"Halloween" episode re-write from S2 as a challenge response to Rezol87. Both Buffy and Spike are pulled into the chaos of Halloween this time, but they disappear and no one can seem to find them. Where and when will they turn up and how will this change the course of their future?
 

Starts off in Ethan's Halloween shop and goes AU almost instantly.

Buffy Summers spent most of her life watching Slayers like India Cohen dominate the modern zeitgeist. She never imagined that one day she’d be among the Chosen Ones, a vampire slayer. After gaining the power of the Slayer, Buffy finds herself swept into the world of fame and instant popularity, her every move captured and mass produced for public consumption under The Slayer brand. Stylized as a real-life hero, Buffy is tasked to fulfill her destiny as The Slayer. Guided by her watcher, Merrick Jamison-Smythe and controlled by Wolfram and Hart, she soon finds that being a Slayer isn’t all that it seems. With the aid of Spike and her friends, Buffy learns that beneath the facade lies a deadly secret Wolfram & Hart will do anything to keep. [Not an all human AU]