| Information-- Buffy was close friends with her cousin, Celia, until she died. When she was younger she idolized the ice-skater Dorothy Hamill. She attended Hemery High in LA before moving to Sunnydale. At Hemery High she was a cheerleader and voted 1996 Prom Queen and Fiesta Queen. Later in 1996, Buffy was contacted by a man named Merrick, who told her that she was the Vampire Slayer. Merrick was her Watcher. But Merrick was killed, and in Buffy's attempts at slaying, she managed to burn down her high school gym. Around that time, Joyce and Hank finalized their divorce, and Buffy moved with Joyce to 1630 Revello Drive in Sunnydale. She enrolled at Sunnydale High School, where the school librarian, Giles, informed her that he was her new Watcher. Though reluctant, Buffy was sucked full force into the life of a Slayer. Buffy became friends with Willow Rosenberg, Xander Harris, and to some extent, Cordelia Chase; and later with Oz, all of whom know that she is the Slayer (as does her mother, finally) and often help in her endeavors. Buffy developed a relationship with Angel, a vampire cursed with a soul; it ended when he he lost his soul, turning him back into his evil vampiric self, but they got back together after his soul was restored again. Ultimately, Angel eventually realized that as Buffy got older, their relationship would be doomed, and he left her, for her own good. During her freshman year at UC Sunnydale, Buffy roomed with Willow and developed a relationship with Riley Finn. After about a year together, Riley left Buffy and Sunnydale, feeling that Buffy didn't need nor love him. During her sophomore year at college, Buffy survived several family crises � first she discovered that Dawn, her 14 year-old sister isn't actually her sister, but is a mystical "Key" just recently turned into human form and placed into Buffy's life (false memories included) so that Buffy could protect her. Then her mother had a brain tumor removed, only to later die from an aneurysm arising as a side effect from her surgery. In the final fight against Glory, a hellgoddess seeking to use the Key, Buffy gave her life to save Dawn's and the world. |
