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"So, now that Willow and Tara are in love, she just gots to go back and get rid of Wilkins, right?" asked Sophie eagerly.
"Not so fast there, Sophie" Tara laughed. "Remember, Willow still thinks that she killed Giles.."
"Isn't this place great?" Willow smiled, snuggled up with Tara as they looked out over the rainforest.
"It is beautiful" Tara agreed. "But there's one thing I don't understand. You were alive all this time. Why didn't you ever come back to Sunny Rock?" Willow sighed, then stood up, moving away from Tara.
"I just needed to get out on my own, live my own life" Willow lied. "I did, and it's great."
"We've really needed you back home" said Tara.
"Nobody needs me.." Willow mumbled.
"Don't say that, we do need you!" Tara cried, moving closer to her. "You're the Queen, you're supposed to rule the Sunnylands!"
"No I'm not, Wilkins is."
"He let the vampires take over the Kingdom!"
"What?" gasped Willow, shocked.
"Everything's destroyed" said Tara. "There's no food, no water.." she grasped her new love's hands tightly in her own, desperately hoping that she could get through to her. "Willow, if you don't do something about this soon everyone could starve, or die." Willow paused for a moment, considering Tara's words, but then pulled her hands out of the other wicca's grip, and turned to walk away.
"I can't go back.." she whispered.
"Why?" Tara yelled after her.
"You wouldn't understand."
"What wouldn't I understand?"
"It doesn't matter. Hakuna Matata" Willow sighed.
"What?" Tara frowned, confused.
"Hakuna Matata. It's something I've learned out here, Xander and Anya live by it" Willow explained. "Sometimes, bad things happen.."
"Willow.." Tara tried to interrupt, but she was ignored.
"And you can't do anything about it, so why worry?" Willow finished.
"Because it's your responsibility!" Tara yelled angrily.
"What about you?" Willow snapped, spinning around. "You left!"
"I left to find help" said Tara. She paused, her voice softening. "And I found you. Don't you understand? You're our only hope."
"I'm sorry, I can't" said Willow. "Go find someone else."
"What happened to you?" Tara frowned. "You're not the Willow I remember."
"You're right, I'm not" said Willow, glaring at the other witch. "Happy now?"
"No, just disappointed" said Tara sadly.
"You're starting to sound like my Father!" Willow yelled.
"Well good, at least one of us does!" Tara shot back.
"You think you can just waltz in here after all these years and tell me how to live my life?" Willow yelled, her expression a mixture of anger, sadness, and pain. "Well you can't, Tara! You have no idea what I've been through!"
"I would if you'd just tell me!"
"Forget it!" Willow shouted as she disappeared into the rainforest.
"Fine then!" Tara yelled back, walking away.
A little later, Willow paced backwards and forwards in a clearing, talking to herself.
"She's wrong, I can't go back! What would it prove anyway? I couldn't change anything." She looked to the stars, calling out to her absent father. "You said you'd always be there for me!" she cried. "But you're not! You're not.." Tears began to stream down Willow's face. "You're not, and it's my fault. It's all my fault." Willow slumped to the ground, sobbing.
"Poor Willow" said Sophie sadly.