1. Chapter One All characters from the Dune Universe are property of the Frank Herbert Estate. All characters from the Buffyverse are Property of Joss Whedon. Everything else belongs to me. This is the last story in the “Slayers of Dune” series. There is in all things a pattern that is part of our universe. It has symmetry, elegance, and grace — those qualities you find always in that which the true artist captures. You can find it in the turning of the seasons, in the way the sand trails along a ridge, in the branch clusters of the creosote bush or the pattern of its leaves. We try to copy these patterns in our lives and our society, seeking the rhythms, the dances, the forms that comfort. Yet it is possible to see the peril in the finding of ultimate perfection. It is clear that the ultimate pattern contains its own fixity. In such perfection, all things move toward death. “The Collected Sayings of Muad’Dib” by the Princess Irulan Something wasn’ Read more text

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A Form of Eternity by nedwards 1. Chapter One DISCLAIMER: All characters from the Dune Universe are property of the Frank Herbert Estate. All characters from the Buffyverse are Property of Joss Whedon. Everything else belongs to me. This is the first story in the “Slayers of Dune” series. Isn’t she wonderful, the Slayer? Look at her! She is a predator with superb fighting skills and access to pre-life memories both secular and divine. She has access to the other lives within her without the threat of abomination. This gives her and her kind a unity and focus of purpose. How so much like my Fish Speakers she is! This is the direction I want for the human race. This is what I have been looking for. Who would have thought that after thousands of years and untold worlds the fate Humankind would be found in the nursery we abandoned so long ago. A planet called Earth. -Leto II From the Unbound Volumes Tleilaxu Archives Face Dancer Translation Leto the second, God emperor o Read more text

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