Buffy the Vampire Slayer Page #2

The man unravels a satchel of cloth. From it he pulls an

elaborately carved wooden stake.

MAN:

(continuing)

But as long as there have been

vampire, there has been the Coven;

the line of Slayers. Ones with the

strength and the skill to kill them,

to find them where they gather and

stop the swell of their numbers.

One dies, the next is called.

GIRL:

I'm just a girl.

MAN:

You are much more.

He hands her the stake. She feels the fit.

MAN:

(continuing)

One dies, the next is called...

As she grips the stake more tightly, an awareness and sense of

power sees to fill her. She lifts the stake over her head.

CLOSEUP - A HAND

The hand is lifted high, but it is not the girl's. It holds

not a stake, but a pom-pom.

EXT. HEMERY HIGH FOOTBALL FIELD - WIDER SHOT - DAY

Opening CREDITS OVER:

A football game in progress. The stands are pretty full, the

crowd enthusiastic. The hemery football stadium is just that;

a real stadium, not just makeshift stands on grass.

On the sidelines are the Hemery cheerleaders, led by BUFFY.

She is blonde (in nature as in name), pretty, and very

gracefully athletic. She obviously enjoys what she is doing,

and she's good at it.

With her on the squad are JENNIFER and NICOLE, two of her best

friends. Beside them the COACH, yelling at the players. The

scoreboard reads HEMERY VS. SETON.

On the field are JEFFREY, wide receiver (and Buffy's boyfriend),

ANDY, quarterback, and GRUELLER, the huge left tackle.

Buffy and the crowd wince as Andy is sacked for a nine-yard

loss.

COACH:

Come on, do the play! The one

where... the one from the book!

Where you make it go forward!

The players huddle.

ANDY:

All right, guys, come on!

He hits Grueller's helmet.

ANDY:

(continuing)

Grueller! Fill that hole! They

were all over me! Okay. Let's run

twenty-two. Grueller, close the

pocket, watch out for thirty-five.

Thompson, run the post, right, wide

out. Jeffrey, go up the middle and

run around like a chicken.

They clap and break. As they line up, Jeffrey looks over at

Buffy. She smiles at him. He winks, very suave.

BUFFY AND CHEERLEADERS

Jeffrey! Jeffrey!

He's our man!

If he can't do it

We don't want it!

On the hike, Andy drops back and looks for a receiver. Jeffrey

runs in circles like an idiot (and not unlike a chicken), waving

his arms until Andy sails him the ball and he breaks for a

touchdown.

The crowd goes wild -- particularly Buffy, who does an

impressive standing backflip. Nicole looks at her, impressed.

Buffy smiles at her, giddy.

COACH:

(looking around)

Is that good? Was that a good thing?

CUT TO:

INT. THE MALL - AFTERNOON

The mall is typically busy. Buffy, Nicole, Jennifer and

KIMBERLY can bee seen making their way through it. They are

all dressed very similarly: bright colors, a lot of white and

pink. Not trashy, but mainstream and uninspired. Esprit.

All of them carry shopping bags; they've done a good days work.

TITLE:
CALIFORNIA. THE LITE AGES

The girls pass by stores, vaguely window shopping.

BUFFY:

Mr. Howard is so heinous. He's

always giving me a hard time. I

get a C-plus on the test and he

tells me, 'You have no sense of

history.' I have no sense of

history? He wears a brown tie.

NICOLE:

You got a C-plus? I can't believe

I cheated off you.

BUFFY:

Excuse me for not knowing about El

Salvador. Like I'm ever going to

Spain anyway. Ooh!

A dress on a rack outside a store has caught her eye. She

takes it and holds it in front of her.

BUFFY:

(continuing)

Mmmm. Wouldn't I look just edible

and nutritious in this?

Kimberly and Jennifer catch up to them.

KIMBERLY:

Guys, what's the sitch? I'm bored.

BUFFY:

(modeling the dress for

Kimberly))

What do you think?

KIMBERLY:

Please. It's so '91.

GIRL:

Oh.

Buffy puts it back.

KIMBERLY:

What are we doing?

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