just a note that Giles' eyes are not blue. They are green, and he has a large patch of brown on the left side of his left pupil.

(Anthony Stewart Head is partially heterochromic)

slightly upset that buffy and spike are being kept apart at the moment has everyone been listening to xanders mad ravings

great chapter

Excellent stuff - it's enough to give me apoplexy!

The sorce of her power is the demon......but they wouldn't know this until S7...so..OOPS!!

wonderful read, thanks. it is a miracle buffy's egocentric watcher and "friends" didn't kill her more often. great update. thanks again

lovely update!

Wonderful chapter. At last, it looks like some progress is being made - in spite of Willow's attempts to downplay her screw up. I really can't believe that Giles didn't lay into her good for her usual hurried, ill- researched use of magic! Maybe Joyce will get a chance to give the girl a good talking to - hope she puts the fear of God (or at least the fear of a slayer's brassed off mother) into her! Looking forward to the next update. In other words, I can hardly wait to see where this goes next.

all I can say is that Willow never learns. I just hope they can figure this all out before Slayer Buffy has enough of being chained up...

Oooo, someone needs to take away Willow's learner's permit. What would a spell be without Willow screwing it up? Can't Buffy have Spike? She is chained up, after all. We need Spike.

Ah, a pre canon inkling of the First Slayer. Makes sense. Great chappie.

Things are definitely starting to move along here.

Oh, dang, I have to say I do feel bad for Willow, I know she was just trying to help. Geeze though, that went really wrong huh? Poor Buffy and Spike.

Great chapter, but I want to see Spike and Buffy together soon, please.

Someone needs to point out to Giles (the total pillock) that HE is the one responsible for it all! Fine thing to blame WIllow, the apprentice witch! HE wanted the d@mned spell (sooooo unnecessary and only really wanted because Spike annoyed him as a house guest) HE should have used his years of sorcery and knowledge to pick the d@mned spell!!!!! Even with Willow tweaking it you can't really blame her, unless you're Giles of course.

Please let Joyce, Buffy, Willow and Spike all gang slap him before this is done *G*.

Why do I think Giles' solution will be to stake the now chip free Spike?

Excellent update...really explains so much.

Kathleen

Tell Joyce and Dawn exactly what's going on, and I'm sure one of them will come up with the easy solution - Buffy has to accept Spike's claim. Spike will recognize the situation, too.

How can Giles not know the origin of the Slayer? He's a really crappy Watcher.

Send Willow to Althanea and be done with it. Stupid girl.

I can't believe Willow wouldn't come completely clean given the circumstances. Buffy's in chains and Willow still wasn't going to tell the truth.

Great chapter. So it appears that Willow's spell unleashed Buffy's demon which I believe was the original source of her power.
I hope that Willow will come clean soon about what she added in.

'Splainy goodness all the way around! Wonderful chappie! (Even though it was lacking in smut....wow, color me surprised)

*throttles willow with a big stick... with pointy thorns on it... and acid dripping from the thorns... yes yes*

Well, at least Spike is not around for the physical abuse.. Glad Buffy is trying to come to grip with her violence and need to dominate and control our poor boy.

Waiting to see what Giles and Willow come up with. Not of the good. What will "equal up" the playing field for Spike?

great chapter. and willow yikes not even telling the whole truth. oh dear

Another great chap. Looking forward to the Council's input on this as well as the Joyce/Giles face to face confrontation. And exactly what did Willow "tweak", because I didn't catch it. All I understood was that she performed the spell without proper research or understanding, but I didn't catch her admission to any changes. Bad Willow! The only way this is gonna work is for the claim to be equalized isn't it?

Oh no Willow messed up again. How are they gonna fix this?

1. Great Chapter! Loved it.

2. Willow so needs a good swift kick in the ass.

3. Looks like Buffy and Spike need to complete the mating ritual *GRIN*