From: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com (buffyfic-digest) To: buffyfic-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: buffyfic-digest V2 #349 Reply-To: $SENDER Sender: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-buffyfic@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk buffyfic-digest Saturday, October 10 1998 Volume 02 : Number 349 In this issue: Re: BUFFYFIC: DISCUSS: Idea from "Dead Man's Party" Re: BUFFYFIC: DISCUSS: Idea from "Dead Man's Party" BUFFYFIC: "Flies to Honey" (6/?) sequel to "The Necromancer" BUFFYFIC: "Flies to Honey" (07/?) sequel to "The Necromancer" BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (23/25) 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: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:27:44 EDT From: KylenRevik@aol.com Subject: Re: BUFFYFIC: DISCUSS: Idea from "Dead Man's Party" FIRSt-- please excuse the Caps-- my keybOard is *SEriously* wigging out on mE. ::sigh:: In a message dated 98-10-09 14:21:12 EDT, traction@sirius.com writes: >I had an idea for writing a fanfic inspired by Buffy's offhand comment in >"Dead Man's Party" where she said, "How about home schooling? It's not just >for scary religious people anymore." Since I myself have been home schooled >for more than five years now I thought I'd write a kind of "spin-off" of BtVS >where Buffy becomes home schooled and introduces a new gang of slayerettes >based on archetypes of home schoolers I've observed. I thought it could be >kind of funny and quirky, any comments? Something I noticed (anD dIdn't Much liKE) about DMP and "Anne" was that the group wasn't together. I think that really ContRibutes a Lot to the chemISTry OF tHE show, and without it it seems a bit empty. SO if you're going to pursue this, I would recomment being VERY careful about it. MaKe sure you're staying true to the spirit of "Buffy", and keep the characters true. :) Rachel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 9 Oct 1998 15:26:49 EDT From: KylenRevik@aol.com Subject: Re: BUFFYFIC: DISCUSS: Idea from "Dead Man's Party" FIRSt-- please excuse the Caps-- my keybOard is *SEriously* wigging out on mE. ::sigh:: In a message dated 98-10-09 14:21:12 EDT, traction@sirius.com writes: >I had an idea for writing a fanfic inspired by Buffy's offhand comment in >"Dead Man's Party" where she said, "How about home schooling? It's not just >for scary religious people anymore." Since I myself have been home schooled >for more than five years now I thought I'd write a kind of "spin-off" of BtVS >where Buffy becomes home schooled and introduces a new gang of slayerettes >based on archetypes of home schoolers I've observed. I thought it could be >kind of funny and quirky, any comments? Something I noticed (anD dIdn't Much liKE) about DMP and "Anne" was that the group wasn't together. I think that really ContRibutes a Lot to the chemISTry OF tHE show, and without it it seems a bit empty. SO if you're going to pursue this, I would recomment being VERY careful about it. MaKe sure you're staying true to the spirit of "Buffy", and keep the characters true. :) Rachel ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 22:52:30 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "Flies to Honey" (6/?) sequel to "The Necromancer" TITLE: "Flies to Honey" (Part 06/?) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: Please let me know what you think of my fanfic with some feedback. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence. SPOILERS: Spoilers to previous fanfic. DESCRIPTION: The sequel to "The Necromancer". Abel is now unconcious, but attracting vampires like flies to honey. Buffy is caught between protecting her enemy and helping her friend Willow find her beloved Oz. Meanwhile, Willow gets deeper into magic and the occult in order to find a way to restore Oz to human form. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. ============== Scene 5 Standing innocently in the doorway, Buffy lingered outside of Giles' library office. Giles himself had his attentions buried in an particularly interesting read of a book. A few pages went by before Giles finally donned his glasses to look over a sheepish, quiet Slayer. "Oh, Buffy, I hadn't noticed you there. Is something a matter?" questioned Giles. "Well, I don't know how to say this, but I was talking with Willow yesterday," slowly articulated Buffy. "Are things not all well between you and Willow?" Giles inquired softly. "No," quickly replied Buffy with an unsure expression. She finally admitted, "Yes." Buffy explained, "You see it's just that I've been spending so much time with the slayage around Abel's crypt and Oz is still out there." "Ah, and I suppose you want me to tell you it would be fine for you to neglect your duties and pursue locating Oz with more of your time," guessed Giles. "That'd be perfect," smiled Buffy. "You do realize that this is not only a choice opportunity to slay vampires, but that if a vampire fed on Abel and consequently killed him that the gateway Abel sealed would be reopend, giving way for more necromancers to come into our world. As your Watcher I can't very well endorse you forsaking your responsiblities," reminded Giles officiously. Buffy dropped her head and remained silent. "As an adult and dare I say father figure, however, I can tell you that there are times in one's life when the welfare of those close to you are many times greater in your heart than responsibilities that one doesn't even want," added Giles. Her head now raised, Buffy quizzically glanced a the grin on her Watcher's face. She answered it a small smirk of her own. "Thanks," said Buffy plainly. Giles nodded in awknowledgement, seeming larger than life. