"I mean, Katherine and Mary looked just like the both of you. Mary, even made her hair change colour to look like yours, Buffy. It was creepy." Bonnie says to Buffy and Elena as they all set up the carnival.
Elena looks over at Bonnie "She is my ancestor. Hey, I moved the student booth into the cafeteria."
"Your vampire ancestor, and she didn't just resemble you like a family member would she was you. And Mary...we don't even know why she looks like you. Which is scarier."

Buffy shrugs "Maybe she was jealous, cause I'm pretty than her. So she changed her face." Buffy jokes causing Bonnie to laugh.
"It's creepy." Elena adds.
"Well, how do we know that they're not still out there pretending to be the both of you? Buffy, Mary's been studying you for years. Who knows what she knows about you."
Buffy sighs "I try not to remember that little fact. It's creepy, like horror movie type creepy. Or worse, Snyder type creepy."

"Buffy's right." Elena says "We need to keep moving and not be tortured by the not knowing. And get these prizes to the ring toss."
Elena turns to Buffy and holds out the large box of toys. Buffy raises an eyebrow "You're kidding right?"
Elena shakes her head "Nope. You're the one with super strength. I say we use that."
Buffy rolls her eyes before taking the box "Great you're just gonna load me up aren't you?"

"Have either of you talked to Damon since he killed Jeremy or—or tried to kill Jeremy?" Bonnie asks.
Buffy shakes her head "Nope. Not since me and him gotta in a fist brawl. And ended up crashing through my window. But if you don't mind, neither me nor Elena wanna talk about the douche that is Damon. Or anything vampirish."
Elena shoves a pack of stuffed snakes into Bonnie's arms, Bonnie smiles "Copy that."

Buffy walks over to Stefan, after he finishes talking to Jeremy. "Hey, how is he?" Buffy asks as she leans against the back wall of the ring toss stand.
"He's gonna be all right." Stefan tells her "He's just been through a little bit of an ordeal."
Buffy sighs "Well, I'm just glad he doesn't hate me anymore. It's bad enough having more supernatural enemies than you—well actually more than I can count. Plus, I was just hoping to keep him out of my world of danger."

Stefan turns to look at her neck, she was still avoiding telling him the truth which made him want to know all the more "And talking about danger, are you going to explain this to me now?" Stefan says, gesturing to the now clearer scar on her neck.
Buffy instinctively brings her hand up to the scar "Stefan—it's complicated."

"What's so complicated about it?" Stefan frowns in worry and steps closer to her placing a hand on her cheek "Did someone hurt you? Buffy, just tell me the truth. What happened in Sunnydale?"
When Buffy hesitates and when she steps away Stefan sighs "Look, your the one who said no secrets, which means you have to follow that rule as well. Please."
Buffy huffs "Using my own words against me. That's cheating."
Buffy sighs then looks around at the carnival. "Not here." She says. She takes Stefan's hand and leads him into the woods out of sight.

After a moment Buffy begins to pace, Stefan watches her "Okay." Buffy says "What I'm about to tell you...well, just promise you won't get mad. Cause then I won't tell you."
Stefan walks over to her and places his hands on her shoulders "Hey, whatever it is. We can handle it together."
Buffy steps away and turns her back on Stefan. She takes a few deep breaths before turning back to him "Ok, well, here's the thing...your dead exes. Aren't exactly the only dead exes who are up and walking around."
Stefan's eyes widen "Wait. You mean...?"
Buffy nods "Angel. He's alive."
"How?"
Buffy shrugs "I don't know. Turns out my friends were keeping it a secret for about a year. Things are kinda tense there, so I haven't exactly called and hence asked for the details."

"Buffy." Stefan says hoping to get her back on track.
Buffy nods "Oh, right. Sorry. Anyway, we were in the library researching when—he came bursting through the doors, alive, with an arrow in his chest. Turns out Faith found out I was heading to town and decided to give me a distraction."

Stefan still stunned looks at her slightly confused "What about the scar?"
Buffy sighs before turning away from him she couldn't admit this if he was watching her "The arrow was poisoned. The only cure—was blood of a slayer."
Stefan looks at her terrified about what was to come next "Buffy, what happened?"

"I tried to kill Faith." Stefan's eyes widen "I-I drove a knife into her stomach." Buffy says, her voice breaking as she turns back towards him "But she threw herself off the top of the building before I could take her to Angel. She's in a coma right now."
Stefan steps closer to her and looks at her sadly, seeing the guilt and shame wash over her. As he attempts to touch her Buffy steps away shaking her head "No, that's not all. You want the truth, then fine. But you're not gonna like it. After the battle I went to Angel, and I...I made him drink from me."

