[Buffy's House]
"Okay, so we're going to see this thing bright and early tomorrow? I feel like this is going to be a school trip. Only with bad boogies," Willow said. Xander cocked and eyebrow and sat on the couch sarcastically saying,"So I guess staying up and watching naughty movies is not on the agenda. Darn, and this is my usual Wednesday night plan." Anya raised her eyebrows and said,"No, I thought that was on Thursdays." Everyone just stared at them and Xander replied,"Thank you for reminding me, Anya."
Buffy put her hands on her hips and asked,"So, do we all just whisk away together or something? Do we go one-by-one? We weren't given any real information here. What if this is a trap?" Giles shrugged his shoulders and replied,"If it were a trap, I doubt they would have allowed you to bring your weapons. I do wonder, however, what the reason is behind this quest. Thing." Willow asked,"Want me to see if I can find something on it?" Giles nodded and Willow smiled as she bounded up the stairs.
As she walked into her room the door suddenly slammed behind her. She turned around to find a small elf standing infront of the closed door. "Um, hi?" Willow said meekly. She was about to call Buffy's name when the elf suddenly said,"Do not worry. I'm not here to hurt you. I'm here to tell you about what's to take place within the realm into which you will be taken into. You, young witch, will be taken into the Earth Realm. Although it is filled with lush forest and animals only a book can make a young child dream of, it has it's horrors. It's horrors only consist of things your mind fears most and you have overcome them in order to pass. I must inform you that once you enter the realm, you cannot come back. You stay until you pass...or die. Good luck, witch."
He disappeared and Willow sat on her bed. I can't leave unless I pass or die?! What can be so horrible that can kill me? What my mind fears most, huh? Hmm...
There was a knock on the door. Willow stood up from her bed and opened the door to find Dawn standing inthe doorway with her hands on her hips. "I heard everything. Please, Will, let me go with you! It's not fair and I know I could help. Come on, Will, please?" Willow shook her head and said,"It's too dangerous, Dawnie, and plus, Buffy would be so mad and I would be so busted." Dawn sighed and replied,"Y'all never let me do anything. I'm going to bed. Good night and good luck actually doing something I'm not." She turned around and went back into her room, closing the door.
Willow closed her door and got into her bed shutting off the lights with a few murmurred magickal words. She lie in bed staring at the ceiling thinking about Tara. Goddess, I can't believe I screwed this up. It's my fault. I should have stopped using magick when she told me to, but I wasn't doing anything that bad. I just so totally screwed up with Dawnie. Making it almost impossible to ever trust me again. Okay, okay. So I did do something horrible. It's not like I tried destroying the world or anything. I am just so tired... She yawned and went off into dreamland...or so she thought.
As she dreamed, she was whisked into a lush, green forest. Very much like the elf in her room had described. "Um...ironic much?" she asked herself. She was suddenly taken to a clearing in the forest in which there were stone platforms surrounding her. She walked over to one of the altar-like formation and ran her fingers gingerly over it. All of a sudden, a booming voice said,"I welcome you to the Earth Realm. Here, you will be tested in your skills of controlling your emotions and magicks to save your life. I will now ask you to take the stone path ahead of you and when you get to the fork in the path, take the right-hand path. At the end of that path, there will be a large cavern. I will meet you there. Let you be forewarned: on the way to the cavern, there are...things on the way you must watch out for. Good luck."
Willow frowned and made her way to the stone path. Here I go, she thought to herself. She started down the path humming a small tune to herself. When she came to the fork in the road, she turned right and stopped humming when she became aware that the sunlight was no longer shining and the trees seemed to grow larger. She heard screeching and screams...human screams. All of a sudden, a dirtied girl tripped onto the path from the dense wood. She stood up and Willow gasped when she saw her face. She was missing her eye! "Miss, you have to go! Get away from here! Run, I tell you, run!" the girl screamed at her. Willow started to panic when the girl ran passed her screaming for help. All of a sudden, Willow heard a rumble and the woods began to shake. Something sounded like it was walking her way. Something big...and hungry.
"I'm hungry!" a voice bellowed above the trees. "Go figure," Willow said sarcastically. She began to run further down the path and stopped when she came upon a large cavern. The elf suddenly reappeared and said,"Welcome. Enter the cavern."
Willow walked slowly into the dark cavern and whispered some words that shot light sparks from her fingers, creating light. She walked further in the cave, but stopped when she heard laughter. She turned toward where she had heard the laughter, but nothing came from the darkness surrounding her light. All of a sudden, the cavern began to rumble and her light spell wore off. She tried repeating the spell, but it didn't work. Rocks began to tumble and she ran to the nearest wall, crouching to protect herself. The cavern continued to shake, but tapered off moments later. She stood up, but began to panic when she realised she was still in total darkness.
She heard the laughter again and suddenly, a light shot through from the ceiling, highlighting a small space on the floor...and someone standing inside it. The figure turned around and Willow gasped at who it was: Angelus. Her biggest fear. He was right! This is my mind's worst fear. she thought to herself.
"Hello, Willow. Remember me?"
[To be continued...]
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