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Fic: Hellmouth High Schools Don't Have Reunions (19/20)
Title: Hellmouth High Schools Don't Have Reunions (19/20)
Author: MoragMacPherson
Rating: PG to PG-13
Timeline: School Reunion for DW. Between Homecoming and Band Candy for BtVS
Disclaimer: If it's a character or a place, I don't own it.
Archive: Here, TtH, Teaspoon, the pit, I think. If you'd like it, let me know.
Author's Note: Response to challenge 3108 by Winterd at Twisting the Hellmouth. Un-beta'd. Oooh, and it also got recced on Calufrax, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Summary: What if "School Reunion" took place at Sunnydale High?
The Wise Cracks Won't Make You More Stable
The courtyard was chaos, students everywhere, the fire department working to douse the flames. Rose and the Doctor found Buffy and the rest huddled on the steps. The Doctor waved. “Ah, fine work everyone. Who started the fire?”
Willow raised her hand. “That would have been me.”
“I ran Principal Snyder’s car through the front gates!” said Cordelia with a grin.
Xander joined in. “Ooh, I smashed a window.”
Rose grinned. “This is everything I used to wish I could do to my school.”
Oz nodded. “One of these days we’ll really blow it up good.”
Snyder appeared then, sputtering in fury. “You!” he pointed at Buffy. “And you!” He turned to Cordelia. “And you!” he settled on Willow.
“And me!” The Doctor stuck his hands on his hips and swiveled on them. “What’s all this bluster about?”
“These- these miscreants have destroyed school property, and probably were responsible for the kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment of most of the faculty, not to mention the disappearance of twelve other members of our staff. This time, Summers, the expulsions are going to stick.”
The Doctor chuckled. “Oh I don’t think so. I think these students courageously stopped an attack by arsonists who’d previously disabled the fire alarm, and managed to warn and evacuate the entire student body.”
“And who exactly do you think you are to say all this, substitute?” The last word was spat out.
Rose saw the twinkle in the Doctor’s eye and stepped away from him. “Have you ever heard of U.N.I.T.?”
Snyder’s eyes narrowed. “No.”
“Marvelous bunch. One phone call, that’s all it will take. They’ll swarm into this town like locusts, and conduct a thorough investigation. Anyone they find complicit in this little ordeal, anyone who, say, harbored and hired an alien threat, endangering the lives of hundreds and the very existence of this planet, why, those kinds of people disappear. Quickly, quietly, and permanently.” The Doctor waved a hand in the air. “Who knows what other phenomena they’ll find in a town like this?” His voice lowered. “Sunnydale seems to like keeping a low-profile when it comes to its little… eccentricities. Do you really want to be responsible for bringing that kind of international attention here?”
Snyder stood very still. After a few long moments, he muttered, “The Mayor wouldn’t approve.”
“I had a feeling he might not.” The Doctor smiled, the fury in his eyes belying it. “So why don’t you offer your thanks to these heroes?” He pointed his head. “Go on, you know you can do it.”
Snyder muttered something that sounded like, “Nkyusmmrs,” before turning abruptly and marching away.
“Nice chap. Wonder why the Krillitanes didn’t just eat him?”
Rose snorted. “They were merciless, obviously.”
The Scoobies stared at the Doctor. “You made Snyder thank Buffy.” Willow’s mouth was agape.
Xander pinched himself. “I’ve been in a spaceship and I’ve watched Snyder thank Buffy. Did we get transported to some alternate universe?”
Giles looked the Doctor in the eye. “I think, sir, that you frighten me.” The Doctor looked away from the group. Buffy went to stand in front of him.
“You’re keeping our secret, right?”
“Is that what you want?” The Doctor drew his hand in a circle. “You fight in secret, alone, while these people ignore the dangers they face every night, dying.”
Rose came to his side. “The power here, we found it, we were drawn to it. The Krillitanes found it. There will be more. You could have help.”
Giles shook his head as Buffy sighed. “I have help. I had your help. Thank you.” She turned to the Doctor. “And thank you. We couldn’t have saved everyone without you both.”
Giles smiled. “Yes, she’s right. And we’ve all learned something new today. I think, Doctor, that we should have an exchange of information. After all, serendipity brought you here when we first faced an alien threat, we wouldn’t want to be caught off-guard when we face the next. And Buffy tells me you didn’t know of demons before you arrived, well, we have a wealth of information on them.” He went to remove his glasses before realizing he still didn’t have them. “We are none of us alone, Doctor. Even if we fight separately, we may still work together.”
The Doctor nodded. “I think that works.”
The weary group moved to leave the campus, all leaning on each other. Rose and the Doctor lingered behind, watching the aftermath unfurl. As the Sunnydale group moved ahead, Rose caught more whispers from them, this time of the Angel that Willow had mentioned, and wondered if the mysterious terrors of last spring were coming back to haunt them again. She squeezed the Doctor’s hand, he leaned on her, and they stepped forward.
