Disclaimer: Joss owns all, for now.
He's a rat bastard who got me hooked on show tunes, especially his. *glares*
For now, he owns all characters, and some dialog that takes place in the
beginning. But I will prevail. Just watch….
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I can't feel
The way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
~ "Faint", Linkin Park
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Dawn woke up to a something warm, and it was nice, snuggling closer to the source of warmth, she sighed contentedly. She then realized with a start, she was cuddling closer to Aidan! Sitting up she looked in horror as her mind processed what she had just done.
She had just cuddled up to her best friend…and she had liked it! Sighing she sat back against the tree. She couldn't even begin to understand the feelings that were whirling around in her mind. Did she like him? Yes, but in what way?
"Damn, shit, and bother," Dawn muttered to herself as she closed her eyes in frustration. Maybe it was where they were. Death did funny things to ones person.
"You love him," a voice jolted Dawn out of her revere.
"Huh what?" Dawn said as sat up, only to face Summer.
"You love him. Aidan. And don't deny it. I was in your head for a mighty long time, I know these things," Summer said as she sat down next to Dawn.
Dawn gave her a look that clearly told her that she was crazy. And she promptly said so. "You're crazy, and even if I liked Aidan, which I don't, he wouldn't like me."
Summer rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Open your eyes girl, of course he likes you. Any fool can see it."
"Well I guess I'm just a fool then!" Dawn snapped as she stood up and walked away from Summer, careful not to disturb the sleeping Aidan.
"But I wanna ride the pony," Aidan mumbled in his sleep as he rolled over.
"I'm sure you do," Summer said as she stood and walked in the opposite direction of Dawn, she needed time to think.
Connor looked out upon the sea of faces that made up the sophomore class, and duly noted that neither Aidan nor Dawn were there. This only served to make him worried, when the hotel had found out that Dawn was gone, probably leaving sometime during the night, it was assumed that she had gone over to Aidan's.
But neither were here, so were they could they be? That's when he noticed that Eve was not there as well. Silently he cursed. Didn't he warn Dawn about that Eve girl? That she was a bad influence?
Eve woke up to sunshine and warmth, something that she wasn't used to, to say the least. And there was no Michael, which was odd, since she had felt the presence since she was born. It was unnerving.
"Awake I see," Summer jartled Eve out of her sleepiness.
"Hmm, yeah," Eve told her, stretching like a cat.
"Well it's someone to talk to at least. Aidan over there keeps prattling on about the ponies," Summer jerked a thumb over towards the sleeping male.
"Ponies?" Eve asked in amusement, somehow she never thought that the raven-haired boy would have some kind of affinity for the four-legged creatures.
Summer nodded, "He want to ride them, strictly G of course."
"Of course," Eve echoed, still mulling on the fact that there was no Michael around to bother her. Suddenly she felt something, was it loneliness? Did she miss the bothersome ghost?
"Coffee!" Aidan wailed as he sat up, his hair sticking up in all directions.
Eve and Summer shared a look, "At least it isn't ponies," Summer offered.
Eve shrugged, "There may be hope for him yet."
Dawn stared at the water's edge, watching as it rushed past, never changing, but still never the same. Strangely, it mirrored her relationship with Aidan. Now only if she could figure out how she and Aidan should be, or what exactly what was going on. "Fuck you," she whispered to herself, hitting the water, disrupting the calm flow.
Standing as she shook the water droplets of water off her hand, she turned and walked towards Summer and Eve, and a whining Aidan.
"Coffee!" he wailed, looking at Dawn, his eyes cocker spaniel wide.
Dawn smiled at the boy's innocent look, "Only problem, we're lacking in a Starbucks here."
He pouted, "There should be!" he demanded.
The four of them sat around, talking uneasily, as none of them knew of what was to come. Dawn shot Aidan looks when she he was looking, blushing ever so often. Aidan did the same. These actions did not escape the careful watching of both Eve and Summer, and they shared their own looks. They'd get the two of them together soon or later. And if they never left, well they'd be spending the rest of eternity together.
"I'm bored," Dawn said finally, breaking the silence. As she said this, she tucked a piece of her chocolate brown hair behind her ear as she yawned; the sun's warm glow was making her tired.
"You're itching for a fight?" Isabelle said suddenly, coming up from behind the group.
"What?" Dawn said, looking behind her, finding the angels. "Must you do that? I've had enough people sneaking up on me to last a lifetime."
"Or two," Summer added in helpfully. She had, had enough people sneaking up on her to last a couple of lifetimes.
