I just finished watching the series finale, and I have to say I actually loved it. Personally I usually hate the finales of shows, they usually don't turn out the way I want but, this was a great one. I hated Buffy's I would have preferred they used the end of season five when she died than how they did it, but that's a long and tiring argument I've had with many Buffy fans This isn't the time or place. But, the Charmed finale was great, and Chris is in it! That is always a good thing. So anyways onto the story. Chapter 75 wow, I almost can't believe it. I hope you like it as much as the past 74.
One more thing I was wondering what you meant celestialwitch by choosing from all the BTVS characters. Which is my favorite? Well if that's it defiantly Buffy with Zander a close second. I prefer the high school version of than the later one. I like Spike when he's evil and not in love with Buffy, that creeped me out no offence to Buffy/Spike fans. I love Faith good or evil, she's a great character. I love them all, well except Dawn, I have issues with her, and once again this is not the time or place to discuss them all. I hope I answered your Question, if not let me know.
"Who are you?" Piper demanded.
"Whistler?" Faith said confused.
"Oh, the immortal Demon guy Buffy told us about." Paige recalled. "How can you help us save Buffy?"
"He has the power to save her." Whistler replied.
"I do? No only Gideon can reverse his own magic." Wyatt replied confused.
"Yes, it is a powerful spell but, you have something more powerful, something older, something that can restore life to her." Whistler explained.
"Excalibur." Wyatt realized. "Wait, she said not to."
"Not to trade it, I'm not asking you for, just for you to use it." Whistler explained.
"How?" Wyatt asked.
"Wait." Faith said before Whistler could continue. "B said something, in there, her head, when I was, well you know. Anyways, she said something about being able to tell her whistler from the evil one."
"Evil one?" Piper asked confused. "Well which one is her?"
"I said she could tell, not me. I only met him once and we weren't exactly on the same team then, if you catch my drift." Faith explained.
"It can't hurt to hear him out." Phoebe said nervously watching Buffy's labored breathing.
"Go on." Kyle urged.
"Well, you can't heal her with it, but you can transfer her injuries." He explained.
"Yeah, but to who?" Chris asked suddenly surprising them all.
"To whomever he chooses." Whistler replied.
"Yeah, so we just find someone who wants to die in the next few minutes." Paige said rolling her eyes when they all turned at the sound of a moan.
"Or, you give them back to the one who inflicted them." Whistler replied calmly.
"Or we could just summon a random demon and use it." Piper countered.
"No, she's human, it has to be another. Equal trade, an eye for a n eye and so on." Whistler explained.
"So, I can use Excalibur to kill Bianca and save Buffy." Wyatt asked.
"It's her fault Buffy's dying isn't it?" Whistler asked.
"Buffy said she was tricked." Wyatt replied unsurely. "Chris?"
"I..." Chris trailed off looking from the woman he loved in his arms to the one he...He didn't know exactly how to feel about Bianca, He remembered his love for Buffy, and He remembered his Love for Bianca in the future the one that he'd changed. "She human you know, you saw what it did to Buffy...It has to be your decision Wyatt."
"She did it to save me." Wyatt replied unsurely, could he actually do it, kill a person evil or not.
"You know what you have to do, there's no choice here." Chris replied gazing down at his dying love. "This is the choice the elders where talking about, no matter what you do, your not that man I came back to save. You told me once in that future that there was no such thing as good and evil, that it wasn't all black and white, it was all gray. And you were right, partly, there is a lot more grey than there is black and white. A lot of uncertainty of just where that line is but, your good. I know that. No matter what happens now, I'll always know that's true. "
"So?" Whistler asked impatiently.
"Buffy would never want someone else to die so she could live. She's too good for that, hell she'd probably sacrifice herself for Bianca to save her right now if the positions where reversed. She's given up everything to fulfill her duty, her family, her friends, her life on more than one occasion, her love on more than one occasion, her morals, everything she believed in. She's so damn selfless sometimes I just want to smack her. I wish I could save her." Wyatt replied.
