Duty Or Destiny by Tasha  

(1) What The Future Holds 30 Reviews
Starting with the episode "School Hard" and taking us through an alternate Season 3, this story is a response to Challenge #64 at The Bloodshedverse (www.bringonthebloodshed.com/bloodshedverse/). Angel can't close Acathla this time. Only a pregnant Slayer's blood is able to tame the beast and seal Acathla forever, but who will the father be? Will she find love, or is she just doing her duty as the Chosen One to protect the earth from darkness? Full challenge requirements will be listed at the end of the story to keep from giving away several key plot points.
Season 2
Rating: NC-17 - Genre: Challenge Response, Drama, Angst, Romance, Comedy - Warning: Sexual Situations, Violence
Words: 1878 - Updated: 09/26/2005 01:52 pm

(2) School Harder - Part 1 1 Review
Chapter 1 gave us a glimpse into the future when Acathla is opened. At the end of the chapter we saw Spike's arrival into Sunnydale. Let's take the adventures further to the first time Buffy and Spike saw each other. Was it in the alley, or did Buffy notice Spike in the Bronze too? What were they really thinking when they first laid eyes on each other? What if Joyce was just a few seconds later than she was in canon at the end of the episode?
Season 2
Rating: NC-17 - Genre: Challenge Response, Drama, Angst, Romance, Comedy - Warning: Sexual Situations, Violence
Words: 3845 - Updated: 09/26/2005 01:55 pm

(3) School Harder - Part 2 0 Reviews
An alternate look into Season 2's episode "School Hard" with a Spuffy twist. When did their attraction really start? Drusilla seemed so knowledgeable about Spike being covered in the Slayer later on. In Chapter 2 we saw that she realized that the Sunnydale Slayer was meant for Spike to be with, but she tried to sabotage that meeting. Spike will see Angelus again for the first time in about 80 years. What will happen on Parent-Teacher Night? Will Spike be able to resist coming earlier than Saturday to see the Slayer again?
Season 2
Rating: NC-17 - Genre: Challenge Response, Drama, Angst, Romance, Comedy - Warning: Sexual Situations, Violence
Words: 8276 - Updated: 09/26/2005 01:57 pm

(4) Fairytales and Lies - Part 1 3 Reviews
Moving along from "Inca Mummy Girl" through to "Lie to Me". Summarizing for the non-Spuffy times. Instead of Buffy and Angel moving closer towards a relationship, Buffy forced herself to try to do things with Angel to forget about the bad boy Spike. She finds herself still thinking of Spike a lot more often than she should, and she isn't thinking about killing him. She actually looked through all of Giles' books to find as much information about William and Spike that she could.
Season 2
Rating: NC-17 - Genre: Challenge Response, Drama, Angst, Romance, Comedy - Warning: Sexual Situations, Violence
Words: 4272 - Updated: 09/26/2005 01:58 pm

(5) Fairytales and Lies - Part 2 5 Reviews
Continuing with the infamous Halloween episode from Season 2, we pick up where chapter 4 left off. Buffy, now calling herself Lady Elizabeth, found herself at a church near one of the cemeteries during her search for her fiancé William. Angel, Cordy, Willow, and Xander get into their own scuffles while they look for Buffy. Spike and some transformed trick-or-treaters are on a mission to find Buffy first. Part 2 will take us through the end of the episode. Part 3 will pick up at the episode "Lie To Me".
Season 2
Rating: NC-17 - Genre: Challenge Response, Drama, Angst, Romance, Comedy - Warning: none
Words: 6505 - Updated: 10/22/2005 03:35 am

(6) Fairytales and Lies - Part 3 3 Reviews
Picks up from the episode "Lie to Me" and continues through to a confrontation between Angel and Buffy at the Bronze. Spike and Buffy both witness the exchange between Angel and Drusilla at the beginning of the episode. Drusilla tries to warn Angel of what is coming, but he won't listen. Ford arrives, and he attempts to integrate himself into Buffy's life.
Season 2
Rating: PG-13 - Genre: Drama, Angst - Warning: none
Words: 6214 - Updated: 01/20/2006 07:36 pm

(7) Fairytales and Lies - Part 4 7 Reviews
Picks up the day after the Bronze scene in the episode "Lie to Me" and continues through the end of it plus extra. Spike follows Buffy and Ford out into the night. Angel is suspicious of Buffy over her questions about the night before. He's also suspicious of Ford's presence in Buffy's life. Ford continues with his plans to sell out Buffy for immortality, but Spike isn't about to let anyone betray Buffy like that.
Season 2
Rating: PG-13 - Genre: Challenge Response, Romance - Warning: none
Words: 5006 - Updated: 01/24/2006 08:13 pm

(8) History and Portents 5 Reviews
Starts off with a rewritten timeline with Drusilla and Spike at the factory researching a cure for the ailing vampiress. Dalton goes on a research quest, Spike tries to keep up appearances, and the Scoobies deal with the idea that their Watcher wasn't always so stuffy. Will Angel or Spike be the one to save Buffy from Eyghon? What other realizations will Buffy come to after seeing the "demon" side of Giles?
Season 2
Rating: PG-13 - Genre: Challenge Response - Warning: Violence
Words: 6895 - Updated: 03/03/2006 02:07 am

(9) Prophecies and Rituals 8 Reviews
We pick up right where the last chapter left off. Angelus entered the factory, and Spike greeted him. We follow through the meeting in the factory, Dalton finding the key, some more time spent between Spike and Buffy, and some more explanations.
Season 2
Rating: PG-13 - Genre: Drama, Romance - Warning: none
Words: 4940 - Updated: 04/15/2006 10:30 pm

(10) Prophecies and Rituals - Part 2 9 Reviews
This chapter starts a couple of days after the last chapter left off. We have a different kind of career week and the deciphering of the DuLac ritual. Also, Buffy has been reading through Giles' books for all the information she can find on Spike and vampiric rituals. Has Giles really not noticed? It's time for the DuLac ritual to happen, and everything goes to heck at that point. I don't want to say more and give it away. Sorry.
Season 2
Rating: R - Genre: Angst - Warning: Character Death, Violence
Words: 9730 - Updated: 05/29/2006 01:57 am