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Final Wish -- by Sailor Moon 1980
Rating: R
Description: Willow must make a difficult choice.
Disclaimer: I do not own or claim to own Buffy the Vampire Slayer or any of its characters. I am doing this for my own enjoyment, I am making no profit.
Part One
Willow stared sightlessly at the phone. After a minute it made that annoying off the hook noise. She put in the cradle and stood. She grabbed her pink sweater and walked out of her dorm room.
Willow walked to the park and sat on one of the many benches. She silently watched some kids playing on the swing set she and Xander played on as children. ~ That seems like so long ago. ~ As the last rays of sunlight filtered through the trees, the children went home for dinner. Leaving Willow alone with her thoughts.
~ This isn't happening! ~ Willow dropped her head in her hands. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Her tiny frame shaking with the force of her sobs.
"Hello, pet." Spike said as he walked towards the redheaded figure. He did not hear her almost silent sobs, until he was directly in front of her. Looking around for the source of her trouble. Willow didn't even raise her head.
"Pet, what is the problem? Did someone attack you?" He once more took a pensive look around. Sitting down next to her, Spike placed his cool hand on her hand. She slowly removed her hands from her face. Spike kept her warm hand in his as he watched her stare sightlessly over the darkened park. "Luv, are you going to tell me what's up?" He lightly rubbed his thumb over the back of her hand.
She turned her tear stained face to him. She tried to pull her hand from his, but he wouldn't let her. She sighed heavily. "Spike, please go." She quietly said. Turning once more from him.
Spike looked at her with an eyebrow arched. "Pet, I'm not leaving you here in the dark, in Sunnydale no less."
"Why? I'm not your friend, why not leave me to my own choices?" Willow stared intensely into his blue eyes. Spike actually broke the look first.
"Pet, I have nothing against you, bloody hell I kinda like ya, now if you were the slayer I would leave you here to be eaten in a heartbeat!" Willow tried not to smile.
"You don't have a heartbeat!" Spike smirked.
"True, anyway, what is the problem?"
"I ... don't' want to die!" Her tears streamed relentlessly. Spike surprised by her outburst let her take her hand away. She put her head in her hands once more.
"Pet... I couldn't hurt you if I tried!" Spike couldn't figure out why she was afraid for her life.
With a mournful laugh Willow looked up at him, "I'm not afraid of you. I am dying. I found out today. I only have a month maybe two." She stared into his icy eyes. She couldn't define what she saw pass through them. If she had not known better she would have thought it was pain.
Spike took her hands in his and smiled one of his most dazzling smiles. She warily looked at him. "Come, Pet. I know exactly what to do!" With that he swept her to her feet and hurriedly led her out of the park.
Part 2
"Where are you taking me? I really want to be alone." With a sniffle Willow tried to remove her hand from Spike's iron grip. He merely smiled down at her. She sighed deeply, ~ All I want to do is be alone, why won't he let me! ~
Spike may have smiled down on the little red head, but his heart was no where near light. The news of her impending death had hit him hard, harder than any human ever had. In the past a few humans had asked him to turn them before their death, but his undead heart never cared. But this little spit fire who always spoke her mind without pulling a punch was something special. Something he wasn't going to give up without a fight.
"Spike, please! Spike! Can you at least stop for a second!" Willow tugged on his hand to slow. Spike stopped and looked into her tear stained face.
"Yes, Willow?"
Willow was shocked he didn't call her Pet or Red or Ducks, he called her Willow. "Where are we going? It's dark and getting cold, and I ..." she was interrupted by Spike shrugging his duster off and slipping it over her tiny shoulders. Putting her arms through the sleeves and pulling it tight around herself she continued. " and I have a lot to think about now that...now that..." the tears started to run unheeded down her checks once more. Spike brushed the tears away with his thumb. When they continued to fall he stepped forward and pulled her into his arms. Her tiny frame was dwarfed by his tall one.
Stroking her head lightly, Spike stared off into the Sunnydale night. The stars burned brightly in the sky, but he wasn't seeing them, his mind kept rolling over the implications of his plan, but he didn't want her to be gone.
"Come with me, pet. I want to show you something." He kept an arm around her as he lead her once more away.
Willow watched the lights of Sunnydale blink below her. The hill Spike had taken her to was high enough she could see most of the sleeping town. The sight was breath taking, this was somewhere she had never dared to go at night, but with the peroxide blond vampire standing next to her, she felt safe, something she never would have thought possible.
Spike watched Willow look over the scenic hill. His intention had been to try to cheer her a little, it had worked for her, but had not for him. The thought she may never see this again scared him. He had to do something, but would she let him.
"Luv, can I ask you something?" Willow looked up at him, seeing an emotion in his eyes she had never seen before. With a nervous nod Willow waited.
"Luv, I want to help you, but I can only help you in one way, but do you want that help?" Willow looked at him confused.
"I want to turn you, pet." Willow's eyes got wide. She stepped back a step, the step it took her to unknowingly stand on the edge of the hill. Spike stepped forward to warn her. She took the last step and began to fall...
To be continued…
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