Friday Fanfic

Buffy the Dragon Slayer

(An obvious continuation of last week's story.)

Chapter Five

For the next few hours, Buffy lost herself in the minstrel's music, not really caring that much about her evening meal even though Laurel practically had to spoon feed Buffy her dinner just to make sure she ate something.

Her favorite tune for some strange reason, was an odd little ditty that began with a wolf howl and a few notes from a church organ. How the minstrel managed to duplicate these sounds, Buffy had no idea, but the rest of the ditty was so easy to listen to that Buffy had a hard time keeping it out of her head afterwards.

Of course, Buffy wasn't the only person the minstrel Australis played for. Every so often, the innkeeper's wife Anastasia would request a song about rabbits for some strange reason. And Laurel would request a ton of songs Buffy had never heard of including one about a magic love potion and another one called "I Kissed a Girl." (Most definitely a guy song, Buffy thought, though for some odd reason, Australis did not sing it that way.)

Sir Roderick did not request a thing, choosing to stay silent while his Slayer enjoyed the music.

Buffy thought no more about anything apart from music until halfway through her dinner when she heard a roar of thunder.

"Funny," said Laurel. "I saw no lightning outside when I heard that bolt of thunder."

"Why would you find that funny?" said Buffy.

"Because thunder is always accompanied by lightning," said Laurel. "Unless it's something else we heard."

"Like what?"

Just then a beautiful brunette in a flowery dress showed up at the entrance of the inn's dining room.

"What is it, Baile?" said Anastasia.

"Come quick," said the woman called Baile. "The local bookshop is on fire."

"On fire?" asked Leandro the innkeeper. "You mean --"

"That's right, Leandro," said Baile. "The dragon is attacking our village. And by the way, Australis... As long as I'm here, could you play that song about provincial life? Because I just love that tune."

To be continued...