Music In Our Hearts Chapter 6: Break The Spell, a buffy: the vampire slayer fanfic

Music In Our Hearts

Chapter 6: Break The Spell

"Willow, I'm so sorry." Buffy hugged the sobbing redhead close to comfort her.

Sniffling, Willow sat up and looked Buffy in the eyes.

"Well... at... at least... you're... you worked... worked things out... with Faith." She said between sniffles. Buffy grabbed her hands, but looked at Faith, who was sitting on the other side of Willow, a sour expression on her face. Buffy made a mental note to talk to Faith about that later.

"Yeah, well, right now, you're upset, so let's just focus on getting you to feel better before Faith and I start rubbing it in." Buffy joked, trying to get Willow's spirits up.

Willow chuckled a bit. "Nah, it's okay. You two are finally happy. Be happy. I'm happy for you. Besides, I think it might help, seeing someone else happy. I'm not the 'stop being happy so I can get over it' type of person. I'm more the 'please be happy so everything else won't seem so bad' type. Please. I really wanna talk about you two, not me and Tara." Willow got up and sat down across from them in a chair so they could sit together. Faith instantly scooted over and put her arm around Buffy's shoulders.

"Okay." Buffy agreed.

"So how'd you guys work it out?" Willow asked. "I mean, Buffy, the last time I saw you, a few days ago, you were all mopey and depressed, and not-wanting-to-come-out-of-bed. Now you're chipper. How'd that happen?"

"Faith showed up at Angel's."

"Oh." Willow said sarcastically. "That explains everything."

Faith smirked and spoke up.

"I was just wanderin' around for a while, that's all. Since I... Since I left B in the cemetary, I just wandered around Cali for a while, goin' north or south or east or west. Just picked a direction and started walkin' Eventually, I found myself in LA, so I thought I'd drop in on Angel for a visit, maybe see if I could bully my way into stayin' with him for the night, gettin' a nice bed to sleep in, ya know?"

Buffy and Willow both nodded, though she'd told Buffy this already.

"Well, Angel called B and told her I was with him. Pissed me off at first, but then when he hung up, he told me that I needed to rest for the night and think about what I was gonna say the next day when he called her back for me to talk to her. Well, it did get me to thinkin', and I had this whole speech planned out, I was gonna bitch at her like there was no tomorrow, but I never got to. We called, but she wouldn't answer. I thought she just didn't want to talk to me. Well, finally, later on, Buffy surprised me by actually showing up at Angel's. I was just about to leave, but then she showed up, and I kinda figured I'd cut her some slack seein' as she just ran all night to see me."

"Oh, please." Buffy snorted. "You weren't going to bitch at me, you were going to beg me to take you back. And you didn't decide to cut me some slack, you felt the anger just wash away as soon as you saw me." Buffy winked.

"Okay, so we both have our own versions, let's just let Red decide for herself what actually happened." Faith laughed.

"Okay." Buffy laughed, too.

"But there is one thing neither of us can deny." Faith said, almost as an afterthought. "When we saw each other there, we were, and still are, unbelieveably horny."

"Okay, I wouldn't have put it quite like that." Buffy said. "But yeah."

"Well, why don't you go take care of it?" Willow asked.

"Eww! Don't encourage them!" Dawn shouted from her room, where she'd been listening in through the air ducts.

"Do your homework, Dawn!" Buffy shouted.

"Last time I tried to do that, it tried to kill me!"

"What?" Buffy asked Willow.

"Long story." Willow waved it off, but sighed when she saw Buffy's expression. "But I'll shorten it. Okay, so I cast a spell that would make studying more fun for Dawn. It was supposed to bring the pictures in her books to life, but instead, it brought some indians out of her history book that tied her up and... tried to... scalp... her."

"What?!" Buffy shouted.

"But Tara stopped them!"

"That's not the point! Willow, if you ask me, and I'm no expert or anything, but if you ask me, you're using too much magic."

"Yeah. That's what Tara said."

"Well, there you go. Will, I'm only saying this because I care about you. I think you should stop using magic for a while."

"Tara thought so, too."

"I think you should listen to her."

Willow nodded, obviously agreeing.

"I'm going to. I'm giving up magic for a while."

Buffy nodded and looked at Faith.

"Look, Red, whatever you need... We'll help you out, okay?" Willow nodded to Faith in thanks.

