The Compleat NGH 1
(Never Gonna Happen) Sunnydale Confidential
BTVS
PG-13
Time-Setting: Just after S6 to just before S7
Premise: Certain stories may be cool, but using them either
creates an AU that must be filled in, or forces you to defend the contradictions.
DC Comics used to have imaginary stories, in which anything could happen. So
it is with NGH.
Summary: For those new to this series, it is an AU that takes
more than a few liberties with established continuity, while using that
same continuity to good advantage. In short, a revelation straight out of a
bad novel is just the beginning of a long shattering month for The Scoobies.
The lives of Buffy, Xander and Dawn will never be the same.
Note: Once some S7 is built up, I'll pick up this series
again. :)
Counternuity
BTVS
Series: S2 vs. S6, ties to the NGH AU
Rating: PG13, for bitter feelings
Summary: Ted the android made a certain threat to Buffy that,
in light of her revelation four or so years later, should have sparked a firestorm,
not just a fistfight. We all know why it didn't, TV-wise. But in fic-land, some
things need to be explored.
NGH: A Partial
Timeline
BTVS
Ver. 1.0
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): The Alternate Track
Series: An NGH story set before the post-S6 revelation that
begins this AU
Type: Songfic, set during the events of 'Once More With Feeling'
Characters: Buffy, Xander and Sweet
Rating: PG
Summary: Sweet, the musical demon just found something out...
NGH: Being
A Patient Man
BTVS Post S6
PG13
The Harrises
Summary: Mr. and Mrs. Harris get the last servant they will
ever need....
NGH: Broken Arrow
BTVS
PG13
Early S3
Joyce vs. The Harrises
Summary: The events of late S2 and S3 in the NGH Universe
have Joyce on edge. But will vengeance in Sunnydale work out any better for
the Slayer's Mom?
An NGH Christmas
Series: BTVS, The 'Never Gonna Happen' Alternate Universe
Type: A Pre-S1 speculative piece
Characters: B+X
Rating: PG
Summary: Before everything, the distance between them is
bridged.
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): Coming Around Again
PG13
BTVS
Summary: Willow knew there were risks to entering the mind
of the catatonic Buffy. But she never dreamed that one of those risks would
be her own broken heart.
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): Faith's Answer
BTVS
S4 Short
PG15
Summary: While in Buffy's body, Faith debates whether or
not to revisit some familiar territory. One problem--she has no clue just how
literally familiar this territory really is.
NGH: First Contact
BTVS (Alt. S1)
PG
Summary: Strangers when they met, and a history already almost
two decades old begins to flare up.
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): Holiday Road
Series: BTVS, NGH, an AU that begins shortly after Season
6
Characters: Standard crew Plus
Pairings: Sort-of
Summary: The summer nearly over, the Scoobies have tried
to deal with a wave of life-altering revelations. Xander learned that the now-deceased
Harrises had stolen him as an infant--from Joyce and Hank Summers, and his fraternal
twin, The Slayer herself. Dawn learned in turn that her life was spawned from
the DNA of the twins, making her siblings her true parents. Giles remembered
marrying Joyce on the night the adults were drugged by Ethan. Hank returned,
attempting to make things up to the daughter he left, the son he couldn't bear
being near under the circumstances- and the girl he couldn't recognize, named
Dawn. Trapped by a vengeful Anya, Hank has married her to his joy--and to her
chagrin as Hallifrek informed her of tragic consequences for her choice.Thinking
that everyone in Sunnydale's gone insane, Spike has headed for Toronto's world
of--Forever Knight. In England, Giles must force Willow to deal with the consequences
of not merely her rampage, but of keeping knowledge of Buffy and Xander's secret
from them. On top of all this-Joyce has returned from the dead--only she wasn't
dead.
NGH: LA Calling
BTVS
Summary: Newly freed, Angel calls Sunnydale and gets one
or two dozen surprises....
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): Mommy's Back
Series: The Post-S6 AU, Never Gonna Happen
Type: Extrapolation
Time-Setting: Towards the end of NGH:Holiday Road, in Disneyworld
Characters: Joyce, Buffy, Xander and Dawn
Rating: PG13
Summary: Joyce was revealed to have been alive and well at
the end of NGH:Sunnydale Confidential. But while she was never dead, she was
away, and things changed in her absence. Now, in a place called the Magic Kingdom,
an imperfect mother, flawed as are we all, tries to figure out if her family
still needs her, and where she fits.
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): Mother and Son
PG
BTVS Post S6 AU
Xander, Joyce
Summary: Sometimes, the littlest things can open the oldest
wounds...
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): She/Remove
Series: NGH, a mainly Post-S6 AU with ramifications throughout
the series
Type: Tension dealing with the immediate aftermath of Dark
Willow
Characters: B, X, D, W, G, A
Rating: PG
Note: This is entirely separate from 'Playback's A Witch',
and occurs mere minutes after Xander talked Willow down.
Summary: The threat has passed. But Buffy now fights a horrific
battle within herself. The Slayer's blood in her demands something be done.
NGH: Summer
to Winter
BTVS
PG
Summary: Buffy forgets one of the new rules about dealing
with Xander in this AU
NGH (Never Gonna
Happen): Who Are You?
Series: BTVS, The Post S6 ( + and - ) AU, Never Gonna Happen
Type: An AU, revelation-heavy, kicking in after 'Grave',
but with
ramifications for the entire run of BTVS
Spoilers: For all of S7, at any given point
Characters: BTVS S7 cast, their dark alternates
Rating: PG13, for mild adult situations and language
Note: We've hit that point in any series I always dread.
Its not impossible to get by without reading NGH:Sunnydale Confidential and
NGH:Holiday Road. But it is highly recommended before proceeding.
Summary: The turnaround has only begun in this NGH Sunnydale...
