1. Anne

Complete story — includes the ending

Willow, Oz, Xander, and Cordelia attempt to cover Buffy's Slayer responsibilities, with mixed results. Grieving over Angel, Buffy has exiled herself to Los Angeles, working at a diner, Helen's Kitchen, under the name "Anne". Buffy meets Lily, a member of a former group who romanticized vampires and were saved by Buffy. After Lily's boyfriend Rickie goes missing, Buffy reluctantly agrees to help. Buffy saves an old man who walks into traffic, but he dies soon after. Buffy realizes that he is Rickie, decades older than the previous day. Lily meets the owner of a homeless shelter, who convinces her that Rickie is there. Buffy discovers that a blood bank has been providing names of homeless people to the shelter, and goes to investigate, only to be thrown, along with Lily, through a portal into a demonic factory where the missing people are slaves. When they are no longer useful, they are returned to their own world, where only a single day has passed, as time passes faster in the factory. Announcing herself as the Slayer, Buffy leads an uprising against the demons. The portal closes behind the freed slaves. Buffy allows Lily to assume her identity as "Anne", and returns to Sunnydale.