Issues
Author: funnybunny7
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A Buffy/Higher Ground crossover! Yay! After Dawn's mom dies, Buffy thinks it's best if she is sent of to Horizon. Set after Scott and Shelby are together and after 'The Body' Buffy.
Disclaimer: I own not a thing from Buffy or Higher Ground! (Though I wish I owned Scott and Spike!)
Enjoy!
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Dawn stared out the window of her sister's new Minivan. She sat in the passenger's seat, Buffy next to her. Xander and Anya sat in the next row of seats and Willow, Tara, Giles and Spike were scrunched up in the back.
"Gosh, it's freezing. When are we going to be there?" Anya complained for the seventeenth time.
Buffy checked her watch. "In approximately whenever I find out where I am." She looked at the map and sighed.
"You know, we could just turn around and go home." Dawn said quietly.
"Or we couldn't." Buffy said back.
"Gosh, I don't even know why the fuck I am going to this Sunrise place anyway." Dawn argued.
"Okay, #1 Dawn, the place is Horizon. #2 don't use that language with me. #3 your attitude sucks. And lastly, #4 we are going because you need help." Buffy said, clearly pissed.
"Buffy, I am not some psychopathic axe murderer. Those are the kind of people that go to these places! Mom wouldn't have made me go." She trailed off tears springing to her eyes.
"Yea well Dawnie, Mom isn't here, is she? So guess what. You will go to this place for as long as it takes. Yes, psychos may go there, but stealers, school skippers, death in families, and all of the above. You are in that last category, by the way."
Suddenly, Buffy saw a sign that said "Welcome to Horizon! 5 miles ahead"
"Okay, now Dawn we are almost there. We have everything. Clothes, accessories, books, everything."
Dawn was silently crying, not listening to a word of it. Why was she going here? I mean sure, she hadn't been the girl with ALL the friends in high school, but she had some. What would they think? And Xander, Spike, Willow, Tara, Giles, and yes even Anya were her family. She probably would never see them again.
She looked in the mirror and saw Xander, Giles, Willow and Spike asleep. Anya was impatiently reading a magazine, while Tara listened to her Walkman. Dawn bit her lip.
"Well, we are here." Buffy said, stopping the car and unhooking her seatbelt. It was 8:00 PM and it was well past sunset.
The only thing Dawn could see was a few lampposts which illuminated a few cabins.
'Great.' Dawn thought. 'I am in the middle of nowhere, with a cabin and probably no satellite.'
Spike and Xander got out and unloaded her two suitcases.
Suddenly a man and woman walked up to Buffy.
"Hi, I am Peter Scarbrow, the captain of this crew." He smiled and shook Buffy's hand.
"And I am Sophie Scarbrow, the co-captain of this crew." The lady smiled and shook Buffy's hand too.
"Hello, I am Buffy, Buffy Summers. And this is," She grabbed Dawn's arm and jerked her over to them.
"OUCH! That hurt, I am telling!" She squinted her eyes.
Buffy smiled nervously. "This is Dawn, my sister, she'll be staying here. Not me."
"Hello Dawn, welcome to Horizon!" Peter put out his hand to shake it.
Dawn just stood there.
"Well, Dawn, we will make you feel right at home here."
"It's not likely." Dawn whispered under her breath.
Peter just nodded. "Well, right this way, your Group is about to start. You'll be in the Cliffhangers, if you don't mind."
They all walked to a small cabin that appeared to be an office.
Dawn sat down while the others squeezed inside.
"Well, Ms. Buffy, we will of course need to be doing standard procedure searches on Ms. Dawn, so do you have your paperwork?"
Buffy looked at him. "Oh, um, hold on I'm sure I have them." She dug in her big black handbag with a B on it.
"Um, Spike, didn't you have them last?" She looked at Spike nervously.
He nodded. "Oh yea, here." He gave Buffy the papers. She snatched them away, and then handed them to Peter.
Peter looked over them. "Okay, well that's all I need." He then turned towards Dawn. "Um, I'll be in the next room when you're ready." He nodded and walked away.
Buffy looked at Dawn. "Well, Dawnie, this is it. I guess now is the time we all say goodbye." She walked over to Dawn and bent down to her at eye level.
"Dawnie, they said you'd be able to call me anytime. So, well, I have something for you." She pulled a box out of her big purse. Dawn opened it. It was a locket with her and Buffy's picture in it. On the front, it said Buffy & Dawn: Sister's forever.
Buffy started crying. "Well, Dawnie, I hope you get better, I'll miss you!" She hugged Dawn. Dawn tried hard not to cry as Buffy backed off.
