From: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com (buffyfic-digest) To: buffyfic-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: buffyfic-digest V2 #147 Reply-To: $SENDER Sender: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk buffyfic-digest Friday, April 24 1998 Volume 02 : Number 147 In this issue: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (2/?) BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (3/?) BUFFYFIC: "Reunion" (14/?) by Ingrid BUFFYFIC: re; Is there a difference? BUFFYFIC: I have two questions... BUFFYFIC: "The Cure" (8/14) Re: BUFFYFIC: re; Is there a difference? See the end of the digest for information on (un)subscribing to the buffyfic or buffyfic-digest mailing lists and on how to retrieve back issues. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 21:58:17 EDT From: Aglx Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (2/?) Title: Love's Revival (1/?) Author: Michelle Email Addy: Aglx@aol.com Rating: PG Spoiler: All episodes up to Killed By Death Feedback: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Disclaimer: Buffy and the gang belong to Joss Whedon, the WB, etc. The Story and the characters not part of the regular cast are mine! Sumary: Buffy and Angel cope with the thought of love between eachother while Angel is still evil. Buffy must face some old horrors as well as some new ones. IMPORTANT: Sequal to The Dark One Series. This story is explained as best as I could to fill in the blanks but you have to read "The Dark One" to understand it. You can check it out as well as all my other stories at: http://members.aol.com/aglx/buffywrittings.html Love's Revival Part 1 "Angel, you must eat something. Come with us, we can find you someone young and sweet." "I'm not hungry, Dru!" Angel snapped and returned to his thoughts. Dru's smile faded to a pout as she accepted his rejection. "Spike, I'm worried about Angel. He's growing weak; he hasn't eaten for days. "Don't be, my sweet. Angel's a big boy, he can handle himself. Come now, we feed." Spike led Dru out of the bedroom. They left the warehouse with several vampire minions following. Angel was sitting on a chair in the corner of the room. He hadn't left that spot for days. "Dammit Savarah! Why her?" Angel asked aloud, knowing that no one could hear him. *********** "Giles!" Willow screamed as she ran into the library. "What? What is it?" Giles came rushing out of his office, startled by her yelling. "The new um..." Willow paused for a moment, realizing how painful what she was about to say was going to be. 'No, stop. He has to know. Buffy. She needs this, she needs him.' Willow gathered all her confidence and continued to speak nervously. "The new computer science teacher found this when she was cleaning up. I checked it out. It's Angel's curse," she said, handing him a small yellow disk. Giles was awestruck. His mind flashed between Jenny and Angel. He closed his eyes as he tried to put her image out of his mind, but he couldn't. It was too strong; their love was too strong. "Cure? Are you sure?" "Positive. If what this says is right, all we need is an orb of Thesaluh, and Angel." 'Angel. That bastard killed Jenny. No!' Giles stopped his accusations mid-thought. He knew it wasn't Angel. It was Angelus. He also knew how easy it would be to blame Angel for what Angelus had done. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:28:44 EDT From: Aglx Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (3/?) Title: Love's Revival (3/?) Author: Michelle Email Addy: Aglx@aol.com Rating: PG Spoiler: All episodes up to Killed By Death Feedback: PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!! Disclaimer: Buffy and the gang belong to Joss Whedon, the WB, etc. The Story and the characters not part of the regular cast are mine! Sumary: Buffy and Angel cope with the thought of love between eachother while Angel is still evil. Buffy must face some old horrors as well as some new ones. IMPORTANT: Sequal to The Dark One Series. This story is explained as best as I could to fill in the blanks but you have to read "The Dark One" to understand it. You can check it out as well as all my other stories at: http://members.aol.com/aglx/buffywrittings.html Love's Revival Part 3 "Buffy!" Giles walked down the stairs from the stacks. Buffy entered the library, her friends trailing cautiously behind her. She knew that they had something to hide, and she was going to find out what. "Giles, what's going on? We had this talk a long time ago. No keeping secrets!" Her voice grew harsh as she approached Giles. "Well, um, Buffy, we found something," Giles attempted to explain. "About what?" "About Angel." Buffy could see the pain it caused him to even mention his name. Angel. She couldn't stop thinking about him. His eyes, his hair, his hands. The same hands he had used to kill Ms. Calendar. The same hands that had held the bodies of all his helpless victims. "What about him?" She asked, trying to sound angry for Giles' sake. "We found a way to bring his soul back," Giles said painfully. Buffy couldn't believe what he was saying; she didn't know whether to be happy or angry. Angel was now two