Title: Surprises of the Interesting Kind
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They belong to Joss Whedon, Marti Noxon, Mutant Enemy, 20th Century and the rest of the BtVS and Angel crew.
Summary: Dawn's sick of Sunnydale and needs a change of scenery. So she decides to go to L.A. for the summer. D/C, F/G, maybe C/A. Please read and review but don't be too hard on me this is my very first fanfic.
Spoilers: A lot of stuff.
Pairing (s): D/C, F/G, maybe C/A
Author's Note: Okay first of all this is about a year after "Tomorrow" and "Grave". Second of all, as far as this fic is concerned Spike never went to Africa so he doesn't have a soul and the chip still works. This is an Angel fanfic although is does start out in the Buffyverse. The first two chapters are in Sunnydale, but the rest in with the AI Team in LA. One more thing, Tara never got killed. Xander and Anya are back together. Now, some Angel changes, Connor eventually worked things out with Angel after "Tomorrow" and Angel never blamed Wesley for the whole Connor thing. Cordy did go to a higher dimension but then came back.
Chapter One~ Change of Scenery
Dawn Summers was up in her room getting ready to go out with her friends on a Friday night. Buffy was downstairs talking on the phone with Xander. He and Anya were finally together again after all the crap they went through last year. Neither of them had changed at all in the past year. Anya was still as annoying as ever and Xander was still the fun-loving Xander type guy. Buffy, still the over-protective sister. But, Buffy had lately been teaching Dawn a little bit of basic self-defense. In case it was ever needed. Willow was as happy as ever with Tara. Willow was not doing magic anymore, (cut to last year when Willow went all magically-possessed and tried to kill everyone). Dawn, now 16 years old was trying to just get through the days. Summer was coming soon and two and a half months of freedom would be here.
Dawn sighed and brushed her long, dark hair. She looked down at her outfit. She wore black leather pants and a black crop top with bell-sleeves. Dawn added a little bit of eyeliner and mascara, not wanting to over do it. She didn't exactly want to go gothic here.
She walked down the stairs and yelled, "Buffy, I'm going to the Bronze with some friends!"
"Okay, be careful and don't get in trouble…and oh be back by eleven."
"Eleven?" Dawn complained.
"Dawn…"Buffy warned.
"Fine." Dawn said.
Buffy smiled and continued talking to Xander. Dawn closed the door behind her and walked to the Bronze about two blocks from her house. There was a really good band playing tonight, so the Bronze was packed. Dawn immediately spotted her friends, Janice, Kaira, Jade and Heather. Shane, Eric, Brett and Kyle and Greg were there as well. Dawn's friends waved for her to come over.
Dawn sat on the couch next to Shane. They were so close together that Dawn could feel the heat from Shane's body. Dawn shifted nervously.
"Ooh, I love this song!" Kaira said. "Let's dance Eric."
Kaira and Eric left for the dance floor as did Janice and Brett, Jade and Kyle and Heather and Greg. Leaving only Dawn and Shane sitting on the couch.
"So, uh, Dawn, you uh wanna dance?"
"Um, sure." Dawn said getting up.
And then a horrific scream tore through the Bronze. The music stopped and everyone froze. Dawn moved a little closer to the object of everyone's attention. It was a vampire. Only one. Wow, Dawn thought. And I thought this was gonna be hard.
Dawn moved through the crowd until she was in the middle of the circle everyone had formed with the vampire. Remembering everything Buffy had taught her. Dawn grabbed the stake she had been keeping in the pocket of her pants and swung at the vampire. He fought back by back-handing Dawn and knocking her into some nearby tables. While he was boasting to the crowd (trying to scare everybody as vampires sometimes do), Dawn snuck up behind him and staked him. He exploded into a pile of dust, right in front of everyone. Everyone looked in amazement at Dawn. They also looked at her with that, you-are-such-a-freak look as well. Her friends were as shocked as everyone else.
People started to leave the Bronze. Dawn caught up with Shane as he was leaving. "Uh, Shane. About that dance…", Dawn started.
"Uh, we probably shouldn't you know, dance. You just kinda… freak me out."
"But…"
"I'll see ya around Dawn." Shane said walking away.
Dawn sighed in frustration. Why can't Sunnydale just be a normal place? For me, I mean it just so happens that one of the most important moments of my life was about to take place when that stupid vampire had to cut in. My life is so screwed up. I seriously need a change of scenery.
