“Yeah,” Willow said, “Car accident.”
“Coma,” Cordy answered.
“Demon,” Wesley replied.
“Angelus but you already knew that,” Jenny said as Willow walked towards the table and sat down across from Wesley and near Cordelia, “Would you like some coffee or tea?”
“Umm…yeah sure,” Willow said as Jenny got up and began to busy herself with making the tea, “I don’t understand…Where am I? I mean one minute its all roses and sunshine and the next its all with the death and the creepy.”
“You’re not in hell if that’s what you are thinking and neither are we; in fact we’re not here at all,” Wesley said.
“Coulda fooled me,” willow said.
“Well are spirits aren’t here physically it’s quite complicated actually but that’s no the point. This is not your final resting place,’ Wesley continued.
“Thank God,” Willow said with a sigh of relief. She was having enough trouble dealing with the fact she was dead. She didn’t think she could handle being stuck here for all eternity.
“It’s all merely a test,” Wesley said.
“Maybe a little bit of a punishment or you could just be lost. We don’t know much about this place,” Cordelia put in.
“How long does it last?” Willow asked, fearing the answer.
“It depends but for the moment you’re safe here,” Jenny answered as she poured the hot water into a cup and allowed the tea to steep.
“If you’re spirits aren’t here then where are they?” Willow asked.
“Places don’t really have names around here but it’s nice where I am,” Cordy said.
“Yes, I feel quite at home where I am as well,” Wesley said.
“Here’s you’re tea,” Jenny said as she placed a cup in front of Willow.
“Ms.Calander are you….are you happy?” Willow asked. She wanted to know her friends where safe and happy.
“I’m at peace,” she said as the bell rang, “Uh-oh, times up.”
“Huh?” Willow said picking up her cup. When she looked inside it was filled with maggots. Willow jumped up and let out a scream as she dropped the cup and moved away from the table.
By this time everyone had disappeared from the room and it had begun to shake as if there was an earthquake. Books began to topple off the shelves as Willow stood there motionless. Just as a bookshelf was about to topple onto her; someone grabbed Willow’s arm and pulled her aside.
“Come this way,” Kendra yelled as she pulled Willow along through the library doors and down the hall.
“Kendra? What are you doing here…oh right you’re dead too.”
“I’m here to help you. I help lost spirits, it’s my job.”
“I’m lost?!” Willow exclaimed in alarm.
“In here,” Kendra said as she pushed Willow into a classroom and shut the door.
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Willow looked around to find Kendra was no longer with her and she was standing in the Magic Box. The floor of the place was covered with bunnies and sitting on top of the round table in the center of the room was Anya cowering in fear.
“Anya?” Willow said.
“Willow? You’re dead.’’
“I know,” Willow said, exasperated, “What’s with all the bunnies?”
“It’s my punishment for being a Vengeance demon,” she says as a bunny jumps onto the table and Anya screams, “Willow, do something!”
Willow tries to hold back a laugh as she picks up the bunny ad place it on the floor, “As far as punishments go this is pretty unusual.”
“I know, it’s cruel and unusual. Fire and brimstone I can handle but this is just sick and twisted.”
“Is there anything I can do?”
“Get them to leave!”
“How do I do that?”
“I don’t know, you’re good with magic put them back in you’re hat or something!”
“Anya, I’m new here but as far as I can tell we don’t have much control over what happens.”
“Sure we do, we’re in control of our own destinies.”
“Fine, then you make them go away.”
“I can’t! I’m scared!”
“I still don’t understand why…”
“They’re evil! Now make them go away!”
“I can’t!…..but maybe we can go somewhere else; come on.”
“Then I have to go down there.”
“No you don’t….I’ll carry you,” Willow said as she let Anya get on her back so she could give her a piggy back ride.
Willow and Anya moved to the back door that led to the training room and opened it and then quickly went in side closing the door behind them. Willow let Anya get down and they both walked through the training room and through the back door of the Magic Box.
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Willow was now standing on a platform. There we people sitting in chairs looking at her as well as some people on stage with her. She was wearing a red graduation robe and cap. I’m at my graduation Willow thought as she noticed Principal Snyder and the mayor standing there shaking student’s hands as they handed them there diplomas.
Sitting in the seats below were many people Willow knew; there was the girl had tried to help last year, Cassie Newton. Willow also recognized Jessie, Professor Walsh, and Anya sitting there too.
“Willow Rosenburg,” Snyder said her name into the microphone with little enthusiasm. Willow walked forward towards Mayor Wilkins and shook his hand not sure what else to do. The mayor had a stupid grin on his face and he gave Snyder a look when he wouldn’t let go of Willow’s diploma. Willow quickly took her diploma after he finally let go and walked off stage.
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Once again finding herself in the Summer’s house but this time she was standing in what use to be her and Tara’s room. Tara was there too she was standing there looking out the window the sun shining on her face.
“You’re late,” Tara said as she turned her head to look at Willow smiling.
Willow rushed over to her, cupping her hands in her cheeks and kissing her passionately. She had missed this so much, the smell of her hair, the taste of her lips. She had missed Tara so much.
“I’ve missed you so much,” Willow said after they had stopped kissing. The two lovers were now holding each other. Willow’s forehead was rested on Tara’s.
“I know; I’ve been watching you and I’ve missed you too,” Tara said as she brushed a piece of hair that had fallen in Willow’s face behind her ear, “We have to go now.”
“Go?”
Tara nodded, “You’ve passed all the tests and learned everything you needed too, went through everything you had to go through before you could move on.”
“Move on where?”
“Someplace nice. I live there too. We’ll be together,” she said and then kissed Willow, softly.
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