02x02 - New Blood

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Previously on Theodosia...
Magnificent, isn't it?

Cursed? With everything.

We have to hurry before that
barge destroys the entire museum.

I saw Rameses on the barge.

He was our age and he
could... do magic. It's OK.

SQUEALS

Something seriously weird
is happening with my magic.

I kissed Will and
rewired his whole memory.

What if I told you we went
through here to Egypt in a tomb?

Oh, is this some kind of joke?

I need you to remember, Will.

Maybe you can teach me
some of your tricks.

What's your name? I'm Josie.

VOICE MIXED WITH WHISPER: You
had a vision. Did you see Ramses?

Who are you? Where is the
oasis? Get away from me!

We will return.

Theo, guess what!

THEO PANTS Sorry. I didn't
mean to startle you.

It's getting worse.

What's going on with that horse?

Did... Did you do
that? I told you.

Magic's sort of flying
out of me lately.

Oh, yeah, yeah. Now
you're TOTALLY safe.

Could you please make
it stop doing that?

Stop... rocking!

OK. Be careful.

You could hurt someone.

Someone other than myself?

And Will. But I'm being serious.

This power... I have to go.

I found a spell that could
help restore Will's memory.

OK, look, it'll have to wait.

What? What do you mean?

We're going to school.

School?!

{\an8}Oh, blast! I burnt the toast.

{\an8}Look at me. This
uniform is ridiculous!

{\an8}This uniform is awesome!

{\an8}Do you know where your
mother keeps the marmalade?

{\an8}Dad, why can't you
keep teaching us?

{\an8}Oh, I'd love to, darling,
but I'm too busy. Sorry.

{\an8}Ah, good man, Henry.

I think you're really going
to like this new school.

Very different -
real modern approach.

They let you study whatever you're
most interested in, you see.

{\an8}CLOCK CHIMES Ah.
Look at the time.

{\an8}Right. Sorry, my darlings.

No... Sorry! Dad! But... Wait!

But, Dad, I'm most
interested in staying here.

DAD SCOFFS

RUMBLE

Agh! They won't see it for
all this dust. Not to worry.

They'll have the new underground
line finished soon enough.

It's no underground line.

Theo!

Are you coming or what?
We're going to be late.

Come on, Theo. You
heard him. After all,

I'm relying on you to
keep him out of trouble.

EERIE WHISPERS

WHISPERS STOP

Hurry up, Theo.

Henry... Henry, I think
we're being followed.

This is some lame attempt to
get out of going to school.

What if it's the clay people?

They're looking for an oasis,
and I think I know where it is.

OK. What if it's
all in your head?

I mean, there's no such
thing as a clay person. No.

The Egyptian god Khnum

created humans from clay
using a potter's wheel.

Look. HENRY CHUCKLES.

You don't seriously think
that they were made from...?

Clay. Yes! Because they
just melted into the floor.

Of course they did. Look, come
on. I don't want to be late.

HENRY SIGHS

EERIE WHISPERS

Look at this place. We're
going to have so much fun.

Yeah. You have fun, I'm off to get
my boyfriend back. No, don't go.

I don't want to be the
new boy with no mates.

It's fine. If the spell works

on Will, I'll come
straight back. I promise.

You must be Theodosia and Henry.

Welcome to Maple Sky Academy.

I'm Eleanor Fremont.

This is my school.

Although I like to think
of it as more of a forest.

A forest of learning, with
each tree a different subject.

You must find your own path
through the forest and decide

which trees you wish to climb.

You know, she doesn't actually
mean you get to climb the tree.

Yeah, I know what
a metaphor is. OK.

But say I did actually
want to climb that tree...

You can't.

We do have SOME rules, Henry,

and keeping you
safe is one of them.

Darius.

This is Darius. He'll give
you a tour of the school.

A-A tour? Oh, no, no, we don't...
We don't need a tour, do we, Henry?

We can find our own way around.

It's a big school with lots of
classrooms, and I want you to see

everything we have to
offer before you choose.

Take the tour.

Is this going to take long?

It's nice to meet you too.

I have to get changed first.

Well done on making new friends.

EERIE WHISPERS

Are you going to be much longer?

Theo, stop hassling
him. He's got a sword.

The sooner the tour's over, Henry,
the sooner I can get out of here.

Yeah, there's plenty of
subjects to choose from

I don't think bunking
off is one of them.

Theo, that's the boys' quarters!

Theo, come back. That's rude.

Look at this.

Darius is national
fencing champion.

I'm definitely giving
this a go. THEO CACKLES.

What? It's a dangerous sport.
It's really quite safe.

The swords can't get through
our protective clothing. See?

Please don't encourage him.

