Sam Beckett felt the familiar Leap sensation.

What the? Where was he? Paws????

He opened his mouth, squeaks came out. Oh boy.

"Sam? Sam is that you?" Al's face looked huge peering through the bars of the--cage?

Yeah it's me what is going on Al, Sam answered or tried to--what came out was a series of slightly panicked and very irritated squeaks.

"Sam, listen, Guushi is trying to sort this out. You're in Sunnydale California, yeah--the town that got sucked into a sinkhole in a freak earthquake in 2003. The year right now is 2000. You're in the body of Amy Madison. She was reported as a runaway in 1998--except she didn't runaway. She was somehow turned into a rat."

AL WHAT IS GOING ON!! Sam squeaked.

"This whole thing is very very strange Sam. This town is all kinds of weird. Guushi knows a guy that might help shed some light on it, except Wyndham-Pryce isn't answering his phone. Just hang tight. Have some cheese, or something"

Have some cheese? HAVE SOME CHEESE? Sam squeaked indignantly but Al was gone.

~*~

She had a body again. Wasn't her body, but hey it was a body. And not bad even if it was a late 30ish guy's body.

"Miss Madison?"

"What is going on?"

Al sighed and explained the Quantum Leap project. And that Sam was now in her body--or the rat's body. And how exactly had she come to be a rat.

"I turned myself into a rat because I was going to be burned at the stake."

Al blinked. Sure why not? That made as much sense as anything else that they'd managed to dig up on Sunnydale California.

"You're taking this rather well"

Amy shrugged. "It's not like it's the first time I've been body swapped."

Al blinked again.

"I am not going back"

"Oh yes you are, this is Sam's body..."

"Nope, he booted me out of mine I'll keep his."

Al left the room afraid of what he might say. They had to get Sam out of that Rat body and quick. This had to be the strangest Leap ever.

~*~

Sam was bored. He'd paced. He'd tried muttering, but the squeaking sounds he made were annoying to even him.

"Meow"

"Miss Kitty you get away from Amy!"

Miss Kitty? Sam thought and rolled his eyes. That was original.

The redheaded girl that had came into the room picked up the cat. Petted it and put it out of the bedroom.

"Hi Amy how ya doing tonight. I brought you a cookie from Xander."

Half an oreo was dropped into the cage. The other half put in a ziplock baggie. "Save the rest for later, you'll get a tummy ache."

~*~

"Whoa! What the heck was that!" Al gasped as the girl, Amy, managed to set his datapad on fire.

"I'm a witch, you fool" the girl smirked.

Damnit they had to get Sam out of the rat and her back in it! This girl was dangerous!

~*~

"Sam, Sam"

Al turned at the sound of a moan. "Whoa" The blonde and the redhead on the bed were....

"We've found away to force the Leap. Wyndham Pryce came through for Guushi, one shot deal with magic. But that Amy chick--she's a witch and a nasty one at that."

The world spun with the familiar Leaping sensation before Sam's mind could focus on the words magic and witch.

~*~

NOOOOOO!!! Amy squeaked at finding herself back in her rat body.