Conversations About Dead People, Ch.16

This was, by far, the hardest chapter to write. If you read anything else by me, you know that I’m not one to shy away from angst. However, angst is very different than grief, and grief has always gotten to me. So this may not be the best chapter, but believe me when I tell you, I tried my hardest. Takes place after the Angel episode, There’s No Place Like Plrtz Glrb, and after The Gift.

 Angel refresher: Angel Investigations travels to an alternate dimension to rescue Cordelia, who was sucked through a portal. While there, they rescue Fred and discover that because of her visions, Cordelia has been made princess. They eventually are able to leave and the entire group including Fred and Cordelia, still in her royal clothes, arrives back at the Hyperion. When they walk in the door they find Willow, who has come to tell them that Buffy’s dead.

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