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Date Posted: 05:11:34 08/09/02 Fri
Author: Jeanny & Dawneen
Subject: Act I
In reply to: Jeanny & Dawneen 's message, "Buffy #07: Saria - Previous Scenes & Teaser (edited by Jonny)" on 05:09:32 08/09/02 Fri

ACT I

Scene: Summers’ House, Kitchen [Int.], Morning
BUFFY enters, yawning, and sees XANDER cheerfully flipping pancakes and eggs while WILLOW mixes batter. DAWN is sitting there watching them with half-closed sleepy eyes.

XANDER
Hey! There you are! Good morning starshine!

BUFFY
[mumbling]
Morning.

XANDER
Whoa! Tone down the cheer there, Buff.

BUFFY moves to sit next to DAWN at the counter as XANDER dramatically flips a pancake. WILLOW applauds while the two Summers women yawn. XANDER gives BUFFY a pointed look and she smiles, shamed.

BUFFY
Sorry, Xan. Not quite awake yet.
[realising]
What are you doing here so early...and cooking?

XANDER
[mock serious]
You noticed. Damn those Slayer powers of
observation.

WILLOW
[cheerfully]
We’re playing diner.

XANDER
Sadly without the nifty bell.

WILLOW
Or order pads...oh! Or that little turny clippy thing.

WILLOW mimics spinning a check wheel while BUFFY stares at her like she’s insane. Crestfallen, she puts her hands down as XANDER continues. DAWN is staring into space, not really paying attention now.

XANDER
But we must make do.

WILLOW
Even more sadly without any actual orders...Dawn, do
you know what you want yet?

DAWN says nothing. WILLOW gently pats her arm.

DAWN
Huh?

WILLOW
You okay, sweetie?

BUFFY stands and goes to the other side to pour herself a cup of coffee.

DAWN
Yeah...I just...I don’t know. It all smells so...great.

WILLOW smiles at her.

WILLOW
No rush, sleepy-head.

XANDER
Yeah, the cook is gonna be around all day. I’m taking
a break for a day from the cleaning up at that
still-to-be-renamed currently-burned-out-hull of a
shop of mine...because there‘s only so much of that
a guy can handle. Anything you ladies need help with
around here?

BUFFY takes in the mess that is the kitchen.

BUFFY
[dryly]
Ummm...clean up? We’ll be needing some help there.

XANDER
Was that a mocking dig of some sort? You know,
you should never mock the cook. He might spit in your
food.

WILLOW
[stricken]
Really? Can I take back that thing about the lumpy
batter from before?

XANDER
You’re safe, Will. It’s the two sourpuss Summers I’m
trying to reach here. Ladies, it’s a beautiful
morning, the sun is shining, birds are singing, look! No
apocalypse, and we have waffles. There should be
much rejoicing. So what gives?

BUFFY
I’m sorry...didn’t get a lot of sleep last night...too many
dreams.

WILLOW
Good dreams or bad dreams?

BUFFY
I think...maybe Slayer dreams.

This gets the full attention of all three of them. DAWN in particular seems disturbed.

DAWN
Slayer dreams? Something bad is coming?

BUFFY
No...well, I don’t know...I think something bad is
already here. I dreamed about Saria.

WILLOW
Saria? What was she doing?

XANDER
And was she naked doing it?

All stop to glare at XANDER, who shakes his head.

XANDER
Admit it, you would have been disappointed if I hadn’t
said that.
[at their silence]
I’ll take that as a yes…anyone want blueberries in
their pancakes?

WILLOW
[excited]
We have blueberries?
[off BUFFY’s look]
Sorry...focused now. Dream recap time. What was
Saria up to?

As BUFFY describes her dream, we get a CLOSEUP of DAWN’s face, pale and shocked, intercut with dreamlike flashes of what BUFFY is describing - basically SARIA in the Vamp Lair from the TEASER.

BUFFY
[Voice-Over]
I’m not really sure, actually. She was someplace
dark, real dirty...I couldn’t really see it very clearly, but
I definitely saw her looking around for something...she
started brushing the dirt off of a spot on the floor and
presto, our vamp cult snake symbol thingy was drawn
there. Then it got real creepy...

