FF: Realms (2/?)

["sam stoltz" <shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Realms
By
Sam

Title: Realms: (2/?)
email: shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxxxxxx 
Disclaimer: Unfortunately I do not own any of the characters 
associated with Buffy the Vampire Slayer; they belong to Joss. I am 
only taking them out to play for a while. This is only met to 
entertain, no copyright infringement is intended.
Spoilers: Everything is fair game 
Archive: Gary, Bill, all others feel free to post them just send me 
an Email to let me know.
Pairing: B/W (it's getting closer, honest)
Note: Fey talks to Tara, Willow talks to Fey, Buffy talks to Faith, 
and....
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Willow sat within the circle gazing at Tara, her mind kept playing 
Fey's words over and over, <It is not met to be>. A tear rolled down 
Willow's cheek as she continued to wait for the blonde witch to come 
out of the trance, What was happening with them, why did her vision 
tell her Tara was not the one and nothing more.  

Fey watched as Tara tried to avoid looking at her, "Child look at me 
when I am speaking."

"S-s-sorry," replied Tara as she made eye contact with Fey.

"Did you forget why you were sent?"

"No." replied Tara, her voice barely above a whisper.

"Then could you refresh my memory, because it sure looks like you did 
to me"

Tara lowered her head and looked at her feet as she began to 
speak, "I was s-sent..."

Fey cut Tara off in mid-sentence, "I told you to look at me when you 
are talking."

Tara lifted her head back up and continued, "To help the Willow," Fey 
could barely hear Tara as she finished off the rest of the 
sentence, "and the slayer."

Fey frowned at the girl when she saw that Tara was done speaking, "I 
see that not only are you conveniently leaving off the rest of the 
instructions I gave you when you where sent to outer earth from the 
ethereal but you have altered them to the point where the slayer has 
become a side note."

Fey then walked over to Tara and put her hand on the girls 
shoulder, "Listen to me child, I have know your mother for a very 
long time and you are like a daughter to me, but I can not permit you 
this to continue any longer. You have permitted yourself fall in 
love with the Wicca knowing that she is met for another and the time 
has come for that to be corrected."  

Fey paused for a moment and place her hand under Tara's chin, lifting 
her head up so she could look the blonde directly in they eyes, "I am 
afraid that no matter how much it pains you that you must fix what 
you have broken and then work to accomplish what you were sent to do."

."B-b-but I l-l-love Willow."

"I know but you were sent to aid the slayer, to help her find the 
love that she so desperately needs to make her whole."

Fey paused for a second to make sure that Tara was paying full 
attention to her and when she was sure the girl was she continued, "I 
told you before you even entered outer earth who it was that could 
complete the slayer however you chose to ignore that and allowed 
yourself to fall for her, creating a relationship that is breaking 
the slayers heart." 

Tara hung her head in shame knowing that everything Fey had said was 
true. Tears started to freely flow down the blondes face as she 
thought about what had to be done. "H-h-ow can I......make t-things 
right?"

"I'm am afraid that there is only one way, you reveal everything.  
Take the Wicca to the watcher and tell the two of them of your 
mission, the nature of the Realms, and why this particular slayer is 
more important than any other slayer before her. After you have 
told them take the Wicca aside and reveal to the feelings the slayer 
has for her and how she is the one who holds the key to the slayers 
heart."

Tara nodded her head then softly asked, "After I have done all of 
this will I be allowed to return home."

"I am afraid not child, you must then finish what you started."

"I don't understand what you're saying?"

"You have taken it upon yourself to help the Wicca how to unlock and 
channel the magic that resides in her. Her powers can be of great 
benefit to both the slayer and her, so you must continue to aid her 
in reaching her full potential, but at the same time you must ensure 
that you do not interfere with her relationship with the slayer."

Tara went to speak only to find herself sitting accrosed from 
Willow. The redhead leaned over and wrapped her arms around 
Tara. "I see you finally decided to come back to me," replied Willow 
just before she placed a gentle kiss on the blondes forehead.

Tara jerked back and Willow could see that Tara was crying, "What's 
wrong?"

Tara stared at Willow, she knew what she had to do and it was eating 
away at her, "W-w-w-we have g-got to talk, but w-we have to go to G-g-
giles first."

Willow wasn't sure what was going on with Tara but something deep 
inside her was told her that her vision was fulfilling itself and 
that her and Tara were nearing the end of their romance. "It's 
getting late, can out wait till tomorrow?" asked Willow trying to 
hold on to whatever it was that she and Tara had.

Tara gazed at Willow and smiled, "Yeah, it can wait till tomorrow," 
she replied 

Buffy and Faith walked through the Northridge cemetery on there 
nightly patrol. So far it had been a pretty uneventful night with 
only three newly turned vampires deciding to show themselves.

