Anya (copy)

"Don't call me 'Ghost Anya'. Do I call you 'corporeal Xander'?"

- Anya (ghost) Anya was a spirit with Anya Jenkins' memories and appearance, not being the previous Anya herself, although the differentiation was initially unknown.

Biography
Soon after the return of magic with the new Seed's creation, Anya was revealed to have been haunting Xander Harris, literally, although when this started is still unclear. Only Xander was able to see her, and they often discussed about his past relationship with original Anya and her death. She showed resentment about

Without both knowing if she was real and her presence's purpose, Anya speculated she was meant to help Xander. She was excited with the idea of being a "sidekick", and indeed helped him in various situations, such as breaking his hypnotic state against Dracula and the sirens , encouraging him to communicate with Dawn , and motivating him from an inert state to help Dowling and Giles. In return, Xander had promised to discover more about Anya's state and how to free her.

Anya and Xander noticed that his cats could see her, discovering then she was actually real and not just a mental illness, like they suspected. Later, while investigating a case of possession, said demon remarked that Anya 'wasn't invited' and attempted to attack her. Xander saved her and before she regained full consciousness the psychic revealed that Anya Jenkins' soul was at rest and the being haunting him was not the real Anya, whether she knew it or not. Xander decided to hid this from Anya, who had actually heard the revelation. She was eventually shown in a cavern talking to an unseen entity about a job involving Xander, remarking she has grown fond of him.

When Xander 'abandoned' her to accompany Dawn when Dawn was forced to stay on the other side of a dimensional rift to close it, it was revealed that this manifestation was created by D'Hoffryn as part of his own schemes, with D'Hoffryn considering her ready to become what Anya should have been now that she has seen the 'selfish' nature of the Scoobies. However, in the final confrontation between D'Hoffryn and the Scoobies, D'hoffryn now wielding the full powers of the Magic Council after manipulating the Scoobies into granting him that power, the 'new' Anya showed her independence by appearing to disintegrate Xander and subsequently granting Buffy's vengeful wish that she had never given D'Hoffryn the opportunity to take such power.

D'Hoffryn attacked her for this defiance, particularly when it was revealed that Anya had just temporarily turned Xander into a ghost-like state rather than actually killing him, and burnt her to death. Anya died content with her brief existence, having affirmed that she was her own person despite D'Hoffryn's control over her life and death. Anya's bodies was then cremated and placed inside an urn, placed at the living room of Spike and Xander's shared apartment.

Appearance
Keeping the vintage style of the original Anya, she only wore the same long brown dress and pendant. Corporeal, she still wore the dress, but then wore a vengeance demon pendant with the same appearance of the symbol of Anyanka. Her hairstyle remained the same from during the original Anya's death: dark blond, short, and curly.

Personality
In reflection of the original Anya, she demonstrated her blunt interest for sex and dislike for bunnies. Curiously, Xander told her that "things with you are easier than they ever were with [original] Anya."

Behind the Scenes

 * Joss Whedon planned for Anya's return in the comics to occur in Buffy Season Nine, delayed until Season Ten.

Buffy Season 10

 * New Rules, Part One
 * New Rules, Part Two
 * New Rules, Part Five
 * I Wish, Part Two
 * Love Dares You, Part One
 * Triggers
 * In Pieces on the Ground, Part Four
 * In Pieces on the Ground, Part Five
 * Own It, Part Four
 * Own It, Part Five