“Are you hungry?” Clair asked her daughter. Noelle was sitting on the sand under her tree, her arms folded in obstinacies.
“No,” Noelle replied tersely.
Clair sat down next to her, “Where were you?”
Noelle looked at her dumbly before responding as thought she was choosing the words carefully, “Hell,” Clair looked at shocked and appalled, “Well not really but if I had to imagine hell this place wouldn’t be far off. Why do you care?”
Clair sighed, “Because I’m you’re mother.”
Noelle blinked, “Ethan didn’t mention you.”
“He’s not your father….”
“I know but he was all I had……He told what happened….the truth.”
Clair nodded, “I’m sorry.”
“For what?”
“Not saving you.”
“I forgave you a long time ago for that.”
“You hair’s just like your father’s,” Clair said, pushing a strand behind the girl’s ear.
“How long have I been gone?”
“A week. How long was it for you?”
“Thirteen years.”
“I have a lot of lost time to make up for,” Clair said, a small laugh escaping her lips.
Noelle smiled, “Yeah you do.”
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Buffy and Boone walked on to the beach and Clair ran up to him, hugging him. He smiled at her as Danielle walked over to Noelle.
“Noelle?” Danielle said.
“Yeah,” she replied turning away from the reunion to face Danielle.
“There are some things we need to discuss.”
“Like?”
“Your destiny, your gift….”
Noelle laughed at the thought, “My destiny?”
“Have you ever saw something happen in your head and then happened for real?”
“Yeah, it’s like déjà vu. How did you know?”
“It’s your gift.”
“Seeing people die and not being able to stop it is my gift? Can I return it?”
Danielle frowned at the teenager’s snide remark, “Its part of your destiny.”
“My destiny?”
“You are destined to slay the monster.”
“What? Are you crazy?!”
“Do you know about the monster?”
“Yeah, Ethan told me but why would I want to slay it?”
“It killed all those girls.”
“They deserved it!”
Danielle slapped her across the face.
“What’s going on?” Buffy said coming over.
”They did,” Noelle said, “They were evil. That’s what Ethan told me. The monster was helping, purging the world of their kind!”
”You stupid lost little girl,” Danielle said, “It is your destiny whether you accept it or not and destiny always catches up with you. It’s not a matter of if; it’s a matter of when.”
Noelle walked off away from the group and Danielle just looked blankly after her. Buffy grabbed her arm and spun her around, “What do you think you’re doing?!”
“She needs to know.”
“What is with you watchers and destiny?! She just came back from a hell dimension and you’re already dropping the weight of the world on her shoulders!”
“It’s her destiny.”
“She’s a thirteen year old girl. She should be thinking about boys and makeup. Not about death and destruction!”
“I was trying to help her. If she doesn’t kill the monster it will kill her. It’s in the prophecy.”
“Of course. You and your stupid prophecy. That’s all you people care about. You’re willing to tell a young girl she’s destined to save the world but you don’t have the guts to tell her she’ll most likely die doing it! You don’t even give her a choice!”
“We are duty bound. She is, I am, and you are. But we’re bound all the same.”
“No, that’s where you’re wrong. You chose this but I didn’t I never wanted it and neither did she,” Buffy said and with that she stormed off and Danielle left as well walking off into the jungle.
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“Noelle!” Boone yelled as he walked down the beach. He had gone into her tent to bring her some food and she had been gone, “Noelle! Where are you?!”
“What’s wrong?” Buffy asked, walking over to him.
“Noelle’s gone.”
“Do you have any idea where?”
“No,” Boone said, rubbing his face. HE was obviously worried.
“I’ll go look for her,” Buffy said and she walked off to gather some supplies and then headed into the jungle to look for Noelle.
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