♪ Pa-pum ♪
[grunts]
[pants]
[man crying]
[sobbing]
We are, all of us, stardust,
held together by love, for an instant.
[ominous music plays]
[opening theme music playing]
[Terry humming]
Oh. [chuckles]
Well, hello, forest friend.
Challenging me to a whistle battle, are you?
-Not today, I'm afraid. -[chirping]
It's been a long, strange night. We've lost someone.
I mean, not "lost" lost someone,
we just can't find him and we don't know if he's okay.
-But thanks for cheering me up. -[chirping]
[gasps]
Oh, no.
No.
Lord Viren…
[screams]
You're alive?
I am? [exclaims]
So I am.
You are alive!
[Terry chuckles]
I am alive!
[laughs]
[both laughing]
I am alive.
You are alive!
-I am free! -So free!
Oh, Claudia. Claudia! I am alive!
And I have never felt more free!
[chuckles] Oh, Aaravos said I would die if I refused his dark ritual.
But it was never true, and here I am, the living proof.
He was lying all along.
Aaravos didn't lie.
[gasps]
[sinister music playing]
[gasps] Claudia…
What… what have you done?
I did what I had to do.
I took care of the ritual.
Made the sacrifice…
cast the spell…
blood of child.
Claudia.
My sweet girl.
Why?
It's like you said.
You do anything for family.
However dangerous, however vile.
No. No that's… that's not quite right.
It's never what I meant.
You do anything for your children. Never the other way around.
No parent wants their child to suffer for them.
It… it's love.
It's too much to ask! It hurts to see you like this.
[exhales sharply]
Oh, Claudia. What's happened to you?
It doesn't matter. We have to get him out of his prison.
He saved your life, now we have to save Aaravos.
[stammers]
-No. -What?
I can't.
Despite all this, I am changed.
I woke up feeling free for the first time in a very long time.
I know I have led my sweet, brilliant daughter down the wrong path.
I have led you by the hand, and I have led you by my example.
Perhaps now, if I walk the path of freedom,
you will find your path someday too.
What do you mean, "path of freedom"?
The path of freedom is the path of truth.
I must face my truth…
in Katolis.
What? No!
No, you'll get the opposite of freedom there, they'll…
they'll lock you in the dungeon.
If you're lucky.
I know.
Please, Dad, don't, don't do this. Don't leave.
It's a mistake, it's… You can't!
I saved you! You owe me your life!
You have to stay!
You have to stay.
Oh, Claudia, I love you so much.
I love you.
No!
No! [sobbing]
[Claudia crying hysterically]
[footsteps approaching]
[Opeli] What is this all about, Soren?
Is blindfolding me really necessary?
Trust me, Opeli. Just Crownguard precautions.
[Soren] This is a super-secret High Council meeting,
and even the location needs to be secret.
[Opeli] Ugh, let's get this over with.
[Soren] Okay, we're there.
I'm going to do the secret knock
and then announce ourselves using secret code names.
[rhythmic knocking]
[Soren clears throat]
[Soren] Requesting admission for Lord Breadsandwich
and Lady Bossyface.
[Ezran] Soren, get in here.
[door creaks]
This isn't a secret location, this is the high mage's…
Shh!
Wait, did Bait somehow have…
baby Baits?
-[grunts] -No. No, no, no.
These are rescue glow toads. We call them the Baitlings.
[sneezes]
Sneezles, Jellybug…
and Hat.
[chittering]
As you know, we went on a quest to stop Claudia and Viren
from releasing an ancient evil being into the world, Aaravos.
We had to find his magical prison before they did.
And? How did it go?
-Well, uh, we found it. -Tell her the rest.
And we brought it here.
[Rayla] Ta-da!
Wait. You're telling me that Aaravos is…
-Mm-hmm. He's in there. -What?
Why would you bring it here? That's a terrible idea.
Now you see why it's a super-secret meeting, right?
We're here to decide what to do with the Pearl, this magical prison.
[Ezran] Because whatever happens, we have to make sure that Aaravos never gets out.
Then we need to protect it at all costs.
We should inform the Pentarchy
and assemble a multi-kingdom force of elite guards to keep it safe.
[Barius] Hmm. My gut tells me, it might be safer if we don’t tell the other kingdoms.
Keep it a secret, keep it hidden.
[Ezran] What do you think, Callum? Protect it or hide it?
Neither. We've gotta destroy it.
As long as it's here, or anywhere, it poses a threat.
Because Aaravos can manipulate people on the outside.
Like he did with Lord Viren.
And me.
-But how can we destroy it? -I don't know.
Smash it, throw it off a cliff, get a giant super-sharp axe
and, ka-chop, you know?
-We could get creative. -Ooh, ooh, how about this.
We form a fellowship of the Pearl,
take a long journey across the world together,
and throw it into a volcano.
All good ideas.
But how do we know that destroying the Pearl will kill Aaravos,
and not just let him out?
Like cracking open an egg.
I guess I…
No, I… I don't know.
It's too risky to destroy it.
So I've decided we keep it here in Katolis, and we keep it safe.
Hidden and protected.
[grunting]
Zym?
Where are you?
Hello, anybody in here?
[whimpers]
I know you're worried about your mom.
But wherever she is, I'm sure she's okay.
She's the most powerful mama in the whole wide world.
Right now we have to make sure the Pearl is safe.
But as soon as we can, we'll go find her.
