43. Burn, baby, burn
"No, Dawn can't die!" Wanna bet?

As Dawn fell down and rolled around on the sunny curb shrieking, expecting to burst into flame any second, Buffy threw herself on top of her sister to shield her. It was several confused seconds of tangled limbs, screams and "ooof"s before they both realised that...

...Dawn wasn't even smoking, although she'd been in the sun a while. Shocked, she looked up at Buffy who stared back at her non-flamey sister... then wrapped her arms around her, feeling her warmth, her ragged breath, and her heartbeat.

"Dawn... You're alive!"

Everyone stared at them incredulously.

"She's not a vampire! She's alive!"