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Angel, Spike would have never tried to rape Buffy, therefore losing my
respect for him, and Tara would still be alive. Basically, I own NOTHING!
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TIMELINE: I had to change "Normal Again" a bit.
Spoilers: Everything up until "Normal Again" is fair game. Especially if it has to do with the B/A storylines.
Distribution: ASK FIRST!
Synopsis: What if Buffy had allowed herself to believe that she was in a mental institution at the end of "Normal Again"? What would have happened to her "friends" that the doctors insists are in her mind? What could bring her back? And knowing me it's a B/A fic.
{{{{Story between brackets is a thing from mental institution Buffy's life.}}}}
Normal typing is The Slayer Buffy's life.
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Chapter Two: Beginnings and Endings
{{{{ Buffy Summers looked up at the blazing sun. It hurt her eyes to be outside again. It had been so long since she had been allowed to be outside. So long.
"Buffy, dear," Joyce Summers yelled from the hospital door. "Come back inside. We'll leave in a few hours."
Buffy turned around and stared at her mother and father standing together in the doorway. Then she smiled.
She was going home. }}}}
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"Pet?" Spike asked as he slowly walked into the dark room. "Are you going to sit there all day or are you going to yell at me?"
Buffy just stared vacantly at the wall. She had shut down, completely shut down. She didn't sleep, she didn't eat, and she didn't speak. She was just there. A shell, a shadow.
"Fine," Spike grunted. "Liked it better when you tried to stake me."
Spike walked out of the room and found himself surrounded by the others when he reached the foot of the stairs.
"How is she?" Dawn asked.
"S'ry Litt'e Bit," Spike said, drawing her into a hug. "No change."
Dawn rested easily in Spike's arms. All she wanted was her sister back. Tara and Willow hadn't been able to do anything. Buffy was convinced this wasn't the real world.
"She's hasn't talked in a month," Xander exclaimed.
"She needs something to jolt her out of it," Willow reasoned.
"I have an idea," Tara supplied.
"You do?" dawn asked hopefully.
"When she was in the basement," Tara started. "You know, last month. I told her that she didn't want to do this because she loved you guys. She said something like "Didn't stop me before" and "ran him right through, didn't I?" and I wasn't sure what she was talking about then. Now, tell me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there someone, um, a guy or something she had to kill? And he came back?"
"Angel," Xander stated. "Lost his soul and she had to kill him. Stabbed him through- through with a sword- and OH, I GET IT! AND NO! NO WAY!"
"Uh," Willow raised her hand. "Still not comprehending."
"Tara wants to bring Angel back," Xander pointed out. "To help. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!"
"What, my bloody sire?" Spike agreed. "No friggen' way! I'm with the moron on this!"
"Thank you!" Xander said. After a minute, he added. "HEY!"
"I think- I think it would help!" Willow said above the noise.
Spike countered her and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Oh, BALLS no! NO ANGEL!"
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{{{{ "NO ANGEL!" sounded through like a shogun through Buffy's head. Where had that come from? She was free from that world. Wasn't she?
Yes, she was. But might not want to mention it to her parents when she was finally on her way home. }}}}
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"I don't know him," Tara said, trying to be heard. "But from what you've told me, Willow, about how much he loved- I mean LOVES her, he might be able to help. Maybe he can bring her back."
"NO SODDING WAY!" Spike yelled at the blonde witch.
Dawn looked at the four adults arguing like children. She couldn't take it anymore. She walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone.
"Angel Investigations, this is Angel."
"Hey, Angel," Dawn said, relieved he had picked up. "It's Dawn."
"Hey, Dawnie," Angel said. "What's up? Something wrong?"
"Go ahead and say it." Dawn laughed.
"Is Buffy okay?" Angel asked.
"No, not really," Dawn sighed. "We need your help. Just come now. I'll tell you all about it when you get here. Okay? She needs you."
"I'm on my way."
Dawn hung up the phone just in time to hear Willow yell, "Look, just SHUT UP! We need him. Buffy needs him. Now, I'm going to the kitchen to call him right now."
"No need," Dawn said, leaning against the doorframe. "I just called him. He's on his way."
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I write, you read, you review, I write more.
Sortas Ort! (Thank You in Irish)
Feedback: Come on! Guys, you know I need it!
