02x05 - Witchy Ways

[bunniefuu]

Dash of anguish,
bewildering glimmer,

stirring clockwise,
bring to simmer.

[beast growling]

Patience, my sweet.

Soon we'll have enough
ingredients in my collection.

All these little dreamers

with their foolish
creations and ideas.

Making such a mess
of the Dream World,

cluttering it with new things.

[sighs]
Bring me more memories!

Fearful ones.
Painful ones.

Ones that will help
me cleanse this world!

[birds cawing]

[mysterious music]

[Izzie] Why are we back
at Castle Nocturnia?

Aren't we Dream Chasers?

We should be chasing after
this raven right now!

It's on the move! Look!

We must follow exact protocol.

No messing around this time.
Everything needs to be by the...

By the book.
I know, I know. Jeez.

I miss the simpler times

when dreams were just about
your teeth falling out

or forgetting to wear
your pants to school.

I know it's hard for you
to understand right now, Isabel,

but in order to
find your memories,

we need to first clear our
approach with the Night Bureau.

Don't worry, Izz. We'll get
the raven, find the witch,

and then get your
memories back, I promise.

Just be patient
and try to focus.

Focus? Are you kidding me?

This is the Dream World!

How can I possibly focus when...
[gasps, squeals]

[gasps] It's the
magnificent manticore again!

Welcome back
to Castle Nocturnia!

How do you like
the refurbished doorway?

Now, who wants to hear about

the inspiration behind
the castle's architecture?

Yeah, we need to see
the Grand Inspector.

I'm confident when
he hears our thoughts

on how to track
down the NeverWitch,

we can get back to business.

Absolutely out of the question.

I deliberately told
your team to stand down,

and under your authority,
the lives of three agents

and an elderly civilian
were risked in broad daylight.

I hardly think lives were...

Did you or did you not allow
four people

from the Waking World
to enter the Dream World

through an unstable rift?

Now listen here!

The Sirens at the school were...

-It is a yes-or-no question.
-[sighs] Yes.

The NeverWitch could strike
anywhere at any moment.

Dreamers are no longer
the only ones in danger.

Realms themselves are at risk!

We don't need the underqualified
Brooklyn Bureau

causing any more trouble
than you already have.

Underqualified? We defeated
the Nightmare King!

You incarcerated
the Nightmare King.

And your agents don't even
have their uniforms or badges.

-Z-Blob got a badge!
-Not helpful, bro.

They don't need badges
to prove their mettle!

Two of them don't even
have an hourglass.

Best to let the certified Dream
Chasers handle things from here.

But she's still out there!
What do you expect us to do?

I have just the job for you.

I am not about to do inventory.

Inventory? No.

You're not allowed
to even touch these things.

I need you to fix this place up.

After all, you played a part
in destroying the castle.

It only seems fitting
that you be the ones

to clean up the mess you made.

Back in my day, this was
a place to be proud to visit.

You should feel honored
to even be here.

I want to see this
place restored

to how it looked
in the glory days.

Oh, and make sure the floor
has a nice shine to it.

I'd like to see my reflection
as I walk across.

Or we could just
skip the cleaning.

I could just put your face
in the floor right now.

-Logan!
-How are we supposed to do this?

You claim to be Dreamcrafters,
don't you?

Use your imagination.

Oh, I'm using my imagination.

Patience, g*ng.

Albert and I will
go speak with Royce.

Under no circumstances

do I want any of you
disobeying orders.

No clowning around
while I'm gone.

[Cooper exhales sharply]

What are you doing?
He said not to touch anything!

I thought maybe we could find

cool Night Bureau
gadgets or something.

-Ah!
-Bedbugs!

[bedbugs buzzing]

Do not let those out, or they'll
infest the whole castle!

Bro, check it out.

-[Logan grunting]
-[playful music]

Well, go on, Dreamcrafters.
What are you waiting for?

Spruce this place up.
Clean these floors.