Next
Author: MoragMacPherson
Rating: PG to PG-13
Timeline: School Reunion for DW. Between Homecoming and Band Candy for BtVS
Disclaimer: If it's a character or a place, I don't own it.
Archive: Here, TtH, Teaspoon, the pit, I think. If you'd like it, let me know.
Author's Note: Response to challenge 3108 by Winterd at Twisting the Hellmouth. Un-beta'd. Oooh, and it also got recced on Calufrax, which made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Summary: What if "School Reunion" took place at Sunnydale High?
The Wise Cracks Won't Make You More Stable
The courtyard was chaos, students everywhere, the fire department working to douse the flames. Rose and the Doctor found Buffy and the rest huddled on the steps. The Doctor waved. “Ah, fine work everyone. Who started the fire?”
Willow raised her hand. “That would have been me.”
“I ran Principal Snyder’s car through the front gates!” said Cordelia with a grin.
Xander joined in. “Ooh, I smashed a window.”
Rose grinned. “This is everything I used to wish I could do to my school.”
Oz nodded. “One of these days we’ll really blow it up good.”
Snyder appeared then, sputtering in fury. “You!” he pointed at Buffy. “And you!” He turned to Cordelia. “And you!” he settled on Willow.
“And me!” The Doctor stuck his hands on his hips and swiveled on them. “What’s all this bluster about?”
“These- these miscreants have destroyed school property, and probably were responsible for the kidnapping and unlawful imprisonment of most of the faculty, not to mention the disappearance of twelve other members of our staff. This time, Summers, the expulsions are going to stick.”
The Doctor chuckled. “Oh I don’t think so. I think these students courageously stopped an attack by arsonists who’d previously disabled the fire alarm, and managed to warn and evacuate the entire student body.”
“And who exactly do you think you are to say all this, substitute?” The last word was spat out.
Rose saw the twinkle in the Doctor’s eye and stepped away from him. “Have you ever heard of U.N.I.T.?”
Snyder’s eyes narrowed. “No.”
“Marvelous bunch. One phone call, that’s all it will take. They’ll swarm into this town like locusts, and conduct a thorough investigation. Anyone they find complicit in this little ordeal, anyone who, say, harbored and hired an alien threat, endangering the lives of hundreds and the very existence of this planet, why, those kinds of people disappear. Quickly, quietly, and permanently.” The Doctor waved a hand in the air. “Who knows what other phenomena they’ll find in a town like this?” His voice lowered. “Sunnydale seems to like keeping a low-profile when it comes to its little… eccentricities. Do you really want to be responsible for bringing that kind of international attention here?”
Snyder stood very still. After a few long moments, he muttered, “The Mayor wouldn’t approve.”
“I had a feeling he might not.” The Doctor smiled, the fury in his eyes belying it. “So why don’t you offer your thanks to these heroes?” He pointed his head. “Go on, you know you can do it.”
Snyder muttered something that sounded like, “Nkyusmmrs,” before turning abruptly and marching away.
“Nice chap. Wonder why the Krillitanes didn’t just eat him?”
Rose snorted. “They were merciless, obviously.”
The Scoobies stared at the Doctor. “You made Snyder thank Buffy.” Willow’s mouth was agape.
Xander pinched himself. “I’ve been in a spaceship and I’ve watched Snyder thank Buffy. Did we get transported to some alternate universe?”
Giles looked the Doctor in the eye. “I think, sir, that you frighten me.” The Doctor looked away from the group. Buffy went to stand in front of him.
“You’re keeping our secret, right?”
“Is that what you want?” The Doctor drew his hand in a circle. “You fight in secret, alone, while these people ignore the dangers they face every night, dying.”
Rose came to his side. “The power here, we found it, we were drawn to it. The Krillitanes found it. There will be more. You could have help.”
Giles shook his head as Buffy sighed. “I have help. I had your help. Thank you.” She turned to the Doctor. “And thank you. We couldn’t have saved everyone without you both.”
Giles smiled. “Yes, she’s right. And we’ve all learned something new today. I think, Doctor, that we should have an exchange of information. After all, serendipity brought you here when we first faced an alien threat, we wouldn’t want to be caught off-guard when we face the next. And Buffy tells me you didn’t know of demons before you arrived, well, we have a wealth of information on them.” He went to remove his glasses before realizing he still didn’t have them. “We are none of us alone, Doctor. Even if we fight separately, we may still work together.”
The Doctor nodded. “I think that works.”
The weary group moved to leave the campus, all leaning on each other. Rose and the Doctor lingered behind, watching the aftermath unfurl. As the Sunnydale group moved ahead, Rose caught more whispers from them, this time of the Angel that Willow had mentioned, and wondered if the mysterious terrors of last spring were coming back to haunt them again. She squeezed the Doctor’s hand, he leaned on her, and they stepped forward.
Next