Stefan stares at her in shock "You what?"
"He refused at first, but I hit him, over and over until he couldn't resist."
"That's why you were in the hospital." Stefan says "Buffy, you could have been killed!" He exclaims "What the hell were you thinking?!"
"I was trying to save someone I care about!" She yells.
"Why didn't you tell me?"
Buffy sighs "I just did."

Stefan turns to her and looks at her closely "Do you still love him?"
Buffy sighs "I love him. But I am not in love with him."

As Damon pours himself a glass of blood he hears the front door open. "Would you care for one?" Damon asks as Stefan storms into the room.
"No." Stefan answers sharply.
Damon turns to his brother "What's wrong with you grouchy pants?"
Stefan turns to the glass of bourbon on the table and takes it in his hand "Nothing."

Suddenly the glass shatters in his hands "Well, obviously something's wrong, cause you just smashed a 200 dollar bottle of bourbon, brother."
"I'll buy you another." Stefan says as he reaches for another bottle.
Damon comes to stand in front of Stefan "Come on spill, what's eating you up. Let me guess something with, little Miss likes to fight."
Stefan glares at Damon "Don't start with me."
Damon grins "Oh, so is it about Buffy. Let me guess, this has to do with what happened in SunnyD."
Stefan rolls his eyes and starts to walk off but Damon moves in front of him stopping him in his tracks. "Come on, what happened?"

"Angel. He's alive."
Damon's eyes widen "Wow, it's really the year for dead exes isn't it."
When Stefan glares at him Damon rolls his eyes "I'm guessing that's not all that's pushing your buttons princess."
"Angel, was dying again. The blood of the slayer was the only cure. Buffy tried to kill the other Slayer, put her in a coma. She then let Angel drink from her, okay. You happy now?"

Damon stares at Stefan stunned "So you're telling me that she tried to kill a human and then let herself get bit by a vampire."
Stefan glares at his brother "I'm going out." He says before heading for the door, he stops when he hears Damon call out "Are you not worried that one day all the forest animals are going to banned together and fight back."

Stefan turns to Damon "Well, I'm just happy that's not a sorority girl supplying your dinner."
Damon smiles "I like this. You walking on eggshells around me because you think I'm gonna explode. Plus being all uber-jealous that Buffy's crazy 250 year old ex is back in the picture. Speaking of the blonde wonder, does she also share your concern that I'm going to explode? I bet I'm your every conversation. Well except the ones where your talking about her ex boyfriend."
Stefan smiles "Actually she hasn't mentioned you once."
The smile falls from Damon's face "Really?"

Stefan's expression turns pressing "Have you heard from Mary or Katherine?"
Damon ignores the question "I think the Lockwoods have a family secret, because The Gilbert device affected them. Vervain didn't. And we know from Buffy being affected that it affected other supernatural beings so if they're not vampires what are they."
"Is this your new obsession?"
"Oh, you'd rather some unknown supernatural element running rampant in our town, fine. I'll drop it. Maybe I'll do some more searching into the mystery ex."

Stefan glares angrily at Damon before continuing "We haven't seen the last of Mary or Katherine. You do know that, right? We have no idea what she's up to. The only thing we know for sure is that Mary wants Buffy for something, otherwise she wouldn't have been watching her for the past 2 and half years."
Damon scoffs "Sure, well there's Mary's plan. Katherine's is easy, she's here to profess her undying eternal love for you. And as Buffy is your girlfriend, I'm gonna let you deal with both the evil twins. 'Cause I have more important things to do. Like explode."

Buffy watches as Tyler and the other's arm wrestle. As she watches, she feels a presence come to stand next to her, Buffy turns only to spot Stefan "Hi." Buffy says quietly.
Stefan smiles "Hey. Look I'm sorry I took off, after our talk."
Buffy shrugs "It's fine. Don't worry about it."
"No. It's not fine. The way I reacted it wasn't fair to you."
Buffy looks at him sadly "Stefan—"

He interjects "No, I just—look when you told me the truth. I guess I got a little jealous. Damon I can handle, but Angel him being back in the picture I just... He was your first love. And I—"
Buffy steps closer and places a hand on his cheek "Hey, you don't need to worry about Angel he is not in the picture, honestly I don't know where he is cause after the graduation he took off on some personal spiritual quest. And yes he was my first love, so a part of me will always care about him, but since I meet you, you're the only man I wanna be with."
Stefan smiles "Really? Cause I know—"

Buffy cuts him off by leaning up and kissing him softly "I-love-you." She whispers "Only you."
Stefan smiles again "I love you too." He says before kissing her.

