01x01 - Wolfboy Finds Adventure

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On an adventure With the Wolfe family

Who knows what we'll discover

Just Custard, Mum and me

All right. Time for one more, 'cause we're almost there.

Hey, come on. Boarding school's gonna be great.

Just think of it as a new adventure.

It doesn't feel very adventure-y.

Sure it does.

You're heading out on your own into the unknown.

How adventure-y is that?

I guess that's kind of adventure-y.

Okay. Yeah. It's a good thing I'm prepared.

Behold!

What exactly am I beholding?

It's a light lance. I made it last night.

I call it Excaliboom.

But why?

You said this school has a lake.

Well, if there's a lake, there'll be a lake monster.

Maybe even a mud-bellied leviathan.

When I said adventure, I meant more

getting out there and maybe making some friends.

You think I should make friends with the leviathan.

Interesting.

Better brush up on my monster slang.

You don't wanna go saying the wrong thing to a mud-bellied leviathan. Trust me.

This time will be better. I promise.

You said that last time.

Can't I just stay home with you?

I'm sorry, darling. This is for the best.

It's okay to feel worried,

and it's okay to feel scared.

That's how all the best adventures start.

You just need to give them a chance.

Let them get to know you.

You don't need to stay in your own little world all the time.

But I like my world.

I don't wanna be stuck in this world.

It's boring and normal, and no one wants me in their world anyway.

Hey, hey. Now, you listen to me--

They think I'm weird, Mum.

They call me names. They always laugh at me.

Mum, do you think I'm weird?

Yes.

And I wouldn't have you any other way.

You're a dreamer.

And it's the beautiful oddballs like you who make a difference

and change this boring old world for the better.

You just have to find your place, that's all.

I'm so proud of you.

Well, will you be okay without me?

Of course I will. I've got my mask too, remember?

What's wrong?

Nothing. Nothing.

We're just going to miss you.

Lame mask.

You look like a wolf.

Hello, new kid. What's with the weird mask?

Nothing.

-Is that a treasure map? -Well, yeah.

Why?

Well, every explorer needs a map.

Hey, check it out. He thinks he's a pirate.

He thinks he's a pirate.

Hey! Get off! What are you doing?

Please.

Oh, my gosh.

Wow.

Check it out.

This is so not adventure-y.

Oh, wow.

Hello.

Where do you come from?

Hey! Do you have a name?

Where'd you go?

Hey!

Don't worry, little cloud. I'll save you.

Hurry up, Sprout. We're gonna be late.

He's so slippery.

-If that thing gets me wet-- -That thing has a name,

which, as you well know, is Floof.

I am not calling it that.

Oh, crumbs.

Wow.

You know, Xandra, I don't think you're taking this project seriously.

We were supposed to love and care for Floof.

You were the one who let it escape.

Floof just wanted to get up here and be a grown-up cloud.

Don't you, my little Floofy face?

Okay, let's go.

Auntie Xandra's being a grumpy bum, isn't she?

Sprout, get in the portal.

A grumpy, grumpy bum.

Sprout, if you don't get in that--

A grumpy, grumpy, grumpy-- Hey!

Bum.

Curiouser and curiouser.

Hello?

Hello?

-You following us, pal? -Yeah, pal?

I was just--

What are you doing with that poor cloud?

Floof? Oh, he's a friend of Floof's.

No, Sprout. He's a human.

A human?

Of course I'm a human. What else would I be?

And what is this place?

Nowhere. No place. It's a secret.

I mean, a dream. All a dream.

You're not supposed to be here.

You'll have to go before you get us in trouble.

No, wait. I don't want to go back.

I'm not a human. I'm... whatever you guys are.

Oh, you're a spryte.

Yeah, one of those.

Can you see me?

Yes.

See, he can't be a human. Humans can't see sprytes, you big silly.

A spryte, huh?

Okay, if you're a spryte, you'll know where the Cloud Lab is.

-Of course. -Where is it then?

Easy. It's right...

here.

And by here, I of course meant...

here.

Just kidding.

It's actually--

Okay, okay. Last one.

What is this place?

What do you mean? It's the Everything Factory, silly.

So, what kind of spryte are you, anyway?

Well...

This is just great.

We need to get him back to the human realm before someone notices--

Just what are you sprytes doing? Lollygagging?

I would never.

Professor Luxcraft.

And who's this now?

Smells awfully suspicious.

He's new.

Strange name, "New."

I knew a Newt once. I think he owes me a sandwich.

That blaggard thought I'd forget about it. Well, I won't have it. I want my sandwich!

No, sir. He's a new student.

His name is Wolf... boy.

Wolfboy. His name is Wolfboy.

A new student, eh?

Well, well, well.

