A/N: I love Buffybot! I got a sudden impulse to write a Buffybot-goes-back-in-time story, so here goes! Possible B/S later on. (Not Buffybot/Spike!!)

Summary: Set in the summer before Season 6 and the very beginning of Season 2. Willow tries another spell to bring Buffy back, only things don't quite go the way they're supposed to…

Prologue

2001-Summer—Restfield Cemetery

The Scooby gang strode through the cemetery, dispatching newly risen vampires. Last stop.

"That'll put marzipan in your pie plate, bingo!" the small blond girl shouted happily as she drove a stake through a vamp that was rushing her.

The red-haired witch smiled brightly. "See? New quip."

"Thank you, Willow. You're my best friend. And you're gay."

Willow smiled sideways at another blond girl and squeezed her hand. "You've got that right, Bottie."

The dark-haired boy cleared his throat. "So what now? Are we just going to do this all summer? Patrol with the Bot? Sooner or later the demons are going to figure it out."

The girl at his side tugged on his arm. "It's alright, Xander. We can have lots and lots of sex when we get home. Besides, you look all manly when you patrol." She smiled up at him.

The others began to laugh and tease the now-red-faced Xander. All but Willow.

The witch had a pensive look in her eyes. Then a flicker of an idea passed through her green eyes. No one noticed the firm determination on her features as they set off for 1630 Revello Drive.

***

1997-Summer—Highway outside LA

The middle-aged man glanced at his teenage daughter in the passenger seat. "Do you have all your stuff?"

The blond girl, who had been staring off gloomily into space, jerked up. "Yeah, Dad." She smiled. "Thanks for all the shoes."

The man smiled back and turned to the road. "You sure you want to go back so soon?"

The blond girl rolled her eyes. "Dad, school starts in less than twenty-four hours."

There was a stretch of silence. The girl stared out the window, a distant look in her hazel eyes.

"Buffy, do you want to talk to me? Is there anything bothering you?"

"Huh?" Buffy snapped her head back towards her father. "Oh, no. Everything's fine."

"If you say so," Hank Summers replied with a sigh.

30 miles to Sunnydale.