Season 3
Buffy's living in Los Angeles as Anne and working in a diner. The rest of the gang are in Sunnydale trying to keep the streets safe from vampires but not doing as well as Buffy used to do. In LA Buffy bumps into someone she saved in Sunnydale, Lily, she used to be in a cult that worshipped vampires. There Buffy has to return to being the slayer that she was and save herself and the day. She decides to return home leaving Lily with her flat, job and name. Things are a little rocky when Buffy returns but soon things get back to normal, and also a new slayer is called to Sunnydale, Faith. She is watcherless because hers was killed by a vampire called Kakistos and so falls under Giles' supervision. The Mayor, Richard Wilkins III, seems to be up to something in town calling for a vampire, Mr. Trick, as an employee. Angel returns back to Earth, a surprise to all. At first Buffy keeps it a secret but Xander soon sees Buffy and Angel together. Buffy says they're just friends and plan to stay that way, but they can't hide their love for each other and so fold to those feelings. Buffy's 18th birthday arrives and she's given a test to do by The Watchers' Council but things go terribly wrong and Giles finds the need to intervene which costs him his job as Buffy's watcher. A new watcher is called to watch both Buffy and Faith, Wesley Wyndam Pryce, but neither Buffy nor Faith are willing to follow any of his orders. One night out slaying Faith accidentally kills one of the Mayor's assistants, Alan Finch. Faith dumps the body and wants to keep it a secret but Buffy can't and so goes to Giles to tell him, but Faith got their first and laid the blame on Buffy. The gang get together to see if anything can be done, they decide Angel should try and help her. Wesley doesn't know any of this until he over hears it from a conversation between Buffy and Giles and informs the council against Giles' wish or knowledge. The council take Faith from Angel and plan on taking her to England but she escapes. Buffy finds her and coaxes her into staying, which she does after a fight which leaves Mr. Trick dead. Faith goes to The Mayor for his old job. Faith's disloyalty was soon found out and so are The Mayor's plans to become a demon on graduation day. Angel and Buffy talk, after Joyce has a talk with Angel, and he thinks that he can't be with Buffy anymore, as it's unfair to her. After The Mayor's ascension Angel's leaving Sunnydale. Buffy's mortified but she knows that he is in fact right. The day of graduation looms, Angel gets poisoned by an arrow from Faith and the only cure is the blood of a slayer. Wesley tries to get a cure from the council but they refuse, and so Buffy quits the council and Wesley has to go home after the ascension of The Mayor. Buffy tries to bring Faith's blood to him but she escapes wounded. Buffy offers herself and Angel drinks and Buffy winds up in hospital, but the plans for graduation day are still on. Faith's also in hospital, in a coma. On the day the whole student body are with weapons and fully prepped on what's going on. They declare war on The Mayor after he has ascended into his new demon self. They kill the mayor with a little fire power in the form of explosives, and in the process destroy the school as well. Angel leaves town to an unknown destination and it's onto college.