FIC: The Gift of Sorrow - Rainbow Writer's Season 7 Pt. 1,2

[Puff]

Ok that was stunning, I can't wait too see what goes on from here.

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You know, it's a real deal relationship and that's why people can relate to it
Amber Benson

[Karzia]

Oh wow again!!!!!!!!!!!!!



Oh and add me to the list of folks loving the X/A interaction, they are just to funny together, they can't seem to help it

"This may be the Hellmouth, but it's our Hellmouth"

--------Tara in "Left of Center"
-------- by: Jomarch



Taste the rainbow

[Latsric]

I think i'm going to cry....yes, yes I am. Tears, real big fat happy tears. I love this fic and all I can add to that is thank you for making the world seem right again.





-Lat-

[LiangFeng]

(claps enthusiastically) I love this fanfic. I love it I love it I love it.

"I go online sometimes. But everyone's spelling is so bad, it's really depressing."

[darkmagicwillow]

I loved how they found each other! I know there are problems ahead to deal with, but the image of Willow finally getting a moment's rest in Tara's embrace was wonderful.

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"Chemistrys easy. Its a lot like witchcraft, except less newt."

[LeatherQueen]

*sigh*



That was just... so wonderful. Thank you for this.

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"But when they're playing your song on the jukebox in Hell, you might as well dance." - K. Simpson


"Futile... like a FOX, baby!" - Tara in The Late Shift by wiccachica

[Jennpurr]

Awwww... **SNIFF** I couldn't find a happy tears smiley, so that one will have to do.



I love you, two! WOW... thank you! I can't wait to see what happens when they both wake up. You two are awesome. Looking forward to tomorrow's updates!



and Forever!



Jen

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"It's good to be a chicken casserole," Tara murmured before passing out. -from "Answering Darkness" by Sassette


"Straight,” Joel huffed, rolling his eyes. “That’s like, two drinks and a light switch away from being totally gay.” Joel from "Final Exam" by Ruth

[fairydust]

omg I actually had to hold back tears. When Willow found Tara and whispered "home" omg.......that was just....so.... WOW!!!!! and very emotional.

Excuse me while I go use up an entire box of kleenex.

I hope Willow starts to get better once that she realizes that Tara is actually alive and here with her. once again I say, "OMG", wonderful update. And of course, I cant wait for more but I will

*****Faye*****I LOVE YOU JENNA

[Canadian Kitty]

Quote:

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sigh....

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Indeed. Thank you girls.



CK

"I'm not coming back." Willow. Villians

[pikescoob]

Very sweet updates thank you. *sigh* And I like your Xander.



--Michelle

[BethanyB3]

WOW & oh yea WOW! This story is so great. Can't tell you how much I loved Willow whispering "Home" when she's w/Tara & Tara knowing it was Willow, even though her eyes were shut.

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~ " If I could, then I would, I'll go wherever you will go " ~

~ The Calling ~

[xita]

Oh that was awesome. Perfect the way they found each other without the help of anyone, it was home and peace. I just hope that they keep them together now, it would be so cruel if Willow woke up speaking of dreaming of being with Tara and they still kept it a secret from her.

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Willow: (to Tara) I could heal.

Tara: (to Willow)And we’re gone.

[The Rose24]

WOW.



So many updates. Excellent job as usual and Yay! . They find each other again. I will wait patiently for the next update, but these could hold me for a while.

Tara: My heart doesn't stutter.

Tara: Willow, I got so lost.
Willow: I found you. I will always find you.

Willow: Hi, um Tara. I was wondering maybe you want to go out some time for coffee? food? Kisses and gay love?

[VampNo12]

Well that was a wonderful, heartening way to end the updates for today. Willow being propelled forward (even though she was scared and tired), and then finally seeing Tara was worth the wait. Thinking that she may be dead, but its ok because Tara has come to meet her just conveys how much Tara's "death" has affected every aspect of Willow's life (ie she didn't care if she was dead, just happy to find her Tara). Lastly, having Willow curled up in Tara's lap both mentally and physically exhausted from this experience, but "home" (as Willow says) was a beautiful image to end the last part. Looking forward to seeing what happens once W&T wake-up!

Edited by: VampNo12  at: 6/17/02 8:54:53 pm

[DarkWiccan]

Thank you.



Cheers (and sniffles)

DarkWiccan

"Promise me you'll never be linear." "On my trout."

