01x01 - First Year to Watch

[bunniefuu]

[wolf howling]

♪ I'm gonna face the light... ♪

[crowd cheering]

♪ In the dark, in the doubt,
is it safe to go out ♪

♪ Take a moment and breathe ♪

♪ It's been so
long in the shade ♪

♪ Can I find my own brave ♪

♪ Gotta fly till I'm free ♪

♪ Tune it all out ♪

♪ Is it my time now? ♪

♪ Sing at the top of my lungs ♪

♪ I own the night ♪

♪ I feel me rising above,
I'm shining bright ♪

♪ I'm gonna face the light ♪

That's right, Los Angeles.

I'm finally ready to tell you.

I'm a vampire!

[music slows down]

[all screaming]

-[man 1] Vampire!
-[man 2] Vampire!

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

-Get her!
-No, stop.

I'm a good vampire!

I promise.

I'm a good vampire. Really!

Whoa!

What a weird dream.

[Demi] I told you not to
eat those bugs before bed.

But, do you listen?

No.

Get out of my room, Demi.

But your favorite little ghost boy is
helping you pack for boarding school!

Look, I got some things ready.

Fang-paste...

Spider snack packs, sunblock.

It's SPF 500 so
you can go outside

-without turning into dust.
-[knock on door]

Vampirina, are you awake? Oh!

I can't believe today's the day.

Our little Batkins is
leaving for school.

Now, why can't you stay
in Transylvania with us?

Young vampires never
leave Transylvania.

I don't wanna hide in
a castle for eternity.

I'm gonna make music
and connect with people!

And Wilson Hall has the best
music program in the world!

-Oh.
-Your father is just a little nervous

because the world
is full of humans.

Dad, don't be nervous.

If you get nervous,
I'll get nervous.

And when I get nervous, I...

Ugh, bats!

I need to show you something.

-Oh, please not the book...
-Demi, get me the book.

Ta-da!

See this?

All vampire hunters wear a
ring with their initials.

V.H. for Van Helsing, or...

[both] Vampire hunter.

Boris, you need to let her
spread her little bat wings.

Yeah, Dad.

Besides, not all humans
are Van Helsings.

[coughs]

My sweet spawn, I just don't...

I'm going away to
school in America,

and you will be
perfectly okay with it.

You almost had me. [chuckles]

Honey, her little mind control
powers are getting so strong!

Aw!

But do not try that at that new school
in America that I'm perfectly okay with.

-[chuckles]
-[Boris] Wait.

What just happened?

Yes! In your fangs!

I totally vampired you.

I mean... thanks, Dad! Love you.

-♪ Slay! ♪
-♪ S-L-A-Y ♪

♪ Stepping out into the light ♪

♪ I have never felt so alive ♪

♪ Yeah, yeah, yeah ♪

♪ S-L-A-Y ♪

♪ Watch me shine, shine, shine ♪

♪ Slay! ♪

[♪ Upbeat dance music
playing over headphones]

Hey, you must be Sophie.

-[screams]
-[screams]

-[music stops]
-Whoa! You scared me!

What? Me? Scary? No.

I'm your roommate, Vee Hauntley.

May we know each other
for many sunsets.

Thank you?

Were you making music?

Yeah! I like to do it
without instruments...

or people.

I took this bed, but
if you wanna switch...

Oh, bat!

Is that Millie
Eyelash? I love her!

Part of the reason I came to
Wilson is because she went here.

I have the same
coaster in my suitcase.

Surprise!

But! I'll get it later.

-[school bell rings]
-Oh!

It's time for the
first-year assembly!

You go! I'll catch up.

I just have to get rid of
some things I don't need.

[Demi mumbling]

Okay! I'll save you a seat.

Peekaboo! [laughs]

Get it? Because I'm a ghost.

Demi, what are you doing?

Besides rocking this
peacoat of yours?

Your dad sent me to protect
you from Van Helsings.

There are no Van Helsings here.

I don't need any help.

Oh, yeah? What if you
accidentally fang out?

You know your powers
fritz when you get upset.

My powers don't fritz!

A fritzer says what?

A fritzer says, get out!

Fine! I'm gonna go sweep the
campus for vampire hunters.

So everyone sees a glowy
ghost boy floating around?

Like that's gonna help, a lot.

I'll just cover up my glow
with this sweet, sweet coat.

Dang it!

My coat.

Thank you! You're, like,
the best roommate ever!