"Wow. You're lurking." Stefan says to Damon as he and Buffy walk over to Damon together.
"Observing." Damon then turns to Buffy, who merely glares at him hatefully.
Damon smiles at her "Lady, Slayer. How are you?"
Buffy growls at him "I suggest you wipe that smile from your face, otherwise I will cut off your favourite appendage."

Buffy turns to Stefan "So what's the jackass's obsession this week."
Stefan gestures towards Tyler "He thinks Tyler is a supernatural creature."
Buffy scoffs "He's got the strength." Damon argues.
Buffy rolls her eyes "Oh, please my mother used to hit harder than that. Trust me she once hit Spike in the back of the head with an axe. Anyway, Tyler may be slightly stronger than a normal guy but that's because he's an triple whatever something athlete. Trust me I would know if he was too strong for his own good as last time I was around him I was threatening to rip his arm from it's socket."

"You reaching." Stefan tells his brother.
The three of them turn back to the guys only to see Tyler's uncle Mason walking over to the table "Enter the uncle."
Stefan chuckles and leans towards his brother "This is ridiculous."
The three of them watch as Mason quickly beats Tyler, causing Buffy to smirk "Strong and hot. Damn."

Stefan turns to Buffy with a raised eyebrow, Buffy chuckles "Not as hot as you."
Stefan smiles before turning back to the guys.

"Who wants to go next?" They hear Tyler ask.
When Buffy starts to move. Damon stops her, Buffy looks down at his hand that was currently on her arm; she glares at Damon "I suggest you move it, otherwise I'll be knocking your ass out cold like the other night."
Damon rolls his eyes "Look, you're a tiny little blonde, what do you thinks gonna happen if you go over there and beat the uncle's ass. If he is supernatural, you'll blow your cover."
Buffy huffs and looks at Stefan who nods in agreement with his brother.

Damon then calls out "Stefan wants a go."
Buffy mops "So not fair."
Stefan smiles at her before walking over to the guys. Buffy and Damon watch as Stefan plays with Mason. After Mason wins Stefan walks back over to them, Damon glares at him "You didn't put in any effort at all."

Stefan turns to them both worried "Yeah, actually, I did."
Damon nods "Come with me." He says before walking into the hall.

Once they stop Damon turns to Stefan "Is he—"
Stefan shakes his head "No, no, no. It wasn't that kind of strength, but it was more than human if that makes any sense."
Damon moans in annoyance "What is up with that family? If they're not vampires, then what the hell are they?"
"Ohh. Uh, maybe they're, uh, ninja turtles."
"You're not funny."
"Or, no, Zombies. Werewolves."
"No comedic timing at all."

Buffy sighs "Actually I don't know about the first one, but the Zombies and werewolves. True."
Damon raises an eyebrow "What, how the hell do you know that?"
"Ah, I'm Hellmouth girl remember. Look, right after I moved here the guys were attacked by Zombies plus I-I've kinda met a werewolf."
Stefan turns to his girlfriend "Wait, you've meet a werewolf."
Buffy shrugs "Oz."

Before Damon can question her, Buffy's phone buzzes. Buffy looks at the message and sighs "Dammit, Elena says she needs me to come lift some of the heavy stuff. Apparently none of the guys can make the thing budge."
Stefan nods "Ok. Go, we'll deal with this."
Buffy starts to protest "But—"
Stefan interjects "Go. Don't worry."
Buffy sighs "Fine."

"How did this happen?" Stefan says, after Damon explains the situation with Caroline.
"Well, I fed her blood, and Katherine or Mary obviously killed her and 'A' plus 'B' equals..."
Buffy shakes her head "This doesn't make sense, why make Caroline a vampire. Of all people? Do these girls get their jollies off of killing people repeatedly...actually I just answered my own question."

Elena turns to Buffy "I'm still confused, why would they do this?"
Damon answers "Because Katherine and Mary are manipulative nasty little sluts."
Stefan turns to his brother "And she said, 'Game on'? I mean, what does that even mean?"
Buffy sighs "Means this isn't over and the crazies aren't exactly planning on fighting fair."
Damon nods in agreement "Blondie's right. Their playing dirty. And they want us to know."

