There is a wealth of hints as to the backgrounds and histories of the characters of Buffy and Angel. After all, some of them are 400 years old! These are some possible, fleeting episodes, filling in the back-stories as I think they may have happened.

A Link in the Chain - My first Buffy fanfic. Something is haunting Paris, and the Slayer is ordered to hunt it down.

Les Lettres Parisiennes - A young girl falls fatally in love.

William the Bloody - Now wildly off-canon, but I like this piece anyway. Written when we all thought that Spike's nickname came from days in London gangs, and not from his poetry.

The Ball - Christmas in London, the aristocracy celebrate. But they're not alone.

A Transylvanian Odyssey - Discounting Buffy vs. Dracula to some extent, as this was written before that episode ran: the inspiration behind one of the most famous horror stories of all time. Maybe.

The Phoenix - Or, how Angel got that tattoo.

The Evolution of Rupert Giles - Giles has a chequered past, of which we only get small hints. So, here's what I think happened.

A Very Merry Christmas - Christmas at the Wyndham-Pryces's.

Lingering Memories - The owner of a homeless shelter in Manhattan recalls someone she helped.

Becoming Someone - Whistler picked up a filthy, scared Angel, and turned him into a handsome stranger - how?

© Joanne Harris 2003