valyssia

Summary: This is a rough sequel to my friend Mabus’s story Blood Line. I was neck deep in the beta for his story when he gave me his blessing to write a follow up. It says something of my character that I took a short story that was written on a lark and turned it into a novel length drama.

In Blood Line Buffy becomes a vampire before she’s chosen. She rules Sunnydale with an iron fist for seven years prior to the story opening. The crux of the piece is that Willow is coerced into performing the hat trick she does in canon at the series end, but instead of being the big hero moment, the spell is corrupted to turn the potentials into slayer-vampires.

For the follow up, I played loose and fast with the world Mabus constructed. A great many of the details change, but the final events of his story hold mostly true.

Buffy and Willow start off as broken as you’re likely to see them. Be patient. This story is about how learning to love can lead to redemption.

Date: January 2008.
Rating: Adults Only Please: Graphic Sexual Situations and/ or Gratuitous Violence.
Word Count: 56,661.
Comma Guy: Howard Russell. The man is such a good sport. He’s agreed to give this another pass before I repost it.
Pairing: Buffy/ Willow.
Disclaimer: Another day, another…they don’t pay me anything at all. I just do this to amuse myself and you. That’s what allows me and mine to slip under the radar while playing with characters created by those more fortunate than us.
Feedback: Please.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1:	Broken Dreams (continued)
Chapter 2:	After the Flesh
Chapter 3:	Bad Blood (continued)
Chapter 4:	Letting Go (continued)
Chapter 5:	Heroes and Victims (continued)
Chapter 6:	Near-Life Experiences
Chapter 7:	Life Afterlife