Well, I mean, you're also my only roommate
ever, but you're seriously the best.

Thanks. Having zero competition
is kinda my happy place.

-[both giggle]
-First-years!

My name is Dean Merriweather.

And I'm here to welcome you to
Wilson Hall Academy for the Arts.

Or as we like to call it,

[vocalizing] WHAA!

We call it that?

[both] I don't
wanna call it that.

-Jinx!
-A curse upon you as well.

Hi, I'm Britney.

I'm a first-year, although,
I know I look older.

-This is my friend Elijah.
-Nice to meet you!

Perhaps, our souls
have met before.

Excuse me? Your
soul just got here.

We'll be having our
First-Year Showcase tomorrow.

[both] A showcase?

-Yes!
-No!

Of course, we will crown one of
the acts our "First-Year to Watch".

And they'll get a trophy,

engraved with the names
of every past winner ever

who have all gone
on to great success.

Oh, but it's no big deal.

I heard Millie Eyelash won "First-Year
to Watch", when she was at Wilson.

My parents almost didn't let
me come here because of that.

They don't like pop music.

But my parents
talked them into it.

I'm a Wilson legacy.

My mom went here,
and my mom's dad,

and my mom's dad's dad's uncle.

Every one of them
won the Showcase.

It's a huge competition
with some major stakes.

Stakes?

Can we use a different word?

No.

I'm nervous about this Showcase.

I really don't like performing.

We're at a performing
arts school.

Yeah, but I'm behind the scenes.

Well, you know there'll be at least
one friendly face in the crowd.

It's me. I'm the friendly face.

[chuckles]

Let's just agree to stick
together, no matter what.

Of course. Better together.

Wanna make it official?

Yeah! Do you wanna
swear an oath...

in blood?

I was thinking pinky promise.

Sure. Who's pinky should we get?

Uh, just link ours together
and shake them a little.

Oh, that's easier.

I've got your back.

-And I've got yours.
-[chuckles]

Hey, I forgot your names.

Anyway, Elijah and I are
forming an acapella group

that's totally gonna
win the Showcase.

I'm really sorry you
can't join, but...

[plays harmonica]

♪ I don't want you to! ♪

♪ She doesn't speak
for all of us ♪

♪ I thought we agreed I did ♪

♪ I don't understand
what's happening ♪

You don't know you're gonna win.

I sing and play the spookylele,

and Sophie throws down
rhythms on her laptop.

Oh! Computer music, neat.

How strange.

Your words are nice,

but your eyes are mean.

It's not just her eyes.

Sophie is really talented.

She's got some amazing tracks.

In... In fact...

we're... gonna... write a song!

And perform it... together.

Right, Soph?

Um... yes?

And we're gonna win that trophy.

We just need to blend
our different styles,

get Sophie out on stage,

and learn how to work
together! I'm not nervous!

Oh, bats!

Uh...

Well, she's a lot.

Anyway, Laptop.

You see this ring?

It was my grandfather's. He gave
it to me when I got into Wilson.

I have a family
name to live up to,

and nobody's gonna
get in my way.

[Demi gasps]

Her ring! She's a Van Helsing!

I have to warn Vee.

Whoops!

Sorry, buddy.

♪ Slay ♪

[guitar strumming] -You
sure you're okay to do this?

You left the dining hall so
fast, I thought you saw a ghost.

There were no ghosts
in there, or anywhere.

Ghosts aren't real.

I know that.

Right. Uh...

but I'm okay now.

Britney just kinda
got in my head.

But I should've sought your permission
before I formally declared our alliance.

I humbly beseech
thee for thy pardon.

[chuckles awkwardly]

I think that means you're
sorry, so... granted?

To be honest though,

performing in front of
people isn't my first choice.

But, if you were there too,
maybe it won't be so bad.

I wouldn't want
it any other way.

Okay. I'll record your track and
play it back with my beats. Try it!

[♪ Upbeat music playing]

Amazing!

Boop.

Thanks for finding
this spot by the way.

-Nice acoustics!
-Right?

It's nice to have a
space all to ourselves.

-Can we share the room with you guys?
-Sure! Come on in.

Sorry.

I just say yes before
I think about it.

I get it. You're
a people pleaser.

But you need to stand
up for yourself.

Maybe you can learn
to say no sometimes.

[Demi] Psst.

It's me, Demi... in disguise.

-We need to get out of here!
-No!

That is effective.

