FIC: Armageddon: the final chapter

["sam " <shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxx>]

Title: The Armageddon: Epilogue
Author: Shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxx
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters commonly associated
with Buffy the Vampire Slayer; they are used without permission. No
copyright infringement is intended.
Archive: Just ask
Pairing: B/W
Note: The group closes a chapter in their lives with a interesting
twist. feedback is appreciated

Chapter 8: Standing on the edge of forever

LA

The six of them sat in the Hotel room in silence waiting for them to
return. The news reports were coming in rapidly, apparently a rather
large earthquake had hit what remained of Sunnydale destroying what
was left of their home, but they knew better, they knew the truth.
All the sudden a blue light radiated from the far side of the room
quickly taking the shape of a door way, and tears of pure joy filled
their eyes as Buffy and Willow stepped through it, they had survived
but something had changed. They all could sense it, something about
the two girls was different now.

"Your O.K." Said Joyce Summers as her and the Rosenburgs got
up and went to hug their daughters.

"That is an understatement" Replied Buffy

The group hugged on another for over a half hour. It was Giles who
spoke the words that were on everyone's mind, "What is going on
with the two of you"

Several minuets later they once again sat in silence, stunned at what
they had been told. One word kept echoing in their mind, Immortal.

They spent the next several days mourning over fallen friends and
trying to get used to the life that had been placed before them. It
seemed that Talon, Guardian of the Chosen, had spent the last several
hundred years sending various agents to the mortal realm to establish
secret trust accounts throughout the word and making very shrewd
business deals. The Goddess gift had made Buffy and Willow forever,
and Talons gift assured that none of them would ever have to worry
about money again. He had even shown Willow how to use her abilities
as a mage to foretell the stock market. The greatest news however
was that the battle had ended it all. There were to be no more
Hellsmouths, no more vampires and demons to fight. When the age of
Chaos had ended so had the evil forces that had plagued the world.

They were all planning their future but one thing was for certain
even if they rebuilt it none of them were going back to Sunnydale.
The girls parents had spent the last couple of days trying to
convince them that even immortals needed a college education and they
were overjoyed when the two girls relented and agreed to go to UCLA
after a year off of course, they had earned that.

Willow sat on the hotel room her and her one true love were currently
sharing until they got a place of their own. She was nervously
anticipating Buffy's return, clenching tightly to the ring box
that was in her jacket pocket.

Buffy walked through the door smiling that beautiful smile of hers.
Before Willow could say anything the love of her life spoke, "We
need to Talk"

"I agree", This would be as good a time as any she thought as
she clutched the box that contained the engagement ring she had
brought for Buffy.

Buffy sat down next to Willow and for a few seconds they just looked
at each other. She then reached into her pocket to produce an
engagement ring only to see that Willow was holding a similar one in
her hands. They looked at each other and in unison said, "Will
you marry Me"

They then looked at one another slipping the rings they held on each
others fingers, words were not necessary the both knew the others
answer to the question that had been asked.

The Days leading up to the wedding were hectic. Joyce Summers had
brought a townhouse on the outskirts of San Francisco and was opening
an art gallery there, it was something she had always dreamed of
doing. Giles had found a place in Los Angles and was spending all of
his time reading the great books that he had been neglected by his
watcher duties. He was immersed in the works of Dickens, Emerson,
all they greats. The Rosenburgs had set up hose in San Francisco and
were restarting their prospective practices. To everyone's surprise
and delight Xander and Anya moved into an apartment together and were
getting ready to attend UCLA in the fall.

The only bad news that had come since that faithful night in
Sunnydale was that Buffy's Dad refused attend the wedding. He
could not accept the fact that she was involved and getting married
to another woman.

"It's not far, He is suppose to understand", cried a
upset slayer.

"Forget about him Buffy, if he can not accept us then forget
about him" Willow spoke, her words filled with anger, both of her
parents were so understanding how come Buffy's Dad couldn't
see that
they completed one another, that they were happy together.

"but it hurts in side"

"I know but we will get through this, together"

"Together"

"Till the end of time then some"

Buffy smiled as she looked at her beloved, "I love you"

"And I love you" Willow said as she leaned over and placed a
gentle kiss on Buffy's cheek"

Buffy looked at Willow and spoke, "Well there is only one thing
to do then"

"And what might that be" Willow said as she watched Buffy get
up and walk over to the phone.

"The thing that feels most right" With that she walked over
to the phone and began to dial.

Willow watched as Buffy started to talk to whoever she had called and
as soon as she heard her love speak she knew that it was defiantly
the best ting to do. Buffy's words were simple "Giles, I was
wondering if you would give me away"

San Francisco

They all had gathered there in the park, and stood there watching as
Giles walked Buffy Down the isle followed by Willow and her father.
There wasn't a dry eye in the placed as they listen to the
wedding vows being said.

"Do You Buffy take Willow to be your Wife"

"I Do"

"And do you Willow take Buffy to be your wife"

"And by the power invested in me I pronounce you Buffy and Willow
Rosenburg-Summers"

Buffy and Willow then lifted their veils and gently kissed one
another as everyone attending broke out into applause. It was with
that kiss they closed the final chapter on their old lives. All
those years of vampire slaying, all the battles they had fought, all
the pain they had felt, were all gone in a instant with a simple
kissed that bound them to one another from now through all eternity.

2356: New Chicago

Willow Rosenburg-Summers smiled as she looked accrosed the room of
their house at her lovely ageless wife. It had taken the two of them
a while to get used to the idea of immortality. The hardest part was
when they began losing there friends and family, but they had seen
each other through it. She was glad that Buffy's father
reconciled with his daughter before time took him, it made it easier
on her beloved that way. They both were comforted by the thought
that their loved ones were with the Goddess watching over them.

"A penny for your thoughts" Buffy asked the women she loved
who for a second seemed to be lost in her own thought.

"I was just dwelling on the last three hundred years or so"

"And?"

"And I was thinking about our old friend and family"

"I think somebody needs a hug", With that said Buffy got up
and walked over to Willow giving her a humungous hug.

"Do you feel like visiting them again", Willow asked

"Buffy stepped back from her wife reaching out her hand to Willow
and said, "Shall We"

With that Willow got up took Buffy's hand in her own and with her
other hand opened up a porthole into the afterlife as she had done so
many times before so they could visit once again with those who had
left this realm. As they walked through the porthole Willow thought
to herself being an immortal mage does have its advantages.