Penname: Wonder and Ashes
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Member Since: August 12, 2014
Last Active: November 13, 2018
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 Best New Author and Best Author. 

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Spare Banners

It turns out I have a lot of spare banners lying around (some left over from the Artistic Anniversary Challenge last year) which I realized I was never gonna use, so they're up for grabs - with titles and plot bunnies attached! 

So, if you want one of these banners, send me a PM and I'll send it to you with your name attached. biggrin

(If you're wondering why I haven't posted them as challenges - well, I tried, but the banners didn't show up for some bizarre reason. And since they show up here, I decided to lump them all together for everyone to see.) 

 

 

 

 

Secrets to a Successful Relationship: Spike knows Buffy - so he knows that the Slayer dancing with the Immortal isn't really her. He hears from Andrew that Buffy has gone off the grid, and is living under the false name Joan Randy. This banner is being held for DianaM. 

 

 

 

 

Crawling Out of the Woods: The dream wasn't a dream. (And Riley is Glory.) This banner is being held for bewildered. 

 

Bad Blood: Karalak, AKA Kara, is a Vengeance Demon and the Patron Saint of Betrayed Friends. She's answered the call of Buffy Summers and intends to grant her wish... Set early season six. This banner is being held for DianaM.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Garden of Thorns: "The Harsh Light of Day". Instead of fighting Buffy, Spike is sympathetic and takes her out for a drink. This begins an unusual friendship between mortal enemies that very quickly becomes something more... This banner is being held for DianaM.

 

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Stories by Wonder and Ashes
#hashtagapocalypse by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 148 Comments: 126
Summary: If the apocalypse comes, tweet me.
 Best Comedy. 

Categories: Alternate Reality, Award Winners
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Anya, Buffy, Clem, Connor, Cordelia, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Ethan Rayne, Faith Lehane, Fred, Giles, Charles Gunn, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jonathan Levinson, Joyce, Lorne, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Whistler, Willow, Xander
Genres: Fluffy/Comedy, Parody
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Completed: Yes Chapters: 3 Table of Contents
Word count: 1,578 Hit Count: 8,493 ePub Downloads: 102
Published: May 27, 2015 Updated: May 27, 2015
A Different Kind of Love by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 51 Comments: 34
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. 
Categories: Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Riley Finn, Spike
Genres: Challenge Response, Drama, 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: 5,274 ePub Downloads: 143
Published: August 14, 2014 Updated: August 16, 2014
Past Featured StoryA Thousand Years by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 749 Comments: 477
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. 
 Best Alternate Universe, Best Pairing (Conventional), Best Plot and Best Romance. 

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, Challenge Response, Drama, Fighting, Historical, POV, 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: 92,945 ePub Downloads: 672
Published: September 04, 2014 Updated: June 28, 2015
Bringing Light into Darkness by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 337 Comments: 252 Updated!
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, Challenge Response, Drama, Fighting, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Attempted Rape, Character Death, Sexual Situations, Torture, Violence
Challenges: Slayer of Slayers
Completed: No Chapters: 18 Table of Contents
Word count: 60,045 Hit Count: 23,065 ePub Downloads: 183
Published: October 01, 2015 Updated: November 13, 2018
Can't Go Back the Same Way You Came by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 58 Comments: 38
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: Challenge Response, Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Sexual Situations
Challenges: Fallen Angel
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,699 Hit Count: 3,520 ePub Downloads: 80
Published: December 15, 2015 Updated: December 15, 2015
Cry by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 42 Comments: 37
Summary: If grief can do one thing, it’s bring enemies together. “The Body” AU. Oneshot.
 Best Angst - Spuffy and Best Episode Re-write. 

Categories: Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Award Winners
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Joyce, Spike
Genres: Angst, Challenge Response, Drama, POV
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death
Challenges: "The Body" AU (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 7,500 Hit Count: 2,081 ePub Downloads: 66
Published: January 29, 2015 Updated: January 29, 2015
Past Featured StoryLa Belle et la Bête by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 252 Comments: 164
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.
 Best Fluff and Best Movie Crossover. 
 
