Season 8, Episode 2 Powers to Be:
Written & Directed By: Taffy 13
Assistant Writers: WolframandHart, Whitenight, JL & Joe
Promo Designers:

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the television show "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Angel the Series". They were created by Joss Whedon and belong to him, Mutant Enemy, Sandollar Television, Kuzui Enterprises, 20th Century Fox Television, WB and UPN Television Networks.

~~~~~~~~~~ Prologue ~~~~~~~~~~

GILES VOICEOVER: Previously on Buffy the Vampire Slayer...

(Scenes from Season Seven) British Country side, Day:
WILLOW: I don't have that much power, I don't think.
GILES: Everything's connected. You're connected to a great power, whether you feel it or not. It's inside you now, this magic. You're responsible for it.

(Next Scene) Living room at Buffy’s house, Day:
Dawn's standing in front of the three girls Giles brought with him.
DAWN: They're all slayers?
GILES: Potential slayers. Waiting for one to be called. There were many more like them all over the world, but, um, now there's just a handful, and they're all on their way to Sunnydale.

(Next Scene) Living room at Buffy’s house, Day:
BUFFY: So here's the part where you make a choice: What if you could have that power...now? In every generation, one slayer is born... because a bunch of men who died thousands of years ago made up that rule. They were powerful men. This woman (points to Willow) is more powerful than all of them combined. (Willow whimpers) So I say we change the rule. I say my power...should be our power.

(Next Scene) Principal’s office at Sunnydale High, Day:
Willow is performing a spell while holding onto the scythe laid out in front of her. Suddenly, she's overcome with power. She looks up, as the scythe and Willow start to glow with a bright white light.
WILLOW: (breathlessly) Oh...my...Goddess...
We then see Willow's hair is completely white, and she's still glowing with white light from the spell. Willow's facial expression is one of divine ecstasy, as she looks heavenward. Willow pants as the power runs through her. When the scythe stops glowing, so does Willow. Willow's hair is back to normal
KENNEDY: You...are a goddess.

(Next Scene) Outskirts of Sunnydale, Day:
Widen the shot vertically to show that the whole town is collapsing in on itself, being sucked back into the Earth.
The "Welcome to Sunnydale" sign still stands, perched precariously on the edge of the canyon. The sign teeters a little before falling backwards into the pit that used to be its city.

(Next Scene) Farm House in Ohio, Day:
WILLOW: Uh-oh, Buffy I think we got trouble. (Willow pulls the van into a driveway)
BUFFY: What?
(A Military Hummer is parked in front of a house. A soldier is standing by it and looks towards them as they slowly pull in the long driveway.)
FAITH: (Close up of Faith’s face, color drained out of it.) Oh!

(Next Scene) Farm House in Ohio, Day:
SAM: We have an offer for you
BUFFY: One I can’t refuse?
SAM: (Shrugs.) Depends…how do you feel about moving to New York City?

(Next Scene) Farm House in Ohio, Day:
FAITH: Gone…my whole record…wiped clean?
RILEY: Don’t you think it makes sense? Hellmouth needs a guardian.

(Next Scene) Scooby central apartment, Day:
BUFFY: You coming with Dawn?
DAWN: Na, think I’ll just hang out hear.
BUFFY: Stay out of trouble and no leaving the building.

(Next Scene) Scooby central apartment, Dusk:
Camera shots of Dawn Mick & Bobbie fighting the two vampires from Episode One.

(Next Scene) Scooby central apartment, Night:
BUFFY: OK Dawn. Splainy, what's with the Home Slayerkit routine with two ready-to-eat vamp snacks? (To Sandman & Bobbie) No offense.


Episode begins: Teaser

Camera starts outside the apartment building, goes in the front door, and through the hallways. It follows through to Willow and Kennedy’s apartment, where Willow is staring hard at a shelf, and rearranging two knickknacks. Willow looks tired and ill.

WILLOW: Does this look right?

(Kennedy walks into the room in a towel, fresh from the shower.)

KENNEDY: Does what look right?

WILLOW: This. This shelf is bothering me. Does it look right to you?

(Kennedy shrugs.)

KENNEDY: Looks fine to me. I leave the decorating to you. (pauses) Hey, you feelin alright?

WILLOW: Not really. But no worries.

(She plants a kiss on Willow’s cheek, then moves to their bedroom, shutting the door. Willow frowns again at the shelf, rearranges them again, and then sighs. She moves to the kitchen, and starts to get herself something to drink. She frowns at the counter, as she sees things out of place.)

WILLOW: Kennedy?

KENNEDY: (calling from off screen) yeah?

WILLOW: Did you rearrange the kitchen stuff?

KENNEDY: (off screen) No. Have you seen my brush?

(Willow walks into the bathroom.)

WILLOW: No. It’s not on the shelf?

(Kennedy starts moving everything around to look for her missing brush. There’s a knock on the door, and Willow walks out to see Dawn walking in, rubbing at her eyes. She flops onto the couch.)

DAWN: Hi. Buffy’s really cranky this morning. We didn’t sleep well.

WILLOW: I didn’t either.

(Dawn looks up at her.)

DAWN: Really? How come? I kept hearing things. I think Andrew and Xander have wall banging problems (grimaces) ok, let's just rewind that, replace it with an image of some pretty flowers and never mention it again.

(Willow shudders and sits next to Dawn. There is a knock on the door, and Xander comes in.)

XANDER: Hey Wills, Dawnie, have either of you seen my tool kit?

(The girls shrug.)

XANDER: You two look like cra–(the girls glare) I mean, you look...

DAWN: We didn’t sleep well. (Turns to Willow) What were you doing at three in the morning anyways?

WILLOW: Sleeping?

DAWN: Well someone was banging the walls in the place. I didn’t get any sleep.

XANDER: Well it wasn’t me. I didn’t hear anything.

(The girl’s shrug, and the door opens again, hitting Xander, and he jumps back. Buffy looks in.)

BUFFY: Hi guys. Dawn, I thought I told you not to touch my make up.

DAWN: I didn’t, Buffy. We so don’t have the same skin tone anyways.

BUFFY: Well someone did, I found it in the living room, and who lives with me? Oh yes, you! Just, ask or something next time, ok?

DAWN: I swear I didn’t touch it, Buffy.

(Kennedy walks into the living room.)

KENNEDY: Willow, you’re sure you didn’t use my brush and put it somewhere else?

WILLOW: I didn’t see it, Kennedy.

(Buffy looks at the two, then sighs.)

BUFFY: And guys? I don’t mean to be rude, but could you two keep it down at night? I didn’t get any sleep...hey Wills, you feeling ok?

(Willow looks just a touch horrified, and sits up to say something, when out of the nearest wall walks a ghost cat. Everyone jumps, Xander letting out a rather girlish yelp. It walks to the center of the room, lays down, staring up at Willow, and it starts to purr.)

Wolf Howl, Buffy's theme plays.
Opening credits roll.

Staring.
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Buffy Anne Summers
Michelle Trachtenberg as Dawn Summers
Alyson Hannigan as Willow Rosenberg
Nicholas Brendon as Xander Harris
Tom Lenk as Andrew Wells
Iyari Limon as Kennedy
Anthony Stewart Head as Rupert Giles

Special Guest Star:
Rosamund Pike as Claudia Gorman
Mary Wilcher as Shannon
Rachel Bilson as Colleen
Dania Ramirez as Caridad

Very Special Guest Star:
Betty White as Mrs. Parker

Cut to commercial.

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