They awoke a few hours later, Willow was just opening her eyes when Angel pounced on her and started checking her body,
"Are you alright bella, are you okay, whats wrong?"
"A..Angel..Im fine, my head hurts a little but Im fine. What was that, all I remember was mateing like wild animals and then boom, bright lights and pain"
"I dont know sweetling, I dont know, but Im going to find out. Im going to the Oracles, they should have the answers"
"You mean your..your leaveing me"
"Only for a while sweetheart, I wont be long, but we need to find out what that was, I thought I was looseing my soul again. I was so scared Angelus would hurt you"
"Thats impossible, its anchored, I mean earlier we..unless I couldnt make you completely happy, but"
"Willow, look at me, you have made me the happiest member of the un-dead there ever was, aff course you`d bring about the clause. But we have to know what that was"
"Okay, but dont be too long"
They kissed for a moment and then he was dressed and gone. Willow made herself busy around the apartment, cleaning, reading, listening to a little music, she just didnt know what to do with herself, The sex they had, had before the pain and lights was amazeing, it was the most intense experience she`d ever had, she felt different aswell, she felt something courseing through her blood, her body. She didnt know what it was but for some reason she wasnt scared. She knew she had Angel by her side no matter what. And if Angelus had shown up earlier she somehow knew that he wouldnt have hurt her. Angel was more like his demon self than he liked to admit, and she could practically feel the bond with the demon herself, it was in the back of her mind, like a memory that escapes you. She felt Angel himself there aswell like they could communicate without speech if they wanted. She thought maybe she was being silly, but she knew, they had a bond, whether it be through restoring his soul, or from her drinking from him, it was there.
Angel was going through the underground tunnels to the post office, ironically that was where the portal to the Oracles was. He had a sneaking suspicion what had happened earlier, but he hadnt wanted to scare Willow with it until he was absolutly sure himself, hense the trip to two of the most annoying higher beings he`d ever met. He had heard of a vampire back in the sixteenth century experiencing the same thing, he had been with his lover and they had been fully sated when a blinding light had over taken them and a pain had formed in his chest, afterwards he had been practically unkillable, and so had his lover. It had turned out that he had found his one true life mate. It was the vamperic equivalent of a soul mate. They had taken on attributes of the other, but both being vampire it had just strengthened there powers and the bond they already shared as sire and childe. If that was indeed what had happened to himself and Willow he didnt know how it would effect them, she was a human and he a vampire with a soul. He needed to see the Oracles, annoying or not.
He had completed the ritual and made it into there chambers.
"What have you brought us lower being?"
"This"
He held out a pair of diamond earing and a crystal pendant, they flew from his hands and were inspected.
"This will do, what do you wish to know?"
"I have already been blessed with an anchored soul, but I need to know, have I found my true life mate, my lover and I experienced bright light and pain and then blackness, was it the mateing?"
"Yes lower being it was, you are now mated, she is your life partner. she will take on your attributes, she can call on your demon and will live as an immortal from now on. You will take on some of her humanity, when your bond has been nurtured you will develope a heart beat and be able to communicate without speech, even now you can walk in the sun as long as you are with her, and you are also immortal. This will aid you in the fight for good and your final redemption, you are to live out your immortal existence with this one woman as your companion. You cannot be killed by stake or holy water, or fire, and she cannot die, as long as she is not drained of all her blood, but be careful, and immortal witch is a great prize for some, be vidulent."
With that he was throan from the chambers and landed on his butt back in the tunnels. It was true, they were mated, Willow was immortal, as was he, he only hoped she wouldnt be Angry or scared. He made his way back through the tunnel system and back into the appartment where Willow was sat on the sofa feet tucked under her reading one of her wiccan books, she looked so peaceful, he almost hated to disturb her, but he must.
