Riddle of Fire (2024)

1. Come on.

2. Let's go!

3. Come on.

4. Shit!

5. Ow!

6. Damn!

7. Who the hell are you?

8. Where'd you come from?

9. How'd you get in here?

10. How'd you get in here?

11. What'cha got there?

12. Gummy worms?

13. Hey!

14. No, stop it!

15. Get over here, you son of...

16. Yeah, yeah, yeah!

17. Shh!

18. Otomo, Otomo...

19. Otomo Gaming.

20. We're downloading Demon Blade: Sands of Anaxia.

21. No way. We're downloading Kelza Redline 6.

22. Here we go.

23. Did Mom set a password on the TV?

24. Your mom set a password

25. on the entire TV?

26. I don't know. It's never been like this before.

27. What is going on?

28. Give it to me. - Oh my God, no!

29. No.

30. My God, this is not working.

31. You... calyptus!

32. Good morning, Mama.

33. How are you feeling?

34. Ugh. Pretty terrible, actually.

35. This is probably...

36. the worst cold I've ever had.

37. Can you believe that?

38. I brought you some nice fresh cool water

39. and some peppermint tea.

40. Oh...

41. Thank you, sweetie.

42. Hey, you know what?

43. Do we still have that pie?

44. You know...

45. the blueberry pie from Celia's bakery?

46. Um, I think Jodie ate it for breakfast.

47. Um, Mama...

48. Alice came over to watch a...

49. educational documentary with us.

50. So, can you please tell us the new password for the TV?

51. Hello, Miss A'Dale. I hope you feel better soon.

52. Hello, Alice.

53. You can call me Julie.

54. And I know what you guys are up to.

55. No.

56. No video games. You're gonna play those all day.

57. Plus, you guys have racing camp starting on Monday.

58. You should be training for that.

59. We'll go outside, we promise. Can we just play for four hours?

60. Four?

61. No.

62. Three hours? Just three hours. No.

63. It's beautiful outside. Go get some fresh air.

64. It's summer. You're on summer vacation.

65. You know what I would give to be on summer vacation?

66. The world is your sandbox.

67. Go. Go outside.

68. Two hours. Then we'll go outside.

69. No.

70. Please, Mama.

71. No.

72. Please, Miss Julie.

73. Please?

74. Please, Mama, please.

75. Please.

76. Please, Mama, please.

77. Alright.

78. You guys can play

79. for two hours.

80. Two hours, if you promise to go outside after that.

81. - We promise. - We promise.

82. However,

83. before I give you the password,

84. I need you boys to do something very important for me.

85. Listen up.

86. It's very important.

87. I need you to go to Celia's bakery

88. and get me a blueberry pie.

89. A pie?

90. A blueberry pie.

91. Just like your grandma used to make.

92. When I was your age,

93. she'd make me a blueberry pie when I didn't feel well.

94. It was the best.

95. It'll actually make me feel much better.

96. Of course, we'll do anything.

97. Love you, Mama. Drink your water.

98. Okay.

99. Go get it, Jodie.

100. Hey, see that Charms bottle?

101. Go tell them to bake one.

102. Ugh!

103. - See that gnome? - What gnome?

104. Yon garden gnome.

105. She's sick too, huh? It's going around.

106. Hmm. She's probably faking.

107. Go find out where she lives.

108. I'm not going in there.

109. The cashier bastard wouldn't tell me where she lives.

110. But I found this photo.

111. I think this is Celia and her cottage.

112. I know this cottage is across the street

113. from Silver Mine Château, where my mom works.

114. Hello.

115. Hello, Miss Celia.

116. Not so loud, come on.

117. How are you feeling today?

118. Awful.

119. I've got a scorching fever. Who are you?

120. Could you bake us a blueberry pie, please?

121. What? No, go to my bakery.

122. We came here from there. Your bakery's out of blueberry.

123. I'm not baking today.

124. Don't want to be around an oven.

125. I need to cool down.

126. Could we have the recipe?

127. Never.

128. We could trade you something for it.

129. Trade me?

130. Anything you want. We'll get it.

131. Alright.

132. Listen, I'm burning up today.

133. I need something to cool me down.

134. If you bring me something that's colder than ice,

135. then and only then,

136. will I give you my secrets.

137. The recipe?

138. Yes.

139. My blueberry recipe.

140. Now haunt me no longer, sprites of the forest.

141. It's locked. Fetch the proprietor.

142. Don't fetch him. He'll kick us out again.

143. Oh yeah, it's that guy.

144. Stay out!

145. You dropped the Slurpee.

146. Shut it, Hazel A'Dale.

147. I got this, didn't I?

148. - Gum? - Peppermint!

149. If you chew it and then breathe it in real hard,

150. it's so cold that it hurts.

