FF: Consequences: Chapter Three

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Title: Consequences 
Chapter: Three/? 
Rating: NC-17 
Pairing: W/D, W/B 
Spoilers: For Season Six 
Timeline: Season Six 
Beta Readers: Scotty Welles, Dark Gremlin & The Vampire Koala 

Note: The whole black demon, King Dermot McMurchada is 
real, so is the history behind him. Trust me I know, my family 
is related to him, and there is a number of family legends on 
the guy. 

Summary: What was the price for Buffy's return? How much is 
Willow willing to sacrifice for the woman she loves? 

Disclaimer: They belong to Joss Whedon not me. 

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This wasn't coming out right. She was supposed to terrorize Buffy, leave her feeling shocked and 
scared. That had been the plan at least. Appear in the slayers room, show Buffy just how vulnerable she 
really was. A simple, but effective plan, or it was until they'd gotten so caught up in a passionate 
argument that she'd started kissing her friend. 

The blonde in her arms sighed happily, snuggling against her body possessively. This was so not 
supposed to happen. She absently ran her hand's over the smooth skin of the slayer's body, trying to get 
up the nerve to keep up the act. 

She couldn't afford to make any mistakes. She couldn't risk her friend's life, even if it meant losing them. 
Her hand came to rest against the side of Buffy's neck, the soft blue glow fading as a small willow tree 
branded her. She needed the slayer as a back up, if her other resources failed. 

" Sleep." 

She slid out of the bed, and took one last look at the slayer. Tonight had been everything she had ever 
dreamed of and more, but now it was time to go back to her nightmare. 

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" How did it go?" Faith's voice broke into her fractured thoughts, driving the last of her peace away. 
" Did you give B a run for her money?" 

She struggled not to wince at the double meaning. This is just what she needed. A smart mouthed 
slayer. " It was a night she will never forget." 

" Really? Wish I could've been there." 

" Leave my Willow alone." Dru entered the bedroom, with clear eyes, searching her mind gently for an 
answer. 

" You're always trying to spoil my fun." Faith mock sighed. " So what's the plan?" 

" Dermot is going to try and raise Lekar during the next full moon." 

" That's tomorrow." Faith objected softly. 

She stared at Faith hoping she'd get the message. " And we're going to help him." 

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" Let me get this straight." Xander looked from Spike to Buffy. " Willow came to see you last night, and 
she just happened to brand you?" 

" Is there something you'd like to say?" She asked darkly. 

" Yes, actually there is." Xander crossed his arm's, not backing down from her challenge. " You see, I 
know Willow, and I also know that she would only brand someone who was working for her, or was 
sleeping with her. And I seriously can't see you working for her, which only leaves...." 

" Oh, I know this...." 

Everyone turned to look at Anya as she raised her hand. " They're orgasm partner's, and it's about time 
too. All that sexual tension between them was starting to drive me crazy." She blinked absently. 
" What?" 

" Well, as fascinating as all this is, I'm afraid we've got another problem." Giles sat at the table solemnly. 

" Great, now what?" Buffy asked. 

" Faith has been released." 

Xander seemed to pale slightly, " I thought she was serving a long sentence. A long, long sentence." 

" It seems that Willow arranged for the charges to be dropped." 

She sat back numbly as her watcher spoke. This couldn't be happening, not really. It had to be some 
sort of nightmare, and any minute she'd wake up. " How? How is that possible?" 

" Willow arranged it through the council." 

" What do you mean through the council?" Xander growled darkly. 

" Well, it's the funniest thing, you see. Back when you started to help with the slaying I began to train 
Willow to become Buffy's watcher in case anything ever happened to me, and well, she managed to 
become an active watcher before we....uh....defected. So when she offered to take over as Faith's watcher 
after she came out of her coma, well the council agreed to refer to her judgment about when the charges 
would get dropped....." He trailed off, clearing his throat awkwardly at the duel glares directed at him. 

Buffy stood back up slowly stalking towards her mentor. " You're telling me that Willow is supposed to 
be MY watcher, but instead she's now that...that....bitches?" 