"We should start by getting rid of anything related to magic." Buffy said, and Willow stayed put while Faith and Buffy set to work getting rid of all crystals, candles, magic books and ingredients for spells and potions. Finally, Buffy brought Willow a crystal and handed it to her.

"This is the last thing that we know of, Will. This is the only connection left to magic in the house. If you're serious about giving it all up, you need to be the one to finish the job." Buffy said, looking Willow dead in the eyes.

Willow looked down at the crystal. It was large, and untainted by dust or dirt, or any flakes of rock around it. It was a deep purple in color. An obviously powerful crystal. Something that would not be easy to give up. Faith and Dawn stood off to the side, watching, and Buffy joined them in watching Willow take the first step. Willow was still for a long time, just looking down at the crystal. Finally, she walked forward slowly and put the crystal in the box with everything else.

She closed thebox and duct taped it shut. She got excessive with the duct tape, it was doubtful even Buffy or Faith could just rip it open anymore, though a knife, or magic would certainly get the job done. But it was a small step. Willow returned to her seat and covered her eyes.

"Get rid of it." She said, though it came out as a plea.

Buffy nodded. If Willow was the one to get rid of it, she'd know where to look to get it all back. It was a leap of faith, trusting Buffy to get rid of it all.

"Now Willow, did we get everything? And I mean everything."

Willow hesitated before answering.

"No." She said. She went up to her room. The room she'd shared with Tara. She came down with two boxes of birthday candles and a small pouch of small crystals and handed it all to Buffy.

"That's everything." Willow said, tears in her eyes.

"You sure?"

Willow nodded.

"I'm sure."

She sat down again and watched as Buffy put the candles and crystals in her pocket, then grabbed the box and carried it out to the car.

"Dawn, stay with Willow, please." Faith asked as she walked out to join Buffy. The two of them drove away, all of Willow's magic in the back of the car.

When they got back, the box, and the items in Buffy's pocket were gone, and Willow was still sitting right where they'd left her.

"Well, you got rid of all my magic stuff, but how are you going to stop me from using magic?" Willow asked. "I mean, I can still do small stuff. Use words, or do things with my mind."

"Sorry, Will. That's up to you. You need to have the control to not do anything like that. We can't help you with that, but we can support you."

"We'll do everything we can, Red."

Willow nodded, grateful for the support of her friends.

She decided to turn in for the night, so she said good night to Buffy, Dawn and Faith and went up to her room

She closed the door and gave in to the sudden urge inside her.

Music started somewhere, Willow couldn't see where. She just shrugged and let herself sing.

"Like a moth into a flame, I'm hypnotized. And like a stone, I'm paralyzed 'cause I can't look away. You found your way under my skin, and I'm trying not to love you, but I hate the way I keep on giving into you, like I always do. No matter how hard I try. Or maybe, could it be, that you're the part of me that's keeping me alive?

"I could fight you until the end, but I'll lose you if I win. So I guess I'll just keep giving into you like I always do. No matter how hard I try. Or maybe, could it be, that you're the part of me that's keeping me alive?

"This feeling is far from sober. It's beauty buried deep inside. You're the only one who gets me high, and I know it's far from over. As you can see, you're the part of me that's keeping me alive.

"How am I supposed to break this spell you have me under? I'm so addicted to the pain, I've got your poison running through my veins. The way you pull me in, the way you chew me up, the way you spit me out... I keep coming back, I can't get enough. I can't go without you. The way you pull me in, the way you chew me up, the way you spit me out... I keep coming back, I can't get enough. I can't go without you... I keep coming back, I can't get enough. I can't go without you."

The music faded slowly and Willow felt a huge relief as the urge faded with it. She pulled a small crystal from her night stand, the one piece of magic she hadn't been able to give up.

She held it tightly in her hands as she crawled into bed and fell asleep.

The song used in this chapter is "Break The Spell" by Daughtry. I know, I know. Again with Daughtry, but in my defense, no one's giving me any requests. Well, I have two suggestions, but I can't find a suitable place for them, so... Anyway, with no suggestions, I can only use what I know, and Daughtry is just that awesome. So, with that said, in case it wasn't clear, Willow was NOT singing about Tara, she was singing about her addiction to magic, saying there's no way she can completely give it up, as is apparent by the fact that she kept a crystal without Buffy knowing. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter. Please review!