"There once was a little girl with a curl, right in the middle of her forehead. When she was good, she was very, very good. But when she was bad, she was very, very bad." The gang has been off for the summer and is now returning to school. Things are different though, especially with Buffy. She is distant and cold to everyone, and seems to be moving mechanically through everything. This worries her friends and they try to help only to get pushed away. Meanwhile, the Annointed One and he rest of the Master's disciples are seeking o revive him through a ritual sacrifice of all that were there the night that he was killed. Can Buff stop this, will she come to terms with the events that happened last term?