- Lilium -


Summary - Lily Joyce Summers, daughter of Buffy and Angel, travels to the past in order to change the future and prevent a full-scale demonic war from being unleashed. Her mission? Stop her mothers death at the hands of Glory. **Adopted and Re-imagined** B/A S/F W/O X/D

There will be mentions of other pairings however, like B/R W/T X/A (Buffy & Spike Friendship)

Adoption - This is a fanfiction idea adopted from Lady Dawson, of her brilliant, yet abandoned, fanfiction 'Time and Time Again', I loved the idea and hated that it was abandoned, so the fic was adopted, I have kept the basic premise but I have drastically changed it to fit into a more original storyline, instead of a direct copy, though obviously the basic premise is still the same.

Disclaimer - The Buffyverse is owned by Joss and all relevant parties, some of the OC's are mine.


Chapter 1

She was sure it wouldn't end like this, Lily Summers was nothing if not stubborn- like her mother some would say, she knew her mother had died multiple times and yet she hadn't let that bring her down, 'eh, kind of' she thought.

"Come out, come out little Slayer… we know you're around here somewhere!"

The place around was in ruin and Lily sat up against a fallen pillar, big enough to just keep her out of sight whilst she recuperated her lost breath, a quick survey of the area showed dust and debris everywhere, blood matted her hair from a shallow cut and her clothes had seen better days- then again, since the war started, things like clothes and fancy hairdos were trivial, even for a 13 year old, no time to worry about school whilst, you know, the world was on the brink of collapse right?

Glancing over her shoulder, she caught a peek of the 4 vampires encroaching on her position, spitting vitriol at her with the intent to hit where it hurts, her heart- though, she wouldn't give them the satisfaction of turning into metaphorical dust.

"No Mommy Slayer and Daddy Traitor to protect you now is there… why don't you come out, we'll gladly send you to them!" There was rapturous laughter after that one.

That did it. Lily stood up and confronted them head on, after all, she had a reputation to uphold around here. "Alright, you've had your fun, thrown in a few insults, yada yada yada, can we get to the fighting now?" she sounded confident, and her award winning smile did little to shatter that illusion.

They paused, a frown marring each of their features. 'Ha, knew it, fledglings, all bark and no bite' now she was supremely confident.

They were virtually nondescript, your usual run of the mill looking creatures of the night, four males, though quite large... she surmised that they thought she was easy pickings, after all she was only young and quite… vertically challenged- 'though that didn't stop mom,' she inwardly smiled at the image of her mother pouting the good pout when reminded of this fact.

No time to reminisce now, she was in a little predicament and she needed to get back to HQ. Her dark green eyes shifted between each of the fledglings, did they want anything in particular she wondered, or a slayer trophy for their undead mantle.

"She's a cute one," you could virtually hear the malice between the fangs, they all turned to the vocal one with amusement. "I bet that slayer blood is sweet-" His eyes lit up, a gold shimmering twinkle. "Better yet, let's make her… join us."

A very unladylike chortling broke through the night, "Ahahaha, okay, easy there deadite, the only thing i'll be joining is... hmm a chainsaw to my arm." Lily looked to the side, adopting a classical thinking pose. The fledgling was enraged at her dismissal and languidly moved towards her- "or maybe some kind of pneumatic stake?" The fledgling roared and leapt towards her at a surprisingly fast pace.

She smirked, 'Ha, gotcha.' With her own burst of speed, she met the fledgling half way and kicked him towards the fringes of their little arena, where he landed sweetly on some wooden debris, the only noise to pierce the air after that was the cry of a dusted vampire.

"Okay so, home-run right? I mean come on guys that was a hell of a shot." Another one shot towards her in a fury, not one to be outdone, Lily pulled out a stake from her pocket and quickly jammed it into the heart. Another one down.

"Another one bites the dust." She was getting cocky, she knew it, they knew it, and yet… she was having fun, more fun than she'd had in a while.

They began to circle her, eyes darting from one to the other, she visualized how she could approach this one, 'Do i knock one to the side, take them one at a time, that would be the smart thing to do, that would be the Mom thing to do, but…' she smirked as they both ran at her, a classic pincer attack.

