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Sunnydale Memorial Fanfiction Awards

Round 30

    

Round 31

     

Round 32

(Both The Light of the World and Things That Follow were deleted due to being unable to finish them. However, I'm hoping to re-work and re-upload the former under a new title, and include plot points of the latter into other fics. May I was deleted for personal reasons.) 

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Stories by Wonder and Ashes
#hashtagapocalypse by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 205 Comments: 159
Summary: If the apocalypse comes, tweet me. 

Categories: Alternate Reality, Award Winners
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Anya, Buffy, Charles Gunn, Clem, Connor, Cordelia, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Ethan Rayne, Faith Lehane, Fred, Giles, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jonathan Levinson, Joyce, Lorne, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Whistler, Willow, Xander
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Parody
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,578 Hit Count: 15,616 ePub Downloads: 283
Published: May 27, 2015 Updated: May 27, 2015
Past Featured StoryA Beautiful Morning by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 81 Comments: 50
Summary: Dawn, noun: 
1. the first appearance of light in the sky before sunrise. 
2. the beginning of a phenomenon or period of time, especially one considered favourable. 
Categories: Between Seasons (any), Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Angst, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Mental Health Issues
Challenges: Dawn's Death and Rebirth (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,742 Hit Count: 3,390 ePub Downloads: 56
Published: April 19, 2020 Updated: April 19, 2020
A Different Kind of Love by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 87 Comments: 43
Summary: An off-hand comment from Spike about Riley gradually makes Buffy realize that she’s the Slayer, and doesn’t need a boyfriend hanging around to make her life more complicated. If she’s going to fall in love, it’s going to happen all on its own without her trying. Oneshot. 
Important Note: This is an old fic. My writing has since improved so please bear that in mind when reading. 
Categories: Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Riley Finn, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death
Challenges: Buffy's Early Boyfriend Realization (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,644 Hit Count: 9,464 ePub Downloads: 240
Published: August 14, 2014 Updated: August 15, 2014
Past Featured StoryA Thousand Years by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 960 Comments: 517
Summary: Shared dreams between Buffy and Spike lead to knowledge of what happened in the past – and open new doors leading to a potential future together, if they’re able to not make the same mistakes as their ancestors. Banner made by the amazingly talented Linnae13. 
Important Note: This is an old fic. My writing has since improved so please bear that in mind when reading. 
Categories: Season 4, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Historical, Claim, Song Fic, Award Winners
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Dawn, Faith Lehane, Giles, Joyce, Other, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fighting, HEA/HFN, Historical, POV, Prophecy, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Blood Play, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Reincarnation (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 35 Table of Contents
Word count: 71,667 Hit Count: 156,916 ePub Downloads: 1,202
Published: September 04, 2014 Updated: June 28, 2015
Past Featured StoryBringing Light into Darkness by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 612 Comments: 342
Summary: A Slayer who thinks for herself, a vampire who was made wrong, and a series of events that inevitably draws them together. Set in an AU world where Angel never got a soul. 
Posted as part of 2015's Challenge Month! 
Categories: Season 3, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Angelus, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Ensemble, Giles, Joyce, Kendra, Other, Oz, Spike, Wesley, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fighting, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Torture (Physical), Violence
Challenges: Slayer of Slayers
Completed: Yes Chapters: 20 Table of Contents
Word count: 68,441 Hit Count: 61,643 ePub Downloads: 550
Published: October 01, 2015 Updated: November 17, 2018
Broken by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 109 Comments: 62
Summary: When the Tabula Rasa spell is broken, Buffy regains some memories she was never supposed to remember… 
Categories: Season 6, Crossover (AtS), Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Song Fic
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Angst, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Suicide, Mental Health Issues
Challenges: "I Will Remember You" & "Tabula Rasa" (Author's Choice of Name), Hey Wait a Minute (author's choice of name), Tabula Rasa unanticipated results
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,716 Hit Count: 6,373 ePub Downloads: 118
Published: March 31, 2019 Updated: March 31, 2019
Can't Go Back the Same Way You Came by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 91 Comments: 50
Summary: Buffy comes back from Heaven a changed woman – in more ways than one. Oneshot. AU set during the first half of season 6. 
Categories: Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Holiday Fic
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Resurrection, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Challenges: Fallen Angel
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,699 Hit Count: 8,203 ePub Downloads: 177
Published: December 15, 2015 Updated: December 15, 2015
Cry by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 62 Comments: 51
Summary: If grief can do one thing, it’s bring enemies together. “The Body” AU. Oneshot. 
Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Award Winners
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Joyce, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Mental Health Issues
Challenges: "The Body" AU (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,500 Hit Count: 3,951 ePub Downloads: 109
Published: January 29, 2015 Updated: January 29, 2015
Drunk-Punch Love by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 53 Comments: 21
Summary: Spike drunk-dials Buffy at 3am. 
 
