<P> At the end of the second season , Willow begins to study magic following the murder of the computer teacher and spell caster Jenny Calendar ( Robia LaMorte ) . Willow is able to perform a complicated spell to restore the soul of Angel , a vampire who is also Calendar 's murderer and Buffy 's boyfriend . During the third season three episodes explore Willow 's backstory and foreshadow her development . In `` Gingerbread '' , her home life is made clearer : Sunnydale falls under the spell of a demon who throws the town 's adults into a moral panic , and Willow 's mother is portrayed as a career - obsessed academic who is unable to communicate with her daughter , eventually trying to burn Willow at the stake for being involved in witchcraft ; her father is never featured . In `` The Wish '' a vengeance demon named Anya ( Emma Caulfield ) grants Cordelia 's wish that Buffy never came to Sunnydale , showing what would happen if it were overrun with vampires . In this alternate reality , Willow is an aggressively bisexual vampire . In a related episode , `` Doppelgangland '' , Willow meets `` Vamp Willow '' , who dresses provocatively and flirts with her . </P>
<P> At the end of the second season , Willow begins to study magic following the murder of the computer teacher and spell caster Jenny Calendar ( Robia LaMorte ) . Willow is able to perform a complicated spell to restore the soul of Angel , a vampire who is also Calendar 's murderer and Buffy 's boyfriend . During the third season three episodes explore Willow 's backstory and foreshadow her development . In `` Gingerbread '' , her home life is made clearer : Sunnydale falls under the spell of a demon who throws the town 's adults into a moral panic , and Willow 's mother is portrayed as a career - obsessed academic who is unable to communicate with her daughter , eventually trying to burn Willow at the stake for being involved in witchcraft ; her father is never featured . In `` The Wish '' a vengeance demon named Anya ( Emma Caulfield ) grants Cordelia 's wish that Buffy never came to Sunnydale , showing what would happen if it were overrun with vampires . In this alternate reality , Willow is an aggressively bisexual vampire . In a related episode , `` Doppelgangland '' , Willow meets `` Vamp Willow '' , who dresses provocatively and flirts with her . </P>
when does willow become a witch in buffy the vampire slayer
when does willow become a witch in buffy the vampire slayer
At the end of the second season
At the end of the second season