Enter Des
By: Burning Truth
Disclaimer: all I know is that I sure as hell don't own it. Not now, not then, not ever!
A/N: Look! It's a 2 for 1 deal!
~*~Dawns POV~*~
Had our plan worked? Or had we made fools of our selves. And being Teenagers we weren't exactly low on the how big of a fool are you scale. We were up there with... with... well with other people who had made big asses of them selves. The dust settled. All there was on the floor was a pile of ashes. My heart broke. I looked at Des to see to see a mirrored expression. The suddenly a bird about the size of a hawk flew out of the ashes and perched it's self on Spikes head.
"Of course!" Des exclaimed. "Phoenixes are reborn from their ashes! So it would only make sense that when summoned they would rise out of them!"
"Well that's all nice and dandy, but will some on get this bloody bird off of me?" Spike complained. "It's digging it's nails into my head!"
"Talons." Des corrected. Every one (except Spike that is) couldn't help but let out a little laugh.
"Come here little birdie." Giles tried to coo the Phoenix into his grasp. instead it flew off onto the back of a chair. Again everyone tried to restrain a laugh, but it was hard. After all who wouldn't find an old man cooing a bird comical? I decided to try my luck.
"Shhh..." I hushed the Phoenix as I tried to pet it. Surprisingly it let me. "Come on Phoenix..." I murmured as I picked it up and placed it on my shoulder.
"Now why wouldn't it go with Giles but with Dawn it would." My sister asked aloud.
"Well who would you prefer?" Spike joked.
"I have a theory... Dawn pass along every one see how the Phoenix reacts to them." Giles politely asked. I obeyed. I passed in front of Spike. The bird stood as tall as it could it's eyes watching spike for any sudden movement. I Moved to Buffy. The bird relaxed a bit. Not a great amount, but a noticeable one. Next was Willow the bird relaxed like it had when Dawn had approached it. Next Tara, the bird tensed up a bit but not as much as with Buffy. Xander and Anya got the same reaction. Next was Des. He got the same reaction Willow and I got.
"Just as I thought. The Phoenix can sense levels of purity." Giles commented.
"Then why didn't it become alarmed when it came to willow?" Xander questioned.
"Well most likely is because since I summoned it, it is attached to me." Willow answered
"Well that's all nice and Dandy but what are we going to call it?" Des, blunt as usual. Suddenly it occurred to me.
"Star Fire!" I yelled to my own surprise.
"Perfect!" Des piped in.
"Wait a single moment. Des Dawn, he just have the Phoenix here to gather it's tears, then were going to release it into the wild." Giles said, spoiling or "party".
"So your saying were gonna use him then throw him away...like a paper towel?!?" Good one Des.
"I can't believe you Giles!" I chided along. Giles looked at us. He knew he wouldn't be able to take both of us at the same time.
"Fine you can keep it. But first we need it's tears."
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"Some on Star Fire, if we're going to fight the Grau'k demon we need some of your tears to heal ourselves after ward." Anya tried to persuade the bird. "Fine be that way, I guess I'll just have to make you cry!" Anya yelled frustrated. The poor bird fluttered away as Des and I tried to stop the psychotic ex-demoness. When we made sure she wouldn't hurt Star Fire me and Des looked at each other confused.
"Anyone have an idea how to get him down?" I asked. My answer: A chorus of Nos.
"Let's try this..." Des held his arm like a perch and whistled. Star Fire gracefully flew down and landed on it. "Now Star Fire be a good Phoenix and cry for us." Des asked the bird. Suddenly tears welled up in it's eyes. Giles hurried and collected the tears in a small glass bottle.
"One drop should be enough." Giles declared. No Buffy was free to beat up the Demon as se wished.
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A/N: Please R&R! I beg of you! If you don't then I'll assume you don't like the story and take it down. So R&R!