151. That's not gonna cool her down. What the hell...

152. Okay, what the hell you nuts got?

153. What are you talking about, Jodie?

154. Oh my God... What the hell is that?

155. I can't look at it.

156. It just gave me the chills.

157. I'm not touching that demon.

158. Let's just go take a bag of ice from the market.

159. Yeah, Jodie. It kinda looks like you. You're cute.

160. Being cute is better than being hot.

161. Cute's a lot better.

162. The best things in life are cute.

163. Like little puppies and kittens.

164. Little cheeseburgers.

165. Erasers shaped like penguins.

166. Hamsters.

167. Oh God...

168. Let's just go steal some ice.

169. Oh, you've returned.

170. What'cha got?

171. Gum?

172. Peppermint gum!

173. Yeah, this ain't gonna cut it.

174. I already told you: ice ain't working.

175. What is that?

176. Oh my God. You actually took it?

177. A doll?

178. Ugh.

179. This thing just gave me the chills.

180. You kids are something else.

181. Alright. I'll go get you the recipe.

182. Demerara sugar,

183. maple syrup... Who's gonna bake this?

184. I'll bake it.

185. Where?

186. We'll use your kitchen.

187. Yes, I do. My mom and I bake all sorts of pies.

188. Chicken pot pie, shepherd's pie, apple pie...

189. Remember the peach cobbler you two stole

190. off our window-sill in 3rd grade?

191. Yeah.

192. Well, I baked that.

193. I helped bake that.

194. Ooh!

195. Lemon juice,

196. Vermont maple syrup.

197. Demerara sugar...

198. Why is it open?

199. Blueberries.

200. Crab legs. Crab legs?

201. They don't go in no blueberry pie.

202. I guess so. They are delicious.

203. Good thinking, Jodie.

204. Corn starch, flour, and eggs.

205. Those are pickled eggs, Hazel!

206. The recipe says one speckled egg.

207. "Speckled for luck."

208. One speckled egg let's get.

209. Whoa.

210. What the...

211. You mind if we have one of them eggs there?

212. That's the last box. We just need one.

213. Just one, huh?

214. I know what you're up to.

215. Just making sure none are broke.

216. Trick time, Jodie.

217. Whoa!

218. That woodsy bastard thinks he's so cool?

219. Guy looks like he plays the jug in a hootenanny band.

220. I'm gonna crack him like one of those crab legs. Crack!

221. I want to feed that woodsy bastard

222. a bad cereal buffet.

223. Snap, crackle, pop-pop-pop!

224. Trix, Trix, Trix, Honey Smacks!

225. Gah! I wanna crush that guy!

226. Put your shirt on.

227. We're gonna get a speckled egg from that woodsy bastard!

228. He thinks he can treat us like that?

229. No one treats us like that.

230. No they do not.

231. Son of a bitch must pay!

232. Move out, boys!

233. Uh, yeah. Hi! How you doing?

234. I've seen you guys around here a bunch.

235. I know what you've been up to.

236. I know that you took stuff from the store.

237. So you're gonna have to get off your trikes

238. go back inside and put everything back

239. right where you found it.

240. Then the four of us

241. are going to have a meeting in the manager's office.

242. We're going to call your parents,

243. your school, the whole nine yards.

244. You three are going down once and for all.

245. Mm-kay?

246. Ah! Gah!

247. Ah...

248. That's one spooky ranch.

249. What do you think lurks in that lair?

250. A hunchback?

251. Uh... Hi, Mama.

252. Hazel, where are you guys?

253. Hi, Miss Julie. It's me, Alice.

254. We're at the bakery. They were out of blueberry,

255. so they're baking one now. How you feeling?

256. Oh, you guys are the sweetest.

257. Thank you.

258. You guys are too sweet.

259. Take a nap and get some rest.

260. When you wake up, we'll be home with a lovely pie

261. all for you.

262. Thank you.

263. I love you, sweeties.

264. Alright...

265. What are we gonna do?

266. Let's sneak in there, grab the speckled eggs

267. and replace them with the crab legs.

268. We'll go steal more.

269. What? No!

270. Come on, Jodie, think how beautiful it's gonna be

271. when the woodsy bastard wakes up in the night,

272. tum-tum a-rumbling,

273. hungry for a delicious midnight snack

274. of a soft omelet or scrambled eggs or whatever.

275. He'll get out of bed, shivering and starving,

276. tip-toe to the kitchen, licking his lips like a dog.

277. And instead of his eggs, he'll find out he's had a visit

278. from the crab leg faeries.

279. Yeah.

280. That's amore.

281. Come on!

282. Back, Anna-Freya. Got the groceries, batteries.

283. Pack it up.

284. I just went out and did the shopping.

285. I just went out and did that.

286. So you don't speak to me like that.

287. Go pack it up.

288. Was that a gunshot?

289. No, I think a tractor just backfired.

290. You two ready?

291. Not quite done yet.

292. Almost finished, Anna.

293. Go pack.

294. Go pack!

295. So, uh...

296. You gonna make your John Redrye Egg Wonder Cookout tonight?

297. Thinking about it.

298. You get the Chel Sriracha?

299. No.

300. I got Tuerto instead.

301. Dude...

302. I don't see why you couldn't have just got Chel.

303. Like, I told you to get it.

304. Do you listen?

305. Why couldn't you just get it?

306. - Come here. - What?

307. Come here.

308. Why? What?

309. Marty, just come here.

310. You really got some sun yesterday.

311. If you or your sister talk to me like that again,

312. order me around, I will cripple you.

313. I'm done

314. with Anna-Freya and her charlatan ways,

315. her manipulations, her magic.