Giles gulped nervously, backing away from her. " Listen to me, she was only supposed to take over as 
your watcher after I was no longer fulfilling my duties. Which of course hasn't happened yet, and you 
know how Willow is, she saw someone in need...." 

" I know exactly how she is, but what I want to know is just when were you planning on telling me all of 
this?" 

" The council thought that with her being such a close friend that it might be better to wait until after 
she was assigned to a slayer." 

She stared at the man that swore he'd never do anything to hurt her again, trying to find some part of 
her left that wasn't numb from her emotions. She just couldn't keep doing this. Since Willow had brought 
her back, she'd found herself searching for some amount of peace. At first, it had been in Spike's arm's, 
but that had quickly proven to be useless. Then she'd tried pushing her friends away, which had only 
made it worse. But last night, when she had been in her friends arm's, everything had melted away into a 
world of joy, peace, and love. There had been nothing in the world, except them. 

" I have to go. I'm sorry." 

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" Hey red?" 

" Yeah?" 

" Were you expecting company?" 

She dropped the book she was reading through and followed Faith's gaze out her front window. Even 
from where she sat she could see the blonde stepping onto her porch. She loved her friend more than 
anything, but she had the worst timing. 

" I'll get it." 

She stood up as Faith raced from the room to answer the door, the slayer's giddiness engulfing the 
house in a twisted game of cat and mouse. She entered the hall to see Buffy glaring at the dark slayer, her 
eye's blazing with a deep hate that made her wonder. 

" If you're here to kill me then I'm afraid you'll have to wait." 

Buffy turned to her, ignoring the smirk on Faith's face. " I want to talk to you....." She glared over at 
Faith, then at the vampire at the living room table. " ....alone." 

" We can use the study." 

" Aw, but red....." 

She scowled at the slayer, " Go back to work. We don't have much time." 

She quickly walked down the long hall, into the large study, her mind racing. She couldn't understand 
what Buffy was doing there, much less what she was hoping to accomplish. 

" Aren't you going to ask me what that was about?" She finally asked, turning to her friend. 

" No." Buffy grabbed her harshly, slamming her into the wall. " I don't care anymore." She whispered 
diving into her lips. 

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Buffy curled up tightly against the witches side, gripping the pale body desperately. Too scared to 
move, too scared to close her eyes, for fear of losing her friend again. The slightest separation was just to 
painful to even think about. 

" I'm going to raise a demon tonight." 

" I won't help you." She turned her face into Willow's neck. " But I won't try and stop you." 

" Good." Willow claimed her lips in a roaring kiss, rolling them over so she was on top. " Because you're 
mine now." 

" Yours." She whispered back, opening herself up, leaving her entire being in Willow's hands. 

Willow bite into her ear lobe, her husky voice whispering in her ear. " We're going to stop him during 
the ceremony. But it has to look real." 

She opened her eyes, meeting the black eyes of her friend. The hardness was gone, leaving only the 
kind woman she loved. She wanted to scream out to god thanking him, she wanted to devour Willow 
until she begged for mercy, but she knew not to. 

" I love you." She felt the tears starting to run down her cheeks as she buried herself into the witches 
arm's. She needed her, she needed this now and always. For the first time, since she'd been resurrected, 
she felt a spark of hope. " I love you so much." 

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She sat at the table ignoring the curious and suspicious looks from Faith and Dru. She could feel the 
vampire's acknowledgement of Buffy's presence, but Faith was still trying to figure out what was going 
on. Her body tensed for a fight. 

" Did my Willow have fun with the smelly slayer?" 

She threw a warning look over at the vampire, sensing Dru's need to show her right to the witch. 
" Dru..." 

" I don't mind sharing....." A mischievous smirk appeared on Dru's face. 

" Sharing?" Buffy glared over at them. 

" Dru is bonded to my soul." She smiled softly at the slayer. " It sort of ensures that she won't go all 
grr." 

She saw the tension melt from the slayer. " We're going to have to have a long talk later." 

' If I have a later.' She nodded absently, turning back to her books. They didn't have much time left. 




Aeris Jade Orion

Grey Fox, and cause of Discord.

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