Disclaimer: Buffy the Vampire Slayer and all related things belong to Joss Whedon etc. The plot is mine, but basically nothing else is.
Authors note: Okay, this isn't a real chapter. I'm even confusing myself with the detail of this fic, so I've decided to put in a summary of times and stuff like that. It's mainly for my own reference, but since I'm confused I guess you guys might be, so I'll post it. It also has other points that I want to clear up to you guys.
*The first chapter took place just after Faith (I'm saying she's the youngest of the three) had her fifth birthday. Buffy is the eldest by about 2 months then Kendra is 1 month older than Faith. So it is roughly nine months since Willow came to Traverston.
*They used to share a barracks style house with other Potentials and instructors (I mentioned this in the 1st chapter), but since Willow (and the others) came they have moved into a smaller house which is near the other Potentials but also near the part of Traverston where Watchers, their families and the magick students live. This is because otherwise Willow, Tara, Oz and Xander (did I forget anyone?) would be living with Potentials and 'normal' children are generally not allowed to mix with Potentials.
*This has been relaxed in the case of Buffy, Kendra and Faith because no one else in the council wants the job of looking after them, so it is easier just to leave them with Giles and the others.
*Willow was allowed to train with the Potentials because she is the child of Watchers and thus is expected to become a Watcher someday. There are obviously no qualms about Watchers mixing with Potentials. But this was stopped soon after Oz arrived because Oz wanted to join in on the grounds that Willow was allowed, so Willow was also banned.
*Angel generally lives in a house in the nearby forest, but tends to come into Traverston regularly to give seminars on vampires, and to access his spare blood supply which is stored in the town. He is on okay terms with the Council, but naturally they don't truly trust him and there is always at least one Watcher around when he teaches groups of Potentials, just in case of danger.
*Angel has an extremely large soft spot for the small children, and Buffy and co often train with him, or just go to see him to play. However, they are forbidden from going to his house by themselves, because they kept getting lost (see chapter 3)
*When I started writing this I didn't actually know much about Potentials. I was under the idea that they had weak versions of the Slayer powers, which thanks to season 7 I know is not true. I have kept it that they are faster and stronger than normal kids, simply for continuity.
*The three core Potentials tend to outshine a lot of the other Potentials. I say that this is because they started so young, and it is a fact that small kids learn a lot faster. However, I think I should really tone this down because it's starting to become completely unbelievable for a five year old to do the things I get them to. It has taken Buffy what, seven years in the series? I know it's becoming unbelievable and this is why I'm telling you
*It is getting hard for me to think up plots, and this is part of the reason why my updates have been so slow. Also, it is the end of assessment for the school year, meaning I have a lot of tests and assignments. On top of this, I have an after school and weekend job, meaning that I'm really quite low on time for fanfic. Right now I'm supposed to be doing an assignment, but I'm doing this because its been bugging me.
*I do want to bring Spike, and maybe Anya, in. I think it's totally crap that they killed them off, since I liked them. I just have to figure out how to get him/them into little kids. Anya might work as and adult, but if Spike's coming in he's gonna be a kid. Any suggestions would be welcome.
*When story ideas hit I write them. This one aint biting, so it's not being updated. If you want me to include anything, please tell me in a review, which will give me an idea and I can write it up. You'll find that's what happened in several of the earlier chapters.
*And finally, yes, I'm aware that this is almost as long as some of the chapters and the time I just spent writing this would have been better spent on giving you a chapter. But sorry, I needed to write this, for my sake. If you have any more questions you want cleared up post them in reviews of email me at niccilouboyd@yahoo.com.au and I'll be happy to answer. And thanks if anyone actually read this. I don't expect you to review, but it'd make me happy if you did *looks at everyone with pleading eyes*
Authors note: Okay, this isn't a real chapter. I'm even confusing myself with the detail of this fic, so I've decided to put in a summary of times and stuff like that. It's mainly for my own reference, but since I'm confused I guess you guys might be, so I'll post it. It also has other points that I want to clear up to you guys.
*The first chapter took place just after Faith (I'm saying she's the youngest of the three) had her fifth birthday. Buffy is the eldest by about 2 months then Kendra is 1 month older than Faith. So it is roughly nine months since Willow came to Traverston.
*They used to share a barracks style house with other Potentials and instructors (I mentioned this in the 1st chapter), but since Willow (and the others) came they have moved into a smaller house which is near the other Potentials but also near the part of Traverston where Watchers, their families and the magick students live. This is because otherwise Willow, Tara, Oz and Xander (did I forget anyone?) would be living with Potentials and 'normal' children are generally not allowed to mix with Potentials.
*This has been relaxed in the case of Buffy, Kendra and Faith because no one else in the council wants the job of looking after them, so it is easier just to leave them with Giles and the others.
*Willow was allowed to train with the Potentials because she is the child of Watchers and thus is expected to become a Watcher someday. There are obviously no qualms about Watchers mixing with Potentials. But this was stopped soon after Oz arrived because Oz wanted to join in on the grounds that Willow was allowed, so Willow was also banned.
*Angel generally lives in a house in the nearby forest, but tends to come into Traverston regularly to give seminars on vampires, and to access his spare blood supply which is stored in the town. He is on okay terms with the Council, but naturally they don't truly trust him and there is always at least one Watcher around when he teaches groups of Potentials, just in case of danger.
*Angel has an extremely large soft spot for the small children, and Buffy and co often train with him, or just go to see him to play. However, they are forbidden from going to his house by themselves, because they kept getting lost (see chapter 3)
*When I started writing this I didn't actually know much about Potentials. I was under the idea that they had weak versions of the Slayer powers, which thanks to season 7 I know is not true. I have kept it that they are faster and stronger than normal kids, simply for continuity.
*The three core Potentials tend to outshine a lot of the other Potentials. I say that this is because they started so young, and it is a fact that small kids learn a lot faster. However, I think I should really tone this down because it's starting to become completely unbelievable for a five year old to do the things I get them to. It has taken Buffy what, seven years in the series? I know it's becoming unbelievable and this is why I'm telling you
*It is getting hard for me to think up plots, and this is part of the reason why my updates have been so slow. Also, it is the end of assessment for the school year, meaning I have a lot of tests and assignments. On top of this, I have an after school and weekend job, meaning that I'm really quite low on time for fanfic. Right now I'm supposed to be doing an assignment, but I'm doing this because its been bugging me.
*I do want to bring Spike, and maybe Anya, in. I think it's totally crap that they killed them off, since I liked them. I just have to figure out how to get him/them into little kids. Anya might work as and adult, but if Spike's coming in he's gonna be a kid. Any suggestions would be welcome.
*When story ideas hit I write them. This one aint biting, so it's not being updated. If you want me to include anything, please tell me in a review, which will give me an idea and I can write it up. You'll find that's what happened in several of the earlier chapters.
*And finally, yes, I'm aware that this is almost as long as some of the chapters and the time I just spent writing this would have been better spent on giving you a chapter. But sorry, I needed to write this, for my sake. If you have any more questions you want cleared up post them in reviews of email me at niccilouboyd@yahoo.com.au and I'll be happy to answer. And thanks if anyone actually read this. I don't expect you to review, but it'd make me happy if you did *looks at everyone with pleading eyes*