"We'll try to stop. But we've got a problem; someone's noticed your disappearances. Big brother's always watching," Chris tapped his temple symbolically.
"Damn him, damn him to hell for 120 years," Dawn cursed Connor and his innate ability to find her when she didn't want to be found. It had led to quite a few rows between him.
"And I'm sure Lucifer would love Angel's own little broody spawn," Chris said, thinking about all the bitching the Angel of Hell had done when the ensouled vampire had graced his territory for an extending visit.
"And Gabriel would love it. That man, no matter what anybody says, is truly a sadistic bastard. He loved every moment of Lucifer's torture, so did a lot of other people, but that's beside the point," Isabelle smirked, thinking about the blonde angel that was the Angel of Heaven.
"Ah yes, sibling rivalry at it's best. Good thing neither of them have hand in where souls go," Chris sighed.
The one mortal, the one ghost-seer, and the two keys looked at the two angels in disbelief. The angels shrugged, and then changed the subject.
Connor stood in the central office, looking at the sophomore files. That god it wasn't out of the ordinary, no him looking through student files wasn't out of the ordinary, no, what was out of the ordinary was that one of the three absent students of his had disappeared during the night.
Finding the file he was looking for, he drew it out of the cabinet and walked back to his room. Connor was going to spend the rest of his free period reading up on this Eve Carson, and why she wanted to get to know, and corrupt Dawn.
What he found surprised Connor, Eve Carson lived along, and her parents had been dead for the last year. Since she was such a gifted artist, especially in drawing, she had been given a scholarship. She skipped often, and that was apparent, many complaints could attest to that. But Eve handed her homework in, and always showed up for pre-scheduled tests and quizzes, and did surprisingly well. That enough was to keep many teachers happy. But none of this new information on the background of Eve Carson swayed Connor's dislike for this girl. Eve was a bad influence, and she already had Dawn and possibly Aidan in her net.
The bell rang, signaling the end of his free. That was his last one of the day as well. He'd have to wait until the end of the school day to investigate. God, he was turning into his father. Briefly he wondered if he should Faith to a degree, but quickly shook his head, ridding himself of the idea. Of course he should. Connor didn't want an enraged slayer on his hands. No, if he found out that Eve had done anything to the girl he thought of as a sister, there'd be enough hell to pay. After he was done, maybe he'd let Faith get involved, maybe.
"So we're gonna fight this how?" Dawn asked.
"I'm thinking much with the maiming and hurting, although Britney Spears is always a favorite weapon of mine, as long as we don't get arrested for war crimes," Summer shrugged, offering her own two sense, no matter how zany and out of whack her ideas were.
"I don't think the United Nations has jurisdiction here, so I think you're scot-free," Aidan added helpfully.
Eve raised an eyebrow; "You carry Britney Spears around with you?" was the question that she raised.
Summer shook her head, "Well, no. I just thought you know, it would be a good idea and all that jazz," she confessed.
"Oh good, you scared me there for a moment. I don't know anybody who carries around Britney Spears, and I don't think I want to," Eve said before nodding and looking at the angels, who looked like they wanted to say something, and say something rather important.
Both Isabelle and Chris got this glowing look around the two of them. Then together they started telling everyone how to kill the beast that was going to attack him. "You shall maim this beast with these," she brought out four silver axes, each inlaid with different gem and precious metal. "And thou shalt hit three times, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt hit, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not hit, neither hit thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, the beast will be dead."
Dawn blinked at the announcement, "And after the spanking, the oral sex!" she said. When everyone gave her strange looks, she blushed faintly. "I'm guessing that wasn't from Monty Python and the Holy Grail…"
"No, no it wasn't," Isabelle said.
Dawn's blush deepened, "Oh."
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I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
I'm the one confused
~ "Breaking the Habit", Linkin Park
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Author's Note: Wow, much sorryness for the lack of updating. Hehe, I was a lazy, lazy person. Well it was mostly writer's block, but I got over that (hint, look at my fics Pulvis et Ubrarum and Comedy of Errors to see how I spent my time off). This fic only has like a chapter left, but it will be fun and games, and questions such as "Will Aidan and Dawn finally kiss?" and "What will happen to Summer?" will be answered next chapter. And next chapter will be fun, promise you that! Oh, and the little speech at the end by Isabelle and Chris is owned by the writers of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I just borrowed and tweaked it. Oh! Review…please?
