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The sun went up and down and Buffy and Angel talked the whole day. They said everything they wanted to and needed to. When the sun was set they went to see the oracles.
"The post office?" She was a little confused and kind of nervous. This was her first experience with the oracles in person, it seemed weird to her.
"I know, but it kind of makes sense if you think about it. Anyway, you ready for this."
No "Ready as I'm gonna be." The made their way toward the entrance of the post office when Angel suddenly stopped. "What? Whats wrong?"
Where's Doyle when you need him? "We need a gift for the oracles, they get a little, ummm, not nice with out one"
"Okay, well I've gotta have something in here…." Buffy started looking through her purse "How's a nail file, will they accept that? No? Yeah, didn't think so. Oh, wait! What about this." Buffy removed from her neck a delicate silver chain with a small diamond heart on it from her neck and handed it to Angel.
"What is this?"
"It's a necklace Riley gave me, I know it's small, but the whole emotional significance of it should boost its value."
Angel gave her a look, what does this mean? "Why would you give it the oracles if you have an emotional attachment to it?"
"It's okay, I have something that I like better" and she pulled a large silver cross out of her bag, which Angel recognized right away. He should, he gave it to her the first time they'd ever met in that ally. He wasn't surprised that she still had it, but he was a tad bit shocked that she carried it around in her purse. "Could you help me with this?" Buffy handed him the necklace and he fumbled with the tiny clasp in his large hands. Angel accidentally brushed the back of Buffy's neck and he saw all the little hairs on her neck stand up on end. He couldn't believe that his touch still had that effect on her. I still got it…They both kind of wandered off into space for a second until Buffy ended the silence.
"Do you think they'll accept the necklace?"
"I don't know, but it's worth a shot, come on lets go."
The two of them stepped into the gateway and were enveloped into to a bright warm light. When they could finally see again they saw that they were standing in front of two god- like things. One female and one male, the oracles.
"Hello warriors" The male spoke first.
"What did you bring us?" asked the female
"This. " Angel tossed her the necklace and she looked rather disappointed
"You lower beings are so unoriginal. Ordinarily we would not accept such a small token, however I can sense its emotional value."
The man spoke again, "Why have you come to us warriors?"
"What do you seek?" asked the female
Angel spoke up "Answers. Buffy is pregnant-"
"and we don't get why, I mean you took back the day." Buffy finished the sentence for him.
The male answered "Yes, the day we could take back, but the life we could not. The child was already conceived before we took the day back. We could fold time to take back the day, but we are not in the business of taking lives."
The female oracle looked upset and cried out "Brother! Why have you lied? There is more to this than you let on."
"Sister, we are not of liberty to share the prophesies! Bite your tounge."
They were in a full on starte down of eachother when a confused Buffy and Angel asked "What prophesies?"
The female oracle stepped up "It is written that two warriors, one a slayer and one a vampire with a soul, will conveive and bare a child, who will be the most powerful woman to ever live. She alone will rid this world of all it's evil in one final battle.
"It's human!" Angel was so relieved by this news but all Buffy could say was "It's a girl!"
The male oracle began to speak "Sister, you are too stubborn for your own good. The Powers will not be happy about what you have done!"
All of a sudden a powerful blue light swirled through the room knocking Angel to the back wall and Buffy on top of him. When the energy subsided, they both sheepishly got up and the oracles addressed them again. "We have been instructed to give you information and two gifts, both to the vampire."
"Hey, why don't I get anything?"
The male presented the first "We give you this." He tossed Angel a small gold ring.
Angle was baffeled by it. "I don't recognize the symbol. What does it mean?"
The Male spoke again. "This is the ring of Ammara. It will shield you from the sun to raise your strong warrior, and before she is born, it will also give you additional strencgth to protect the slayer."
"Umm, hi, yeah. I hate to interrupt, but I'm pretty sure I don't need his protection, no offense." She gave Angel an apologetic face, but then went right back to looking peeved.
"Not today slayer, and not tomorrow, but very soon your pregnancy will hit the three month mark, and when that happens, you will lose all of your power. Temporarily of course- but for six months after that you will have absolutely no supernatural power."
Buffy had a really defeatd look on her face, but continued her fight with the male oracle. "Fine, so after the three month mark I won't patrol anymore, no more danger, no need for the whole protection thingy."
The female oracle decided to try her hand at reasoning with the tempermental slayer. "Warrior, you are going to give birth to the most powerful being on earth when she comes of age. The deamon world will not want to see this happen, and will ultimately attempt to destroy you and your child. The powers need their warriors to keep this world intact, and you will need the vampire to help you. To the vampire we also give this" –
And with that the oracles stepped forward as one and pushed a surge of blue energy though Angels body. He fell to his knees and his eyes flashed with a yellow glow. "BE GONE LOWER BEINGS" The Blue light dissolved and then Buffy and Angel were spat back into the lobby of the post office.
"Oh my god, Angel what happened? Are you okay"
"Yeah, I mean, I feel…."
"What? Angel what do you feel?"
He had a look of amazement and pure glee in his eyes "my soul, its bound. I-I can feel it."
"So no more happiness clause, I mean, you can - we can?"
"yeah, I think so."
"well, wow. So, what's next? What do we do now?"