Summary: A violent, cocky Vampire smashes into the idyllic Hell Mouth with murder on his mind. A new Slayer has been called, one to become his third. But Sunnydale holds more than it originally seems, as Vampire and Slayer are caught together in a battle of power against the guardians of this world. A balance must be retained. Only in death, can release be found.

TimeLine: AU - replies on nothing. But set around where S2 would be, when Spike first meets Buffy in the Bronze.

Rating: A [Very Adult]

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Prologue – Creation Divided



In the beginning there was one Earth and one pure being to govern that Earth.

Slowly the earth grew plentiful. Trees and vegetation sprung up around bountiful streams, rivers and lakes. Insects crawled the dusty planes, and soon they were joined by animals who shared in the lush, green overgrowth. In the seas algae grew and multiplied, and fish swam within the reefs. In time they were united by reptiles who helped bridge a gap between the two divisions of water and earth.

And then came the humans.

There were five at first. Four men and one woman.

But unlike the other creatures, they could not live in harmony. They were greedy and callous. They wanted the earth for themselves. And they would do anything to get it.

However, like all avaricious things, their downfall lay in their inability to share with even one another.

The one pure being took pity on the world it had created, and in its charity divided between the five the earth it had borne so dearly in a final attempt to keep the peace. Each part was to be governed by each of the five, who with their bounty were offered immortality as a gift.

But their favour was bequeathed with a price; one rule. That they could not personally kill a being within the Earth that had been granted so freely upon them and that together they must retain the balance created on the Earth.

It was their choice.

The repercussions would be severe.

They were warned.

But greed overrides sensibility.

And they accepted it gladly.

No mere mortal, demon or power would be able to view these separations, long formed before time as they knew it began. Nor were they privy to the rule that bound their world together with such fragility.

But the separations, they were there, and they held strong…

Even as around them, creation crumbled.



TBC...