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Despite Giles's efforts to let his adoptive daughter have a happy life, he couldn't quite stop the Watchers Council...
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"Well, I sympathize with you, Buffy. I truly do." Pops said as he was driving down the road. Buffy had shotgun while I sat in the back with her little sister. "But I'm certain that Riley understands better than anyone else the importance of training." There was classical music playing on the radio while the top of the car was down. "You can't allow personal concerns to distract you from- Dawn, will you stop fiddling with the radio and sit down?"
The young, brunette girl had gone between the front two seats to change the station on the radio. It felt a little awkward in the backseat since I had no clue who Dawn was other than her being Buffy's younger sibling. Plus, she kept looking at me oddly. When she sat back down after leaving the radio alone, she buckled back into the seat.
"Are you really Giles's daughter?" I looked over at Dawn after she questioned me.
"I'm adopted." I cleared my throat. "You really think he'd ever reproduce with a demon?" I tried to make a joke, but she just gave me a thoughtful look.
"So, how can you tell you're a half-demon?" She asked.
"Um, for one thing, I'm really strong. Also, even though you can't see them right now, I do have demonic body parts." I shrugged.
"Ooh, like what?" She grinned.
"Well...." I trailed off before leaning over. Letting my ears point out, I showed them to her. "And I got a tail."
"Cool." She was grinning. "Can I see?"
"Maybe some other time....when we're someplace not so open and populated with people." I gave a smile.
"Okay." She nodded before looking over. "Hey, there's Willow and Tara!" Dawn pointed.
"Ooh. They haven't seen my new car." Pops said. He slowed down and parallel parked next to the Espresso Pump.
"Hey, Giles, sharp wheels." Willow looked at the car as we climbed out of the vehicle.
"The rest of the car's nice too." Tara smiled.
"Handles like a dream." Pops grinned.
"Where are you two guys heading?" Buffy asked.
"Magic shop. I have some charms on backorder." Willow pointed a thumb over her shoulder.
"Willow, hi." Dawn smiled.
"Hey, Dawnie." Willow opened her arms to hug the girl. "How's my favorite chess partner? Still leading with your knight?" Dawn nodded.
"Hey, Dawn." Tara gave a smile and waved. We then walked with the two witches down the sidewalk. I stayed in the back of the pack, taking my time to look around the place. You never know what might jump out at you in Sunnydale.
"That's odd." Pops walked up to the shop. Opening the front door, we discovered it was unlocked....and the shop was a wreck. At least, I hoped it was. If the magic shop usually looked like this, then they needed better management.