316. I'm done with her ordering me around like a scullion.

317. "Johnny, go get gas. Make us breakfast.

318. Babysit Petal. Make us lunch, dinner, dessert.

319. Make all my problems go away."

320. Her reign over the Enchanted Blade

321. and the Hollyhock family

322. are coming to an end.

323. Do you read me?

324. I just want to have a good time, man.

325. I just want to have a good time too, man.

326. But you're all under your eldest sister's spell.

327. My sister's might be, I'm not.

328. I'm not under anyone's spell, man.

329. When you planning on telling her all this?

330. Soon enough, Marty. Soon enough.

331. No.

332. Mama?

333. Can you brush my hair?

334. It's got lots of knots today.

335. Nope. I'm busy, Petal.

336. Please.

337. Not today. I'm working.

338. We packed.

339. Please, Mama?

340. I'm busy.

341. Suds, can you brush my hair?

342. Suds is busy too.

343. Suds...

344. Those words are not for you.

345. Guns, Marty...

346. Are you leaving again?

347. You're staying.

348. Can I go this time? Please.

349. Please?

350. You're staying here and you're gonna be a big girl.

351. No! You always make me stay here!

352. You never bring me anywhere!

353. You wish I was just like one of your animals.

354. We will be back tomorrow afternoon.

355. There's yummy lunch stuff and dinner stuff in the fridge.

356. Johnny Redrye got you a cupcake with rainbow sprinkles.

357. Come here and give me a hug.

358. Unlock it.

359. When I was your age, I was alone all the time.

360. You had your brother and your sisters.

361. They were weak.

362. You need to learn to take care of yourself

363. and survive.

364. Especially now that your papa's gone.

365. You need to be a big girl.

366. I want you to impress me.

367. You are the princess of the Enchanted Blade.

368. You are the heir to the Hollyhock family.

369. Your life and destiny, that's yours for the choosing.

370. But you have to choose

371. and you have to create it.

372. This world is ours.

373. Need a hug?

374. Come on!

375. Door's locked.

376. It's stuck.

377. Get in there.

378. Yeah, baby.

379. Get down!

380. Down!

381. Shh. Be quiet. Stay quiet.

382. Yeah, baby! Yeah, baby!

383. John Redrye, you got the 30-06 cartridges?

384. Marty packed them.

385. Marty? Cartridges?

386. Uh, yeah, I got the bullets.

387. What's this?

388. Did you buy these from the grocer, Johnny?

389. Huh?

390. They're still cold.

391. Damn!

392. I love crab legs.

393. - Get going. - Yeah.

394. Yeah!

395. We could boil them up for an appetizer tonight.

396. Put them in my duffel on ice, Marty.

397. Yeah, baby!

398. Yeah, baby.

399. Stop! Stop the truck!

400. There's kids in here!

401. How can't they hear us?

402. Shit! We're going zero to sixty!

403. Ah!

404. Goddamn woodsy bastards sons of bitches!

405. Hold on, boys.

406. Where the fuck are we?

407. - I'll be right back. - Me too.

408. Faery Castle Mountain?

409. They think they're so cool, don't they?

410. How the hell are we gonna get home?

411. Call your mom, Alice. Can she come pick us up?

412. There's no service up here.

413. We've been kidnapped.

414. Up that trail.

415. Who gives a shit, Jodie.

416. Racing camp starts on Monday. Monday!

417. We only have two days to play the Angel.

418. We're hitchhiking home,

419. so our two days don't turn into two hours

420. and then two minutes, okay?

421. Okay?

422. Alice!

423. Alice! Alice!

424. I am not going home without those speckled eggs.

425. Put these on. What?

426. We did not just stow away

427. in that four-wheeled outhouse for nothing.

428. Who put you in charge?

429. I'm not in charge, I just take charge.

430. Get away from me, boys.

431. You bother me.

432. Alice!

433. Alice!

434. Oh my God...

435. Quiet.

436. What are they doing?

437. Camping trip?

438. Nah. They got too much gear to just be camping.

439. They're up to something spooky.

440. Well then, you boys coming, hey?

441. Rolling.

442. Kels, Suds...

443. John Redrye,

444. unpack, set up camp, and go collect firewood.

445. Marty?

446. What do you see, Kels?

447. A forest of fox fire,

448. a wolf land of magic and dreams.

449. The Prince of the Mountain remains in hiding.

450. What do you see, Suds?

451. Crystal spirits.

452. An elk's past, present, and future.

453. The Prince of the Mountain remains in hiding.

454. They're setting camp here.

455. They'll leave soon and we'll raid it.

456. We should find another place to take cover.

457. Someone's camping here.

458. Nah. Whoever was here left days ago.

459. The coals in the fireplace are cold.

460. They left their fly rod though.

461. I'm starving too.

462. Me too.

463. I got an idea.

464. Dang! Monstro Six.

465. You kidding me? You're gonna catch a fish?

466. Maybe.

467. How we gonna cook it?

468. Maybe they left a lighter here too.

469. Here we go.

470. Come on.

471. Whoa.

472. Was this here before?

473. Don't know. Is someone here?

474. The woodland fire faeries blessed us.

475. We probably just missed it.

476. I'll fry the trout.

477. Head for cover!

478. Hello?

479. Don't mind if I do.

480. Damn!

481. Monstro Six!

482. Thank you very much.

483. The woodsy bastard just stole the trout!

484. - Turn him off. - Shut up, Jodie!

