The Dawnmeister Chronicles
Chapter One: Welcome To The Hellmouth

Author's Note: Obviously, like Joyce, Dawn would not have been in every episode, but I like to think she knew what was going on. I've only included episodes that I think she would have been in or knew of. Also, the diaries are focused only around Buffy and what's going on with her. Obviously, Dawn would have written about other things, school, guys, whatever, but I'm just going to include the entries which the Scoobies figure into.

This was originally going to cover seasons 1-4, but life overtook me, so this is just season 1.

We're here. We've moved into the new house. It's all right, I guess, but I miss LA.

And Dad.

It's all Buffy's fault. If she hadn't burned down the school gym then we would never have had to move here. It's so unfair. Mom's all over Buffy."Buffy, you have to try this time," and "Try not to burn the place down."

No one cares about me. It's all Buffy, Buffy, Buffy. Come on, Buffy's the one that causes all the trouble and I'm the one that gets the blame.

Mom got a call about Buffy skipping class today and when I tried to tell her about my day, about how my new teacher said she thought I was a good student, Mom said "Dawn, I'm trying to talk to your sister." So then, I tried to talk to Buffy and she was all mad and stuff. She told me to get out of her room so I didn't break anything. Please. Like I'd want to touch her stuff anyway.

So to get back at her, I read her diary. She'll get seriously annoyed if she finds out. She thinks I don't know she keeps one, but I do. I mean, it's so obvious; she hides it under her mattress. No one can find mine. No one even knows I keep one. See, I'm so the smart Summers' sister.

Anyways, I read her diary and she was going on about these new friends she'd made – Willow and Xander. And then there was some stuff about this library guy who she said was her Watcher. Sounded kinda pervy to me.

She writes a lot of stuff about being the Slayer. She even wrote that she burnt down the school gym because there were vampires in it.

I think she's nuts. She stays out all the time, writes in her diary about vampires and demons, comes home at all hours looking like she's been in a serious fight. Mom pretends not to notice. I think Buffy's a total nutcase. Either that or she's involved in some underground illegal fighting ring.

I don't even think she's my sister. I mean, she's insane and I'm way prettier than her. Dad said I was gonna be a heartbreaker. No one ever said that about Buffy. I have this theory where she's adopted and that's why Mom pays her so much attention to her, so she won't guess.

Like I said, it's totally unfair. She gets all the attention and I get squat.

It's like I don't even exist.