[kpmuse]

"Home"

Kristine


Tara & Willow Forever

[Mix]

To quote some of the other Kitties. *Wow* I'm afraid I can't manage more then that at the moment. What a wonderful update. Thank you



M

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If you love men so much, go love men! - Anya before walking off with Willow's coffee in Entropy

[mollyig]

It was so sweet when Willow said "home", and she truly is.



And Xander lost in the woods again! Good job it was day time, or he would have tried to follow the north star again!



Wonderful work. Thank you both!

Adding up the total of a love that's true, multiply life by the power of two
Indigo Girls

[KathleenWolf]

Morning everyone,



Oh my well I see that despite our worry the reunion has gone over well... first to the feedback... smile



Sparrow: blush... well we really just get an idea and from there it just magically fills itself out... but thank you so much for reading and enjoying that is the most magical part to Beth and I... oh and keep looking, you're special woman is out there somewhere have faith... and though the distance is sooo hard we are working diligently to get permanently in the same place... this stupid little thing called money... ack... oh well thanks for reading



Willowfan: yes yes we stopped there... but there's new updates...



witchbitchwillow: as beth says we don't do cliffhangers on purpose it's all about where the little stars fall between the scenes...



Tommo: thank you... it's nice to know someone else enjoys supsense and the whole ride up the mountain... on and secretly we love X/A they have that totally nice love hate thing going



Tiyodragon: your definitions helped greatly...thank you



Tulipp: first thank you for letting us know you were reading and enjoying... smile... so glad that we are keeping you poised at the end of your seat (in a good way)



MadeinNZ: no really... no uhoh... it's good... they're together...



Rane018: i hope that's happy sigh???



twisty6: thank you so much for letting us know you're reading and enjoying so very much... and bravo on the courage, we don't bite promise... there is a full table of sweets please help yourself and any questions or comments just send them right along



LiangFeng: holy crap? in a good way or bad? worry worry... whew okay you love it... we love our readers!



Karzia: WOOO HOOO tropical skittles... what do i have to do to get the sour ones? I love the sour ones...

blush... oh thank you for reading, so glad we captured the perfect moment and your sunlight image was sooo sweet.... and we love X/A too!



Puff: darling Beth should have more update later this morning... so glad you liked the reunion



Latsric: handing box of special W/T puddle extra strength tissues... sniff sniff... sorry we made you cry but we wanted the reunion to be beautiful



darkmagicwillow: we thought that despite all that was going on and will have to go on to find complete peace... they did deserve one moment of triumph as they were ut together again... thanks



LeatherQueen: your welcome... smile... so glad it lived up to the build up



Jennpurr: happy teary smiley duley noted...thank you! you're awesome for reading... update hopefully soon



fairydust: oh here we have special ones with little willow and tara pictures on them for special occasions... it's okay, they're back together... it's going to be alrihght now... promise... and thank you for being patient



Canadian Kitty: thank you for reading...



pikescoob: thank you... and we had to help Xander to be himself again they made such an ass of him in season six



BethanyB3: it was a very speical moment... thank you for sharing it with us



Xita: thank you... we tried so hard to find the perfect way to get them back in each others arms so to speak... and well the whole keep them apart put them together is an issue to be dealt with but it'll get smoothed out in the next few updates



TheRose24: glad they will hold you... but hopefully the wait won't be too long



VampNo12: wow... you totally summed up our whole symbolism in the scene about Willow being so lost that a 'dead' Tara is better than no Tara at all (even if it means she's dead too)... we hope to smooth all of those wrinkles out in the future... but so glad you're still enjoying... thanks for reading



DarkWiccan: your welcome. (thank you for reading) handing tissues over with soft smile



Kpmuse: willow + tara = home ... always



Mix: no need for more... wow is a very good word... thank you, and thank you for reading



Mollyig: laugh... yep its daytime so Xander should be safe, poor boy with his poor sense of direction... and home they are, and home they shall stay... thanks for reading



I think that's everyone so far... thank you to everyone who is reading and commenting, and to even everyone who in their busy day just reads us even... we know how precious time is and to know that anyone spends that time on our writing is a very magical thing



as always my heartfelt thanks for reading

take care till the next update

kath (and beth)

[Tulipp]

Those last two updates were great! I just had to go close my office door so people didn't wonder why I was sniffing so much at 8:30 in the morning.



What a lovely and true image, Willow putting her head in Tara's lap. It reminds me of when Buffy cried in Tara's lap about the Spike situation.



I always kind of expected to see something like that between W and T in season 6, and as much as I liked the whole "skipping it" concept, I would have loved a tender moment like this.