485. What? No I'm not!

486. Get up and say it.

487. Yeah, baby! Bagged a beast!

488. Yeah, baby. Damn, just now?

489. Crazy. Somebody left a fly rod over there,

490. mouse fly still on it.

491. Saw this guy sunning in a pool around the bend,

492. so I roll cast out.

493. Strip, strip, strip... and bang!

494. Set the hook, pulled him in, first cast.

495. Do a little dance with him, maybe.

496. It's none of your faults.

497. It's the woodsy bastards' who kidnapped us.

498. We need revenge on them. Not Jodie.

499. - Yeah! - Yeah?

500. Okay!

501. Dinner!

502. Ah! Ow!

503. Shh. - Ah!

504. Gah!

505. What the...

506. Shh!

507. Something bit me! What the hell is that?

508. Looks like one of those blue blood-sucker bugs exploded.

509. - You want the bug screen? - Nah.

510. What the hell?

511. Kels, Suds...

512. Goddamnit, Hazel!

513. - Wolf girls coming. - Let's get.

514. You two stay here. Lie down, let the sun dry you.

515. Where you going?

516. Gonna check their camp, see what they're up to,

517. and find a way to slip in and get the eggs.

518. I'll come with you.

519. You stay. I need a break

520. before I clunk your heads together.

521. Alright. If there's trouble, hoot like an elf owl.

522. What's that sound like?

523. - Hey, Hazel. - What?

524. Yeah, so do I.

525. So what?

526. What?

527. What? Why you ask me that?

528. What? Why do you think that?

529. Jodie, we were never married.

530. Who's there?

531. Alright.

532. - Don't interrupt though. - Okay.

533. So, back when me and Alice were in playgroup

534. in kindergarten,

535. along with Trevor Stebbins,

536. Michael Masters, Shannon, and Emily...

537. We were all at Alice's house one day.

538. Everyone was bouncing on the tramp,

539. Alice grabs my arm and takes me into her house.

540. We go into her parents' bathroom,

541. she made me step into the dry bathtub with her.

542. She said we were getting married

543. and the tub was the aisle at our wedding.

544. After we walked up and down

545. the empty bathtub a million times,

546. she said: "Hazel, you may now kiss the bride."

547. I didn't know what to do so she grabbed my head

548. and pulled my face close to hers and kissed my lips.

549. After that, she said we were married.

550. Forever and ever and ever.

551. It's getting cold.

552. Um, you packed another pair of pants, right?

553. You're not wearing my pants.

554. Packed your waders too?

555. You're not wearing them either.

556. You let me wear them before.

557. Yeah.

558. You pissed them.

559. Yeah, we had that thirty-rack of Ali Baba,

560. the Hukilau, Trevor's bathtub liquor...

561. Like...

562. - I washed them out. - Mm-hmm.

563. You should've packed pants, dude.

564. Yeah, but you packed two pairs.

565. Marty?

566. We're gonna set the blind. I want to set that Spirit Trap.

567. Johnny,

568. you're gonna stay here and fix dinner.

569. Of course.

570. Had different teachers in 1st and 2nd grade.

571. But in 3rd grade, we started racing.

572. And we all became the Three Immortal Reptiles.

573. Alice is a Reptile.

574. It's quiet time.

575. Where is Alice, anyway?

576. Better go and find her.

577. Come on.

578. - Alice? - That's not Alice's laugh.

579. Hello!

580. Hello!

581. Who are you?

582. Oh, just a fire faery.

583. Really?

584. Oh, certainly.

585. 'Twas me who laid the fire lighter

586. upon yon tree stump for you to roast your trout.

587. Sorry, since you won't be needing it any longer,

588. may I have it back?

589. Thank you, Hazel.

590. Fire faeries know everyone's names, Jodie.

591. And furthermore,

592. I can tell Hazel is in love with Alice.

593. What?

594. I heard everything you said up on the rocks there.

595. I think she's cursed.

596. Maybe she's both.

597. I don't know. A rich person?

598. Hey!

599. They're leaving camp in a sec.

600. But we should definitely avoid them.

601. The lady's really scary. I think she's a witch.

602. - She is. - Whoa!

603. Who is she?

604. Actually, I'm not a real faery. I'm just a princess.

605. Hello, Alice.

606. Who are you?

607. Petal. Petal Hollyhock.

608. Okay but...

609. who are you?

610. I've been following you for a while.

611. That's my family down there.

612. Oh shit. Do they know we're here?

613. No, they don't even know I'm here.

614. They wouldn't let me come, but I did anyways.

615. How did you get here?

616. Well, to tell you the truth,

617. I'm actually kind of...

618. dangerous.

619. How I got here's a secret, but I guess I can tell you guys.

620. Follow me.

621. So,

622. my secret is...

623. I love to sneak to out.

624. Earlier today, when my mama said goodbye,

625. I climbed out my bedroom window and scurried to the driveway,

626. climbed into Johnny's truck and went to my hiding place:

627. the tool crate.

628. The moment I closed the door, I saw you guys come aboard.

629. I was thinking to say hi,

630. but it was better to stay stowed away.