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: Challenge Response, Dramedy, Fighting, POV, 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: 38,208 ePub Downloads: 277
Published: September 04, 2014 Updated: October 07, 2014
Life Goes On by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 39 Comments: 25
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: Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Joyce, Spike
Genres: Angst, Challenge Response, Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Character Death, 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: 1,564 ePub Downloads: 52
Published: January 25, 2016 Updated: January 25, 2016
May I by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 103 Comments: 77
Summary: All Human AU. Mayoral candidate William “Spike” Pratt is down in the polls and down on his luck. But everything changes when he saves the life of Dawn Summers and comes into contact with her family – including her elder sister, Buffy.
 Best Song Fic. 

Categories: Alternate Reality, Challenge Response, All Human/Fantasy, Holiday Fic, Song Fic, Award Winners
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Jenny Calendar, Joyce, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, William, Willow, Xander
Genres: Challenge Response, Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Character Death
Challenges: All Human AU (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 10 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,274 Hit Count: 11,277 ePub Downloads: 64
Published: December 10, 2014 Updated: December 24, 2014
Once Upon a Time by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 49 Comments: 38
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/Fantasy
Characters: Andrew Wells, Angel, Anya, Buffy, Clem, Connor, Cordelia, Darla, Dawn, Drusilla, Ethan Rayne, Faith Lehane, Fred, Giles, Charles Gunn, Harmony, Jenny Calendar, Jonathan Levinson, Joyce, Kendra, Original Characters, Oz, Riley Finn, Spike, Tara, Wesley, Willow, Xander
Genres: Action/Adventure, Challenge Response, 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: 1,276 ePub Downloads: 39
Published: October 01, 2016 Updated: October 01, 2016
Pieces of Heaven by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 27 Comments: 15
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, Challenge Response, Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), 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: 1,806 ePub Downloads: 51
Published: May 01, 2015 Updated: May 01, 2015
Past Featured StorySeraphim by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 238 Comments: 158
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: Season 5, Season 6, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response, Baby Fic
Characters: Angel, Anya, Buffy, Dawn, Giles, Original Characters, Spike, Tara, Whistler, Willow, Xander
Genres: Challenge Response, Drama, POV
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: 18,055 ePub Downloads: 281
Published: January 13, 2016 Updated: March 09, 2016
Past Featured StoryThe Littlest Summers by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 49 Comments: 36
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!
stamp Best Episode Re-write and Best Characterization (Dawn). 
Categories: Season 1, Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Dawn, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Challenge Response, Dramedy, 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: 3,406 ePub Downloads: 98
Published: August 18, 2014 Updated: August 18, 2014
The Mark of a Mate by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 78 Comments: 48
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: Challenge Response, Drama, POV, Pre-Series, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Challenges: The Mark of a Mate
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 4,703 Hit Count: 2,223 ePub Downloads: 73
Published: May 01, 2017 Updated: May 01, 2017
The Truth by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 34 Comments: 25
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: Challenge Response, Drama, Fighting, 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: 2,111 ePub Downloads: 64
Published: May 11, 2015 Updated: May 11, 2015
Unliving Conditions by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 27 Comments: 18 Complete!
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, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 13,059 Hit Count: 557 ePub Downloads: 16
Published: November 03, 2018 Updated: November 03, 2018
What the Heart Hides by Wonder and Ashes [PG-13] Likes: 31 Comments: 18
Summary: Buffy has had a crush on Spike ever since she first laid eyes on him. He's never returned her feelings – until now. But with years of insecurities on her shoulders, can Buffy finally bring herself to be happy? Oneshot, AU-ish. 
Categories: Season 2, Season 3, Season 4, Season 5, Alternate Reality, Episode Rewrite, Challenge Response
Characters: Buffy, Ensemble, Spike
Genres: Angst, Challenge Response, Drama, POV, Romance
Warnings: Adult Language, Buffy/Other (Temp), Spike/Other (Temp)
Challenges: Buffy's Crush (Author's Choice of Name)
Completed: Yes Chapters: 1 Table of Contents
Word count: 11,718 Hit Count: 2,461 ePub Downloads: 93
Published: February 22, 2015 Updated: February 22, 2015