You!

What have I done to offend you
now? Nothing. Sorry, I just

thought I saw some
people I knew.

Friends?

Not exactly. Well, isn't
that a surprise? Follow me.

Ah! Don't even think about it.

No, Theo, look. Your magic
did something to this sword.

You saw my magic?

No, I saw it move.

Henry, this just looks like
a regular sword. Put it back.

I thought you were in a hurry to
get this over with. Yeah. Coming.

En garde.

Ah!

See? Told you it was dangerous.

Come on!

Art studios are through here.

Painting, pottery - whatever
medium you like to work in.

I'm useless anyway.

Theo's the artist in our family.

Well, rough sketches
only. I'm no Da Vinci.

He would have liked you. You
look a bit like the Mona Lisa.

Hang on.

Isn't she famous
for looking grumpy?

My mistake. There's, er,
clearly no resemblance. No!

Why is this happening?!
SQUEAKING AND CLANKING.

That machine doesn't
sound healthy.

I think the idler's jamming.

GASPS

Fiddlesticks!

That's made rather
a mess of you.

Let's see if we can't
get you cleaned up.

I've got to be honest, this
hasn't been a complete success.

How do you feel about
being blue from now on?

Maya Linton, a fellow boarder
who steals our bread rolls

to feed the birds.

She, er, well, she
IS the school paper.

So... WHISPERS: careful what
you tell her. Thanks, Darius.

You make me sound
like a silly gossip.

I'm a seeker of the truth, and
I only take the bread rolls

that are going to waste.

So you're the new
blood. Boarders?

No. We live near here at the
Museum of Legends and Antiquities.

Hello. That sounds like
a story. Is it haunted?

Any mummies that are cursed?

She's, er... She's making fun of
me because I grew up in Egypt.

Really? Where? Oh, I'm
asking the questions here.

Living in a museum
- what's that like?

Oh, well, it's
really very boring.

It's full of old stuff and
absolutely nothing happens.

Our readers will be
most disappointed.

Are you sure there isn't
something that's...? Easy, Maya.

They've only just got here.

Let me finish my tour before
you start your inquisition.

Oh, erm, I've actually
seen enough. Yeah.

Thanks for showing us around.

Uh, the tour's not
over. It is now.

What's up with your sister?

Boyfriend trouble.

The idler's jammed.

Want me to fix it?

That would be magic.

EERIE WHISPERS

You can't leave.

Watch me. You'll get in trouble.

Why do you care? It looks bad

if my tour ends with
you doing a runner.

OK. Yeah. I can see how that
might be an issue for you.

Look, I hated my first day too,
but it gets better. I promise.

Going to hold you to that.

Look, there's something
I really need to do.

It won't take long.

Let's just finish the
tour when I get back.

I'm supposed to stay with you.

I mean, I won't
tell if you don't.

HENRY SIGHS

Henry!

What have you done? I-It's
nothing. It's just a paper cut.

I'm talking about the printer.

Oh, don't worry. I can
fix this. It's... Really?

Cos it looks like
you've taken it apart

and don't know how to
put it back together.

That may also be
the case. Henry!

I have to get these
papers out today.

I can't write them all by hand.

Oh, it won't come to that.

It... might not come to that.

You're really filling
me with confidence.

Thanks.

Ha! There's the culprit.

Must have fallen into the press.

My locket.

I've been looking
for that everywhere.

Well, I think it
might still open. No

don't.

Your parents?

Yeah.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

I...

I miss them.

Well, when did they last visit?

You ask a lot of questions.

You should be a
journalist. I-I'm sorry.

I didn't mean to
pry. Don't apologise.

You'll need to pry if you want
to work on this paper. What?

You mean...? Welcome
to the Maple Gazette!

I have stories to investigate.

Truth to uncover.

You have a printer to fix.

Let's hope when I'm back I'm
not the only one with good news.

CHUCKLES

That's quite an outfit.

Don't start. Are you
wearing that for a bet?

Cos you're so going to win.

OK, look, I'm just
looking for Will. Right.

Listen... I'm really sorry things
didn't work out between you two.

For what it's worth, I thought
you made quite a cute couple.

We haven't... broken up.

Really? Cos he is spending a
lot of time with another girl.

He is?

Come to think of it, no.
No. That was some other lad.

That wasn't Will. LAUGHS.

S-Sorry? What's that? Yeah, sorry.
I have to go, there's an... Right.

THEO SIGHS

You followed me? No, I followed the
two others who were following you.

And what did they look like?
Boy, girl. About our age.

I saw them come
in. They vanished.

Who were they? I haven't
seen them at school before.

Well, they just showed
up to the museum asking

about an artefact. Oh,
yeah? What kind of artefact?

