The Two - Chapter 3 - Background and Spoilers

An Apocalypse in 6 Parts

Not your everyday apocalypse

Q & A

Who: Who is the Big Bad?
Answer: He/She isn't your run of the mill villain

Goal of the BB:Power, of course.
A1: Wants to gain control of the local Hellmouth and use the power of it to do something (What? And does it matter? Not Really)

Q1:What is so important about this apocalypse? Why do they need Buffy's help? (Is it really an apocalypse?)
A1: Because the BB has some kind of magic that protects him/her from the power of the Coven and their Slayers. But this doesn't work on Buffy because a. She isn't from around here. or b. Because she was dead once. c. Or?

Q2:Does Buffy survive this apocalypse?
A2:More or less. She ends up in a coma afterward for X days/months (The ramifications of that will be dealt with in Chapter 4)

Q3:Does anyone die?
A3:Not unless you include the BB and it's minions in the anyone. Assorted characters will get hurt. This isn't a happy-fluffy-bunny kind of apocalypse. But no good-guy deaths.

Q4: Does that book Buffy got from Madeline help at all?
A4: Nope. It's an after-apocalypse/after dinner mint kind of prop. Look for it to be useful in Chapter 4 - and Willow is gonna need some help from elsewhere to translate it..

Q5:Will Willow discover Buffy is a Slayer
A5:Maybe. She'll become suspicious, but she won't confront Buffy about it during the Apocalypse.

Q6:And the whole Buffy dimension hopping?
A6:THat is an issue for the end of the story - some time after part 18.

Q7:How long will this part of the story take?
A7:To write? - Several months (years?). In Sunnydale time? less than a month.