'Fascinating concept. I can see Xander drifting away from Pitch as he grew older, but coming back to him after finding out about demons'

When I read this review I had to remark that Xander's never break there PROMISE ... As a character xander can be conniving and jealous and stubborn but mostly he's Loyal and strong and once your his friend ... Your HIS Friend for life . Eg evil willow wanting to destroy the world ... Xander still loves her

That is very true as well. I won't 'yay' or 'nay' anyone's suggestions. I asked for people's opinions on where to go and am more than happy to recieve them.

Whether I follow any of them remains to be seen.

So need more o this AWESOMENESS !!!!

Why thank you for the supportive review

Fascinating concept. I can see Xander drifting away from Pitch as he grew older, but coming back to him after finding out about demons.

Hmm, interesting idea. I'll give it some serious consideration.

So, yes. I think Xander will have to agree to disagree with Willow. Maybe he just doesn't bring up stuff that she doesn't get... and this is his first lesson in that. I can see him thinking of the song "Grandma got run over by a raindeer" in a whole different way. 'As for me and grandpa we believe.'

EDIT: Well meta-textually, Xander keeping some of his opinions to himself has been done without ruining the friendship that we see. I see teen Xander as someone who can compartmentalize, but 5 year olds don't.

Yeah, Xander and Willow aren't going to be inseparable best friends in this verse. They'll stay close friends but nothing as close in canon as they were.

And, I'm looking forward to your reaction to the next chapter. I hope I do it justice.

anyways, thank you again for reviewing. it means a lot.

REPLY: True, very true. I just meant the two incidences shown in this chapter are a sort of prelude to the bumpier friendship Xander and Willow will have. I think in canon Willow and Xander were all each other had from the beginning since Willow's parents were distant intellectuals and Xander's were very dysfunctional/neglectful/abusive. With Xander having Pitch, bad influence or not, he's emotionally healthier for it and not as dependant on Willow for emotional connections.

If Xander promises to believe in something then he keeps his promise and he does it with a vengeance!

lol, that he does.

A well written emotional Xander.

You say the nicest things.

I'm enjoying this story a great deal.

Please continue, as I can see this can help develop Xander into a truly special person, who could end up being the bane of demons. After all, how frightening are demons, when compared to your own personal nightmares?

hah, very true. Xander's going to be... interesting once he's done growing up with Pitch.

Anyways, I'm happy to hear you're enjoying the story and thank you for the review.

A well written development in the relationship.

Awww, shucks. I consider that high praise, thank you.

Wonderful. You've given Xander a relatively nice anchor/parental and you've given Pitch a reason to live, to survive and hopefully an eventual reminder as to why he became the boogyman in the first place. :D

Yeah, that about sums up my plans for these two. Thank you for the review.

D'aw

XD lol, yes. Happy Valentine's Day and thanks for the review!

This is sweet and it fits with Xander who was established as a family of choice type character.

I think both are. In the books and movie Pitch has a tendency to go on about family (by threating to turn children into Fearling princes/princesses in the books but still counts).

Delightful. I guess it is like riding a roller coaster. You're scared, but you know that the safety is that it is a contract... a dream. So you get used to being scared and it becomes like an adrenline rush.

Some rotg fans and I got to talking about nightmares one day and I realized that I was a ballsy little punk during my nightmares (well, the ones I can remember). So Xander's nightmares are scary but afterwards he thinks they were kind of cool. After a while Xander does become an adrenaline junky for nightmares. A rollar coaster is a good comparison.

Only Xander would enjoy a nightmare! lol Good cahpter! :D

Thank you! Chapter 3's up!

...Or should be.

*snicker* a frustrated Pitch and a happy Xander, ah what dreams are made of!

lol. This story all started from this scene my brain thought up that will happen in age six. I'm hoping that chapter gets well-recieved. Until then, onwards to age five and Willow.

Wow. That's a great concept! More?

Thank you! Annnd Murphy-willing, by thursday.