This is my response to Gileswench's Christmas Challenge for 2002. 

Due to my health playing up, I still have the last three chapters to write.  I shall endeavour to finish them as soon as possible and get it all posted.  But it's Boxing Day here now and I think it is time to start posting.

This the third (and probably final) installment in my now-trilogy of B/G future Christmas fics.  The other two are "Mistletoe and Wine" (2000) and "Ice and Fire" (2001). 
Both can be found on my website at http://www.whitehats.co.nz in the Fanfic section.  It does help to have read the other two, as this story follows on from things set up in those two.  However, I have done my best to make it a stand-alone fic and I hope it is.

Title: Magic Season
Author: Kerry Blackwell-Dustin (which is too long for everyday use, but links this story to the earlier ones)
Email: magicbox@whitehats.co.nz
Pairing:  B/G, W/T, S/Dawn
Rating:  G
Distribution: White Hats <http://www.whitehats.co.nz> and the general list archives
Summary: Response to Wench's 2002 Christmas Challenge.  Details are below.  More future Scooby Christmas adventures.
Spoilers:  Nothing huge
Disclaimer:  The characters are the property of Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Productions, Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television and the UPN Television Network. No copyright infringement is intended.
Feedback:  Gratefully accepted.
Notes: I started the first of these in the middle of season five - it is now the middle of season seven, which means a number of the scenarios I set up back then are now totally irrelevant.  I've had to keep to MY future history, which means some things that have happened since mid-season five happened in this universe and others didn't.  The most major changes are probably that:
1. Xander and Anya never broke up
2. Tara didn't die
3. Connor and all the storyline never happened.

THE CHALLENGE:

Due date: Dec. 26, as per tradition.

Pairing: Giles/Anybody. Genfic, threesomes and orgies also more than welcome.

Timeline: Past/Present/Futurefic all welcome.

Rating: Anything goes from G to NC17. But please, if there is graphic sex involved, make sure all participants are over the age of 18 and consent fully in advance to whatever sexual activity they participate in.

ALL of the following are required: a holiday tradition connected to any of the following holidays: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Solstice, Saturnalia, Giles drinking something other than tea or whiskey, an unexpected phone call or guest, someone thanking Giles for something he did for them in the past.

At Least THREE of the following are required: chocolate, someone other than Giles singing, a stray cat or dog, someone taking a photograph, someone putting blue nail polish on Giles' toenails while he's asleep, A happy memory of any of the following deceased characters: Joyce, Jenny, Tara, Gay Larry, Principal Flutie, Randall.

That's it. Make me laugh, make me cry, make me sigh. It's all good. It's all Giles all the time, and that's enough for anyone to get celebrating!


Da Wench



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