Wonderful chapter. You made me tear up during Wesley's speech to Dawn. I wonder what Drusilla's ramblings mean for the Scoobies? Can't wait to find out.

Great chapter. Loved the Wesley/Dawn interaction.

Wow this is amazing! I've just read the whole of origins and up to here in one day: my eyes are bleary!

Comments:

Faith: very well personified. Her reluctance to do the right thing but her innate goodness is nice to see :)

Anya: really well written. her confusion over Xander is completely understandable, as too is her growing attraction to Giles.

I love the ideas in this story: it's such an orignial plot. The hell hounds are such a good idea. They're used really well. The build up of tension that you've used through the escalation of 'baddie's and characters from the buffy verse is simply brilliant.

My only criticisms would be slight plot holes. Well not holes so much as gaps. I know its because you want to surprise and to pick up on other threads but sometimes I felt a little frustrated with unanswered plot threads. (Mainly the Giles/Anya kiss... what happens next?!)

I will be following this story avidly from now on. The plot and characters are so well written. I don't think I've given you bad crit, but just in case you wanna discuss it here's my email: h_madambadham120@hotmail.com

Looking forward to the next update :)

Can I just say WOW!!! I just read all of your Origins stuff in one sitting and damn my butt hurts. :)

I like what you're doing. Please kill off Angel (he totally sucked in the buffy series, although i liked him slightly more in his own series) Although it would be highly amusing if you had Willow give him his soul back first so at least when the Sunnydale crowd finally stake him he has an idea why.

I hope you let Willow know that it was ultimately her fault that Casey died. And i hope you don't kill off Dawn. I liked the way you made Buffy adn Spike her parents. It makes a strange sort of sense.

I have to say that this is one of the best fanfictions I've ever read. You manage to balance the drama, action, romance and explain the character motivations and feelings really well. Yeah there are a couple of gramatical and wrong use of tenses in your work, but hey i'd say 99.9% of your sentances are spelt right and the little mistakes i've found in over a hundred chapters no way detract from the masterful web you've woven.

You are a genius!!!

I also like the way you've portrayed Xander and Anya's relationship and made her character more open to the suggestion that maybe Xander telling her to shut it all the time isn't always to do with her but more to do with him. In a way you've also at least in my mind made it obvious that Xander hasn't gotten over his Cordelia and Buffy fixations...nice work.

And Tara...bloody hell, it's like she is the character we see briefly before she gets shot in season six when she takes Willow back. I never thought the writers did her enough justice. I love the way you've brought Oz back into the Scoobies and it's ironic that he now has a deep and meaningful freindship with Tara.

That's another thing that bugged me about Willow...the way she didn't even hint to Oz that she had been seeing someone, even if she didn't mention it was a woman. That episode shows Willow's self involvement really well, just like you have in your work.

Now that I've completely babbled for ages I just want to requst that you make sure you finish this great saga you've started...even if it takes you a couple of years. YOU ROCK!!!!

Oh yeah last comment....Is there going to be a Riley cameo anywhere? Cos that would be funny...his reaction to a mated Buffya dn Spike....hehehehehe

i'm glad you got thru the struggle you were having and no worries about how long it took. i'd wait years for more!!!
i like the way the relationship with anya and giles is going. always thougth they'd be a nice couple.
that was an interesting episode from drusilla. she knows whats going on but angelus is too stupid to figure it out, which is good for the rest of them.
now, they can all get to the magic box(crosses fingers) and compare notes. that should be fun!!!!
love the jenner/faith intereaction. can't wait to see more from these two. i think or hope that his desire for her will put him on our side. like he doesn't wanna piece of that right!
i can't wait for more

I've been loving this whole series. Things are moving along and I'm anxious to see how the Willow situation resolves.

And I really love your Spike and Buffy together. So sweet!

I just found your series tonight and suffice to say I'm addicted!!! It is great. Don't take too long on another chapter, I'm waiting with baited breath.

This story still has me glued to it! Great update!

Totally with you! A v. good chapter, setting up so much. Hang in there, and thank you.

What premonition has Dru in such a frenzy? Wesley jumping in and cleaning the blood in the bathroom was quiet and in character. I liked the little jolt of humor of Anya's "Don't get killed." Another good chapter, deftly positioning all the characters.

Glad to see you back, pet, and the chapter update is great. Thank you.

The Angel and Drusilla interaction is excellent! That's exactly how vampire families interact, in my mind, in my vision of their world. It's all about violence, and Dru's insanity just emphasises it. It's all about levels of 'familial' bonding. Masters and minions would have a very dom/sub relationship, wheras Sire and Childe relations are as complex and passionate as any close knit human family. No matter how vile Angelus might be, his family is uppermost in importance. The way you've described Dru's frantic ramblings and equally frenetic violence toward her Sire/daddy is marvellous, and Angel's response, as her fangs eventually penetrate his neck... spot on.

I'm not sure if this comment is just an observation, or if I mean it to be a constructive criticism... either way, it's intent is wholly positive: Something about this chapter strikes me as very much in the style of dear Nan Dibble. As An avid fan of Nan's writing, I really do mean that in a very complimentary way... but it's different from how earlier parts of the story have been written. I think it's most recognisable in Spike's speech. Clipped and bordering on formal. The narrative, spartan, verging on puritan, and without expansive descriptives. Maybe it's a symptom of RL, your time to invest is such that your flow from mind to paper has to produce a slick, crips output and all the fluffy, decorous adornings are superflous to need.

Whatever it might be, and maybe it's just me (!), I think this chapter works really well and I could almost picture Nan, up on her heavenly cloud, clapping her hands together as she follows the story, in a, "Chop, chop, smartly does is... keep to the path and there you go," sort of way.

Now, I'm looking forward to see what hand Jenner intends to play. Has he decided on a side, or will he decide he has a hand of his own to play? It's like a game of poker.... and I'm useless at playing!

Well, only since ya promised...lol!

You already know I love the chapter- I'm obsesso-girl! But here's why:

1. Faith and Jenner- man, oh man! You can feel the heat between those two nearly a continent away!

2. Oz and Tara- So sweet that he's protective of her. No matter what the future holds, the two of them have formed such a deep bond despite his previous feelings at her relationship with Willow.

3. Buffy and Spike- lurve my Spuffy!

4. Giles and Wes- never thought I'd see the two of them work so well together. Yes, they've been getting on so well since Wes first showed up with the journals, but they seem to have gone from ousted Watchers to friends. That's pretty cool on its own.

5. Giles and Anya- oh, this is gonna be good...

6. Did I mention I lurve my Spuffy?