Chapter 7. The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars.
Investigating and trying to find a spell that will return William the frog into his former self, the girls discover other secrets in their lives.
Willow and Xander leave the house, hoping that Wesley is not a warlock and will help them uncover the witch or the spell that transformed William into this very state. As they walk up the sidewalk to his house, Willow stops suddenly.
"Oh my gosh," says Willow. "What am I going to say to him?"
"Huh," says Xander.
"I mean, he's going to find it weird that I would be interested in this topic, which I never really was interested in before. Should I tell him the truth that I'm a witch, but wouldn't that freak him out? What am I going to do?"
"Willow, calm down. Breathe and relax. I think that you should tell him the truth. We guys do like to know the truth, just like you girls do."
"Okay." They walk up to the door.
"But if he doesn't ask, you really don't have to mention anything. And if he ends up being a warl…Umm well, I'm sure that's not true." Willow gives him a worried expression. She then turns to the door and knocks.
Back at Buffy's, the girls sit and wait for Willow and Xander to return. Buffy gets some water for them.
"Hey, maybe we can a make pond in the backyard with lily pads and it can be William's home," says Dawn. Tara, Buffy, and William stare at her. "What? I'm just trying to give you a home."
"The bit is right," says William. "I'm going to be green for the rest of my life. I might as well get used to it."
"We haven't lost hope yet, William," says Tara as she strokes his head.
"Yeah, if Willow says she's got something, then it's the real thing," says Buffy even though she can't hear the frog. "She'll come through."
"I'm going upstairs to play with…Clark. Get it, with the blue eyes?" says Dawn. Buffy glares at her. "You're just no fun, Buff." Dawn heads upstairs and goes to her room. She puts the cat on the floor and the cat quickly jumps on the bed. "Alright kitty, you stay here while I take a nice bath." Dawn grabs some clothes and then rubs the little cat's head. She leaves the room and heads into the bathroom.
Suddenly the cat starts to change into a human. The human form is sitting on Dawn's bed looking around. He starts to look in her bag, but finds nothing of interest. He then turns to the door. The young man opens it and peaks out into the hall to make sure no one is coming. He quickly goes over to the bathroom door and opens it slightly, then shuts it closed locking it.
The young man looks at the tub and sees Dawn in the water, with bubbles all over. She has her eyes closed and the water is still running. He walks over to her and Dawn senses someone in the room and opens her eyes. She is shocked to see a young man in the bathroom with her. Dawn tries to scream, but he puts his hand over her mouth.
"Calm down," he says. "I'm not going to hurt you." Dawn with terror in her eyes sees that the young man has the same necklace as the cat. She then searches for her sponge under the water and at the right moment, slaps the guy with the sponge full of soap into his face. The young man falls back in pain trying to wipe his eyes clean.
Dawn quickly gets up and grabs a towel to cover herself. She then faces a long mirror that hangs on the back of the bathroom door and starts to see a place. Scenery of a beautiful land, then a castle with some men talking. The young man, finally able to see, gets up and pushes Dawn aside and then with the wave of his hand moves away the mirror shattering it against the wall. He looks at Dawn, as he is on top of her and stares into her eyes.
From downstairs, Tara and Buffy hear the mirror shatter and quickly run up the stairs calling for Dawn. Buffy gets to the door first, but could not open it.
"Step aside," says Tara. She pushes the door open with a lot of force and the door flies off its hinges to the side. Buffy and Tara run inside and find Dawn on the floor, with the cat on top of her. Buffy goes to her side and pulls the cat off her.
"Dawn, are you alright?" asks Buffy. Dawn looks at Buffy and then at the cat, who is standing next to the doorway of the bathroom. She turns her gaze to Buffy.
"I'm okay," she replies with a nod.
"What happened?" asks Tara.
"The mirror," says Dawn as she gets up, still holding the towel wrapped around her. "I saw a place and this castle with these men talking about something."
"That happened to me, too. I saw it through the mirror like if it were a window to the world we come from. That's where William came from. Nothing came out of it, right?"
"No. I must have freaked and fallen and hit the mirror, and then it fell and shattered."
"It's okay, Dawny," says Buffy holding Dawn close. "What's important is that you're okay."
"Lets get out of here," says Tara leading the way out of the bathroom. "Sorry about the door."
"Don't worry about it," says Buffy. "Xander will fix it." Buffy turns to Dawn. "Were you taking a bath with the cat inside?"
"Um, no I don't know how he got in there," replies Dawn. "Must have snuck in when I was going in." Tara and Buffy head downstairs and Dawn quickly enters her room. She turns around and sees the cat walk around her bed. He transforms into his human form. "What are you still doing here? Leave. I know what you are. You're evil."
"Why didn't you tell them who I was?" asks the cat. Dawn bows her head and sits on her bed.
"Those men in the mirror, who are they?"
"They are the ones that want your powers."
"They could see me like I could see them?"
"Yeah. If I hadn't pushed you aside, they would have known where you were and taken you."
"Isn't that what you want?"
"Yes and no. I've been sent here to search for you. For years I had hope that I would never find you because I know what they would do to you. I saw so many innocent girls die at the hands of my master. Like you said I'm evil, but I don't want to be."
"Mind if I change?" The cat, in human form, walks over to the other side of the bed and faces the window. Dawn grabs some clothes from her bag and quickly puts them on. "What's your name?"
"Connor."
"Your collar. A c. Why didn't I think of that?" Dawn tosses the towel on the bed post. "You can turn around." Connor turns and sees Dawn brushing her hair.
"I'm sorry for scaring you. I just needed to talk to you alone."
"Well, you picked a perfect place. Sorry about the soap and sponge." Dawn puts her brush down and sits on the bed.
"It's okay."
"I thought you were going to drown me or something. Those horror flicks are not good for the brain. Always make you think the worst."
"What's a horror flick?"
"You really aren't from this world."
Wesley opens the door and sees Willow, with her sweet smile and then he sees a man with her. His smile fades away.
"Hi," says Willow. "Um, can we come in? I need a favor from you." Wesley nods and lets the two enter his house.
"What is it that you want to ask me?" asks Wesley.
"Um, well you know those historical books you have on mystics and the sorts, I was hoping if I could borrow a couple of them."
"Why? What for? I don't mean to ask so many questions, well I do. Who is this?" Wesley points at Xander.
"Oh, I'm sorry. This is Xander, a friend of Buffy's." Xander looks at Willow. "We just want to look at some of your books. We had this bet that…"
"Willow, are you not telling me something?" asks Wesley as he pulls her closer to him. Xander starts to look through the books. "You know you can tell me anything."
"Um, I…" Willow looks at Xander and then pulls Wesley to another room. "Yes, I do have something to tell you. I knew that if I asked you for these books, I wasn't going to get off easily."
"What?"
"Wesley, what I need to tell you to understand the reason why I'm looking at the books that I'm going to borrow from you is…" Willow takes a deep breath. "I'm…a… witch."
"A what?"
"I know that this is hard to understand, but it's true."
"Willow," calls Xander from the other room. He walks up to them. Willow turns to Xander. She sees him look up and she looks up, too. Willow sees something moving on the ceiling.
