The November Project - Part 7

TITLE:	The November Project (7/10)
AUTHOR:	-Andy- see2go4me@yahoo.com)
STATUS:	Words: 259.
RATING:	18/R
DISCLAIMER:	This is a derivative work. All characters belong to Joss Whedon, Mutant Enemy, Fox Television, Panzer/Davis and others. I don't own any of this, just the words gluing my story together.
SUMMARY:	A Third Slayer Tale
SPOILERS:	All seasons of BtVS and Highlander.
DISTRIBUTION:	My blog fanfic pages. TtH eventually. Anyone else, e-mail me please.
AUTHOR'S NOTES:	This is my NaNoWriMo entry. Quantity over quality. Don't expect anything better than a rough draft until the whole thing is done. Then I'll revise it.

"Duncan?" Fann asked during a break several weeks after she'd started training with him.

"Yes?"

"You've made it clear that you don't approve of the things Amanda has been teaching me." She paused but he didn't deny it. "Why are you willing to help me also?" she asked curiously.

He looked at her for a moment before he spoke. "While I don't approve of her involving you in her schemes, I'll do what I can to help you survive them until you are old enough to realize there are better things you could do with your life."

"And?" she prompted.

"I think you need protection from her greediness and this is as good a start as any."

"Greediness?" Fann frowned. She'd been well aware from almost the beginning that Amanda wasn't being altruistic when she'd offered Fann the opportunity to learn her trade but greediness wasn't a description she would have used.

"Yes." He handed her one of the practice swords. "She decided that you needed her help and took it as an opportunity to pay off an old debt and get cheap help, all at the same time."

"What's wrong with that?" Fann asked. "I'm the one who first asked to become her apprentice. If she hadn't known my family I don't think she would have even considered the idea."

"You aren't old enough to decide for yourself something liek that." He protested.

"You forget I'm not immortal. I've had to grow very quickly and I know exactly what being her apprentice means. I'm not foolish." Fann protested.

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