[Ressick]

*turns into a big puddle of goo*



awwwwwww... dude, that just made my day... seriously...



"i will always find you" takes on a whole new meaning...



thank you so much kath and beth!!!!



*dives into the cuddle puddle teary-eyed*



Res

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"I'm very seldom naughty." ~ Willow

[capricornmist]

*melts*



That was beautiful. Thank you



*starts stamping her feet* I want an everlasting relationship like that one!! Mwaaaaaaaaa

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"Nothing like gettin your ass kicked, to make your ass hurt!"

Buffy Series 5

[Slick Whiskas]

Hello,



I'm a new kitten, and I have to say, your story is what inspired me to come out of lurking and post : )=. I've read all that you've put up so far, and I'm in complete awe of how well you've captured all of the characters (and in such a strange and difficult situation, too!). The story is incredibly heartwarming, and your writing style is beautiful, it speaks to all the senses. Can't wait for more.



-Civet ( *

Ne-yow! >^..^<

[Loco2]

thank you. w+t back together, fabulous!

(and add one more for the loving of the x/a relationship as in this fic )



steph

”What do you think I am, a skeleton thief? You want to search me?!"

[oneinten]

That reunion scene was soooo great! WAAAAA!!



No fair making me cry at work! That was exactly but not how I hoped/imagined it would be. Once again you guys are amazing! I'm jumping into the puddle with oreos!



Please update more!

[sparrow]

There's no place like home, there's no place like home...

our girls are finally home, wooo fricken hooo!!! Great update, need more, see what a rainbow mitten junkie I am and I love it.

And, yet, I just can't seem to care


I'm not coming back

[Beth Dragon]

Yes our girls have found each other. Here's the next part. Bx







Xander looked around at the four women in the room with him and smiled nervously. Everyone had been really quite since they’d gotten back and tucked the two sleeping beauties upstairs. Dawn had come home from school just shortly after they had and with a short synopsis the teenager was now up to speed on what was going on.



“What happens now?” Dawn’s question was small as she looked at Buffy.



“Giles is on his way, hopefully he’ll have some answers.” Buffy put forward blindly. “I don’t know really Dawn.” She put her hand over her sister’s.



“Will Willow be alright, when she wakes up I mean, will she be like Willow before.” Dawn immediately turned her hand and held onto Buffy’s.



“It’s not that easy Dawnie, but she’s got help to get better now.” Buffy reached up and hugged an arm around her sister knowing the teenager was worried.



“I don’t like to be the one to mention this.” Anya looked around for a long moment. “You know because it always seems to be more who brings the mood down.” She elaborated. “But…” She bit her lip slightly and looked at Xander. “Burning Bugs.” She stated pointing to his pants.



“Oh God I forgot.” He looked at Madalene who was sitting stiffly in a chair away from bulk of the group cradling her arm slightly. “Are you okay? You hurt your arm.”



“Hurt what when?” Buffy caught up to Xander’s words.



“I hit it off the side of a phone booth.” The spellcaster explained. “We were running from the horde of bugs that tried to eat Xander and I at the Seven Eleven.”



“All true.” Xander nodded to back her up. “It was like fast food but in reverse.” He turned again to Madalene. “Really Mads I’m sorry.” He underlined again. “I can run you to the clinic.”



“No it’s fine, it’s gotten hot already it’s healing.” The brunette shook her head to his kind worry.



“Let me at least wrap it up.” Buffy squeezed Dawn and moved over to get the medical kit.



“How does it do that?” Dawn screwed her nose up as Buffy made her way over to the spellcaster.



“I’m not really sure.” Madalene smiled at the teenager. “Like a fever when you have an infection, our bodies get hot as a way to induce the healing.”



“All of you or just the hurt bit?” Dawn pushed for details.



“Just the hurt bit mostly, unless it’s a big hurt enough to put us into hibernation.” She put her arm out at the Slayer’s prompting and let Buffy begin wrapping it.



“Does it hurt?” Dawn watched carefully.



“It does.” Madalene frowned. “But I’m sorta wussy about pain I have to admit.”



“But she’s great with the big ball o’ fire.” Xander moved close beside the teenager and gave her a shoulder hug.” I think it must be drinks time.” He looked at Dawn and then through to the kitchen.



“Oh for goodness sake.” Anya scoffed. “Is there any wonder this girl has the problems she does.” The demon moved as Dawn did towards the kitchen. “Sending her out when you want to talk about bad things does nothing to help you know that don’t you?” She moved out of the room to catch up with Dawn.



