Author's choice or the consequences of Empty Places by jmhuw +16
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Categories: Claim, Season 7, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Other, Spike, Tara
Summary:

As Spike has said, there's always a price to magic. (the resurrection spell in this universe also has Hecate as part of it along with Osiris) When Willow, Tara, Anya and Xander resurrected Buffy they hadn't paid the price as full as they thought, it not being fulfilled until Tara was taken too soon. Unknowing to the rest of the group, Willow also cut corners on not reading/ignoring all the fine print that was in regards to the resurrection spell either.

Buffy is kicked out of her house in Empty Places. When Buffy goes to get the Scythe, Spike follows her. At some point after she's King Arthur'ed the Scythe, Spike touches her shoulder to get her attention and all of a sudden they both (along with the Scythe) disappear and then reappear in the audience of Osiris and Hecate. Tara is also there, off to the side.

Hecate and Osiris inform them that when Buffy was kicked out of her house, it nullified the resurrection spell if they (Hecate or Osiris) chose. The deity duo chose to take Buffy after she had Her weapon and her mate (or however you want them to refer to Spike). Buffy and Spike will only have to answer to the deity duo, not any of the other PTB. Tara will be brought back to living to be with them as a friend but also as an intermediary between Spuffy and the deity duo. Hecate and Osiris put protections on them that they are only detectable to each other and the deity duo (aka location spells don't work).

On Scooby side, possible reaction to the complete disappearance of Spuffy, the finding out that them kicking her out of the house kicked her out of their lives for good.