Soulmates

By Amanda Walter

Summary: Buffy goes back in time to Galway, Ireland to when Angel was human. She has to make a decision whether or not to tell him that if he goes into the ally he will be sired. This is in relpy to a challenge.

Buffy Summers sat in her college dorm, mindlessly doodling on a piece of paper, when her roommate, Willow Rosenburg burst in the door, excitedly shaking an old, worn book at Buffy.

"Guess what Buffy! I have great news! Wait.." Willow stopped, thought about it for a second, then changed her remark."Well, sorta good news. I guess is kinda bad as well, considering. . . " Willow stopped, interrupted by the sound of her best-friend laughing.

"What??" She asked indignantly.

Still laughing at her best-friend's blabbering, Buffy replied, "When are you going to tell me what the news is?"

"Oh! Yeah, I suppose that would be a good idea huh?"

Willow suddenly realised what Buffy had been laughing at and joined in, then became serious again.

"Tara and I found a spell today・ spell to go back in time." Willow stopped, waiting to see Buffy's reaction.

"That's great Will, but how does that concern me? You know I couldn't cast a spell if my life depended on it."

"Don't you see Buffy? You could go back in time, stop Angel from being sired and stop all those innocent people from dying!"

Buffy suddenly realised what Willow was talking about, and the shock at the idea registered on her face.

"Buff? Are you okay?"

But Buffy was in her own thoughts. She knew that going back and changing Angel's past was the right thing to do, but in order to do that she'd have to stop Angel from being sired.She would stop Spike, Drusilla and many other vampires from being sired also, thereby saving millions of lives but, could she really do that? Stopping him from becoming a vampire would mean that he would die a human death and all their pasts would be changed completely, hers mostly. She would never meet him, never get to kiss his cold lips, never hold his cool hand, never・

"Buffy?"

Willow's voice cut into Buffy's thoughts like a knife. Her voice was almost a whisper when she answered・

"Yeah?"

"Are you okay? We don't have to do it you know. It was just a thought"

But on the other hand, she wouldn't ever have to watch him torture her friends, never have to send him to hell・

Buffy, forget it okay. It was a stupid idea. Of course you would never want to do that. You would never meet him. Stupid idea thought up by stupid me・

She would never have to watch Giles・pain at losing Jenny. That thought made her decision for her.

"I want to do it Will."

Willow looked at her friend in shock.

"What?"

"I said, let me do it Willow. I have a chance to change everything. To stop Spike and Dru being sired, to stop innocent people dying," She lowered her eyes. "To stop Jenny from dying."

"Buffy, you don't have to do this. Just forget I mentioned it ok?・

"No Will. If you won't help me, I'll go to Giles. He will.・

Willow looked at her friend. She had known her for quite a few years now and she knew, just by looking at her friends face, that she was not going to let this go. She would do this no matter what it took and know matter how hurt she herself got in the process.

Willow sighed.

"Ok, Buffy. But only if you promise me, that you are DEAD CERTAIN that you want to do this, That you are not doing this because you feel you have to. The past can stay the same・it doesn't matter.・

Buffy looked at Willow. No matter how close they were, she knew that she could never tell her how much this really hurt her.

"I'm sure Will. Lets do this.・

"Okay. I'll ring Tara and tell her to come over with the things we need."

Buffy watched her friend walk over to the phone, then turned away, Tears in her eyes as she looked at the sliver Claddaugh ring resting on her finger. She was going to do this, she had to. For Her . .for Him.

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