Fed up with life as a mortal, Anyanka begs a demon
named D'Hoffryn to create a temporal fold that would
allow her to retrieve her powercenter -- the necklace she
wore around her neck -- before it was destroyed.
D'Hoffryn has no interest in helping Anyanka and would
rather see her live out the rest of her life as a mortal.
Anyanka pledges to find someone who will help her.
Outside of Sunnydale High, Willow
hones her pencil-floating skills while Buffy prepares for
a traditional Slayer evaluation which Wesley is
conducting. Later, Willow is called to Principal Snyder's
office, where another student named Percy West is also
waiting. Percy is one of the star members of Sunnydale
High's basketball team who just so happens to be having
trouble in history class. Principal Snyder orders Willow
to tutor Percy. Afterwards, Willow and Buffy go to the
library. While Willow heeds Giles' request to try to
access the Mayor's computer files, Faith returns with
Wesley from the physical portion of the tests. Faith
takes note of Willow's computer search, and she later
reports it to Mayor Wilkins himself during a tour of
Faith's new apartment. Decked out with nearly everything
she could ever want, the apartment leaves Faith
absolutely giddy. Back at Sunnydale High, Willow learns
that Oz and his band just returned from an out-of-town
gig. Willow tells Oz that she may have wanted to go. Oz
replies with the expectation that Willow wouldn't have
wanted to miss a school day. Spotting Percy, Willow tries
to arrange a meeting time for their tutor session.
However, Percy has a different game plan which involves
Willow doing all of the work for him. The last straw for
Willow comes when Buffy comments on her reliability.
Tired of being the goody-two-shoes of the group, Willow
stalks off by herself. She runs into Anyanka, who
introduces herself as Anya, a friend of Cordelia's.
Willow's mood takes a turn for the lighter when Anya asks
for her help in performing a spell to create a temporal
fold. Anya explains that she wants to retrieve a lost
necklace which was a family heirloom. When Willow and
Anya perform the spell, Willow sees visions of the
alternate universe that Cordelia visited when she told
Anya that she wished Buffy had never come to Sunnydale.
Something goes wrong in the course of the spell. Instead
of pulling the necklace out of the alternate universe,
the vampire Willow is transported out just moments before
Oz could dust her on the jagged wood. While Anya futilely
searches for the necklace, Willow leaves her alone to try
and figure out what she just saw.
Elsewhere, the Willow from the
alternate reality awakens. After night falls, she
ventures out onto the streets of Sunnydale. Quickly
realizing the vast differences surrounding her,
Alterna-Willow heads to the Bronze. There, she draws
stares from everybody in attendance, including Percy
West. Provoked by Percy's arrogance, Alterna-Willow
shoves him over the pool table, then grabs him by the
throat and tightens her grip. Xander pulls Percy away
before noticing Willow's radical makeover. Thinking he's
the Xander of her reality, Alterna-Willow pulls him into
her arms, running her hands all over his body. It doesn't
take long for her to realize that Xander is still a
living, breathing human. Buffy arrives and can't believe
her eyes when she sees Willow. When Alterna-Willow
recognizes Buffy as the Slayer who staked her beloved
Xander, she turns and heads for the Bronze's exit. Buffy
tries to stop her, but Willow spins around with vamp face
on. She then takes off, leaving Xander and Buffy
horrified and speechless. Outside the Bronze,
Alterna-Willow encounters two of Mayor Wilkins' vampire
henchmen, one of whom is named Alfonse. With the help of
a little sadistic brutality, Alterna-Willow convinces the
vampires to work for her and restore chaos to Sunnydale.
Giles gets the word on Willow's
untimely death from Buffy and Xander. During their lament
over the loss of their friend, the Willow of their
reality enters the library. Simultaneously confused and
happy, Buffy, Xander, and Giles embrace Willow, who by
this point is simply confused. While they tell Willow
about her evil twin, Angel enters the Bronze in search of
Buffy. As he talks to Oz, Alterna-Willow and her
newly-hired cohorts invade the Bronze. After Angel leaves
to get Buffy, Alterna-Willow kills and drinks from one of
the customers. Oz tries to make sense of what's going on,
but Alterna-Willow only remembers him as one of the human
rebels from her reality. Anya clears up everything for
the lost vampire, telling her that the Willow of this
reality is the only one who can bring her back to where
she belongs. Meanwhile, Angel reaches the library and
walks right up to Buffy, Xander, and Giles. He doesn't
notice Willow standing in the corner as he tells the gang
that their friend is dead. Willow makes her presence
known, sending Angel into the pits of confusion as well.
Realizing they have to stop whatever's about to go down
at the Bronze, the group leaves the library. Willow,
however, is reluctant to kill her alter ago. Remembering
the tranquilizer gun, Willow tells the others to go ahead
while she heads back into the library. Before she can get
the gun, Willow encounters her mirror image, who has
sneaked into the library unnoticed. Intrigued by the idea
of occupying a world with her double, Alterna-Willow gets
uncomfortably cozy with Willow, who retaliates with a
cross. Alterna-Willow knocks her over the counter. When
the vampire circles around the counter, she is greeted by
a tranquilizer dart right in the stomach. Buffy and the
gang return and lock Alterna-Willow inside the book cage.
Buffy then comes up with a plan to take care of the
vampires in the Bronze.
Disguised in the outfit of her
other self, Willow prepares to infiltrate the Bronze and
trick the vampires into walking outside, one by one, and
getting staked by her friends waiting outside. As Willow
enters the Bronze, Alterna-Willow wakes up in her prison.
While she notices her own change of clothes, Cordelia
enters the library. Alterna-Willow tries to talk her into
opening the cage, but Cordy opts to use this opportunity
to talk about the secret affair with Xander. After an
eternity of rambling, Cordy finally opens the cage.
Hungry for blood, Alterna-Willow chases Cordy through the
halls before cornering her in a restroom. Before the
vampire can close in for the kill, Wesley appears and
fends her off with a cross and holy water. Thwarted,
Alterna-Willow turns around and leaves. Meanwhile, Anya
and Alfonse eventually see through Willow's charade.
Willow screams, signaling the others to storm into the
Bronze and battle the remaining vampires inside. During
the fight, Alterna-Willow arrives and pins Willow on the
stage. After dusting Alfonse, Buffy leaps onto the stage
and drives a pool cue towards the vampire's heart. Willow
screams for Buffy to stop, and the Slayer is able to halt
her weapon's descent.
After all of the customers
evacuate the Bronze, Alterna-Willow and Anya prepare for
another temporal fold. Buffy does not agree with the idea
of returning a demon to its own reality where it can kill
again. Willow responds by saying that she simply can't
kill her. Before Willow sits down to perform the ritual,
she says her goodbyes to Alterna-Willow, who says hers in
a much more touchy-feely way. Afterwards, Alterna-Willow
is returned to the alternate reality... only to be
grabbed by Oz and dusted on the jagged wood. The next
day, Willow contemplates living up to her good girl
reputation and never going out for fun again. When Percy
appears with the history paper completely typed out,
Willow decides otherwise.
