Watchers began as a spin-off to Buffy: The Vampire Slayer before Buffy ever ended in May 2003, making it one of the longest running virtual series in the fandom since Watchers ran for 5 seasons with 123 episodes. We're back with new stories in 2023 that you can read thewatcherscouncil-dot-net in their entirety or just catch up at the story on the Previously On page instead.

It's been year since Sunnydale disappeared in the Hellmouth and the Scooby Gang is is enjoying the calm and quiet of their new headquarters in England. In a fantastic journey that starts with a demon and ends with the impossible, the Scooby gang finds once again that death isn't always permanent and love doesn't end when life does. See A/N for more detail.

After dying to Caleb in the Vineyard in S7, Janus shows up with an offer for Xander to not only go back and change things for the better. But also to have fun while doing so.

Faith teases Tara with some heavy flirtation. Tara's not exactly sure what to do with it.

Suppose Anya had managed to get Spike to make a wish in "Entropy"? A look at what one change to history would mean for the Scoobies. Buffy/Spike, Tara/Willow, Anya/Xander, but all have a long way to go before any happy endings.

Anya decides to do a loyalty test on Xander before the wedding.

(AU) After a horrific ambush, Buffy sustains a severe head injury. When she awakens, she is unable to recall the past 13 years. Buffy struggles to embrace her unexpectedly overwhelming reality.

The Gift AU and it goes from there. Just as Buffy is about to jump and save the world, Spike climbs back to the top of the tower and tells Buffy and Dawn it has to be him. Some secrets are revealed, and Buffy comes to realisations of her own as she is mourning the one person she never thought she would. She finds herself wishing Spikes was still there with her, but it was too late.

Giles take Buffy to a special place in Jolly Old England

As the sound of the voicemail kicked in, she bit back a wave of nausea and closed her eyes tight... Passion, the source of our finest moments. B/A AU

Spike was coasting through his seven-year prison sentence until the new warden showed up and things took a turn. Can the new prison nurse do anything to help him? All Human AU

Xander's cursed. He's stuck in a time loop, and the worst part is the little bit of hope he loses every time he fails to escape. The vicious time prison will leave him no choice but to evolve if he ever wants to be with his friends again. This is the unforgiving journey of discovery Xander Harris never got. Xander/multi(Not at the same time. Not a harem).

An enchanted fog is suffocating Sunnydale. In order to break the curse, Buffy must assist an ancient evil find their lost progeny. Secrets are revealed, difficult choices are made.

Revamp of the Original.

The zombie apocalypse has come, but with almost a full day's advance notice it's not as bad as it could be... or is it?

The events started in the Road to Hell and Season One of The Road Back continues. A temporally displaced Xander starts to have more and more effect on the world as history is changed.

The story in The Road to Hell continues as Xander Harris comes to terms with his new status in the world and the world starts to come to terms with his role.

The events started in The Road to Hell continue. The world changes as the Scoobies and others realize they are part of a bigger world.

In a world where the Slayers have been activated, a powerful force emerges in the form of Vampire Buffy. With her dormant morality, Buffy embarks on a path of darkness and destruction, leaving her friends and allies desperate to find a way to bring her back to her true self.

Set in the alternative universe of "The Wish" but before the events of this episode. Xander Harris and Willow Rosenberg are two normal teenagers in Sunnydale, awkward and unpopular they're the bottom of the social hierarchy. But after a fatal night at the Bronze both find their lives reversed and they gradually climb the social hierarchy to become The Masters favourites subjects.

Xander had a twin sister. This is Rebecca's story of what happens when a person who lives on a Hellmouth is friends with the Slayer. Eventual Spike/OC.

AU after I Will Remember You. Navigating a relationship is harder than it looks.

Buffy's sister basically goes from Dawn Till Dusk(which sounds like a better title for this story).

Buffy has a cousin and Spike has always had a strange fascination with her. Saffron has a destiny of her own, how will this addition change the series? Starts season 4. Spike/OC.

Un peu hésitante, sa voix s'échappa de ses lèvres tremblantes pour demander. "Est-ce que tu vas me mordre ?" Il souriait en enfouissant son visage dans ses boucles défaites. "Ce n'est pas la question que tu devrais te poser, mon cœur, dit-il en entrecoupant sa réponse de baisers pour la détendre. La bonne question, ce n'est pas si... c'est où ?" Déviation début s8. NextGen 2036