Buffy waited until twilight, hiding out in her bedroom, as she tried to come to terms with the bizarre fate that had befallen her, thanks to the Feral demon's bite. It wasn't easy, psychologically, physically, or otherwise, to have gone to sleep a girl and to have awakened a hermaphrodite. She wasn't sure how to feel about the weird transformation that had changed her into a shemale. It was strangely titillating. At the same time, it was also horrifying. She knew one thing, though. She didn't want anyone to know that she was a he-she. No one, that is, except Willow. She and the witch were best friends. Besides, Willow knew what it felt like to be "different." The witch had always been something of an outcast, even before she'd discovered that, her teenage crushes on Xander and Oz notwithstanding, she was gay. She'd never quite fit in with the crowd. More than anyone, even her mentor, the Watcher Rupert Giles, Willow (and maybe Xander, who, like Willow, had also been something of a pariah in high school) would understand how Buffy felt as a hermaphrodite who was no longer completely female or male but was suddenly both-and neither. Besides, Buffy hoped, Willow might be able to cast a spell that would make Buffy's male genitals disappear, restoring her femininity.
As daylight faded under a pink and purple sky, Buffy crept downstairs, went outdoors, and hastened toward the sidewalk beyond her front yard. As she neared the tall oak near the sidewalk, a shadow loomed out of the gathering twilight, and a familiar voice greeted her: "Hello, Cutie."
Spike! The one person Buffy didn't want to see tonight, or ever, was the platinum-blonde, Sid Vicious look-alike vampire. Ergo, here he was. "What do you want?" she growled.
"I heard about the Feral demon."
Buffy ignored him, maintaining her hurried stride.
He kept pace beside her. "Feral demon bites can be bad," he warned her.
"That's why I'm going to see Willow. I hope she'll be able to do something." As she started to go on her way, Spike spun around, caught her in his arms, and kissed her hard upon the lips.
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