DISCLAIMER: The Angel characters belong to Joss Whedon et al. Hopie is the property of Gidgetgirl, who was nice enough to share her with me! If you like Hopie, go read Gidgetgirl's Only Hope or Le Bella.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: This is a companion fic to Distinctly Squirrely in which Dawn is turned into a squirrel. Hopie is Angel and Cordy's adopted daughter.
SUMMARY: Connor is turned into a prairie dog
Hopie looked at the sparkly silver and purple stick. It was so pretty. She knew she wasn't supposed to touch it because her Daddy had told her very pointedly that, unlike Crossbow, her favorite weapon, the pretty stick was not a toy.
Hopie couldn't help herself. She picked up the stick. It left a trail of purple magic dust in the air. Connor came into the room, surprising Hopie.
"What are you doing?" he asked her in that tone that told her that he knew quite well that she wasn't supposed to be doing it. Hopie, startled waved the stick in Connor's general direction.
Connor turned into a prairie dog.
"Uh-oh," said Hopie. Connor moved his whiskers angrily, chirping at her.
Cordy came into the room. "Hope Chase Angel!" Hopie dropped the stick guiltily. "What did Daddy tell you about that?" Hopie gave Cordelia sad little kid eyes. Cordy saw Connor and shrieked.
"What is that prairie dog doing here? And why does it look so malnourished?" Cordy was a firm believer that there were few things in life more disturbing than a malnourished prairie dog.
"Mommy," Hopie said sweetly. "Promise you won't get mad?" Cordelia sighed. That was never a good thing.
"I promise," she said finally.
"The malnourished prairie dog is Connor," Hopie said. "I didn't mean to!"
Connor sniffed miffedly in Hopie's general direction.
Cordy sighed, picking up her daughter in one arm and prairie dog Connor in the other. "First we get Connor something to eat. He's so malnourished it's freaking me out. Then you can go tell your Daddy what you did."
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