Unless you want me
to rewind time

so we can see Royce
and Astrid's smug faces again?

No way. I'm ready
to bust out of here.

Let's go track down
the NeverWitch! Vamonos!

Whoa, Izzie! You heard
what Agent Oswald said.

Don't get caught
making any trouble.

The Bureau is watching
you very closely.

Now, who wants
to hear the origin

of bedbugs in the Dream World?

Oh, great.

Even the manticore
is telling me what to do now.

You're not the boss of me,
you mixed-up lion-dragon!

[Mateo] Whoa, not cool Izzie.

You know, ever since
you lost your memory,

you've been getting
on everyone's nerves.

Well, how would you feel
if you woke up in your sleep

and couldn't remember
half of everything?

I can't even remember
how to play piano!

Who knows what else I forgot!

-You never played piano.
-Oh.

This must be so
frustrating for you.

I wish there was
something I could do.

Don't tell your
friends I said this,

but you've always
been my favorite.

-[Izzie laughs]
-[Mateo] Izzie's right.

We should be out there
finding those memories,

not cleaning the castle.
We're wasting our time.

But if we get busted,
I mean what about Mr. Oz?

He's counting on us
to definitely not screw up.

You'd rather have
us sit around here

and dreamcraft
brooms and dustpans?

Let's show them what
we're really capable of.

Alright, now we're talkin'.

Too bad we don't
have Oz's tracker.

You mean this tracker?

You snatched
the Wacky Tracky from Mr. Oz?

Dude, you're really
bending the rules.

Noice! [chuckles]

Now we just gotta sneak
outta this dusty joint

without that stickler
Royce seeing us.

I think I got an idea.

What were you saying, Phil?

Don't get caught making trouble?

Get them off me!

The horror!
The absolute horror!

Ah! Bedbugs!
They're in my hair!

[dramatic music]

Infestation!

All hands on deck
or the whole castle

will be overrun
like the horde of '26!

[playful music]

This is so amazing!

I hear the blip,
but I don't see the raven.

Coop, did you mess
with this thing?

-No, why?
-Just wondering if you broke it.

Wow. [scoffs]

Shouldn't there be
a whole bunch of them?

Don't birds of a feather
flock together or something?

There!

[dramatic music]

Careful, Zian.

We don't want to scare it.

[bird squawks]

For real, though,
what is it doing?

Probably looking to steal
a memory from some poor dreamer.

The Candy Realm.

What's not to like!

Of course, the witch would
do something despicable

like use the Candy Realm
for her nefarious purposes.

I've read the fairy tales.

I know what happens
behind gingerbread walls.

Just up here.

Boring!
Nothing is happening.

Wait, wait!

This raven isn't
going back to the witch.

It's making a nest for some
adorable little raven babies.

We're no closer
to finding our memories

than we were back
at Castle Nocturnia!

Ah! They're in my hair!

[laughs] Help me!

Grand Inspector,
do something! [giggles]

I am not wasting
my sand on this.

[groans] Don't eat me!
Don't eat me!

Where did they even come from?

Where are your Dream Chasers,
Agent Oswald?

Yeah! Why... [grunts] aren't...
[grunts] they helping us?

-Ah!
-I'm going to check on them.

Oh, no. Look!

Now the swarm
is headed that way.

Don't let them ruin that
newly refurbished corridor!

Stand back, everyone.

Oh, look. Are you
going to pull an Ozzy

and waste all your sand
like you did in '94?

No one calls missing
a target pullin' an Ozzy.

They do.

Ozzy! Please!
Not the corridor!

Where is the Brooklyn crew?

I bet they're the cause of this!

Phil, what the heck is going on?

Where are my students?

[playful music]

-[bird cawing]
-[beak clacking]

Hey! Hey! [grunts]

What do we do now?

[groans] Gross, Teo.

What bird is going to eat
a giant, slimy, blobby worm?

