August, 1999
Revised July, 2000
Note: This story was originally written toward the end of Season Three. Nothing after Graduation Day Part II has happened, including everything on A:tS Season One.
Disclaimer: Angel, Buffy, Giles, The Whistler, Cordelia, Sunnydale, and anyone else remotely recognizable from BtVS are property of Joss Whedon & Co. I claim no right to them, receive no profits from their use.
Dana, Erishka, Maella, Toloshan, The Souled Society and the Council of Anam are my original creations, along with any unrecognizable places, storylines, prophecies, blah blah blah. Feel free to steal any of the characters or ideas, as long as: 1.) You steal them in their entirety, the way I originally wrote them; 2.) You ask permission first; and 3.) Post a link to this page, and add a blurb about where the idea came from.
Mangled graphics may not be used without permission.
Dedication: To all my fellow (and sister) Buffy fans, who crank out more pages of stories than... well, anyone, I can think of. Most especially to David Boreanaz, who has given a sweet face and a blazing smile to such a dark and complex character.
And to Chuck W., who once told me when I was a kid that "Life isn't a soap opera..." Boy, was he wrong...
Table of Contents:
Introduction - From the
Journal of Constance Marie Kryten, Watcher, April 15, 2247
Chapter 1
- Lost
and Found
Chapter 2 - The
Council
Chapter 3 - Dinner and a
History
Chapter 4 - Angst and
Brooding
Chapter 5 - Done With
Mirrors
Chapter 6 - The Damn Cat
and the Damn Bag, Again...
Chapter 7 - A Prelude to
a Kick
Chapter 8 - Welcome Back
to the Hellmouth
Chapter 9 - A Hunter
Hunts...
Chapter 10 - Sometimes
Fate Drives a Hard Bargain
Chapter 11 - The End is
Pretty Seriously Nigh...
Chapter 12 - Consideration
Chapter 13 - A Little
Spell and a Lot of Changes
Chapter 14 - Toward a
Different Horizon
Epilogue - The Future
is Always Uncertain...