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"What?" Angel asked defensively, "it's not me…"
"Come on, Dead Boy," Xander argued, "who else here fits that category."
"Well--" Angel began.
"I think Xander may be right," Giles broke in, "this entire prophecy may revolve around Angel."
"Did I just hear Giles say I was right?" Xander commented, "I'm on a roll today!"
"There's a first time for everything, Xand," Buffy replied. After turning her attention back to Giles, she asked, "But what do they mean by 'to be born from a dragon?' And is it just me or does it seem like the rest of that prophecy is written in some foreign language?"
"Well, it will be somewhat difficult to decipher," Giles agreed.
"I may know a little about it," Jenny cut in. "The legends my parents told me when I was a child were about a group of warriors."
"Will you tell us the story?" Willow asked.
"I don't remember all of the details, but I do know the basics. There were five warriors of the Light, destined to fight the arising evil: a Paladin, a Dragoon, a Black Wizard and Caller, a White Wizard, and a Ninja. The Paladin was a carrier of the Light, but he used to be a Dark Knight. He was the son of the Lunarians, a race that lives sleeping deep within the moon. Together, they fought the increasing numbers of monsters. And in the final battle, they defeated Zemus, the ultimate evil. Legend also has it that King Arthur's father, Uther Penndragon, was a descendant of the Paladin."
"And legend also says," Giles added, the wheels turning, "that Arthur's bastard son, Mordred, had a child of his own: a daughter that he had sent away to be protected until he had usurped Arthur's throne. He was supposed to send for her after he became king, but since he was killed in battle, she was supposedly raised by a foster family, one that settled in Ireland."
"So it's entirely possible that Angel was descended from the Penndragon line," Willow mused.
"Wait a minute!" Angel interrupted, "don't you guys think we're jumping to conclusions here?"
"It specifically says a powerful Slayer fighting on the Hellmouth with an army," Willow argued, "now, we may not be an army as in the sense of an army, like, with guns and camouflage clothing, but I'd say we're pretty darn close. And if that's the case, well, you're a vampire with a soul, Angel. There's not much more of a blend between Light and Dark than that."
"Willow's right, Angel," Buffy said, "it has to be you."
Angel knew that what they were saying was true, but he didn't want to believe it. By admitting that they were talking about him in the prophecy, it would mean admitting that everything that had happened to him, everything he had done, he would never have been able to change. Being turned into a vampire, killing all those innocent people, being plagued with a soul, suffering from all of that guilt. It was all supposed to happen.
He remembered dreaming at night when he first got his soul back about what his life could have been like had he not been turned. But if this prophecy was true, that meant he was born to become a demon, to become a killer.
But that also meant that it couldn't have been helped. That everything that happened may not have been his fault. He didn't know what to think. Whether or not this was a blessing or a curse would have to be figured out later. Right now, he had more important things to think about.
"So, what exactly does this mean, though?" Angel asked, submitting to the Fates, "if we are in this prophecy, what are we supposed to do?"
No one had an answer for that question. It seemed that only time would tell where they would be led.
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