different people. One that she loved, and one that she hated. After he had killed Ms. Calendar, she'd wanted him dead. He was going to die and there was nothing stopping her from doing it- nothing but her love for him. Buffy didn't know how to handle this news; it was too much for her, after all that had happened in the past week. "I gotta go," Buffy said, tears pooling up in her eyes. She ran out of the library leaving her friends standing in silence. Everything had changed; Ms. Calendar's death, Savarah, Angel's cure- it was too much for *all* of them to handle. "I'm sure Buffy will be alright. You have to understand what she's going through right now." "Yeah, but Giles, she's keeping this bottled up like she always does," Xander said, concerned for Buffy. "I'll talk to her about it," Giles said placing a stack of books on the table. "Thanks Giles," Willow said, trying unconvincingly to sound reassured. "You two go to class. Tell Buffy I want to talk to her during 5th period. She's got a free; we'll talk about it then." "Okay. Come on lets go," Xander said, slightly tugging at Willow's shirt. "Buffy!" Willow called as she spotted her across the quad. "Hey, guys!" Buffy said as she approached them with a smile. "Glad to see you're looking better," Xander said with a smile. "Yeah, I'm doing okay." Buffy was constantly thinking about Angel. About Savarah. She tried to hide the thoughts that plagued her, but her friends knew better. "Oh, Buffy, I almost forgot. Giles said he wants to see you during your free period." "Okay. Well, I've gotta get to Trig. Catch you later." Buffy walked off, her face fading to a pale white as she suddenly felt sick to her stomach. She ignored it and continued on to class. ********** "Giles, look, I'm fine." "Buffy, you were nearly killed. Do I have to remind you of what happened the last time? "I'm not going to make that mistake again. The last thing I want to do is hurt my friends again. I'm fine. Savarah is dead, I'm alive, and everything is just fine." "Buffy, normally I would let you get away with that, but this time it's not going to work. Angelus saving you from near death has to be tearing you apart. Don't alienate your friends when you need them the most." "Yeah, can I go now?" "Buffy, wh..." "I gotta go Giles, I'm not feeling very well." "Very well then. But we're not done here." "Yeah." Buffy said quietly as she rushed out of the library; her stomach was churning. She snuck out of school and walked home. She stumbled up the stairs, her whole body aching; but she had barely made it to the top of the stairs before she collapsed, unconscious. End Part 3. Please let me know what you think. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1998 22:55:33 -0400 From: ingrid29@juno.com (Ingrid E Stanton) Subject: BUFFYFIC: "Reunion" (14/?) by Ingrid Just a little not before I go on: I realize that it's been quite a while since I sent out the last part. April/May/June are fun months for me, and I have dozens of things to do, so I can't make any guarantees about the rest of the year. I'll *try.* I wrote this a long while ago, and I thought I might as well send it before it rots in my mailbox. Enjoy! DISCLAIMER: The characters of Angel, Buffy, Cordelia, Willow, Xander, Jenny, Giles & company are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Productions, and The Warner Brothers Network, and are used without permission. The author claims no rights to these characters. SUMMARY: Giles finally shows up…or does he? Welcome to my story. It takes place ten years into the future, but I’m not telling you what’s happened in advance. I’m going to reveal that as time goes on in the story. I love to get feedback, except when my mailbox explodes, which is often, but send it anyway! My address is Ingrid29@juno.com. If you don’t get this, that’s because you haven’t read the other parts. If you want to get this, ask me for them! ********* "Reunion," by Ingrid Part Fourteen: "Uninvited Guest" ********* Xander opened the door, expecting to be a buffer yet again. Suddenly, he was everybody’s hero, and he wasn’t so sure he liked it. What he was expecting, he couldn’t say. Tired kind eyes behind familiar spectacles. Instead, he saw only blackness beyond the door. He turned the outside light on, but still all he saw were the bushes and the snow-covered fountain lit up and far off. One of the shadows moved. "Hello?" Nothing. "Hello?" "Xander." The voice froze him instantly. He didn’t dare say it. She looked up into the light and flinched. The curls sparkled like rubies under it cascading into the darkness. Her blue eyes were glistening with tears unshed, and the pink mouth was closed; taught. "Xander?" She seemed to shake as she spoke. Every movement was tremulous and agitated. "Willow," he labeled her as a child labels the world around him. He was waiting for a contradiction; a logical clarity that never came. Instead, she turned her face away into the obscurity of the night and said nothing. "Willow?" "Maybe this wasn’t such a good idea." "How…" "I don’t know." Suddenly bells went off in his head as he remembered the blur of that dark night years ago. "Oh my God. No." "Xander, I wouldn’t