In the cemetery at night, Spike and Buffy
are trying to teach the potential slayers how to fight against vampires and
when to know to run. The next day they're all in the basement chattering
away and Buffy gets their attention by telling them that they're all going
to die. She tells them that death is what a Slayer lives and they must
always be wary. The good news is that Buffy has killed the ubervamp and the
first evil has gone into hiding, but the bad news is that the first evil now
has time to regroup and build an army. She goes on to say that they all have
a reason for being here, because they're all special, while Dawn looks on,
slightly hurt and alone.
Buffy is at work at the school. Amanda
walks in to talk to Buffy, telling her that she thinks this guy likes her
because he keeps picking on her and now she wants to pick on him. Amanda
thinks it's weird that they're mean to each other, but that they might like
each other. At which point Buffy goes on a spiel saying that being mean is
bad and how it's totally over because it was all bad (in reference to her
and Spike's behaviour). Buffy returns home to find everyone in the house
yelling at each other. Willow pulls her away quickly, as well as Xander,
Andrew and Anya and tells them that the Seers in England found a new
potential Slayer right here in Sunnydale. Willow's going to do a locator
spell while Buffy takes the potentials out for a patrol.
Willow begins to set up the ingredients
for the locator spell while Dawn mumbles about who she hopes isn't going to
be the potential slayer. She casts the spell into the fireplace but the egg
she throws in causes a horrible smell which makes them all choke. A
brilliant ball of shimmery air appears in the front of them; it's supposed
to locate the new Slayer by surrounding her. Dawn goes to open the door to
air out the place when the ball of shimmery stuff hits her and she glows
from the inside. Realizing that she's the next potential Slayer, Dawn starts
to pace, unsure of what to do. She freaks out a little and runs up to her
room while Anya tries to tell them that Dawn's fate isn't exactly coming up
roses and that there's a lot of stuff to deal with. Still kind of wigged,
Dawn climbs out her window. Meanwhile, Buffy and Spike take the potential
slayers to a demon bar where Buffy runs in to Clem. Happy to see them she
tells him to freak out the girls, which he does by making his face explode
into several slimey things. Out on her walk, Dawn runs into Amanda which she
notices has a cut on her forehead. After a couple of questions, Amanda
admits that she was attacked by a vampire at school and now thinks she's
crazy. She was headed to Buffy's house because she figured she could help.
Dawn, of course, believes her and they rush back to the school in order to
kill the vampire. They sneak in, only to find that the vampire isn't locked
in the room like he should be. He's propped himself up onto the ceiling so
he can't be seen. He suddenly drops down on them and they run away,
screaming frantically. Dawn manages to hit it several times with a fire
extinguisher, and they're off running again.
Buffy has taken the potentials to a
crypt, where she tells them that a vampire can live anywhere, not only in
crypts. She finds a vampire in one of the corners and starts fighting with
it, while instructing the potentials. Meanwhile, Dawn and Amanda are in a
science classroom where they've barricaded the door. The vampire finally
breaks in and Dawn's starts throwing glass beakers at him. She grabs a flag
pole and whips it at him while Buffy decides to teach the potentials a harsh
lesson and leaves them alone in the crypt with the vampire, locking the door
behind her. Back at home, the rest of the group finds Dawn's room empty and
her window open. Suddenly the Bringers break into the classroom and grab
Amanda, realizing her mistake, Dawn turns on the gas and lights it on fire
causing an explosion while she and Amanda race out of the classroom. Out in
the hall, Dawn hands her the flagpole, telling her she was born to do this
and she'll know what to do. Amanda begins to hit the Bringers repeatedly
with the pole while Buffy and Spike show up. They kill the two Bringers and
Amanda stakes the vampire. Confused, Dawn explains that Amanda was at the
door when Dawn was hit by the fireball, and she's actually the potential
Slayer.
At home the next day, the potentials are
talking about their exciting adventures while Dawn watches on, slightly
saddened. While the potentials are brought into the basement, Dawn begins
research again. Xander steps up to her and tells her that no one will ever
know how hard it is to not have the superpowers like they do. He
knows how she feels because he's gone through 7 years of it and he knows
more than anyone realizes because no one's watching him. He tells her that
she's not special, but absolutely extraordinary.
