Time Travel

Could be buffy or spike. Or both. Back in their old bodies or some other body. To William time or just back a season. Prefer longer fics. Thanks

Imitation of a Man by Dark Apple's my favorite.

http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=darkapple&keyword=Imitation%20of%2 0a%20Man&filter=all

Okay this is getting ridiiculous, and I quote myself from the 'stripper/prostitute thread': "It is astonishing how often Herself's Bittersweets Series fits the fic rec search criteria."

This particular story in the series, besides being my favorite, also fits your search criteria. I cannot recommend it enough.

Mr Grieves And The Fallen Woman by Herself

http://www.echonyc.com/~stax/Buffy/herself/grieves.htm

Summary: Buffy finds herself in 19th century London, and meets someone she thinks she knows.

A small selection:

1880 By BittenandStaked

Summary: Travelling through time is the last thing Buffy expects to do when she gives chase to a man who has stolen something from the Magic Box. Finding herself in nineteenth century London, there's only one person that Buffy can think of who could help her get home, Spike, or at least his human counterpart, William. The only question is whether Spike is still William at this moment in time or whether it's too late and she'll be stuck in 1880 forever. And even if she finds William, will he be able to help her back to her time and back to the vampire version of himself that she discovers she has feelings for?

(I have it if you want it email me through my contact here at TSR - it doesn't seem to be on the internet any longer unless someone else has a link)

Edited to add the link for 1880:


http://web.archive.org/web/20060627214201/www.talesoftheslayer.com/1880/188001.php

A Switch in Time by coalitiongirl

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=36234

Summary: Four years after Sunnydale, Buffy must travel back in time to stop Glory and avert the destruction of the world. But there's a catch- she's been accidentally put in the wrong body. She's got all the information necessary to ensure a happily ever after for her friends and herself. But who's going to listen to Anya?



Backtrack by authoressnebula

http://www.athenewolfe.com/justrewards/viewstory.php?sid=116

Summary: Set the night following a girl's death and a trip through a portal (Season 7, Get It Done), four Scoobies meet in the kitchen for what they think will be a sad, uneventful night of coffee and memories. It probably would've been, too. That is, if they hadn't wanted to go back and change the past so desperately that they decided to try time travel.

Brave New World by JamesMFan

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=19153

Summary: In "Get it Done" Buffy entered a portal to get information. Now, when she leaves it, she finds everything has changed; including her friends, her family and her world.


Forward to Time Past by Unbridled Brunette

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=23957&warning=NC-17

Summary: The victim of a spell gone awry, Buffy finds herself trapped in Victorian London, where she meets with a man who is surprisingly familiar to her.

Future Imperfect By cousinjean

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=409

Summary: In the year 2336, Buffy wakes to find she is humanity's only hope for the future, and Spike is the only link to her past. Contains spoilers for Season 5. Set during and 335 years following The Gift.

Dreamweaver has wrote a few time travel fics.... they are here pm spuffyrealm

Here is a link for 1880 by BittenandStaked

http://web.archive.org/web/20060627214201/www.talesoftheslayer.com/1880/188001.php

There are two other HERSELF stories that fit your request:

FORSAKE ME NOT

http://www.echonyc.com/~stax/Buffy/herself/forsake.html

After a horrible accident leaves Buffy handicapped, she begins to take out her anger and pain on all those who love her. As she reaches the end of her rope she is given the chance to see how damaging her actions could be to the future.


NOT MY BEAUTIFUL HOUSE

http://www.echonyc.com/~stax/Buffy/herself/notmybeautiful.html

As Spike goes after that dragon, he finds himself transport instead where he least expected.



Here is Gone by Terri Botta

http://www.nocturnal-light.net/fanfiction/story/244/Here_is_Gone

Summary: Pre- season 7. As a wounded Spike lies dying in the cave, after receiving his soul, he is given the opportunity to go back in time and do a few things different.


The Butterfly Effect by cousinjean

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=421

Five months after the events of "Chosen," a still grieving Buffy must follow a time-travelling demon back to 1997 (circa Season 2) Sunnydale to prevent him from destroying the timeline--and try not to destroy it herself in the process.


Pinch Hitter by Dreamweaver

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=35422

Buffy vanishes after stopping Adam and the Powers That Be bring over another Buffy from a parallel dimension to take her place.


The Domino Effect by Anaross

http://www.athenewolfe.com/justrewards/viewstory.php?sid=575

Post-End of Days. Future Buffy arrives to SunnyD and meets Spike. Their encounter changes the outcome of the battle in the Hellmouth - but not the way Buffy envisions. So she goes back in time again. Unusually plotty and unpredictable fic. Anaross combines the premises of Groundhog Day and Back to the Future to very surprising result.



