Oh, I am very happy you decided to continue this! This is a great series, and I am looking forward to see how you handle the Master, Buffy's love life, and if and how Harry and Hermione meet up with the gang.

Glad you're enjoying the story, and I think you'll be surprised at how things will be developing. ;-)

Good to see this continuing.

The obvious problem, that Buffy has just created, is that Xander now knows Willow is in love with him and that Buffy rejected him in the original time line. So there is a good chance he will start dating Willow. All of which spoils Buffy's plan to date him, and trying to take him away from Willow would destroy their friendship before to could begin.

Hiding from the Watchers Council also creates problems, the most obvious being the loss of Giles. However, I also have suspicions that they were involved with the move to Sunnydale; after all what is the likelihood of Buffy moving to the hellmouth by accident?

Catherine Madison is certainly an issue that needs to be dealt with early. A surprise Obliviate might work, but locating and destroying her spell book is also important, and it might be best to do that first.

The interpersonal problems regarding the Scoobies potential love lives will be addressed very soon, and I think that you'll agree with the way things work out.

And the Council's involvement/interference in the Scoobies' lives will be addressed in the quickly upcoming future.

Good to see more of this.

Thanks The wait for the next chapter won't be nearly so long.

This update is a nice surprise in a boring day. I love this series, and watching Buffy and Co take charge of their lives is wonderful.

I wonder if it would be possible to recruit Giles? He's on the Council's shit list right now. He might be open to a job offer. Getting to England would be a problem, but if he refuses Buffy, a quick Obliviate and a few bottles of wine would be an adequate cover.

Faith could use a rescue. Just thought I'd mention that. I don't remember when her Watcher recruited (is that the right term?) her, but Faith has all the classic "abused and sexually abused child" signs.

So many possibilities!

Thanks for reviewing and letting me know you enjoyed the chapter.

Buffy has some tentative plans about what to do next, and the new Scooby Gang 2.0 will be finalizing their plans and implementing some of them starting in the next chapter. ;-)

I never expected that this will continue I ma glad that I was wrong this was excellent chapter.

Cheers ND

I never intended to let things go so long without an update, but that is not going to happen again.

Glad you enjoyed the story, and thanks for reviewing and letting me know you enjoyed it.

Good to see more of this story. I'm glad that Buffy is going for full disclosure with Xander and Willow, because that can avoid all kinds of badness in the future.

Looking forward to more of whatever your muse sends you

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Glad you're enjoying the story, buddy.

Buffy's got some very tentative plans already made regarding what to do next, which were dependent on whether Willow and Xander would be agreeable to joining her. Now that that question has been resolved, things are going to be finalized and start being implemented.

I think you're going to find things to be quite - interesting. ;-)

That's a very interesting and intriguing take on teh "do it over again" plot. I hope you'll continue it.

Oh, it's definitely being continued. I just have to finish the next chapter.

Can't wait to see the next chapter!!!

Thanks. I appreciate your reviewing.

I'll have to see what my muse thinks about updating this one.

Love this story and how everyone feels in character despite the alternate story line :)

Thanks. Trying to get another chapter worked on, as time and my muse allow.

I think that went pretty well. No-one ran away screaming and Jesse didn't die yet either :) Having Vampires on hand for show and tell is really handy too! Only in Sunnydale :)
I think Buffy could even expand the scooby gang by a couple of members if she can convince Amy that she wasn't seeing things earlier. It should be easier than convincing Amy that her mother needs to be done away with for her own safety!
I like that you had Buffy take the hard but honest route of telling her friends why she was really there so soon after meeting them. It really shows that she respects them and doesn't want to lie to them at all. It just might take them a while to forgive her for upsetting their worldview so radically :(

This Buffy saw the entirety of her alternate self's life and was revolted by the hypocrisy that Buffy exhibited by your mass Calling of all the Potential Slayers, after complaining incessantly for years about how being Called destroyed her life.

Therefore, she was determined to be as honest with herself and her friends about what the reality they're living in was like.

And why would they be mad at her for showing them possible alternatives to dying young and painfully?

I've loved the entire Justis series and while a short read, it's worth it.
Honestly I feel that all the story's could be fleshed out as it seems like contents was removed. I love reading hp/hg romances and wish the author would do a re-write to add all the stuff that was alluded to in the story.
Good plot, nice action, and the ruthlessness is top-notch!

Glad you're enjoying the series.

My muses' attention has apparently been piqued, so I'm hoping to post more of this soon.

It's nice to see you continue this series.

Thanks. I think the muse is interested in this again, so I'm hoping more will be forthcoming. ;-)

Well, that's quite the introduction. I rather imagine that there's going to be some interesting story-sharing going on before too long.

You can bet on that.

And some interesting reactions when Willow and Xander learn what their alternate selves did. ;-)

So nice to see an update! :-) I must admit that it surprised me that you had Buffy come out with the truth so early - I was expecting that she'd maneuver them into a situation where it would come out naturally.

glad you enjoyed the chapter.

*This* Buffy could see how her previous self had been manipulated and maneuvered by forces she couldn't control, so this version of her isn't going to be a hypocrite and try to do the same thing to people she's hoping will be as close to her in this universe as they were in the previous one.

Definitely one of my favorite series of stories by you, now that Buffy is well on her way of restarting the Scoobies, I can't wait to see what happens when Harry and Hermione get there as well. Keep up the awesome work!

Everyone involved is going to be turning out differently than they did in canon, I can promise you that. ;-)

And I doubt that you'll be able to imagine what'll happen when the two groups do finally met up. ;-)