Alternate Season 8

[juniorwatcher]

Here are the first few episodes of my Alternate Season 8. It is a continuation of the novel, Queen of the Slayers:

Knowledge and Reverence:
Buffy, Xander, Willow, Kennedy, and Oz head to Tokyo along with newbie slayers, Kira, Gabrielle, Shana, Aio, and Dee for a little word exploring and for recruiting and training the Slayerettes. Buffy is still getting used to all of the changes, and is still reeling over her last battle in Rome, continuing to think about the glimpse of a possible future daughter she had, also over the loss of Dawn. No, Dawn is not dead, she decided and with a little begging, to go to England with Giles, to attend school and to help Giles rearrange the Watcher’s Council and to get Sir Nigel’s head out of his ass Oz helps Xander in experimenting with spirituality, with comedic efforts. Willow and Kennedy are working on bonding, while Kennedy takes a little trip “inside” of Willow, literally. But, there is a tribal Shaman drawn to the trails of power followed by the Slayers and their magically-inclined friends.
NOTES:
• Faith and Robin with a group of Slayers headed back to Cleveland in order to stabilize and close the Hellmouth there.
• Andrew is still in Rome, now a full-fledged Watcher, watching over his own group of Slayers.

Knowledge and Reverence Pt. 2:
The Tribal Shaman, looks to consume the Slayer Essence from each and every one of the Slayers and the Slayers’ mystical echo left on Xander and Willow.

Jolly Ole:
Buffy and her friends jet to England in order to visit Dawn and see the progress, she and Giles are making with the Watcher’s Council that Buffy has never “seen eye to eye with”. They discover that Sir Nigel up and quit, and few other watchers revolted right along with him. Giles is the new Head of the Council, with Dawn as his apprentice have made sure Buffy’s wishes about the council were seen through. They also, made sure that Watchers’ and their Slayers have personal relationships instead of Teacher/Student. But, the revolting Watchers decide to teach a lesson to the people who besmirched their organization and traditions.
NOTES:
• We learn Dawn is about to attend London Metropolitan University

Antique:
Xander goes missing, the same time when a mysterious fog arrives where Buffy, Will, Kennedy, Oz, and Dawn and two of the Slayerettes are traveling (by Double Decker RV). Oz also senses the presence of a wolf with other supernatural abilities and Buffy realizes who has Xander. Buffy, Kira, and Dee break into the stronghold of the legendary vampire, Dracula, in an effort to rescue Buffy's comrade, Xander who had been placed in a trance to serve as Dracula's manservant. After a brief battle, Dracula finally reluctantly agrees to release Xander from the trance and return him to Buffy.
NOTES:
Buffy and the Scoobies are roaming around in a Double Decker Bus around England. Willow has cast a spell on it to make it seem bigger on the inside, then it does on the outside and Buffy and Dawn, Will and Kennedy, Xander and Oz, and Kira and Dee have their own shared rooms, and there are 2 bathrooms.

The Pack:
Oz is approached and rejoins his wolf-pack, the former guardians of The Golden One. They are gathering together one day in order to defeat an enemy that once posed a threat to the deceased sorcerer. Buffy and the Scoobies try to help Oz before he gets in over his head.

[commandercool]

Mystical double-decker busses are always silly good times, although it does seem a bit similar to Harry Potter.

[henzINNIT]

Sounds cool. It avoids the stretched spread of our fav characters, which I feel hinders season 8 a bit so far.

[juniorwatcher]

mikey said:

Uh, doesn't seem like you'd give Buffy much to do.

Yeah I noticed that too, I'm gonna work on that. Thanx for the critizism. Later storylines I'll right this week:

--Buffy's wish to keep Dawn all to herself instead of her going to London to go to college, comes true when she can't walk 5 feet without Dawn magnetically following her.

--Buffy heads to L.A. to check on Angel and Spike.

--Buffy and the Scoobs head to Rhode Island too see about the Hellmouth there.