Looking down at both her hands, 2 stakes protruded from the her sleeves in quick succession before shooting both her arms out just in time to catch the two vampires by surprise, right into vamp Achilles heel, the hearts.

Taking stock of her situation, she had to laugh, "Thanks for that one Dad." a sad smile spread across her face, 'No time for that now-' she often found she had to scold herself for thinking of these things at the most inopportune moments. 'Time to get back, i bet the twins are worried sick.' She turned around, dusting herself down a little, and took a few steps.

Clapping, a single source, behind her, a bit further back from where the fledglings stood. It froze her to the spot, unnerving her a little that someone was watching the display and that she had not noticed.

"Okay, it's late, i'm tired, and I don't wanna play games, show yourself." Her bravado was going to get her killed one day.

Two figures appeared from the shadows, it was so smooth she could swear that they were shadow incarnate.

"Very well Slayer… I must admit, that was an impressive display." Male, he looked old, older than any vampire she had ever seen, his features looked melted to his face.

"Especially for one so young and inexperienced." Female, she looked young, her otherworldly features were hidden but Lily could sense she was a vampire too, one could say she was pretty, if nothing else, blonde too.

"Well i'm glad I could provide free entertainment for you guys, but now sadly we're out of actors, you two care to audition?"

They looked at her amused. Her stomach did that weird dropping feeling and she swallowed, hard, 'okay keep your head, remember, cool head, cool heart, cool life.' Her attempt at psyching herself up was failing miserably, though she hoped they couldn't sense this, she found herself wilting under the piercing gaze of what was obviously two very powerful and dangerous vampires, it practically wafted from them in droves.

"How exceedingly arrogant you are, just like her… but you have no idea who I am, do you?" The male spoke up, she couldn't tell but he seemed vaguely familiar, like she should know who he was, but couldn't place him.

"Count Chocula? You know, I really need to thank you for that cere-" The woman's laughter cut her off.

"You are certainly your mothers daughter, full of quips and sunshine, and look where that got her-" Lily stiffened. "Dead, drained of all that slayer blood, lifeless, broken and alone." Her fists were balling now, she was struggling to keep her emotions in check.

"My Dear Boy… he really did go all away for that cheerleader mother of yours didn't he. Who then had you. Something that should of been impossible, but yet here you are." She spat out the word cheerleader like it was acid on her tongue. 'Dear Boy...?' Lily guessed she was talking about her father.

"My mother was more than a cheerleader!" Okay, now she getting was pissed.

"Ah yes a little blonde Slayer, falling in love with the Scourge of Europe, Angelus-" This woman was treading such thin ice that if Lily had stared at it long enough, she'd sure that that ice would melt and this blonde... harpy would think twice about talking bad about her parents again. "That's some Slayer she was, shouldn't she of staked your father?" They could sense they were getting to the young girl.

"Angel," Lily snapped, temper fraying ever more thin. "My father was Angel, not Angelus."

"Hmph, a filthy soul ridden abomination, he was much better with me-" the female vampire looked wistful. "We did so much damage." she almost sounded pathetic in longing.

Okay, now she was intrigued, they knew her parents, that much was clear, but this woman seemed to know her father on a much more personal level. "Who… who are you?"

"You'll find out soon enough, for now, we'll be watching you." The male vampire kept his gaze pinned on her, it was like he was looking through her soul and out the other side. Lily shivered under it's wrath.

Their admission surprised her however, "What, you don't want to fight? Never heard of a vampire that doesn't want to fight before..."

"Now now, we don't wish to fight you because you, my dear child, have an important role to play in coming events." Their grins grew menacing now. This was news to Lily. "Besides, we have no wish to fight family, especially one with so much… potential." Okay now this was headline, front and center page news.

"Family?" It couldn't be surely, were they connected to her father by blood? "What do you mean?"

Their admissions were non forthcoming "Impatient child." this annoyed her, but she was hardly in a position to argue. "We'll see you very soon." And with that, they slipped back into the shadows they came from, almost as if they were never there.

Lily stood there for a moment, trying to fully grasp the encounter she just had, two vampires, old, knew her parents, possibly linked to Dad, she knew this was important, but she had to put it to the back of her mind for the time being, she had a place to be.

