Twisting the Hellmouth Fic-for-All
Title: Death is so… passé.
Pairing: Dawn Summers & Amanda (from Highlander)
Words: 200
Disclaimer: Joss Whedon is the creator & owner of Dawn Summers and Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Panzer-Davis Productions is the owner of Amanda and Highlander. I own neither the franchises nor the characters.
"When you say 'forever,' do you mean--"
"Forever. Yes. The end of time, if you can keep your head attached to your neck that long."
"Oh."
"Is that the only question you have?"
"No. I'm still stuck on 'forever.' That's such…it's such a long time. I'll see all my friends die."
"About that."
"About what? Don't tell me there is more bad news, Amanda."
"Living forever is bad news? Hmph."
"I've met enough people who have outlived all they knew; yes, living forever is bad news."
"Your friends saw you die, heard the doctor pronounce you dead at the hospital. You can't go back, Dawn."
"The hell I can't. I am not leaving my sister, not when I'm perfectly fine."
"Dawn--"
"No! You don't understand. My sister, she'll be ok with it, at least the coming-back-from-the-dead part. Not so much the life of violence I'll be leading. We have interesting lives. Coming back from the dead is practically passé at this point."
"Passé? Really? A family of necromancers, are you?"
"No no no. Necromancy is of the bad. Learned that lesson years ago. It's just that we have trouble staying dead in our circle of friends."
"…"
"Amanda?"
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