If you haven't read up to here in the storyline, this section will contain major plot spoilers. Use only as a reference
Character Summary
Skye and Rhonda: They are the two potential Slayers who were in Brisbane, Australia, and who's Watchers Council Headquarters were blown up (Chapter 13-Unlocking Potential). These two characters are important parts of the story, only to show what is happening on a large scale is all. After their HQ was blown up, a number of people (Amanda and her team) appeared, claiming to be from the Watchers Council, and they escorted them to a Safehouse. At the Safehouse, Skye hears Amanda talking to Samantha. In short, Amanda and her team told Skye and Rhonda that they work for the Watchers Council, but they actually work for The Coven, and Skye and Rhonda believe that The Coven, is apart of The Watchers Council when they take them there. Skye hears Amanda and Samantha and Montague talking about 'their plan' and how it's almost too late to pull it off, and that they're talking about A Slayer (Chapter 20-Too Late)
Amanda and Her group: Amanda is the key person here, don't worry about the others, eventhough they have names. They work for the Coven, although the readers haven't found out how, and why they do, yet. She and her group have haunting green eyes, and usually dress in completely black leather, which we find out in Chapter 27 - A Mystery in the heart of danger 2, are Magickally enhanced. We don't know much about Amanda and her team, except they have superhuman abilities - they can move very fast, are fairly strong, can be very stealthy, and have super-heightened senses when they want to. This is implied throughout the story, but is found out in Chapter 27 MIHOD2. We learn that they have set out to kidnap a Slayer (Chapter 29 - Stepping towards Evolution and Chapter 27, MIHOD2). At the end of Chapter 29, Stepping towards Evolution, Amanda says into the phone that they killed Faith, but that that still accomplished their goals. Read the chapter to see what I'm saying.
The Angel Team: Cordelia came back from being and Higher being and got the Angel team to protect the girl that had been recently made (which turned out to be Tara). They decided to leave and go to Sunnydale, to try and recruit the Slayer and her team to help with the vampire army problem in LA, but it is revealed that they are the ones needed in Sunnydale. Fred dies at the Chapter 28, A couple of Million Years ago, but it is only revealed in Chapter 29. She died because Illyria took over her body, along with Inanna inhabiting Michaela's. Connor was protected from this by 'his uniqueness'.
Angelus: he got his soul ripped out by Amy Madison. He is leading an army of Vampires to take over LA. He has inherited some special abilities from The First, like walking in the daylight and a few other things which haven't been mentioned. There will be more of him soon. Keep in mind the Sanshu prophecy, although he's Angelus, I've got things going for me which will work that out.
Oz's Team, consists of
Oz: Oz from the show. Can control his werewolf abilities
Naomi - A very powerful psychic witch (can use her mind to sense what's going on around her, read people, etc)
Daniel (Pronounced Dan-yeel) - Another werewolf, like oz who can control his abilities
Brett - A Normal Person
Naomi - Another normal person.
Michaela - Oz's girlfriend. Killed in Action, making way for Inanna to inhabit her body. Used to be a fairly good witch.
The Story of Oz's team is that they have been fighting against "The First" for a while now (Take home message - They have more experience with it than anyone else).
Potential Slayers in Sunnydale: There were three Potential Slayers that rocked up in Sunnydale at the end of Chapter 7 - Old Ghosts, New Problems Part 2. There were five potential Slayers that met up with the Angel Crew in LA after fighting Malest and his vampires, but before the Hyperion was sieged. They came to Sunnydale with Angel's crew, now making 8 Potential Slayers that we know of in Sunnydale
Amy Madison: Amy Madison was manipulated by The First to extract Angel's soul, and the soul of another being (which we don't know yet). Although this hasn't been stated in the story, I thought it may have been obvious. After that, Amy was manipulated to bring about the first of the Turokhan vampires, although the Syophers did it themselves, using Amy's blood. She then travelled to LA, under direction of The First where she received a bit of Cordelia's energy, and then exploded in a magickal outburst when The First let off the big shock wave. Amy was then convinced to go and gather witches to her cause. And what is her cause you may ask? To take down Willow. She believes that no one person should have that much power and that Willow is dangerous, she is in the process of rallying witches to her cause to take down Willow.