Taking one last look around to make sure the coast was clear, she broke into a sprint, heading to HQ and the people there, weaving in and out of desolate streets and ruined buildings, it certainly was a war-zone, old Sunnydale.


The familiar sign of The Bronze lit up dimly, burning itself into her retinas. The building looked fine, a quick surveying showed no signs of damage or forced entry. 'Phew, seems all is quiet on this front.' The relief was palpable.

Making sure nobody was around, she quickly walked to the big heavy door and knocked a few times, hoping someone would reply quickly.

"Password?" a hushed female voice whispered from the other side.

"Out. For. A. Walk. Bitch." She rolled her eyes at Spike's choice of password, she was thankful for Spike, really, he and Faith helped the place to run smoothly and most importantly- safely, they helped to take care of everyone, but he certainly had a way with his words.

She sighed, she wished this place was enough, once a nightclub for the youth of Sunnydale- which her mother and friends apparently frequented fairly often to drink and dance and be merry... now a small sanctuary for survivors to come to, to learn, to fight, to defend themselves against oncoming demon hordes. Sunnydale was always a hell hole- literally, but now, she couldn't imagine a worse place. The town was in ruins, it could be defended for only so long before the resolve and the resources started to crumble, now there were demons on every corner and every day was a fight for survival. Plausible deniability was no longer a factor, people couldn't hide from the monsters under their beds anymore, innocence was gone, replaced with a mortal sense of dread, that which was once thought of in fairy tale, was out in the world for all to see and experience, not just the chosen few hand selected to fight it.

In all it's rustic charm the door swung open, Lily wandered inside, looking back at the door guard for this evening- she recognized the rosy cheeked face of Weronika anywhere. Weronika was one of the original orphans of the war, daughter to Polish immigrants, not blessed with knowledge of the demon world, or the strength to fight them, she found herself running from an attack on her house and Lily found her on one of her patrols, before bringing her here, that was 2 years ago now.

"I'm so glad you're okay." The girls embraced each other, over the years they'd formed a close friendship.

"Yeah, me too." Lily said with a weary sigh, tonight's events clearly had taken a toll on her. "Do you know where Sam, Rozzy and Alex are?"

Weronika pointed to a door up the stairs, "They're waiting for you in there."

"Okay thanks" Lily went to walk away, but before she did. "The twins, are they okay?"

"Last I saw Spike and Faith were keeping them entertained, I think one of them stole Spike's favorite mug and tried to hide with it earlier, he wasn't amused." Weronika's face was full of mirth.

Lily laughed, leave it to Spike to get testy over a mug. "I'll see you in a bit okay." She nodded towards the other girl and left towards the door to see the friends she considered family.

When she peered into the room, she saw the aforementioned teenagers deep in conversation around a table.

Samuel Osborne, was 15 years old, with a head of spiky bright red hair and a quiet almost reserved personality, along with his 12 year old sister, Roselyn Osborne, her long strawberry blonde hair hung to mid shoulder, she was somewhat the more excitable one of the two. Sam looked like his father, and Rozzy her mother- at least, from the pictures Lily had seen of Daniel Osborne and her Mother's best friend, Willow Rosenberg.

Sam had unfortunately inherited his fathers werewolf curse, something about boys, testosterone and the male children more likely to inherit the gene, Lily didn't really listen when it was all being explained to her, if she was honest. Rozzy however, had apparently inherited her mothers talent for witchcraft, what with her being one of the most prodigious witches in their little ragtag group of misfits they called- The Resistance.

Alex Harris was the ever present son of one Xander Harris, with all the wit and charm to go along with it, although Lily was pleased to say that some of it was mellowed out by the genetics of his mother-, Lily's genetics, Summers genetics, one Dawn Summers to be exact. She was happy that she had some blood family around besides the twins. From the pictures he looked like his father, though younger at only 10 years old, yet to hit double digits. But he had Aunt Dawn's bright blue eyes, which i'm sure he will be thankful for as he grows up. Dawn was young, but the war brought people closer together, things happened that perhaps normally wouldn't of...

Lily smiled as she noticed the interaction between Alex and Rozzy, she could tell Alex had a crush on Rozzy, hell she thought it was cute, maybe someday in the future there might be something there and they manage to do what his father and her mother could not, be a couple.

