very powerful read, thank you. the maturity of the characters is wonderful. (well maybe not buffy.) but the evil author bring in joyce and ending the chapter, that is another matter entirely. thank s again for the great read.

Excellent chapter. My heart went to Buffy. It must have been so hard to face Dawn. I'm not sure I would have had to courage myself after being rejected by her sister the way she was. Like I said before, always loved Buffy, always will, no matter her faults. In fact, I find Dawn's attitude a little... extreme? Just a tad. I'm glad things turned out so well for Wes. He deserves it. And so does Spike. It's nice to see Spike surrounded by love. Especially after the way the Scoobies treated him. Connor's rescue was great. Loved it.

I love that Buffy found friendship with Anya. The family unit that Dawn, Wes, and Spike formed is great as is the addition of Faith. What a change Connor not being poisoned by Holtz will be as will Angle and Cordy already admitting there feelings. I like how well you have stayed with the original story line while showing the changes brought about because of Dawn and Spike being in LA.

Wow, anothr really great chapter with lots of action and progress. Love your Wes and Faith. What next?

May? Wow...rest in peace, Tara.

Ten years????? OMG....

Still want Buffy to suffer horrible pain. She's so self-absorbed, except for now with Anya, I guess, that it makes me sick. I hope she ultimately leaves our little group alone, because all that girl brings with her is pain.

Good for Anya, though. She always deserved more than she'd been given credit for. Respect, love, acceptance...she tried her best to be part of things and learn and grow, and even Xander never gave her acknowledgement for how far she came. Now as a vengeance demon again, she's got her old confidence back, and that's good to see.

I'm expecting Willow and Xander to probably be very close, maybe reignited old feelings while they were gone. It happens to people removed from home together. I always wanted to see Giles with Anya more than Xander, anyway, after watching Tabula Rasa.

Yay! Connor's back home, and Angel can finally start healing. And forgiving. And the boy was saved from Holtz as a baby - Hallelujah! He and Cordy are together...very happy about that, too.

Faith has been brought into the home - awesome. Knew that Wes would see the grown-up version of her as a major babe. Those two had great chemistry on Angel, whatever was going on. So happy for Faith to have a home - first time ever.

OMG - Joyce came to Spike in a dream, from the Powers? Whoa...and now they have to deal with the First. Oh, crap!! Hee hee, Spike...if you loved Dru that much for a hundred years, why would ten make you not feel for Buffy? Just not how you're made, buddy. Feel sorry for you there, though.

What was great! Angel has Connor back and Faith and Wesley seem to be hitting it off. Very glad that Buffy was so terribly uncomfortable around them all, she still has a lot to pay for. Not a big fan of fics with POV's but I'm really enjoying this one. Spike doesn't have much of a chance to say no when Joyce is asking for help. Excellent Fic, thanks for the read.

whoa...now joyce entering the picture...another excellent chapter, very engaging and moving ... love every last bit of it...standing out to me is anya's and buffy's friendship...awesome and incredible! great chapter :)

That's one hell of a cliffhanger there >:(