An old royal barge that
once belonged to Ramses II.

What's so important about it they're
following you all the way to school?

Trust me, I have no idea.

We get a lot of weirdoes.

But it's nothing I can't handle.

Thanks for having
my back, though.

All part of the tour.

You want to know why I'm
here, don't you? That's...

It's none of my business.

I was, er... just
making sure you're OK.

Why don't you stay for lunch?

Sure. Well, what's good here?

Everything.

So what was it like,
growing up in Egypt?

It's a long story.

KNOCK ON DOOR

It's open.

LOUDER KNOCKING

OK. Coming.

Darius, is that you?

What are you doing?!

Stop it. This isn't
funny any more.

Is this magic?

What? An empty suit.

Theo's magic.

Sorry.

Well, now I can see why you
were sneaking out of school,

because my tour - never
going to compete with that.

No, it was a very
good tour. Liar.

THEY LAUGH

Oh, he's good.

That requires a lot of training.

So that's why you're here.

I-It's complicated. Yeah.
No, I... I can see that.

Erm, I'm just going to...

Hey, Will. Oh, hi.

I-I can't remember your name.

It's Theo.

Would you mind if I had a word
with you in private, please?

Now's not a good time. I'm
teaching Josie a new trick.

It can wait. Find me
when you're finished?

So are you and Josie...?

What do you want from me?

I just want to help you
get your memory back.

It's not me that has
a problem with them.

Is everything OK here? This
girl thinks I'm her boyfriend,

but I'm not. Isn't
that right, miss?

Yep. Yep, that's right.

So sorry to have bothered you.

That was cold. You really
have lost your memory.

Why does everyone
keep saying that?

Are you OK? Yeah.

Yeah, I'm great.

Shall we go? I'm going to hang
around for a bit longer, I think.

Yeah.

Thanks for lunch.

I'll see you back at school -
you take as long as you need.

Just like that. INDISTINCT.

Oh, OK. I thought maybe I was
like overdoing it or something.

THEY LAUGH

EERIE WHISPERS

INAUDIBLE

Henry. Do you know
anything about cameras?

I think the shutter's jammed.

He's done nothing.

Henry?

As you can see, there is
no way this coin can fit

through this bottle.

It's impossible.

WHISPERS: I present this leaf
to the Library of All Wisdom.

I mark the passage of time.

I call unto the scribes
to read the scrolls.

The mighty goddess Seshat,
keeper of the House of Truth,

restore the knowledge
of Will Morgan.

One, two, three.

Theodosia Throckmorton!

Will! Will, you're back!

That was weird. That name
just popped into my head.

Yeah, because I
just used a spell

to restore your memory.

You're still stuck
on this memory thing?

Will... do you not remember us?

Theodosia?

It's a cool name.

Everything OK, Will?
Yeah, I think so.

Ah! Ready to have a crack
at performing the trick?

Let me show you how
it SHOULD be done.

Fighting talk. Love it.

Oh, you should stick around and
watch this. Josie's great at this.

I have to go.

Bye, Will.

EERIE WHISPERS

Sorry! Couldn't fix the printer,

so you decided to run away?

No, I'm going to fix it.

I was just trying to find
a replacement for this.

Doesn't look broken to me.
I'm going to need that back.

No, Henry, seriously,
this looks fine.

OK, Maya, give it to me.

Don't be so rude! Maya!

I'm sorry, it's an emergency!

Henry, what did
you do?! Nothing!

Oh! Oh, come on,
you useless thing.

I'm trying my best! I'm
talking to the camera

the shutter's jammed.

Henry!

He's unarmed. This fight
is over. Who is this?

Darius! Darius!

Oh, no.

Are you OK? I'm fine. He's
going after your brother.

No!

Her Heka is strong.

She could help the Eternal
Flame find the oasis.

Are you OK?

How did he remove
his gear so quickly?

No thanks to you.

I told you your magic
went into the sword.

Oh.

Sorry. Theo, you need to get
your magic under control.

Thank you for looking
after my brother.

Who was that? No idea.

It's just some bullies
picking on the new kids.

Why did he drop his sword?

I think Theo scared
him off. THEO CHUCKLES.

You know, you never did finish
giving us that tour, did you?

Well, you strike me as a reader.

Do you want to go see the
library? What's a library?

Something's not right here.

Yeah. I nearly got
turned into a kebab

and you just stood
there taking photos.

I saw your sister do something.
Something with her hands.

Something strange.

Oh, yeah.

I should have told you.

She can do ancient
Egyptian magic.

I mean it.

There's a story
here, I can feel it.

And I'm not going to stop
until I find out what it is.