have come here, but I think you could use my help. Maybe I should go." "No, Will…" He opened the door. "You have to invite me in," she reminded him guiltily. He backed away from the door slowly, not sure who to trust. Sure, she looked like Willow, but hadn’t Buffy been fooled by… "Xander?" "Willow, how do I know that-" She was quietly weeping on the porch now. "I didn’t mean…" He swallowed hard and looked back at her eyes. Frightened. She probably could rip him to shreds if she wanted to and she was frightened. It had been his fault, and if she wasn’t legit, this would be his fault too. But he opened the door and invited death in. She waited for a moment and then stepped in slowly. She looked cold and tired. Like she’d been running forever. He almost jerked away from her as she was entering, but held back with everything he had. He was unprepared for her crushing embrace. She was crying again now. "I’ve missed you *so much*…" He didn’t know what to say, even when Cordelia came out into the foyer. "Willow," he whispered over the vampire’s shoulder, and left her to wonder. *** END, PART 14 _____________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com Or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866] ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 98 14:32:20 From: tabbylink@patrol.i-way.co.uk Subject: BUFFYFIC: re; Is there a difference? - --- On Thu, 23 Apr 1998 15:20:07 PDT Sara Barton wrote: >Is there a difference between the buffyfiction digest and the >buffyfiction list? I've often wondered that myself. Maybe it's a collection of all Buffyfics sent in that day? I'd really like to see my server manage to lose parts from something like that! :) Betzi ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 18:45:38 EDT From: KylenRevik Subject: BUFFYFIC: I have two questions... 1. This one is about length. Say I have a chapter that's, say, ten pages long on my word processor. When I save it to text and import it, that's a lottalotta lines. How should I label the parts of the chapter, then, when I break them into 250-line pieces? (Because the list guidelines say no more than 250 lines per post). Would something like: (1a/20), (1b/20), etc, be satisfactory? And if I were to do that, should it also say how many parts-of- parts? So it would look like ([1a/a-d]/20, meaning "part one-a of parts one thru d, of twenty"? Help! I have a long fic that I'm working on, but with the way the chapters are they'll be longer than 250 lines and I'm stressing about this!!!! 2. This one is a bit shorter. :) Being new to the list, I was just wondering if you guys have ever tried doing a round-robin story or not, and if not, if there's any interest in trying something like that, because I'd be willing to coordinate it if there were. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 18:57:56 From: Sarah Douglas Subject: BUFFYFIC: "The Cure" (8/14) DISCLAIMER: I don't own Buffy or any of the other wonderful characters in the Buffyverse. I am using them without the permission of the people who do own them who are not going to sue me because I am not making any money off this. Joss Whedon, WB, Mutant Enemy, Kusui and Sandollar own the Buffy characters. DISTRIBUTION: Just ask. RATING: Probably PG FEEDBACK: I would love to know what you all think of this. Please send me feedback. Pretty please. SUMMARY: Okay, well this takes place while Ms. Calendar is still alive, but Angel is evil, so probably Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered. It's another "Angel gets his soul back" story which I wrote to convince myself that Angel could be good again. It's kind of long and I'm sorry about that you all. AUTHOR'S MESSAGE: Yes, yes, I know it's been a while, but you try living in my world for a week and see how much fic you can put out. Anyways, today the thanks go out to Betzi for ego boosting. Major props to Candy too. On with the show The Cure (8/14) Buffy arrived at the door and Willow opened it for her. "How'd it go?" Willow asked. "Okay, I did two quick stakes in the graveyard. No Angel sightings," Buffy replied as they headed downstairs. "Buffy! Did everything go alright?" Giles asked. "Yeah, fine. Didn't see Angel. What's up here?" "Well, I've been doing more research on Angel. Nothing we don't already know. It's quite late Buffy. You and Willow should turn in. Everyone else did. Xander's in Ox's room, Cordelia's in the living room. You and Willow can sleep in there," Giles replied, picking up a different book. "Giles, sleep. We don't have a major crisis right this second. Take the opportunity to take a nap. You need sleep too," Buffy told him. Giles smiled. "I suppose you're right Buffy. Let me look through another book or two. Then I'll go to sleep." "Promise?" "Alright, I promise." "Night, Giles." "Goodnight Buffy, goodnight Willow. Sleep well." "Thanks Giles. You too," Buffy headed back up the stairs. Buffy quickly charged into her PJs and got ready for bed. She got into one of the makeshift beds Oz had set up. Willow turned to her. "Buffy, are you really okay?" Willow asked, concerned for her friend. "Yeah I'm okay. We're camping out at Oz's to protect us from Angel, who switched