Title: Demon Hunter
Fandom: BtVS
Author: badly_knitted 
Characters: Sid, Buffy.
Rating: PG
Word Count: 300
Spoilers: The Puppet Show.
Summary: Sid the demon hunter is determined to finally break the magical curse that turned him into a ventriloquist’s dummy.
Content Notes: None needed.
Written For: Challenge 263: Magic.
Disclaimer: I don’t own BTVS, or the characters. They belong to Joss Whedon.



Sid may be a little short for a demon hunter, and okay, a lot wooden, but that’s never stopped him before and he’s not about to let it stop him now. He’s killed six, just has one more to go and then he’ll be freed from the magical curse he’s been under for the last few decades. It’s great motivation; being a dummy sucks like you wouldn’t believe. He can’t eat, drink, or enjoy the pleasures of the flesh… This is no life for a red-blooded man; it’s torture, and on top of all that he’s developing woodworm.

On the plus side, he’s closing in on that last pesky demon, and he’s pretty sure he knows which of the kids it is; the blonde girl. He’s gotta admit the demon knows how to pick ‘em; she’s quite the hottie, all nubile and limber. If he was a few decades younger and human…

Sid shakes his head, forces his mind back on track; this is no time to get distracted, regardless of his quarry’s physical attributes. If he doesn’t finish this before the demon claims the human heart and brain it needs to keep its current form it’ll escape and he’ll have to wait seven long years before he gets another chance. After all this time he’s so tired he just wants it to be over.

He waits until he can get the girl alone, attacks her, but she fights him off; having been so close to victory, the bitterness of defeat is like having a bucket of cold water dumped over him.

“You win. Now you can take your heart and your brain and move on.”

Only it’s not over yet, because the girl thought Sid was the demon! They’re on the same side.

Hope blossoms; there’s still a chance.


The End