When Dreams Fall

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Title: When Dreams Fall
Fandom: BtVS
Rating: Teen
Characters: Rupert Giles
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Summary: Rupert's reaction when he first learned he was to be a Watcher.
Setting: pre-series

Rupert was ten the year he was told about the Council, the Watchers, and the Slayer. He was told that if he was very diligent he might be assigned a Slayer one day. The words were supposed to be encouraging. All he'd planned to do and all he'd planned to be was gone, just like that.

Rupert left the house and wandered, eventually finding himself near the woods. The leaves, once red and gold on the trees, had turned into a dull brown after they'd fallen to the ground. Soon they'd decompose and fade into nothingness, just like his dreams.