Xander and Anya bent down next to her now. "Hey kiddo, have a fun camping trip!" Anya chimed. "Ahn, she's not going camping, she's going to a school." Xander whispered to her. "Oh, well, obviously you never told me." Anya whispered back. Then she turned to Dawn. "Learn something!" She smiled and hugged Dawn. Then Xander gave her a bag. She opened it and inside was a light blue sporty purse she saw in a store back in Sunnydale. She thanked them and said goodbye.
Then Willow and Tara came along. They said their goodbyes and gave her a book of Teen Spells.
Then Giles, who was crying softly, bent down and hugged her and left her with a big pink feather blanket.
Then, Spike who was the last one came up. "Hey Nibblet, mind the man and his broad while you're here okay? Do it for big sis. Oh, and, um," He gave her something very close to his heart. Literally. He gave her a stake.
"This is the one Buffy always tries to stake me with. I hacked it from her on her last patrol. You hang in there, Little Bit." He ruffled her hair and wiped his eye. She flung into him. "Bye Spike!"
Buffy said one last goodbye before walking out the door.
Dawn got up reluctantly and walked in the next room.
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Peter and Sophie stood in the Search room with their arms folded.
Dawn cracked opened up the door and walked up to them.
"Sit down, Ms. Dawn." She did as they told her too.
The room had wood walls, which were painted a navy blue. The only item in it was the chair she sat in.
"Ms. Dawn, there are only three rules here. No drugs, no sex, and no violence. Have you ever tried drugs, Ms. Summers?"
"Oh, um, I tried beer and a cigarette or two one time, but no biggies." Dawn answered.
"No pot, or marijuana, or weed, none of that?"
"Nope, none whatsoever."
"Okay, well, have you ever had sex?"
"Oh, yea right. I've barely made out with somebody before! My sister would flip out!"
"So, that's a no, to the sex?"
"Duh!"
"Okay, well, have you ever been involved in any violent acts?"
Dawn sat there. With a sister a Slayer, her whole life was basically violence!
"Yes." She whispered.
"Please explain where and when."
"Everyday, okay? Just screw off."
Peter nodded. "Okay, well, why are you here, Dawn Summers?"
"My mom just, well, died. I stole some stuff, skipped school a lot, and on top of it all-" She stopped herself. She was about to tell him she was the Key. "Oh, that's it, not life threatening stuff."
Peter didn't believe her, but just smiled. "Well, that'll be it. Time to introduce you to the rest of the Group."
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See how I did that cliffhanger thing? (Get it Cliffhanger!) R&R!!!
Author: funnybunny7
Rating: PG-13
Summary: A Buffy/Higher Ground crossover! Yay! After Dawn's mom dies, Buffy thinks it's best if she is sent of to Horizon. Set after Scott and Shelby are together and after 'The Body' Buffy.
Disclaimer: I own not a thing from Buffy or Higher Ground! (Though I wish I owned Scott and Spike!)
Enjoy!
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Dawn stared out the window of her sister's new Minivan. She sat in the passenger's seat, Buffy next to her. Xander and Anya sat in the next row of seats and Willow, Tara, Giles and Spike were scrunched up in the back.
"Gosh, it's freezing. When are we going to be there?" Anya complained for the seventeenth time.
Buffy checked her watch. "In approximately whenever I find out where I am." She looked at the map and sighed.
"You know, we could just turn around and go home." Dawn said quietly.
"Or we couldn't." Buffy said back.
"Gosh, I don't even know why the fuck I am going to this Sunrise place anyway." Dawn argued.
"Okay, #1 Dawn, the place is Horizon. #2 don't use that language with me. #3 your attitude sucks. And lastly, #4 we are going because you need help." Buffy said, clearly pissed.
"Buffy, I am not some psychopathic axe murderer. Those are the kind of people that go to these places! Mom wouldn't have made me go." She trailed off tears springing to her eyes.
"Yea well Dawnie, Mom isn't here, is she? So guess what. You will go to this place for as long as it takes. Yes, psychos may go there, but stealers, school skippers, death in families, and all of the above. You are in that last category, by the way."
Suddenly, Buffy saw a sign that said "Welcome to Horizon! 5 miles ahead"
"Okay, now Dawn we are almost there. We have everything. Clothes, accessories, books, everything."
Dawn was silently crying, not listening to a word of it. Why was she going here? I mean sure, she hadn't been the girl with ALL the friends in high school, but she had some. What would they think? And Xander, Spike, Willow, Tara, Giles, and yes even Anya were her family. She probably would never see them again.
She looked in the mirror and saw Xander, Giles, Willow and Spike asleep. Anya was impatiently reading a magazine, while Tara listened to her Walkman. Dawn bit her lip.
"Well, we are here." Buffy said, stopping the car and unhooking her seatbelt. It was 8:00 PM and it was well past sunset.
The only thing Dawn could see was a few lampposts which illuminated a few cabins.
