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Searching is half the fun: life is much more manageable when thought of as a scavenger hunt as opposed to a surprise party.”
Jimmy Buffet, philosopher and margarita connoisseur
It’s never too early to start planning, which was also the reason Willow used to keep from telling anybody her plans to coerce into this the people in charge of the New Council. Starting with Rupert Giles himself, and involving all her other friends.
BtVS/AtS Non-Crossover >
General •
Manchester • FR7 •
Chapters [1] • Words [2,073] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [9] • Hits [2,737] • Published [1 Apr 12] • Updated [1 Apr 12] • Completed [Yes]
Willow’s Great Scooby Scavenger Hunt has just sent Buffy and Chao-Ahn on their first challenge. Except, they’ve just been transported to somewhere really unusual, so what happens next? No. 1 of August Fic-A-Day.
Lord of the Rings >
Buffy-Centered •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,570] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [1] • Hits [1,691] • Published [1 Aug 12] • Updated [1 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
If there was anything faster than light, it had to be Andrew’s ecstatic realization of just where they were now. For Faith, that was okay enough, but not when her (ugh!) game partner started to lose it… No. 2 of August Fic-A-Day.
Star Wars >
General •
Manchester • FR18 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,369] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [7] • Hits [1,575] • Published [2 Aug 12] • Updated [2 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
On their very first challenge in the Great Scooby Scavenger Hunt, Dawn and Rona have to do something which one of them would honestly never prefer to carry out. No. 3 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Pirates of the Caribbean >
General •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [4,730] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [3] • Hits [1,176] • Published [3 Aug 12] • Updated [3 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
There’d always been a state of armed truce between Xander and Kennedy ever since Sunnydale. So, what happens when these two New Council members are teamed up in the Great Scooby Scavenger Hunt? No. 4 of August Fic-A-Day.
Comics >
Comic Strips •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,570] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [3] • Hits [1,495] • Published [4 Aug 12] • Updated [4 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Tonight, the above title declaration will also include two very special people now about to enter an early 1940’s upscale nightclub and gambling den in a North African city. No. 5 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Casablanca •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [4,672] •
Recs [1] •
Reviews [8] • Hits [1,070] • Published [5 Aug 12] • Updated [5 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Who cares about directions? All Buffy needed to find the place from a very appreciated movie was to follow her nose. No. 6 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Drama •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [2,128] •
Recs [1] •
Reviews [7] • Hits [1,292] • Published [6 Aug 12] • Updated [6 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
In a Western, you don’t say, “It’s quiet. Too quiet.” In a horror film, you don't go into a dark basement with a broken flashlight. Finally, in one specific science fiction television show, you don’t ever wear THAT. No. 7 of August Fic-A-Day.
Star Trek >
Star Trek - The Original Series •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,512] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [4] • Hits [1,659] • Published [7 Aug 12] • Updated [7 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Willow sends Dawn and Rona to meet a certain somebody-- Er, wrong pronoun. You’ll just have to read the story to find out who-- No, that doesn’t work, either. I think. Never mind, all will be explained shortly. No. 8 of August Fic-A-Day.
Television >
Addams' Family, The •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [4,167] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [7] • Hits [1,311] • Published [8 Aug 12] • Updated [8 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
“Okay, now that we’ve finished the house specialty, you wanna have something else, too? The burritos sound good, and maybe we can try the-- DUCK!” Xander frantically dragged Kennedy under their table. No. 9 of August Fic-A-Day.
Cartoons >
Kim Possible •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [617] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [2] • Hits [1,630] • Published [9 Aug 12] • Updated [9 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Giles had considered making a job offer, but he quickly dismissed this. There was really no point, since the most exceptional valet in literature would’ve politely refused to leave the service of a blithering idiot. No. 10 of August Fic-A-Day.
Literature >
Other •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [2,522] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [7] • Hits [1,237] • Published [10 Aug 12] • Updated [10 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
This time, it's Chao-Ahn who introduces Buffy to a pair of her own favorite characters. No. 11 of August Fic-A-Day.
Literature >
Fantasy •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,774] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [7] • Hits [1,151] • Published [11 Aug 12] • Updated [11 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
You can’t kill him. You can’t kill him. You can’t kill him. You can’t kill him. After the game, though, THEN you can kill him. After the game. After the game. After the game. No. 12 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Back to the Future •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [490] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [4] • Hits [1,255] • Published [12 Aug 12] • Updated [12 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Just out of curiosity, I checked all of the twenty-six. Nine can be printed in three, seven in one, another seven in two, and three are unfortunately unable to be done except in four strokes: E, M, and W. No. 13 of August Fic-A-Day.
Literature >
Action >
Zorro •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,617] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [2] • Hits [1,007] • Published [13 Aug 12] • Updated [13 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Xander learns something new about Kennedy on a lonely New Zealand beach in the mid-19th century. No. 14 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Drama •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,736] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [3] • Hits [1,382] • Published [14 Aug 12] • Updated [14 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
At least they were warmly dressed, Giles wryly noted. Definitely a good thing, since he and Vi had been outside in the cold for some time. Now, if only that blasted man in his bedroom across the street would finally wake up… No. 15 of August Fic-A-Day.
Literature >
Classics •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,289] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [6] • Hits [827] • Published [15 Aug 12] • Updated [15 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
After a quick visit to collect something in a deserted apartment, both Slayers went downstairs in the rowhouse and walked into a lady’s living room, with this woman not reacting at all to their intrusion. No. 16 of August Fic-A-Day.
