Categories: Alternate Reality
Characters: Angelus, Dawn, Drusilla, Ensemble, Other, Riley Finn, Spike
Summary:
Takes place in an alternate universe where Buffy is called Elizabeth, at first. She is an alchemist, someone who makes things in a cauldron, kind of like a witch. She can make medicine, poison, bombs, food, whatever she puts her mind to with the right ingredients. She lived with her husband Pike in a small village. One day a Lord known as Angelus comes to the village and decides to take Elizabeth for himself, but she refuses. He kills Pike and forces himself on her, before leaving.
Elizabeth won’t let that break her though and she decides to get revenge. She travels to the city where Lord Angelus rules and buys a shop there, opening up an atelier to take jobs and make what people request. She renames herself Buffy, and makes friends with two other women who live nearby, Anya and Drusilla. She also befriends the witches that lives outside the city, Tara and Willow.
Giles can be in it too, maybe he works at a bookstore not too far from Buffy’s shop. Dawn can be there too and be like a little sister to Buffy as she admires her alchemy and wants to learn it too.
Xander and Spike can be knights that work for the city guard. Riley can be a hired goon for Angelus that also ends up wanting Buffy. Darla can be Lady Darla, Angelus’s wife who knows of her husbands activities and doesn’t care. There can also be OC’s if you want to add them.
In the alternate universe there is electricity and running water, but it’s more medieval time otherwise. I know it’s a bit complicated and probably not everyone would know what alchemy is. She could also just be an apothecary, mixing herbs and making only medicines and poisons. She’ll eventually need to get revenge by killing Angelus, but other than that of course, is a happy Spuffy ending.
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