Disclaimer: not mine, never going to be mine. I own nothing.
Buffy/Tara pairing. Various others.
Rating is that anyone probably 13 and up is safe
Prologue
The world was as it has always been, or as many were taught to believe it had been. The government was in complete and total control. The Council, as the government was known, controlled everything from industry to education. This was a good thing, for unemployment was nearly nonexistent and production levels were high. The Council made sure everyone had a job and everyone had what they needed. Crime was low and food was plentiful.
The world was as it had always been, since the Council took control. Many people lived in fear. The police were always watching, waiting to capture someone who dared to speak against the Council's power. The mass populations of its greatest cities were hungry, cold, and weary. The youth of the world were taught to love the Council and listen to its teachings. Its teachings about how the economy was better than it ever had been before the Council, how people were happy, and how traitors must be punished. Magical people were targeted and many would disappear in the middle of the night, never to be heard from again. People were arrested on suspicion, and thrown into prison or work camps. The secret police, or Slayers, were always listening, always around. Unknown and unrecognized agents of the government, they raided homes without so much as a hint of guilt. They tortured warlocks and forced witches into labor camps. The Slayers were feared by all, but mostly by the magical people. For the Slayers were the right hand of the Council, and the inferior and traitorous must be eradicated.