Chapter 8
"Buffy!"
"Dawn, shush!" The teen shut the front door and threw down her school bag before entering the living room to see Buffy, Giles and Tara still sitting in their seats, watching the kitten play with a feather Tara was controlling with magic,
"Kitty."
"Yes, a kitten Dawn."
"When did we get a kitten, and why?"
"We found it last night on patrol, took it to the vet today, and not we've got a kitten," Buffy said, watching te kitten jump, trying to catch the feather. Tara giggled and lead the small animal in circles.
"So what's its name?" Dawn asked as she sat on the floor, next to the couch.
"Soma," Giles said.
"Weird name."
"Thank you Dawn," Giles said sarcastically. She stuck out her tongue. The kitten was attempting to kill the now normal feather as it pounced, bit and scratched.
"Buffy, where's the kitten sleeping?"
"In my room, where else?"
"But you'll squish it!"
"I will not."
"Buffy, there's no room in your room!"
"And what do you mean by that?" Dawn was about to respond with a usual teenage remark, but noticed the looks on the three adults faces and chose to keep quiet, knowing now wasn't the time.
The doorbell rang and she shot from the couch, muttering "Saved by the bell" in the process.
"Who are you?" Dawn asked as someone entered the house.
"A friend." Giles slowly stood, his temper skyrocketing.
"Ah, Ripper. You finally got the Slayer I see."
"Ethan, what do you want?" Giles asked, hands balled into fists.
"Well, it seems chaos is about to brew, and I wasn't in on it. In fact, it involves your young witch, you, Miss Muscles and a vampire."
"What. Do. You. Want?" Buffy asked, standing beside Giles.
"Oh, so fierce," Ethan said in mock fright. Smirking, he pulled off his gloves. "It seems I'm to help you stop the chaos, for whatever reason."
"Why?"
"Not a blasted clue Ripper. I was just told that the witch was going to brew some world ending chaos."
AN: ETHAN! Ok, should we hook him up with Dawn or Willow? Oh yeah, Willow's kinda in limbo with Tara. Hmm. Well, give me votes on either relationship, and Tara/Willow may just end. But I love Tara, and she'll stay if they break up.