FIC: Born Again (14/14)

["cilia" <cilia@xxxxx>]

Hello dears,
Well the Born Again story is reaching it's end. See Author's notes in
part 00 for further details.
Yours Faithful Bard
Cilia

Title: Born Again
Part: 14
Author: Cilia
E-mail: cilia@xxxxx
Feedback: Please god yes
Distribution and Archiving: Sure go for it
Disclairment: You know it.
Summary: This little story began as attempt to do something new and
different. It focuses almost entirely on Willow and her adventures in th Old
World (Europe). Some time has past and we begin the story when we meet an
older more experience Willow, still old friends are around the corner and
Buffy never more then a phonecall away.
So I hope you enjoy this work,
Notes: You can find the missing parts at http://www.mmedia.is/~cilia/again
and then I wish to thank my beta Ollie and my critique Stan

Born Again
Cilia


Epilogue

Willow strolled through the City, her city. She owned a part of it now, as
far as the vampire community went anyways. She ended her walk at her
favorite café it was located close to her street's church. She placed her
laptop on the table next to a cup of steaming coffee and opened her Slayer's
Journal file.

"Weeks have past since the defeat of Crimson and her hordes, but the
community is preparing for her eventual return. First law of vampires though
makes her immediate return highly unlikely. It goes something like this: The
best way to defeat your enemy is to outlive him, but I never established
whether or not Crimson is a vampire. Susan and Spike are getting along
without killing each other, maybe they'll get together, then again maybe
not. I've promised Spike I won't "help" him."

Willow sipped her coffee with a smile.

"I must admit that I'm feeling a little lonely. Seeing Spike and
Susan at the beginning of something more and then witnessing the. thing
Nathaniel and Danielle share makes me long for someone to cuddle with.
Sister Agnes tells me that I should go looking for it, as does Father
Ezekiel, but they also believe that you should be a virgin at marriage, well
Father Ezekiel does, Agnes is more of a realist."

"I've made explanations to the Council that my temporary alliance
with the Masters was necessary to save the City and that my seat at the
Masters Council is necessary for me to function in this city. Still I
believe we must rethink our strategy here and I've sent memos to various
Watchers on the subject."

Willow saved her entry and closed her laptop.
"I've heard that there is a restaurant around here were you can
watch the sunrise over a glass of red wine," a voice that sounded like silk
to Willow's ear said from behind her.
"Given I'm a little new to the city I could use a guide," it
said.
Willow eyes were wide with amazement as she slowly stood and turned around.
"Hey Wills," Buffy Summers, Slayer Prime and her best friend in
the whole world and beyond greeted with a beaming smile.
"Come on say something?" Buffy asked after Willow had stared
blankly at her for way to long given Buffy's attention span.
"Dance with me?" Willow asked and offered Buffy her hand.
"Excuse me?" Buffy asked.
"Humor an old friend," Willow said as she led Buffy onto the
plaza.
While they danced all seemed to fade away around them, the loneliness
disappeared and was replaced with joy.
"Willow, why are we dancing in the square?" Buffy asked as they
waltzed around the church plaza.
"Cause I feel like it and because we need the practice," Willow
answered.
"Is there going to be a dance?" Buffy asked.
"Yep and I want to show up with the most beautiful woman in the
world, but I had to make sure she knew how to dance first," Willow answered
with a grin.
"Well I'm in the City for three hours and already being asked
out on a date," Buffy stated.
"Were are you staying?" Willow asked.
"Spike's and yes he did arrange for me to come here," Buffy
answered.
"I've got to remember to thank him," Willow said as their
dancing slowed and ended with Willow playfully kissing Buffy's nose.
"Now I want to hear everything," Buffy said with a laugh as
Willow led her back to the table.
"Well, we have all the time in the world," Willow answered with
a smile.
They sat and watched the sun set as friends, slayers and later lovers. Time
changes people and it had changed them. Love can, as it had with them, be
realized through the pain of separation and though their time would be short
they'd lived each moment to the fullest, as it has always been with their
kind, the Slayers of myth. Their parting would be filled with tears, but not
sadness. Never again with sadness. Because now they were fighting, as they
always had, for that finer world and now also for that single moment of
peace, that brief elapse in the never-ending battle in which they could lay
down their weapons and rest within each others arms, if only for a moment.
"Cause sometimes fleeting moments is all the time we have to
love," Willow said as she studied Buffy's sleeping face.

The End.