FIC: The Two - A quick summary of parts 1-12

[Andrew Stoffel <see2go4me@xxxxxxxxx>]

TITLE: The Two (summary of parts 1-12)
AUTHOR: -Andy- (see2go4me@xxxxxxxxx)
RATING: R (For future violence and adult situations)
STATUS: A WiP.
DISCLAIMER: This is a derivative work. All characters belong to Joss  
Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Fox Television, and others. I don't own any of  
this, just the words and plot gluing my story together.
SPOILERS: All seasons of BtVS. Let's pretend Season 5 of Angel didn't  
happen (Not that it matters).

AUTHOR'S NOTES:
[1] Reminder - I write some fics slowly. Especially this one. Part 12  
was posted here  approximately 18 months ago (Yes, it's been a LONG  
time). Hence  this summary per list rules that no-one probably  
remembers. (The entire story is too long to repost) Part 13  should  
be posted within 24 hours of this summary. This summary isn't a good  
substitute for reading the whole thing. Especially since I've revised  
it several times since it was originally posted here. This summary  
itself is based on one I posted between parts 9 and 10.

[2] Feedback is always welcome/desired. Especially the kind that  
helps me write better.

[3] The 12 parts summarized below can be found in the archives for  
this list, on Ikoly:

        http://www.ikoly.com/fanfic/story.php?no=370

and my blog (along with the occasional spoilers for future parts and  
other assorted fic items). And even on "Twisting the Hellmouth" along  
with 20+ other fics (mostly crossovers) I've written since I started  
this one.

[4] This summary is based on a more in-depth outline (including time/ 
day info) of parts 1-12 that can be found on my blog.

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The Two - A Quick Summary of Parts 1 thru 12

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When it starts: Two years after the BtVS Season 7 episode "Chosen"

Parts 1-6

Buffy suddenly wakes up in an alternate universe's version of  
Sunnydale. She runs into the current slayer who looks like her sister  
Dawn. They almost talk. Buffy kills some vampires who wanted Dawn for  
some unknown reason.

Not having any idea how she got there, Buffy decides discretion is  
the better part of valor and does her best to quickly fit into the  
Sunnydale landscape by finding a place to stay until she can find an  
apartment, getting papers (ID, etc from a forger in LA), and basic  
transportation.

The AU Dawn talks with her watcher-equivalent (A Wiccan by the name  
of Willow Rosenberg) about this Buffy person she'd met.

The two slayers meet again the next night. Dawn doesn't know who  
Buffy is or that she's a slayer and Buffy doesn't tell her. Dawn  
tells her who her Wiccan guide is. Secretly following Dawn home,  
Buffy stakes several vampires following her.

Buffy follows Dawn to school and then hunts for an apartment. She  
drops in on Willow at the school after lunch and invites her out for  
coffee after school

Buffy goes clothes shopping before meeting Willow and her friend  
Tara. Some secrets are revealed when Tara reads Buffy's aura/mind and  
Willow tells Buffy a little about the AU's slayers. But they don't  
figure out Buffy is a slayer and she doesn't tell them. Buffy warns  
them an apocalypse is coming.

Buffy gets a tour of the coven's house and later discovers the local  
blues bar. The next day she goes job hunting and finds one at the  
bookshop she now lives above.

Parts 7-12

Several weeks into her stay in Sunnydale Buffy has settled into a  
routine. Training and research into her wrong universe problem in the  
morning, working at the bookshop in the afternoon/early evening, and  
hanging out at her favorite bar for several hours during the evening.  
She makes friends with the bar owner.

Dawn gets annoyed at Buffy and Willow finds out she works at the  
bookshop. They meet again at the bar and Willow shares some info on  
the AU's slayers and the covens.

Dawn gets the day off from school and drops in on Buffy training at  
the Coven house and Buffy offers to spar with Dawn if Willow  
approves. Willow agrees to check out Buffy as a potential training  
partner for Dawn.

Suspicious because they've been spending evenings for the past week  
together at the bar, Dawn, thinking something is going on between  
Buffy and Willow, confronts them. They both deny it.

Willow suggests a field trip to LA to give Buffy a chance to show off  
her fighting skills. They go to LA, Buffy fights some demons, they go  
to a demon karaoke bar. A demon (who seems to know them - Fans of  
"Angel - The Series" might recognize him) makes several cryptic  
comments and they head back to Sunnydale - getting back early in the  
morning.

The next morning Willow thinks deep thoughts about the trip to LA and  
about the confusing/complex person she is starting to see Buffy as.  
She spends the next few days unsuccessfully trying to find out who  
Buffy is. She does the computer thing and she has Tara do the magic  
thing and they come up empty. She also has no luck figuring out what  
the demon meant when he called Buffy "Chosen" (It isn't a term she's  
familiar with)

While Willow is becoming frustrated by her lack of results, Madeline  
gives Buffy several books and cryptic advice.

The following morning - a Saturday - Buffy helps Tony out at the  
annual Chamber of Commerce fair. Willow and Dawn run into her there  
and there's a lot of non-communication subtext going on.

Early Sunday morning, Dawn is out patrolling and something happens to  
her and Buffy rescues her and takes her home. Dawn's sister, Beth,  
isn't amused and calls Willow while Buffy runs away (She has issues).  
Willow helps out with Dawn. Buffy tells her, when she gets home, what  
really happened to Dawn. She also tells Willow more of her past  
without giving a lot away.

We now find out Beth isn't as clueless about Dawn's activities as  
Willow and Dawn thought. She confronts them that evening after Dawn  
has recovered from her early morning adventure. We get a little bit  
of family history along the way. Willow gets a few clues about Buffy  
in the process.

While Beth is grilling Willow and Dawn, Buffy goes for a walk and is  
drawn to a strange building on the edge of Sunnydale. She explores  
it, finding nothing much other than something dark and mystical in  
the basement. She suspects something is going to happen that won't  
lead to hugs and puppies.

When she asks her later, Willow has no idea about the building and  
promises to research it. A little bit of subtext, a visit to Willow's  
apartment.

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All of which takes us to - Part XIII - "The Apocalypse Blues"

In which the wind up to the apocalypse commences.

Which starts several mornings after Part XII, during Buffy's 5th
week in the AU Sunnydale. [Day 31 - (Wednesday) thru  Day 34 -
(Saturday)]

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Willow: "It's a good fight, Buffy, and I want in."
Buffy:  "I kinda love you."
                     'Choices'

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