Fic on the theme of "I Learned Something Today"
...wherein your favorite characters learn their lesson. For lands-of-magic.
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Words: 252
Oooh, fortune cookies!” Willow said gleefully as she rooted around in the take out bag. “Fortunes?” Cordelia gave a withering look as she gazed at a garlic string bean before popping it in her mouth. “What kind of fortune could possibly help us?”
"Never know!" Willow cracked the cookie and pulled out the slip of paper. "Oh, this is a weird one. 'Take this moment to make a wish, and think about what you've learned.' " She looked around the table. "So, everyone, make a wish!"
At that moment, she and everyone else seemed to drift into a reverie.
Willow remembered an angry rant, a tight corset, and a strangely appealing feeling of power. But she also recalled the fear on the face of her friends, and classmates crumpled on the floor of the Bronze.
Xander grinned as he recalled Buffy sashaying seductively in front of him, then grimaced as he pictured a band of high school women with axes.
Cordelia thought of an amulet and incantation, then two sets of fangs sinking into her throat.
Buffy flashed on the warmth of a lover's embrace and the agony of his spite and scorn.
Willow was the first to shake herself out of her thoughts. "Um," she said, clearing her throat. "Okay, well, no wishes, so moving on," with a squint at the slip of paper, " 'Think of what you've learned.' What have we learned?"
As one, they raised their teacups and chopsticks and intoned, "Be careful what you wish for!"