't you tell me she was a vengeance demon for a thousand years? I bet she came around a lot."
"Anya? That's right - I bet she could help us."
"Help you do what?" Anya had just come through the door.
"Help us bring Tara back." Buffy decided they could tell her. Otherwise she wouldn't help them anyway. "A Tara of the non-zombie variety."
"How?"
"That's what you have to find out for us." Buffy smiled at her and Giles. "Giles, you tell what this is about, right? I have to go to school now." With that, she turned around and left. Faith followed her. Anya was now looking expectantly at Giles. "So?"
***
Author: ladydewinter
Email: ladydewinter@gmx.net
Rating: PG-13
Pairing: W/K first, but I don't really like them...so W/T eventually :-) And this is becoming B/S as well, it seems.
Setting: The story takes place roughly after The Killer in Me, so spoilers up to then. And if you have no idea about Season Three of Angel you'll be spoilt as well...so don't come running to me *lol*
Disclaimer: Willow, Tara, Kennedy, Anya et. al belong to Joss Whedon and ME and - hey you know whom they belong to. The story however is mine. Oh, the title is taken from a book called "Magic's Promise" by Mercedes Lackey. And there may be quotes from the show included in this story - I haven't really marked them, but if it sounds familiar - I mean it as an homage, I don't wanna violate any copyright, really. Please don't sue me!
Feedback: Yes please! Tell me what you like, what you don't like, what I could do / should do...
Distribution: If you want it, you can have it, just let me know where it ends up.
Summary: After the last dream - back in our Sunnydale.
Author's note: Something I forgot to do the last time - I have to thank Ellen for the whole "dream communication" idea. She suggested it, and, well, I did what she told me (well, almost *lol*) So, thanks a lot!
***
The first thing Buffy did the next morning was looking for Faith. She obviously had to talk to her about the dream - and about what to do next. She found her in the kitchen, together with Dawn, Connor -and Willow. She wondered what Willow would say if they told her that they had spoken to Tara - a Tara from another dimension, sure, but one who seemed to love Willow and wanted to get back to her, after all. 'Tell Willow I love her', that's what Tara had asked them to do. But Buffy realized she couldn't. She couldn't tell her best friend there might be a slight chance to bring back the love of her life - and the one person who might help them defeat the First - and - what if it wouldn't work? She knew Willow would be devasted, more than ever. Hope could be a bad thing really. Especially if the things you wished for didn't come true.
So when she joined the others in the kitchen, she looked at the others, trying to find out whether Faith had already said something. As Willow seemed pretty normal and not overly cheery, she concluded that Faith had decided for her to break the news. Except she wouldn't. First she needed to talk to Giles, who had come back with yet another Potential. He had gotten the phone call yesterday, just before they left for their search trip at the High School. "Good morning everybody."
"Buffy!" Faith, who had been standing with the back to her, turned around. "How - how are you?"
"I'm fine, thanks. I - I kinda need to talk to you alone for a second. Is that alright?"
"Sure, I'll - Connor here just wanted to leave. I'll wait until I'm sure he actually does so."
Willow grinned. "It's okay Faith, you can go and talk with Buffy. I'll see to it the two of them don't - y'know." With that, she looked at Connor and Dawn, whop both cringed but didn't say a thing.
"Whoa, is there anything I should worry about?" Buffy asked.
"No, there isn't," Faith said, pulling her after her out of the kitchen. "Bye Connor, see ya!" When they were standing in the hallway, she stopped. "Don't worry, we were just joking... I think. I mean, soon he's going to be in LA again anyway. And as soon he's under Cordy's thrall again..."
"Thrall? There is thrall?" Buffy sounded shocked again.
"I don't know. Don't like to think about the two of them. To be honest, I think it's somewhat icky. I mean, she's his mother in a way."
"Stop it, please," Buffy begged her. "Now, we have to talk. About what happened last night. You remember, right?"
"You mean the dream? Sure I do. What, you think I'd forget that?"
"No, but I thought maybe it was just me having the dream after all," Buffy said. "Let's - let's go upstairs to my room. We should be alone there." The two Slayers did just that. After Faith had closed the door behind her, she looked at Buffy.
"So, what is it you want to talk about?"
"I - you didn't tell Willow, did you?"
"After what happened the last time I mentioned her girlfriend? Not really. I thought I'd leave that job to you. Why are you asking?"
"I don't think we should tell her right now."