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 09 Oct 1998 22:53:37 -0700 From: "J. Jericho Born" Subject: BUFFYFIC: "Flies to Honey" (07/?) sequel to "The Necromancer" TITLE: "Flies to Honey" (Part 07/?) AUTHOR: J. Jericho Born E-MAIL: traction@sirius.com FEEDBACK: Please let me know what you think of my fanfic with some feedback. DISTRIBUTION: The author reserves rights on this story. Please do not distribute without expressed permission. RATING: PG-13 Contains violence. SPOILERS: Spoilers to previous fanfic. DESCRIPTION: The sequel to "The Necromancer". Abel is now unconcious, but attracting vampires like flies to honey. Buffy is caught between protecting her enemy and helping her friend Willow find her beloved Oz. Meanwhile, Willow gets deeper into magic and the occult in order to find a way to restore Oz to human form. DISCLAIMER: The writer of this unauthorized fan fiction is not affiliated with any of the parties involved in the making of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The characters are the property of Joss Whedon and whomever else the lawyers may deem fit, they are used without permission. Technically that is not legal, but I'm not anticipating any law suits. This work, the plot line, and the characters introduced that are not already featured on Buffy the Vampire Slayer are the work of Joshua Jericho Born, Copyright 1998. ============== Scene 6 "Wow," said an intrigued Willow, her voice tapered the one sylable word. She eagerly punched away at the page down key of her laptop. Curious, Xander leaned over from the other side of the Library table. "What are you looking at?" he asked. "Well, I found out a way to hopefully change Oz back to a human, but it kind of needs a little hellfire to work," explained Willow readily. "So are you reading up on hellfire?" further asked Xander. "Well, no. There wasn't much known about hellfire, so I started reading on how a necromancer becomes a necromancer. This is pretty sad," Willow said, eyeing the screen in front of her. Xander comforted, "Come on, Willow, you're not being that desperate." "I meant how they become a necromancer is sad," Willow chastised. She questioned, "Did you know that when a necromancer seeks an apprentice he looks for people in the most vulnerable, frustrated walks of life?" "No, but it makes sense. Who better to become an ultra bad villian guy then someone who can't get a girl to notice him," Xander commented. He continued, accelerating into a ramble, "And then when she does she only thinks he's a pathetic loser. Finally, when she get's over how demeaning it is to be seen with him she puts him down at every opportunity to make herself feel important. But, I'm a man who has feelings, too. I'm not just her whipping boy-" Xander interuppted himself, "What were we talking about again?" "Like I was saying. They find someone who's already sick of the world and come to him in a nightmare. They torture that person in his sleep by showing him the most grusome horrors of man's inhumanity to man. By the time the dream is over he's an even more broken soul. Only after that do they offer apprenticeship," described Willow. "Wow, and I thought colleges had aggresive recruiting programs," wryly joked Xander. "This is like our first villian with a sob story. I mean, vampires get sired and then they're vampires. Demons are demons. But, this guy is a human being who's had a past and a childhood and develeoped in the monster that he is," Willow observed with a touch of compassion. "Well that doesn't change the fact that he is the monster that he is. Right now, this guy being a vegetable is justice," redirected Xander. "I guess. But, can you imagine how horrible his life must have been for a necromancer to pick him for an apprentice," offered Willow. "You're not getting all soft on him are you?" Xander questioned. "No. It's just that the more I learn about where Abel's coming from, the harder it is for me to hate him," answered Willow. "Hey, guys," greeted Buffy, emerging from Giles' office. "Buffy-" began Willow, but she was cut short. "I've thought about what you said and I've finally really got my priorities straight," interjected Buffy. "I'm sorry for being so stuck up before," apologized Willow sincerely. "It's ok. It's to be expected considering what you've been through. Anyway, there've been reports of a 'bigfoot' type monster in Weberton. It sounds promising so I figure after school tommorrow we can head up there for the weekend and see if we can bring Oz home," said Buffy, mixed emotions bleeding through at different times in her statement. "Great! I'll brush up on some witchcraft stuff, it might help us to find him," Willow said excitedly. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 10 Oct 1998 18:55:25 EDT From: Aglx@aol.com Subject: BUFFYFIC: Love's Revival (23/25) Title: Love's Revival (23/25) Author: AnGeL X (Aglx@aol.com) Distrbution: Just Ask & Keep my name attached! Spoilers: Takes place after Becoming Rating: PG/PG-13 Violence. - None for this part Description: Buffy/Angel Love Story. Disclaimer: Plot Mine. Characters all but Savarah are mine! I own nothing that's really Buffy, never will, don't sue. Feedback: I live for it. I also refuse to write without it! Xander and Cordelia burst into the library with two bags filled with the supplies Willow requested. Their sudden intrusion interrupted Buffy's sword fight with Angel. Angel wasn't distracted by their appearance and took a swing at Buffy's head, assuming she would have blocked it. Buffy ducked just in time to avoid the blade hitting her neck. "Angel!" "Sorry. I *thought* you would block it!" "Likely excuse," Buffy said with a grin. "Here's the stuff you asked us to get." Cordelia said squeamishly handing over the bag she was carrying to Willow. "What are we supposed to do with all those smelly plants?" Ignoring Cordelia, Willow moved to instruct everyone on the plan. "Angel, Buffy, Xander. You'll need to leave the room." "Why?" Buffy asked defensively. "The ritual is very strict about who can be in the room and exactly how many. Buffy, you and Angel are too close to Savarah to be able to perform this. Xander, well, the ritual only needs the help of three." "Fine by me. I've had enough of all this." "Why do I have to help?" "Cordelia, could you please just not argue with me now. This is not the time." "Fine." Buffy, Angel and Xander left the library and waited outside. They listened to Willow's chanting and could smell the putrid aroma that came from the burning of herbs and oils. Several minutes passed and finally Cordelia came crashing out of the library, her lungs filled with smoke from the fire. "Are you okay?!" Xander asked as he tried to comfort her. "Yeah, never been better. They're done in there." Buffy and Angel rushed back into the library and anticipated the result of the ritual. "We did it! She won't be able to curse you this time. If you win, you win," Willow shrieked with a giant grin on her face. "Thank you, Willow," Angel said while hugging Willow. * * * * * Buffy and Angel walked down the deserted sidewalk next to the graveyard. Their heads, filled with millions of thoughts. Thoughts of love, of revenge and of regret. Wondering if they would ever be free of the devil, Savarah. If they would ever be free of the guilty pain they both suffered from equally. Angel stopped and grabbed Buffy by the arm. He spun her around to face him. "You sure you want to do this?" "Do I have a choice?" Angel dropped his head. "Hey, don't take this on yourself. It's my fault we're in this mess." "When are you going to stop blaming yourself." "When it stops being the truth. Angel, you know just as well as I do, that this all comes back..." Angel pressed his lips against hers. Her body went limp in his arms. "I don't want to lose you." "I don't want to lose you either," Buffy said innocently as she watched him fight against the demon inside him. It had been so long since they had been close to each other but the painful memories kept them at a distance. "Are you ready to accept the consequences this may bring?" "What's with the twenty questions? I'm ready and willing to fight her." "Great. Then let's go!" Said a cocky voice from behind them. Buffy and Angel both turned around to see Savarah leaning up against the same tree as before. Somehow they managed to meet her again in the same place. "I mean, if you two are ready." The both looked at each other for a second, questioning if they really were ready. "Let's go!" Angel said, his face distorting to his alter ego. "I noticed you sunk to my level by binding my spell casting powers. Very clever." "I wanted a fair game," Buffy said bluntly. "It'll be fair alright. But I have just one little rule." "Oh yeah, almost forgot. Can't play a game with you without rules," Buffy said. "Oh, but that is my one rule. No rules, no limits, just pure, bloody fun!" ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Can't you just feel the tension? Big fight coming next. - -Michelle ------------------------------ End of buffyfic-digest V2 #349 ****************************** 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. 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