Title: Becoming Real
Author: Carol A. Clarke
Email: Carol.Clarke@mail.state.ky.us

Epilogue


Buffy bent down and put flowers on the grave. She was out of tears to cry. She felt numb for the most part. Tara’s arm wrapped around her and she kissed her neck. Willow wiped her own tears away and put more flowers on the grave.

“I still can’t believe we buried her next to Faith.” Buffy said gritting her teeth.

“It was Duncan’s choice. She thought Faith might get lonely.” Kate replied from the other side of the grave. She couldn’t bare to even see the names on the tombstones.

“Speaking of lonely, are you sure you don’t want one of us to go to India with you?” Tara asked.

“No I want to let loose and do some damage for a little while. If the counsel is right something nasty is going on in India. Maybe a new Hellmouth opening.”

“Well if you are gone for too long we are all going to look for you.” Willow said sternly.

“It’s probably nothing. They have a were-tiger girl locked up in a cage but that is about it. You know their prophecies. A goddess is coming; the earth is going to shake that kind of thing. The counsel are mostly a bunch of whiners.” Buffy said.

“Still we worry.” Tara replied. She was glad Buffy was going to keep busy. Duncan’s death had hurt her. But there was the were-tiger. Duncan never stayed very far from Buffy. Reincarnation may not be linear but it did get you were you needed to be. They would find each other again even if she and Kali/Willow had to do a lot of Earth shaking to get them together.

The End