"But - Tara - she asked us to tell her - and to find out - how are we supposed to-"
"I know," Buffy interrupted. "But just - I mean, what if that was the First, trying to hurt us? Or what if it was really her but it doesn't work? If we tell her and it doesn't work, it'll - it'll kill her. Or at least hurt her. I don't want that right now. And as for the research part, I think we can just ask Giles. I'm sure he can help us."
"I guess you're right. I don't know. Do you really think it was the First?"
"No." Buffy smiled. "It just - the First is - it's too evil to be able to show us what we saw. I mean, you saw them as well...making love - that was too good to be evil. And the way she talked to us - no, I'm sure it was her. Now we have to find a way to bring her to our dimension."
"So - let's talk to Giles. Is he back yet?"
"I think so. He's probably asleep, or down in the living room. Let's wait until Willow's at the university, okay?"
Faith just smiled in agreement and sat down on Buffy's bed. "Waiting's just fine."
***
As soon as Buffy and Faith heard Willow shut the door behind her, they got down to the living room. "Giles, we need to talk to you," Buffy started. Then she noticed the look on his face and realized that he probably didn't even know that Faith was here. "Don't worry, Faith is here to help."
"Is she? How come she isn't in jail any longer?"
Buffy didn't know the answer to this one. In fact, she never had thought of the question herself. "Um..."
"I escaped. Wesley came and he told me they needed me and - I escaped. But I didn't hurt anyone, on my escape, I mean. And -" Faith saw their worried expressions. "Don't - I mean, I'll go back after all this is finished."
"No, you won't." Buffy looked at her. "You know yourself that you'll be very much in trouble if you return. And you are needed, just like Wesley said. Not just now, but you'll always be. You're a Slayer. Even after all you've done - you've changed, haven't you? I - I can feel it. And see it. You couldn't attack Willow last night."
"You're right. But don't you think they'll be looking for me all over the country?"
"Somehow I don't. We've got friends in high places, remember?" Buffy grinned. "Now, back to why we needed to talk to you, Giles."
"Yes?" He still eyed Faith suspiciously, as if he was waiting for her to jump at him and-
"Giles, cut it out. Won't you trust me?" Now Buffy sounded impatient. "It's okay, really." She turned to look around her. "Where are the potentials?"
"Out in the garden, training."
"Good. Cause we need to talk to you in a private sort of way."
"What is it then?"
"Last night, B and I both had the same dream," Faith answered.
Now his interest war perked. "The same dream? What happened? Was it something about the First?"
"No, we don't think so. Well, I guess you could say so though, very loosely connected." Buffy looked thoughtful. "We both dreamed about Willow and Tara."
Now he looked confused. "Willow and - Why?"
"That's what we were thinking, too. At first. When we were just watching them. It was totally weird - there were four of them, that is, two Willows and two Taras. It seems as if they both had the dream we had as well - Tara at least had it."
"But Buffy - Tara is-"
"That's not completely right," Faith interrupted him. "She - well, after we watched the two of them the Dream two of them, that is - dance, and - well, you know - we watched Tara being shot and then - the other Tara, who so far had just been watching, suddenly turned to us and talked to us."
"Talked-?"
"Yeah. She told us that she was from another dimension. One, where there also is a Giles, and a Buffy - and where Willow was shot. She told us that the other Giles had somehow gotten some books - some of your Watcher's diaries. And so they have found out about us and tried to contact us."
"My diaries? So that's where they are... I've been looking for them since the day you - when the key-"
"I thought so. The thing is, Tara wants to cross dimensions. She wants to go back to Willow, but she doesn't know how. They haven't got any books about that, it seems. So - she said she wanted to contact us again in three days, and we promised her we would find something. We can do that, right?" Buffy looked at Giles.
"Well, most of my books - I don't know, I will have to do some research...have you talked to Willow yet?"
"No, we thought - what if it doesn't work? She will be devasted if she first - you know?"
"Well, I guess you're right. But I don't know íf I'll be able to - without any help, I mean."
Faith had an idea. "Maybe - this annoying girl could help you. Didn't you tell me she was a vengeance demon for a thousand years? I bet she came around a lot."
"Anya? That's right - I bet she could help us."
"Help you do what?" Anya had just come through the door.
"Help us bring Tara back." Buffy decided they could tell her. Otherwise she wouldn't help them anyway. "A Tara of the non-zombie variety."
"How?"
"That's what you have to find out for us." Buffy smiled at her and Giles. "Giles, you tell what this is about, right? I have to go to school now." With that, she turned around and left. Faith followed her. Anya was now looking expectantly at Giles. "So?"
***