XANDER
[Voice-Over]
Okay, that part wasn’t creepy?

WILLOW
[Voice-Over]
Xander! Buffy, go on...

BACK TO the wider shot of all four of them. DAWN looks almost ready to faint.

BUFFY
It felt like she was looking right at me and she said...

Dialogue here overlaps

SARIA
[Voice-Over]
I can...

DAWN
[whispering]
…I can feel you...

BUFFY
…I can feel you.

DAWN pushes away from the counter, and WILLOW looks at her in concern.

WILLOW
Dawnie?

BUFFY
Hey...are you alright?

DAWN
[not at all convincing]
Yeah.

WILLOW
You sure? You’re all pale.

XANDER
You want some waffles?

DAWN stares at the plate for a moment then runs from the room. BUFFY and WILLOW both glare at XANDER.

XANDER
(continued)
What? What did I do?

BUFFY
[really worried]
Dawn?

DAWN
[Voice-Over]
I’m okay...I’ll be right back.

WILLOW
What just happened?

XANDER
[defensively]
They’re good waffles!

BUFFY
I think...Dawn’s little meet and greet with Saria a few
nights ago has her more shaken up than she likes to
admit. Shades of Glory, you know?

XANDER
[still defensive]
Not frightening in any way...unless you‘ve got some
kind of waffle-phobia, but Dawn usually won’t leggo,
so, no.

WILLOW
Oh...I get where the Saria thing was way scary.

XANDER
[still defensive]
I mean, she didn’t even try them!

BUFFY
It’s not the waffles, Xander!

XANDER holds the plate out to her meaningfully.

WILLOW
[sotto voce, to BUFFY]
Don’t insult the cook, remember?

BUFFY
[fake smile]
Waffles would be great...
[back to serious mode]
It was more than the Saria thing. Spike saved her life
one minute, then was screaming at me to get her away
the next. He’s rapidly turning into Issues Boy.

XANDER
Yeah, cause he was Joe Sane...

BUFFY’s pleading look makes him take a bite of waffle in a defeated, shutting-up-now fashion. BUFFY sighs.

BUFFY
So, we do the breakfast thing. Then we’ve gotta get
back on top of this. I’ve got to find this vampire...
Slayer...whatever.

WILLOW
Saria. Have there been any more signs of her? In
person signs, not dream signs.

BUFFY
Not a one. It’s like she dropped off the planet, but no
way I’d ever be that lucky. Gotta find her, though.
Whatever she’s up to, I’m gonna stop it.
[reluctantly]
I’m gonna go have a chat with Spike. See if he’s got
any intel about her.

XANDER frowns. As he’s opening his mouth to protest, WILLOW hastily cuts in.

WILLOW
Well, while you’re doing that, Xander and I will dig
back into the research. See what else we can find
out about Saria’s history.

BUFFY
Great. Thanks. There’s just gotta be something,
right? A vamp that old, one that used to be a Slayer...
we’ve just been missing it somehow.

Scene: Summers’ House, Living Room [Int.], Day
A shot of the book lying half under the sofa from The Box, open to the drawing of SARIA and AMAR.

WILLOW
[Voice-Over]
We’ll find it.

XANDER
[Voice-Over]
What about Dawn?

We CUT TO:


Scene: Summers’ House, Dawn’s Bedroom [Int.], Day.
DAWN is sitting on her bed, holding her journal, still closed, on her lap. She looks lost and frightened.

BUFFY
[Voice-Over]
I don’t know how to help. I wish she’d talk to us about
what she’s feeling.

As DAWN opens her journal with trembling hands we zoom in on the page and see a painstaking drawing of the cult’s snake-infinity symbol, along with the word ‘why?’ written repeatedly.

DAWN
[whispering]
Why?


Scene: Forest [Ext.], Night.
We see SARIA and AMAR walking hand in hand.

DAWN
[Voice-Over]
Why is she doing this? What does she want?

SARIA and her lover reach the entrance of a small simple square dwelling, and he pulls her into his arms for a passionate kiss.

