A sequel to Borrowed Time. In this version of events Joyce survived, Buffy and Spike had a substantially healthier relationship and his motivation for getting the soul was different, and Tara was not anywhere near the house when shots were fired. Also the Bringers started their potential hunting early and the activation spell was cast over the summer to protect the girls who don’t show up on Council radar. So what happens when the lost potentials start popping up, and what is The First up to? In this installment we meet a new slayer, Spike observes how much changed in his absence, and Buffy dreams. R for now. Eventually NC-17.

In our second installment Willow and Giles return from England, Amanda gets some training, and we check in with Anya. This one’s a hard-R, I think.

In our third installment Spike faces some consequences of being all soul-having, Willow faces some consequences for cleaving a guy in twain, and Joyce confers with Giles.

In our fourth installment Anya considers her future, Buffy announces her next move, and Dawn sees something interesting.

In our fifth installment Buffy considers the upside to having Spike as a roommate, Faith does some thinking, Anya checks in, and there is Buffy-Giles interaction.

In this interlude there is nudity, adult language, and soul stuff.

In our sixth installment there is inappropriate crushing and disturbing encounters with the dead.

In our seventh installment the girls get a lesson in vampire psychology, Buffy frets about the First and buys furniture, Faith considers what’s going on with Willow, and Anya comes home.

In our eight installment the First appears again, Buffy and Willow finally talk, and Anya has something for Giles.

In our ninth installment Spike encounters his ancestors, Willow does a lot of thinking, and Buffy has a rough night. (Alas, not in the way that requires an NC-17 rating.)

In our tenth installment a former enemy claims he has information for the slayer, and a number of characters wrestle with their inner demons.

In our eleventh installment Buffy and Faith encounter the Shadow Men.

In our twelfth installment there are quarrels, questions, and rather more sex than I’ve written in a while.

In our thirteen installment the Hellmouth gets all focus and there are dreams, visions, and clues.

In our fourteenth installment the slayers take on the Beast.

In our fifteenth installment Faith receives some information from an old friend, Spike has a run-in with one of his victims, and someone finds Jonathan.

In our sixteenth installment the mystery of the evacuation is resolved, Joyce gives a pep talk, and Buffy prepares for the big day.

In our final installment there is a big damn fight.