(Take Home Message - Amy was Manipulated by The First, to form an army of witches to take down Willow)
Spike: I didn't know what to do with spike, because I don't really like him too much. So, I made it that when he got his soul, he travelled to another dimension and he hung around in this big huge desert for a long time. He then travelled to a ruined Sunnydale where it was revealed that he was one year in the future. He had a close encounter with a Syopher, but a rider on a motorcycle saved him. He is resistant to sunlight. Later on, it was revealed that there is a large magickal barrier around ruined sunnydale. More riders came through and captured spike. It was revealed that one of the riders had the ability to take Spike through the barrier, and that this rider's name was Skye (Yes, that's right, the same Skye that got kidnapped by Amanda and taken to the Coven in England (I hoped that ppl would pick up on this)). Spike is taken to LA and wakes up in a huge basement, where he meets Faith and Buffy. Faith and Buffy are in two different groups fighting against The First, why, we don't know and won't know till much later in the story. Buffy decides to take Spike with her to her group, saving Faith's group having to change locations because The First, apparently needs the Bloodline of Aurelius, and Spike is the missing link and has been the missing link for over a year, for The First. It is revealed that LA is basically in ruins. He goes around with the Future Buffy and Faith as they are attacked. He then rocks up, back in the present time after Buffy and Faith go on their journey, and then he 'buggers off', saying that he wants to die on his own terms.
He WILL be back, and it will be a shock
Anya: I haven't forgotten about Anya. She has a VERY big role in this, and you will see why I haven't included her in the story so far. Just before the final battles begin, or during them (not sure yet) she will be back. All we know of her at the moment is that she is 'organising something, or going to see friends' (Chapter 29 - Steps Towards Evolution - the section where Amanda and her team go into the magick shop)
Darla and Druscilla: Darla was brought back to life, again, by Wolfram and Hart somewhere in Post Grave. She was turned by Druscilla, again. Druscilla and Darla were "told" by Wolfram and Hart to approach Angelus with an offer. That's all that's really happened there so far. Will have an important Role
Wolfram and Hart: Orchestrated the above, plus, have something to do with Caelecae (one of The Old Ones who returned along with Inanna and Illyria, who inhabit Michaela and Fred's bodies respectively).
Lindsey McDonald: He got his job back with Wolfram and Hart, because he knows what's coming, and he wants to be on the side that wins. He acts as a guide to Caelecae, telling her about the Human World.
The Hellmouth: the Hellmouth is open. It was opened as a side effect of whatever The First was trying to do in Chapter 18 - It starts, and the ritual that caused the magickal shock wave. But, someone's gone and put a magickal barrier across it, preventing anything from coming out, or to control what exactly comes out of it. The Library (Where the Hellmouth actually was, in the High school) has also been reinforced to prevent it from collapsing. Buffy and Faith took a little trip there earlier where their asses were kicked by 4 Turokhan. There was also a figure cloaked in red which used magick. Although not stated, you should put the pieces together that this red cloaked figure has something to do with the Turokhan and that they are coming out of the Hellmouth. IN the last chapter, Buffy decided that she, Faith, everyone who could fight (Connor), the potentials and all the witches (save Tara and Willow) were going to go to the Hellmouth. The fighters would guard the witches as they attempted to close it. When they got to the Hellmouth though, Buffy saw one turokhan, four vampires, the red cloaked figure, and two Syophers, which Buffy called Seeophers, one of which was looking directly at her. In chapter 30 - Evolution (at the time, haven't posted this yet), it is revealed that the energy required to do whatever the bad guys did at the Hellmouth (can presume that that was to bring The Old Ones back), effetively closed it for a while, but it is very unstable.
Faith: Faith escaped jail, believing that the Council was coming to kill her. She went about trying to start to take the Council down, but she was being manipulated by The First (in the form of Whistler) to do this. She then met up with Willow and Giles at the Council's HQ in England and came to Sunnydale with them. I had a major role for her in the story, but that's gone now as I've reworked my ideas, and they leave her out. But, she will get to have a pivitol role in the future, I have something scheming, and there will be much more of her.
