Musings of An Actress/Writer - Dark Lady

The fortune queen of New Orleans,
Was brushing her cat in her black limousine
On the backseat were scratches from
The marks of men her fortune she had won
Couldn't see through the tinted glass,
She said "Home James" and he hit the gas
I followed her to some darkened room,
She took my money, she said "I'll be with you soon"


Mrs. Anya Christina Emmanuella Jenkins Harris. It sounded good.

Anya laid her head on Xander's bare chest as the first rays of dawn began to stream in through the window, still asleep, he readjusted his position to pull her closer to him and smiled. She just stared up with adoring eyes. She loved him, the ex-demon was certainly sure of that. Vegence seemed like such a petty profession when she had him. Xander and his dark hair and kind eyes...she'd meant it when she called him her knight in shining armor.

He muttered something. Anya nuzzled closer, "What was that, sweetheart?" 

"Mmmm, Willow."

Anya blinked. "Xander, what?"

"Shh, go back to sleep, Will."

For the first time since she became human again, Anya was speechless.

Mrs. Anya Lameass Made Up Maiden Name Harris. It sounded like silence.

Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me than I knew myself.

Anya twitched a little from the effort of keeping her righteous anger, as she had dubbed it, in check the next morning at the Magic Box as Willow passed by. "Willow?" She asked, attempting to sound as normal as possible.

"What 'cha need Anya?"

"I was wondering if you can predict the future."

"Predict the future? Well, not really, but I can read tarot cards. Do you want me to do a reading for you real quick?" The red-head smiled.

Anya smiled as well, the intent well veiled. "That sounds great."

She dealt two cards, a queen and a three
And mumbled some words that were so strange to me
Then she turned up a two-eyed jack,
My eyes saw red but the card still stayed black
She said "The man you love is secretly true
To someone else who is very close to you
My advice is that you leave this place,
Never come back and forget you ever saw my face..."

"Okay, The Lovers inverted...oh." Her eyes grew even wider..."Are you and Xander alright?"

"As far as I know." She quickly lied.

Willow sighed and seemed to grow less anxious. "That's good."

"What did the card mean, Willow?"

"Nothing, nothing. Never mind, I misintrepreted." Then , suddenly, she blurted out, "Can you watch the store for a bit, I have a few errands to run."

"Oh. Alrighty then."

So I ran home and crawled in my bed,
I couldn't sleep because of all the things she said
Then I remembered her strange perfume,
And how I smelled it was in my own room!
So I sneaked back and caught her with my man,

Anya knew exactly where Willow had gone. And the ex-vegence demon followed.

She crept into the apartment silently, clutching her vegence closly. She could hear through the cracked bedroom door.

Willow spoke, out of breath. "Xander, that has to be the last time. We can't do this anymore. I think she's on to us."

The sounds of passionate kissing.

"But Will -- Anya!"

She opened fire. Soon, the other two lay on the floor, dead. Anya stepped over Xander's body as she left, "Surprise, babe."


Laughing and kissing till they saw the gun in my hand
The next thing I knew they were dead on the floor,
Dark Lady would never turn a card up anymore.

Unseen, D'Hoffryn laughed. His little Anyanka didn't need her demon powers...what she could do on her own was so much more satisfying.

Dark Lady laughed and danced and lit the candles one by one
Danced to her gypsy music till her brew was done
Dark Lady played back magic till the clock struck on the twelve
She told me more about me than I knew myself 

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End Note: What is with me? I always kill Xander off! And he's my favorite character!