- An Incan Princess mummy is reanimated in Sunnydale where she sucks the life force from others in order to stay alive.
- While on a field trip to the local museum, one of the students breaks a ceramic seal in the coffin of an Incan mummy, who rises and must consume the life-force of others in order to remain alive. She tries to fit in with the students at Sunnydale, and even starts to have real feelings for Xander. But when Buffy, Willow, and Giles realize who and what she really is, they may have to rescue Xander before he becomes the mummy's next victim.—Alex
- The Sunnydale High kids had mixed feeling about the cultural exchange program students. During a field trip to the local museum's Inca exhibition, weirdo student Rodney Munson breaks the ceramic plate which seals the protective curse in the coffin of an Incan mummy, who rises, giving him a kiss which instantly mummifies him and gives her back life. While looking for the missing student, Willow notices the mummy has braces just before an Inca warrior attacks but runs away after looking at the mummy. Ampata, the South American boy exchange student who comes to stay with Buffy, is the next kiss victim. When she is picked up by Buffy, Xander is attracted to her and volunteers as her local guide. The warrior lurks around, but not for long as he to is kissed to keep the mummy alive. By the time Giles deciphers the pictograms on the seal, Ampata is at the dance with Xander, probably about to kiss him.—KGF Vissers
- To prepare for Sunnydale High's cultural exchange program, Buffy visits an Incan exhibit with her schoolmates. She is paired with an exchange student with whom her mom signed her up. Xander becomes jealous when he learns that she will share her house with a guy.
After everyone leaves the museum, a class clown breaks the seal on a mummy while trying to steal it. The princess wakes up, for the curse is broken, and pulls the unfortunate student into her coffin. She mummifies him by a kiss on the lips. When the Scoobies rush to the museum, they encounter a sword-wielding guard and the remains of the missing student.
Buffy's exchange student arrives at the bus station and the mummy girl sucks out his life, too. The 500-year-old becomes a beautiful teenager, and poses as the "Ampata," the boy who was supposed to stay with Buffy. (Everyone simply assumes that the information was wrong on her gender.) Xander is smitten with her and the two begin a relationship. Giles asks "Ampata" to decipher the seal from her tomb, and she explains one of the glyphs is for bodyguard. She also tells Giles to destroy the seal completely; apparently it being rebuilt will end Ampata's life. This bodyguard appears again and again, trying to stop Ampata, until she finally manages to use her kiss on him in the bathroom, sucking out his life to keep herself from dying.
Xander asks Ampata to the dance to. She gladly accepts. Willow is downtrodden to find her crush with another girl when the guitarist (Daniel "Oz" Osbourne) at the Bronze notices her. Meanwhile, Buffy and Giles open Ampata's trunk and discover the real Ampata's body. Giles tries to piece together the seal while Buffy tries to save Xander from Ampata's deadly kiss. But Ampata feels too much for Xander and leaves for the museum. She tries to stop Giles from putting the seal back together. Buffy saves Giles, then Ampata starts to deteriorate as she tries to feed off Willow. Xander shows up and insists that if she must feed on anyone, it should be him. Despite Ampata's feelings for him, she is quickly deteriorating back into a mummy, and is willing to kill him to remain alive. Buffy shows up to fight her, saving Xander, and in the battle she weakens to the point of returning to her dead form.
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