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I can't feel
The way I did before
Don't turn your back on me
I won't be ignored
~ "Faint", Linkin Park
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Dawn woke up to a something warm, and it was nice, snuggling closer to the source of warmth, she sighed contentedly. She then realized with a start, she was cuddling closer to Aidan! Sitting up she looked in horror as her mind processed what she had just done.
She had just cuddled up to her best friend…and she had liked it! Sighing she sat back against the tree. She couldn't even begin to understand the feelings that were whirling around in her mind. Did she like him? Yes, but in what way?
"Damn, shit, and bother," Dawn muttered to herself as she closed her eyes in frustration. Maybe it was where they were. Death did funny things to ones person.
"You love him," a voice jolted Dawn out of her revere.
"Huh what?" Dawn said as sat up, only to face Summer.
"You love him. Aidan. And don't deny it. I was in your head for a mighty long time, I know these things," Summer said as she sat down next to Dawn.
Dawn gave her a look that clearly told her that she was crazy. And she promptly said so. "You're crazy, and even if I liked Aidan, which I don't, he wouldn't like me."
Summer rolled her eyes in annoyance, "Open your eyes girl, of course he likes you. Any fool can see it."
"Well I guess I'm just a fool then!" Dawn snapped as she stood up and walked away from Summer, careful not to disturb the sleeping Aidan.
"But I wanna ride the pony," Aidan mumbled in his sleep as he rolled over.
"I'm sure you do," Summer said as she stood and walked in the opposite direction of Dawn, she needed time to think.
Connor looked out upon the sea of faces that made up the sophomore class, and duly noted that neither Aidan nor Dawn were there. This only served to make him worried, when the hotel had found out that Dawn was gone, probably leaving sometime during the night, it was assumed that she had gone over to Aidan's.
But neither were here, so were they could they be? That's when he noticed that Eve was not there as well. Silently he cursed. Didn't he warn Dawn about that Eve girl? That she was a bad influence?
Eve woke up to sunshine and warmth, something that she wasn't used to, to say the least. And there was no Michael, which was odd, since she had felt the presence since she was born. It was unnerving.
"Awake I see," Summer jartled Eve out of her sleepiness.
"Hmm, yeah," Eve told her, stretching like a cat.
"Well it's someone to talk to at least. Aidan over there keeps prattling on about the ponies," Summer jerked a thumb over towards the sleeping male.
"Ponies?" Eve asked in amusement, somehow she never thought that the raven-haired boy would have some kind of affinity for the four-legged creatures.
Summer nodded, "He want to ride them, strictly G of course."
"Of course," Eve echoed, still mulling on the fact that there was no Michael around to bother her. Suddenly she felt something, was it loneliness? Did she miss the bothersome ghost?
"Coffee!" Aidan wailed as he sat up, his hair sticking up in all directions.
Eve and Summer shared a look, "At least it isn't ponies," Summer offered.
Eve shrugged, "There may be hope for him yet."
Dawn stared at the water's edge, watching as it rushed past, never changing, but still never the same. Strangely, it mirrored her relationship with Aidan. Now only if she could figure out how she and Aidan should be, or what exactly what was going on. "Fuck you," she whispered to herself, hitting the water, disrupting the calm flow.
Standing as she shook the water droplets of water off her hand, she turned and walked towards Summer and Eve, and a whining Aidan.
"Coffee!" he wailed, looking at Dawn, his eyes cocker spaniel wide.
Dawn smiled at the boy's innocent look, "Only problem, we're lacking in a Starbucks here."
He pouted, "There should be!" he demanded.
The four of them sat around, talking uneasily, as none of them knew of what was to come. Dawn shot Aidan looks when she he was looking, blushing ever so often. Aidan did the same. These actions did not escape the careful watching of both Eve and Summer, and they shared their own looks. They'd get the two of them together soon or later. And if they never left, well they'd be spending the rest of eternity together.
"I'm bored," Dawn said finally, breaking the silence. As she said this, she tucked a piece of her chocolate brown hair behind her ear as she yawned; the sun's warm glow was making her tired.
"You're itching for a fight?" Isabelle said suddenly, coming up from behind the group.
"What?" Dawn said, looking behind her, finding the angels. "Must you do that? I've had enough people sneaking up on me to last a lifetime."
"Or two," Summer added in helpfully. She had, had enough people sneaking up on her to last a couple of lifetimes.
"We'll try to stop. But we've got a problem; someone's noticed your disappearances. Big brother's always watching," Chris tapped his temple symbolically.
"Damn him, damn him to hell for 120 years," Dawn cursed Connor and his innate ability to find her when she didn't want to be found. It had led to quite a few rows between him.