SARIA
[giggling]
Amar! Not here! My father...my mother!

AMAR
Your mother has accepted me. She invited me into
your home, remember?

SARIA
She said she’d stake you if you sullied me,
remember?

AMAR
Yes, I do remember that. As I well remember the
sullying...

They kiss again, but SARIA pulls away quickly.

SARIA
Stop!

AMAR
[teasing]
Fine. So long as I might sully you later.

SARIA
I amuse you now, is that it?

AMAR
Indeed...I only wish you were amusing me, my
love.

SARIA
I know. But you do understand. I mustn’t dishonor
them. I’ve upset them enough as it is...just with what I
am.

She steps away, troubled, and AMAR wraps his arms around her from behind lovingly.

AMAR
Saria...your family is proud of you. Being called as the
Slayer...

SARIA
Is not what they would have wished. No one ever
wants this for their daughter, their sister.

AMAR
Saria...

SARIA
I am just a girl, Amar. I’m supposed to help my mother
with the cooking, and learn to sew, and how to be a
good wife. At night I’m supposed to sit with my father
as he names the stars, not go off into the night to...

AMAR
[sadly]
Slay vampires...or fall in love with vampires...how you
must resent me...

SARIA
Amar, no. I don’t regret falling in love with you. I never
have. I never could.

AMAR
You’re so young, my love...you’ve handled everything
so well, sometimes I forget how young. Sooner or later,
there is always some regret.

SARIA
There won’t be. I swear on my soul I’ll never stop
loving you.
[doubtfully]
You really think they’re proud of me?

AMAR
I will let them tell you themselves.

They enter...


Scene: Saria’s Family Home [Int.], Night
...into a nightmare. Blood is smeared on the walls, and there are bodies, five in all: SARIA’s mother and father, plus two brothers and a sister, all young teens. AMAR automatically reverts to his game face as SARIA screams.

SARIA
Mother! No!

She falls to her knees before the closest body. As she lifts her mother’s lifeless shoulders helplessly, AMAR scans the room. He crouches beside SARIA solemnly, his face human once more.

AMAR
I’m so sorry.

SARIA
(continued)
Mother!
[hollow]
I was supposed to protect them...

AMAR
[gesturing]
Look!

CLOSEUP of the vampire cult’s snake symbol drawn on the walls in blood. SARIA’s mouth twists into a snarl.

SARIA
Her suffering will know no end.

She stands, grabbing a weapon.

AMAR
Wait, I will join you. She is too dangerous for you to
face alone.

SARIA
No, Amar. It will be day soon. And I need you to...to...

She looks back at her mother, too horrified to speak. AMAR knows what she needs. Seeing her close to tears, AMAR tenderly kisses her forehead.

AMAR
I will take care of it. They will not rise, I promise you.

SARIA
Thank you. I...I have to go.

AMAR
I wish you would wait for me.

SARIA
[cold fury]
No. No more waiting. She has to pay for this.

AMAR
You must keep your head, my love. You know how-

SARIA
I don’t care how old and powerful she is. She’s a
vampire, and I’m the Slayer. Time she found out
just what that means.

AMAR
You have no idea where she is. You can’t sense her
like other vampires, she’s different.

SARIA
She’s nearby.

AMAR
You can’t-

SARIA
[bitterly]
She wants to see my pain.
[softening]
I’ll be back.

SARIA exits. AMAR crosses to the symbol and reaching out, traces it with his finger thoughtfully.

AMAR
[to himself]
Be careful. Do not underestimate her. You can never
understand the hold she has on you.

AMAR sighs, turning away from the symbol and looking at the bodies. He approaches, the smell of blood making his game face slip back on.

AMAR
Such a waste...

He lifts the body of one of SARIA’s brothers, baring the torn neck to himself, then drops him, composing himself. With effort he returns to his human face, gazing down at them solemnly.

AMAR
I am sorry. Please know what I do now, I do to honor
you, the family of my beloved.

He looks around for a weapon, spying an axe in the corner. As he goes to get it, we see something move in the shadow, eyes following him: the FEMALE VAMPIRE.

BLACKOUT

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