Author's Note: Funnily enough, I was just starting to write the next chapter when I received the latest reviews from Queen Boadicea. In reply to those, I prolly spell Drusilla the way I say it as Druscilla, and have to correct that… keep in mind that most other spelling errors (I hope) will be due to the fact that I'm Australiana and am using Australian Spelling… ie colour instead of color, or randomise instead of randomize… etc… oh, yeah, and in reference to long chapters… I see this as a practice to writing my own novel, with my own ideas, somewhere down the track in my life, so I'm doing it the best I can.
Anyway… sorry about not updating in a while… I can't write a story, keep a part time job, and pass a uni course which requires 30 hours contact time a week a lot of added work at home… I'm now on 3 month holidays, and plan to finish this story.
I have come up with some new ideas which will speed some things up in the story… I seem to remember some reviews a long time ago saying that I should just finish this and get on with it…. In reply to those, you all may have a different view of where this story is going… my view is that it is heading to all out war, and where it is now is not all out war, but just a few small battles… anyway, I have come up with some ideas which will speed things along a bit…
Anyway, that's it for the Author's Note… now, for the teaser….
Where we are now (As I understand it (Note: What is said here is how ppl are meant to see it, not what actually is… there is a difference in my story)).
The First has taken possession of Dawn Summers and has essentially 'destroyed' her and turned her back into The Key. A small part of Dawn Summers still resides in The Key, just enough to give it self awareness and the ability to choose. The First used The Key to halt time and open dimensional walls to allow his followers (Bringers) into strategic places all over the world at one instance. The Key chose to control it's actions and closed the dimensional portals and resumed time in the short paragraph in Italics in the last chapter.
The Devon Coven has the majority of Potential Slayers, and Skye (See Chapter 31, Reference) is now The Slayer, following the death of Faith.
Buffy and Faith have both technically died, and in the dimension of Inanna, had to fight against themselves (both physically and mentally), and upon succession, their bodies were remade with a few things added in. They are both now emotionally, mentally and physically stronger than before, after this ordeal and are trapped in a circle of bringers having a chat with The First, in the guise of Dawn Summers.
It was revealed in the last chapter that Tara possesses the ability to Kick some Syopher Ass!
Inanna (in the body of Michaela, Oz's Witchy girlfriend), Illyria (in the body of Fred, just like Angel the series) and Caelecae (in the body of anonymous hot female), are running around, not knowing what they're doing, except for Caelecae, who is 'apparently' under the control of Wolfram and Hart, which are working with The First to bring about a vampire army in Los Angeles
Amy Madison has recruited a small group of magick users and, under threat from The First, is using them to do The First's will, which at the moment has been to send the city of Los Angeles into a permanent night (just like in Angel). It is believed that later on Amy will lead these magick users in an attack against Willow.
We know that there is a military presence in Los Angeles, in the form of a small unit led by Riley Finn, doing reconnaissance for the "American O Ops", short for "American Occult Operations".
Spike is back in the present time and refuses to help out in any way, but just wants to live his last moments the way he wants (drinking and fighting).
Coming up in the next few chapters…
The Devon Coven's Agenda is revealed and will be pivotal to the battles which will be coming.
Faith takes up her own role in the apocalypse.
The Vampire Army led by Angelus will start to make it's move(s)
The "good guys" get some serious back-up.
People die.
Coming up after that
The Timeline is altered (what you've seen in Spike's journey MAY not happen)
Anya returns
More People Die
War begins and "ENDS" (you may have to interpret 'ends').