Summary: It's been year since Sunnydale disappeared in the Hellmouth and the Scooby Gang is enjoying the calm and quiet of their new headquarters in England. Bucolic bliss is upset when Buffy, Xander, Dawn, Giles and several Coven members start seeing things that can’t be – but Willow is sure her visions of Tara are anything but hallucinations.

In a fantastic journey that starts with a demon and ends with the impossible, the Scooby gang finds once again that death isn't always permanent and love doesn't end when life does.
Rated: 1 - Conservative
Categories: The Conservatory > Stories > Buffy the Vampire Slayer & Angel the Series
Characters: None
Classifications: Content Notes: None
Contest Entry: None
Genres: None
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Chapters: 39
Completed: Yes
Word count: 97214
Read: 106342
Published:Apr 10, 2008
Updated: Jan 20, 2009

1. Prologue by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 2] (108 words)

2. Chapter 1 - New Beginnings by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1863 words)

Buffy seeks out Willow to find out what's going on

3. Chapter 2 - Xander's Dilemma by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1654 words)

Xander & Dawn have a conversation

4. Chapter 3 - Taramares by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2475 words)

Willow nightmares about Tara

5. Chapter 4 - Angel's Encounter by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2988 words)

Angel gives aid and receives help from an unlikely source

6. Chapter 5 - Willowdreams by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2078 words)

Angel and Tara talk

7. Chapter 6 - Willow's Bogeymen by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2076 words)

Willow talks to Buffy and Xander before finally having "that" conversation with Kennedy.

8. Chapter 7 - Miss Kitty & Ethel by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1652 words)

A day for Angel and Tara - Miss Kitty behaves strangely.

9. Chapter 8 - More Weirdness by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2576 words)

The search for answers begins

10. Chapter 9 - Buffy Thoughts by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1751 words)

Buffy considers Willow's Taramares and has a conversation with Faith.

11. Chapter 10 - Dawn's Theory by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1411 words)

Dawn has a thought about Willow's Taramares

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12. Chapter 11 - Willow & The Coven by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (845 words)

Willow talks to a friend at the coven about her Taramares
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13. Chapter 12 - Goodbye by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1018 words)

Willow and Kennedy part ways
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14. Chapter 13 - Faith & Kennedy by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (700 words)

Kennedy says goodbye to Willow and has a conversation with Faith

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15. Chapter 14 - Comfort by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 1] (1253 words)

Xander considers his options, comforts Willow

16. Chapter 15 - Comparing Notes by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1348 words)

Following up on Dawn's Theory
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17. Chapter 16 - More With The Research by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1015 words)

The Scooby Gang start researching portals and how to open them
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18. Chapter 17 - Prayers & Visions by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1534 words)

Hopes raised, hopes dashed - all is never as it seems
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19. Chapter 18 - Contact by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1407 words)

Tara and Angel talk about Tara's vision of Willow
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20. Chapter 19 - And Yet More With The Research by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1584 words)

The Scooby gang researches yet more possibilities

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21. Chapter 20 - Sleepless Nights by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (4014 words)

Conversations and thoughts before sleep
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22. Chapter 21 - Interlude & Second Contact by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2278 words)

Willow & Tara "talk"
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23. Chapter 22 - The Coven Calls by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2764 words)

Research is interrupted by an urgent call from the coven
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24. Chapter 23 - Of Demons, Dimensions & Alternate Realities by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2298 words)

Information leads Willow to believe Tara may be "out there"...but there's a demon to deal with first.
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25. Chapter 24 - Discoveries by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2705 words)

Demon discovered, hope for finding Tara
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26. Chapter 25 - Operation: Bring Tara Home by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (5917 words)

Demon dealt with, the gang focuses their attention on getting Tara back
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27. Chapter 26 - 'twas the Day (and Night) Before by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (6994 words)

Preparations begin for the return to Sunnydale as the search for Tara continues
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28. Chapter 27 - Begin Journey's End by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (946 words)

The gang heads back to the Hellmouth

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29. Chapter 28 - Escape From Sunnyhell by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (6147 words)

Buffy reaches Tara and Angel - will they believe it's her?

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30. Chapter 29 - Reunion by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1447 words)

Tara and Willow see each other again

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31. Chapter 30 - Brave New World by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (6039 words)

Angel and Tara start adjusting to their new world with the Scoobies
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32. Chapter 31 - Conversations With (formerly) Dead People by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (4317 words)

Buffy and Angel, Willow and Tara talk about the future.
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33. Chapter 32 - Starting Over by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (3637 words)

Willow & Buffy treat Tara to a day of pampering

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34. Chapter 33 - Sonnets & Spears by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (5016 words)

The path of true love...

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35. Chapter 34 - More With the Conversing by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (2191 words)

Buffy & Willow, Angel & Tara - comparing notes on their days apart

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36. Chapter 35 - The Journey Home by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1763 words)

Tara makes her decision

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37. Chapter 36 - New Old Friends by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 0] (1996 words)

Angel and Tara reconnect at Scooby Central

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38. Chapter 37 - Destiny by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 1] (4665 words)

Prophecies, Prophecies and more Prophecies

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39. Chapter 38 - Happy Ever After by CaughtNTheQuiet [Reviews - 1] (744 words)

Loose ends tied up

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