Terrific story - you did a great job meeting the requirements - lovely ceremony to end the story.  I also very much liked how you used at the problems going on with Angel over in LA - just enough information and it took Angel out of the events.  One gets tired of having Angel rush in to be the big enforcer of what Buffy should do or how she should act or how she is his by some Angel logic.  

Quite a different take on season five.  I enjoyed having Buffy and Joyce both survive it!  Very good to see that you didn't villify Xander, Giles or Willow, though they were technically 'villains', you didn't bash them.  Loved seeing Wesley... It's so rare to see him working with the scoobies after he stops being a dweeb!

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I'm not too sure what happened to my original review but it seems to have disappeared!!! :( I read and left a review for this chapter on the same day you posted it and now I know this review won't be as good since it won't have that spontaneous and heartfelt reaction that would have been there for the original one! Firstly, thank you so much for taking an interest in my challenge, you certainly did a brilliant job and created a wonderful story around the original plotline. This chapter was bittersweet in that we have the lovely wedding scene but the sad words saying 'The End'. :'( I also wanted to congratulate you on keeping all the characters true to their personalities throughout the entire story (quite an achievement!!!) and also thanks for including Graham into the mix - he's the only soldier I ever actually liked! :) Once again thank you for a simply outstanding story and for a very satisfying Spuffy ending! :)

I've really enjoyed this story, thanks for all your hard work.

Nice story.  I liked that cleansing of the demon thing - I've not seen anything like that before and it's an interesting idea.