Prologue
It was just another night for Buffy as she left the Summers' home for some general routine patrol time. On patrol she cowered vast parts of Sunnydale. The District, The housing estates, down-town, the park, and most of all that haven of the undead, Sunnydale Cemetary.
Not that the Slayer never got any sleep at all during her heroic years. Her schedule was hectic as she would always have to cram High School and slaying into her daily schedule as one. One day she would slay another would be spent resting her head, perhaps on halloween night or an apparent demonless night in the town. During the day she could be found training with her watcher, Rupert Giles as she kept her powers up to speed and slayer awareness in shape. This was her world.
Buffy Summers, the Chosen one, She who slays Vamps, She who hangs with her cronies in cemetaries, has had to breeze her way through the perils, a unique mix of vampire slaying and traditional High School traumas. She was always trying to fit a social life in between her slayer studies, doing away with the undead along the road to graduation.
And to help her along the way, she quickly befriended, Willow Rosenberg, the high school computer nerd and Xander Harris who it all seemed could be their only friends at that time. Buffy was the only girl in the campus who would pay attention to the red headed loner and they quickly formed a bond.
Willow was a very cold, alone sort of character, however in the later years she has developed into a more assured type of character. She was sure of herself and was able to focus her efforts on her two important skills, the study of computers and the study of the dark arts.
Rosenberg's independence was also helped by the emergence of 2 special people in her life; Daniel (or Oz as he was commonly known to his friends) and Tara. The latter of the two, shared an interest in wiccan activities, Witchcraft and the dark arts and also shared a truly unique personal relationship.
Xander Harris has been a good friend to Buffy for a long time. He has always had a certain attraction to the Slayer. So much so infact that when Harris asked Buffy to one of the most important events in the high school calendar, it nearly destroyed their friendship.
Xander was a charming, witty young man with always something to say, and a positive complexion over almost any situation whether it be the emergence of all dimensions in the expanse into one; a hell demon terrorising the town or Buffy with a bad hair day.
More recently Xander has gotton on with his life and has a job and even a new Girlfriend. Ayanka was her name, or Anya as she is commonly referred to by the scoobies.
Anya was a bright, happy carefree individual who is constantly learning what it is to be a human being. Anya has lived 1000 years of her life crossing dimensions and granting wishes to suit ones every need. She was once a dangerous demon by trade, however ever since she was cut off from the dark side and given the form of a human girl she has felt compelled to explore her human feelings and emotions and hense she quickly set her sights on Xander.
Buffy herself was feeling decidedly lost after being dragged from heaven by those closest too her. By jumping into the portal, hense closing the wall between dimensions, restoring the natural order of civilisation, and therefore assuring the safety of her 'sister' and friends, she had figured she had given her life for a just cause. But here she was, fighting to get to grips with the living world once more.
Once more she was marching her way through cemetaries and dark woods, once more fending of demons and vampires, once more one a quest; a lone fight against the dark creatures in a never ending struggle. She longed for nothing more but to return to above, be at peace. However in her bitterness she understood the reasoning for the actions of Willow and the rest of the scoobies.
This was the life of Buffy Summers. This was all she thought of every night as she would wonder at night upon slayer duty. This was a massive strain on her soul and slaying was her only release.