'Great.' Dawn thought. 'I am in the middle of nowhere, with a cabin and probably no satellite.'
Spike and Xander got out and unloaded her two suitcases.
Suddenly a man and woman walked up to Buffy.
"Hi, I am Peter Scarbrow, the captain of this crew." He smiled and shook Buffy's hand.
"And I am Sophie Scarbrow, the co-captain of this crew." The lady smiled and shook Buffy's hand too.
"Hello, I am Buffy, Buffy Summers. And this is," She grabbed Dawn's arm and jerked her over to them.
"OUCH! That hurt, I am telling!" She squinted her eyes.
Buffy smiled nervously. "This is Dawn, my sister, she'll be staying here. Not me."
"Hello Dawn, welcome to Horizon!" Peter put out his hand to shake it.
Dawn just stood there.
"Well, Dawn, we will make you feel right at home here."
"It's not likely." Dawn whispered under her breath.
Peter just nodded. "Well, right this way, your Group is about to start. You'll be in the Cliffhangers, if you don't mind."
They all walked to a small cabin that appeared to be an office.
Dawn sat down while the others squeezed inside.
"Well, Ms. Buffy, we will of course need to be doing standard procedure searches on Ms. Dawn, so do you have your paperwork?"
Buffy looked at him. "Oh, um, hold on I'm sure I have them." She dug in her big black handbag with a B on it.
"Um, Spike, didn't you have them last?" She looked at Spike nervously.
He nodded. "Oh yea, here." He gave Buffy the papers. She snatched them away, and then handed them to Peter.
Peter looked over them. "Okay, well that's all I need." He then turned towards Dawn. "Um, I'll be in the next room when you're ready." He nodded and walked away.
Buffy looked at Dawn. "Well, Dawnie, this is it. I guess now is the time we all say goodbye." She walked over to Dawn and bent down to her at eye level.
"Dawnie, they said you'd be able to call me anytime. So, well, I have something for you." She pulled a box out of her big purse. Dawn opened it. It was a locket with her and Buffy's picture in it. On the front, it said Buffy & Dawn: Sister's forever.
Buffy started crying. "Well, Dawnie, I hope you get better, I'll miss you!" She hugged Dawn. Dawn tried hard not to cry as Buffy backed off.
Xander and Anya bent down next to her now. "Hey kiddo, have a fun camping trip!" Anya chimed. "Ahn, she's not going camping, she's going to a school." Xander whispered to her. "Oh, well, obviously you never told me." Anya whispered back. Then she turned to Dawn. "Learn something!" She smiled and hugged Dawn. Then Xander gave her a bag. She opened it and inside was a light blue sporty purse she saw in a store back in Sunnydale. She thanked them and said goodbye.
Then Willow and Tara came along. They said their goodbyes and gave her a book of Teen Spells.
Then Giles, who was crying softly, bent down and hugged her and left her with a big pink feather blanket.
Then, Spike who was the last one came up. "Hey Nibblet, mind the man and his broad while you're here okay? Do it for big sis. Oh, and, um," He gave her something very close to his heart. Literally. He gave her a stake.
"This is the one Buffy always tries to stake me with. I hacked it from her on her last patrol. You hang in there, Little Bit." He ruffled her hair and wiped his eye. She flung into him. "Bye Spike!"
Buffy said one last goodbye before walking out the door.
Dawn got up reluctantly and walked in the next room.
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Peter and Sophie stood in the Search room with their arms folded.
Dawn cracked opened up the door and walked up to them.
"Sit down, Ms. Dawn." She did as they told her too.
The room had wood walls, which were painted a navy blue. The only item in it was the chair she sat in.
"Ms. Dawn, there are only three rules here. No drugs, no sex, and no violence. Have you ever tried drugs, Ms. Summers?"
"Oh, um, I tried beer and a cigarette or two one time, but no biggies." Dawn answered.
"No pot, or marijuana, or weed, none of that?"
"Nope, none whatsoever."
"Okay, well, have you ever had sex?"
"Oh, yea right. I've barely made out with somebody before! My sister would flip out!"
"So, that's a no, to the sex?"
"Duh!"
"Okay, well, have you ever been involved in any violent acts?"
Dawn sat there. With a sister a Slayer, her whole life was basically violence!
"Yes." She whispered.
"Please explain where and when."
"Everyday, okay? Just screw off."
Peter nodded. "Okay, well, why are you here, Dawn Summers?"
"My mom just, well, died. I stole some stuff, skipped school a lot, and on top of it all-" She stopped herself. She was about to tell him she was the Key. "Oh, that's it, not life threatening stuff."
Peter didn't believe her, but just smiled. "Well, that'll be it. Time to introduce you to the rest of the Group."
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See how I did that cliffhanger thing? (Get it Cliffhanger!) R&R!!!
