This will be the first thing I have written that I have ever let anybody read.
I have had this story floating around in my head for a while but it was very difficult to sit down and really write it
WARNING 1: this takes place durring "SEEiNG RED" and "VILLIANS"
WARNING 2:about the way i bring tara back. she does not get her origonal body back, but she will still be Tara and she will still look like Tara. I' saying this now becausesome Kittens might object to Tara in a differnt body and i don't want to offend anyone
Ok. Here goes
Title: Body and Soul
Author: Soul Unity
E-mail: soul_unity_4ever@yahoo.com
Feedback: Please! I NEED it! Good or Bad
Distribution: You want it you got it. Just let me know where you put it
Spoilers: Everything up to and including “Villains”
Pairing: W/T
Rating: PG-13.
Disclaimers: All BtVS characters are Own by Joss and Co. Sometimes little kids play to rough with their toys and break them. Then someone else has to pick up the pieces and fix them.
Summary: Tara was shot, But that’s nowhere near enough to keep her from her willow. Besides this is Sunnydale no one stays dead here
Notes: All character thoughts are in italics. All character speech is in ”quotations” scene/ location change ~~~~~~~
Tara was happy. For the first time in months she knew everything was going to be ok.
She had her willow back.
Spike and Buffy had ended their um…“thing”.
She had her Willow back
They had a taken down two out of three stooges.
She had her Willow back.
Dawn was out of her klepto faze.
And Best of all, She had her Willow Back!
Tara took a moment to admire Willows shirt. If I look hard enough maybe I can see…
?!? WHATS THAT RED STUFF?!?
“Your shirt…….”
Tara felt a warmth and a feeling of love surround her, lifting her up into the air. Happy thoughts swirled through her mind too fast to track. But one thought bought her back to reality.
I’m going to see Mama again, I can’t wait for her to meet Willow………….WILLOW!!!!!!
Tara quickly spun around, hearing Willows sobs for the first time.
“Tara? Come, on baby. Get up. Please. Tara..” Willow cried
“OH GODDESS NO!!!” Tara said as she desperately tried to stop her upward journey
She focused on her love for Willow. She focused on her family, Buffy, Dawn, Mr. Giles, Xander, and Anya. They all needed her and she needed them. She couldn’t leave them now, She wasn’t going without a fight!
Just when Tara thought that no amount of willpower would halt her assent, she suddenly stopped.
She felt the warmth and love dissipate and she was left floating near the ceiling. She tried to move back towards Willow and her body, but she had no strength left. She looked at Willow and saw her eyes had turned black and energy crackled around her. “No sweetie, please don’t“ Tara says as dark clouds form in the bedroom
“ By Osiris, I command you! Bring her back!” Willow said full of rage and sorrow.
“No baby no, not this way, please.” Tara said and then covered her eyes unable to watch anymore.
Tara tries to block out the activity in the room, but she can tell that willow and a demon are arguing and things aren’t going well. She hears a almost inhuman scream from Willow fallowed by a completely inhuman scream from the demon. Then silence.
Tara opened her eyes just in time to catch a glimpse of Willow leaving.
“WILLOW WAIT, I’M HERE” Tara yelled. But Willow kept walking.
Tara’s left floating all alone for awhile. Slowly she feels the warm/love feeling return stronger than before but without the pulling. She can sense a presence behind her. She knows who it is, and fight the urge to turn.
“Tara” says a voice very similar to Taras
“M-m-mama” Tara whispers. She can’t turn around. Seeing her mother would be too much. She couldn’t find the strength not to go with her.
Taras mothers voice was sad as she spoke.
“You know its not possible to return to your body. The damage is too great”
“Yes mama I know, but I can’t leave. Please, there has to be some way, any way“ Tara said, sobbing now.
Tara as felt her mother embrace her from behind her willpower weakened. She missed her so much.
“Shhhh. I’m not here to force you to leave. You have a choice.”
“A choice?” Tara repeated in shock
“Yes you can stay if you want. I just wanted to make sure you knew it would be rough if you did. You cant just hop back in your body and POOF everything’s ok.”
Tara was confused “But I thought……”
Her Mother stopped her. “This IS Sunnydale Sweetie, there is always a way back here. I wish I had been….Never mind that’s not important now”
“Will Willow know its me?” Tara asked
“Of course. She always will know you, and you her . Just as you always have found, and will find each other. You two are soul mates” Taras mother said with sincerity.
Tara faced her mother and returned her embrace “ Mama, will I ever see you again?”
“Tara , we will all be together some day. I still have to meet my extended family don’t I” she said, stepping back so Tara could see her smile.
“That reminds me , your friend Buffy, She had a choice. She doesn’t remember, but she chose to come back. Let her know that. It should help her some.”
“I will Mama.”
“I have to go now Sweetie, when the time comes focus all your energy and your thoughts on being alive. Try not to think about you own body or you could end up back here and miss your chance.” Taras mother said as she slowly faded away.
“I love you Mama”
“I love you too Tara, always.” With those words she was gone. Tara was alone again.
I wonder how I’ll Know when its time
Just then the door is pushed open. Tara turns to see who’s there
Oh no, Dawnie!
“…Tara?”
Suddenly there’s a flash and Tara feels magic all around her as every thing goes white.
Ok this is it. I want to be alive. I want to be alive. Iwanttobealive Iwanttobealive I hope I get hair like mine. Willow loves my hair and my…Oops!
To Be Continued........
When Love Is True, Two Souls Become One - Soul Unity
Edited by: xita
...ok, I need to know where she ended up, and yeah, I like her hair, too...
and I'd add that cute little thud emoticon you got goin' there..hehe cute
suddenly appeared and took them.
I will work on it later today,and hopefully I will have something good by this time tomarrow if not sooner.
Maybe I will add a hot love scene in a later chapter