"But you can." Whistler insisted.
"No, like my brother said, there's no choice here, I can't, I wont kill, not to save her, or anyone else." Wyatt replied. "She gave up a lot to make sure I become the man I am today, the one who would turn your offer down, I wont slap her in the face by doing this now."
"So, you'll just let her die?" Whistler asked amazed. "After everything she's done for you. You'll let your brother lose her forever?"
"My dad told me a very wise man once told him, at the end of the day even the most powerful beings can't change what's meant to happen, destiny always wins." Chris replied. "If this is how it's meant too end, then so be it. But as for forever, we all know that in this family there's no such thing as goodbye. Not one that last very long anyways."
""Your all fools." Whistler said disappearing frustrated.
"What do we do now?" Wyatt asked unsurely.
"Pray." Phoebe offered quietly.
"I know I asked you to fight, for me." Chris began struggling to hold back his tears. "And...and you were right, I was lying, I know it hurts. I know you'll keep fighting for me, as long as you can, no matter how much it hurts you. I don't even know if you can hear me, but, I think you can so, I just want you too know, I love you, god I love you so much. I know you think I forgot about you, but I didn't, not really. There was always something missing, I could feel it. And having you back made me feel whole, like everything suddenly makes sense. I know I'm an ass, and moody, and secretive, and many other colorful adjectives my Aunts came up with to mock me with. We'll be together again, I know it, I can feel it, just as strongly as my love for you. And I need you to know, I'll be ok."
"What is he doing?" Wyatt asked quietly watching a tear roll down Piper's cheek as she watched the scene before her.
"He's saying goodbye." Phoebe replied brushing away her own tears.
"No, not exactly." Piper said sadly. "He's letting her go."
"We..we could try to summon an avatar." Paige offered tearfully.
"She's not dead yet." Phoebe said instantly regretting the hardness in her voice.
"No, but she will me, in a few seconds." Piper replied.
"Your not failing me, I understand. I'll be fine. That's a lie and we both know it." Chris sighed. "But I'll try to be. I can wait, you waited so long for me. Now maybe it's my turn."
"Where the hell is...Leo." Piper sighed as he orbed in. "Where the hell have you been."
"Getting this." Leo replied holding out a dagger.
"That's the witch war dagger." Phoebe said confused.
"Yeah, the same one that Buffy used, to steal Gideon's magic." Leo explained.
"Well what the hell are we waiting for, let's use it." Piper began.
"It's not that simple." Leo replied. "Whoever takes in the elders powers will be stuck with them unless we take them out like with Phoebe."
"So?" Paige asked.
"So, it only worked for me because I had no active powers, whoever takes in the powers will also lose theirs when there removed." Phoebe sighed.
"I'll do it." Wyatt declared. "I'll be an elder, or I'll lose my powers, I don't care, I owe her, I owe them both."
"No, this isn't what your destiny is supposed to be, you can't mess with it." Piper replied.
"Then who?" Phoebe asked.
"Wait!" Paige exclaimed. "Remember the witch wars?"
"What do they have to do with anything?" Piper asked.
"When Buffy was stabbed." Paige continued.
"It didn't take her power, it couldn't." Phoebe said remembering.
"Exactly, you can't steal slayer power, and seeing as we have one, well two, well whatever, you know what I mean. Faith can do it, and still be able to give the power back" Paige explained.
"Um, am I the only one confused?" Faith asked.
"We're going to give you Gideon's magic, then you can heal Buffy." Piper explained. "Then we have to stab you to get them back."
"Ok then, let's go." Faith shrugged. "What do I do?" She asked as Leo handed her the dagger.
"Concentrate on the magic, can you feel it entering you?" Phoebe asked. Faith nodded as she was enveloped in white lights.
"Good, oh god we need to hurry." Piper said hurriedly.