So B, you five by five?"

"Not really ."

"What's up?"

"For one thing I just finished talking to Giles, who showed me a 
rather interesting book."

Faith cringed and then replied, "It wasn't another one of those 
pesky prophecies again was it?"

Buffy smiled when she heard Faith's question, recalling her reaction 
when Giles had brought the book out earlier that day, "No it was 
nothing like that. It was more like a history lesson on Hell's 
mouths, vampires, and slayers."

Faith cringed again, "Ouch, history is even worst than prophecy."

Buffy couldn't help but laugh at the brunette, "I tend to agree, but 
I did learn one thing that was very interesting."

"Go ahead B, spill it."

"You know that spirit guide I told you about this morning?"

"Yeah, what about here," replied Faith, wondering where Buffy was 
going with this.

"Giles thinks that she might be the one who wrote the slayer history 
book he has."

"Interesting, so what does he think that means?:"

"Well he is not really sure but wants me to ask her when I see her 
again."

After they had finished telling faith about what was in the book the 
slayers existed the Northridge cemetery and stated to make their way 
towards South Pines cemetery to continue their patrol.  

Willow walked into her and Buffy's dorm room still wondering what was 
going on between her and Tara. She placed her backpack on her desk 
and went over laid down on her bed, and closed her eyes hoping that 
somehow she might be able to talk to this woman calling herself Fey 
in her dreams.

"I heard you calling me in your dream state young Wicca"

Willow spun around as soon as she heard the voice, coming face to 
face with the mysterious woman that she had encountered 
earlier. "What's happening with Tara and me."

"What was not suppose to be is being undone."

"What's that suppose to mean?"

"As I told you in the vision, you and Tara are not met to be."

Willow's eyes filled with sorrow at Fey's words, "We both care for 
one another, why can't it be?"

Fey walked over to Willow and put her hands on the redheads 
shoulders, "Young Wicca when we last spoke you said that you have 
been unlucky in the area of romance, is that correct."

"Yes."

"Do you know why?"

Willow looked at Fey, wondering were this mysterious woman was taking 
the conversation, "No, why?"

"Because you have yet to find your one true love, that special person 
whose heart you hold the key to," Fey then paused for a second and 
sighed, "Sadly the one you are met to be with has been by your side 
for a long time now but the two of you have been unable to find one 
another."

Willow woke up from her dream state wishing that Fey would have told 
her who her this one true love was but the woman wouldn`t tell her 
but instead had promised that soon her one true love would be 
revealed. Willow sat up in her bed and allowed her eyes to adjust to 
the dimly light dorm room. She knew now that she was going to loose 
Tara but for some reason it did not hurt as bad as she thought it 
would. Her mind recalled what Fey had said, <There was someone out 
there that she was met to be, someone who would fulfill her, make her 
happy, someone who would love her like she deserved to be loved.>  
Willow looked at the empty bed on the other side of the room, <She 
did say that it was someone who had been by my side for a long time> 
she began to smile as she thought about her best friend and 
protector, <could I be that lucky.>

Buffy and Faith had just reached the UC Sunnydale campus and were on 
the final leg of the patrol when the brunette looked over at her 
friend and fellow slayer, "So B, what is really bothering you, and 
none of this I was just thinking about what Giles said today crap."

Buffy knew her fellow slayer was headed so she made an effort to side 
step the issue, "Faith I honestly don't know what your talking about, 
by the way have you heard the new Wallflowers CD yet."

Faith stopped dead and her tracks and stared Buffy dead in the 
eyes, "I've been friends with you long enough to know better than 
that B. I'm not about to fall for your little if I change the 
subject she will forget about what we were talking about maneuver.  
So I'm going to ask you again, what the hell is going on with you?"

Buffy looked at Faith and saw that the brunette wasn't going to drop 
the issue, "It's about Willow and Tara?"

Faith saw the hurt that engulfed her friend as soon as she mentioned 
the couple, "B, your jealous, aren't you?"

"It's worse than that, I'm in love with Willow."

"Have you told her."

"No, I can't. She's with Tara, she's happy, I can`t risk taking away 
her happiness."

"Something tells me you could make her happy," Smirked Faith, "You 
should tell her."

Buffy gave Faith an awkward smile then spoke, "Let's finish up patrol 
so I can get back to the dorm and you can get back to Giles," after 
she had finished speaking the slayer thought to herself, as long as 
Willow is with Tara there is no way I'm going to tell her how I feel.

Ciarán stood on the outskirts of town his dark red eyes locked on the 
sign that read Welcome to Sunnydale California. A wicked sneer 
spread accrosed his face as he tossed a half smoked cigarette to the 
ground and crushed under the heel an Armani boot. He then waved his 
hand through the air and laughed as he watched the sign melt before 
his eyes. 

to be continued...........