(Dorm room)

WILLOW: Oh Dawn. I wish I could help more. Uh, the only thing is it will get better, I promise.

DAWN: you don't know that.

TARA: Sure she does. We're witches. We know stuff.

DAWN: What? Life goes on? and I forget Mom? Is that what you're saying?

WILLOW: Not forget, no! I... You...

TARA: You make a place for her in your heart. It's sorta like she becomes a part of you. Does that make sense? Dawn?

WILLOW: Hey, we don't have to talk about this now. You could just go to sleep.

DAWN: No. I don't want to sleep.

TARA: Okay we could just sit, or whatever you want.

DAWN: Good. Cause I know. What I want to do now.

WILLOW: Great! what are you up for?

DAWN: You guys are witches. And you do magic & stuff.

WILLOW: You want us to teach you something. Like a glamour? or I could make a stuffed animal dance!

DAWN: I wanna do a spell. I wanna bring Mom back.

(...)

TARA: of course you want to bring your mother back, and I wish we could, but it's not possible.

DAWN: Why? You guys do magic for all kinds of things.

WILLOW: We do, but...

TARA: This is different. Magic can't be used to alter the natural order of things.

DAWN: But all you do is mess with the natural order of things. You make things float & dissappear and...

TARA: But we don't mess with life and death. Dawn.. I know how bad you hurt...

DAWN: You don't. They put her in the ground!

TARA: They did. And it's awful & unfair. But this isn't the way.

WILLOW: I'm not even sure it's possible, Dawn. I've seen things on resurrection. There's books & stuff. I guess, spells backfire?

TARA: That's not the point.

WILLOW: That's not the point. The point is it's bad. because...

TARA: ...because witches can't be allowed to alter the fabric of life for selfish reasons. Wiccans took an oath a long time ago to honor that.

DAWN: So it's possible. To bring someone back. They wouldn't have taken an oath if they didn't know they could do it.

TARA: Maybe they could. But we can't.

WILLOW: She's right, Dawn. It's too dangerous.

DAWN: You said you wanted to help me.

(Dawn makes an annoyed sound and goes to lie down on her sleeping back with her back turned. Willow kneels beside her.)

WILLOW: Dawn...

(Willow touches Dawn's shoulder but she jerks away, turns over so her back is to Willow again. Willow looks over at Tara. Tara looks concerned. )

• Dawn & Tara

written by: Marti Noxon; This is my own transcript; short on description, but hey at least it's here today (April 24). Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/95forever.html