I didn't mean
to make it so blobby.

You try getting it down!

Well, if this is a dream,
why can't we just fly up there?

Here we go.

[Izzie breathes quickly]

[grunts]
Not how it works. Got it.

Nah, forget this.
[grunting]

Cute.

[breathing heavily]
Okay, I'm out of ideas.

Well, if we can't
scare it or trick it,

maybe we should just...

Oh! Try asking it
to lead us to the witch.

[laughs] Oh, you're serious.

I'm just trying to think
outside the box here, Zoey.

Why don't you come up
with something?

How would you convince a raven?

Dress up like another raven and
walk up to it and ask it to...

-[playful music]
-[chews] Mm. What?

What's a Grimspawn?

Did I really convince
an entire army of Grimspawn

that I was one of them?

And they fell for it? [laughs]

I can't wait to remember that!

You've done way cooler
stuff than that too.

Now let's find the witch
and get those memories back.

[birds cawing]

Caw! Caw! Caw! Caw!

-Hey, less caw, more croak!
-You sound like a crow!

Ravens have more of this
low croaking sound, like this.

[cawing]

[playful music]

What? My moms
are total bird ladies.

They have binoculars
and journals and everything.

[Izzie cawing]

Ugh, this is never
going to work. [cawing]

To the witch! To the witch!

Caw! Caw! Oops!
I mean. [cawing]

[both cawing]

It's working!

[gasps]
It's not working!

Abort! Abort!

-[dramatic music]
-[all shout]

[bird cawing]

[all screaming]

Why is it chasing me?

[pants] Don't let it
take any more memories!

Run! Wake up!
Get out of here!

[crow cawing]

-[mysterious music]
-No!

[sighs]
How did we let this happen?

[sighs] It's all my fault.

I forgot how to speak raven.

Well, at least now
it's on the way to the witch!

After that raven! [whistles]

[bright music]

Don't worry! Whatever it was,
we'll get it back!

[playful music]

I can't... take it...
any longer!

Tell Izzie...
I'll always... remember her.

[groans]

Enough distractions!

[dramatic music]

Where are the Brooklyn agents?

[suspenseful music]

[birds cawing]

Oh, man, I forgot how foggy
the Candy Realm gets.

No, you didn't. It doesn't.
Something's wrong.

We're close.

-Uh, close to what?
-Her.

[birds cawing]

[NeverWitch cackles]

Those are memory flasks!

Come on!
Let's go get yours back.

How are we supposed
to see where we're going?

She's fogging up
the whole Candy Realm!

[NeverWitch cackles]
Welcome back, Dream Bandit.

Did you forget something?

Don't let her get in your head!

Uh, she's definitely
got my attention.

-What's the plan, Teo?
-Right.

Zoey, you be
our eyes from above.

Logan, I need your muscle.

We'll hold her off
while Coop and Izzie

-look for their memories.
-You got it, brother. Logan!

[wand squelches]

Huh?

[NeverWitch cackles]

[mysterious music]

[wolf growling]

[suspenseful music]

This way!

[mysterious music]

[grunts] What the?

Are you okay?

I thought I was way closer.

Oh no! Did I forget my glasses?

Izzie, you never had glasses.

The platforms are moving.
Look!

Like she's taking them
with her wherever she goes.

[Izzie gasps]

[birds cawing]

The raven is right here!

[gasps] There it is!
Let's get that memory!

We will! But we'll be
a lot better at this

if we find ours first.

We're so close!

She's in here somewhere.

[NeverWitch cackles]

Stay with the wolf, Zian.

I've gotta find that witch.

[crows cawing]

[suspenseful music]

What is she doing with
all these memories, anyway?

Evil witchy stuff, I guess.

We gotta find ours
while she's not moving!

I see her! Go lower!

[gasps] Ah!
Oh, no.

I know you're in here,
Dream Bandit.

And you've brought
your friends to me.

