Pure Poison

Prologue
Disclaimer: I own nothing of this but the three young Slayers sent with Dawn. The facts were found on the official site for The Covenant.
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Dawn couldn't believe it. Buffy was sending her away! And not to a Hellmouth, of all places. But to Ipswich! Which was actually pretty cool in it's own right. Dawn had read all about Ipswich.


'Industrialist Theodore Danvers, "who uncanny ability to prestidigitate riches", is credited with building Ipswich into the bastion of wealth it remains today.'

'Theodore's daughter, Eleanor Spenser, founded the Spenser Academy "to provide shelter to the gifted children of New England".'

'A nationally recognized landmark, the Danvers Colony House was a Mecca for faith healing throughout the 19th century.'

'With a reputation for judiciousness and an uncanny family gift for oratory, 10 Danvers have been appointed to sit on the Massachusetts Supreme Court.'

'Orville Hutchins Garwin became a curiousity of the old west in 1872, when the New England schoolboy felled an entire herd of buffalo with a single revolver.'


Dawn's mind was swimming with facts that she had learned of the original Ipswich Colony. Then she remember what else Buffy had told her: that she had to choose three Slayers her own age to go with her. She snorted at the thought. Like she couldn't take care of herself. She shook her head and let her thoughts wander, running through the names and faces of Slayers her age. There were so many...and that was just at the house and at the school.

She sighed when she thought she had nobody to choose. Then it hit her like a ton of bricks. The Breslin sisters! Half sisters with the same father, all of them born the same year and the same month.

The eldest, Bianca, came to mind. The girl was Dawn's height at 5' 7". And Bianca is actually the shortest of the three girls. Bianca had short ginger red hair. She dyes it that color. Dawn snickered at the thought that it took Bianca three months to find ginger hair dye. The middle sister, Ceres, standing at 5' 8", also dyed her hair, but Ceres dyed it black. She was kinda like Faith....kinda.

And the youngest, Des, don't let her catch you calling her Desdemona, was the tallest at 5' 10"...and that's without shoes at all! Des was the only one of the sisters that didn't dye her hair or wear contacts. Des' eyes were their original bright candied amber and her hair was it's real platinum blonde that Rona always put in micro braids. She always wore smoky eyeshadow, cause she says it brings attention to her eyes. Dawn remembered what she saw Des wearing at breakfast: a white cherry crop top, a white pleated denim mini skirt, and white extra high tops. Dawn also noticed that Des left her Chinese Courage tattoos exposed. Which was actually odd for the teen Slayer.

"Dawn?" Xander poked his head in, "Buffy's getting antsy."
Dawn rolled her eyes.

"Tell her that I chose," She sighed, seeing a look on Xander's face, knowing what he was thinking, "and no it's not the three that she wants to force on me."
Xander let out a breath and came in, closing the door tightly behind him.

"So, who'd you pick, Dawnie?" He asked, sitting near her.
Dawn grinned evilly.

"The Breslin sisters," She snickered.
Xander choked.

"Oh, she is going to hate that," He started to laugh.
Dawn smirked, so eerily like Spike.

"I know," Dawn said, adding with a shrug, "they are the only ones worth taking."
Xander sighed and stood.

"I'll go tell the girls to pack and quick," He said as he neared the door, adding, "and Buffy won't know until you are already on the plane."
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(hehehe. Buffy is gonna be cranky for sure.)
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Ch.1: Watching the boys at swim practice
Disclaimer in prologue.
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Dawn, Bianca, Ceres, and Des walked into the pool area, instantly knowing that all eyes were on them. Des didn't even bother to wear her shoes, didn't see the point. They all wore the same cut of bathing suit, but in their signature colors. Dawn wore green (obviously), Bianca wore red, Ceres wore black, and Des wore white. When they sat down in the bleachers, the others went back to business.

"Hey, Dawnie," Des grinned, "see those four over there?"
Des pointed out the four she spoke of. Dawn looked and grinned.

"They're hot," She whispered to Des.
"Majorly fucking hot," Des chuckled, "look at Angel Jr, though."
Dawn looked at the dark haired boy she was talking about and chuckled.

"He does look like a king brooder," Dawn agreed.
"And I bet he looks just so damn yum doing too," Des sighed.
"I bet," Dawn laughed.
Bianca and Ceres rolled there eyes.

"I know who I want," Des grinned wolfishly.
Dawn saw one that she liked. He had hair like Spike.

"His name is Reid Garwin," Said a girl.
Dawn's brows furrowed.

"The blonde, his name is Reid," the girl clarified, "Kate."
"Dawn. This amazon here is Desdemona," Dawn laughed at the glare she got from Des, "and her sisters Bianca and Ceres."
Des went back to staring at the boys, who were staring back at her just as intently. She didn't know that she let the Slayer slip in her gaze until their eyes flashed black. Which actually startled the normally fearless Slayer.

"Hey, Dawnie?"
"Yeah?"
"Black eyes."
"Good or bad."
"From the looks of it...good."
"That's good."
"Yeah."
Kate looked to Bianca and Ceres, but the girls just shrugged, not knowing what their sister and Dawn were talking about. Des' eyes locked with King Broody, as she and Dawn dubbed him, and kept them, testing him, taunting him to come closer.

"Who's the King of Brood?" Dawn asked.
"Who?" Kate replied.
"Tall, dark, and yummy that Des is mentally fucking against the wall," Dawn chuckled.
Des reached back and smacked Dawn, softly of course.

"Violent woman," Dawn said as she dramatically rubbed her arm.
Kate laughed.

"His name is Caleb Danvers," Kate said pointedly to the back of Des' blonde head.
Des grinned at Caleb, bearing her teeth playfully, like a wolf pup who just found herself a new playmate.

"Who are the others?" Des asked without looking away from Caleb, who was still staring into eyes, despite his friends waving their hands in his face.
"The blonde that Dawn was staring at is Reid Garwin," Kate replied, laughing at Caleb, "the one next to him is Tyler Sims. And the one on the other side of Caleb, is my ex, Pogue Parry."
"Tyler's a cutie," Des said to Ceres.
"Niceness."
"Totally."
Kate laughed.

"Caleb is sorta on the rebound. He was with this girl, Sarah, but I guess she found out some huge family secret and bailed earlier this week," Kate offered to Des.

Des frowned at the thought and Caleb saw it. His eyes were asking her what was wrong and he didn't even know why he cared. Des' eyes said back to him, 'She bailed?'. Caleb nodded absently. Des mouthed 'poor thing'. Des and his friends could have sworn that he blushed.
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