Friday Fanfic

Buffy the Dragon Slayer

(An obvious continuation of last week's story)

Chapter Nineteen-Beta

Buffy worked in a daze the next few hours, trying to extinguish the flames that beset the inn. And even once she was done, she was still obsessed with looking for yet more flames.

Eventually Laurel came down and saw Buffy sitting on the front steps of the inn.

"Whatcha's doing?" asked Laurel.

"Waiting for Lady Isabel," said Buffy.

"Oh, really?" asked Laurel. "Why?"

"Because apparently she's the new dragon slayer," said Buffy.

"Oh, I see," said Laurel.

Then Laurel thought a moment and said, "Wait a minute! Does that mean --"

"Yes, it does," said Buffy. "Apparently I'm retired now."

"Oh," said Laurel. "But didn't you want to be retired? Weren't you always complaining about having to go out and fight dragons and such? More importantly, doesn't this mean you never have to worry again about dying in flames on a rainy night?"

"You're right about all that, Laurel," said Buffy. "And yet-- I wish things had ended a different way."

"Well, maybe they will," said Laurel. "I've been talking to Sir Roderick about what were to happen if you ever got sick of dragon-slaying and he hears that there's been some talk about training Slayers to go after vampires instead."

"Well,that's very nice of him to say that but I don't really see that happening," said Buffy. "And even if it did, can you imagine how fast a war like that would last? Those poor vampires wouldn't stand a chance."

"But still," said Laurel. "You never know."

"True," said Buffy. "But realistically speaking, we're talking about training young girls who are accustomed to killing giant fire-breathing reptiles to go after mere human-sized bloodsuckers. I don't see that war lasting more than, say, a week. If that long."

The end?