can't remember Cassie so no opinion
good story, just enough of the old and enough of the new
keeps it going without being in a rut
keep up the good work and looking for up dates now that Nov is over

keep her. cassie rocked. all calm an stuff. she reminded me of oz some. have her break her arm or somthing an they have to do a blood test an they find the tumor or w/e it was. or just leave the tumor out.

Hey I say let her live. Having the first show up as Tara would shake them all up a lot, and if Draco is there have a couple of dead hogwarts students show and maybe Dumbledor.

The stories good keep it up.

I love your story! I seen other versions similar to this and yours is by far the best. It has the complexity the other lacked. I really like what you've done with this.
Anyways, about your question. I don't think you should keep Cassie. I like to think that the reason the First could not take Tara's form because she was too good. I know that's a bit idealistic, but that's the way I think of it. Tara was such a light for the group and I doubt Willow would disbelieve anything she said. I think she might have listened more to it in her emotional state, which would have been much worse if Tara was the one delivering the message. She wouldn't have had the rationality to see the lies. But that's just my opinion.

Good luck, ThreeMoons

I'm with Skyefather go Scrappy gang! Let's see Cassie.

I think you should keep Cassie alive. She wasn't very important in the show, but having a seer on their side would be extreamly helpful. Love your story.

Interesting question. Cassie wasn't important overall... though it was funny to find out that Willow at one point in her life had a website filled with poetry devoted to Xander Harris (imagine the world if Xander had gotten hit with a clue stick during S1 and realized Willow was a girl ) ---
Dawn definitely needed friends... but what about Carlos & Kit? Seen only in S7.1, mentioned a few times (she was on the phone with Kit during Conversations with Dead People when things "got weird" )--.
The only thing against keeping Cassie around is that her Seer-ability is too good. Not just vague slayer-dreams you have to interpret. She "knows". So my vote on Cassie is "no!" (regretfully) but I'd like to see Kit/Carlos again. Hey. They already know about the supernatural, that Buffy is the slayer, the whole 9 yards. In fact Joss I think was planning on making them her 'scrappy gang' (Fox network execs nixed the idea and ordered him to dump that whole plotline, from what I've read). So just restore his original idea!

I don't remember Cassie. If you think it's easier to kill her rather than create a personality for her, then keep to the story line. Dawn gets other friends later.

The original intention for "Conversations with Dead People" was to use Tara. If you feel that Cassie must live, do it.

I add my vote to keeping her alive. Perhaps even make her the daughter of two purebloods that fled to Sunnydale long ago to hide from Voldie Butt, abandoned their magic after using a charm to wipe their memories clean so as not to be tempted by the Dark Magiks around the Hellmouth and to better hide themselves from Voldie. Perhaps they worked for him..perhaps not.

Drake discovers her witch powers and starts to mentor her as does Willow.

Any way you cut it. I vote keep her alive. Dawn needs her own group darn it!

-j-

I think that you should let her live. I think that she would turn out to be a great friend to Dawn, and also would somehow get along with Drake also. Heather/angelfanic

I always thought that Cassie should have lived. But if you don't want to write her in you could always use Mike anyway. You know, Dawn helps him grieve and all that. He could be her Xander.

You are doing fantastic on this. I'm not sure exactly what your refering to with the Cassie thing, as I've only seen spotty episodes over season 3. I cant wait to read the next installment!

if you think having cassie alive and as a friend for dawn, will work, then do it... :)
love the story so far... :D

Totally love the story so far, always been a big fan of the Dawn/Draco pairing. One aspect I really love is that you have Draco entering the BtVS world and not the other way around, you don't see that often. Though I can't wait to see the HP gangs response to a muggle friendly Draco Malfoy. As for Cassie, in the show it was a very poignant lesson for Buffy, that she couldn't save everyone and sometimes it was just time for that person to go, but in this story your not really focusing on Buffy so it's not as important for the story line. I think that it depends on how light hearted you want the story to be and if you want to take the time to wright her into the other episodes, it's really up to you. All in all a very enjoyable read, can't wait for the next update.