Amy

Spying one of the few people who might have answers for him Xander hustled his way over to Amy.

"Xander." She said with a worried look given his near sprint over to her. "Is everything... okay?"

Xander opened his mouth to answer and then closed it. He frowned and then looking around to make sure they were alone enough to talk about magic in public. "I don't know... see... last night after you do the voodoo I went to bed only to get woken up by a voice deeper than James Earl Jones telling me about my new power. Soooo..." he gestured helplessly with his hands.

"So the voice of Diana, goddes of the hunt, love and fertility is a man?" Amy looked disquieted by the news.

Xander shrugged. "Maybe its a you hear the voice you most associate with God type thing."

"Sure. Why not." Amy shook her head and blinked several times. "So wha- um- what power? What did Diana bestow upon you?"

"Ok. Right. This is what i need explained to me because this sounds crazy. Er. Crazier." Xander took a second to calm down. "So the voice tells me I can offer a choice to someone. They choose from X or Y. And then X or Y comes true." He looked at Amy pleading, "So is that Bullshit?"

Amy thought about it for a second, "How big of a, um, change are we talking about here?"

"I dunno." Xander shook his head, "Vague crytpic voice wakes me up and is vague and kind cryptic."

"Ok...." Amy nodded her head distractedly. "So you could, for example, go up to Cordelia and ask her to take you back or face whatever you make the other choice."

"Yeah, I'm guessing thats the point." Xander nodded his head. "Or im hearing voices and am just plain old loco."

"Did you, y'know, test it?" Amy asked

"Your kinda the first person I've seen today." Xander worried for a second "and what if I only get one question? That would waste it on a test question. No thanks."

"Did the, uh, voice say you only got one question?" Amy prodded.

Furrowing his brow in thought Xander tried to recall. "Nnnnno? I was insulted right off the bat. Then.... Uhm, a lot of emphasis on being given a power beyond mortal man or thereabouts." He gestured absently, "Something something decide their fates?"

"Uh. Ok." Amy ran a hand through her hair. "So that doesnt sound like a one time thing. That sounds like..." Amy blanched. "Um, the gods might be trying to teach you a lesson."

"How so?"

"Well, you've heard the story of parent who finds their kid smoking and decides to make the kid smoke the whole pack until the kid is sick of smoking? This might be that. The Gods are going to give you what you want until you are sick of it and beg them to take it back."

"And this works?"

"Worked for Midas." Amy offered.

The legend flitted thru Xanders mind of why the Midas Touch was a curse. "Shit."

"Yeah." Amy nodded her head.

"So what do I do?" Xander asked.

"If it were me I'd be really reaaaaally careful about any question i asked from now on."