The Beauty of Dawn

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She ran as quickly as she could, trying to escape the monster that chased her. She could hear it growling as it grew ever closer, she could feel its hot breath as it gained on her.

But it wasn't a monster of the night.

It was love.

It tore her to pieces to love him. It tortured her knowing that it could never be between the two of them. Knowing that he could never love her back.

So she learned to hide her feelings.

She put her time and energy into becoming better. Better than she had ever been. She grew stronger, faster, more intelligent.

But he never noticed her.

He loved someone else.

He loved her sister.

He loved Buffy.

He would never love her.

She reminded him too much of what he had lost.

She reminded him of sunrise and sunshine. Of the beauty of the daytime he would never again experience.

After all, her name was Dawn.