AWW, I really wish you would continue with this fic. It is really awsome and I want to read more from it... Please!!

 

spike's impulsive act should do much to speed up buffy's talk with dawn, and hopefully, spike. delightful read, thank you.

spike's impulsive act should do much to speed up buffy's talk with dawn, and hopefully, spike. delightful read, thank you.

just found this story, I really like how you have focused it around the "outcast" of Angel and Buffy, giving them the respect, love and friendships the never had it the shows.
The story it self is very interesting and different. I look forward to see where you are going with
Spike, and how Willow and Xander are now.

It's so good to see Joyce again. I love that woman. Well before this, I didn't see any way Dawn was gonna give up her cosy little set up in LA. But now, I guess it depends on where Joyce decides to settle. I wonder who she thinks needs more support. Can't wait for the next installment.

So great! I'm so proud of Spike for sending Joyce back. He definitely proved that he is an amazing man. Not that I needed proof lol. That was such a selfless act. And the Slayer dream both Buffy and Faith shared was an interesting twist. I hope you update soon, I really enjoy your story.

I just found this story and I really enjoyed reading it. The characters you focused the story around are some of my favourites. Thank you.

Great chapter!!!!!

I was SO hoping you didn't forget about this story! Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!!!!

nice chapter, love :) looking forward to more :)

I love your fic. It's well written and it fixes all the things I thought was wrong with Season 6! Keep up the great work!

Great job with all the internal thoughts. Spike's got a big job ahead now, eh?

fantastic read, thank you. the blending of so many points of view provides a unique weave to this fine read,

I love this fic. I don't remember if I reviewed before cos I don't remember things ending like this. Wow what a ride, there's always so much to take in. I feel like I've been through an emotional wringer each time I read an update. It's taken me 2 days to reread up to this point, cos I have to break off to recover it affects me so much. Awesome, absolutely terrific. Now lets see how I cope with the next chappie.

I wonder what happened to Spike. I just hope he's OK wherever he is. I so love the relationship between Faith and Wesley. It's very sweet and she deserves it. I'm glad Dawn is being a little less stuborn. Hopefully, she'll give Buffy a chance to talk to her soon. I'm glad Willow and Xander are not being included. They annoy me. Selfish so called friends. Sorry, but saying it makes me feel better lol

This story has been amazing. All the things that frustrated me so badly on the show are being addressed, not changed, and I love how things are happening but letting it be realistic. Spike is an incredible, good man and I hope he gets everything he deserves, and if he loves Buffy, her too. But right now, all I can think is how will the author show a vampire with a soul whose sins have all been washed away. He was right to wonder, memory wipe? forgiveness? or is he some new incarnation with non-vampire powers? in his past, were the Slayers he would have to face in his memories going to affect him? There are so many fantastical possibilities!

I found this story today. It's a wonderful read and hope you continue it.

As for why we assume the First? It's a canon assumption, since you've come up to that time in the series, and used other series elements with some tweaks so far...so we just wonder if that's what's coming up until things point otherwise. :)

whoa! intense chapter, love...very well written...you've captured each character's emotions very well...looking forward to more :)

Buffy really has changed and seems to recognize the things that weren’t so positive in her friendships before. I like that she realizes that her relationship with Willow and Xander can’t be anything like it was before. Faith really is great to Buffy, recognizing how emotionally fragile she is and trying to help her. It’s amazing what some time and age can do to our perspectives. I really have enjoyed the emotion journey of this story and how drawn into each person’s perspective I become. As for the cliff-hanger, I am really looking forward to the explanation, thanks for such a great reading experience.

Okie dokie....I meant NO surprise *G*.

I figured out that Spike and Joyce have traded spaces in some way and much as I love Joyce I expect Spike to return eventually. Then again...hope Willow doesn't get any bright ideas about trading Spike for Tara if she finds out about this!

Again...brilliant, completely brilliant.

Kathleen

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa....woah! Did not see that coming AT ALL!

Love Giles in this story....terribly worried but not about Spike cause you wouldn't be so evil as to do in our boy...I'm worried about when this crisis has passed and Xander is in the mix (the loaded gun in the closet). Naturally Spike would undertake this quest. mp surprise there. Can't wait to find out how Joyce returned and where he is though.

This is a diamond of a story! Love, love, love it and can't wait for updates. Well done. I am breathless like I just got off a thrill ride and can't wait to ride again.

