Title: Ghost Symphony
TV Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Author: Beloved Slayer
Rating: T
Summary: Buffy discovers that Angel is just a figment of her imagination. Or is he?
Author's Note: Originally a one shot. I know this story may be a bit unusual in that it may be teetering towards angst/supernatural thriller or suspense, but I do believe in that it never hurts to venture into other themes once in a while besides the usual happy ever after/fluff stories. I was intending to make this chapter more longer than the previous one, but I decided to keep them short instead of dragging them on. Anyways, thanks to all of you who left reviews. Enjoy chapter two!
Chapter Two
Dawn was approaching. I could feel the sun's rays welcoming itself through the open ceilings above me. I hadn't moved an inch since I arrived here last night. The tears hadn't stopped then; they still continued. I still placed myself in mourning, my head now buried in the palms of my hands, the fingers splayed through tendrils of my roused hair.
If I stayed any longer, my body temperature would plummet and the threat of catching the cold or pneumonia would rise. It wasn't exactly a mansion created out of mere love or homely comfort; it was isolating, not to mention, freezing. I had to leave this place. Somehow, I couldn't force myself to unfold my legs. They held firmly in place against my will.
I remembered nothing. Even the reason for why I had cried in the first place came up empty. Whatever lingering memories I had left, they were suddenly gone. The existence of Angel was officially no longer present, and my soul entered a despair that I had never experienced until late last night.
The puzzle pieces that used to complete me no longer did. It was no longer a part of what made me into who I was.
With that realization, fresh tears pooled at my eye ducts, blurring my vision. Too absorbed with my grief, I hadn't noticed the mansion's structure becoming unstable, because it never was the many times I had visited it before.
To my horror and lack of observation, it was now, apparently. Seconds later, I felt a shifting beneath me as the infrastructure begin to break apart, as if it was experiencing an early morning aftershock.
"Oh, God," I muttered with worry, quickly scurrying to my feet as a tall 12th century Chinese dynasty porcelain vase behind me abruptly tumbled to the floor, shattering. The mass ceilings were trembling, breaking apart and separating into intricate cracks. Less than a minute later, they fell in shambles, one narrowing missing me by a few inches.
I turned and sprinted towards the double doors that I had entered the previous evening, venturing into the garden that bloomed with hibiscus and jasmine flowers, never aware of the fact that there was a silver item glinting underneath the falling mansion.
From where I stood, it looked like a piece of jewelry; more like a ring from what I can tell. I wonder who it belonged to? Someone must had lost it while visiting the mansion. The poor thing.
Shaking the question from my mind, I stopped in my tracks, turning to see that the mansion had ceased to exist; even the foundation was no longer there.
A nanosecond later, the shock and horror of seeing the mansion falling into piles of rubble had also been snatched from my mind. Now, the images of the mansion never existed, even while I was trying to summon the memory of just being there.
What the? I now had to try to figure out what the hell was happening, and who or what was stealing my memories.
I knew what I had to do. I had to turn to Giles.
A/N: I don't want to give too much of the plot away, but what's been happening is that there's some forces out there in the universe who are trying by any means to keep Buffy and Angel apart. With this story, I decided to try something different than the usual methods the Hellmouth would try to accomplish when it comes to keeping the Slayer and the vampire with a soul separated, with the exception of fate of course. Is Angel dead, just a figment of Buffy's imagination? Well, it's too early to say, and I don't want to answer that just yet. You'll have to wait and see. I hope the chapter is not too confusing for you guys. As always, all feedback is welcome, and the third chapter will be posted as soon as I'm able to.