Authors Note; *still shaking my hat*


The Living Stones

Pairing: Glorificus/Illyria.
Setting: Angel S5.
Complication: Demon Aspect.
Villain: Darth Willow.

What if Illyria wasn't the only Hell-God who returned to earth?

Somewhere in the world, Stefanie Kendrick is infected with the entity known as Glorificus, while Winifred Burkle is infected with Illyria in Los Angeles. As soon as Glory takes control of her new host body, she makes her way to California, looking for revenge on the Slayer who kept her from her home dimension. She is not happy to find nothing but a crater, where Sunnydale used to be and somehow ends up in Los Angeles, where she immediately buds heads with Illyria, who has only just realized that her old world no longer exists.

In Rome, on a routine patrol, Buffy finally gets her third and final death, unfortunately the still-unstable Willow can't handle a loss so soon after Tara's death and once more goes overboard. She lets the magic take her over, again, and goes off to Italy to find the Demon responsible. Somehow that ends up with her getting the aspect of the one who killed Buffy. What that is, is up to the author, but is should be a noticable power, just like Buffy in Earshot.

Back in Los Angeles, the Fang Gang is desperately trying to manage not just one, but two Hell-Gods, along with mourning Fred, dealing with Lunatic!Wesley and Spike, who knows exactly who Glorificus is and is pissed off. However, considering the pairing, the focus needs to be on the two Gods and the good guys cannot be the winners in the end. Though I suppose you could have the Fang Gang send Illyria and Glory to another dimension, where they can then be happy together.

Obviously their relationship is not like normal, human romances. Illyria is extremely full of herself, has a strange way of looking at the world and considers herself a God among Gods. Glory is vain, self-centered and dead set on finding a way home and nothing else. Somehow, though, out of this should grow... something. It could, quite possibly, start with a common goal between the two Hell-Gods, especially once Darth Willow is brought into the picture.

Evil!Willow and her fun, new Demon aspect, should decide to go after Glory, because she was responsible for Buffy's second death and Illyria because of what she did to Fred. There should be at least one all out battle that decimates an entire town, whether that's a big city or small town is up to the author, but we are dealing with two Hell-Gods and a powerful Witch Goddess here.

Visits from main characters, that have now become minor, is definitely acceptable. I can totally see dispersed scenes of Xander, Dawn, Giles, Faith, or any of the Fang Gang, of course.

Whether Willow is saved, again, or not is also up to the author.

Make it good, make me scream in frustration at my computer, laugh my ass off and bawl my eyes out. Looking at this objectively, this could become a really epic story, if the right author decides to take on the challenge.

But maybe that's just me... :)