Legions of True Hearts by Eurydice

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=431

Post graduation, a restless Buffy goes to London to escape the memories of Angel, only to lose herself in unexpected dreams. But is William real, or is he a distraction? Is he, possibly...both? Buffy/William. - Complete


The Bad Man by dutchbuffy2305

http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=9109

Crazy souled Spike is rescued from the basement.. sort of....Angst, hurt/comfort and smut ensue... Time travel.


Things Present – Things Past by: Estepheia and Marcee

http://allaboutspike.com/fic.html?id=187

Two timelines. Two Slayers. One problem! How does Buffy get back to her present time when she's sucked into the body of a Slayer in 1880? Can another Scooby who tries to rescue her survive the past? Plus, meet William and witness Spike's big decision!

It's interesting that you include Forget Me Not by Herself because I didn't really see it as a time travel kind of fic but in a way it is, isn't it? It's certainly a great fic and not like anything else I've seen out there. Good catch on that one.

I already listed Backtrack by authoressnebula but it is actually the first in a series called the Gates of Time. Here is a link to all the stories grouped for your reading pleasure at Elysian Fields:

Gates of Time Trilogy by AuthoressNebula

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/series.php?seriesid=12

Summary: It all began with four hopeful wishers and a key of Janus. Their only wish was to go back to the previous year, before the war, before the deaths that brought them to their knees. With each change they make, however, the future changes forever.

Since MRS. GRIEVES AND THE FALLEN WOMAN was included already you probably should also read the sequel since it also includes time travel:

MRS. GRIEVES AND THE ABANDONED HUSBAND by: HERSELF

http://www.echonyc.com/~stax/Buffy/herself/Husband.html

Also forgot

A NICE PLACE TO VISIT, BUT... ---- by: HERSELF

http://www.echonyc.com/~stax/Buffy/herself/Nice.html

This time Buffy is transported to her future



The Time Spinners ------------by Heather Martin

http://web.archive.org/web/20041101152145/www.immortal-sins.com/buffy/fics/timespinne rs1.html

Things get a little twisted when the chip-Spike switches places with the chip-less. Can our do-gooder Spike keep Buffy and the gang from killing him? And can Buffy keep the old Spike from dancing herself back to heaven? (5 parts)



Reflections of a Dream by Ashlee

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=192&textsize=0&chapter=1

Summary: After Buffy breaks up with Spike, the heartbroken vampire vows to give her the space she needs. His silent promise becomes more difficult when a strange occurrence happens later that night and Buffy seeks him out, trying to understand something that she can't control.


THAT I MAY CEASE TO BE ----by: COUSINJEAN

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=414

After withstanding the First's attempts to break him, Spike suddenly finds himself living William's life as if he'd never died; but how did he get there, and why? And does this mean he'll never see Buffy again?


Actions Past by Dutchbuffy2305

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=595

Summary: Sunnydale, 1997. Buffy makes a wish, with consequences...Buffy from the past and Buffy from the future will have to square their destinies and their lovers.


A Cricket from California by Elsa Frohman

http://www.sand-in-my-shoes.com/vd/elsacfc.html

A Christmas story. Buffy gets an unusual Christmas present and travels back to 1875 to meet a young William.


One Love, One Life by Alexannah--wip

http://dark-solace.org/elysian/viewstory.php?sid=2975

Summary: [New Years Special 2010] Buffy cannot resist hitching a ride to the 1800s to see Spike when he was just William. But can the Doctor stop her from changing history? Crossover with Doctor Who.

Both dreamweaver and pfeifferpack wrote several Time Travel Fics
You can find both authors here on Spuffy Realm

And Here We Go Round Again by Peta is one I have enjoyed.

Summary: Spike takes a trip back in time to School Hard to see how possible it could be to make a Buffy,free from the trauma of first love with Angel,fall in love with him. Will this be the first one of Spike's plans to succeed??
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=7077


Prologue to Life/I Know You by Slaymesoftly

Summary: A response to a challenge at the Bloodshedverse where Buffy is returned to her season II body with all her post Season VII memories. She is there due to a spell Willow performs to try to help Buffy get over mourning for Spike.
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=9206

Sequels to this are I Know You, II and Knowing and Watching


Also by Slaymesoftly:

Hearts Breaking Even

Summary: Season I Buffy falls through a portal and meets a very young William Carlisle during her very short stay in his time period. It's when Spike shows up in Sunnydale during season II that things get interesting...
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=24767

To Save a Lady

Summary: Spike and Buffy are sucked into an Initiative time machine and find themselves in 19th century London. Somehow, pretending to be husband and wife seems to be the way to go....
http://spikeluver.com/SpuffyRealm/viewstory.php?sid=25189


Also, as mentioned a few times above, check out fics written by dreamweaver. Many involve time travel.

Finally, you need to check out The Butterfly Effect by cousinjean on the Elysian Fields site (there is a link posted a couple of posts above mine). I think this may be my favorite time travel fic out of all that I've read.