Willow was still in shock at what had just happened. She was dead she thought as she allowed time for her eyes to adjust to the darkness that surrounded her.
“Where am I?” Willow asked out loud, not expecting an answer. She looked around but all she saw was never ending blackness. She was standing on some type of road that was a slightly different shade of black then what surrounded her. Willow peered over the edge only to find more infinite darkness. Willow heard some sort of noise so she looked up only to see a large group of people walking towards her.
Willow walked in front of them, “Hello? Hi, I’m Willow,” she said to the man approaching her, “I was wondering if you could help me. You see I’m not really sure where I am….” But the man ignored her and walked right through her.
“Well, that was rude,” Willow stated. She was about to follow the mob when she saw someone she knew at the back of the crowd. It was Amanda, one of the potentials that had helped them defeat the First. She was a nice girl and unfortunately she had died during the battle back in the hellmouth Willow remembered.
“Amanda,” Willow said as she walked over towards the girl waving.
“Willow?” she replied surprised, “What are you doing here?”
“I’m.....well, I died,” she said bluntly.
“Obviously, otherwise you wouldn’t be here; how?”
“Car Accident, Amanda where is here exactly?”
“The ghost roads.”
Willow had heard about the ghost roads; they were a sort spiritual highway for the dead. She also remembered they were supposed to be fairly expansive and confusing. Many souls got lost on their journey. She had never asked Buffy if she had traveled the ghost roads when she had died (Willow knew it was hard for Buffy to talk about the summer she spent 6 feet under) and now Willow almost regretted it. She could have used the extra information. Buffy probably hadn’t traveled them for very long and would have barley remembered them; souls who did find there where got there very quickly and rarely remembered the journey. Amanda must have been stuck here for time, Willow thought.
“It’s a lot to take in dieing and all,” Amanda told her.
“Yeah; are you stuck here?” Willow venture to ask,” Am I….?”
“No, I’m not stuck….I’m here to help guide the lost souls to where they belong.”
“That must be lonely.”
“Not really besides I have help.”
“Help?”
“Yeah, there’s another slayer she died a really long time ago she had been doing it alone for a long time and I offered to help her. She’s very nice and I’m happy with my choice although sometimes I do wish I’d moved on…..Well I should go. I have a lot of work to do.”
“Go? But what about me?”
“You?”
“Yes, me. Hello? Dead person who doesn’t know where they are going; aka lost soul,” Willow said frantically. She had thought she could handle most situations without panicking; after all the monster fighting she had done but this was one situation she wasn’t prepared for.
“Willow, you’ll be fine….someone is coming for you.”
“Who?!” Willow yelled as Amanda’s figure retreated into the darkness. That’s when something hit her in the head.
“Ow. Hey?” Willow exclaimed but when she turned to find out who it was she didn’t find what she expected. Instead Willow came face to face with a small blue circular light; exactly like the one Tara had sent to her when they (Xander and Willow) had gotten lost in the woods the night they had resurrected Buffy.
“Tara?” Willow asked it couldn’t be she thought. Tara’s dead but then again so am I.
The little light buzzed around Willow’s head nudging her ever so slightly and compelling her to follow. Willow began to follow the light as it flew in the opposite direction Amanda and the others went.
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