excellent chapter.......read just like an episode. the way giles let into willow was excellent and i along with the characters was very angry with her lack of understanding what she had done. i felt so bad for buffy having to stand there and listen to it. glad spike was there with her....hope your feeling better and can post more chapters soon....happy holidays

wow, wonderful, fabulous chapter. such emotion spilling off the page! i was so angry by the end, that i would have willingly torn off Willow's head had i been in the same room. everything that Giles said to her was exactly what i was thinking. i was wondering though, if Spike is going to speak up and inform Willow of the other consequence of opening the portal - what she may have let loose. after Willow brought Buffy back i was never able to be a fan of her character again. no matter how much she learned or how hard she tried for redemption, i could never overlook the fact that she performed a resurrection spell willingly over th e mouth of hell and didn't expect consequences. i also, have always wished that the writers of BtVS had explored that darker aspect of consequences to Willow's spell instead of only focusing on individual consequences during seasons 6 and 7. it was brought up in season 7, but abandoned for other story lines. i sincerely hope that your intentions to showcase consequences in this story include the broad consequences to the hellmouth. wonderful angst this chapter! Willow's hubris is unabashed. I sincerely feel sorry for the hard lessons that this girl is going to have to learn. And for all the others who are going to be affected on a continual basis by her selfish actions. It's going to hurt, and it's going to hurt bad.

I can't wait for you to contintue with this story but I'll understand if you wait till after xmas....

Great Chapter. Please continue to update soon and often. Hopefully all will be ok between spike and buffy and dawn.