Author: Jedi Buttercup
Disclaimer: The words are mine; the worlds are not. I claim nothing but the plot.
Rating: K+
Category: B:tVS/Pride and Prejudice
Summary: Dawn makes an unexpected discovery in an old Watcher's journal. 200 words.
Spoilers: B:tVS post-"Chosen"; Pride and Prejudice (1813).
Notes: Challenge response. Set after my flashfic, "Paper Legacy".
Buffy looked up, frowning, as a sudden shriek emanated from the living room. She'd been looking forward to a quiet evening at home, and she'd thought Dawn was too, curled up on the couch with a stack of old Watchers' journals.
"Dawnie?" she called, wondering what was going on.
Dawn didn't answer; instead, she bolted through the doorway of the living room, wide-eyed, with a journal tucked under her arm. She headed for her bedroom, where Buffy heard a clattering of noise, then retraced her steps with a small, locked cedar chest under her other arm.
Something about the chest pulled at Buffy's memories-- something to do with her mother? She paused her movie, got up, and followed her sister to the other room.
"I don't believe it," Dawn was muttering, a fragile, yellowed letter spread open across the pages of the journal. "It was all a misunderstanding! His father was a Watcher, so he recognized-- he was taking her to the Council, not eloping! And she never told them, just kept playing the ditz--"
"Who?" Buffy prompted her sister, confused.
"Lydia Bennet," Dawn answered, looking stunned. "Looks like you're not the first Slayer in the family, after all."
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