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Written for Open on Sunday LJ community's challenge #102, Animal.

Pirate
by Zzilly14

Halloween is weeks away, and he still doesn't know what to wear for it. Too bad his pirate costume's at the bottom of the Sunnydale crater, it would've been perfect...

He could've gotten a little parrot at the pet store, and teach it to say "Polly wanna cracker," and it could wear an eye patch too. And he could wear a peg leg, maybe even a pointy hook...

Or maybe not. The last time he was a pirate was two years ago, back when he was engaged. Back when Anya was still alive...

Xander decides to skip Halloween this year.