Universal by BuffyMeetsSpike
Chapter: Chapter 30

08/29/2013 09:04 am

I'm so happy for all of them - Buffy and Spike and their new child, when they decide to have another should have a wonderful life even with all the sorrows and pain, their love will give them strength to keep on and will bring them their own new family.  Great series, I loved both stories. 

Thanks again. I'd love to see what their kid is like, but I think I'll leave the series there for now. 

11/11/2012 01:27 am
Somehow, I was hoping that Dawn would have been returned to life too as she was part of this.  Sigh.  They have a hard row to hoe ahead of them. 
I thought about it, but in the end, I felt it had more of a punch as written (Sorry Dawn! No offense!)

06/15/2012 09:59 am
Beautiful ending  - you made such a wonderful twist of all that tragic battle and loss.  I really like how you decided to give them a life that was both of individual pleasure and joy and duty as Champions. 

Thank you so much! I had a lot of fun with all the twists and turns. Actually, the final scene popped into my head early on, then I had to write a zillion chapters to get them there. Glad it worked for you. 

magnus374
10/17/2011 09:03 am

They won, but the price whas high, a bittersweet feeling.

Some days it just sucks to be a champion. 

Curtis
10/15/2011 04:15 am
I love this story like I love all your storys. Thank you for another one of your moving and heart felt tales. Can't wait for the next one.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate the reviews. 

10/15/2011 01:38 am
OMGosh! This is so good. Moved me to tears (which is very difficult for a fic to do but you've managed several times in this piece). I'm glad you didn't go the obvious rout and have Emma return Dawn to them as well as their heartbeats as I expected lol.

I think the story has much more impact with her remaining dead. And it's completely understandable that they'd need to get away from Sunny D and the Scoobs to mourn the loss of both their girls.

Beautifully written, you made me feel their grief  up until the last second ..and left the reader with the same sort of surprise I imagine the Scoobs felt at the end.  :)
Thanks so much for the lovely review. I'm glad it worked for you. I was going for surprise - I wanted the fic to be not what anyone was expecting. 

I did hate to kill Dawn, but I agree - she needed to stay dead or it would wreck the imact. 

10/15/2011 12:05 am
You made me cry again. I feel so bad for them. I don't think they will ever have anymore kids. If they did they will wind up burying them because they are immortal and the kids won't be. Dawn was already like a daughter to Spike and now losing Emma (granted she didn't die but she is gone) I don't think they would survive losing another child.
Sorry to make you cry, Ginar. But I'm glad it moved you. 

10/14/2011 11:32 pm
Wow.  So much loss.  So much beauty.  There always has to be sacrifice, doesn't there?  It's kind of a universal principle. 

Blue
http://www.tthfanfic.org/authors.php?no=12717&list=profile
Thanks so much, Blue!

Melly
10/14/2011 11:18 pm
Yipeee!!!!  Another chapter and one that allows my weekend to start at a much happier place!  I kinda hate/love what happened to Emma and can't wait to learn what happens with Buffy and Spike!  Thanks for such a wonderful and quick update!!
I couldn't have you  getting fired or anything.

Glad you like it!

10/14/2011 10:59 pm
Wow!
You like? :-)