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"Yes" Tara agreed, "But luckily for Willow, she had a special friend to keep an eye out for her.."

Lorne sat in a nearby tree, watching the sobbing wicca for a little while longer before finally deciding to make his move. He began to chant. Willow looked up, a little surprised by the demon's presence, although not entirely bothered by it. Obviously not recognising Lorne as the shaman who had presented her at her birth, she looked away, sighing, and trying to ignore him. Eventually, the chanting began to annoy Willow, so she got up and walked to the lagoon she had visited with Tara just a few hours before. She picked up a rock, skipping it across the water's surface. Lorne followed her, still chanting, and chose another tree.

"Would you cut it out?" Willow snapped, annoyed.

"I can't cut it out, it'll just grow back" Lorne chuckled, before continuing to chant. Willow tried to leave, but Lorne followed her again.

"Stop following me, you creepy demon!" she yelled. "Who are you anyway?"

"The real question" said Lorne, "Is who are you?" Willow jumped, slightly taken aback by the demon's question.

"I thought I knew" she sighed. "But now I'm not so sure.."

"I know exactly who you are" said Lorne, beckoning for Willow to come closer. "Come here, it's a secret.." Willow obeyed. Lorne leaned in as if to whisper something into her ear, then began chanting again, before bursting into a fit of laughter.

"Enough! That's not funny!" Willow snapped. "What does it even mean?"

"It means, you're a demon and I'm not!" Lorne chuckled.

"I think you're kind of confused" Willow frowned. She turned to walk away, and was startled when Lorne suddenly jumped down in front of her.

"Wrong!" he yelled. "I'm not the one whose confused here. You don't even know who you are!"

"And you do?" said Willow, annoyed.

"Of course I do!" Lorne grinned, gently cuffing her on the cheek. "You're Giles's girl!" Willow was stunned, unable to speak. "Well, bye!" said Lorne, heading off.

"Hey!" Willow called, shaking herself out of her trance and chasing after the demon. "Hey wait, come back!" She followed the footprints Lorne had left behind, eventually finding him meditating in another clearing. "You knew my father?"

"Correction" said Lorne, cracking one eye open. "I know your father."

"Well, I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this" said Willow sadly, "But my father died a long time ago."

"Wrong again!" cried Lorne, startling the young wiccan royal as he suddenly leapt to his feet. "He's alive! Come on, I'll show him to you!" The demon ran into the forest, alternating between dashing through the undergrowth and leaping through the trees. "Just follow you're old pal Lorne, he knows the way!"

"Hey!" cried Willow as she chased after the demon, struuggling to keep up. "Wait, wait for me!" She tripped over at one point, but quickly scrambled to her feet, luckily managing to keep Lorne in sight. "You're going too fast!" she called desperately. Eventually, the demon stopped near a small pool of water.

"Look" he told Willow. "There he is." Willow looked into the pool, but only saw herself.

"That's not my father!" she yelled at Lorne, angry at his apparent deception. Above them, the sky rumbled as a mass of clouds moved together. "That's just my reflection!"

"Well, that's the point Willow-tree" said Lorne, placing a hand on the rightful queen's shoulder. "Your father lives. He lives in you." With that, Lorne once again dashed off into the trees.

"Hey, where are you.." Willow began, but was soon distracted by a very familiar voice, seemingly coming from the sky.

"Willow.."

"Daddy?" Willow looked up, gasping to see Giles' face in the clouds, looking down on her. She almost felt like she was five years old again.

"Willow, you have forgotten me" said Giles sadly.

"No!" Willow cried, tears filling her eyes once again. "No, how could I.."

"You have forgotten who you are, and so you have forgotten me" said Giles. "Look inside yourself, Willow. You are more than what you have become. You must take your place in the great circle of life."

"How can I go back?" Willow yelled to the sky. "I'm not who I used to be!"

"Remember who you are. You are my daughter, and the one true queen." As the clouds moved, the image of Giles began to fade. "Remember who you are.."

"No!" cried Willow, chasing after the clouds when she realised what was happening. "Please don't leave me!"

"Remember.."

"Daddy!"

"Remember..

"Please come back, I need you!"

"Remember who you are.." Giles disappeared, leaving only a regular cloud behind. Willow paused, wiping her eyes. She knew what she had to do.

"Yay!" said Sophie.