"But why Caroline?" Elena asks.
Damon scoffs "Ah, I don't know."
"Caroline must be completely out of her mind." Stefan says worried "She has no idea what's happening to her."
"Oh, I think she does. All of my compulsion from the past started wearing off the minute she was in transition."
"We have to find her." Stefan says.
"Yep, and kill her."

Buffy turns on Damon and glares at him while Elena looks at him appalled "You're not gonna kill Caroline."
Damon shrugs "She knows who we are. She's officially a liability. We gotta get rid of her."
"I suggest you stop talking, cause otherwise your gonna find it very hard to speak again, after I cut out your tongue." Buffy hisses.

Damon stands and walks in front of Buffy "May I remind you of a tragic little story of a girl named Vicki Donovan? You had to kill that one little slayer, when she went crazy. Caroline, of all people, will not make it as a vampire. Her mother's a vampire hunter. Come on Buff- we know how this story ends and do you really wanna be the one driving a stake through her heart, when she loses it. So let's skip to the last chapter now, and I'll be the one that stakes her."
"It's not an option, Damon." Elena tells him.
Damon looks over at the brunette "No? Your silence is deafening, Stefan."

Damon turns to Buffy "Wasn't there a carnival the night you staked Vicki? Huh? Talk about a town where history repeats itself."
"We're not gonna kill her." Stefan tells his brother."

Damon chuckles "Oh, come on." Damon turns to Buffy "Come on Buff, you know I'm right. You know exactly how bad it can get, exhibit A that little bite wound on your neck. I guess Angel just couldn't resist, huh? What makes you think Caroline can?"
Buffy glares at Damon for a second before punching him in the face, sending him flying into the opposite wall "Rot in hell" She growls before walking out of the room to go find Caroline.

Buffy moves outside and ends up kicking a trash can 50 feet away. A moment later Elena and Stefan come up to her, Stefan seething. "Buffy. Stefan. Hey guys." Elena says trying to keep them both calm.
Buffy turns to Elena "The jackass is right Elena. Not about what we gotta do. But about what could happen if we don't."
"Katherine and Mary all but signed Caroline's death sentence." Stefan says.
"We can't let it end that way." Elena tells them.

Buffy sighs "They're doing this to me and Elena, am I right?"
Stefan shakes his head "I don't know about Mary, but Katherine, she's doin' it to me."

"Where could she be?" Elena asks Buffy and Stefan as they continue to walk around the carnival. Suddenly the two of them freeze, Elena looks at them confused "What is it? Do you guys hear her?"
"Blood." Stefan says "I can smell blood."
Buffy nods and the three of them quickly head off in the direction of the blood.

Buffy sees Damon about to stake Caroline and runs at him, she tackles him to the ground, the two roll until she manages to pin him to the ground. Damon looks up at her and smirks "Miss Summer's if you wanted to jump my bones, all you had to do was ask."

Buffy glares at him and punches him in the face, before Stefan pulls her away and glares at his brother. Buffy turns to see Caroline back away from Elena terrified "Get away from me! You killed me." Caroline turns to Buffy "And you! You just watched, didn't stop her!"

Damon, Stefan and Buffy stare at Caroline shocked "Wait Mary didn't help?" Stefan asks.
Caroline shakes her head "NO! Said she didn't care about games, had other things to do."
When Elena steps closer Caroline backs away "No!"
Elena shakes her head "No, no, no, no, Caroline. That wasn't me. You know that. That was Katherine. And the other girl who didn't help you, that wasn't Buffy, that was Mary."

Caroline shakes her head "NO! Then why did they look like the both of you? Why—why did she do this to me?"
"Buffy, we gotta get her inside."
Buffy turns to Stefan "Help her."
Stefan nods and walks over to Caroline "It's all right, Caroline. Come with me."

"She will die." Damon tells them as he looks at Buffy "It's only a matter of time."
"Yeah, maybe so, but it's not gonna happen tonight."
"Oh, yeah it is." Damon runs at Caroline but Buffy pushes her out of the way and grasps the stake between her hands before it can hit herself. Buffy pulls on the stake yanking out of Damon's grasp, she then looks up at him "Damon, she's my friend."

Damon looks down at Buffy before nodding "Whatever happens it's on you."

After a moment Bonnie shows up and looks at the situation in horror. Bonnie continues to stare at the body of the man Caroline killed "I can't believe this is happening."
"Come on. Don't pout about it." Damon says as he walks over with a shovel. He turns to Buffy "Come on Slayer, we got a body to bury."
Damon looks over at Elena "Thought you were calling the shots." He says gesturing to Bonnie, he then shrugs and turns back to the body "Sucks to be you, buddy."

