In this timeline, Buffy Summers never came to Sunnydale. Not until it was too late.
The prophecies have failed.
The Chosen One, the Slayer, Buffy Summers, is dead at the Master's hands.
The vampire with a soul, Angel, is dead, reduced to dust.
So are those who, in another life, would have been their friends - Cordelia Chase, Xander Harris, Willow Rosenberg.
The darkness is rising. Soon, the balance will fall.
Or so the powers of light and darkness believe.
But the balance has not fallen. Not yet. The scales have tipped... but not fallen.
The prophecies have failed.
The future's up for grabs.
And in Los Angeles, a half-crazed vampire with a chip in his head, an almost terminally shy hereditary witch, and a klutzy teenage girl are about to find that a very, very large number of people want to grab that future from /them/...
...because the restoration of the balance is in their hands.
When prophecy fails, what happens next?
Vampires singing Sinatra, vampire slayers getting broody, and a demon with terrible fashion sense... Something's going on here.
Tara's first day at her job. And with a snarky vampire and a karaoke queen to deal with, she's really wishing it were her last...
Spike gets a visitor, Tara strikes a deal, and Faith goes online.
Faith gets a few things off her chest, Tara faces a few home truths, and Dawn makes a few connections.