Yamanh of Hoht, a large, horned and tall demon, is jubilant. He’s standing above his followers, who are cheering. The demon raises the body in his arms above his head and loudly proclaims that Buffy Summers is dead.

Earlier. A high school jock asks her who the Hell she is.

A few hours before and Buffy is in a cavern with a faerie named Tink, who’s telling her that she has to leave. The Slayer shakes her head: if she leaves then Yamanh brings his whole army to the surface, and that’s what she came down here to stop. The faerie is disappointed: he will kill you, she emphasises, and she didn’t lay her eggs in Buffy’s ear canal just to have Buffy die now. Buffy isn’t that impressed by this fact, but the faerie tells her that she didn’t actually do it. It’s an excuse. She doesn’t want the Slayer to die. It’s clear that the two share a bond, as Buffy promises her that she will be back.

Earlier. A high school. A group of girls are gossiping about some girl from their class. When a jock comes up to them to talk, the head girl, a loud and spirited youngster with short black hair, begins to speak, but is suddenly knocked off her feet by… something. She’s having a seizure of some kind.

While unconscious on the ground, the girl sees strange images in her mind. A creature with a bat-like nose. A blue, spiky monster. A girl, in a black duster. No… lots of girls. A Primitive. A cheerleader. A Chinese woman in robes. And all of them linked, as if there were a chain holding them together, by a strange axe or scythe.

The girl does her research. There’s an ad on tv for girls who have felt strange things happening lately. Weird dreams. Bursts of energy and strength. The super geeky guy on the tv has a number people can ring: 1-800-CHOSEN-1.

The girl dials the number and meets with a woman named Rona. Automatically, she thinks its a cult. But after a sit down with some of the other girls, our unnamed girl realises that they’re the same and her dreams were true. This is no cult – it turns out to be the most amazing feeling she’s ever felt. As she trains with the girls, becomes aware of her abilities and her potential, she learns from the people around her. Rupert Giles tells them the story of the First Slayer, Sineya, and all that came after. How they’re all connected through something larger. A bigger purpose. The girl is impressed and feels safe: the stuffy British guy made it sounds so special. At least slightly more than that Andrew guy did, she thinks.

The caverns. Buffy interrogates a demon. As soon as he hears the name ‘Buffy Summers’ he’s terrified, frozen in fear.

As the girl continues training with a squad, they take down their first vampire. Simone, a Slayer with more attitude than she should have, is reckless and the team are almost defeated. A feint by our girl is the only way they get out of the situation, and she’s bitten in the process. Simone plays it cool, but another Slayer approaches our unnamed girl and she thanks her.

This act of selflessness is enough to get the girl noticed. In a meeting with Rona, she’s told that she’s perfect. She’s the right size, the right build, mostly, but her hair needs dying. Rona asks her what she knows about the situation she’s going to be handling, solo. It’s about a demon, Yamanh, who is planning an uprising towards the surface. Her job is to go in there, frighten him by a rep, and get out.

In the caverns, Buffy undergoes a test to secure an audience with a different demon clan. They also know her reputation and are concerned that they will suffer the consequences of Buffy’s actions. Buffy tells them that she’s here to prevent a massacre and, if she lets them, she’ll protect them. Tink makes an unusual, but spirited spokeswoman. The Slayer will protect them? She will face their enemies?

Earlier. A high school jock asks her who the Hell she is. As she lies dazed on the floor, coming around, the girl with the black hair gets up and pushes the jock out of the way of a incoming truck, saving his life, but getting hit herself in the process. It was while recovering in hospital, she saw the ad, featuring Andrew and Vi, on tv. That’s how the unnamed girl found her family in the Slayers.

In the cavern, the girl, now completely disguised as Buffy Summers, battles Yamanh. She is defeated and, as he raises her body to the air and declares ‘Buffy Summers’ dead, a group of Slayers enter the cavern and attack. As the unnamed decoy for Buffy falls to the ground injured, she smiles with irony: there’s a always a name. Like Lincoln or Gandhi or Hitler. Some name that inspires awe or terror, and sometimes, just sometimes, greater things. Things that matter, that make a difference.

She had a choice. She could embrace it, or she could walk away. She faced it, took on the forces of darkness and she may have just saved the world.

And she did it all, just with a bad dye job and a name. Buffy Summers.

She never even met the real Buffy Summers. Hell, the real Buffy probably doesn’t even know who she is. Heck, nobody will know who she is. Or was.

As she dies, she’s saddened that no one will really know her real identity. But that’s okay. She knows. And that’s enough.