Dawn Summers' Journal

Player Information
Name: Crystal
Age: 27
Messenger handles?: AIM: blackpaiadin
E-mail: midnytestarr@gmail.com
Standard Time: EST
Was Your Character Held: Yes
How Often Should You Post?: Once+ a week

Character Information
Name: Dawn Summers
Age: 17
Birthday: 7/2
Fandom: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Major: Foreign Languages; minor in dance (ballet)
Dorm Room Desired: (Building, Suite, Room || All Suites Are Co-Ed)
Class: Freshman
Occupation: Waitress at Ultra Pizza Special
Point In Fandom Taken From: Post TV show, pre-comics
Brief History: Physically, Dawn Summers is seventeen years old. She was born when her sister was five, in LA, where they lived with their parents until Dawn was eleven. At that time, Dawn's parents divorced after her dad ran off with his secretary, and she, her sister Buffy, and her mom Joyce moved to the nearby town of Sunnydale for, as her mom put it, a fresh start.

When Dawn was fourteen, she learned the truth. At that point, she was, in reality, only a few months old. She was in fact a mystical ball of energy known as 'The Key', which had been transformed by a group of monks into the form of a human girl, and placed with the Slayer, Buffy, so that she would be protected. Soon after the truth was revealed, Dawn was captured by the Hell God Glory, who then attempted to bleed her and open a doorway back into her own dimension. Buffy, however, sacrificed herself to close the gate, saving Dawn's life.

Dawn took Buffy's death hard, and began to steal things from various stores. When her sister returned, the kleptomania continued for a while as Buffy pulled further away from her. By the end of her freshman year, the kleptomania had been discovered and the two sisters had once again become close.

At the end of that same school year, Dawn's best friend Tara was shot and killed, causing Tara's girlfriend Willow (also one of Dawn's best friends) to go...well, insane. During the ensuing fight against the witch, Dawn was forced to come to grips with the fact that there existed someone who might actually be able to change her back into the mystical ball of energy she used to be. As Willow is defeated by another friend of hers, Dawn and Buffy face monsters of their own, leading Buffy to finally realize that Dawn is ready to learn how to fight - though she does demonstrate she's learned a lot from watching Buffy.

A few short months of brief lessons later, Buffy prepares Dawn for her toughest challenge yet - the newly rebuilt Sunnydale High, placed in the exact same spot as the old one, over the Hell Mouth. During her sophomore year at the high school, she learns how to stand up for herself and others, and how to back off when learning that she's not in line to be a Slayer. As she and her family and friends face the First, Dawn comes to the difficult conclusion that sometimes one must sacrifice a loved one for the good of the all, and is instrumental in kicking Buffy out of the house during a battle at one point. During the final confrontation, she proves herself and adept fighter and fights and kills several uberVamps, and survives.

PB: Michelle Trachtenberg