That's all ive got so far, but I will make more storylines later. I'm making the season finale about how the season finale about how the Scoobies have to split up for a little while, because fo Slayers they had yet to find.

oh and don't worry, the Double Decker bus is only temporary.

[juniorwatcher]

The City of Lights:
Before heading back to the States, the Scoobies are now visiting Paris, France. A mere mural in the city of lights is drawing tourists in, literally and Buffy must put a stop to it. Xander hopes to find love in Paris, but of course the demon magnet is on the job again.
NOTES:
Oz does not appear in this episode, so Seth Green’s name is not in the opening credits.

Rewind:
As the gang travel back to the states, Buffy is experiencing the same day over and over again and nobody besides her and Willow can tell, and a familiar someone does not want the Scoobies to get back to America, so B and Will try to figure out who, why and how to stop them.

Empire:
Buffy and her friends are visiting New York City. Dawn and Xander try to figure out what’s up with Buffy’s “happy-go-lucky-chipper ness” and excessive partying. As Oz helps Kennedy with her “daddy problems”, Willow tries to figure out who tried to stop the gang from getting back to The States.
NOTES:
These next 3 episodes have the Scoobies settled in New York.

Checkout Time:
Buffy gets an unexpected visit from Angel and Spike. The scoobies try to help a pregnant woman whom they believe is carrying a Slayer inside of her and save her before a clan of vampires tries to use her baby as their holy vessel by the orders of their new leader, Drusilla.
• NOTES: David Boreanaz, James Marsters, and Juliet Landau guest star in this episode.
• This episode’s title is a pun on a line from the episode in which Buffy talks about her “Heartbreak Hotel”.

Cheap Labor:
Willow tries to help the Slayer-mama give birth, and keep from dying because the baby’s slayer strength, and Buffy and the others must take care of Dru and her new buddies.
• NOTES: Juliet Landau guest stars as Drusilla in this episode.

Tick, Tick, Tick:
As the gang arrive in Vegas, Willow believes her maternity clock is ticking, especially after helping someone give birth, and as she and Kennedy talk about their future together, she casts a spell on herself to make her seem temporarily pregnant. Buffy, Dawn, Xander, and Oz try save a casino full of people who are being drawn to it by Native Americans abusing the magicks.
• Buffy reveals to everyone her vision of her future daughter, and Dawn reveals to Buffy that she lost her virginity while in Rome.
• Willow reveals in this episode, that she can use the magicks to become really pregnant but she would prefer a “natural birth”, she hints that she would want Xander to donate sperm to her.

[commandercool]

Ugh... no offense intended, looks good overall, but I don't like it when shows make every female character pregnant at some point over the course of the show... pregnancies and marriages always end in badness. Like Xander and Anya. And Cordelia. No fun at all, that was.

[juniorwatcher]

Will's not gonna get pregnant! She's just thinking about what it would be like to be pregnant.

[commandercool]

juniorwatcher said:

Will's not gonna get pregnant! She's just thinking about what it would be like to be pregnant.

Sorry! Read through it really fast. I blame lack of sleep. Seems like an odd thing to do, but it's your imaginary season.

[juniorwatcher]

Well, Willow's an odd wicca.

[commandercool]

Word. One of my favorite lines from the entire series was when she was trying to send Olaf the troll god to the land of the trolls and said "Of course, the universes are always in motion, so trying to send him to a particular one is kind of like trying to hit a puppy with a live bee." She's delightfully insane.

[SlayerLV]

Shouldn't this be in the fan-fiction section, since that's technically what this is.

[juniorwatcher]

A Whole in the World:
Buffy and the gang arrive back at the crater that once was Sunnydale and reminisce as they help out a small town that’s having problems with shapeshifting.

Offering:
The Scooby Gang is in San Francisco and is a little freaked out by the lack of supernatural activity. Unbeknownst to the others, Willow is visited by Whistler who was sent to tell her that because of her connection the Slayers, and connection to the entire Earth, the Powers that Be are offering her a chance to join them. Meanwhile, a bunch of girls are meeting up and believe that they have become Gods, but in reality they are actually Slayers, who plan to commit suicide and become Higher Powers.

