Title: Chapter 20 Epilogue

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Notes: Different style because I thought it was a neat way to wrap it up and Frosteh (sorry I spelt it wrong before) suggested it too. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. It makes this all worthwhile!

25th April 2022

Today marks the day that I have been recording for ten years. Ten years! So much has happened or so it seems to me, yet father commented the other day how quiet life had been. If he is not out killing something or preventing another apocalypse he is not happy.

Our pack has grown to thirty two members and we have had to buy the surrounding houses to keep the pack close. We still do not live like the other packs, little structure but enough to keep stability and order. Harmony Juidon called it the other day. From the thoughtful look upon her face I believe she was reliving some past memory that was not so harmonious but it did not stay for long. We are working on making the past stay gone and our new role as Guardians of the Hellmouth has helped.

Mother and father are still going strong and have proved to be highly stable pair of Alphas. They barely speak out loud to each other now because their mental link is so strong but you can see by the look they give each what is passing through their minds. They are still very much in love and have lost even more of their sensibilities about showing it. Sunnydale police are still looking for the culprits of an indecent exposure scene in the mall.

Yimila took it upon herself to help the new arrivals settle in as we are accepting the waifs and strays of all communities. She has grown a great deal in twenty years and is beginning to keep her infamous temper under better control. Helping those that have been what she has helped her understand anger can be eased into passing.

Over the years Juidon has grown closer to Rupert… It is so hard not to call him Giles! It is a meeting of minds rather than a physical relationship but it suits both of them and Juidon spends as much of her time sleeping there with him as she does sleeping here. The Scooby Gang, though much older now, still teasing call them the dusty old book duo.

Esster'd is still the carefree, if slightly over exuberant, person she always was. The unexpected relationship she started with Angel has had a rough ride. Both of them have tried dating others but always come back to one another. Esster'd knows it is not perfect but I do not think she wants it to be. Their major problem is the distance between them as Esster'd will not leave the pack and cannot stay with Angel in Los Angeles because she would be in another pack's territory. Angel will not leave his city now, he has grown too attached but he spends at least a week out of a month with us, much to father's chagrin, though I think he does not truly mind anymore.

Casve and Destch have barely been apart in all their time here and now have gone into business together. The pack makes enough money to back a new venture. Fronting as a sweet shop that actually does decent business Casve and Destch are using their degrees in Psychology and Psychiatry to help troubled youngsters. Word spread through the younger community in Sunnydale that there was someone to listen to their stories no matter how bad and most children get the help they need. Casve and Destch love their job even though it is hard at times and it brought to light what happened to mother in her childhood. She met one of their worse cases whilst helping out and it broke her barriers down enough that she admitted her past to the little girl, Casve and Destch. The little girl, Sarah, connected to mother in a way that meant mother marched straight into court and got her a better place to live.

Sasha has grown into a beautiful young woman, much like mother, smiling and happy. Her success at degree level has meant she is over confident. She is strong and has natural Alpha tendencies that have convinced her she is invincible. I know mother worries that one of these days Sasha's solo hunts are going to get her seriously hurt or killed. The pack is not well liked in Sunnydale due to our connections with the Slayer and as Sasha is heir to the Insiown female Alpha position she is doubly in danger but Lani keeps her safe.

My older brother is an almost perfect replica of Angel but has a strong tan from spending most of his time outside. He is a loner within the pack and father in particular fights to keep him with us as he is known for disappearing for days on end without word. He can beat everyone in a straight fight except mother, father and Yimila but it will not be long before he can beat her. He is exceptionally strong and many demons fear to face him in battle because he comes across as cold and brutal. It is not a surprise, yet is, that he now has a degree in History and Politics.

Will appears perpetually young. He hasn't lost the innocence of youth and thinks the best of everyone even when they are being abusive to his face. I envy him for his ability to stay calm in all situations and it is a leader quality inherited from our parents but he does not live in the real world. Mother reckons he will be an author or poet which makes father wince and shake his head. Will has a degree in Sociology and English.

Buffy is now officially the oldest living Slayer and is still going strong. Since her mother's death she has raised her sister Dawn, averted hundreds of apocalypses and found a job that works around her night life that she enjoys. Dawn is now a young lady with a rebellious nature that she has used to great effect as an artist and father gave her enough money to see her through her art course. She is now living in L.A., not far from Angel, working to set up her own gallery.

Xander and Anya got married two years after we were born and we were all invited to the wedding. Father declined to be best man alongside Willow but enthusiastically set up the reception afterwards, got everyone thoroughly drunk, even the demons Anya had invited, and people mingled without noticing. Anya is currently pregnant and overjoyed at the prospect whilst Xander slides between elated to anxious. Father reassures him he will be a great father and I think Xander believes him. I certainly do.

Willow and Tara are probably one of the most steadfast couples I've seen. Both witches are powerful and balance each other as Willow is raw power but Tara holds the reigns, Mother Earth. Giles… Rupert has run out of things to teach them and they constantly amaze him with what they can do. Rupert himself as taken a more sedentary role in life now. He leaves most of the running of the Magic Box to Anya, though at the moment he is doing more of the work as Anya is resting due to her pregnancy. He and Juidon are currently writing on a book together about demons and inheritance laws as both are trying to understand the existence of my siblings and me.

And myself. I have been thrilled with all sorts of learning that I have done. Knowledge seems to be the very fabric of my existence and I have been given every opportunity to study anything I want to. As a child Juidon and Rupert taught me anything they knew about as I was so curious and I admit somewhat persistent. I have a degree in Biology and am currently studying Geography. If I did not feel so guilty about using my parents money I believe I would study everything I could so I am planning to get a job after I finish this course to fund my future studies.

A curious thing occurred to me the other day and I have yet to mention it to anyone. I received a letter in the post from Quentin Travers, a highly placed Watcher, asking me whether I would document my findings throughout my lifetime and pass them along to him. As I am already recording important events as I see them, and will continue to do so for as long as I am able, I am curious to see what Mr Travers would want with such information. I have written back to him asking as such and am currently waiting a reply. Rupert would be better able to explain the inner workings of the Watcher's Council to me and I plan to see him tomorrow.

I am also conducting another secret activity. My parents seem to be leading the most extraordinary lives and I have begun to record as much as I am able. Neither of them are suspicious when I asked them question about their past as they attribute it to my natural curiosity and I have learned much. What they consider important is very different to what I consider important and that surprised me. Both remember little events like watching us eat ice cream for the first time but both dismiss world saving deeds. Love, it seems, changes your perspective on life. There is one person in particular I would love to talk to about her views on my father, the woman I was named after, my grandmother. I have been warned about her madness and strength but from what I have heard she treats family with great care and attention. All this will have to be done later, for now I am content to stay here, as there is much I still can learn. Where better to further my education than on a Hellmouth that draws beings to it with its power?

Drusilla (Keeper, Insiown pack, Sunnydale)