Welcome to the Hellmouth/The Harvest
Buffy Summers and her Mother, Joyce, have moved from Los Angeles to the suburb of Sunnydale, California, and Joyce drives Buffy to her first day at the prosaically named Sunnydale High School. Her first day at the new school, Buffy meets a new world of people who will have a profound effect on her life. Cordelia, popular girl on campus, gives Buffy a test for her "coolness factor" and extends the hand of friendship-until Buffy starts to hang out with Willow, a horribly shy computer nerd, and her friends Xander and Jesse. Giles, the school librarian, not only knows that Buffy is the Slayer but has been assigned to be her Watcher. Later that night, Buffy meets the mysterious Angel, who informs her that Sunnydale is located on the Hellmouth, a focal point of demonic activity of all sorts that attracts vampires, and that she needs to be ready for the Harvest. Buffy ignores Giles and Angel, hoping to return to some semblance of a normal life. In the catacombs underneath the town, the vampiric Luke awakens the Master so he will be ready for the Harvest. The Master, a very old, very powerful vampire, has been trapped underneath Sunnydale for sixty years, ever since his attempt to open the Hellmouth was foiled by an untimely earthquake. The time is right for the Harvest, which will give him the power to break free. Luke sends vampires out for food, and Jesse is captured, although Buffy saves Willow and Xander-and also realizes that she must fulfill her duties as Slayer, or people will die. She goes to rescue Jesse, with some unwanted help from Xander, only to find that Jesse has been turned into a vampire. They escape and then they must stop Luke, who serves as the Master's vessel and is attacking the Bronze. With assistance from Giles, Willow, and Xander, Buffy kills Luke and several other vampires(Xander winds up inadvertently staking his old friend Jesse), though Darla survives.
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