Anticipation by 2writers4spike
Chapter: Chapter One

Fantastic start !!! :-)
04/21/2010 08:06 am
 
Thank you very much for letting us know you're reading and enjoying :D

Mabel

Buffyconvert
09/08/2009 08:59 pm
    Very exciting beginning. Nice internal dialogue.
Thank you.  :)

kellykcmom
07/26/2009 06:49 am
Wow......:Q *total shock face* You totally surprised me! What an unexpected way to send Spike back! You are a wonderful writer! I can't wait for the next chapter!  More! More!! :)
Thanks so much.  We're glad you liked the first chapter. 

~ Dawn

07/18/2009 04:57 am
this is probably the best description of Spike and the immediate aftermath of getting his soul back -

This is going to be one good work if the rest is like this chapter -
Thank you for the kind words.  So glad to have you reading our story.

~ Dawn

07/02/2009 04:52 am
very good beginning, thank you.
:)  Thank you so much for reading.

Dawn

06/14/2009 09:53 pm
Exciting start 2W's.  Who did your awesome banner?
Thank you so much.

The banner was done by me, Dawnofme.  I'm glad you like it and thanks for saying so.  :)

06/14/2009 01:28 am
Oh wow, I like this!  Very much!

I could totally feel Spike's confusion - the way it's written really sucks the reader into his plight.  I look forward to following this!
Thank you so much for the kind words on the writing style.  :) 

Thanks for reading. We are thrilled that liked it!

Dawn

hmmmm
06/13/2009 05:09 am

Yeah, at the fastest, Spike would have his soul in three days, and Willow's rampage is basically 48 hours tops. She also sounded suddenly whiny there, and it kinda took me out of the story. The insert didn't feel.......organic? I guess you could say....

He only has, at most, a 12 hour lead on the SD events starting with Tara and Buffy shot in the morning. Provided he found someone to teleport him to Africa, you still can't get around any remote areas in a fast way. Under a week? Yeah. Under 3 days? Nope. *Only* if he got teleported to that village outside Lurky's cave, and then just had to walk in.........*then* the end of his trials could coincide.

See my reply to the review above about the canon stuff.

As far as the whiny part, I'd be interested to know what lines you found to be whiny?  So I can avoid that in the future.  Feel free to send me an email at dawnofme@gmail.com

06/13/2009 03:19 am
Sorry to nitpick, but you know I'm a canon whore. :) How is it possible for dark!Willow to send a souled Spike back in time? Despite the way the episodes were edited, there's no way those two events were happening simultaneously. It probably would've taken Spike at least a week or two to get to Africa by boat, and Willow's rampage didn't last that long - a day or two at the most.

Interesting premise, though.
Thanks for reading the first chapter. 

I was only going by the way the episodes were edited.  I guess I just consider that canon.  But I purposely messed with canon at the very end of the chapter, because I switched the order of the scenes where Willow threw the ball up in the air to kill Jon. and Andrew and when Spike got the soul put in. 

I'm not really concerned with getting canon right.  I have a healthy respect for it, but I don't care if I mess with it to some degree. I'm writing fan fiction, not summaries of the show.   I had an idea for a story and with the help of a great friend and betas this is what we've done with it.

I have to warn you that from this point on canon is destroyed by a souled Spike reliving his past and changing everything he can.  You probably will not like any of the coming chapters either, but I hope that it will entertain and keep the interest of a few readers.

ii
06/13/2009 02:31 am
I love time travel fics, though this doesn't seem to be the conventional kind. That Willow had to do with it was perfect, and it still elaves us with the worry for Buffy in the present instead of ignoring it for the story going on in the past. I hope Spike doesn't become a whiny wimp, but other than that. I'm looking forward to whatever you came up with, when you created so many possibilities! Where does he go from there and then?
please update soon!
Thank you!  I've always been a fan of time travel fics too.  I hope you like what we've done this and we're thrilled that you liked this first chapter.  Thanks so much for reading!

Dawn