Suddenly Damon falls to the ground grunting in pain, Buffy turns to Bonnie who was glaring at Damon "I told you what would happen if anyone else got hurt."
"I didn't do this!" Damon screams.
"Bonnie, it wasn't his fault." Elena tells her friend.
Bonnie turns to Elena "Everything that happens is his fault, Elena."

Buffy notices the water making it's way down to Damon "Bonnie, what are you doing?"
Suddenly the water catches fire and makes it way towards Damon. "Bonnie stop it." Elena tells her but Bonnie doesn't respond.
"Buffy." Elena says, Buffy turns to her and nods in understanding, Buffy jumps through the fire and shakes Bonnie out of her trance.

Bonnie looks at her angrily "Why—why did you stop me?" Bonnie screams.

Buffy shakes her "Because this isn't you. You are not a killer, it's not in you Bonnie. I know what it's like to kill, there is a darkness that comes with it, and I refuse to let that darkness grab a hold of you, your too good. Killing someone, even someone as bad as Damon will change you more than you can imagine, it will set you on a path that there is no return from."
Bonnie cries, Buffy pulls her into a hug before slowly handing her over to Elena "Get her out of here." She tells Elena.

Buffy then grabs the shovel and walks over to Damon crouching next to him "That make six favours you owe me." Buffy stands and dumps the shovel next to him "Get to work." Buffy glares at him once more before walking off.

"Caroline is ok for now." Stefan tells Buffy as he walks over to her "I'm gonna check in her later."
Buffy nods "And the guy..."
Stefan sighs "It's been taken care of."
"We have to make sure that he's wrong about her, Stefan."
Stefan nods "We will. We can get through anything together."

Buffy smiles sadly "You know, Elena wanted to pretend to have a normal day today. But with you and me I think that's impossible."
Stefan sighs "Why?"

Buffy chuckles "Well, not only are our species enemies but I have one friend who is a witch, a cousin who has a vampire doppelgänger running around trying to make our lives a living hell. And I have a crazy witchy doppelgänger, who we still have no idea how she is connected to me. There are times when I wish I was normal, that I could be normal have normal things but I know that's not possible."

"Buffy, do you mind if we head back now, you drove here so..." Elena says as she walks over to the couple.
Buffy nods "Sure." Buffy turns back to Stefan "I'll see you later."

Buffy climbs in through her window after patrol and drops onto the bed, not bothering to change out of her muddy clothes. Just as she is about the doze off, Stefan climbs in through the window and kisses the top of her head. Buffy turns to face him and moans "What's wrong? I'm sleepy and a sleepy slayer is a cranky slayer."
Stefan smiles "Come with me." Stefan takes her hand and pulls her out of the bed.

"So what we doing here?" Buffy asks as she and Stefan walk around the now bare Carnival. Stefan turns to Buffy "I compelled the guards to go on break, so I could kiss my girlfriend at the top of the ferris wheel."
Buffy raises an eyebrow "What are you doing?"

"Look, your right. We are never going to be normal. But that doesn't mean we can't have these small moments where is seems like we are. After everything thats happened from Katherine, Mary to Angel and the Ascension, I think we deserve that one moment."

Suddenly the lights on the ferris wheel turn on, Buffy smiles but shakes it off "Stefan...with what happened to Caroline, this is only just the beginning and we still have no idea what Mary's after maybe now isn't the time."
"If you say that now, then you'll always be saying that. You're a Slayer and I'm a vampire, there are always going to be dangers but we need to have these moments to keep us sane." Stefan pauses as he places a hand on her cheek "I came back to this town to start a life with you. We can't forget to live it."

Buffy takes his hand in hers and nods. She looks up at the ferris wheel "You're not gonna make me climb up there by myself are you?"
Stefan shakes his head "Hold on tight." He tells her as he wraps his arms around her.

A moment later the two of them are sitting in the carriage at the top of the ferris Wheel Buffy giggles "That is so much more fun, when I'm not the one doing the jumping."
Stefan smiles and tucks her hair behind her ear.
Buffy notices Stefan smiling at her "What's with the happy face?"
"It's just so nice to see you laugh." Stefan then leans forwards and kisses her softly.

After a few seconds she pulls away "You know this is gonna get worse right, maybe not Snake Mayor bad, but still bad."
Stefan nods "You're right, it's gonna get a lot worse."