Title: Welcome to Sunnydale
Author: Akalea
Rating: PG-13 - Just to be sure, I'm not completely sure where this is going to go.
Disclaimer: The usual, none of these characters belong to me....
Summary: Set in the future. An auror appears in Sunnydale with an important mission and encounters the Scooby
Gang.
Author's Note: Okay, I had this already written when I posted the Prologue and I was getting impatient so I thought
I might post it. Hope you all enjoy it and it's not too boring...please feel free to say so if it is..and I'd love any
constructive critisism you have :)
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Chapter 1
"Our little Dawnie's growing up!" Willow cried, grasping a mug of hot chocolate.
The Scooby Gang were sitting around in the Summer's lounge room. Xander, Anya and Dawn on the couch,
Buffy and Willow in the armchairs opposite. They were all clutching mugs of hot chocolate and cups of tea. Dawn
was starting at UC Sunnydale the following day, and they all sat there getting very sentimental, especially Buffy
and Willow.
"You should go to bed soon." Buffy told Dawn in a very motherly way. Even though Dawn was eighteen, and soon
to be nineteen, Buffy was still highly protective of her as she still was for the rest of the gang.
"Where are all your things, Dawn?" Xander quizzed, turning his attention to the empty hallway and noticing no signs
of packing.
Dawn turned her head in the direction Xander was looking. "Oh, no I'm not staying on campus. I hardly see you
guys as it is and if I stayed on campus, I probably wouldn't see you at all," Dawn explained. "And besides, I'd
much rather stay under the roof with a slayer and a witch. Sunnydale being the place it is."
Everyone in the room nodded understandily and then there was a silence. The group sat in silence for a moment,
taking sips from their drinks.
"You know what, Anya and I better be going home, it's getting late." Xander said, breaking the silence.
Xander and Anya were living with each other after giving love a second change after their first failed attempt a
couple of years ago.
"Yeah," Anya agreed. "Xander and I want to go home to, uh, do things." She hadn't lost all of her bluntness over
the years.
"Actually, that reminds me of this funny story when..." Anya continued blabber, much to everyone's protest,
especially Xander's.
"I'm going to bed, Goodnight." Dawn said quickly over the ramblings of Anya.
The group muttered their replies and then Dawn rushed upstairs, making loud thuds as she hurried up the stairs.
Once in her room, Dawn shut the door and quickly changed for bed. She forced her stubborn window open to let
in some fresh air and to let out the stuffy air. Dawn pulled down her sheets, hopped in and gently rested her head
down on the pillow.
She sighed and closed her eyes; starting to attempt to get some much needed sleep. She was, however,
disrupted by a loud noise outside, which broke into the silence. It sounded like someone or something was moving
around outside.
She dismissed it at first, but she kept hearing the noise here and there. So, she slowly got out of bed, threw on a
jacket and shoes and walked downstairs.
It appeared Xander and Anya had left, and that Buffy and Wilow were in the kitchen talking softly.
"It's probably nothing, so I won't bother them." She decided as she walked into the lounge.
She opened up the weapons trunk and took a stake, which she put in her pocket and a small knife. She then
proceeded outside, closing the door very quietly.
Dawn crept with stealth around the side of the house where her window is and where she had heard the noise.
She crept around behind the bushes near her window and gazed around slowly. She noticed a shadow nearby
and it had apparently not noticed her, so Dawn snuck up behind it, ready to surprise it.
Whatever or whoever it was, she could handle it. She was, after all, the slayer's sister and Buffy had taken the
time over the years to teach Dawn how to defend herself in situations including like the one she was in.
She had decided to surprise it and held her knife out.
"What do you want?" She called out calmly and tried to make it sound intimidating too.
The shadow spun around a held out something, a long piece of wood from what Dawn could see. At the same
time, Dawn held out her knife at the figure.
(A.N. - Thanks for the review that I've already got and please review if you haven't already. Thanks for reading.)
