Disclaimer: Well, only Rowan belongs to me, all other characters belong to Fox Co. and Joss Whedon.

Buffy sighed as she walked through Sunnydale cemetery, bored out of her mind. She had been on patrol for an hour or two, and it was oddly quiet for the time of night. Usually she had staked a vampire or five by now, and the lack of action disturbed her. "It's quiet.too quiet," she muttered, then giggled at her dumb joke. "Oh, well, I guess no action is better than being backed into a corner," she thought. She exited the cemetery and started in on her patrol of the woods. She walked into the heavily wooded area and rested for a second when she reached a clearing. A disgusting smell came to her nose, and she grimaced while she looked for the source of the stench. Her eyebrow raised at the sight of a dead deer, which had been torn to pieces. "Oh great," she thought. "What new nasty has made a visit to the Hellmouth?" She trudged along, more alert now that she had something to look for. She stopped abruptly when she saw an apparently nude girl drinking out of a small creek. She started to creep up on the girl, praying she was a nice crazy person instead of something supernatural.

She pricked her ears, and she heard the sounds of something trying to surprise her. She chuckled, and sniffed the air. "Human?" she thought, confused. Then she smiles. "Something to chase.sounds fun," She stood up, and turned around. The human stopped, and started to come after her. That's when the fear settled in. Half-forgotten, half-surpressed memories arose, and the girl started to run from the human. She concentrated, and the Change swept her. She continued running, but now on four rather than two.

Buffy ran after the girl after she took off, but was slightly taken aback when the girl changed suddenly into a wolf. A big wolf, too. "Oh, great.Another werewolf. Suddenly wish Oz was here," Buffy thought. Her nose pricked at a scent in the air, something like roses and running water. "Okay, the night has officially gotten weird," she said to herself. And she ran after the girl.

Author's note: Look, I know Buffy's OOC, but it's my first fanfic, so please be nice..