Wish hard -- with a vengeance!

"Hey, Buffy!" cried Anya. "Where did you come from?"

Buffy stood in the center of her living room stark naked and just stared at Anya with her mouth open.

Then she finally said, "I was the giant rabbit, you idiot. Where did you think I came from?"

"Hey, don't talk to my friend Anyanka like that," said Halfrek. "If it weren't for her summoning me, you'd still be a bunny right now."

"Well, thanks, er -- who are you, anyway?" asked Buffy, still feeling awkward about being naked in front of so many people.

True, Willow had seen her naked in the locker room after gym class and Anya and Halfrek were just girls but still... Something about being naked around them gave Buffy a peculiar feeling.

"I'm Halfrek," said Halfrek. "Anyanka's friend."

"And you're a witch, I take it?" asked Buffy.

"Sorta," said Halfrek. "Anyway, my work here is done. If there's nothing else, Anyanka, and there'd better be nothing else --"

"Wait!" cried Willow. "What's to prevent Buffy from turning back into a rabbit after you leave?"

"Good question," said Halfrek. "Call me in the morning and I'll answer it."

"No, please," said Willow. "Wait. I don't want to be a nuisance but I also don't want to see my best friend turn into a rabbit again."

"I can understand that," said Halfrek.

Then she sighed and said, "Okay. I guess one more wish won't hurt."

"Oh, good," said Willow. "Then I wish that Buffy would stay just the way she is now for good."

"Wish granted," said Halfrek.

"Uh -- Will?" asked Buffy. "Couldn't you have phrased that wish a bit differently?"

"No, I'm sure it's perfectly fine," said Willow. "Besides, Halfrek has to go home and get some sleep."

"Thank you, Willow," said Halfrek while she glared at Anya. "I'm glad that someone understands.

And then Halfrek vanished in a cloud of black smoke that smelled like sulfur.

"Well, that's that," said Anya. "I'll guess I'll go home too."

"That's it?" asked Willow. "You try your damnedest to kill my best friend and then summon up one of your demon friends to deal with her and then you just take off like that?"

"Geez, Willow," said Anya. "If you're going to make a big deal about every little thing, I might as well not come around here anymore."

"Well, actually, it's my house, not Willow's," said Buffy.

But by then, Anya had walked out the door.

"Well, what now?" asked Willow.

"I'm just going to go upstairs and get ready for bed," said Buffy. "Please feel free to let yourself out, Will."

"Sure thing, Buffy," said Willow. "I'm just glad that everything worked out for the best."