631. After we arrived at the trailhead,

632. I popped out slowly.

633. I followed you and listened to you.

634. I gathered you were following my mama,

635. so I just followed you.

636. While I was following you, I found treasures in the woods.

637. Such as a fire lighter,

638. a four-leaf clover,

639. and a cool rock.

640. I followed you to the rockface

641. and heard Hazel and Jodie talking

642. about when Hazel and Alice were married.

643. What?

644. You can have the clover, Jodie.

645. - You live in Ribbon? - Mm-hmm.

646. What grade are you in? I haven't seen you around.

647. Oh, I don't go to school, but I wish I did.

648. You don't go to school?

649. You stay home all day?

650. No school at all?

651. No, my mom says school is for suckers.

652. Can I ask you guys a question, though?

653. Okay.

654. Um... Uh...

655. Well... Can you be my friends?

656. If you say yes, you'll be my first friends.

657. - Besides Britney. - Who's Britney?

658. Oh, just her.

659. She's beautiful.

660. Say, where'd you get your necklaces?

661. Oh.

662. We got them at the Blue Roof. They sell 'em there.

663. Blue Roof gas station? - Uh-huh.

664. My mom made them.

665. Blue Roof buys her stuff, mostly lucky rabbit foots.

666. My mom does taxidermy. She made Britney too.

667. Petal, your dad stole some speckled eggs from us.

668. Oh, he's not my dad.

669. I don't have a dad.

670. Me and Jodie don't have a dad either.

671. Our mama said he went to Alaska when we were babes.

672. My mom said my dad is in the clouds beyond the sun.

673. It's okay,

674. there's always tomorrow for dreams to come true.

675. Anyways, the old man stole some speckled eggs from us.

676. We need them back.

677. You followed him all the way out here for eggs?

678. Are you so hungry?

679. No, we need a very special speckled egg

680. so we can bake a blueberry pie for their sick mama.

681. - Is she a nice mama? - The best.

682. I understand.

683. Pie always makes me feel...

684. wonderful!

685. Can you go get the eggs?

686. Oh, no, no...

687. I cannot. If they know I'm here, they'll be super mad and angry

688. and cra-zy.

689. No. I will lurk in the shadows until we get home.

690. You got it, Jodie.

691. - What are they doing? - Huntin'.

692. This is a national park! That's illegal.

693. That's poaching.

694. They're poachers?

695. No.

696. They're hunting animals, illegally.

697. - We should call the rangers. - No service.

698. I don't know what a poacher is.

699. My mama and me came down here days ago, tracking.

700. We were searching for the Prince

701. of the Mountain.

702. Who's the Prince of the Mountain?

703. A great reindeer elk who rules Faery Castle.

704. My mama's gonna get him and sell him for a lot of money.

705. She worked for the museum of natural history,

706. but she got fired a long time ago.

707. They're leaving.

708. The woodsy bastard's still there.

709. Now's our chance.

710. Okay, here's the deal.

711. Jodie and me will go to the north part of the dell

712. and distract him.

713. Then, Hazel will run in and grab the speckled eggs. Good?

714. Got it.

715. Move it out.

716. When Jodie and me see you close by, we'll leave.

717. What do I do?

718. - You stay and keep a lookout. - Okay.

719. Hi, Jodie!

720. Fine, thank you.

721. Okay, move it out, Jodie.

722. What is it?

723. Gifts for the Prince.

724. His physical death is not enough.

725. We must ensure his spiritual death as well.

726. Now...

727. We place this

728. one beside it.

729. Which contains the soul of his father,

730. whom I shot

731. in ages past.

732. It will bring him to us.

733. Nope.

734. Nah. Mm-mm.

735. What is that?

736. Johnny, thisaway...

737. Goddammit.

738. Alright!

739. Yes!

740. Hmm.

741. This tastes like the hot tub in Cabo.

742. Hazel!

743. Ha-zel!

744. Quiet.

745. What?

746. He's here.

747. The Prince of the Mountain.

748. I see him.

749. We don't have them.

750. I don't think we have them.

751. Do you want my 9?

752. You...

753. idiot...

754. Go...

755. get it.

756. - Okay. - Quickly.

757. Slow.

758. One, two, three!

759. Who's there?

760. Ah!

761. Mm.

762. What the hell?

763. - Oh shit! - What are you doing here?

764. Whoa, whoa, wait!

765. What do we have here?

766. What's your name?

767. No!

768. You ate our dinner?

769. What are you doing out here, boy?

770. Hey, come on. Put me down, playboy!

771. Whoa, playboy?

772. Wait...

773. I know you. How do I know you?

774. You're the kid from the market this morning, ain't ya?

775. How did you get out here? What's your name?

776. Do not do that.

777. Jesus, are you drunk?

778. Oh my... Oh my God.

779. What did you...

780. Did you follow me all the way out here?

781. Maybe.

782. Probably.

783. Where are your parents at? Your parents around here?

784. I only got a ma and she's sick in bed.

785. I need to get back to her. Let me go!

786. Johnny, where are the bullets? Anna needs them right now.

787. Who the hell's that kid?

788. This little imp just robbed us.

789. He followed us out here from Ribbon.

790. No, no...

791. Nope, nope. Ugh...

792. Okay, alright.

793. So gross.

794. Never again.

795. Never again.

796. Johnny, where's the ammo, man?

797. - I need it now. - Shut up, Marty.