[birds chirping]
[chittering]
[Rayla] Callum.
I heard you were up here losing your mind.
What? Who told you that?
Let's just say a wee little monkey told me.
[chuckles]
There must be a way to destroy the Pearl, really destroy it.
We just don't know how. But you know who will know?
The Celestial Elves.
Wait, who?
I learned about them at the Great Bookery.
They're the ancient faction of Skywing Elves that live at the Starscraper.
They know everything there is to know about Startouch Elves.
I say you and me take a journey up to the Starscraper, to the frozen north.
I don't know, Callum.
No, come on. There's something there for you too.
-What do you mean? -The quasar diamonds.
There's only three in the whole world, and the Celestial Elves have them.
If we get them, I can use them to cast the spell
to get your parents and Runaan out of the coins.
Callum.
I've been studying star magic, I know the runes and the draconic words.
All I need is the quasar diamonds, so let's go.
No, Callum.
I want to help my parents, but I won't let it bias me.
The safest thing is for the Pearl to stay here.
And that's what King Ezran decided.
Why are you so worried?
Aaravos is in the prison, but he's not powerless.
I don't know how, but I'm afraid he…
He's gonna use me.
[owl hooting in distance]
[breathing heavily]
[chitters]
[sneezes]
[uneasy music playing]
[metal creaking]
[chitters]
[gasps]
What is this place?
Lots of books. I like books. Hmm…
Poetica Cosmica. Realms Beyond Time.
The Four Ancient Gifts.
That chair looks so familiar.
[gasps]
I'm inside the Pearl.
[screams]
Oh, no.
What have I done?
Rayla? Rayla, please wake up!
What's that? Who now?
I'm taking you down.
Oh, no, it's me, it's me.
It's me! Rayla, it's me, it's just me! It's Callum.
Don't sneak up on me like that! You're lucky I didn't…
use these incredibly dangerous weapons on you.
[chuckles] It would have been a comfy and cozy death.
[chitters]
-[sighs] What's up, Callum? -It's Aaravos.
He was controlling me in my sleep.
I was sleepwalking, and I went to where the Pearl was hidden,
and then I dropped it and woke up.
And here I am.
Callum, you're exhausted.
You had a nightmare, that's all.
If I thought you were in any real danger, you know I would--
We're all in danger.
This is real.
Rayla… I have to do something!
Okay, Callum. I believe you. But what can we do?
[intriguing music playing]
I have an idea.
So, what's your idea…
[chittering]
Oh, I know, he took our blankie.
[chuckles]
Ah, yes, you're good.
[Callum panting]
Ah, Prince Callum. What brings you here, business or jelly?
I need you to make something for me.
Something special, something innovative.
[chuckles] I promise it will be scrumptious as well.
It's gonna help us stop Aaravos.
[whimpering]
[howling mournfully]
Aww, poor little guy misses his mom.
Sometimes I wonder where my mom is too.
[howling continues]
[howling]
[Zym howling mournfully]
[howling continues]
We can't just keep waiting.
We have to do something.
-[door opens] -[gasps]
Ezran!
Sorry to wake you, but I have a secret plan.
I know we can trust Bait, but are you sure we can trust Jellybug?
[chitters]
[door opens]
So this was your idea?
You're easing your troubled mind with some relaxing knitting?
Uh, these are spell-blocking runes.
-It's an anti-magic blanket! -Ooh!
So your idea is you're going to use it so you'll have protection while you sleep?
Uh, no, no, no. Not exactly.
Then what is your big idea already?
-Simple! -[Barius] Knock-knock!
Come on in.
What's going on?
Don't take a step closer to Callum with that Pearl.
It's a decoy. And apparently a perfect one.
Well, the inside is my famous brown sludge, melted and molded.
And the outside, ah, is candy-coating. Both decorative and delicious.
So do you understand what my idea is? You get it now, right?
Ooh! Giant candy version of the Pearl.
Enchanted spell-blocking blanket.
-Nope. I don't get it. -Okay.
We're going to swap the decoy with the real Pearl.
The decoy stays here. In case anyone is after it,
all they'll get is a face full of candy.
Ooh, that's not such a terrible fate.
I'm going to wrap the real Pearl in this so no spells or magic can get through.
And we'll carry it north to learn how to destroy it once and for all.
Ezran agreed, the secret plan is the new plan.
Wait… do you want me to go down there and do the swap?
I mean, so you don't have to go near the real Pearl again.
Nah, I got this.
I'll be fine. I have my blankie.
[inhales sharply]
Dawn is a good time for quests.
[dragon grunts]
[Ezran] Callum and Rayla,
you have a long, cold journey ahead to reach the Starscraper.
[yawns]
Take care of each other. I know you will.
Soren and Zym, keep each other safe.
Search for the Dragon Queen wherever she may be.
We'll find her, King Ezran.
[growls]
[grunts]
[yawns]
[gasps] Um…
I didn't see you there.
Because I was fast asleep. With my eyes closed.
As it were.
My mom left me.
My brother left me.
And now, my dad is gone.
Everyone leaves.
I'm here for you.
But you're never going to leave me.
What?
Because I'm leaving you first.
Claudia, what? No, I… I won't leave you.
I love you.
Claudia, stop! What are you doing? Think about this.
Claudia, I love you! I will never leave you.
Claudia, please!
I will wait here! However long you need. I will be here.
I will be here for you.
[closing theme music playing]