One night, while out on patrol, she chases a demon through the doorway of a crypt and falls face-first onto the floor of the Magic Box, 4 years in the past.
Buffy navigates her way through the space-time continuum, the butterfly effect, and a vampire who is just figuring out his feelings for her.
Start post season 7 and jumps to immediately after season 5 episode 6, Family.
Artists: None
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Anya, Cordelia, Dawn, Harmony, Riley Finn, Satsu, Tara
Genres: Angst, HEA/HFN, Mystery
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp)
Completed: No Chapters: 10
Word count: 27,009 Hit Count: 9,747 ePub Downloads: 53
Published: August 13, 2024 Updated: November 06, 2024
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Also I want to ignore Glory, solely so I can focus on those juicy juicy relationships, without getting too bogged down in the canon plot, so don't be too disappointed if she or Ben don't make any appearances.
I tagged Angel and Cordy for their likely presence in later chapters, though they probably won't be too present, mostly just the core Scooby gang.
1. Chapter 1 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 44 Comments: 22 Word Count: 3,577 Hit Count: 2,320 Published: August 13, 2024
Here we go! First chapter fully written. This is going un-betaed but I've reread it as my times as my English lit brain will allow. Let me know if you see anything I missed :)
2. Chapter 2 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 42 Comments: 13 Word Count: 2,944 Hit Count: 1,048 Published: August 20, 2024
hello! Wow so many lovely comments so quickly. I really never thought I’d get much of a response but it seems like people like time travel stories as much as I do.
I saw some people asking questions about the timeline being screwy and about their lack of worry for “their” Buffy. All things to be dealt with down the line, I promise. Not sure how quickly I’ll get the chapters coming since I’m mostly writing on break at work but here’s the next one :)
3. Chapter 3 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 38 Comments: 18 Word Count: 2,024 Hit Count: 921 Published: August 26, 2024
Thank you all for the continued support! This chapter is a little shorter, kind of an in-between chapter, but I’ve already got Chapter 4 fully written and it’s much chunkier.
For now, enjoy Buffy’s angst :)
4. Chapter 4 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 38 Comments: 13 Word Count: 3,699 Hit Count: 961 Published: September 01, 2024
I'm a day early since I'll be away from tech tomorrow for the holiday.
Loved everyone’s reactions to the “twist”! Here’s a bit of a meatier chapter, this time with Spike :)
5. Chapter 5 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 36 Comments: 16 Word Count: 2,259 Hit Count: 868 Published: September 10, 2024
Finally! Buffy and Spike actually talking to each other :)
6. Chapter 6 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 31 Comments: 12 Word Count: 1,942 Hit Count: 814 Published: September 16, 2024
Oops! Buffy got stabbed.
7. Chapter 7 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 33 Comments: 13 Word Count: 2,441 Hit Count: 858 Published: September 24, 2024
Riley gets his.
8. Chapter 8 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 30 Comments: 14 Word Count: 2,519 Hit Count: 783 Published: October 01, 2024
Buffy and Spike have The Talk.
9. Chapter 9 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 31 Comments: 13 Word Count: 3,045 Hit Count: 656 Published: October 10, 2024
As a birthday present to you all (do people give presents on their own birthdays?), I pushed through and wrote the next chapter in the few spare moments I had this week. I hope you enjoy!
10. Chapter 10 by thedoppleganger - Likes: 37 Comments: 14 Word Count: 2,559 Hit Count: 518 Published: November 06, 2024
Here we go!