Now I just need the right
ingredient to deal with them.

[birds cawing]

Ah!

[laughs] Perfect!
Just what I was looking for.

A fearful memory!

[mysterious music]

[potion bubbling]

That's what
she's doing with them?

What? What is she doing?

She's using memories
as ingredients.

What are you afraid of,
little dreamer?

Oh, yes! Excellent!

[dramatic music]

[beast growls]

[both gasp]

Yes! Coop, look!

These must be our memories!

[Izzie giggles]

[Cooper pants]

[grunts] Stop. Moving.

[laughs] Victory is mine!

[beast growling]

-[dramatic music]
-Oh, great.

Yah! [grunts]

Wow! Pretty!
How'd you do that?

I improvised! Let's go!

Not without our memories!

Ah!

I can't hold him off
any longer!

Got it. Let's go!

[grunts]

[birds cawing]

[Zoey panting]

[Zoey grunts]

[beast growling]

[both grunting]

No! [panting]

Not so fast, Dream Bandit.

I've been waiting
for you to come back to me.

Ah!

Now, let's see
you put up a fight

while reliving
your most painful memories.

[grunts] Ah!

[screams]

Here!

Ah! Izzie! [grunts]

-[glass shatters]
-[beast roars]

[beast whining]

[groans] You okay?

Yeah. I'm okay. You okay?

Yeah.

Whoo-hoo! [chuckles]

We got our memories back!
Whoo-hoo!

Oh, Coop.

I'm so sorry.

Well, at least we have yours.

Come on! Open it! Hurry!

Okay.

[bright choral music]

Well?

I know everything!

[Zoey groans]

[NeverWitch cackles]

[Mateo grunts]

Ah!

[gasps] Ah!

Zoey! Snap out of it!

I'm back, witch!

h*-h*, I totally remember
how much I missed you now!

Oh, garbage.

[twinkling music]

[metal clangs]

Ah! Oh!

What are you trying to do?

What do you want
with all our memories?

[laughs] Soon enough,

the entire Dream World
will see what I want.

[groans]

-[ominous music]
-[birds cawing]

I look forward to dealing
with you all soon. [cackles]

[all shouting]

[all groaning]

Huh? Izzie! Coop!
You got your memories back!

-Yeah!
-No.

I'm so sorry, Coop.

We're all still
here to help you.

Zoey! Are you okay?

Did the NeverWitch steal
one of your memories?

I don't think she took anything.

She just showed me
some things in my past,

things I try my best
not to remember.

Yo, I'm still shaky.

Let's get back to Mr. Oz and
tell him what just went down.

[Grand Inspector Royce]
That you let

the NeverWitch get away?

Or just skip to the chase and
tell the entire Night Bureau.

Not only did you deliberately
defy orders, again.

But you single-handedly ruined
the Night Bureau's operation!

Did you honestly think
you were the only ones

who could track
a raven's movement?

But we...

If you had any patience
and self-control,

and had followed orders,

we would be one step closer
to rooting out this threat!

You leave me no choice,
Agent Oswald.

The Brooklyn Branch is
suspended effective immediately.

[all gasp]

And trapping the Nightmare King

and finding the missing
Castle Nocturnia means nothing?

My team did that.

Mine! Not the Bureau!

If this witch is such a bad
threat, you're going to need us!

Agent Oswald is right,
Grand Inspector.

Rather than suspend
the whole branch,

we should support them.

Imagine what they are capable
of with proper training.

Fine.

This situation is dire
and we need every Dream Chaser

to be at the top of their game.

Maybe even your grubby little
students can become useful.

Oh! We are not grubby!

Fail again, and I will
have proven my point.

All right,
what do you have in mind?

Report to HQ tomorrow
for the announcement.

I do look forward
to watching you all fail again.

And I look forward
to disappointing you.

[engine whirring]

[Zoey grunts]

Ah, it is good to be back.

[bright music]

[closing theme music plays]