Chapter 28
Buffy talked with Xander, Jessie, and Willow about the flying knife. They were discussing this situation at lunch one day. Buffy had decided to take Mr Giles' advice and not play Nancy Drew. But this did not proclude her from talking about the situation with her friends. Buffy had also dropped out of the squad. If Buffy Summers was going to risk her life it would be for something more important than the Sunnydale Highschool cheerleading squad. These four discussed what they knew, Amy and Cordelia had both been in accidents, Amber either fell down the stairs or was pushed by someone unseen by school security cameras. Those could be written off as coincidences, if Buffy hadn't seen the flying knife for herself. And to top it all off Amy had been sent home earlier today with burn marks. Principal Wood feared she'd been assaulted, but witnesses said she appeared to start to burn herself instantly, before Amy put out the burns in water. None of the cheerleaders seemed like they might have this kind of power. There was on girl who Buffy had noticed at tryouts, Tara. Tara hadn't tried to join the squad, just watched the tryouts. Buffy thought Tara had looked at her intensly during this. She also thought the other girls had made cracks about Tara being a witch, among less pleasant words that Tara had been called. But Buffy had no proof Tara was behind these "accidents" and didn't neccessarily want to get involved. The police didn't seem to be investigating, or if they were they were doing a great job keeping it secret. Buffy ultimately decided to stay out of it. If the police couldn't deal with this, what chance would four children have?