Much of the original source material was written in languages that first needed to be translated. This was a bit slow going since The Watcher Council’s diaries were blown up along with the rest of the building. Instead of going to a formal college, Giles had pulled some strings and gotten Dawn into an independent study program linked with Oxford where she was tasked with finding as much Slayer history as possible. With so many new Slayers, they had decided that it was imperative that every Slayer and Watcher take a class in Slayer History. With any luck, they had just stumbled upon a new bit of Slayer history to include in the new class they were forming for the next semester. Okay, so it was a regenerative demon and it kind of regenerated in all of the spells in the book and we had to burn it, but still…it was, like, seven months ago! Once her hands were proven clean, Dawn handed over the book and the page with the translated text so Buffy could read both. Geesh! Get demon blood on one book and they never let you forget it.
Buffy reached for it, but Dawn held it away from her and demanded, “Hands!” Buffy rolled her eyes, but showed Dawn that her hands were indeed clean. Okay, so what does it say?” They sat down on the comfortable sofa in Buffy’s office and Dawn pulled out an ancient tome. “Sounds like a Slayer to me,” Buffy commented then stopped, “Hey, how come we haven’t heard about this before? I mean, the stories about Camelot don’t mention any women fighting.” Dawn just looked at her for a moment in amusement and, when Buffy replayed her sister’s words, she snapped her fingers, “Okay, obscure…I got that now. “Did I miss much?” “Only an obscure prophecy from the Turkish region, well, from before it was a Turkish-region, involving a freakishly strong female warrior fighting alongside King Arthur at the Battle of Badon Hill,” Dawn informed her as Buffy led the way down to her office. “Okay, okay, so I closed my eyes for a minute…or twenty,” Buffy admitted with a sheepish grin.
“There was drool involved, so unless you want to own up to having a secret crush on Andrew, the only male in your general vicinity during the meeting…” Dawn smirked. “No, I…” Buffy began, but Dawn cut her off. “Hey, yourself! When did you get in? Is there an Apocalypse that I didn’t see on the schedule?” “Well, you would know if you hadn’t fallen asleep during Monday’s weekly status meeting,” Dawn chided her with a grin. When the sisters met, Buffy reached out and hugged Dawn as hard as she could without hurting her. Rather than join the mass of bodies, Buffy waited for Dawn at the end of the hall. It was in between classes at Slayer Central and that always spelled chaos. Thank you to my two lovely betas, MaraLiz & Rorylondra, for your invaluable assistance – and arguing with me over sentence structure when necessary… ****** “Hey, Buffy!” Dawn called down the hallway, stepping around girls’ backpacks and a few girls actually digging through those backpacks. King Arthur characters belong to Jerry Bruckheimer, I think.I had a difficult time finding this, so if anyone has other information, I’ll be happy to amend properly. Pairings: Buffy/?, Dawn/? Disclaimer: I definitely don’t own any of these characters. This is why there is no mention of Buffy or Dawn at the Battle of Badon Hill, but they were there and their presence changed the world. Down the Rabbit Hole Chapter 1: Seriously, Not What I Expected Summary: History is filled with inaccuracies.
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