Written for the Elysian Fields ‘Called Challenge'. Banner made by me. 
Categories: Season 4, Between Seasons (any), Alternate Reality, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Spike
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Humor, Lighthearted, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,229 Hit Count: 1,304 ePub Downloads: 35
Published: October 04, 2021 Updated: October 04, 2021
Past Featured StoryFalling in Love by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 457 Comments: 191
Summary: When it comes to love, there’s always life after Romeo. - & Juliet synopsis
A story told in a series of 500 word drabbles. 
Written for the Elysian Fields 2022 Challenge Month. Banner by me. 
Categories: Season 3, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Drabbles
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Attempted Suicide, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: Buffy & Willow Relationship Similarities (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 30 Table of Contents
Word count: 15,000 Hit Count: 18,411 ePub Downloads: 86
Published: April 14, 2022 Updated: May 13, 2022
Past Featured StoryGive Me Back My Girlhood, It Was Mine First by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 359 Comments: 188
Summary: Buffy receives a vision of just how miserable Angel will make her – in the form of her future self, who’s travelled back in time to kill him. 
Written for the Elysian Fields Challenge Month 2023. 
Banner made by the awesome mcgnagallsarmy. 
Categories: Season 2, Post-Series, Challenge Response, Time Travel, Political/Protest
Characters: Buffy, Spike, Giles, Willow, Xander, Angel, Cordelia, Dalton, Drusilla, Jenny Calendar, Joyce, Other, Principal Snyder, Whistler
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fighting, Fix-It, POV
Warnings: Abuse, Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Mental Health Issues, Spike/Other (Temp), Torture (Emotional/Psychological), Violence
Challenges: Foresight/Clarity/Hint! Hint! from the Powers that Be/or whatever hilarious title you come up with
Completed: Yes Chapters: 8 Table of Contents
Word count: 22,331 Hit Count: 11,488 ePub Downloads: 135
Published: April 05, 2023 Updated: April 11, 2023
Hope by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 768 Comments: 338
Summary: Spike becomes Buffy’s unlikely protector when she discovers she’s pregnant with a mystical energy known only as the Key. 
Categories: Season 5, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: You Shall Not Pass
Completed: Yes Chapters: 22 Table of Contents
Word count: 27,447 Hit Count: 36,036 ePub Downloads: 275
Published: October 01, 2020 Updated: October 22, 2020
Past Featured StoryLa Belle et la Bête by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 396 Comments: 196
Summary: So Buffy’s life was foretold in a famous fairy tale. Who knew? She and Spike certainly didn’t, despite being the protagonists of this unexpected love story. Banner made by the amazingly talented Freya. 
Important Note: This is an old fic. My writing has since improved so please bear that in mind when reading. 
Categories: Season 4, Crossover (AtS), Crossover (Books or TV shows outside Buffyverse), Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Song Fic, Award Winners, Award Runners-Up
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Drusilla, Faith Lehane, Giles, Joyce, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, William, Willow, Xander
Genres: Dramedy, Fighting, HEA/HFN, POV, Prophecy, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Spike/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: 'Beauty and the Beast' Prophecy (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 21 Table of Contents
Word count: 30,089 Hit Count: 55,683 ePub Downloads: 421
Published: September 04, 2014 Updated: October 07, 2014
Life Goes On by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 63 Comments: 32
Summary: Joyce lives long enough so she’s the one who jumps off the tower and closes the portal in “The Gift”. Oneshot. Banner made by the amazingly talented DauntlessGrace!
Categories: Between Seasons (any), Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Joyce, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations
Challenges: Joyce Dies in "The Gift" (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 9,729 Hit Count: 3,011 ePub Downloads: 97
Published: January 25, 2016 Updated: January 25, 2016
Past Featured StoryNever the Same by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 388 Comments: 229
Summary: Once upon a time a Slayer and a Vampire fell in love. Buffy thinks it’s BS. Spike thinks it’s an impossible dream. 
Banner made by the amazingly talented DauntlessGrace! 
Categories: Pre-Series, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Joyce, Original Characters, Spike
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Older Slayer
Completed: Yes Chapters: 14 Table of Contents
Word count: 88,173 Hit Count: 21,307 ePub Downloads: 342
Published: July 05, 2019 Updated: July 28, 2019
Once Upon a Time by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 56 Comments: 43
Summary: Once upon a time there lived a Princess with golden braided hair named Buffy, who was a valiant Shieldmaiden for her Kingdom that resided in the Valley of the Sun.
Written for the Elysian Fields 'Artistic Anniversary Challenge'. Banner 45 by Sunalso.
Categories: Alternate Reality, Challenge Response, All Human
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Anya, Buffy, Charles Gunn, Clem, Connor, Cordelia, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Ethan Rayne, Faith Lehane, Fred, Giles, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jonathan Levinson, Joyce, Kendra, Original Characters, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death, Violence
Challenges: Fantasy AU (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 2 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,634 Hit Count: 1,994 ePub Downloads: 77