Author: Akalea
Rating: PG-13 - Just to be sure, I'm not completely sure where this is going to go.
Disclaimer: The usual, none of these characters belong to me....
Summary: Set in the future. An auror appears in Sunnydale with an important mission and encounters the Scooby
Gang.
Author's Note: Okay, I had this already written when I posted the Prologue and I was getting impatient so I thought
I might post it. Hope you all enjoy it and it's not too boring...please feel free to say so if it is..and I'd love any
constructive critisism you have :)
* * *
Chapter 1
"Our little Dawnie's growing up!" Willow cried, grasping a mug of hot chocolate.
The Scooby Gang were sitting around in the Summer's lounge room. Xander, Anya and Dawn on the couch,
Buffy and Willow in the armchairs opposite. They were all clutching mugs of hot chocolate and cups of tea. Dawn
was starting at UC Sunnydale the following day, and they all sat there getting very sentimental, especially Buffy
and Willow.
"You should go to bed soon." Buffy told Dawn in a very motherly way. Even though Dawn was eighteen, and soon
to be nineteen, Buffy was still highly protective of her as she still was for the rest of the gang.
"Where are all your things, Dawn?" Xander quizzed, turning his attention to the empty hallway and noticing no signs
of packing.
Dawn turned her head in the direction Xander was looking. "Oh, no I'm not staying on campus. I hardly see you
guys as it is and if I stayed on campus, I probably wouldn't see you at all," Dawn explained. "And besides, I'd
much rather stay under the roof with a slayer and a witch. Sunnydale being the place it is."
Everyone in the room nodded understandily and then there was a silence. The group sat in silence for a moment,
taking sips from their drinks.
"You know what, Anya and I better be going home, it's getting late." Xander said, breaking the silence.
Xander and Anya were living with each other after giving love a second change after their first failed attempt a
couple of years ago.
"Yeah," Anya agreed. "Xander and I want to go home to, uh, do things." She hadn't lost all of her bluntness over
the years.
"Actually, that reminds me of this funny story when..." Anya continued blabber, much to everyone's protest,
especially Xander's.
"I'm going to bed, Goodnight." Dawn said quickly over the ramblings of Anya.
The group muttered their replies and then Dawn rushed upstairs, making loud thuds as she hurried up the stairs.
Once in her room, Dawn shut the door and quickly changed for bed. She forced her stubborn window open to let
in some fresh air and to let out the stuffy air. Dawn pulled down her sheets, hopped in and gently rested her head
down on the pillow.
She sighed and closed her eyes; starting to attempt to get some much needed sleep. She was, however,
disrupted by a loud noise outside, which broke into the silence. It sounded like someone or something was moving
around outside.
She dismissed it at first, but she kept hearing the noise here and there. So, she slowly got out of bed, threw on a
jacket and shoes and walked downstairs.
It appeared Xander and Anya had left, and that Buffy and Wilow were in the kitchen talking softly.
"It's probably nothing, so I won't bother them." She decided as she walked into the lounge.
She opened up the weapons trunk and took a stake, which she put in her pocket and a small knife. She then
proceeded outside, closing the door very quietly.
Dawn crept with stealth around the side of the house where her window is and where she had heard the noise.
She crept around behind the bushes near her window and gazed around slowly. She noticed a shadow nearby
and it had apparently not noticed her, so Dawn snuck up behind it, ready to surprise it.
Whatever or whoever it was, she could handle it. She was, after all, the slayer's sister and Buffy had taken the
time over the years to teach Dawn how to defend herself in situations including like the one she was in.
She had decided to surprise it and held her knife out.
"What do you want?" She called out calmly and tried to make it sound intimidating too.
The shadow spun around a held out something, a long piece of wood from what Dawn could see. At the same
time, Dawn held out her knife at the figure.
(A.N. - Thanks for the review that I've already got and please review if you haven't already. Thanks for reading.)