I'll work on it.

Or maybe I won't.

Just kidding, I totally will.

A one, two, three, four.

[♪ Upbeat music playing]

[both laugh]

Sophie, wake up. I
couldn't sleep all night.

Not because I don't
sleep at night,

but because I'm super
excited about our song.

[Demi] Sophie isn't
here right now.

Demi, you are such
a pain in the fangs.

There's a Van Helsing at Wilson.

That girl Britney
is a vampire hunter.

I liked you better as a bunny.

I'm serious, Vee.

These humans are dangerous.

This place is dangerous.

This place is
where I need to be.

And these humans
are my friends now.

You're a vampire, you can't
be friends with humans.

I'm a musician!

And I'm following my dream.

Well, your dream is going
to get you vampire-hunted.

You can't stay here.

Yes, I can.

[snarls] My music slays.

And I'm gonna slay!

And nobody's ever going
to find out that I'm...

A vampire! [screams]

[screams]

You were saying?

Sophie!

Sophie?

I'm sorry I didn't
tell you my secret.

Oh. A secret, huh?

Oh...

Britney.

I knew there was
something up with you.

You with your weird outfits that
you somehow make look fabulous.

I'm gonna find out your secret.

[plays harmonica]

♪ And I'm gonna take you down ♪

Next time, you
won't see me coming.

I didn't see you this time.

[♪ Dramatic music playing, Ludwig
van Beethoven "Symphony No. 5"]

[music increases in tempo]

[grunts]

[grunts, screams]

-Whoa.
-Am I really that scary?

Sorry. I... I thought
you were Britney.

Is she after you too?

What?

No, I just don't want
her to see me dancing.

It's kind of my little secret.

Why is being a dancer a secret?

Well, my parents are
pretty old-school.

They sent me to Wilson to study
traditional vocal performance.

But, between you and me,

I love hip-hop.

-[chuckles]
-[both] Parents are hard.

Jinx, again.

And many curses to you as well.

[chuckles] You're weird.

I like weird.

[chuckles softly]

I gotta go find my friend,

but you keep going,
you're a great dancer.

I'm just gonna disappear,

and it'll be like I was never...

Never here. [chuckles]

-Sophie, I've been looking for you everywhere...
-Stay away from me.

I can't believe my
roommate is a vampire.

I can't believe vampires exist.

But you know what
upsets me the most?

You lied to me.

I thought we were friends.

I'm so sorry, but I had to
keep who I was a secret.

Historically, hanging out with
humans hasn't gone well for us.

There's more of you?

So, that glowy, floaty
boy, he's a vampire too?

Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

He's just a ghost.

There's ghosts?

That's Demi.

My parents sent
him to protect me.

He's kinda like a brother,
except I can't stand him.

Which, I guess makes him
exactly like a brother?

I'm glad he's keeping you safe.

But what about me?

You said you had my back.

And before you try
to do anything to me,

just know I ate a ton of
garlic at lunch today.

I would never hurt you.

I do have your
back. Pinky promise.

[school bell rings]

There's the bell for
the First-Year Showcase.

We're in this together, right?

Not anymore, Vee.

You're on your own.

[door opens]

Sure.

Now she stands up for herself.

[group vocalizing]

♪ Ooh ♪

[group vocalizing]

[applause]

You are smart, and
you are capable.

Thanks, Dean Merriweather. I
can really use the support.

Oh, I'm sorry. That
was for me, girl.

But, good luck!

Next up, we have
a Vee and Sophie,

and they're gonna perform
their song, "Supernatural".

I'd say good luck.

But I wouldn't mean it.

Excited to show the
school who you are?

Oh, I hope that doesn't happen.

I mean, yup.

You still hiding your secret
talent from the rest of world?

That's the plan.

Go get 'em, weirdo.
I'm rooting for you.

[sighs]

Look...

I know you don't
wanna talk to me,

and I know you're not
gonna perform with me,

but...

I just wanted to tell you that,

you're really talented.

Don't stay in the shadows.

[Merriweather
speaking indistinctly]

You're welcome,
children. [laughs]

Anyways, where was... Oh, oh.

Um, okay, it looks
like Ms. Hauntley

will be performing her duet...

by herself.

Okay.

[♪ Dramatic music playing]

[guitar playing]

[playing off-key]

[audience murmuring]

Sorry! I'm... I'm used to
working with a... friend.

Sophie...

-Vee needs you.
-Do I know you?