to the other side because I made a big mistake. Yeah, I'm just great." "Buffy, it's not your fault. You didn't know it was going to happen. I know I've said it before, but it's true," Willow said, trying to comfort Buffy. "Thanks Will. Hearing you say that kind of helps. Now go to sleep. You need rest too." "Okay. Night Buffy." "Night Willow." ***************** Angel stormed back to the warehouse, Drucilla in tow. He was not in a good mood. He hadn't found Willow. He hadn't drained her of her blood. He didn't have a present for the slayer. "Did you get the slayer something nice? She's not going to fall apart Angelus. She's going to come after you with a stake and then POOF! Angel dust," Spike said when they came in. "No, I didn't get her anything. I couldn't find the perfect gift. I don't know what happened to her." **************** Jenny woke up in a strange bed. She got out of bed right away, eager to know if they had the spell. When she left the room, she saw Alice a little way off. "Alice," she called out. Alice turned. "Good morning Janna," Alice replied, waiting for Jenny to catch up to her. "Is there any news? Have they got the spell?" Jenny asked, eager and excited. "The elderwoman said this morning that as soon as you woke up to bring you to her. Come with me," Alice said, leading Jenny along. "In there," Alice pointed to a room. Jenny smiled and went in. "Ah, Janna, you are here. We have some work to do. By this evening, I believe we will have the spell by tonight. Very, ver soon Angel will have his soul. But now, there is work to be done." **************** Buffy poured herself a cup of coffee. She smiled at everyone. "Ah, sunlight, our old friend," Buffy said, sipping her coffee. Everyone was sitting around the table. "Guys, we need to pack up and move out. Oz, can we work out of here tonight?" Buffy asked. "Sure, that's fine." "Okay guys, move everything into the basement. Try to keep everything as inconspicuous as possible." "Yes sir, general buffy sir!" Xander joked. Buffy smiled. "Okay troops, move out." **************** Jenny's day passed in a sea of research and old books. She, the elderwoman and a few others of the tribe worked together, compiling magic. Many old Romani spells were brought out. Long and careful work was carried out. Finally, the elderwoman closed her book with a thud. "We are finished. We have the spell. I will collect the necessary things. Janna, we will leave in the morning. We will bring Alice, she had been trained in magic. Now Janna, go to sleep. You will need much energy tomorrow." *************** At lunch, Buffy went to the library. "Hey Giles." "Hello Buffy. How was your morning?" "Okay. Giles, am I strong enough? Be honest with me, am I strong enough to beat Angle. Am I trained well enough?" Giles looked slightly shocked at the question. "Buffy, I have nothing but respect and admiration for you talent at fighting. You have incredible skill. In saying that, we really have not done very much training. I think that if you faced Angel now, you could win. It's probable that you would win, but it could be close. Overall, yes you're strong enough, you defeated the Master Buffy. That's no small feat. Yes, you have the technical skill, but you have fought with Angel and he knows how you fight," Giles replied. Buffy looked at Giles. She thought for a few moments. She rubbed her temples and walked around the library. Suddenly, she turned to Giles. "Train me," she said, "I don't care how long it takes, I have to be able to beat Angel." End part 8 Alright, you've read the fic, now send the feedback to ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 1998 21:16:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Jill Kirby Subject: Re: BUFFYFIC: re; Is there a difference? Sara and Betzi wanted to know: >>Is there a difference between the buffyfiction digest >and the >>buffyfiction list? The digest version of the list collects the individual posts that are sent to the list and sends them out when they reach a certain critical mass. This is nice for people with small mailboxes-- they just get one (or a couple more than one, if things are busy) post a day, rather than several individual posts. The content is exactly the same-- just formatted differently. Jill Jill Kirby ~~ jtkirby@mcs.com ~~ www.geocities.com/SoHo/Lofts/4107 NatPack ~~ ABotCoS ~~ NP4 ~~ Dreamer/Minstrel ------------------------------ End of buffyfic-digest V2 #147 ****************************** To subscribe to buffyfic or buffyfic-digest, send the command subscribe buffyfic-digest or subscribe buffy to majordomo@xmission.com. You will need to go through a confirmation process, and the listowners have to manually approve your subscription request, so it may take some time. To unsubscribe, send email to majordomo@xmission.com with unsubscribe buffyfic-digest or unsubscribe buffyfic in the body. Back issues of this digest can be found at: ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/lists/buffyfic/archive/ Dalton Spence has also provided an index of the buffyfic archive at: http://www.hwcn.org/~ag775/BUFFYFIC.HTM For help, contact Jill Kirby (jtkirby@mcs.com) or sah (romana@mindspring.com)