RE: FIC: Chankumas II(The Prologue)

["Clarke, Carol A - Hazelwood" <CAClarke2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What more Pat. You can't just end a story and keep me hanging. I am out of
Prozac, (Kidding don't take that, Well Lithium but..I'll stop)

Anyway I want more on this story. It is as always, great.

-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Kelly [mailto:bandits@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 4:19 PM
To: buffyloveswillow@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [buffyloveswillow] FIC: Chankumas II(The Prologue)


From: "Pat Kelly" <bandits@xxxxxxxxx>


Hey everybody! Hi Dr. Nick! (Sorry channeling the Simpsons :-)

Okay. Below is the Prologue for the sequel to Chankumas. Right now I have a
massive block with Becoming One(anyone who has tried to write a good battle
sequence, and a large one, knows what I mean) and with badbard's departure,
I figure we ccould all use some happies.

This one is different than the last one, so you won't be getting the same
old, same old...it takes place two years after the first one, and this
prologue will help explain what has occured since then. I hope it'll be as
enjoyable as the last one.

This is for Rodrigo for asked for a backstory on the small "Questioning" fic
I did too. And one more hint, they leave Sunnydale for awhile...without
further ado...

CHANKUMAS II:

PROLOGUE



Winter break began in five days. It was their third winter break since their
enrollment at UC Sunnydale. They were juniors now. College juniors. It still
surprised them both that they had made it this far. Both educationally and
life-wise. And they had been involved for two years now. Two years that they
would, without a doubt, call the happiest of their lives.

A lot had happened during the past couple years. The commando-group, the
Initiative, had become no more after their freshman year. With the death of
Professor Walsh, the group wasn't sure what to do with itself. And because
they feared being exposed, the U.S. Government cut off all funding for the
installation, and pulled out so fast, it made the gang ask themselves if it
was ever there at all. But not before Willow pulled off all the information
off of the group's mainframe.

All it's members went back to their families and their lives, and according
to the financial records, they got a nice compensation for their troubles,
and for promising to keep quiet.

Xander and Anya broke up, mainly because she had finally caught on to the
human need for money, and since Xander wasn't making any, she left. Last
they heard, she was over in Europe revisiting her old stomping grounds.
However, Xander used her departure to finally try and get his act together,
and he moved out to LA.

He, along with Cordelia, started working for Angel. And the two of them,
both a lot more mature then they used to be, decided to try and give it
another shot. They had been really happy as far as Buffy and Willow could
tell, and they were glad. He also developed a friendship with Angel, much to
everyone's shock and amazement.

Angel himself had finally achieved what he had wanted for so long. His soul
was permanent. During Buffy and Willow's sophomore year, the Apocalypse was
almost carried out by an army Mohra demons, whose sole purpose was to end
the world. It was a long, painful battle, but together Angel, Buffy, Willow,
Giles, Xander, and Cordelia averted it. As a reward for his service, Angel's
soul was given to him permanently by the Powers That Be.

But, like Buffy, his service to the Powers wouldn't end until he was dead.
He didn't mind, though. He had carved out a nice un-life for himself. And he
finally was starting to allow himself to love again. Kate Lockley, the
detective, after finding out what he was had distanced herself from him for
awhile. But after some time, and a long talk, they became strong allies
together, and then friends. And then they started to try and move to the
next level. But they were taking things slowly.

Spike had turned out to be interesting. After the ending of the Initiative,
the implant had in his head had inactivated. Everyone expected him to go on
a murderous rampage to catch up on lost time, but it didn't happen. During
his year and a half-long inability to wreak havoc on the human population,
his demon had gotten used to, and got enjoyment out of, killing other
demons. It had also adapted to and became satisfied with non-human blood.

Oh, he still had an evil streak, he still enjoyed murdering, just not
humans. Apparently during his inactive period, he came to question the fun
of killing them. They were all the same. They ran, screamed a little, and
that was the end. There was no challenge. But with other demons, he got an
intense amount of satisfaction out of destroying them. It was a real ego
booster.

Giles also had gotten a teaching position at UC Sunnydale. Teaching Medieval
Folklore of all things. Thankfully, Buffy and Willow had managed to avoid
his class. Not because they didn't like him, but he was practically a
parent. And parents and education weren't supposed to mix. It just wasn't
done. Under any circumstances. At all. Plus, he and Buffy's mom had started
to date. And you didn't want someone who was dating your mother teaching you
either.

Even with all the changes in everyone's lifestyles though, they all managed
to get together. They were family after all. And Chanukmas stuck, became
tradition. The second annual Chankumas went pretty much like the first,
though without Anya. This year, they were going to do something special. And
they were adding a new person to the group too. Kate was going to join them.
It was going to be special. Or at least Willow hoped so. She had a lot
planned.

And the only one who wasn't in on it...was Buffy.


"I have misplaced my pants." (Homer J. Simpson)

"You know what the secret of life is?"
"Your finger?"
"One thing. Just one thing."
"That's great, but what's the one thing?"
"That's what you gotta figure out."
(Jack Palance, Billy Crystal, City Slickers)

"I heard your heartbeat." (Buffy Summers, to Angel, ANGEL)
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