Kathleen

Thanks for the update! You've given us so much to think about with this chapter. Glad your muse is back -- and that you are already working on the next section. Can't wait to see where this is headed.

great story, so glad that there is so much of it to start with. i love it when there is several chapters to read at once. please update soon.

This is a really amazing story and I'm absolutely captivated. I look forward to finding out what happened. Thank you!

oh....he made an exchange...I have a feeling that this cleansing had something to with preventing the First from being able to play him...but then Joyce is here, so I'm not sure what's up now...only that it must be very important that she's here.

I squee-d and giggled over Wes and Faith's first date - that was awesome. They're so sweet!

Love that Giles has softened and grown up, too. Very proud of him.

Willow's not doing too bad...that's good. Xander is another story. That boy has issues the size of mountains.

Buffy's finally made enough progress that I'm not despising her anymore. Wary, though, like Dawn and Spike naturally are. It'll be interesting to see what Joyce does with the girls, and whether she already knows everything or not.

I am so glad that your updating again. I really look forward to the next parts of your stories and I hope that they are up very soon.

He is coming back, right? It'd be hard to make this a Spuffy story if he doesn't.

 

dawn has grown considerably but she still is a hurt, angry teenager. hope buffy has matured enough to handle the situation very carefully. not going to try and comment on the wonderful way this tale is being told. am simple going to "borrow" the word brilliant. thanks for the read.

Great scene between Faith and Buffy. So glad they got to talk and it went well. Now Dawn is another story...
I don't want to say this because she's supposed to be the good guy here but... what a little bitch. OK, feeling better. It's just that, she's willing to give a murderous Slayer a second chance--no offence to Faith, I do love her--but won't even give her own flesh and blood a second chance? It's not like Buffy tried to kill her or anything. And reality check here, she died to save her. Doesn't that make her deserve... maybe not a medal, but at least a chance to explain talk things through? To be fair, a lot of the things Dawn said makes sense and I can see why she would be afraid to let Buffy back in and risk ruining that little family she got. And the description Dawn made of Buffy's relationship with her friends was spot on. So I can't really blame the girl. But come on! I think the emancipation thing was enough to make her point heard loud and clear. She doesn't need to be such a bitch on top of everything.
Great chapter. Liked Elke. Very entertaining and again, well written. Very interesting original character. I wonder what she told Spike and why they're going back to Sunnydale.

Dawn, understandably so, really has a lot of anger towards her sister. I love that Faith and Buffy talked and were able to work through some things and that Buffy realizes that she has a lot of work to do with Spike and her sister.

Just found this story this morning and haven't done a thing but read since then! This is compelling and wonderfully written. I love the choices you have had the principles make. The point where it veres from canon is perfect for this. Really love this universe you have here. Going to read on...please keep writing this intriguing world.

Kathleen

Loved Anya's POV. Loved Dawn's POV.

Scared as hell for Spike.

Glad that Buffy and Faith were able to put their differences aside and come to an understanding.I can total understand Dawn's feeling's about Buffy, felt that way myself many times as well. Very curios about what this imbrigatt is. I just don't want for Spike to get hurt again. Fabulous chapter, thanks for putting it out there.

i wonder what's gonna happen next...please don't have abandoned this story, it's really awesome...i want to see buffy earn back her relationships, and see what happens to dawn and spike's new group...awesome story :)

still lovin this fic and would love more of it :P

This setup is absolutely BRILLIANT. There is nothing wrong with it at all. Dawn is completely right to make Buffy take responsibility for her own actions.

As for the notion that Buffy was "just following orders", if this didn't work as an excuse at the Nuremberg tribunals, it must surely be considered ludicrous in Buffy's case.

I am loving this yarn. Still think Dawn is a whiny bitch who doesn't get that everybody else told Buffy who to like and how to behave, especially after they brought her back from heaven. I agree that Buffy needs some bitch slapping but I think Spike should be the one to do it, not Dawn. More story please.

I'd read the first parts elsewhere and am thrilled to see it continued here. I love absolutely everything about this story. It's the best possible sequence of events after 'Deadthings' which is when that relationship should have ended. I love the Spike and Dawn. I love Dawn going after Spike. That's the clever girl we saw in Season 5. I love that they have taken in Wesley and Faith. And their new life and business together. I love the Spike and Angel bonding because that's the only way you can make me like Angel. And I love how Buffy has gotten better and made friends with Anya the vengeance demon. I've come to the conclusion that Xander, Willow and Buffy were bad for each other. At least, as long as they insist on excluding others. And the details like Buffy and the phone calls, Faith and the doors, Anya and the magazines, etc. are wonderful. I just love it. And that's saying a lot because I've been leaning towards Spaith as my OTP and you could have done that here, but didn't. Part III was kind of hard to read through all the tears though.