Television >
Other-Science Fiction •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,429] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [5] • Hits [892] • Published [16 Aug 12] • Updated [16 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Long before all the grimness, angst, and body counts, there was a certain comic book hero and his sidekick who provided a much lighter tone in their 1960’s television show. Along with various whispered rumors about those two… No. 17 of August Fic-A-Day.
Television >
Other-Misc Shows •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,168] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [10] • Hits [807] • Published [17 Aug 12] • Updated [17 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
“No, Dawn, after this, we’re not going to have crooks' nicknames like ‘Savage’ Summers for you and Rotten Rona for me! Anyway, the reward money offered on my wanted poster will be twice the size of yours!” No. 18 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Comedy •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,018] •
Recs [1] • Reviews [0] • Hits [911] • Published [18 Aug 12] • Updated [18 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
There’s no way Willow would send anyone into that specific dimension with its horrifying creature known as Michigan J. Frog, so Xander and Kennedy instead had a chance to visit their second most-favorite cartoon. No. 19 of August Fic-A-Day.
Cartoons >
Looney Toons •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [505] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [10] • Hits [959] • Published [19 Aug 12] • Updated [19 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
After buying the show tickets from an exceptionally furtive elderly man, Giles and Vi joined the lengthy queue consisting of a lot of teenage girls giggling together while ignoring the pair having a conversation. No. 20 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Comedy •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [603] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [2] • Hits [951] • Published [20 Aug 12] • Updated [20 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Buffy and Chao-Ahn figured they were doing the world a favor, since the hero over there having his manly confrontation with the Evil Overlord wasn’t even going to escape with the treasure he’d come for in the first place! No. 21 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Action •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [866] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [1] • Hits [1,184] • Published [21 Aug 12] • Updated [21 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Their latest challenge meant they’d have to dress up, which wasn’t so bad. Except for Andrew’s overweening conviction he looks good in one particular accessory. No. 22 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Who Framed Roger Rabbit? •
Manchester • FR18 •
Chapters [1] • Words [2,749] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [4] • Hits [806] • Published [22 Aug 12] • Updated [22 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Which was a shame, since that famous movie actress might’ve actually had fun on the screen, being in such an absurd and lighthearted film that Dawn and Rona are now a part of in their latest scavenger hunt challenge. No. 23 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Comedy •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,544] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [3] • Hits [845] • Published [23 Aug 12] • Updated [23 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Mystery, Inc., check. Creepy monster problem, check. Remote location, check. Clues, check. Chase, check. Villain captured and unmasked, check. Last line, definite check! No. 24 of August Fic-A-Day.
Cartoons >
Scooby Doo •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,290] •
Recs [1] •
Reviews [6] • Hits [1,175] • Published [24 Aug 12] • Updated [24 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Sitting in the rear of a New York courtroom, Giles and Vi are about to learn of a surprising complication to their latest scavenger hunt challenge. But then, that place always had plenty of weird and wacky events. No. 25 of August Fic-A-Day.
Television >
Night Court •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,380] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [4] • Hits [921] • Published [25 Aug 12] • Updated [25 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Buffy and Chao-Ahn get a chance to personally witness one of Hollywood’s most famed dance scenes, and all they need to do during this is to stay as dry as possible. No. 26 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Comedy •
Manchester • FR7 •
Chapters [1] • Words [683] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [3] • Hits [834] • Published [26 Aug 12] • Updated [26 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Even Faith would’ve felt a bit abashed at attending a wedding in her usual Slayer outfit of ‘hot chick with superpowers’, except everybody else already waiting in the pews was dressed a hell of a lot stranger than her. No. 27 of August Fic-A-Day.
Cartoons >
Incredibles, The •
Manchester • FR15 •
Chapters [1] • Words [2,430] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [3] • Hits [1,380] • Published [27 Aug 12] • Updated [27 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
It’s true that Dawn and Rona were getting hungry, but they weren’t exactly expecting the offered repast…nor its color. No. 28 of August Fic-A-Day.
Literature >
Childrens/Teen >
Author: Dr. Seuss •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [438] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [4] • Hits [668] • Published [28 Aug 12] • Updated [28 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Ordinarily, Xander and Kennedy would never mention to each other a cherished childhood dream, but their partnership in the scavenger hunt has brought to light a good many things previously kept secret. No. 29 of August Fic-A-Day.
Television >
Sesame Street •
Manchester • FR7 •
Chapters [1] • Words [546] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [6] • Hits [946] • Published [29 Aug 12] • Updated [29 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Giles can be forgiven for wondering if the inhabitants of Stratford-upon-Avon are now listening to a loud whirring sound coming from Shakespeare’s grave, where their most famous resident is spinning at several thousand rpm’s. No. 30 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Comedy •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [1,274] •
Recs [1] •
Reviews [1] • Hits [783] • Published [30 Aug 12] • Updated [30 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
Two other guys close by might be on a mission from God, but Faith just now completed her own avowed goal which was created the first time ever she saw what turned out to be her most favorite film. No. 31 of August Fic-A-Day.
Movies >
Other-Comedy •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [611] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [4] • Hits [859] • Published [31 Aug 12] • Updated [31 Aug 12] • Completed [Yes]
The Great Scooby Scavenger Hunt has finally come to an end, and it’s time to pick the winners. No. 32 of August Fic-A-Day.
BtVS/AtS Non-Crossover >
General •
Manchester • FR13 •
Chapters [1] • Words [3,102] • Recs [0] •
Reviews [5] • Hits [1,145] • Published [1 Sep 12] • Updated [1 Sep 12] • Completed [Yes]
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