BtVS: Alternate Lives

Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Summers' Home
When: Christmas Eve, Early Evening

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Casa Van Warren
When: Oct. 10th, Just after this scene

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Van Warren Estate
When: Oct. 4th, Early Evening

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Eden
When: Monday Night, 8/9

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Who: Kevin and Buffy
Where: Eden
When: Saturday, June 5th, Evening

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Who: Kevin and Jayden
When: Monday, May 16, Evening
Where: Eden

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Who: Kevin, Ash, and Lucy
Where: Van Warren Basement Recording Studio
When: Saturday, 5/8

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Van Warren Estate
When: Saturday, April 24th, after Buffy's Fight with Zee

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Who: Neely and Rachelle (OT anyone with a plausible reason to be there)
Where: Fenway Park
When: Sunday, April 18th

No one ever expected Bennett Neely Bale to ever get married, least of all Bennett herself. She was an ever evolving creature, it seemed, and just full of surprises. While she privately joked with Rachelle that she'd dress like a pimp for their wedding, she recognised that it was an important day and one that only happened once in a lifetime (hopefully!).

So, she wore a dress that made her look like she'd just walked out of a Jane Austen novel, pure and virginal (which was a laugh to anyone who knew her), and had her long blonde hair back in a bun, with a few errant curls framing her beautiful face. The only thing that was very distinctly her was well hidden under her dress, which was a pair of black Doc's, because while this was the most important day in her life? She also wanted to be comfortable, damn it.

She took in a breath as she waited on the pitcher's mound and let it out slowly, feeling for the first time in months – utterly calm.

Who: Lucy and Kevin
Where: Van Warren Home
When: Wednesday, 3/10

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Who: Kevin, OT Lexi (and later Chloe, Lucy, and Rachelle)
Where: Chloe's Sugar Shack
When: Monday evening


To most of the world, it was as if Lucy Van Warren had never gone anywhere. Business as usual. But to a few select 'normals', the memories of what had happened to her remained, despite her being back. After realizing WHO still had the memories, Kevin had started to realize why this was happening... and he needed to talk to one of his oldest friends... one of the other people he knew still had their memories.

So while he wanted all parties involved in his band to meet here... he knew that it was important for he and Lexi to talk first. Alone.

Grabbing a big table in the back of the cafe, Kevin took a sip of his water (seriously, was he the only Van Warren who WASNT addicted to caffeine?), and waited for Lexi to arrive.

Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Van Warren House
When: Saturday, Feb. 13

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Who: Chloe, OT all who would attend Lucy's funeral
Where: Los Angeles Memorial Cemetary
When: Thursday, Feb. 11th


This was the single worst day of Chloe Van Warren's life. The day she'd only imagined coming in her worst of nightmares. Chloe had seen people close to her die before: Ami was a classic example. And Bella was missing, and who knew if the blonde would ever see HER again... but this? Was unlike anything else. 

This was her baby sister. Her best friend in the entire world. The person who loved her and understood her more than anyone in the universe.

The affair itself was typical Van Warren: huge, ritzy, glamorous... basically, a spectacle befitting of her family's reputation. Chloe stood in front of the heartbreakingly small gold casket, almost unable to look at it. She had to hold it together, for her parents (who sat in the front row, frustratingly calm), and for all the people who loved and adored Lucy. If anyone was going to be the first to say something about this beautiful, amazing girl.... Chloe had the right to be first.

"H-Hello, everyone. I... I stink at this stuff... this... talking in front of people. But Lucy deserves the best of everything. And if we... have to say goodbye to her, we're gonna do it in the best way possible. Lucy always told me that I was her hero. That she looked up to me, wanted to be just like me."

The blonde turned around, choking back a sob as she dragged her fingertips along the casket, lingering there for a moment.