-[gasps] Ghost boy!
-Shh!

Friendly ghost boy.

Look, I know you're scared,

but Vee risked her
life to come to Wilson.

Don't you think she might
be a little scared too?

[flatly] ♪ I used
to feel so alone ♪

[girl] You are alone.

I just...

need a second.

[audience murmuring]

You know, if you ever
wanna lay some tracks

for a group that's
really going somewhere,

I could use a producer, and
you could stay backstage.

'Cause that's your
safe space. Right?

[murmuring continues]

No.

What did you just say?

No! That's not where
I wanna be anymore.

I wanna be out there...

with my friend.

Sophie?

I got your back.

Let's do this.

Psst. I'm with them.

Turn it up!

[guitar playing]

Yes!

♪ I used to feel so alone ♪

♪ Until I found
a friend in you ♪

♪ You play the
notes in my song ♪

[audience cheering]

♪ And make me feel
like it's all right ♪

♪ To be myself ♪

♪ When life gets a
little too overwhelming ♪

♪ I'll be there to be
the friend you need ♪

♪ Isn't it crazy, yesterday ♪

♪ We were just strangers
in the hallway ♪

♪ Now it's clear to me ♪

♪ What we could be ♪

♪ Ooh, it's supernatural ♪

♪ The way we get along ♪

♪ Don't meet someone
like you too often ♪

♪ Ooh, it's like the
strangest thing ♪

♪ What you bring out of me ♪

♪ The world will know
we're up to something ♪

♪ You and I, we got that shine ♪

♪ It's supernatural ♪

♪ Brighter than
the moon at night ♪

♪ It's supernatural ♪

♪ Ooh, I'm coming at you, brighter
than the sky, find me center stage ♪

♪ In the spotlight, and
it's kinda crazy, you know ♪

♪ When we get together,
supernatural ♪

♪ Ugh, something's changing,
rearranging, different ♪

♪ But want the same thing ♪

♪ Come together Make
it happen, mmm ♪

♪ 'Cause what we
got is like magic ♪

[vocalizing]

♪ It's supernatural,
the way we get along ♪

♪ Don't meet someone
like you too often ♪

♪ Ooh, it's like the
strangest thing ♪

♪ What you bring out of me ♪

♪ The world will know
we're up to something ♪

♪ You and I, we got that shine ♪

♪ It's supernatural ♪

♪ Brighter than
the moon at night ♪

♪ It's supernatural ♪

[cheering and applause]

I can't believe
that just happened.

Believe it? They love you!

They love us.

[cheering and applause]

Oh, looks like we found
our First-Year to Watch!

Congratulations, Vee Hauntley...

and the friends who were maybe
supposed to be part of the act

or maybe weren't, I'm not sure.

But there you go. [chuckles]

[cheering and applause]

That was amazing!

I loved that so much!

No one tell my mom.

[chuckles]

[Demi] Bravo!

We did it! First-year to Watch.

I'm so proud of you.

-Let's go!
-What?

Did you forget about
our Van Helsing problem?

Look! Her ring!

Nobody sleeps until we've watched
every Pentatonix video ever made!

Demi, that's not a
V.H. on her ring.

That's a W.H. for Wilson Hall.

Britney's whole
family went to Wilson.

It's a school ring.

It is?

Huh.

Gotta go!

You.

I've got something
to say to you.

-Good job.
-Wow!

Your words were nice,

and your eyes were nice too!

[plays harmonica]

♪ Don't get used to it ♪

But, man, what a rush!

That performance made
me feel so alive.

Me too! Totally alive!

Very... not dead.

Did I mention I'm alive?

Because she's...

♪ Living ♪

I say, we celebrate with pizza.

Let me grab my jacket.

I love Pizza!

Who's Pizza?

It's food. Melted cheese
and red sauce on bread.

Mmm, you had me at red sauce.

[sighs] Why must you
be everywhere I go?

Uh, actually, we're going
out for pizza with Elijah.

-Do you wanna come?
-Yes, but because I like pizza,

not you two.

Pizza's a food!

We have to go find a special
place in our room for our trophy.

♪ Mmm, be right back! ♪

Here we go with the ring again.

You ever gonna tell me why your
mom makes you wear it all the time?

You know I can't tell
you. It's a family thing.

I have to wear it because
I'm a Van Helsing.

I don't know, Elijah. You have
more secrets than that Vee girl.

Everybody ready
for some red sauce?