Karma: Just a little warning: I don't like Riley very much, so he appears stupid in my stories. If you like Riley, I'm sorry, but maybe this isn't a good story for you. To those, who are staying, sorry this chapter took so long to get out... Please keep reading and reviewing and hopefully I'll get the next chapter out a lot faster.

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"Riley, what are you doing here?" Dawn asked the ex-commando nervously. She knew very well why he was in the shop. She was hoping to distract him from seeing the six animals who not even a few hours ago were people or close enough to people.

Riley laughed at Dawn's nervousness. "Buffy told me to meet her here for patrol." He paused. "Where is she?" Before Dawn could respond, Riley noticed Angel. "What are you doing here?" He snarled more than asked the souled vampire.

Dawn watched nervously as Angel opened his mouth to respond to Riley's question. Afraid of his response, Dawn responded for him. "Spike called him and asked him to come. Spike needed him here for some vampy thing." Dawn responded, lying like crazy, but ironically not knowing that she was actually telling Riley the truth.

Trying hard not to show his surprise at Dawn's answer, Angel nodded slowly. "Spike may be annoying, but he's still family, and family means everything to me."

"Right." Riley said, obviously not believing either one of them. "Where's Buffy?"

"She's not here, why don't you leave and I'll have her call you." Dawn said quickly as she practically pushed Riley out the front door.

"Dawn." Riley began in protest, but Dawn had already closed and locked the front door.

Dawn sighed and sat down on the floor. "That was close. I'm just glad he was dumb enough to not notice the animals."

"Wait, you mean he's always like that?" Angel asked dumbfounded.

"Most of the time." Dawn said casually.

"Why does she even date him?" Angel asked jealously.

Dawn looked at the vampire. "Because you're not around any more."

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"Xander, what in the hell were you thinking?" Tiger Willow growled at Xander.

"It was just Spike. Why do you care so much about Captain Peroxide?" He growled back.

"I just do!" Willow screamed at her best friend. Frustrated, she turned away and stalked off to make sure Spike was all right.

Xander growled to himself and looked around at the other animals. Surprisingly enough, turning into an animal didn't bother him in the slightest. His eyes landed on a small bunny. 'Shit.' Shaking his head, he wandered over to the sleeping rabbit.

"Ahn, honey, wake up." Xander begged nervously.

Anya opened her eyes to white salivating teeth. "Don't eat me!" She shrieked as she jumped up.

"Ahn, honey, relax. It's just me." Xander said in what he hoped what a soothing tone.

"Please, I never cursed dogs. Don't eat me!" Anya begged.

"Anya." Xander said in a somewhat annoyed tone.

Finally, the voice registered with Anya. "Xander?" She asked in surprise. "You're a dog." She stated. Xander blinked, causing Anya to begin to feel nervous. "I'm not a dog am I?" Again, Xander closed his eyes. "What?" Anya asked anxiously.

Quietly, Xander padded over to Anya's pants and with his teeth, pulled out a small compact. Anya watched half-amused as he padded back over to her and with his teeth opened the compact and set it before her. Anya's eyes widened as a bunny looked back at her.

"Why am I looking at a bunny?" Anya asked jumpily.

Xander closed his eyes. "Because you are a bunny."

Anya's eyes widened and she began to hyperventilate. "Get it out of me! Or get me out of it! I don't want to be a bunny. Get it away! Far far away!"

Xander opened his eyes and looked at his girlfriend. "Ahn, honey, we'll figure out how to undo this."

"Willow did it. She's a witch. She can undo it. Where is she?" Anya looked around and her eyes widened even further when all she saw where animals. "All of us?" She breathed.

"Not all of us." Xander amended. "Dead Boy and Dawn aren't animals."

Anya nodded and looked over at the now awake Giles and Buffy.