The Watchers Council: The Council is just about totally destroyed. Their Headquarters in Vasteras - Sweden has been overtaken and a Syopher, in the guise of the dead leader of that HQ, is in charge. Their resources are under The First's control. (This happened somewhere in Post Grave
Dawn: In Chapter 19 - Beginning of the End (The one with all the times and where we're seeing the effects of the Magickal shockwave that went across the planet), Dawn glows green and it appears that The Key comes out for a while. In Chapter 28 - A couple of Million Years ago, and in Chapter 29 - Steps towards Evolution, it is revealed that Dawn has been Replaced by "The First" for a while. That happened after Chapter 19. It appeared that The Key came out for a while, but in fact, The Key came out permantly, and Dawn died, The First replacing her. We know that The First has "The Key" "Under control", or under it's guard, and that Buffy wants to Get Dawn, or "The Key" back, by attempting to get "The Key" back, and then use magick to reconstruct dwn.
Buffy: I know that this was not caught by Anyone. At the end of Post Grave, Buffy has a dream. In this dream, Buffy is at the spot where she first met The First Slayer. Buffy sees Angel, and she sees him get killed by The First Slayer. Buffy then meets up with Faith. Throughout the Story, there had been dreams, and The First, saying that Faith was the Slayer. IN this dream, Faith reinforces that point again before Buffy and Faith have a little fight. Faith disappears, and Tara shows up and says: You don't even know what you are… what's to come… it's only just begun. This is IMPLYING that Faith might have been right, and that she is The Slayer, and that Buffy is not the Slayer. More of this will be explained, in time.
Riley Finn: Yep, Riley Finn is back, and he's the leader of a Commando unit who is in LA. They got their asses kicked by Amanda and her crew, who ended up saving them from A Syopher. They are in LA to do reconnasiance for the American O Ops (Occult Ops).
Take Home Message towards the end of this story - It WILL be BIG and GRAND and it WILL tie up EVERYTHING I can think of, and it will be an ORIGINAL ENDING and expect very good attention to small detail (eg, small things that happened in Post Grave, and earlier on in this story having huge reprocussions - I will reference these things when they come around).That's all I can think of right now, without giving too much away. If ya can't remember anything about Skye and Rhonda and The Coven, I recommend you go back and read some of those bits (Chapter 17 - 20(Approx)), because that's where the next chapter starts off, and it might take some brain power to understand if I've done it the way I want to.
Also, if you are forming opinions to how this story is going to end, I would recommend against it, as I don't know wether to make this a happy or a good ending, although I do have an idea of what to do which I'm pretty sure, no story or TV show has done before, which is neither happy or bad.
Now, as a little note, a lot of the following chapters I have not actually sat down and planned out, as I have changed the direction of this story when Spike came back, and Buffy and Faith went on their journey. I WAS going to do something that I haven't seen done in any TV show or story… I was going to start focusing more and more nad more on Spike's POV in the Future, and then gradually just become that, skipping the Time between the Present and The future, so that there is a jump, and then start going to the POV's of the Future people. So the Story didn't actually cover all of that time, and we only see what is (ie, the future, Appocolyptic world), and we find out what happened to make it that way from people talking to each other, and then we follow the Characters of The future until their win, or deaths, whatever it was.
Pretty Nifty eh? Well, I aint doing that anymore as Spike is back, and Illyria, Inanna and Caelecae are running around. I have a very good idea where this whole new twist is going, eventhough, at the moment, Faith and Buffy are dead. Not to give anything away, I will stop typing now. Keep coming back to this page, as new informatino is foud out, I will add it here so you can come back. Think of this as a reference page, if you're having trouble understanding what's going on, or who people are. For the scale of this story, there has to be a lot of extra characters to fill the roles of people I want. Who else would fill the role of Amanda and her team? Who else could have taken in Inanna's essence. Believe it or not, I need every one of the scoobies to be themselves for what I've got planned.
Summary Over.
Next Chatper - Chapter 30 - Evolution