I am really chuffed to see you've started on the next part of this fic. I absolutely love it, no ifs no buts no maybes it's brilliant. I do feel sorry for Buffy, I know she's screwed up in the past, but so have all the others. It can't be even a year since she had to dig her way out of her own grave and had the weight of the world dumped back on her shoulders. I think most people would have ended up in a looney bin, Buffy didn't even get counselling. For all her new found maturity Dawn's still a little girl deep down. I can't wait for more.

Very interesting - I wonder what all Spike has to do? I'm glad you didn't go do the mushy big reunion where everything is immediately forgiven and forgotten that tends to happen in post mid-S6 Spuffy stories - I HATE it when authors do that because it's so unrealistic and well basically juvenile (it's just missing the fairy tale "and they all lived happily ever after"). After the S6 affair took an extremely dark turn for the worse with the blatent use and abuse and explosive ending, there was a ton of crap that Buffy and Spike would have had to work through for any real relationship between them to work out, realistically speaking. Along those lines, I absolutely hated the whole 'Angel is my soulmate crap' because the entire Buffy/Angel relationship is so damn childish - that relationship had no real or solid basis, it was hormones and and fairy-tale crap where they got it in their head that they were right for each other and NEVER grew out of it. Hell, those two didn't even really know each other - Buffy ignored a HUGE part of Angel as well as his entire past (his time as a human included) meanwhile, Angel had her up on this pedestal and the entire relationship was on his terms and his only and Buffy just went along with it in her own little world cause he's her "soul-mate" (kinda strange for a show that promoted "girl-power" isn't it?). Is it any wonder why Angelus was so insane and obsessed with hurting and killing Buffy in BtVS S2 and not so much in AtS S4 when he no longer had to deal with that realtionship? He was still pure evil and hated Buffy but there was a distinct difference between the two times Angelus emerged. One would think that he would have at least made some effort to hurt Buffy given his actions the first time around and the fact she SENT HIM TO HELL - but no, even with Buffy sending him to hell, Angelus was still more concerned about hurting the LA gang instead of running off to torture Buffy. Was I the only one who noticed that particular point?

 

very powerful read, thank you. the maturity of the characters is wonderful. (well maybe not buffy.) but the evil author bring in joyce and ending the chapter, that is another matter entirely. thank s again for the great read.

Excellent chapter. My heart went to Buffy. It must have been so hard to face Dawn. I'm not sure I would have had to courage myself after being rejected by her sister the way she was. Like I said before, always loved Buffy, always will, no matter her faults. In fact, I find Dawn's attitude a little... extreme? Just a tad. I'm glad things turned out so well for Wes. He deserves it. And so does Spike. It's nice to see Spike surrounded by love. Especially after the way the Scoobies treated him. Connor's rescue was great. Loved it.

I love that Buffy found friendship with Anya. The family unit that Dawn, Wes, and Spike formed is great as is the addition of Faith. What a change Connor not being poisoned by Holtz will be as will Angle and Cordy already admitting there feelings. I like how well you have stayed with the original story line while showing the changes brought about because of Dawn and Spike being in LA.

Wow, anothr really great chapter with lots of action and progress. Love your Wes and Faith. What next?

May? Wow...rest in peace, Tara.

Ten years????? OMG....

Still want Buffy to suffer horrible pain. She's so self-absorbed, except for now with Anya, I guess, that it makes me sick. I hope she ultimately leaves our little group alone, because all that girl brings with her is pain.

Good for Anya, though. She always deserved more than she'd been given credit for. Respect, love, acceptance...she tried her best to be part of things and learn and grow, and even Xander never gave her acknowledgement for how far she came. Now as a vengeance demon again, she's got her old confidence back, and that's good to see.

I'm expecting Willow and Xander to probably be very close, maybe reignited old feelings while they were gone. It happens to people removed from home together. I always wanted to see Giles with Anya more than Xander, anyway, after watching Tabula Rasa.

Yay! Connor's back home, and Angel can finally start healing. And forgiving. And the boy was saved from Holtz as a baby - Hallelujah! He and Cordy are together...very happy about that, too.

