Chapter 1

They saw her rush Buffy, and before anyone knew it they were both falling off the tower. And into the portal

of pain as they know that no good can from it. Demons were escaping and they knew that they should try and stop them,

kill them, something, but they were to caught up in their grief.



Then they heard screams, the last screams of what some would call the last battle cry of a fighter before their

death. They could see their savior, and to them she looked liked an angel surrounded by light. The portal was starting

to get smaller and smaller and it seemed that the slayer and hell god just kept falling and falling. Then the portal is gone

and their is no sign of either of the blondes.



"Giles, Giles were is Buffy? Shouldn't her body be here? What happened?" Dawn asks in a voice that

conveys her panic of Buffy not having the peace she deserves.

"I don't know Dawn. Maybe the portal somehow pulled her body in with glory," Giles replies in a weary

voice. Everyone could see tiredness in his face.



"Do you..............do you think she went to h..heav.....heaven?" Willow asks and no one could deny the hopeful

look in her eyes.



"Of....of c..course she did, sweetie. She was full of life, she......she couldn't end end up anywhere else," Tara

says and everyone agreed with her thinking that she finally got her peace.



"Always knew she'd die a fighter, doing what she does best," Spike can't help but say ina soft voice that no

one has ever heard from him and they can't help but see how much he really did love their fallen friend.



They all wisphered their final thanks and good bye to their friend and savior.

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Two days later.....

They all sat around the dining-room table. Trying to figure out what they were going to do about letting

everyone know of her death. None could bring themselfs to say that she died out loud, but somehow they had let the

people that loved her know about it. They have decided to have a ceremony so people could have their chance to say

good-bye. It would be held in a couple of days. So now they sat their knowing they should start preparing for the

ceramony, but not having enough energy.



"We..well we should start I suppose," Giles finally breaks the silence in a soft voice. "Willow, Tara could

you two take of the decorations?"

"Yea, we can do that," Willow says in a strained voice, and Tara holds her hand in support and nods also.



"Good, good. Xander, Anya why don't you two take care of the food?"



"Sure thing G-man," Xander says quiet, and Anya can't help but wounder if Buffy's death had finally broken

him after all.



"What do you want me to do? What about Spike? What...." Dawns voice breaks and she can't finish.



"Dawn, why don't you get me your address book and I will call your family and I will let them know?" Dawn

smiles a painfully sad smile and gets the address book from the counter and hands it to him. "As for Spike.......Why

don't you go down to the basement and let him know of our pans, and I will make sure he will be able to attend."



Dawn can't help but feel gratefull that Spike will be there because she knows that he did truly love Buffy and

loves her like a sister.

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After the ceremony.....

Dawn felt like she was drowning, halfway through the ceremony Spike took her away from everyone to give

her the space she needed. She was grateful he did that. They had met with lawyers the day befor and was surprised to

say that Buffy had all left them a good-bye not. But what surprised them most was what the lawyer told them. That

Giles was to move in with Dawn and Spike to look after her, and that Spike was to look after her because he was her

protector.



Now they all stood over her grave saying good-bye once again and saying they would keep their promise to

look out for each other and that they would always be together.



"Good-bye, Buffy," was all that was said before they all left her there to rest in peace. But little did they know

that this isn't where the story of her life ended, no it contiuned in another world.

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AN: Just had to write their reactions to her death, and also because I still don't know which one it will be a crossover with.

Thankx to all those who reviewed and who gave me suggestions on what they think would be a good crossover for

this fic.