Chapter 4

A*N*: I own nothing, I'm just exercising my writing skills. Also I apologize for taking so long to update, I've been having job issues and am now settled into the new job, so hopefully everything will settle down. Anyway, on with the story.

Chapter 3

Cordelia had to trot to keep up with Angel, Ivy, on the other hand, followed at a leisurely pace.

"Buffy'll be fine." Cordy said to Angel, her flirtatious tone making Ivy roll her eyes in annoyance.

"Buffy would be, whoever she is now could be in trouble."

Ivy had to covered her smirk, no matter how many times Cordelia had tried, Angel had shut her down in favor of this Buffy. It was better than watching a daytime soap opera.

They searched the streets, Angel following the lost girl's scent. He caught Buffy's trail, and the girls followed him to the warehouse district. They stopped in the mouth of an alley, spotting a pirate pinning their wayward princess against a wall. The brunette annoyed Ivy to no end, but for some reason, the pirate pinning her pissed her off even more. Ivy sauntered towards the pirate. He looked up from his squiriming prey to see the skimpily clad red-head walking towards him. He let go of Elizabeth and turned to Ivy, leering at the woman. Ivy got close, stroking down the pirates stubbled cheek, stopping at the bottom of his jaw. She leaned close.

"When the lady says no, she means no."

Green veins appeared out from under her hand on his face. The pirates eyes rolled up in his head and he passed out. Angel ran up, picking the princess off of the ground. Ivy gazed down at the pirate, looking at him intrigued.

"That was oddly cathartic." she murmured.

Angel gave her an odd look and Cordy just scrunched her nose up. Willow came around the corner running.

"Run!" she yelled.

A few seconds later a horde of vampires and kid-monsters came tearing around the corner, a blonde Billy-Idol imitator at the head of the group. Angel grabbed the princess by her arm and pulled her along.

"In here!"

They filed into the warehouse and Ivy slid the door shut. Vines burst from the ground, covering the surface of the door, but the vamps were faster. The bleach-blonde was the first through. He tried to go for Buffy, but found himself constricted by hundreds of vines. Ivy looked to Willow who grinned at her.

"Him you can kill."

Ivy turned back towards the blonde with a wicked smirk on her face. She got ready to order her babies to rip the vampire apart, when a bout of dizziness hit her. She suddenly blacked out, waking up seconds later with a familar blue-eyed blonde leaning over her.

"Harley?"

The blonde beamed at her.

"Geez Red, you scared the laugh right outta' me"

"Sorry"

Ivy swung her legs over the side of the bed, sitting up. She gave her blonde friend a smile when she threw herself in Ivy's lap and start babbling at her. She was back in her own body, obviously back in her own world. She couldn't help but wonder what happened with Willow and the others.

Spike landed on his feet when the red-haired bitch keeled over and her vines went limp. He planned to rip her head off as soon as he was done with the Slayer. He turned back to the brunette and got a bad feeling when the brown curls slipped to the floor, revealing honey blonde. Hazel eyes looked up at him and the Slayer's mouth twisted into a smirk.

"Honey, I'm home."

Buffy swung, a hard punch sending Spike to land on top of a crate. He glared at the Slayer, then decided to cut and run, fleeing from the warehouse. Buffy watched him, hands on her hips.

"Hey, are you all right?"

Buffy turned to Angel, smiling.

"Yeah I'm fine...Xander!"

Buffy had spotted her friend laying face down on the ground, the red wig slipping off of the shoulder length brown curls. She paused as she kneeled next to him. Xander's body was still slender and very feminine, giving Buffy a very bad feeling. She flipped him over and gasped. Xander was still fully female and her skin was still a slight tint of green. Buffy swallowed and reached to shake the girl awake.

Pale green eyes blinked open and glanced dazedly at her.

"Buff?"

"Hey Xan, do you remember what happened?"

The boy turned girl sat up, nodding a little. She froze and stared down at her body, then started hyperventilating. Buffy grabbed Xander by the shoulders and slapped her face.

"Xander! You have to calm down."

"Calm?! I'm a...I'm a..." Xander couldnt speak anymore, she just opened and closed her mouth like a fish while staring at her new body.

"Gile's will figure out how to change you back Xan, but you have to stay calm."

Xander just nodded, massaging her face for a moment trying to hold back tears. She got herself under control and let Buffy pull her to her feet.

"Come on, let's get these kids home and go see Giles."