The Witch

Welcome To The Hellmouth

In the darkness of the night at Sunnydale high school in the science room, a fist punches through a windowpane and reaches in to undo the clasp. It's a boy and a girl, sneaking into the school.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" The girl asked.

"it's a great idea, now come on," The boy told her. They crawl in. They come out of the classroom and walk down the hall.

"Do you go to school here?"

"I used to. On top of the gym, it's so cool. You can see the whole town," The boy continues down the hall, but the girl stops him close to the intersection.

"I, I, I, I don't wanna go up there," She said.

"Aw, you can't wait, huh?" He asked.

"We're just gonna get in trouble."

"Yeah, you can count on it," The boy told her.

They almost kiss when the girl startles, draws a quick breath, and turns her head around to look down the hall.

"What was that?" The girl asked with fear in her voice.

"What was what?" The boy asked her.

"I heard a noise," She answered.

"It's nothing!" He told her.

"Uh, uh, maybe it's something," The girl insisted.

"Or maybe it's some THING!" He teased her.

"That's not funny."

The boy looks down the other hall, "Hellooooo!" He turns to the girl, "there's nobody here."

"Are you sure?" She looks around with her back turn to him.

"Yeah, I'm sure," He answered.

"Okay," She turns back to him all vamped out. She growls and bites him. He grunts in pain as they sink to the floor.

Rowena awakes from her nightmare and shoots up in a cold sweat. Salem, her black cat, jumps up on the bed, and Rowena pets him as she takes deep breaths to calm herself.

"Something bad is going to happen, Salem. I just know it," She said.

Rowena walks down the hall of Sunnydale High School when she saw a girl bump into Buffy, making Buffy lose her grip on the bag and spill its contents. Rowena knew that Buffy was the slayer and the reason she was drawn to Sunnydale. Rowena continued her walk down the hall passing Buffy and Xander.

She went to the teachers' lounge and printed some things for her classes before going into her classroom and sat at her desk as her students come into the room. When the bell rings, everyone is in their seat.

"Alright, class. Today we're learning about the black death," Rowena writes "black death" on the chalkboard and then turns to the class, it's estimated that about twenty-five million people died in that one four-year span. But the fun part of the Black Plague is that originated in Europe how? Jennifer?"

"By bacteria and carried by fleas on rodents," She answered.

"Correct. As an early form of germ warfare. If you'll look at the map on page sixty-three you can trace the spread of the disease into Rome, then north and this popular plague lead to what social changes? Steven?"

The bell rings and the students get up to leave. Rowena's eyes followed Buffy as she left the room with Cordelia

At the quad at school, a black cat approaches Williow, who is sitting on a bench in front of a wall taking out her lunch and meows to get her attention. Willow looks down at the black cat, who was meowing before rubbing against her leg.