Categories: Crossover (Books or TV shows outside Buffyverse)
Characters: Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Other, Spike
Summary:
Melody Pond, A.K.A. River Song, is an archaeologist from the future in another dimension. She wants to study the hellmouth before its collapse and find out what happened to it. But then, she finds herself getting involved and caring for the residents of 1600 Revelo Drive. And, unlike her dimension, this one doesn't have fixed points in time or creatures who attack you if you aren't supposed to exist, so time travel and change are more than possible here. Feeling a bit of a maternal or auntlike connection for Buffy and Dawn, she reaches that moment and changes Sunnydale and some of its inhabitants' futures for the better. Hilariously, the only one to try to stop her is some idiot whose name is an affront to women everywhere, Whistler.
You can start her in Sunnydale literally anywhen, but the focus should be from season 4 through the original collapse of the hellmouth. I really would enjoy such a dynamic character interacting with these characters, especially exploring her grief over never seeing the Doctor again (for all intents and purposes her SPOILER husband) and how she heals, explores, and loves a new group of people.
She could empathize with Spike about the First controlling him through the chip and brainwashing him to harm people, especially concerning her own birth and the mission that was given to her to "kill the Doctor" and not having a choice in the matter.
To familiarize yourself with the amazing character this prompt is about, watch this 10 minute video here. SPOILERS