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![]() The police are now on the scene taking pictures of the bodies as Joyce looks on and Buffy talks to a cop. Buffy then tells her mother that they can go home now, but Joyce is too distraught. Buffy tries to calm her, promising to find whatever did this, but Joyce says that she can't make it right. The next day in the library, Buffy tells Giles that there weren't marks from a vampire, but there were marks on their hands. She draws the symbol that she saw, asking Giles to point her at the thing that uses it, but Giles thinks that a symbol like this is likely the sign of a ritualistic murder. Buffy is shocked that human beings could have done this. She asks him to find a loophole in the "Slayers don't kill people" rule. At lunch time, Oz and Xander find themselves next to each other in the cafeteria line, and attempt some uncomfortable small talk about burritos. They go over to a table, where Willow and Amy join them. Oz comments that he hasn't seen Willow all day, and Xander hastily insists that she has not been with him. Silence follows. Oz brings up Buffy's birthday, which is next week, but Willow silences them when Buffy approaches. Buffy tells the gang about the two murdered children that she and her mother found last night. Her friends are surprised that Joyce was with Buffy, especially Willow, who is impressed that her mother is so interested in Buffy's life. Buffy is just saying how "wiggy" her mom is, when she comes up behind her, asking if Buffy has gotten any news from Giles. Buffy tells her that he thinks it may be a cult, and Joyce assumes that he means witches. Willow coughs and Amy squirms; Joyce says she knows that Willow dabbles in witchcraft. After Buffy walks off with her mom, Willow says she's lucky her own mom isn't interested in her extracurricular activities...or her curricular ones. Joyce tells Buffy that she has already called everyone she knows and has organized a vigil, and that the mayor will even be there (ironically, Joyce thinks that he is going to take some action). Buffy tells her that they usually try to limit the number of people who know about these things.
The next day, a bully is picking on the boy we saw in the previous scene, and Amy, accusing them of being into "voodoo witchcraft." Buffy appears, giving him a look, and he backs off and leaves. Cordelia tells Buffy to expect badness if she is going to hang out with Michael (the boy witch) and Amy. Giles then tells Buffy that his research indicates it indeed may have been witches, but he needs a book that Willow borrowed, and asks Buffy to get it. Buffy finds Xander and asks if he knows where Willow is. Xander is very defensive and complains that they, especially Oz, don't trust him and think he will mess up again. Buffy says that Xander is guilty and has to pay the price. Looking at Willow's books, Buffy finds Giles' book, and underneath it is a notebook with a drawing of the symbol. Willow approaches and Buffy asks her about it, but just then a locker search ensues. Police are searching all lockers for evidence of witchcraft; Snyder is happy not to have to consider the students rights; Xander is concerned about the "Playboy"'s in his locker; Cordelia is worried about her $45 hairspray. A man takes Amy away and Willow tells Buffy she has witch paraphernalia in her locker, but that she is innocent the symbol was for a protection spell that Willow, Amy, and Michael were preparing for Buffy's birthday. Snyder takes Willow to his office as Buffy grabs the book and the notebook. In the library, security officers are confiscating a lot of Giles' books. Buffy comes to tell Giles what she learned about the symbol, but they cannot widen their research because they are taking so many of the books. Snyder comes in and tells Giles that he will have to answer to MOO (Mothers Opposed to the Occult), which was founded by Buffy's mom. Willow comes home to find her mom looking through the stuff from her locker. Sheila claims to understand Willow's need to identify with something, but is patronizing, and Willow tells her that she really can do spells. Sheila feels this is a cry for discipline and grounds Willow, who responds by saying that she is a rebel and a witch, and that she is dating a musician. Sheila forbids Willow from seeing "Bunny" Summers again.
Buffy goes to the memorial at the park when Angel comes up and gives her a hug. Buffy tells him that her mom said being the Slayer was fruitless, but Angel disagrees. He says that she taught him that it's important to keep fighting. He mentions the children's parents, which gains Buffy's interest. Giles is in the library on the Internet, since his books are gone, but he is having a hell of a time. Buffy comes in and points out that no one knows who the parents of the children are, or even their names. Oz links to Willow on her computer (she is shut up in her room) and they research it. Instead of finding their names, they find numerous articles about the exact same situation, with photos of the SAME children, each exactly fifty years apart. The oldest article is from 1649, about Hans and Greta. Sheila enters and takes away Willow's computer; she tells Willow that she believes her now, and all she can do is let Willow go with love; she exits and locks the door. Giles tells the gang that some folklorists believe that fairy tales are based in reality, and he also states that some demons thrive on watching humans destroy each other. Michael runs in bloody his father attacked him. Xander and Oz leave to find Willow, and Giles and Buffy go to Buffy's house to tell her mom about their recent research developments.
Buffy and Willow are in Willow's room. Willow's mom is having the "selective memory" that Joyce used to have, but does remember about Willow dating a musician; Oz has to come for dinner next week. The two girls are trying to perform a spell to turn Amy back to human form, but it does not work.
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