Student : Student File : Chapter Three Teacher : Teacher Grade : 9-12 -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --

"Um, sir?" A.J. asked as she hesitated stepped into the Sunnyvale College Library.

"So, how did patrol go?" A.J. heard a tall, skinny, black hair, tan skinned guy asked a blond girl that was sitting on his right. There was also an older looking man, and a red haired girl.

"Great," the blond replied. "Our pests number have been taken down five."

"well, there will probably be ten more on patrol in their place tonight," the red head said.

"Can I come too? Cordy or Anya gets to be bait!" te black haired boy said.

"Bait? I'm the slayer, Xander. I don't need bait!" the blond said scathingly.

"Sir!" A.J. almost had to yell to get the older man's attention. Well, she now not only had his attention, she had everyone else in the group's attention. Oh, well. "Are you the librarian?" she continued.

"No, but how can I help you?" the older man asked.

"I need help finding these books," she said, as she showed the man a list, her slight Irish accent becoming a bit more pronounced "And, could any of you tell me were Rupert Giles is?"

"I am Rupert Giles," The man said cautiously, as he took her list ad glanced at it.

"I thought you were," A.J. said tossing her hair over her shoulder and pointing to the blonde, "since she is the slayer and all."

"Who are you?" the Slayer asked, watching Aj carefully.

"I'm Aj, the new slayer. You must be Buffy," Aj said smiling and thrusting out her hand for Buffy to shake.

"Yeah, I'm Buffy. New Slayer. I thought there was only one Slayer, and that's me." Buffy said as she sheek Aj's hand.

"You were after Fayth died. But then I was chosen. You already know that whole long and complicated plot," Aj said to Buffy as both girls followed Giles. The rest of the group followed.

"Then you must be part of the council. And I don't know how many times that I've told them that I'm not part of the council anymore," Buffy said impatiently.

"I know," Aj said, as Giles stopped. "My friends and I felt the same way. They just don't know about what we do, night and day. How much trouble we have. So I told them that I quit. And they gave me your name." Aj pointed to Giles.

"Okay," Buffy said, still not sure if she should trust this "New Girl". About 30 minutes later, Aj had all of her books and was seated at one of the tables, talking with the group. She learned that the black haired guy was Xander, and the red head was Willow.

"So, I was wondering if you guys would like to come over for dinner tonight," Aj asked.

"I'm sorry, I can not," Giles said.

"I'd love to go," Willow said. Xander said that he would go too, saying "As long as I don't get eaten," getting glares from around the table, and finaly Buffy agreed.

"Cool. Oh, and by the way, do any of you know where I can find some spell books?" Aj asked.

"That would be Willow's department," Xander quipped.

"Here are some good ones," Willow said. She knew Aj would ask, and was prepared. "Hey, why don't you walk home with me after school. You can go over some of these spells with me. What do you say?" Aj asked.

"Sure," Willow said."Why not?"