Back at Giles house

4:00 PM

Xander and Anya were still going on and on about how horrible the day had gone.

"There's something very wrong with that little girl Emily, Cordy," Anya said her voice turning serious.

"How so?" Cordelia asked taking another sip of apple juice.

"She heard...voices," Xander said.

"Not just any voices," Anya said.

"BUFFY BUFFY!!!!" Dawn came crashing in from the front door. Her hair was frizzied and she looked like she had been crying.

"BUFFY! There's something I have to tell you about the new girl at school!" Dawn cried flinging herself at her sister.

"This is more important," Xander insisted.

"Oh I highly doubt it!" Dawn cried.

"Quiet!" Giles cried. Everyone grew silent.

"Now Dawn, calmly explain what you have to say."

"Okay," Dawn said still panting.

"The new girl at school. She looked really familiar but I didn't know who she was. I made friends with her and she said today was her birthday and she lives with a foster famliy and Erik he yanked off her locket... and and and,"

"Dawnie. Settle down," Buffy said. Dawn grew quiet.

"She had a picture of you and Angel in her locket. Then on the other side she had a picture of Angel, Spike, and Drusilla. Then I realized that's who she looked like! She looks exactly like Drusilla!" Everyone was quiet.

"What's her name Dawn?" Buffy asked.

"As long as her names not Priscilla were in the clear," Giles said quietly. Everyone looked at him curiously.

"Priscilla is the name of Drusilla's daughter," Giles explained.

"Her full names Priscilla Rose Mailey. She goes by Rose," Dawn whispered.

"Well what about the Emily girl? Today she went completly nutzo and started having a conversation with Drusilla. I promise she did. Drusilla started scaring her asking her something about the slayer. Then she whispered your name Buffy," Xander said. There was a pained silence for a long while.

"We have to go find this Rose. We'll deal with Emily later," Buffy said grabbing her stake from the mantle of the fireplace.

"But Buffy! You can't stake Rose!" Dawn cried.

"It's quite okay Dawn. If she was out in broad daylight she's obviously not a vamp or else she'd be a pile of dust already. Come on Xander, Come on Willow, we've got work to do."

Rose's foster families house

6:58 PM

"Get up girl!" the man cried towering over Rose's small body. She started crying covering her ears.

Then she started screaming "MOMMY! Come get me please!"

"It's okay love," Drusilla's singsong voice filled Rose's head.

"Help is on the way."

"Mommy....please!" Rose shouted over the raging cries of the tall man that grabbed a bat from the hall closet. With a sickening thud the bat came down over Rose's legs. She screamed as loud as she could for help.

"Mommy...make it stop! Make it stop hurting!"

Outside Rose's foster families house

6:58 PM

"Buffy," Xander started but before he could finish loud shouts filled their ears. Shouts of a girl being totured.

"This is it," Willow said. With some amazing "Quick Track" on her labtop Willow was able to locate the adoption agency files and bring up the residence where Rose was staying.

"Oh my god Buffy help her!" Willow said as she peered in the window. She had said it a bit loudly though, because the man spun around. Buffy had already broken the front door down. She ran at the guy and started the attack. He only got two or three punches in before Buffy jabbed the stake into him and he dusted quite nicely. Rose looked up at Buffy terrified, tears running down her face like a broken faucet.

"Oh my god your Buffy. Your the slayer," Rose let out a terrified yelp. Dawn was right she looked exactly like Drusilla. Everything about her was the same except the noticeable missing accent. Willow went toward her. Not knowing what to do the terrified girl screamed again.

Xander tugged at his ear and said "Wow. Got quiet a voice that one."

"Please," Rose pleaded breaking down into tears.

"Please don't hurt me. I had no idea he was a vampire I swear to god. I promise you I'm not a vampire. I can even prove it to you," Rose said begginning to sob.

"I don't think that'll be necessary sweets," Xander said wanting to go over and comfort the little girl. Willow beat him to it and cradled Rose in her arms.

"It's alright. Everything's going to be okay," she whispered. After a while her cries subsided but she was weezing terribly, struggling to breathe.

"I don't know where he put my medicine," Rose panted out.

"In the kitchen Xander. Get Prissy's medicine for me," Drusilla's voice filled Xander's head. Without thinking Xander ran to the kitchen and got Rose's inhaler from the counter.

"Willow! Here!" Xander said as he tossed the inhaler her way. Willow set it inside Rose's mouth and pushed the nozzle a few times as air filled Rose's tiny, bruised lungs. Buffy, Willow, and Xander held their breath as Rose caught hers.

"Woah that was freaky," Xander said.

"What?" Buffy asked.

"I heard her. I heard her too," Xander said.

"Heard who?" Willow asked.

"My mother," Rose weezed quietly. She tilted her head and locked eyes with Buffy.

"He heard my mother Drusilla." A large lump gathered in Buffy's throat but she didn't know why. She knew Rose knew too much. They couldn't leave her there alone.

"What's your full name again?" Xander asked again.

"Priscilla Rose Mailey," Rose said after a moment of being silent.

"Is that why she called you Prissy?" Xander asked.

"Only she can call me that," Rose said darkly. Willow loosened her grip on Rose. For a minute she thought she was actually holding Drusilla in her arms. Realizing her mistake Willow brought Rose close again.

"We need to take you with us," Buffy said.

"We have to take you home."