TIMELINE: I had to change "Normal Again" a bit.
Spoilers: Everything up until "Normal Again" is fair game. Especially if it has to do with the B/A storylines.
Distribution: ASK FIRST!
Synopsis: What if Buffy had allowed herself to believe that she was in a mental institution at the end of "Normal Again"? What would have happened to her "friends" that the doctors insists are in her mind? What could bring her back? And knowing me it's a B/A fic.
{{{{Story between brackets is a thing from mental institution Buffy's life.}}}}
Normal typing is The Slayer Buffy's life.
= = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =
Chapter Two: Beginnings and Endings
{{{{ Buffy Summers looked up at the blazing sun. It hurt her eyes to be outside again. It had been so long since she had been allowed to be outside. So long.
"Buffy, dear," Joyce Summers yelled from the hospital door. "Come back inside. We'll leave in a few hours."
Buffy turned around and stared at her mother and father standing together in the doorway. Then she smiled.
She was going home. }}}}
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"Pet?" Spike asked as he slowly walked into the dark room. "Are you going to sit there all day or are you going to yell at me?"
Buffy just stared vacantly at the wall. She had shut down, completely shut down. She didn't sleep, she didn't eat, and she didn't speak. She was just there. A shell, a shadow.
"Fine," Spike grunted. "Liked it better when you tried to stake me."
Spike walked out of the room and found himself surrounded by the others when he reached the foot of the stairs.
"How is she?" Dawn asked.
"S'ry Litt'e Bit," Spike said, drawing her into a hug. "No change."
Dawn rested easily in Spike's arms. All she wanted was her sister back. Tara and Willow hadn't been able to do anything. Buffy was convinced this wasn't the real world.
"She's hasn't talked in a month," Xander exclaimed.
"She needs something to jolt her out of it," Willow reasoned.
"I have an idea," Tara supplied.
"You do?" dawn asked hopefully.
"When she was in the basement," Tara started. "You know, last month. I told her that she didn't want to do this because she loved you guys. She said something like "Didn't stop me before" and "ran him right through, didn't I?" and I wasn't sure what she was talking about then. Now, tell me if I'm wrong, but wasn't there someone, um, a guy or something she had to kill? And he came back?"
"Angel," Xander stated. "Lost his soul and she had to kill him. Stabbed him through- through with a sword- and OH, I GET IT! AND NO! NO WAY!"
"Uh," Willow raised her hand. "Still not comprehending."
"Tara wants to bring Angel back," Xander pointed out. "To help. NOT GOING TO HAPPEN!"
"What, my bloody sire?" Spike agreed. "No friggen' way! I'm with the moron on this!"
"Thank you!" Xander said. After a minute, he added. "HEY!"
"I think- I think it would help!" Willow said above the noise.
Spike countered her and yelled at the top of his lungs, "Oh, BALLS no! NO ANGEL!"
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{{{{ "NO ANGEL!" sounded through like a shogun through Buffy's head. Where had that come from? She was free from that world. Wasn't she?
Yes, she was. But might not want to mention it to her parents when she was finally on her way home. }}}}
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"I don't know him," Tara said, trying to be heard. "But from what you've told me, Willow, about how much he loved- I mean LOVES her, he might be able to help. Maybe he can bring her back."
"NO SODDING WAY!" Spike yelled at the blonde witch.
Dawn looked at the four adults arguing like children. She couldn't take it anymore. She walked into the kitchen and picked up the phone.
"Angel Investigations, this is Angel."
"Hey, Angel," Dawn said, relieved he had picked up. "It's Dawn."
"Hey, Dawnie," Angel said. "What's up? Something wrong?"
"Go ahead and say it." Dawn laughed.
"Is Buffy okay?" Angel asked.
"No, not really," Dawn sighed. "We need your help. Just come now. I'll tell you all about it when you get here. Okay? She needs you."
"I'm on my way."
Dawn hung up the phone just in time to hear Willow yell, "Look, just SHUT UP! We need him. Buffy needs him. Now, I'm going to the kitchen to call him right now."
"No need," Dawn said, leaning against the doorframe. "I just called him. He's on his way."
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I write, you read, you review, I write more.
Sortas Ort! (Thank You in Irish)
