Same old Song

Characters: Willow, Angelus, Spike, Drusilla, Buffy, Cordelia, Xander, Oz,

Giles

Disclaimer: These characters unfortunately do not belong to me, they belong

to Joss Whedon, but the fan fiction plot does belong to me. If you wish to

post it, or use it in any way, please credit me. If I haven't already told

you, you could post it, then email me at , for

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Warning: Spoiler for last half of Season 2, Language

Pairings: S/D, A/W, X/C, W/O

Description: AU, Between Season 2 and 3, Dark Fiction, Character death, PG

13.

Chapter 1 "That old Feeling"

"You what?!" Giles shouted through the telephone. Willow wasn't surprised at

his reaction.

"I'm only going to be gone for a month. I need some time off."

"Willow, I understand that you have been through a great deal, but we need

you here. With Spike, Drusilla, and Angelus teamed up against us, we can't

risk being undermanned."

"Giles, I'm wiped. I wouldn't be any help, even if I was here."

"I suppose..." Giles said half-heartedly. Before he could say anything else,

Willow squealed thank you in his ear and told him she would see him soon. As

Willow put down the phone that old feeling of guilt came flooding back to

her. She wanted to tell Giles, tell everyone, but how could she? They

wouldn't understand her reasons. She couldn't let Angel die. But now she

had condemned him, and betrayed her friends. They could never know what she

had done. The past few days played over again insider her head. The

research on the Restoration of Angel's soul had quickly turned into research

on temporal time folds. She stumbled upon a prophecy foretelling "the death of the vampire with a soul, at the hands of the Slayer" She knew then, that

the only way to save Angel was to create a temporal fold, and make sure that

Angel could never get to Acathala. As a side effect to Willow's magical

workings, Angel's soul could not be restored by an Orb of Thesula. And

Willow wasn't sure how else she could do it. She didn't have a choice though. So now, she was the only one in the world who knew. She had brought them back into normal time with different memories. Her friends didn't remember Acathla, or any of it. They all thought they had been researching Angel's past for the last couple of days. And today was the day after Buffy was supposed to have stopped Angelus. Willow only hoped she had done the right thing.