*AUTHOR'S NOTE! STORY IS COMPLETE! GO BACK AND READ THE CHAPTERS YOU MISSED!!!* When you're evil, you're evil, right? Not necessarily. Not in William The Bloody's case, anyway. He's still as big of a Big Bad as they come -- but keep in mind that it's always been his passion that has gotten him as far as he is now. And maybe, just maybe, if that passion were tweaked a little bit... directed toward a certain person... We could see what Spike was really capable of.

NEW SUMMARY: Spike goes on a quest to atone for wronging Buffy. But, there are people in high places that do not want him to succeed- or survive. If he does, will he change the world? Canon until "Seeing Red." Goes AU from there. NOMINATED at the Spuffy Awards Round 12 for "BtVS Rewritten" & at BIFA for "Best WIP, Best Angst/Drama", also nominated at the Spark & Burn Awards, and at LLGA for Best angst, Saga, and Plot. WINNER Fang Fettish Round 5: Best Supporting Character-Giles. RUNNER UP at the Spark and Burn Awards 2nd Round for both "Best Angst" and "Best Fight Scene."

Post Season 5, veers from Canon, but uses elements that were seemingly left discarded by the writers. Season 5, The Gift. Chapters condensed.

Six months after the battle with Angelus and his forces.

Sequel to Origins