Trial by Fury:
The Scoobies learn that there is a Hellmouth in Providence, Rhode Island so Buffy and her friends fly over as soon as they can. They get there and learn that a Congress of united supernatural beings are coming there for a Centennial Meeting. They want The Slayer as their Foreman. They want Willow as the Wicca Representative, and Oz as the Werewolf Representative. Buffy re-meets an old friend – Pike who has been in Providence, taking care of the Hellmouth. Xander, Dawn and Kennedy must keep all the other vampires and demons out of the city while the Congress is in session or all hell will break loose.
• Sarah Michelle Gellar’s real life husband Freddie Prinze Jr. guest stars in this episode as Pike who was portrayed by Luke Perry in the non-canonical hated Buffy 1992 movie.

Hellmouth Patriots:
Buffy finds herself more calm and relaxed after she spends a passionate night with her old-boyfriend, Pike. Dawn’s watcher-training comes in handy when the tagging along slayerettes, Kira and Dee go after an Ogre by themselves. Willow confides in Oz about her accepting the offer to become a Power that Be.
• Special Guest Star: Freddie Prinze Jr.

Cleveland Bound:
Buffy, Willow, Xander, Dawn, Oz, Pike, and Kennedy head to Cleveland to offer help and support to Faith and Robin and their tribe of Slayers after getting word that they finally have a plan to close the supernova Hellmouth for good. They get there, and Buffy learns that Faith plans on getting Willow to tap into the essence of the Scythe once again in order to fuse the essences of all of Faith’s Slayer Squad into one in Faith’s body in order to take out all of the nasties coming out of the Hellmouth and seal it for good. Buffy isn’t too sure about it, but Faith believes that this is her destiny, and too let her have a little of the lime light. Willow reveals to Kennedy, and Xander her ascension as a Power that Be. Kennedy is despaired that Willow accepted without talking to her and didn’t tell her sooner. Xander is upset that she will be gone.
• Special Guest Star: Freddie Prinze Jr.

Essence:
Willow uses the Scythe to combine all of Faith’s slayers’ essences into her body, and with the Scythe she is able to kill all of the Turok-Han, send the roaming demons straight back into the Hell hole, and have the Hellmouth collapse upon itself and completely obliterated (unlike Sunnydale, Cleveland is still in tact). Buffy isn’t so good at the waiting behind as Faith does her thing as she and the others handle the minor demons that might escape the wrath of the once psychotic Slayer.
• Special Guest Star: Freddie Prinze Jr.

Ascension
Willow finally tells Buffy about her ascension as a Power, and reveals that Eternity up there might not be that long in our dimension. Kennedy takes her anger out on several demons that is until one of them gets the best of her and takes her to an underground to eat her. Dawn discovers that there are more Slayers than they originally thought out there and that there aren’t enough Watchers and the Scoobies might have to split up. Buffy will have to go to Seville, Spain with a volunteering Pike who agrees to go with her and be her new “watcher”. Dawn heads back to London to attend university in the fall. Xander heads to Greece to watch girls yet to be found there. Kennedy decides to go to Auckland, New Zealand, after having a not-so emotional good-bye with Willow, as she leaves without even actually saying good-bye. Oz heads to Olympia, Washington. Faith and Robin decide to head to Roswell, New Mexico because there’s a heap of demonic activity there. The Scoobies meet up one final time before heading there separate ways in the park as Willow is illuminated by a brilliant light and is lifted into the sky (much like Cordelia was in Angel Season 3)

[commandercool]

Can't say a repeat of the Cordelia godhood thing sounds like fun to me. That was a whole heaping load of confusion and unpleasantness. It wouldn't surprise me at all if Willow ended up in a similar situation in canonical Buffy, though.
I always did wonder what happened to Whistler. It really surprised me that he only appeared the one time.

[juniorwatcher]

But unlike with Cordy, Whistler is legit, and instead of just "becoming a higher power" whatever the hell that means, Willow is joining the Powers That Be