AUTHOR'S NOTES:

I found it an interesting exercise to take Buffy on the journey from Pureblooded Death-Eater's kid, to Potential-Slayer/Death-Eater-(In-Pretend)-Training, to eventually a magicless muggle/Slayer. It was an interesting arc to go through, and I have to admit that taking her magic never occurred to me when I first began writing this fic (five years ago).

I still don't know if it was the right choice to make. I think it fits her character arc. She basically gives up everything that made her who she started as. She's no longer the Pureblood, but rather a Half-blood. She's no longer the prejudiced kid who hated all things un-Pure. Her best friend is Muggle-Born, and her godfather is a werewolf. And she went from having magic be innate, to having to give it up in order to help the boy she was raised to hate.

Buffy basically turned a massive 180 degrees in the story. I think giving up her magic in order to return and help Harry fight Voldemort was necessary. Had she been asked five years earlier if she'd ever give up her magic, the answer would have been 'hell no'. So, five years can change a lot.

Anyhoo...you'll also have noticed that, due to some negative reactions, I also dropped the Buffy/Hermione angle that I started. There's subtext in there, and still is, even at the end, but it wasn't very well received. There's never been anything epic with Buffy/Hermione, and I wanted to take it there, but I felt the relationship wasn't really central to the story. If you wanna just read them as being good friends, you can do that too.

That's about all I have to say. No sequel!!

I've been looking at some of my other unfinished stories. No guarantees, but...hope never dies, right?

Many thanks for all your reviews, and the emails that I received in my two year hiatus! Your encouragement certainly helped inspire me to complete this fic! You're all champions!!

Happy February!

Kattie