I loved it. Amazing chapter and I can't wait to read more.

Author's Response: Thanks so much! A new update should be on the way very soon! :-)

I can't wait until Buffy tells everyone (and Angel if he comes) were she actually was. And her talk with SPike that should be very interesting.

Author's Response: Thanks for the review. :-)

I think part II was beautiful. I tend to review when something is finished, I know, feed the muse! However, I tend not to read unfinished stories (I've been hurt, there are still a few out there where I reviewed my heart out and they're not finished, nor likely ever to be finished ) however, this is so well written, I can't help myself! I've loved this story so far and cannot wait for book III. I love the Spike backstory you came up with, I can't wait to find out how else you tell this story!

I thought vampires have like photographic memory... At least it's what Angel claimed to have

P.S. Taken from Wikipedia, page >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_Summers

" Buffy's unusual name (which is actually a nickname for "Elizabeth" in real life: Buffy Summers, anyway, seems to be baptized just as "Buffy Anne") was the subject of Aphrodisia's somewhat ironic ridicule in the series opener. It would be the subject of a joke as late as the penultimate episode of the series."


Author's Response: Yes, I know. That was my point - she was baptized "Buffy Anne Summers" not Elizabeth. Buffy is traditionally a nickname for Elizabeth, but like other nicknames, it has become (for her at least) a name in its own right. Like my sister's boyfriend is named just plain "Ben" when that name is traditionally a shortened form of "Benjamin." So you see ... I was right ... Buffy has never been named Elizabeth or called Elizabeth in anything but fandom ... there is no reason at all that Spike should associate that name with Buffy. And I already made it clear in Part II that Spike was forgetting the details of her face ... that he was forcing himself to and that the emotional distance he was putting between his vampire self and his former human existence was causing him to. It really doesn't matter to me what Angel said ... he also claimed he couldn't taste chocolate, when it is obvious that Spike can and does enjoy the taste of human food. No offense, but I have explained this in detail several times, so I'm not sure why it is you keep arguing with me .., I appreciate your right to your own opinion, but I obviously disagree with it. And I don't plan on changing the plot.

Yeah sorry but I don't like Spike being with others when he was together with Buffy before. Therefore I just didn't like Part II so much. But I've read it :) It was good written but I just couldn't enjoy it as much as Part one. Don't change your storyline for some complains. Looking forward how Buffy got changed because of her journey to the past. ~
All these years apart (from his former love or his former self) have taken its toll then. He has really changed.
Thought so... Spike didn't recognize Buffy (would have been too easy, huh?). The years made his memories fond, he forgot what she really looked like.
Oh.. at the end of the chapter. Good I missed one and can continue.

Author's Response: Thanks for hanging on through the parts you didn't enjoy. I always appreciate reading your thoughts on the chapters. :-)

"Also, I seriously doubt he was all about the mole checking. lol."

You serious?! I *so* would've checked them all! At least just out of curiosity.

You know, if there's something that you often notice in a person, and even if you haven't seen/remembered it for a long time, if you saw it again, it could suddenly just pop out of your memory and everything would piece together.

But I realize that if Spike found out that Buffster is Elizabeth, you wouldn't exactly be able to set the III part of your story in 5th/6th season.

P.S. I think I saw that Buffy's real name is Elizabeth on Wikipedia, and also heard it somewhere a long time ago.

Author's Response: On Wikipedia her name is listed as Buffy Anne Summers. ;-) I think what you read is probably a creation of fandom. I've known my husband for seven years, and I would not be able to tell you how many moles he has on his body, where they are, or what they look like. If I went a century without seeing him, I would still love him; but I seriously doubt I would remember exactly what he looked like without the aid of a photograph. :shrug: So, I guess we're just going to have to disagree about that.

Oh my god, PLEASE update this again soon!!!!!!!! I loved this chappy, and the last few- btw, sorry for not reveiwing them! *covers face with hands* But this chapter has me totally encaptured in the story... MORE SOON!?!?!?!!?

Author's Response: lol. Don't be sorry - you're reviewing now and that's what counts. I'm glad you liked the chapter. :-)

Man to be there in that moment Spike realizes the woman the same woman he has always loved is the same girl returning to him alive and in the current time. How will they both deal? How do you wrap your mind around the fact the girl you loved in your former life is the girl in the future you tried to hate. This is just too good it is like I am on the edge of a cliff here hanging on your next words to come.

Author's Response: The next chapter should come soon, and I hope you like it as much. Thank you so much for taking the time to review this one. :-)

Ohh!!
Shes back shes back shes back!!!
This made my morning!!!!!!!

Author's Response: How great to know you enjoyed it that much. Thank you! :-D

How very intriguing. You've taken us to Season 5, and given us shades of early, early Season 6 - where by this time Spike is chipped and unrequitedly loving Buffy - and she returns (this time) from the past ...... plonk! You finished Book II with vampire Spike seeing Buffy in Sunnydale for the first time and recognising her...... the likeness to his girl of over a century and his lifetime ago - and acting viciously as a result. Now, cut to this opener of Book III and she looks upon him as Elizabeth of just yesterday when she accepted his proposal, and he looks upon her as again, William in love, but now with all of Spike's vampiric existence within his tortured psyche, as once again he sees the bracelet ......

And, just as in Season 6, those damned Scoobies spoil a pivotal moment between William and Elizabeth, Spike and Buffy.

A wonderful opener, setting us off-tangent right from the start albeit with familiar scenes adding to the mix. But amid the mayhem they still see each other. The Spike-hating Buffy who disappeared is not of the same mind as this Buffy who has returned. This lovelorn vampire still retains his demonic edge: will he relish the thought that his natural enemy now has recall of a completely different him, of William?

Fantastic.

Author's Response: Thank you so much! :-) I had a lot of people (including my beta) tell me how shocked they were that I jumped ahead so far at the beginning of Part III. I think most people expected me to continue the story from 1997. And the story will offer some explanations of what happened during that time, but they'll unfold slowly over the course of the next few chapters.

With every new post of this I fall in love with this story more and more it is a wonderful epic.

Author's Response: That makes me so happy to hear. Thank you! :-)

well i like it but it was a bit confusing please update soon.

Author's Response: I'm glad you liked it, but I'm sorry you found it confusing. What bits seemed confusing to you?