“It wasn’t that big a ball, when all the bugs started catching fire it managed to look a lot bigger than it was.” Madalene admitted that it hadn’t been her design.



“Big flaming bug ball.” Xander drew his arms in a wide circle to demonstrate to the Slayer.



“Okay more detail Xander.” Buffy continued to wrap the slim arm surprised but somewhat comforted to feel the same burning heat coming from Madalene’s skin that had come from Tara’s.



“There were bugs, lots of bugs, locusts, loci, what is the plural of locust?” He screwed his face up.



“Locust.” Madalene helped him. “They were magical, or at least magically imbued.”



“Magic Locust.” Xander underlined with a shiver. “Chased us into a telephone booth and then back to the hotel room, while still on fire. Then I guess they must have…” He looked at Madalene with a shrug. “Just gone away?” He offered knowing how lame it sounded.



“Well looks like we got research to do.” Buffy put the small metal clips in to hold the bandage in place. “Do you mind relocating here?” She questioned the spellcaster though her face didn’t really scream you have a choice but at least the Slayer was trying to be polite.



“I don’t want to impose.” Madalene shook her head. “But I would like to be close to Tara.”



“Buffy is that such a good idea?” Xander put in.



“We’re just going to talk in the dining room, two seconds.” Buffy grabbed him by the arm and led him in. “What else are we supposed to do?” She questioned him immediately.



“I was thinking of Willow, what if she wakes up and is all ‘ah ah, dead girlfriend, ah ah’ ish?” Xander explained waving his hands around his head for emphasis.



“What can we do? Sooner or later she has to know and she didn’t seem to ah ah ahish when she curled up in Tara’s lap right?” Buffy whispered back.



“She looked kinda asleep then Buffy.” Xander hated to point out the obvious. “And what about Tara? Am I the only one noticing that the walls in the bathroom had more colour than her when I carried her in?”



“So you want to split them up?” Buffy tried to find out where he stood.



“I don’t know what what’s for the best.” He admitted. “I don’t wanna overwhelm either of them. Tara’s still so weak, and Will’s...” His voice trailed off.



“I don’t know either Xander but the whole way home Willow wouldn’t move more than a few inches from her. I can’t split them up.” Buffy shook her head. “Not unless one of them does the ah ah ah’ ish.” She waved her hands around as he had.



“I guess I loose my bed in the basement.” He gave Buffy a supportive smile.



“No, I can bunk with Dawn and Madalene can stay in my room.” Buffy put her hand up to his shoulder.



“And Anya?” Xander pointed out. “We think she’s going to step outside the action ring?”



“Well if you give her your bed is up to you.” Buffy smiled at him. “You know in a nice... I still love you and I messed up way.” She poked him.



“Hey we’re got Tara back, I think asking Anya to forgive me is looking for one two many miracles.” He smiled but sadly. “You should probably check.” He pointed a finger upwards to the ceiling.



“Okay. Can you take care of Madalene?” Buffy questioned. “She seems to like you best.”



“I know it’s hard but I kinda like Witchy woo.” Xander admitted to the Slayer hoping she might ease up a bit.



“Is there anything else I need to know about the bugs?” Buffy checked moving closer to the doorway. “I mean it’s a bit odd you two got jumped in mid morning daylight by magical bugs.”



“Nothing. Just literally from slurpy slushy goodness one minute, to angry buzzing magical bugs the next.” Xander shrugged, it wasn’t something he could readily explain.



“I think maybe your witchy woo is getting a bit of unwanted attention. We better keep an eye on her.” Buffy said honestly.



“And I thought I was the only one drawing the obvious conclusions.” He tried to smile.



“Give me a freebie today.” Buffy laughed. “I’ll go check on the sleepy beauties.”

[DarkWiccan]

Okay so good... they aren't going to seperate them, right?



Good.



Excellent update, ya'll... keep up the awesome work!



Cheers

DarkWiccan

[Bobos Mom]

I so hope Willow doesn't freak when she realizes that this is not a dream, or heaven. I'm on pins and needles here, hoping for the best for our girls. Keep up the great pace. The helmet's strapped on as I wait for the next update.

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TARA: Willow and I always know how to find each other!

ANYA: With yoga?

[fidds]

oh wow - i come to check this thread , and three updates!!

yay!

okay the first update of yesterday was absolutely beautiful and i love how this story is going, it's brilliant!!

i'm so glad they found each other

Great updates!



*Hannah*

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I just needed someone to talk to, you were just too busy with yourself, you were never there for me to express how i felt ,i just stuffed it down- *STAIND -FADE*