Very nice, but Buffy forgot to mention that resurrection spells only work if the death was directly caused by magic.

Interestingly enough, the Killing Curse from Harry Potter probably counts.

This story manages to be both a coming of age story, and a BTVS and Castle tribute at the same time. This story kept me engrossed, so much that I lost sleep and work while reading it.

Very, very exciting piece!! I couldn't put it down!!!

Scary power levels going on there on both Slayer and witch sides. I hope Buffy has good luck with Mr Wellington, I don't think he will react as well as Mr Castle has been so far :)

I think Buffy should have punched the cop and got herself arrested along with Alexis :)

I've never even heard of, much less seen 'Castle' but it mixes with the Buffy universe so well, at least the way you mix them. This is just s great story, interesting and thought provoking. I think I like 'Stingers' better but that's so fantastic not many stories will ever surpass it. It was interesting how you went into detail about how the police dealt with Alexis being taken into police custody, all the booking etc. I think I didn't read this earlier was because I never heard of 'Castles,' but I'm glad I found it. Found it about 4am this morning and I know that unless something big comes up in real life I'll keep reading till I finish all three parts.
Thanks for writing this and sharing it.

Oh and Michelle being a witch and Alexis a slayer ... mirroring what may happen when Buffy and Willow get together, this has got me interested Big Time.

Yes! I'm so glad this isn't the end.

Really nice fic here, just found it and had to read it. Oh, and I really liked how a lot of it's from Alexis's POV, and all the diffrent POV's in this as well. Well, thanks for writing this, bye for now.

haven't gone looking thru the reviews yet but?

reason Willow can't "see" NYC? Cause Lily is there *GDR*

WOW!!

off to read part 2

Castle can just tell anyone who asks about the poker that it's a Sherlock Holmes homage: I think it was in "Hound of the Baskervilles," someone (I forget who) comes to Baker Street to to warn Holmes off the case, and to demonstrate his strength, bends his fireplace poker. After he's left, Holmes calmly straightens it out again, leaving it still slightly crooked (since it's pretty much impossible to really straighten a hunk of steel, by hand, after it's been bent that way.)

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On further review, it was "The Adventure of the Speckled Band."

Interesting story so far. Writing in the first person but switching between characters is an interesting choice. Done poorly, it can be a bit jarring to the reader, but so far this has been well handled (although there are a couple of spots where you've slipped into third person in the middle of a sentence or paragraph). I was a little surprised that you chose to go into so much detail about Alexis's experience of being booked, processed, and arrainged, but you kept it just to the good side of interesting without quite becoming unnecessarily detailed.

BTW, I've noticed several times you used the word "gnaw" as a negative response. "Gnaw" means to bite on persistently -- as in the dog gnawed on a bone. "Naw" is the alternate spelling for "no" that you probably meant to use.

Great and yummy.

fascinating tale. very good read, thank you.

The plot is very interesting but the porn is a bit thick.

I have to say I rather enjoyed this, and would like to see where it goes. Please do continue.