But her wistful smile was really reserved for all 3 of them, for Weronika, for the twins, Spike, Faith, everyone who she could consider family these days. They had seen what a heavy burden being the daughter of the infamous Buffy Summers and Angel could be first hand and had helped her to carry it, helping to shoulder a burden that wasn't theirs to carry.

Coughing to get their attention, Lily walked to the center of the room. "Hey guys, whats the up?" Now noticing the new presence they all looked up from their conversation to smile at Lily, she noticed their excited faces as they made their way closer to her.

"Did you get it?" Rozzy asked, almost giddy.

"Hello to you too Rozzy." There was a teasing glint in Lily's eyes. "Get what?"

"What do you mean what, the item, the reason you went out earlier?" There was exasperation and almost a pleading tone to Rozzy's voice now, the other two looked at Lily in concern.

'Oh' Lily thought, 'I almost forgot with all the… excitement earlier.' She reached into her pocket and pulled out a key, it looked old- a finely crafted piece of metalwork for sure, but it had certainly seen better days. "You mean this?"

Relief washed over Rozzy's face as she grabbed the key eagerly from Lily's grip.

A chuckle escape from Lily's lips. "Where's the fire Roz?"

Rozzy had the foresight to look sheepish "Sorry..." She mulled over the key, her eyes concentrating hard as she held her hand over the key, power emitting from it. "Yes, this is definitely the right one" she said with some relief. "Okay, so… this is it this time, we're really going through with this. Or I should say, Lily's really going through with this," she added, looking at the Slayer Vampire hybrid with some embarrassment. Lily rolled her eyes. "It's going to be fine, no biggie right? You hop in, stop your Mom from dying, come back here, hello future of sunshine and meadows. Easy." she said with some certainty. Lily wished it was only going to be that easy.

She raised her eyebrow at Rozzy, but looking at Sam and Alex's somewhat disbelieving expressions.

"Hey!" Rozzy exclaimed, giving Sam a little elbow in the ribs for his trouble. "Have a little faith in me yeah, trust me, I know I've made mistakes before, but this time there's no mistaking it, this is the right key-" 'Yeah, mistakes, that's putting it lightly' thought Lily. "Now are we going to do this or not? The sooner we do this, the sooner we can get forget about this nightmare."

"Your spell going all wiggy is not what i'm worried about Roz." Lily said, a contemplative look on her face. "What i'm more worried about is what we are doing in itself, time travel is waaaayy risky, who know's how I might mess up the future? What if i come back and you all… well you don't exist?" This train of thought worried her greatly.

"Then you'd be doing us all a favor!" Leave it to Alex to make a joke at this time.

They all gave him a pointed look. "Okay, okay. Look I get it, leave it up to you to jump to the worst possible conclusion. But it'll be fine, trust me!"

Sam pointed to his face. "Resolve face."

Lily laughed. "Okay, we're doing this." The teenagers smiled at her, feeling somewhat hopeful. "But, I feel like before we do, I should warn you, there's 2 new vamps in town, ones i haven't seen before."

"Okay" Sam deadpanned. "There's always new vampires showing up here."

"These weren't your average run of the mill vamps." Lily explained. "They were powerful, old, i could feel it coming off them, it was almost suffocating… they also seemed to know my parents quite well-" Lily paused for a second, the last part coming out in almost a whisper. "They said I was family…"

The other three teens exchanged a worried glance between themselves.

"Did you get their names?" Alex inquired.

"No." They gave Lily a look. "Well I did ask they just… weren't an open book, they were closed, like a diary, padlock and everything."

"I'm sure it's nothing to worry about." Rozzy said. "Although… maybe ask Spike? You know he has ties to your family, especially your Dad, maybe he will know?"

Good idea, Lily thought. "You're right. Okay, you guys get everything setup for tonight, we're doing this. I'm going to speak to Spike… and spend some time with the twins before I go." her smile was sad as she walked out.

The others watched her as she went, emotions laid bare for their friend, the Slayer Vampire hybrid with the world on her shoulders, hoping that today would not be the last time they would all be together.

"Okay sis." Sam asked with renewed vigor. "What do we need to do?"

One thing was for sure, after tonight, nothing would be the same.