Run along now, little sprytelings, or you'll be late for class.

And if you do happen to bump into Newt,

you tell him he better butter up, because I'm coming for my sandwich.

Sandwich!

So you were a spryte all along.

No, Sprout. He's still--

I was just... Never mind.

Right, human. You'll have to come to the Cloud Lab with us. But lay low.

Then we'll figure out how to get rid of you.

Remember, class, this is one of the most important zones in the factory.

Every element of the world's weather is made in the labs here

and then shipped up to the surface.

Snow, sunshine, wind, rain. All of it.

Where did he go?

Are those clouds?

If you're referring to the cloud-shaped, cloudlike clouds,

then yes, those are indeed clouds.

Now, follow me, everyone.

Why are they inside?

You know, for someone who's trying to lay low,

you're talking an awful lot.

All clouds start off small and white and fluffy,

just like the baby clouds you've been looking after.

But when they get older, clouds can become very emotional.

It's our job to keep them happy.

But no cloud is happy all the time.

Sometimes clouds get sad and become rain clouds.

And sometimes they get angry and become storm clouds.

But these emotions are all part of the balance of things.

After all, the world needs rain clouds.

Okay, everyone, your assignment was to look after your cloudlings

and prepare them for the surface.

Let's see how you got on.

Okay, Floof. Ready?

Now you can go up there and be a cloud for real.

Just be yourself. Make us proud, okay?

They grow up so fast.

Beautiful.

Oh, yes.

Where are they taking Floof?

Maybe there's a special place for extra cute clouds?

Okay, all of the clouds over here are ready for the human realm.

-Well done, sprytelings. -What about Floof?

I'm afraid this cloud is--

Well, it wouldn't quite fit in up there. It's a little too odd.

But that's a good thing.

Floof?

Stay calm. Everyone, follow me.

Everyone here? Oh, my goodness!

We can't leave now. This just got interesting. Right, Sprout?

Sprout?

Maybe if we just keep really quiet, he'll tucker himself out.

No way. I'm gonna have to get in there and sort this out.

Human, you stay back. I'll handle this.

But I can help.

What's your power?

He doesn't have one, Sprout. For the last time, he's not a spryte.

No powers, eh? How about this!

Wow! Is that a shield?

It's not working! You're just making him angrier!

I told you to stay back!

I have an idea, but I need to get closer.

-Closer? Why? -I think Floof's just upset.

I get like that sometimes.

You turn into a massive, lightning-filled cloud monster?

Kind of. On the inside.

And what would you suggest we do about that?

-Sprout, those vine-y thingies. -Where?

-No, I mean the things in your-- -These old things?

Yeah! Do you think you can get me up there?

So I can talk to him.

I can try.

-Ready? -Ready.

Floof. Floof, it's me.

Hey, listen. It's going to be okay.

I know things seem bad. You feel like you don't fit in,

and you feel like nobody likes you, and you don't really know why.

Then your head gets all messy like spaghetti and fireworks.

I get like that sometimes too.

But you know what always makes me feel better?

A hug.

Would that be okay, if we tried that?

He must be a great hugger.

Look at what that cloud of yours has done.

-Where is it? -Cloud? Was there a cloud?

-I didn't see any cloud. -What exactly do you mean by "cloud"?

Luxcraft would like to see you in his office. Now.

Oh, crumbs.

Wow.

-A hug? -Pardon me?

You calmed down that storm cloud with a hug?

Yes.

Why, that's brilliant!

Now, about this human.

We're sorry. We'll take him back right away.

Wait. I don't want to go back.

I don't fit in up there.

They all think I'm weird.

What does that matter?

Why, it's the oddballs like you, the ones who don't fit in,

they're the ones who make a difference, who change the world for the better.

You just have to find your place up there.

But what if my place is here with you?

Humans belong in the human realm. The clue is in the name.

But he's not a human. He's a spryte.

Humans can't see sprytes, but he can see me and you.

How do you explain that?

How indeed?

And he glows.

-What? -Yeah, what?

Humans aren't supposed to glow, but he glows sometimes. I've seen him.

Glows, does he? That's odd.

I wonder.

Perhaps there's more to you than meets the eye.

So I can stay?

You may stay.

-Hooray! -For a little while at least.

What? Why?

I'm not sure yet.

But there's something about him. I can feel it tickling my beard.

I need some time to think.

There is one condition.

Yes. Anything.

Humans aren't supposed to know about the spryte realm,

let alone be wandering the corridors willy-nilly.

If word spread that a human was down here, well...

Let's just keep that mask on and keep all this human business quiet

until I can figure out what to do with you, okay?

Okay.

Mum was right all along.

This is so adventure-y!

Hooray!

Hooray.