Faith has been brought into the home - awesome. Knew that Wes would see the grown-up version of her as a major babe. Those two had great chemistry on Angel, whatever was going on. So happy for Faith to have a home - first time ever.

OMG - Joyce came to Spike in a dream, from the Powers? Whoa...and now they have to deal with the First. Oh, crap!! Hee hee, Spike...if you loved Dru that much for a hundred years, why would ten make you not feel for Buffy? Just not how you're made, buddy. Feel sorry for you there, though.

What was great! Angel has Connor back and Faith and Wesley seem to be hitting it off. Very glad that Buffy was so terribly uncomfortable around them all, she still has a lot to pay for. Not a big fan of fics with POV's but I'm really enjoying this one. Spike doesn't have much of a chance to say no when Joyce is asking for help. Excellent Fic, thanks for the read.

whoa...now joyce entering the picture...another excellent chapter, very engaging and moving ... love every last bit of it...standing out to me is anya's and buffy's friendship...awesome and incredible! great chapter :)

That's one hell of a cliffhanger there >:(

thank any and all deities for the random story box. absolutely fantastic beginning. do not know what to single out for comment: the fantastic pov approach; spike's decision; the wonderful dawn you wrote; or your words forcing in me to reevaluate my attitude towards angel. very powerful read, thank you.

Wow. Just... Wow. I don't know where to start. I am very impressed with this story so far. And to think I almost passed on reading it because I thought firt person narating was too strange. You changed my mind pretty fast. It is so well written. I love the way you portray Dawn. Positive, strong, loving, independant and determined. She never had a chance to shine on the show. They made her too childish for a sixteen year-old, especially compared to Buffy at the same age who was independant, dating and doing her own thing. I never understood that. You righted a lot of wrongs in the story. You even made me like Angel. You made him sound so much more mature and understanding. I like this version of Angel, could even grow to love him.
Even though a big part of me is chanting "she had it coming", I feel really bad for Buffy. Always loved the girl, flaws and all. Yes, she should stew a little for the way she treated Spike--karma is a bitch--but with idiot friends, Spike leaving, and now, Dawn turning her back on her... I can't help but feel bad. Amazing story!

I love how you are doing this story in first person from the different POV’s. I know this isn’t popular but I have always felt sorry for s6 Buffy. What she did to Spike was beyond horrible and I’m not excusing any of it although he did enable her abuse of him. I like that here he did find the strength to walk away, that Dawn found out the truth and called her sister on it, and that even though Tara is still there for Buffy she doesn’t excuse what she did. Xander is really not that great of a friend to Buffy, he holds her to higher standards and looks down on her if she slips at all and I think you showed that in this chapter. Willow is a better friend but her need to fix and control and her unwillingness to accept that maybe what she did wasn’t the best is also damaging. I feel you really did a great job of showing these different relationships and the way you showed Buffy was perfectly illustrated her emptiness inside as well as the fact that she wants to reconnect she just doesn’t know how.

OMG, I am so in love with this story. You've already made me cry with happiness for Spike being so well recepted.

As for Buffy - die, die, die! LOL....maybe not yet...but 5 days? Ooo, she's lucky I wsn't there to find out about all that.

What a marvelous idea for a fic. I'm so grateful that you took Spikes abuse and made it into something that he could walk away from. She didn't deserve him.I've always hated that part of S6. All he wanted to do was take care of her and love her and she was such a bitch. If it wasn't that he loved her so much she could have left the show and I won't of cared. They belong together, that's why I only read Spuffy, I was just don't always like her. Very proud of Angel and the way that he took Spike in and took care of him. Allowed him to heal and made sure he had safe passage and funds for along the way. Glad that Spike made friends while he was there. I'm most proud of Dawn and the way she stood up to her sister and went to LA and Wes. Having used Lilah to make it legal was brilliant. How could Buffy go up against W&H with the little resources that she had. Now Spike's back and not only Dawn but Angel and Wes will need is help. Don't know if I wanted to read this at first and I'm so thankful that I did. Wonderful fic and I thank you for the read.

i love this...i love the idea of dawn and spike and wes and their business...i love your characterizations here they are flawless, and the emotion you write into them is heart-wrenchingly real...i really have no words to express how deeply this story touches me...off to read more :)

OH yeah was reading this over at the Crypt, the story freakin rocks :P More soon??

This is really good - Spike's also acting alot more realistic than on the show by leaving when he did instead of staying in SD.