What happens next?

But what about Buffy?

Kennedy picked up the rat who used to be her friend Amy Madison and promptly ran toward the entrance of Sunnydale High, followed closely behind by Jonathan. The two of them had only gotten a few feet before Kennedy stopped and said, "Oh my God! I've forgotten something."

"What's that?" asked Jonathan.

"Buffy," said Kennedy. "I've got to stay out here and help Buffy."

"Well, sure you do," said Jonathan. "But what about Amy?"

Kennedy looked at the rat and handed it to Jonathan.

"Here," she said. "Take her to Giles. He'll know what to do."

"Are you sure he knows anything about magic?" asked Jonathan.

"Very sure," said Kennedy. "But don't tell anyone. Just let that be our little secret."

"Okay," said Jonathan.

Jonathan ran off toward the high school entrance, hoping to impress his new-found friend Kennedy with how diligently he performed the heroic task she had asked of him. Granted, something about her seemed too good to be true but right then Jonathan didn't want to think about that. Instead he felt like a knight on a crusade for his lady fair -- or something like that.

Then he ran into someone. He looked up and saw that he had run into Principal Snyder -- and he most definitely was not in a good mood.

"What do you have there, Levinson?" Principal Snyder asked.

"Uh, just a lab rat," said Jonathan. "For the science lab. I was delivering it. By myself."

"I see," said Principal Snyder. "And don't lab rats usually get shipped in cages?"

"Well, usually," said Jonathan. "But this is a special case, you see, and --"

"I think I better accompany you to the science lab and make sure this rat ends up in the proper location," said Principal Snyder. "I would hate to get the impression that you were smuggling vermin into my nice clean high school for some prank."

"Uh, no, sir," said Jonathan. "I mean yes, sir. I mean do I have permission to go to the library first?"

"No, you may not, Levinson," said Principal Snyder. "Now get going."

Jonathan sighed and silently prayed that Kennedy was having better luck.