798. Where your friends at, huh?

799. They out here with you?

800. They was singing at me, weren't they?

801. Hey!

802. Oh, them!

803. They ain't even my friends.

804. Them's wimps. Too scared to go after you.

805. - Johnny... - Shut up!

806. What do you mean go after me?

807. Get the eggs you stole from us.

808. You followed me out here to get them eggs?

809. I don't believe it.

810. Ain't important what you believe.

811. I know why you're out here. I'll report you to the rangers.

812. - Poachers! - This isn't how this plays out.

813. Whoa, dude.

814. This is how we're gonna play this, playboy.

815. Yeah, yeah...

816. Toss that rope.

817. What's going on, what are you doing?

818. His parents are probably out here somewhere.

819. Oh, no, no...

820. His parents are far, far away.

821. You know bad things happen

822. to kids who go into the woods alone?

823. You know that, right?

824. Just let him go, man.

825. He's a kid. He doesn't know our names or where we live.

826. What's he gonna do?

827. You're John Redrye

828. and you're Marty.

829. You both live in the creepy old ranch

830. on Rhapsody Lane in Ribbon.

831. Dude...

832. How about that?

833. Okay, we'll try this.

834. It's cold, right?

835. No more shrieking.

836. Read me?

837. Just in case.

838. This child is trouble.

839. He's trouble.

840. Let me think.

841. Got to think about what to do with him.

842. Give me the rum.

843. It's empty.

844. Little bazuzu drank it all.

845. Got some Magpie.

846. Child...

847. Out here...

848. All alone.

849. Could hurt himself.

850. We tied you up for your own good.

851. You hear me?

852. It's for his own good.

853. Is Hazel back? - It's really bad.

854. - They got him! - What?

855. - I'm going! - Jodie, no.

856. John Redrye is a scary, dangerous man.

857. He's been to jail. Be careful or something bad could happen.

858. Petal?

859. Petal, what are you doing here?

860. Oh my God.

861. Oh, hi, guys. I stowed away again.

862. Where's Mama?

863. She's way over there.

864. Who are these kids?

865. My friends, Alice and Jodie.

866. You're in a lot of trouble, Petal.

867. Signal!

868. Shh! Stop it!

869. Whoa.

870. Now, girls, my friends and I need your help.

871. - Will you help us? - Yes, Petal.

872. Now, say hello to Alice and Jodie.

873. Hello, Alice.

874. Hello, Jodie.

875. How...

876. These two souls are disciples of my mother,

877. Anna-Freya Hollyhock,

878. crescent wolf-mother of the Enchanted Blade.

879. When my mother speaks the magic words, they obey.

880. I'm not supposed to use the magic words.

881. But I do anyways, sometimes.

882. And when I do, they obey.

883. I am Petal Hollyhock, princess of the Enchanted Blade.

884. Girls, you will help us rescue Hazel,

885. the other boy over at the campsite.

886. Do you understand?

887. Yes, Petal.

888. So... What should we do?

889. One minute.

890. Okay, I got it. Huddle up.

891. This ain't my fault.

892. I don't know what you're gonna do with this kid,

893. but Anna needs the ammo right now.

894. Where is it?

895. Ain't my fault.

896. This ain't my fault.

897. We got to get rid of that kid.

898. The Prince is dead.

899. She shot him.

900. She got him?

901. What?

902. No...

903. How? It's night.

904. Lured him ten paces away.

905. Bang! He's a mammoth.

906. She needs help skinning and dressing him. Both of you.

907. Marty.

908. She needs both of you.

909. I'm not leaving.

910. I got to deal with this thief, he ate our dinner.

911. - What? - Thief!

912. We'll stay here and watch this trickster.

913. No...

914. You all get out of here.

915. Girls, you go with Marty and Anna.

916. Leave now!

917. Come on, come on...

918. Hi, John Redrye!

919. Petal?

920. Mm.

921. What are you doing here?

922. I stowed away in your truck.

923. Mama's going to be very mad at you if you don't catch me.

924. Ah!

925. I am losing my goddamn mind!

926. Petal!

927. Petal, get back here!

928. Hazel, shh! It's me.

929. Oh my God...

930. Thank you, guys. Thank you so much!

931. I love you both.

932. Alright, alright. Shh...

933. Ah!

934. Shh! It's us!

935. What are they doing here?

936. Let's get out of here.

937. Oh...

938. You aren't going anywhere.

939. Shit.

940. Ah!

941. Run!

942. Oh God...

943. I'm gonna get you kids!

944. Go, go!

945. Where are we?

946. Heading south.

947. A mile from the trailhead.

948. Are you sure? How do you know?

949. Well, the Moon is right there,

950. and the Drumming Mouse constellation is right there.

951. So...

952. You're looking south.

953. If you wanna get back to Ribbon, it's...

954. that way.

955. My mama taught me.

956. She's a great mama, but not really a good mama.

957. - What? Look! - What?

