Summary: More than ten years after FNA, Buffy is still mourning Spike. One Christmas she reminisces about the past and begins to make plans for a new future.

Prequel to Not Quite Home for the Holidays. Early season five, still adjusting to life with the Initiative’s chip, loathing his unlife, and resisting the after affects of a dream, can Spike hold out against the lure of the easy money? And just what does it take to get him to accept who it is that he really wants - hint: it's not Harmony. Note: I think I posted this chapter before, and then deleted it when I realized I had never posted the Holiday fic here - so if the first chapter seems familiar, it is.

Sappy, Romantic, Season 7 holiday fic. As the Scooby’s morale deteriorates along with the almost deserted town, and the impending battle looming not far ahead, Spike tries to lift everyone’s spirits with a late holiday party at the mansion on Crawford Street.

Buffy must masquerade as Spike's slave in order to infiltrate a vampire human slave ring and rescue Tara. Of course almost everything that can go wrong does. Nikkolequade posted the bloodverse challenge (#226) to finish this classic fic called “Ring Around the Buffy.”

THIS IS NOT MY STORY, but don't flame me yet. This story was started years ago as a Round Robin, and was never completed. Nikkolequade (thank you) got permission from the authors to post it as a challenge on Bloodshedverse (#226). With their pemission (thanks again) I am reposting the original story here - and then will post my conclusion separately. I just thought the story was too good to be forgotten. If you prefer to see it at the original website, you can find it still archived at http://www.nautibitz.com/fic/ringaround01.html

If you go there, you will see some additional chapters than the ones I will repost here. That is because I am taking up the story from its unofficial continuation, rather than the 'official' one. That's what Nikkolequade asked for. So here it is.

Oh, yeah the summary. Buffy and Spike pose as a master vampire and his thralled slave to infiltrate a human slave auction run by vampires. Of course, everything that could go wrong, does, leaving the pair in more than one compromising situation.

One shot. Set AtS. I had some trouble reconciling Spike as portrayed in AtS with the Spike of Season 7 on BtVS. Here's my take on why.

A depressed and distraught Buffy gets herself into more trouble than she can handle, which works out just fine for Angelus. The challenge is whether Angelus can successfully manipulate people and events in order to get what he wants. But just what is Angelus striving for, and where do Buffy, Spike and Drusilla fit in? Picks up mid-season two sometime after “I Only Have Eyes for You.” Answer to a Bloodverse challenge, which wanted Buffy/Spike/Angelus. After a long torturous route, will eventually turn Spuffy. Thanks to OracleHolly for the Beta. **WINNER OF JUDGE'S CHOICE AWARD ROUND THREE AT FANG FETISH AWARDS* * Nominated Round Four* (Thanks)