The next day at school.
Buffy caught sight of Jenny at the end of the corridor and running, managed to catch up with her. "Hey!"
"Hi Buffy."
"Look, I wanted to apologise for. . .well. . .for my mom blurting out that you were a techno-pagan."
"It's okay Buffy." A thud from back down the corridor caught Jenny's attention. Retracing their footsteps, they hurried to where the noise was coming from and were in time to see Michael being slammed up against the lockers. The taller boy that had hold of him by his lapels yelled, "Everyone knows he's into that weird voodoo crap. People like him have gotta learn a lesson."
"Hey! Hey! What's going on here," Jenny intervened, looking from Michael to the student who had shoved him into the lockers. Buffy stood at the side of Jenny, silently backing her up.
The taller student let go of Michael and started to back away. "No problem here, we're walking."
Jenny turned to Michael. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." He quickly walked off in the opposite direction to the other student. Amy hurried after him.
Jenny sighed. "This is just great. Talk about democracy!"
"Calendar!" Snyder yelled down the corridor. "My office." Jenny cringed at the way Snyder had just derogated her in front of the students.
Buffy looked at Jenny questioningly. Jenny shrugged. Holding her head high, she walked down the corridor towards Snyder's office.
- - -
"You're firing me?" Jenny's mouth gaped open at Snyder.
"Yes." He smirked at her.
"Why?"
"You know why. I won't have a witch teaching in this school."
Jenny shook her head in disbelief. "I'm not a witch. I'm a techno-pagan."
"Same thing."
"No, it isn't."
"You have the rest of the day to clear your things out."
"You can't do this."
"I think you'll find I can." He sauntered past her and out of his office. Jenny stood in the middle of his room in shock.
- - -
Buffy, Willow, Xander and Oz were gathered in the corridor, with the rest of the students, watching the security guards unlock lockers. "What are they looking for?" Willow asked.
"Witch stuff," Amy said, moving over to them. "They got my spells. I have to report to Snyder."
"I have spell ingredients in my locker," Willow panicked. "Oh no, my locker's next. Buffy I didn't do anything wrong. The symbol is harmless. I used it to make a protection spell for you for your birthday with Michael and Amy, only now it's broken because you know about it. Please, you have to believe me."
Snyder came down the corridor and was handed some packages from Willow's locker by one of the security guards. "Ms. Rosenberg, my office."
- - -
Jenny walked into the library to find it in chaos. Security guards were packing up the books into boxes. Rupert looked on desperately. "What's going on?"
"Ah, Jenny. They're. . .they're confiscating my books." She moved over to him and placed a hand on his arm.
Buffy had just come through the doors and caught Giles words. "Giles we need those books."
"Believe me, I've tried to tell that to the nice man with the big gun."
"Want me to try and smuggle some books out of here?" Jenny offered. "It's not like I can lose my job, seeing as Snyder's already fired me!"
"What?" Both Buffy and Giles spluttered.
"Hmm, the bastard fired me because of my religious beliefs."
"Oh, Jenny, that's terrible." Rupert gave her a hug.
"He can't do that can he?" Buffy asked.
"That's what I told him. But. . ." she shrugged.
"This is intolerable," Giles errupted. "Snyder has interferred before, but this is...I won't take this from a twisted little monkey man."
"I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning." They all turned to glare at Snyder.
"You get out and take your marauders with you," Giles ordered.
"Oh my, so fierce. I suppose I should hear you out." He swaggered over to the table and picked up a book. "Just how is 'Blood Rites and Sacrifices' appropriate reading material for a public school library!" Snyder put the book into the box one of the security guards was holding and they started to cart his books out of the library.
"This is not over," Giles vowed to Snyder's departing back.
Buffy caught sight of Jenny at the end of the corridor and running, managed to catch up with her. "Hey!"
"Hi Buffy."
"Look, I wanted to apologise for. . .well. . .for my mom blurting out that you were a techno-pagan."
"It's okay Buffy." A thud from back down the corridor caught Jenny's attention. Retracing their footsteps, they hurried to where the noise was coming from and were in time to see Michael being slammed up against the lockers. The taller boy that had hold of him by his lapels yelled, "Everyone knows he's into that weird voodoo crap. People like him have gotta learn a lesson."
"Hey! Hey! What's going on here," Jenny intervened, looking from Michael to the student who had shoved him into the lockers. Buffy stood at the side of Jenny, silently backing her up.
The taller student let go of Michael and started to back away. "No problem here, we're walking."
Jenny turned to Michael. "Are you okay?"
"Yeah." He quickly walked off in the opposite direction to the other student. Amy hurried after him.
Jenny sighed. "This is just great. Talk about democracy!"
"Calendar!" Snyder yelled down the corridor. "My office." Jenny cringed at the way Snyder had just derogated her in front of the students.
Buffy looked at Jenny questioningly. Jenny shrugged. Holding her head high, she walked down the corridor towards Snyder's office.
- - -
"You're firing me?" Jenny's mouth gaped open at Snyder.
"Yes." He smirked at her.
"Why?"
"You know why. I won't have a witch teaching in this school."
Jenny shook her head in disbelief. "I'm not a witch. I'm a techno-pagan."
"Same thing."
"No, it isn't."
"You have the rest of the day to clear your things out."
"You can't do this."
"I think you'll find I can." He sauntered past her and out of his office. Jenny stood in the middle of his room in shock.
- - -
Buffy, Willow, Xander and Oz were gathered in the corridor, with the rest of the students, watching the security guards unlock lockers. "What are they looking for?" Willow asked.
"Witch stuff," Amy said, moving over to them. "They got my spells. I have to report to Snyder."
"I have spell ingredients in my locker," Willow panicked. "Oh no, my locker's next. Buffy I didn't do anything wrong. The symbol is harmless. I used it to make a protection spell for you for your birthday with Michael and Amy, only now it's broken because you know about it. Please, you have to believe me."
Snyder came down the corridor and was handed some packages from Willow's locker by one of the security guards. "Ms. Rosenberg, my office."
- - -
Jenny walked into the library to find it in chaos. Security guards were packing up the books into boxes. Rupert looked on desperately. "What's going on?"
"Ah, Jenny. They're. . .they're confiscating my books." She moved over to him and placed a hand on his arm.
Buffy had just come through the doors and caught Giles words. "Giles we need those books."
"Believe me, I've tried to tell that to the nice man with the big gun."
"Want me to try and smuggle some books out of here?" Jenny offered. "It's not like I can lose my job, seeing as Snyder's already fired me!"
"What?" Both Buffy and Giles spluttered.
"Hmm, the bastard fired me because of my religious beliefs."
"Oh, Jenny, that's terrible." Rupert gave her a hug.
"He can't do that can he?" Buffy asked.
"That's what I told him. But. . ." she shrugged.
"This is intolerable," Giles errupted. "Snyder has interferred before, but this is...I won't take this from a twisted little monkey man."
"I love the smell of desperate librarian in the morning." They all turned to glare at Snyder.
"You get out and take your marauders with you," Giles ordered.
"Oh my, so fierce. I suppose I should hear you out." He swaggered over to the table and picked up a book. "Just how is 'Blood Rites and Sacrifices' appropriate reading material for a public school library!" Snyder put the book into the box one of the security guards was holding and they started to cart his books out of the library.
"This is not over," Giles vowed to Snyder's departing back.