958. The eggs are gone. The carton's empty.

959. We did all of this for nothing?

960. John Redrye cooked them all?

961. No.

962. Well then, where the hell are they?

963. I think I kind of cooked them.

964. They went in my omelet.

965. You cooked the eggs?

966. I'll see if we can get a ride.

967. 404 dollars for a ride from Buckle?

968. Start hitchhiking, boys.

969. No one's gonna come around now.

970. The rangers might.

971. We gotta get moving.

972. This one's open, Alice!

973. We don't have the keys, Petal.

974. It's for sale.

975. Maybe we could buy it. It has the phone number on it.

976. Wait a minute...

977. What year is this thing?

978. What year is this?

979. This bucket is a '76.

980. Solenoid starter. Thought so.

981. What are you talking about?

982. It means you can start it with a piece of metal.

983. Tacks, screwdrivers...

984. Literally anything made of metal.

985. Knife.

986. Told ya. Let's go.

987. We still don't have a speckled egg.

988. Let's see what markets are open.

989. There's free eggs at the Hall of Fortunes.

990. Is that a grocery store?

991. No. It's this huge place full of everything you could imagine.

992. It's really great.

993. It's ruled by this flashy man named Dana Troubadour.

994. He keeps a lovely golden chicken named Valentina in his backyard.

995. He has fresh eggs every morning for his breakfast.

996. It's in Ribbon.

997. My mom and her friends party there.

998. Sometimes she brings me.

999. But are the eggs speckled?

1000. Oh yes. Very.

1001. - You sure? - Yep.

1002. Mapped you back to Ribbon.

1003. To the Hall of Fortunes, please.

1004. Wake up, Jodie.

1005. There's a chicken in there?

1006. Yeah, in the back.

1007. We'll come inside with you.

1008. You can stay in the car.

1009. We should really come inside with you.

1010. Dana!

1011. Dana! Dana!

1012. Yes?

1013. Hi, how you doing this evening?

1014. Uh... I'm good.

1015. Who are you?

1016. Petal.

1017. - What? - Petal.

1018. Anna-Freya's my mom.

1019. Your friend, Anna-Freya.

1020. Oh, yeah!

1021. You're Anna-Freya's daughter. I remember.

1022. Is Anna-Freya here?

1023. Not tonight. She's hunting.

1024. Guys, this is Dana Troubadour.

1025. Dana, these are my friends: Jodie, Alice, and Hazel.

1026. I see.

1027. Don't you work at the Winter Shoppe gas station?

1028. Chuck? No... Chet?

1029. Chip.

1030. I have no idea what you're talking about.

1031. My name is Dana Troubadour.

1032. No, it ain't, it's Chip. And you sling Slurpees and gas.

1033. Anyways,

1034. we've come calling on Valentina.

1035. Yes?

1036. We need a speckled egg, please.

1037. Alright, sure.

1038. Go see if she laid one and bring it back to me.

1039. Good evening, Valentina.

1040. Oh my God, we got it!

1041. Yay!

1042. Any luck?

1043. Valentina laid one.

1044. She's my girl.

1045. So...

1046. Why you need an egg at 4 in the morning?

1047. To bake a pie for our mama.

1048. You could use a normal egg.

1049. Not for this pie.

1050. Huh.

1051. Let me see, give it.

1052. So...

1053. How much?

1054. How much will you give me?

1055. What? Just give it to us.

1056. Nah, sorry. No can do.

1057. These are my special eggs and I can't just give them away.

1058. How much?

1059. We don't got any money.

1060. It's an egg. Give it to us.

1061. It'd be truly nice of you, Dana.

1062. 30 dollars. Take it or leave it.

1063. 30-dollar egg?

1064. We're not paying no 30 dollars for no speckled egg!

1065. Alright.

1066. If you want

1067. this perfectly speckled Valentina egg,

1068. you gotta do something else.

1069. Follow me.

1070. If you want the egg,

1071. one of you guys has to perform a dance.

1072. It's gotta be good, creative.

1073. You really got to wow us.

1074. It's gotta be a dance we've never seen before.

1075. If you can do that,

1076. I'll give you the egg.

1077. Tell Marz what you want, the DJ.

1078. There's no way in hell.

1079. Petal!

1080. No, no, no...

1081. I am not... Come on!

1082. Oh my...

1083. Alright.

1084. Give it.

1085. I changed my mind again.

1086. I need a hundred dollars for this thing.

1087. A hundred.

1088. Go get it.

1089. Give me that thing!

1090. Run! Go!

1091. Ugh...

1092. Go get 'em!

1093. Kill 'em!

1094. Split!

1095. No! No...

1096. Get off me, you creeps!

1097. No, get off!

1098. No!

1099. I'm gonna break his arm. Hold his arm out, Tucker.

1100. Hold his arm. I'm gonna break his arm.

1101. Ow!

1102. Ow! Oh my...

1103. Don't you touch him, Dana.

1104. Jesus Christ!

1105. What the hell you doing, John Redrye?

1106. Back off.

1107. Back off!

1108. They attacked me.

1109. Get them against the wall.

1110. Kids, against the wall!

1111. Sit your tails down, shut up, and pay attention.

1112. You three, you're in real trouble now.

1113. How'd you find us?

1114. You stole my cowhide duffel.

1115. And inside it was my phone, which we tracked here.

1116. Right to you.

1117. I guess this is how the world ends.

1118. Your bag's in the car outside. The Thunderbird.

1119. Go get it, Marty.

1120. So...

1121. Johnny tells me

1122. you were with my daughter Petal in the mountain. This true?