"You don't have to fight anymore, it's ok to let go." Chris said unable to hold back his tears anymore. He was oblivious to the scene around him as they softly fell onto Buffy's face.
"I'll walk you through it." Leo said pulling Faith over. As the knelt down beside her Chris looked at them questioningly trough his tears. "Take my hand Leo said as she grabbed holding the other over her wound, Faith mimicked him.
"Chris When I say, pull the dagger out." Leo ordered. "Faith you need to just focus, feel the healing power flow through you."
"It, it wont work." Chris choked.
"Yes it will, you don't understand." Piper began.
"No, I do, she'll resist his magic." Chris explained sadly.
"But not yours." Leo said smiling as he placed Faith's hand in Chris's. "You two ready?" Chris nodded knowing it would all be over in a few seconds, She'd be saved, or she'd be gone. "One...two..three." Leo said pulling the dagger out.
"It's not working!" Faith cried.
"Love, think of how much you love her." Chris demanded his focus never leaving Buffy's face. They all held there breaths as the blood flow seemed to increase. Buffy took on last shaky breath and then gasped her eyes flying open her wound closed as she blinked confused.
"Buffy?" Chris said unsurely.
"You ok B?" Faith asked.
"Me sure, I almost die and wake up to find you holding hands with my boy friend." Buffy glared as Faith and Chris quickly pulled apart. "You'll never change will you?"
"Nope." Faith said with a small smile.
"Good." Buffy sighed smiling at the group around her, "Cheer up people I'm fine."
"You scared us." Piper chastised.
"Sorry, But you should know by now, even when I do die, it's never for to long." Buffy grinned. "Don't ever do that to me again." Chris said pulling her tightly into his arms.
"Does anyone else here jingling?" Faith asked looking around confused.
"It's the elder powers." leo explained.
"I'd like to give them back now." Faith replied anxiously.
"Who wants the honors?" Phoebe asked with a grinned as they all thought back to last time they'd been in this position.
"B's had practice." Faith offered.
"That's a low blow." Buffy said shaking her head.
"I didn't say I didn't deserve it." Faith shrugged.
"Not me, I'm a pacifist." Kyle said smirking.
"Way to play the white lighter card." Paige said slapping him lightly on the arm.
"I don't stab people I barely know." Phoebe said turning to Cole.
"Hey, me either...anymore." Cole replied indignantly.
"Your Family is nits." Buffy laughed.
"I know, but then again I seem to attract that type." Chris teased.
"Hey, your not so normal either." Buffy replied smirking.
"We never really got around to finishing our discussion, before the demon attack, and well all this." Chris began. "We need to figure out what this means. Where do we go from here?"
"Chris." Buffy said shaking her head.
"I'm talking to much again aren't I?" Chris asked smiling. Buffy nodded as he learned over cupping her face as their lips met.
"Well B, I think it's up too..." Faith trailed off as they all turned to find the couple seemed to forget that they were even there. It would be a strange scene to anyone else, a horrifying one perhaps as they lay wrapped in each other's embrace in the middle of a pool of blood that moments ago had been steadily flowing out of the woman. Their clothes torn and dirty from the fight. But here in the middle of the dirty abandon where house, they were together and that's all that mattered to them. Subtle coughing was lost on them as they were completely lost in each other. Christopher! Buffy!" Piper shouted catching their attention. Chris groaned as they broke apart. He flashed a wicked grin at buffy before turning to face the amused group.
"Hey mom." He grinned getting off Buffy and helping her to her feet.
"Why does this always happen to me." Buffy asked blushing.
"Well, if you'd just stab me you and your little boy toy can go bump monkeys all you want." Faith replied smirking.
"Why is it you always know just the right thing to say to make me want to stab you?" Buffy asked taking the dagger. She paused mid swing the tip of the dagger just about to connect as a glowing ball of gold light zipped into the room.
"What is that?" Faith asked.
"Destiny coming to bite me in the ass again." Buffy sighed.