Published: September 30, 2016 Updated: September 30, 2016
Pieces of Heaven by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 48 Comments: 23
Summary: After Angel's death, Buffy becomes afraid to love again. Oneshot, AU-ish. Banner made by the amazingly talented myrabeth!
Categories: Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Angst, Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Mental Health Issues, Sexual Situations
Challenges: Angel Comes Back Later (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 8,810 Hit Count: 3,123 ePub Downloads: 92
Published: May 01, 2015 Updated: May 01, 2015
Past Featured StorySeraphim by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 338 Comments: 190
Summary: Spike sacrifices himself to save Dawn and the world, forcing Buffy to question everything she's ever known. A story that diverges from canon during "The Gift". Banner made by the amazingly talented javajunkie247.
Categories: Between Seasons (any), Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Baby/Kid Fic
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Original Characters, Spike, Tara, Whistler, Willow, Xander
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Prophecy
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Violence
Challenges: Author's Choice
Completed: Yes Chapters: 9 Table of Contents
Word count: 31,252 Hit Count: 35,008 ePub Downloads: 496
Published: January 13, 2016 Updated: March 09, 2016
Sledgehammer by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 68 Comments: 26
Summary: A rewrite of "Crush", in which Drusilla doesn't come alone and things end up going very differently... 
Banner made by the amazingly talented DauntlessGrace! 
Categories: Season 5, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Darla, Drusilla, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV
Warnings: Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,688 Hit Count: 2,188 ePub Downloads: 55
Published: June 27, 2019 Updated: June 27, 2019
Switching Sides by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 155 Comments: 86
Summary: This is the story of how I, Buffy Summers, convinced the infamous Slayer of Slayers to switch sides and fight for the light without even needing to regain his soul. 
Written for the Elysian Fields 'Artistic April Challenge' Month. Banner #8 by all_choseny. 
Categories: Season 4, Crossover (AtS), Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Ensemble, Riley Finn, Spike, Willow
Genres: Dramedy, Fix-It, Fluffy/Comedy, HEA/HFN, Hurt/Comfort, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Mental Health Issues, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 18,391 Hit Count: 4,284 ePub Downloads: 104
Published: March 31, 2021 Updated: April 02, 2021
The Eleventh Hour by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 361 Comments: 147
Summary: Vampires and magic and monsters are real. But would it be crazy to assume that time travel is real, too? 
Written for the Elysian Fields 'Artistic April Challenge' Month. Banner #82 by SusanMarieR. 
Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Time Travel
Characters: Angel, Anya, Ben Wilkinson, Buffy, Buffybot, Dawn, Giles, Glory, Original Characters, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Fighting, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance, Slow-Burn
Warnings: Adult Language, Violence
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 71,930 Hit Count: 15,227 ePub Downloads: 220
Published: April 27, 2021 Updated: September 28, 2022
Past Featured StoryThe Littlest Summers by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 73 Comments: 43
Summary: In which Dawn arrives in season 1, and instead becomes a weird but intelligent ten year old who thinks Spike is the best thing since sliced bread. Oneshot. Banner made by the amazingly talented DauntlessGrace! 
Important Note: This is an old fic. My writing has since improved so please bear that in mind when reading. 
Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp)
Challenges: The Littlest Summers (Author's Choice of Name), Dawn Arrives in Season 1 (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,960 Hit Count: 5,609 ePub Downloads: 170
Published: August 18, 2014 Updated: August 18, 2014
The Mark of a Mate by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 120 Comments: 65
Summary: They say that if your soulmark is red, then your soulmate will kill you when you meet. So when Buffy discovers that her soulmate is a vampire, she expects the worst to happen... Oneshot. 
Categories: Pre-Series, Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Cordelia, Ensemble, Giles, Jenny Calendar, Spike, Willow, Xander
Genres: Drama, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Challenges: The Mark of a Mate
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,703 Hit Count: 5,304 ePub Downloads: 147
Published: May 01, 2017 Updated: May 01, 2017
The Truth by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 58 Comments: 29
Summary: Spike decides to try and split Buffy and Riley apart as part of his plan in “The Yoko Factor”. Oneshot. 
Categories: Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Angel, Buffy, Ensemble, Riley Finn, Spike
Genres: Drama, Fighting, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Violence
Challenges: Buffy & Riley Split in "Yoko Factor" (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,927 Hit Count: 4,008 ePub Downloads: 111
Published: May 11, 2015 Updated: May 11, 2015
Unliving Conditions by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 50 Comments: 28
Summary: Buffy discovers that Harmony is her college roommate, but that doesn’t mean the world is ending. Probably. 
Oneshot. Banner made by the amazingly talented DauntlessGrace! 
Categories: Season 4, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Harmony, Parker Abrams, Spike
Genres: Dramedy, Fix-It, HEA/HFN, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 13,059 Hit Count: 1,704 ePub Downloads: 77
Published: November 03, 2018 Updated: November 03, 2018