Title: Once Upon A Time

Rating: K

Summary: This is not a fairytale.

AN: This is… different, I know. Let me know what you think.

AN 2: I reposted this to fix the spelling of Riley's name, because having it wrong was just embarrassing.

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Once upon a time there was a beautiful princess,

(Buffy stopped being a princess when she was called, and some would say she's never been that beautiful)

who lived in a magical kingdom, far, far away.

(where evil lives and people die)

She lived with her mother

(who died alone, who Buffy could not save)

and her sister

(who was not real)

and they loved each other very much.

(sometimes Buffy hated Dawn, and Dawn hated Buffy, and they both hated their mother for dying. Sometimes)

The princess had friends, a wise teacher

(Giles always felt he was failing, that he should have done more for her. He was not as wise as they thought)

a brave boy who loved her

(Xander was scared every day of his life since he met her, and he was too young to know real love)

and a powerful witch.

(Willow fought along side Buffy because it made her worth something. Eventually she would almost destroy the world)

She had other friends, but these were the ones that stayed by her.

(except when they didn't)

She had three loves: her one true, who she was destined to end

(Angel killed and hurt and destroyed, but it wasn't really him. They loved, will love, do love, always will)

there was a good man

(Riley loved her, she never loved him as much, and he lost everything for her, then left, and she knew she should be sadder)

and there was a bad man.

(Spike was evil, she hated him, she loved him. He tried to change, to become what she wanted, and it almost worked. He died for her)

She fought the monsters in the kingdom with her friends and her lovers,

(she was always alone)

and they finally defeated the evil monsters,

(the price was too high, it seemed like they'd lost anyway)

and they lived happily ever after.

(this is a lie)