Disclaimers:
Buffy, Willow and all of the other characters and places from the show are © to Joss Whedon, WB and Mutant Enemy et al. everyone and everything else is mine. None of my characters are meant to resemble anyone living, dead or un-dead, if you see yourself you are looking way too hard.
Please note that this work contains descriptions of sexual acts between consenting adult women. It was written in a jurisdiction where it was legal to do so. If this offends you, don't read.
Please note that things perceived by characters other than by the five acknowledged senses have been enclosed in $$.
Notes: The Latin and Gaelic are mine; I take the responsibility for any Translations of them. In addition, the descriptions of the rituals, spells and other craft work come from my traditions, and may not be familiar to North Americans, so please don't take offence if something described here does not match your traditions or what you think it should.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Ivy, Sam and Bill for their input and suggestions into this while it was still a work in progress; you helped me out of several plot jams. Thanks to my significant other for all of her patience and perseverance. Thanks to my family for putting up with my not being around for great lengths of time. And finally to everyone who read and commented on the draft of this work, their input was more than valuable, it kept me writing.
Thanks for all the reviews.
This is an old story, previously posted on a number of other sites. To meet with admin requirements here the various song lyrics have been removed.
Epilogue - Acta Est Fibula
(The play is over)
On a darkened world, many realities removed from the one which Buffy and Willow just departed, a demon lord sat contemplating the news he had just received.
"What happed," he asked a lieutenant, "how could things have got out of hand so quickly?"
"I don't know my lord," replied the nervous aide, "but the effects have been substantial. We have lost access to that part of the network for at least the next ten generations, and the power supply feeding our worlds, has been diminished by at least fifteen percent."
"I know that fool," replied the lord as he began to pace, "what I don't know, and you had better find out but quick, is how it happened, and, who is responsible."
"Your will lord," replied the demon, as he left his masters presence.
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Deep within the magical realm, which formed part of the void between the various realities, the Goddess though to herself, "Things are going well, but I've had it easy till now. The gods of Chaos will not sit still for much longer as I try to undo their millennia of meddling. Things will start to move quickly now."
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In the town of Morning Breeze the Sage Frankel, the slayer Sonya and the guardsman Daithi were just finishing their early breakfast.
"What now," asked Sonya?
"Now we pack up everyone and head back to the capital, to see if we can rebuild what the demons have destroyed," replied Frankel.
"Then we head out and finish the rest of them off," added Daithi.
"I hope they arrived ok," said Sonya changing the subject.
"I'm sure they did," replied Frankel.
"I'm just thinking," continued the slayer, "that we haven't seen the last of them."
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In a cosy bedroom in the town of Sunnydale, four young women slept intertwined together on a large comfortable bed. They had been so tired after their arrival and after answering countless questions from Buffy and Willow's friends and family that as soon as they got to the room they had collapsed without undressing.
One of the figures detached herself from the others and made her way towards the window, where she stood, staring out at the 'modern' world. She reached out a hand to her lover as she came up quietly beside her. Holding hands they looked out at the world.
$How Willow? How did this happen?$
$I made a booboo, lover.$
$But the whole year gone?$
$Well, not gone, exactly, just not experienced by anyone on this world, that's all.$
Buffy turned from the window and enveloped her lover in a deep embrace, $could you believe the way everyone reacted?$
$I thought mom and dad would have kittens,$ agreed Willow, mentally smiling at the memory.
$And Giles, and the others; I thought that they would never stop asking questions.$
$At least they let us send Amana and Grael to the hospital, without too many questions, first.$
$I don't think they're done with in inquisition yet.$
$No kidding,$ agreed Willow, $just think, you haven't had to deal with your mother yet.$
$Maybe this is all just a dream,$ said Buffy hopefully.
Just then the two women heard the whimpers and cries of two hungry, wet daughters.
$Guess not,$ said the arch-mage, "time to tend to the children."
Hand in hand the two lovers made their way into the rest of their lives.
FINIS
A/N – thanks again for all of your reviews.
That's it for this one; I hope to soon begin posting the follow on story – Si Vis Amari, Ama (If you want to be loved, love), this will be a cross over with Harry Potter. Needless to say the Buffy part will continue to be AU after season 4 and the Harry Potter portion will be AU after book 6 – that is not to say that some of book 7 will not be used, but do not be surprised if most of it is 'altered'.