Caritas in SunnyD**(Author's Choice) by momnesia +27
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Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Season 6, Season 7, Alternate Reality
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Dawn, Drusilla, Giles, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jesse McNally, Jonathan Levinson, Joyce, Lorne, Oz, Quentin Travers, Spike, Tara, The Master, Willow, Willy the Snitch, Xander
Summary: AU beginning with Season 1. What if Lorne, a.k.a. The Host, had opened Caritas in Sunnydale near the Hellmouth? Just how would things work out if each of the Scoobies had to sing for Lorne? For the purposes of this story, Lorne has been tasked by the PTB with bringing the Slayer a.k.a. Buffy, a Champion worthy of her. In addition, the Council of Watchers has full knowledge of Lorne's empathatic ability to read destinies, and has ruled it mandatory for everyone involved with the Slayer to be read by Lorne. And this means EVERYONE. Giles, Joyce, Buffy, the Scoobies, etc. Anyone attempting to help Buffy on her path MUST sing for Lorne. Enter, Angel (shudder!). (If this means that Riley must also sing for Lorne, is up to the author. This is something I really can't see, because of the Initiative's attitude toward anyone or anything not human.) However, it is an absolute MUST that chipped Spike sing for Lorne. Ding, ding, ding! We have our winner! How will the Council react to William the Bloody being chosen by the PTB as the Slayers Champion? What about Giles? Joyce? And, if Angel is still in Sunnydale, how does HE react? Everything is up to you; you may keep all canon events beginning with the rise of the Master, or go completely AU with this. Keep or kill off any characters you wish. . .except Spuffy, of course!