FIC: Mage (2/?)

["Sam" <shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxx>]

Mage

By

Sam

Title: Mage part two 
Email: shadowmage_draco@xxxxxxx 
Rating: R 
Disclaimer: BtVS belongs to Joss.  
Spoilers: Everything up to and to include the gift
Pairing: Buffy/Willow Tara/Amy
Thanks: special thanks to Coy for being a way cool friend, advisor, 
beta, and so forth
Notes: Buffy is back from the grave but is forever changed.
Feedback: I thrive off of it so yes Please
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Willow smiled as she held the sleeping slayer in her arms, a few 
hours ago she had thought she would never get to hold the love of her 
life again but in a twist of fate Buffy had returned from the grave 
to her. The details if Buffy's return didn't matter to her right 
now, all that mattered was she and Buffy where together again.

Buffy walked down a long golden hallway, its walls seemed like pure 
light to her and the sounds of joyous laughter filled the air.  
<What's going on, where am I>.

The blonde slayer came to a large silver door with golden trim, she 
reached out to open it but it swung open before she could touch it.  
Buffy walked through the door and found herself standing in an 
enormous room. The walls in the room where composed of the same 
white light the hallway had been made of but where decorated with the 
most beautiful tapestries she had ever seen. In the center of the 
room was a long solid oak dinning table filled with all kinds of 
fruits and several pitchers of water. The table was surround by 
numerous hand crafted oak chairs.

Buffy found herself almost in a daze at the site of the room, only 
the sound of a familiar voice snapped her out of her trance, "Mom?"

The slayer spun around towards the voice and dropped to her knees, 
standing there before her decked out in flowing white robes was Joyce 
Summers.  

The older woman rushed over to Buffy and took her in her arms, "It's 
okay Sweetheart."

"Mom? What's going on? D-did I d-d&.?"

"No you're back on earth sleeping with Willow holding you in her 
arms."

"I don't understand," Buffy cried, clinging to her mom.

"This is The Forever. You've been brought here in your dreams and I 
been aloud to see you one last time."

Buffy looked up at her mom, with tears of happiness flowing down her 
cheek, "Mom I miss you so much, I don't know what I'm gonna do."

"Keep doing what you been doing Sweetheart. I know it's been heard on 
you and Willow but the two of you are doing a great job of taking 
care of Dawn," Joyce replied, pulling Buffy into a hug, "My little 
girls all grown up now. I'm so proud of you Buffy you're everything 
a mother could wish for in a daughter and more."

Joyce wiped the tears off of Buffy's cheek, "I love you honey but 
I've got to go now."

"Don't go, there's so much I want to say," Buffy sobbed.

"I know but you where brought here to talk to someone else."

Buffy watched as Joyce got up and stepped away from her, "I love you 
Mom."

"I know Sweetheart, I love you too. Tell Dawn and Willow I love them 
and that I'm watching over all of you."

Buffy starting weeping as she watched the image of her mother slowly 
fade away. She got up to her feet and walked over next to the table 
wondering who it was that she was suppose to talk to here besides her 
Mom.

"Your mother loves you Slayer, and she will be watching out over you 
as will I," replied a male voice from behind Buffy.

She slowly turned around and gazed at Draco Syria dressed in long 
white robes with red trim. The ancient mage, optioned for her to sit 
down, "Time is short so you must listen carefully to what I am about 
to say."

Draco waited for Buffy to take a seat then continued to speak, "I am 
here because you freed me, and because of that you are forever 
changed."

"Changed, I don't understand?"

"Within you beats the power, learn to control it and it will serve 
you well."

"What power? I don't know what you're talking about."

"It is the power long forgotten that flows in you, learn to control 
it and use it wisely."

Buffy started to speak but the room around her grew dim. She felt 
herself spiraling downward away from The Forever, <No, I have to stay 
longer. I don't understand. What power? >

"Buffy can you hear me," Willow asked, her voice laces with worry.

The Slayer opened her eyes and found herself curled up against 
Willow, "Wills?"

"Yeah, is everything okay?"

"I'm not sure, I had the strangest dream."

"Well then tell me all about it and I'll make it all better," Willow 
replied before planting a light kiss on her lovers forehead.
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Cordelia had just finished up the last of the paper work for the 
evening and was considering calling it a night when she felt a sharp 
stabbing pain shoot through her head. The brunette grabbed her 
forehead with one hand and used the other to grab onto the desk, 
<Damn why do these things have to hurt so much>.

Cordelia saw what appeared to be some kind of mid-evil village that 
was on fire. All around her peasants where rushing in a panic, 
screaming that the Destroyer had come. She looked up ahead of her 
and saw a gigantic vortex filling the sky, beneath it stood a young 
man dressed in blood red robes. His eyes where filled with a fierce 
lighting storm and he was holding an orb of white light in his 
hands.  

Cordelia watched in terror as the energy from the orb fed itself up 
into the quickly expanding vortex. She saw all sorts of demons and 
dragons pouring through the vortex as it began to consume the small 
village. There was a flash of light then everything around her 
turned black.

Out of the darkness she could see a female figure walking towards 
here, "Who are you?!"

The figure didn't say a word; it only continued to close the gap 
between them. After a few seconds she could make out that the forms 
eyes had a lighting storm in them similar to the young man she has 
seen before, "Who are you? What the hell is going on here?!"

The mysterious person said nothing to her.  

Cordelia gazed at the young woman who was dressed in some type of 
ancient funeral robes, "Buffy?"


TBC&