Chapter 9-Mishaps in Sunnydale

Willow and the rest of the scooby gang woke up the next morning and continued to do their research. Desperate to get Buffy back, Willow continued on even though she was still suffering from a concussion from last night.

Usagi woke to the smell of food from the kitchen. The moon princess practically ran downstairs, excited about food. She could eat two bowls of rice about now.

"Good morning, Usagi. Did you sleep well?" Tara asked without turning. She was cooking something on the stove.

"Good morning, Tara. I slept well, thank you. What is that you are cooking? It smells delicious." Usagi took a deep breath.

"Dawn and I decided to give you an American breakfast. Bacon and eggs. Hope you'll like it." Tara put a plate full of food in front of the moon princess. Dawn came and drew a crescent moon on the plate using ketchup. She beamed at Usagi.

"omm…hot hot..ommm…this is delicious…mmmm…om om om". Usagi devoured the food in seconds. Tara and Dawn looked at Usagi, shocked and amused. That was three eggs and five bacon slices. All gone in less than 10 seconds.

" Usagi, will you be okay staying here today with Dawn? I need to go over to the magic shop to help the others. We are going to sift through the burned books and see if we could find out more on how to reverse the spell. I will conjure up a barrier around the house before I leave. As long as you and Dawn stay inside the house, you guys will be safe." Tara said, hoping that she could make good on that promise. She would much rather Willow do the barrier spell since Willow was stronger.

Dawn put a hand on the princess's shoulder and gave Tara a grin. "I will take care of her. Don't worry."

Something in Dawn's voice caused Tara to raise her eyebrow. Dawn had matured a lot in the past few months and probably more responsible now. Tara hoped Dawn wouldn't leave the house. The witch made a mental note to come back in two hours to check on them. Just in case.

After Tara left, Usagi went back to the couch and turned on the TV. She then noticed the Sailor Moon DVD case on the coffee table and all of a sudden felt tears welled up in her eyes. She closed her eyes and tried to imagine what they would be doing now. "Everyone.I miss you." Usagi whispered.

Dawn appeared and looked at the crying princess. Then, a very bad idea cross her mind. She grabbed Usagi's hand and ran upstairs to Buffy's room.

She opened Buffy's closet and start laying out her older sister's clothes. "Here. Let's dress up as Buffy. Then we can go through her stuff and her weapon chest. Let's just have some fun and forget about everything for a while."

Usagi looked at Dawn and raise her eyebrows. Then decided, she will put Buffy's stuff back before Buffy gets back. No harm there, right?

"Now, let's check out what's in the weapon chest. I was forbidden to touch it when Buffy was here. She never let me do anything, really." Dawn opened the mysterious chest. Usagi joined in, curious.

Usagi pulled out a crossbow. "How does this work?"

"Here. Let me see. You can insert the arrow here and I think this is the release button." Whoosh! Dawn touched the sensitive button and the arrow flew across the room, barely missing Usagi's arm and went straight into the wall.

"Oh no." Usagi looked at the wall in horror. "What do we do now? We are going to get in so much trouble."

"Ah, it's a small hole. I will just pull it out. No one will notice." Dawn pulled on the arrow, hard. Yet it won't budge. "Usagi, help me. It's stuck."

So the two teenage girls grabbed the arrow and pulled together. The arrow came out, along with a huge chunk of the drywall. "Ahhhh." Usagi yelled. She looked at the gaping hole. Then she saw the tall houseplant next to the hole. "Maybe this can cover it up." Usagi moved the plant and positioned it in front of the hole.

"Okay, so crossbow is dangerous. Got it." Dawn put the dangerous weapon back into the chest. "Oooo. Swords. Catch, Usagi." Dawn tossed one of the swords at Usagi, never realizing how bad the moon princess was at catching things.

Thud. Usagi reached for the sword and missed. The sword tip landed between Usagi's toes. "Ahhhhhh." Usagi yelled again. Dawn rushed over and quickly assess the situation.

Usagi was starting to regret listening to Dawn. She stared at the new hole on the floor.

" Okay, no tossing weapons around. Here. I am handing you an axe." Dawn put the swords back and handed another long weapon to Usagi. The moon princess gripped it tightly with both hands, afraid of dropping it.

"What do I do with this?" Usagi held the heavy weapon in her hands, too afraid to move.

"Try swing it. You will look so badass. Hehehe…" Dawn laughed at how awkward Usagi looked.

"Okay." Usagi slowly spun herself while swinging the axe. The heavy weapon slipped out of her hands, flew above Dawn's head and thudded into the ceiling. It hung there a moment and then dropped straight to the ground, along with a giant piece of the ceiling.

Dawn and Usagi approached the axe and looked up at the hole in the ceiling.

"How are we going to cover that up?" Usagi asked. Dawn was already rolling on the floor, dying from laughter. The little girl hadn't laughed in so long, it felt strange almost.

Hours later, Tara came back to a completely trashed house. At first, she thought there was an attack. Then she saw Usagi and Dawn dancing in the kitchen. They were wearing Buffy's clothes and dancing while holding Buffy's stakes. For the first time in a long while, Tara saw joy in Dawn's eyes. She decided to slip away quietly so that the girls could continue to have fun…..