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Buffy sighed happily and began to stretch the kink out of her back. It was the type of stretch you do when you wake up from a good dream. Well, it would have been that type of stretch if she was a human, but in her current state, it was the sort of stretch cats do when they wake up. However, Buffy wasn't aware at all of her current predicament. She was still in a dream-induced haze and as she stretched, she replayed the dream she had just had. It was an Angel dream. One she hadn't had since he left town. Suddenly, she slipped out of her daze as she saw Angel. Smiling, she began to pad over to him when she realized what she was doing. Crawling. And it also registered with her that she had been asleep on the ground of the Magic Box. She stopped mid-step and looked around the shop. Bunny. Dog. Kitten. Tiger. Owl. "Willow!" She yelled angrily. "What happened?"

"I'm not sure." The tiger answered sheepishly.

Buffy's eyes widened at the realization that Willow was the tiger, but her surprise couldn't override her anger. "What do you mean you're not sure?" She practically yelled.

"Bloody 'ell, Slayer. Leave Red alone. It was an accident." The kitten said.

Suddenly, uncontrollable laughter over took Buffy and she found herself on the floor. "Oh... my... God... Spike... You're... A... kitten..." She finally choked out.

"You don't bloody well say." Spike replied darkly.

Buffy, however, didn't respond. She was again over taken by the ironic humor of her favorite enemy being turned into a kitten- the very essence of innocence. As she laughed, she was well aware of kitten Spike's mumblings of: 'Bloody 'ell'; 'sodding bitch'; and 'when I get this chip out,' but then they where all replaced by Willow's constant murmurings of 'Calm down, baby.' But Buffy was too consumed by her laughter to even give this mutterings a second thought.

"Are you quite done, now?" Giles asked after a few moments. Buffy stopped laughing and listened to her owl shaped watcher. "Although I'm sure we all find Spike's predicament-" He paused as he searched for the right word and tried to hide his own snicker. "amusing. We need to work together to find a way to turn ourselves back."

"We could always use Peaches' idea." Spike said dryly. Suddenly Spike was aware of the fact that five pairs of animal eyes were now upon him. "What?" He asked looking around.

"What are you talking about, Fangless?" Xander asked, still annoyed with the blonde.

"The idea that Peaches has been explaining for the last five minutes." He explained exasperated.

"Spike, he's not saying anything." Buffy said, finally understanding what a hundred years of Drusilla could do to some one.

"You can't hear him?" Spike asked surprised. At four negative responses, he turned to face Willow. "Can you?"

Willow nodded slowly. "A little bit, but it doesn't make much sense."

They were completely unaware of the other four animals staring at them, until Spike began to argue aloud with something no one could hear. "Well, you could have bloody well told me!" He said exasperated. "You're making me look bleeding insane." He paused. "Very funny, mate." He was completely unaware of the spectacle he was making.

"He's talking to Angel I think..." Willow said trying to vouch for Spike's sanity.

"A sire/childe telepathic link. Interesting." Giles said fascinated.

Suddenly, Spike's attention was with them once again. "Peaches says that we need to figure out why we were turned into the animals we were. Once we figure it out, we should be turned back." Everyone nodded except Buffy and Anya. "What?" He asked frustrated.

"Don't call Angel that." Buffy told him.

Spike shook his head, and looked at Anya. "Yes, demon girl?"

"Why do you call him Peaches?" She asked anxiously.

"Anya!" Xander interjected even though he too was interested.

"Well, there was this time in Romania when-" Spike began only to be cut off by a growl from Willow and a flying bottle of holy water from Angel. 'I'll tell you later.' He mouthed to Anya who nodded hastily.

"Shall we begin then?" Giles asked in a somewhat bored tone.

"Yeah, Giles," Buffy said as she glared at Spike. "We're ready."

"Very well then." Giles said relieved. "Who wants to start?"

"Me." Anya said wanting very much to find herself far away from bunnies.

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TBC and hopefully much sooner than this chappie was. Sorry about that again... Inspire me! R&R please!
Karma