Hey all! Just wanted to get a few things off my chest, Twilight's Darkness will follow the book and the movie. Sounds confusing, I get you. The timeline of this story will follow the timeline of Twilight, but descriptions of people and places will come from what's in the book and what's in the movie. Twilight's Darkness follows Twilight, there will be a follow up that's Willow's viewpoint of New Moon. Same goes for Eclipse and Breaking Dawn. I don't know what the titles will be yet; I don't plan on writing the next one until this is done, but I do have storylines and ideas written down. Which is why when you read some things, you'll wonder why I waste a chapter having Willow make friends with small characters. If you see that, expect it to come up later on, lol.

Also, I would love to think that it's so easy to draw lines between the good guys and the bad guys like Stephenie Meyer does, but real life and the Buffy universe is much more complicated than that. So, my vamps and assorted other creatures are a bit more primal and hardcore. There will be violence, blood, sex, cursing, and things that would never be described fully in the Twilight saga. After seeing all the M-rated stories in the Twilight section, I didn't think you guys would mind.

Which brings me to my next point, nobody is safe. All characters are on the chopping block, even Willow. As you can see in the chapter 'Mother, Mother'; she was tied up, forced to watch her mother be raped before she was torn apart and killed along with her father, then almost raped by James before she turned. And that's my favorite character in both Twilight and Buffy. Can you imagine what would happen to the characters I dislike?

Which brings me to another point, what's going to happen when Bella comes along? I like Bella; she's more capable than most give her credit for. I always flirted with the idea of doing a Buffy/Twilight mash-up. I didn't know what route to take until while re-reading the Twilight books, I got to the point where Bella mentioned that she felt like Edward and Jacob were both her soul mates. Then, a light bulb appeared, what if Edward also had a 'two soul mates' dilemma? I started thinking about which female or male Scooby would honestly be 'competition' for Bella. Edward seems to be Mr. Hetero, so boys are out. The current girls in season three are Buffy, Cordelia and Willow. Buffy is too much like Rosalie for Edward to even love her let alone be somewhat conflicted about who to choose and the same goes for Cordelia. Willow seemed like a good transition and in my opinion, she would get Edward more. She's a vampire now, but she's still Willow. Her traits almost mirror Edward's even before she changed. So, to me, it'll be interesting for Edward to have a romantic interest who is able to outthink him and beat him at his own game at times. It's not sure, even to me, who he'll end up with. With Bella, he has to hold back and he's able to indulge in his protective nature. With Willow, between her strength and intelligence she doesn't need a protector, but he's able to let himself go and not worry about her getting hurt. Yet, she does need some protection from herself, but no one realizes that yet. I think Eleazar, Emmett and Spike will see the arrival of Dark Willow coming from a mile away. Eleazar know the lure of power from his time with the Volturi and Emmett and Spike know that being weak as a human usually drives a vamp to crave strength.

Speaking of vamps, since this is a crossover I will be addressing the fact that there are two types of 'vampires'. Willow, Carlisle, Giles, Diana, Wesley, and Angel will all be tossing out theories but nobody will know the truth for sure until 2004. It'll be crazy and shocking and you'll love it.

I've chosen the beginning of season three because we've all seen Vamp Willow. Willow's body forever stuck at sixteen, it's perfect for a twisted evil vampire to lure in her prey. I wanted to explore how a good vampire version of Willow would use her skills and also, it makes for good drama. And for those who think Willow is a bit out of character, she is. Try watching you parents get torn apart and stay normal or sane. Twilight's Darkness isn't Bella or Edward or Buffy's story. It's Willow's tale. It'll follow her mind, her thoughts, and her actions. So, if it seems like some characters are assholes it's not because I'm a character basher. It's because in life when someone's a jerk they don't always stop to tell you why so you never know their motives. I do plan on writing a few one shot stories from someone else's viewpoint to explain a few things that go on while Willow isn't there or what people are thinking in scenes with Willow, just to show what she missed.

Dates I provide in the story are all thanks to Twilight Lexicon and Buffy the Vampire Slayer Series Chronology. Twilight Lexicon and Twilight Saga wiki also helped me gain insight into some of Stephenie Meyer's characters.

All characters from Twilight are the property of Stephenie Meyers and all characters from Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel are the property of Joss Whedon. I'm just playing with them and I make no profit from this story.