GILES: The center is dark. Centrum est obscurus. The darkness breathes. Tenebrae respiratis. The listener hears. Hear me!

Catherine: Oh, it's... it's working!

GILES: Unlock the gate. Let the darkness shine. Cover us with holy fear. Show me...

(...)

Catherine: She's coming!

(cut to hall)

WILLOW: Amy!

Amy: Get out of my way!

WILLOW: W-wait! I-I-I need to talk to you, I-I can help you.

Amy: Help me? With what?

WILLOW: Uh, well, y'know, all your witchcraft! I, I know this really good cauldron. (Xander sneaks up behind Amy.) Do you actually ride a broom?

( Amy twists around, growls and holds out her hand like she's grabbing Xander's neck. His hand goes to his throat. Amy makes a fist and twists it. Xander collapses to the floor, choking.)

WILLOW: Xander!

( Amy punches Willow hard in the face)

GILES: Corsheth and Gilail! The gate is closed! Receive the dark! Release the unworthy! Take of mine energy and be sated! Be sated! Release the unworthy! Release!

( Amy begins to chop down the door witha fireax.)

GILES: Release! RELEEEEASE!

(Amy starts to wield the axe, but stops when there's a flash of light and the spells are all broken. She is herself again. She looks around, a bit confused, steps back and lowers the axe. Buffy has her strength back and gets up from the table. )

Amy: Buffy?

BUFFY: Amy?

( Catherine lunges at Buffy from the side and tackles her to the floor, knocking her out. Giles advances, holding his arm out and pointing.)

GILES: You... you...

(Catherine knocks him down)

Catherine: You! You little brat!

Amy: (holds the axe threateningly) Mom! Please!

(Catherine holds out her hand, and the axe flies from Amy's hands to hers.)

Catherine: How dare you raise your hand to your mother! I gave you birth. I gave up my life so you could drag that worthless carcass around and call it living? You've never been anything but trouble. I'm going to put you where you can't make trouble again!

BUFFY: (jumps up behind Catherine) Guess what? I feel better!

(Sends Catherine flying)

Catherine: That body was mine! Mine!

BUFFY: Oh, grow up!

Catherine: I shall look upon my enemy! I shall look upon her and the dark place will have her soul! Corsheth, take her!

(Buffy deflects Catherine's curse back at her with a mirror)

GILES: Well, that was, um, interesting.

BUFFY: You guys okay?

Amy: I'm fine!

GILES: I assume the, uh, all the spells are reversed. It was my first casting, so... I may have got it wrong.

BUFFY: You saved my life! You were a god!

Amy: Well, I didn't think you'd pull it off.

(Suddenly Xander comes rushing in and grabs Amy tightly.)

XANDER: I got her! I got her! Cut her head off!

BUFFY: Xander, what are you doing?

XANDER: Saving you?

BUFFY: Get your hands off of her.

XANDER: But she's evil.

GILES: It wasn't exactly her.

Amy: I was my mom.

XANDER: Oh! (releases her)

(Now Willow comes running in, too, wielding a bat.)

WILLOW: Where is she?!

XANDER: Uh, hey Willow! It's cool!

WILLOW: It is?

XANDER: Yeah, I took care of it.

written by: Dana Reston; Transcribed by: AleXander Thompson. Full transcript at:
http://www.studiesinwords.de/03witch.html