"And I'm sure Lucifer would love Angel's own little broody spawn," Chris said, thinking about all the bitching the Angel of Hell had done when the ensouled vampire had graced his territory for an extending visit.
"And Gabriel would love it. That man, no matter what anybody says, is truly a sadistic bastard. He loved every moment of Lucifer's torture, so did a lot of other people, but that's beside the point," Isabelle smirked, thinking about the blonde angel that was the Angel of Heaven.
"Ah yes, sibling rivalry at it's best. Good thing neither of them have hand in where souls go," Chris sighed.
The one mortal, the one ghost-seer, and the two keys looked at the two angels in disbelief. The angels shrugged, and then changed the subject.
Connor stood in the central office, looking at the sophomore files. That god it wasn't out of the ordinary, no him looking through student files wasn't out of the ordinary, no, what was out of the ordinary was that one of the three absent students of his had disappeared during the night.
Finding the file he was looking for, he drew it out of the cabinet and walked back to his room. Connor was going to spend the rest of his free period reading up on this Eve Carson, and why she wanted to get to know, and corrupt Dawn.
What he found surprised Connor, Eve Carson lived along, and her parents had been dead for the last year. Since she was such a gifted artist, especially in drawing, she had been given a scholarship. She skipped often, and that was apparent, many complaints could attest to that. But Eve handed her homework in, and always showed up for pre-scheduled tests and quizzes, and did surprisingly well. That enough was to keep many teachers happy. But none of this new information on the background of Eve Carson swayed Connor's dislike for this girl. Eve was a bad influence, and she already had Dawn and possibly Aidan in her net.
The bell rang, signaling the end of his free. That was his last one of the day as well. He'd have to wait until the end of the school day to investigate. God, he was turning into his father. Briefly he wondered if he should Faith to a degree, but quickly shook his head, ridding himself of the idea. Of course he should. Connor didn't want an enraged slayer on his hands. No, if he found out that Eve had done anything to the girl he thought of as a sister, there'd be enough hell to pay. After he was done, maybe he'd let Faith get involved, maybe.
"So we're gonna fight this how?" Dawn asked.
"I'm thinking much with the maiming and hurting, although Britney Spears is always a favorite weapon of mine, as long as we don't get arrested for war crimes," Summer shrugged, offering her own two sense, no matter how zany and out of whack her ideas were.
"I don't think the United Nations has jurisdiction here, so I think you're scot-free," Aidan added helpfully.
Eve raised an eyebrow; "You carry Britney Spears around with you?" was the question that she raised.
Summer shook her head, "Well, no. I just thought you know, it would be a good idea and all that jazz," she confessed.
"Oh good, you scared me there for a moment. I don't know anybody who carries around Britney Spears, and I don't think I want to," Eve said before nodding and looking at the angels, who looked like they wanted to say something, and say something rather important.
Both Isabelle and Chris got this glowing look around the two of them. Then together they started telling everyone how to kill the beast that was going to attack him. "You shall maim this beast with these," she brought out four silver axes, each inlaid with different gem and precious metal. "And thou shalt hit three times, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt hit, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not hit, neither hit thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, the beast will be dead."
Dawn blinked at the announcement, "And after the spanking, the oral sex!" she said. When everyone gave her strange looks, she blushed faintly. "I'm guessing that wasn't from Monty Python and the Holy Grail…"
"No, no it wasn't," Isabelle said.
Dawn's blush deepened, "Oh."
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I don't want to be the one
The battles always choose
'Cause inside I realize
I'm the one confused
~ "Breaking the Habit", Linkin Park
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Reviewers:
Ferretgirl (I like your name! Personally I'm known as the Bouncing Ferret Goddess)
julz* (hehe, that's all I'm going to say…hehe.)
Danica*
Lorelai Anastasia*
Buffy-Spike-Mad*
Ivorycat*
gidgetgirl*
Author's Note: Wow, much sorryness for the lack of updating. Hehe, I was a lazy, lazy person. Well it was mostly writer's block, but I got over that (hint, look at my fics Pulvis et Ubrarum and Comedy of Errors to see how I spent my time off). This fic only has like a chapter left, but it will be fun and games, and questions such as "Will Aidan and Dawn finally kiss?" and "What will happen to Summer?" will be answered next chapter. And next chapter will be fun, promise you that! Oh, and the little speech at the end by Isabelle and Chris is owned by the writers of Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I just borrowed and tweaked it. Oh! Review…please?