Promt 147: drabble

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Title: A Sucker Sired Every Minute
Author: duh_i_read
Word count: 100
Prompt: 147 (April Fools Day)
Characters: Buffy


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The fledgling raised his fists, ready. Buffy rolled her eyes and leaned on a tombstone.

“You know what today is, right?” Buffy asked.

“Er, the day you die?” he said.

“Slayer's holiday. Think of it as a moratorium on me slaying you.”

“Mora-what?”

“I’m not here to dust you,” she made a little shooing motion. “Go.”

The fledgling studied her, lowering his fists. “Woah. Really?”

“Nope!” Her hidden stake flew through the air with a flourish, hitting his heart, a perfect bull’s-eye.

“April fools!” she shouted as he turned to dust.

Buffy chucked to herself, “Buffy: twelve. Stupid vampires: zero.”