"You were wrong, kiddo... YOU were MY hero. I love you so much, Lucy... my life will NEVER be the same without you. And I swear on all you and I believed in... I will never, EVER forget you. Your life, your... your energy, the vibrance with which you lived your life... will endure in so many ways. I'm going to make sure that people never forget your name, your beautiful face, your boundless energy. You weren't just my sister, Luce... you were my best friend. The best friend anyone could ever be lucky enough to have. I miss you so much already... just like everyone sitting here today does. The world... is a lesser place for losing you. One day... I just hope... I just hope I'm lucky enough to see you again. Because I know right now... heaven has itself one more angel."

Chloe sniffled there, hurrying back to her seat, unable to take anymore.

Besides... other people needed to say their goodbyes, whether privately or into the microphone.

Who: Ash
When: Immediately following Lucy's death, and the days afterward.
What: This is a mishmash of sorts. Ash discovering Lucy's body, and a few small ripples felt through the community

Ash had gone to the Van Warren house, expecting to pick up Lucy for an evening at Avarice. The minute he got there... he felt it. A horrible, nauseating tremor in the aura he always felt near her. Something was painfully, horribly wrong. He ran into the house... and his eyes fell upon Kevin, on the floor... sobbing and tied to what Ash quickly realized was the horribly maimed body of the young woman he loved...

His light.

His Lucy.

Gone.

One would expect Ash to snap. Go thermonuclear. What was scarier, if you truly knew Ash... was the utter CALM he showed in this instance. He quickly untied the two, and his eyes went jet black, as he channelled his darkest magic, his most luminous powers of illusion.

First... he placed a hand upon the forehead of the inconsolable Kevin.

"When you wake... you will unfortunately remember what happened... but you will not remember seeing her like THIS. You will remember seeing her only as she deserves to be remembered. I'm taking this image from your mind. Consider this... the final act of mercy I ever grant another living being."

Kevin trembled for a moment, before falling limp. Ash then crumbled a bit, holding Lucy in his arms, his hands grasping what was left of her face... his magic reshaping her, restoring her former appearance. He couldn't bring her back, he knew that. But he could spare her this one indignity.

"My love... my only light..." he muttered, not entirely sure if he was talking more to her or to himself. "I couldn't protect you... the least I can do is make sure you remain as beautiful in death as you were in life."

Of course... when he took that memory from Kevin... he also took the mental image of WHO did this. And he filed it away... just for a while. He calmly took the phone, his voice barely holding it together as he called the police, informing them there had been a murder... that he'd walked in and found this scene.

He stuck around... answering the few questions he could, since Kevin was still too... catatonic to be much help. When he was finally let go, Ash felt his eyes go black again.

He was finished. Finished being nice. Being... normal. Michele wanted to see what true darkness was?

Bitch was going to find out. She was going to suffer as no being before her had EVER suffered.

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The two days following the discovery were hard. On everyone. The newspapers couldn't get enough of the story: "Young Heiress Murdered, No Suspects In Custody"... a rich, beautiful, well-liked girl dead? It was like vultures to carrion.

The students at Reagan High planned a candlelight vigil, and walked through the halls not unlike shocked zombies, unable to comprehend one of the most popular girls in school being suddenly taken from them.

Kevin Van Warren holed himself in the huge Van Warren home, barely able to blink, much less make conversation with anyone.

Rachelle Martin, a longtime family friend, sat in her home and merely sobbed. Uncontrollably. For hours.

And as for Ash? He was frighteningly quiet. He left a note in the door of the homes of Buffy Summers and Rupert Giles, each with the same message: "I'm done. No more playing games. No more 'watching'. This is the end of the line." And then... he began to plan his revenge. He was about... to reinvent pain and suffering.

Who: Lucy, Kevin, and Michele
Where: The Van Warren Backyard
When: Monday Night, Feb 8th
Warning: Rated R for character death

( This is the end...my only friend, the end. )

Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Eden
When: Monday Night, Feb 1st

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: The Van Warren Basement
When: Wednesday, Dec. 23

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Eden
When: Saturday Night, Nov. 28

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Who: Lena and Kevin
Where: Eden
When: Friday Evening, Nov. 27

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Who: Buffy and Kevin
Where: Van Warren Basement
When: Tuesday, Nov. 24

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