-----Willow-----
He knew as soon as he saw me. To tell the truth, I'm surprised he didn't know earlier. I told him anyway, to let the others know. His grief opened up something inside of me, and consequently, something inside of me opened up something in the hotel.
"That- That's a portal!" Fred cried, jumping back.
"Keep away," Angel warned everyone. "Willow?" he asked, expecting me to have the answers.
"I don't know," I stammered, shouting over the noise the portal was making, "but I don't think this is a one-way deal. I get the feeling that if we can get there, they can get here."
Wesley ushered us all into his office and closed the door.
"We can talk without screaming in here. I think first step would be to find out exactly what it is."
"I think first step," Cordelia corrected him, "is to make it shut up!"
I glanced at her. "I could probably find a spell..." I trailed off as I noticed something I hadn't before. Or rather, someone.
"Hi, Lorne. I'm not evil."
I looked at Angel for confirmation.
"He's with us. Did you say you could make it quiet?"
"I should," I turned to Wesley. "Do you have 'The Yunak Chronicles'?"
"Of course. What volume?"
A few hours later and the portal was just a bright, swirling light.
"There we go. The new, silent type."
"Do you know how to close it?" Cordelia asked me.
"No idea."
"Well, Wesley's looking through his books some more. He should find something soon. Until then..."
"We wait." Gunn came to join our conversation. "So what is this swirly thing anyway?"
"I don't know. I think... I think it's like, an alternate dimension. Some kind of, other world, but not."
"You mean like there might be only a small difference between our world and that?"
"Like there's another me out there? Cool!" At least Cordelia seemed excited.
"I was thinking more like..." I remembered my own experience with another me. "Some big evil that wasn't defeated."
"Urgh. We might have to kill some ugly demon for a second time?"
"Maybe." I looked over at Wesley, deeply immersed in big, demonic texts.
Then I thought of something. I ran into Wesley's office.
"Wesley, I just thought of something. I think we opened that portal. Angel and I, I mean. When he heard about Buffy... He so desperately wanted her to be alive, and when his grief met my magic, they found a way to make her alive."
"The portal! It's to a place where,"
"Buffy is still alive."
"Good. This could help me find out how..." he trailed of and I turned around to follow his gaze.
Angel was standing in the doorway.
"Buffy's in there?"
"Angel, wait!"
It was to late for words. Angel turned and ran right through the portal.
-----Willow-----
He knew as soon as he saw me. To tell the truth, I'm surprised he didn't know earlier. I told him anyway, to let the others know. His grief opened up something inside of me, and consequently, something inside of me opened up something in the hotel.
"That- That's a portal!" Fred cried, jumping back.
"Keep away," Angel warned everyone. "Willow?" he asked, expecting me to have the answers.
"I don't know," I stammered, shouting over the noise the portal was making, "but I don't think this is a one-way deal. I get the feeling that if we can get there, they can get here."
Wesley ushered us all into his office and closed the door.
"We can talk without screaming in here. I think first step would be to find out exactly what it is."
"I think first step," Cordelia corrected him, "is to make it shut up!"
I glanced at her. "I could probably find a spell..." I trailed off as I noticed something I hadn't before. Or rather, someone.
"Hi, Lorne. I'm not evil."
I looked at Angel for confirmation.
"He's with us. Did you say you could make it quiet?"
"I should," I turned to Wesley. "Do you have 'The Yunak Chronicles'?"
"Of course. What volume?"
A few hours later and the portal was just a bright, swirling light.
"There we go. The new, silent type."
"Do you know how to close it?" Cordelia asked me.
"No idea."
"Well, Wesley's looking through his books some more. He should find something soon. Until then..."
"We wait." Gunn came to join our conversation. "So what is this swirly thing anyway?"
"I don't know. I think... I think it's like, an alternate dimension. Some kind of, other world, but not."
"You mean like there might be only a small difference between our world and that?"
"Like there's another me out there? Cool!" At least Cordelia seemed excited.
"I was thinking more like..." I remembered my own experience with another me. "Some big evil that wasn't defeated."
"Urgh. We might have to kill some ugly demon for a second time?"
"Maybe." I looked over at Wesley, deeply immersed in big, demonic texts.
Then I thought of something. I ran into Wesley's office.
"Wesley, I just thought of something. I think we opened that portal. Angel and I, I mean. When he heard about Buffy... He so desperately wanted her to be alive, and when his grief met my magic, they found a way to make her alive."
"The portal! It's to a place where,"
"Buffy is still alive."
"Good. This could help me find out how..." he trailed of and I turned around to follow his gaze.
Angel was standing in the doorway.
"Buffy's in there?"
"Angel, wait!"
It was to late for words. Angel turned and ran right through the portal.
-----Willow-----