1123. She's here. She was with us.

1124. Where?

1125. Don't hurt my friends! Petal?

1126. You are in some big trouble, miss.

1127. No... Johnny.

1128. Come on, Petal.

1129. Upsy-daisy, Petal! No!

1130. Upsy-daisy, come on. Let's play quiet cakes, huh?

1131. Mm...

1132. That's good cake. Good girl, smart girl.

1133. Now...

1134. You wasted my time, you wasted my money.

1135. You ate my food, you stole from me.

1136. And you cost me the Prince of the Mountain.

1137. Don't hurt my friends!

1138. Quiet cakes! So no one gets hurt!

1139. Anna?

1140. The twins are out in the car.

1141. You're gonna need to wake them up.

1142. Will you hold her? Keep feeding her quiet cakes.

1143. Keep your piece trained on them for Anna.

1144. This is all they wanted. Let them go.

1145. - They only wanted an egg. - What?

1146. This is all they wanted. Let them go now, please.

1147. A' egg?

1148. Sorry, Petal.

1149. Alright! I've had enough of this goddamn madness!

1150. Now, before I do what I decided I'm gonna do to you,

1151. I want to know who shot me in my hand

1152. and in my face.

1153. Corner!

1154. Go to the corner.

1155. Excuse me.

1156. Go stand

1157. over there.

1158. Don't touch them.

1159. Leave the discipline to me.

1160. Who do you really think you are?

1161. I'm not going to have this conversation.

1162. No, no... Let's get something straight.

1163. I am through with you and the Enchanted Blade.

1164. Okay.

1165. Now...

1166. - Where'd you get these? - From you.

1167. No wonder you've had so much luck tonight.

1168. You know...

1169. Reptile claws

1170. are very lucky talismans.

1171. Do you know how

1172. to tell if a blade is sharp?

1173. The more resistance on your fingernail,

1174. the sharper the blade.

1175. Now,

1176. I think it's only fair,

1177. since you took something from me,

1178. I get to take something from each of you.

1179. But those reptiles didn't steal from me.

1180. And reptiles who steal from me

1181. don't get the easy, quick cut of my blade.

1182. Oh, no.

1183. They get the rip and the tear from my teeth.

1184. So,

1185. let's have the bravest go first, shall we?

1186. That would be you.

1187. Come on.

1188. Don't worry, this will be quick

1189. and mostly bloody.

1190. Let's do this nice and easy.

1191. Don't worry, I sharpen my teeth every night.

1192. Ready?

1193. Ow!

1194. Get back!

1195. Get back!

1196. I swear I'll pull the trigger.

1197. Give me the gun, boy.

1198. Give me the gun, boy.

1199. We're going right now.

1200. Cops, Anna.

1201. How we doing tonight?

1202. Wonderful, yourselves?

1203. Doing alright, doing alright.

1204. Hey.

1205. Doing alright? Come on.

1206. Up you go.

1207. Let me guess, tequila night, huh?

1208. Yeah, thanks.

1209. That's them, officer!

1210. Kids, how you doing?

1211. I need you to watch something real quick.

1212. Is this you three?

1213. Is this you three?

1214. Is this you?

1215. It's them. They're wearing the same clothes.

1216. Why are you here?

1217. I party here. What are you doing here?

1218. Are your parents here?

1219. Do they know you're here?

1220. We're gonna contact your parents.

1221. Let's go wait in the car, it's warmer in there.

1222. Hey!

1223. Guess you weren't able to shoot the elk at Faery Castle.

1224. Better luck next time.

1225. Hey.

1226. Can I get a look at your ID?

1227. You know...

1228. You know what? I left my ID at home.

1229. Is this your truck?

1230. - This truck? - Yeah.

1231. It was open from the outside.

1232. We didn't get it.

1233. We didn't get the egg.

1234. When's the market open?

1235. Well, I got one.

1236. What! How?

1237. When I ran away from Marty, I hid with Valentina.

1238. And while I was hiding,

1239. I checked her again.

1240. Should we bake the pie now?

1241. Good morning, Mama.

1242. Good morning, Miss Julie.

1243. Boys, is that you?

1244. Goodness!

1245. How long was I asleep for?

1246. What time is it?

1247. Thank you, sweetie.

1248. It's only 10:30?

1249. You guys were only gone for two hours?

1250. Oh my gosh,

1251. it feels like a lifetime has gone by.

1252. I had such crazy dreams.

1253. - Who is this? - This is Petal.

1254. I'm their new friend.

1255. It's a wonder to meet you, Miss Julie.

1256. Hi, Petal.

1257. She helped bake the pie.

1258. Thank you, Petal.

1259. Oh, it was nothing.

1260. She can stay as long as she likes.

1261. Oh gosh,

1262. I am starving.

1263. This looks beautiful.

1264. Is it good?

1265. It's perfect.

1266. Oh, that's right!

1267. I almost forgot...

1268. I owe you something, don't I?

1269. Come here.