THE ROSE...

Ethan Rayne had not prepared properly for his Haollowe'en prank. He realized that now, feeling the tip of a steel sword pressing on his Adam's apple, held by a hand like steel, while two merciless blue eyes glared at him. He should have made sure he knew who the Slayer was, among the dozens of giddy teen-agers in this Californian absurdity. And he should have familiarized himself with the precise characteristics of all his goods. Instead of which, when a particularly silly-sounding Valley Girl had come asking for an eighteenth-century lady's costume, he had promptly handed her the one labelled:

The Rose of Versailles - Lady Oscar

Disclaimer: Lady Oscar, the Rose of Versailles, belongs, I believe, to Riyoko Ikeda and Shueisha Inc., and certainly not to me. Buffy Summers and Ethan Rayne are the property of Joss Whedon. No violation of copyright is intended and no money will be made.