Summary: "One minute I'm twenty-three and in Cleveland, the next I'm sitting in my mom's car on my first day at Sunnydale High. I was only doing a remembrance ritual. Guess the Hellmouth gave it a bit of a kick ..."
Given a chance to make things turn out differently, a war-worn and grieving Buffy sets about righting wrongs from the last seven years. But rewriting history is a very tricky business.
Beta and Sensitivity Readers: None
Artists: None
Categories: Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Time Travel
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Angelus, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Dawn, Drusilla, Ethan Rayne, Faith Lehane, Giles, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jonathan Levinson, Joyce, Kendra, Original Characters, Other, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Angst, Drama, Fluffy/Comedy, Romance
Warnings: Character Death, Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Completed: No Chapters: 6
Word count: 10,557 Hit Count: 8,961 ePub Downloads: 105
Published: October 26, 2009 Updated: June 23, 2010


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1. Prologue: The First Goodbye; Chapter One: Wish Granted by Alexannah - Likes: 25 Comments: 20 Word Count: 1,884 Hit Count: 2,275

2. Light Reading by Alexannah - Likes: 24 Comments: 20 Word Count: 1,640 Hit Count: 1,453

3. Plans of Action by Alexannah - Likes: 18 Comments: 15 Word Count: 1,897 Hit Count: 1,303

4. Dust and Dreams by Alexannah - Likes: 20 Comments: 18 Word Count: 1,264 Hit Count: 1,258

5. Piece of Cake by Alexannah - Likes: 20 Comments: 20 Word Count: 1,649 Hit Count: 1,247

6. Jinxed by Alexannah - Likes: 26 Comments: 26 Word Count: 2,223 Hit Count: 1,424

I think most people got the Cantonese reference, but for those who didn't, Buffy's just thinking about some communication issues that surfaced in a couple of series seven episodes with the Chinese potential slayer. Anyone remember those horrible flashcards of Giles'?

This chapter hasn't been beta'd yet, and action isn't my strong suit, so please cut me some slack if the she-mantis scene isn't particularly great.

The pace is speeding up somewhat now. I'm covering two episodes in this one chapter. It was necessary to go slowly for the first couple of episodes, but now I can go fairly quickly till the next vital-to-the-overall-plot one. I shouldn't think series one will last too many more chapters overall. Series two, obviously, will be more detailed as Spike appears …