"Nope, Willow didn't know anything about magic until we met." Buffy shook her head with the fond memory. "I asked her to help me study. She's really smart, and I'm - not. We became friends and I tried to keep both her and Xander, that's my other friend, away from my Slaying but vampires kidnapped their friend and turned him." She shrugged, but the weight was still on her that she couldn't save their friend. "Once you see what's out there you can't not see it anymore."