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Her Champion
0 reviewsWillow and Tara find out that a deeper magic was at work when Dawn disappeared through the portal.
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Never Will You Be Alone
Chapter Five-Her Champion
Dawn clutched her folded dress and the two swords in one arm while she held onto Stephen's hand with the other as they walked back to inn. Dawn nibbled on her bottom lip as she thought of the demons' reactions to her small polite gestures.
Stephen glanced over at her out of the corner of his eye. She had been silent since they left the dress shop and the teary eyed demoness. He glanced down at their clasped hands and wondered just when the reason had become more than just keeping her beside him and not losing her in the crowd. The more he thought of about it, the more he began to realize that his mindset seemed to have shifted the night she had told him those cerished words.
"Stephen?" Dawn called his voice gently. He glanced upward. "We're at our door." She giggled gently at his confused face. "You have the key, remember?" Stephen blushed lightly.
"Oh, yeah," an awkward chuckle broke from his lips, "sorry." Dawn smiled gently as he dug the key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. Dawn stepped around him and placed the items they had earned onto the bed. He watched in slight amusement as she lifted one of the blades and tilted it at all angles.
"I wonder how it comes out..." She mumbled. Then, she shrugged and looked up at him. "You'll figure it out." She grinned. "Come hether!" She giggled. Stephen smiled softly and approached her. He watched as her nimble fingers rolled up his sleeves. "When I first saw them, I thought you would like them," she spoke as she lifted one of them and unbuttoned the strap. Her fingertips brushed his forearm as she fastened the clasp. The small tingle distracted him so much that he almost missed her next sentence. "I was happy to see that I wasn't wrong." She did the same on his other arm and let her hands fall into her lap. She looked up at him.
"How'd you know I liked them?" He asked as he looked at the blades on his forearms.
"It was in your eyes," he glanced up at her at the quiet admission. "No matter how stony you look on the outside, your eyes...your eyes speak to me when you don't." Dawn admitted quietly. Stephen smiled and tilted her head upward with his hand.
"And what are they saying now?" He asked softly. Dawn's eyes widened as she caught the message she had thought to never see: "Stay with me.."
"Stay..." Dawn whispered. "Do you think I'm going to leave you?" Dawn asked. All thoughts of the demons' shock at her kindness flew from her mind as she stared at him.
"Not now," Stephen murmured. "Not right now. But eventually, you will." The fear in his eyes nearly had tears falling from hers. The urge to comfort him pulsed through her.
"And I'll always come back," Dawn promised as she touched his cheek with her fingertips. "No matter where I go." Neither knew why these words, these promises were rising from their lips, but they could feel the truth behind every oath. Niether understood why they felt the need to be around the other, like their worlds depended on it now. Both were unaware to the current of magic that rippled through the air around them. It swireled around them like a gentle wind and weaved inbetween them.
Never Will You Be Alone
Behind the curtain, the Oracles smiled. Everything was falling into place. Now, all they had to do was wait for the two teens to realize what their feelings, their instant attachment meant.
The youngest Oracle smiled teasingly at her mother as she recongized a light pink aura surrounding the two teens as her mother's and father's magic died down.
"I do beileve we have caught more than we bargained for."
"It will work to their advantage." Her father drawled uncaringly. She smiled as she realized that her father would allow it. A sadness still followed the youngest Oracle for the hand the Slayer and the vampire condemned with a soul were dealt.
Never Will You Be Alone
Willow and Tara gasped in borderline escasty as a surge of powerful magic rippled through them. A small moan tore from Tara's lips. Buffy tilted her head in confusion while Xander and Spike rose their eyebrows.
"Alright there, ladies?" Xander asked. Tara opened her eyes first. Her wide light brown eyes landed on Willow's green. The slight whisper of the Oracle's reached them.
"The Key had chosen her champion." Willow said, breathlessly.
Chapter Five-Her Champion
Dawn clutched her folded dress and the two swords in one arm while she held onto Stephen's hand with the other as they walked back to inn. Dawn nibbled on her bottom lip as she thought of the demons' reactions to her small polite gestures.
Stephen glanced over at her out of the corner of his eye. She had been silent since they left the dress shop and the teary eyed demoness. He glanced down at their clasped hands and wondered just when the reason had become more than just keeping her beside him and not losing her in the crowd. The more he thought of about it, the more he began to realize that his mindset seemed to have shifted the night she had told him those cerished words.
"Stephen?" Dawn called his voice gently. He glanced upward. "We're at our door." She giggled gently at his confused face. "You have the key, remember?" Stephen blushed lightly.
"Oh, yeah," an awkward chuckle broke from his lips, "sorry." Dawn smiled gently as he dug the key out of his pocket and unlocked the door. Dawn stepped around him and placed the items they had earned onto the bed. He watched in slight amusement as she lifted one of the blades and tilted it at all angles.
"I wonder how it comes out..." She mumbled. Then, she shrugged and looked up at him. "You'll figure it out." She grinned. "Come hether!" She giggled. Stephen smiled softly and approached her. He watched as her nimble fingers rolled up his sleeves. "When I first saw them, I thought you would like them," she spoke as she lifted one of them and unbuttoned the strap. Her fingertips brushed his forearm as she fastened the clasp. The small tingle distracted him so much that he almost missed her next sentence. "I was happy to see that I wasn't wrong." She did the same on his other arm and let her hands fall into her lap. She looked up at him.
"How'd you know I liked them?" He asked as he looked at the blades on his forearms.
"It was in your eyes," he glanced up at her at the quiet admission. "No matter how stony you look on the outside, your eyes...your eyes speak to me when you don't." Dawn admitted quietly. Stephen smiled and tilted her head upward with his hand.
"And what are they saying now?" He asked softly. Dawn's eyes widened as she caught the message she had thought to never see: "Stay with me.."
"Stay..." Dawn whispered. "Do you think I'm going to leave you?" Dawn asked. All thoughts of the demons' shock at her kindness flew from her mind as she stared at him.
"Not now," Stephen murmured. "Not right now. But eventually, you will." The fear in his eyes nearly had tears falling from hers. The urge to comfort him pulsed through her.
"And I'll always come back," Dawn promised as she touched his cheek with her fingertips. "No matter where I go." Neither knew why these words, these promises were rising from their lips, but they could feel the truth behind every oath. Niether understood why they felt the need to be around the other, like their worlds depended on it now. Both were unaware to the current of magic that rippled through the air around them. It swireled around them like a gentle wind and weaved inbetween them.
Never Will You Be Alone
Behind the curtain, the Oracles smiled. Everything was falling into place. Now, all they had to do was wait for the two teens to realize what their feelings, their instant attachment meant.
The youngest Oracle smiled teasingly at her mother as she recongized a light pink aura surrounding the two teens as her mother's and father's magic died down.
"I do beileve we have caught more than we bargained for."
"It will work to their advantage." Her father drawled uncaringly. She smiled as she realized that her father would allow it. A sadness still followed the youngest Oracle for the hand the Slayer and the vampire condemned with a soul were dealt.
Never Will You Be Alone
Willow and Tara gasped in borderline escasty as a surge of powerful magic rippled through them. A small moan tore from Tara's lips. Buffy tilted her head in confusion while Xander and Spike rose their eyebrows.
"Alright there, ladies?" Xander asked. Tara opened her eyes first. Her wide light brown eyes landed on Willow's green. The slight whisper of the Oracle's reached them.
"The Key had chosen her champion." Willow said, breathlessly.
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