02x05 - The Bubble Is Popped/Xandra Finds a Memory

[bunniefuu]

[announcer on PA]
Good morning, everybody. It's Bubble Day.

Happy Bubble Day!

Who? What? Where?

-[squeaks]
-Oh!

Happy Bubble Day!

-[yawns]
-[purrs, babbles]

What's going on, Sprout?

[blows] It's Bubble Day!
The most bubbly day of the year. [blows]

So it's a day to celebrate--

Bubbles! There's bubbly games
and bubbly treats

and all sorts of bubbly fun to be had.

[purring]

Oh, I wanna play.

-Here you go, Seth.
-[pops]

[gasps] Uh, I broke it.

Oh, silly me.
I always forget you're a disarray.

Try again with this one.

[gasps] Oh.

Oh, yeah. Sorry, Wolfy.
Humans have a destructive side too.

Maybe we should just stay up here today.

I don't think the sprytes would want
a disarray popping all the bubbles

at their bubble party.

But bubbles are for everyone.

Sprout's right. I know things have been
a little tough lately,

but you'll both feel a lot better
after the whispering ceremony.

The whispering ceremony? What's that?

You'll just have to come along
and find out, now, won't you?

[grunts] Yay!

Luxcraft, please. You worry too much.

Exactly. Bubble Day is all about
letting go of your worries.

[blows, pops]

I'm merely pointing out the obvious.
The disarray attacks are getting worse.

It's a dangerous time
for the whole Factory

to be distracted by bubbles.

[Elder Spryte]
It's the perfect time for a distraction.

We can't have the whole Factory
worrying about the disarrays.

We need everyone to feel
that things are safe and normal.

Everything is under control.

But everything is not under control!

Please, Luxcraft.
Today is a day for bubbles.

[grumbles]

[laughing]

[Luxcraft grunts]
Right. No more wiffle-waffle.

It's time that boy learned the truth.

[grunts]

-Hey, Professor Luxcraft!
-[grunts]

Look at me. I'm bouncing.
I have so many bubbles.

Look at how many bubbles I have.

One bubble, two bubble, three bubble,
four bubble, five bubble.

-[grunting]
-Hey, hey. Professor!

-Are you looking? Professor!
-[gasps]

Six bubble, seven bubble…

[Luxcraft grumbling, grunting]

Hmm.

[laughing]

[Luxcraft grunts, groans]

[clears throat]
Whispering ceremony starts in two minutes.

Two minutes for the whispering ceremony.

Quick, quick! We're going to be late
for the whispering ceremony. Come on.

[Sprout] Faster, Wolfy.

Xandra, move those rocky feet of yours.
Come on!

[giggles] So, you take your bubble,
and you whisper all of your fears into it.

Then everyone lets go of their bubbles,
and they all float away,

taking everyone's fears with them.

The bubble takes your worries away?

I think it'll be good for you,
for both of you.

[chuckles]
That's a lot of bubbles, Sprout.

Well, I have a lot of fears to release.

And I've got some bubbles for you too.

[popping]

Oh, dear. Let me get you a few more.

No, it's fine.
I shouldn't be doing this anyway.

It's a spryte thing.

Nonsense. Bubbles is for everyone.

-Right, Sprout?
-Yeah.

Let's see…

There! An indestructi-bubble machine.

[purring]

-Ah.
-Wow.

The secret ingredient is bubble gum.

[giggles]

Now, everybody whisper
all the fears you want to release.

[indistinct whispering]

[bubble spryte 1]
What if the trees hate me?

What if Juniper finds out that I'm the one
who broke her acorn kite?

What if I meet Nyx and I can't beat her?

…Never leave the path.

What if I can never create
like a spryte can?

What if I wake up
and I'm covered in rotter slugs?

Uh, hello there, bubble.

I suppose I'm worried that I'm not a hero.

I'm worried I might let everyone down.

I'm worried I might not be
as special as everyone thinks I am.

[announcer] It's time.
Time for everyone to release your bubbles.

Let your fears go.

[gasps]

Hey, what is that?

[popping]

They're not supposed to be popping.
I think that's bad.

All our little wishes are
going off into nowhere.

What's happening?

Scurillions!

[bubble spryte 2 muttering] No!

[all gasp]

-Which way?
-Where do I go?

-These freak me out.
-[yelps]

-[pops]
-[bubble spryte 2] I'm afraid of chairs.

-[pops]
-[bubble spryte 3] I'm afraid of cats.

[bubble spryte 4]
I always forget how to make pebbles.

Oh, no! All of our fears are escaping.

-[popping]
-[indistinct whispering]

-[bubble sprytes screaming]
-This is really bad. Scurillions are--

Shape-shifters.

-[pops]
-I hate sharks.

-Oh! [shouts]
-Not broccoli! Anything but broccoli.

My fears are coming true! [exclaims]

-[duck honking]
-[sprytes clamoring]

-[cries]
-[bear roars]

The disarrays never attack like this.
Not here.

What are we going to do?

Celorain, call the guardians.
Call them all.

This is Nyx's doing.
I'll stake my beard on it.

Stay calm, everyone.
Return to your labs and dorms.

Rest assured,
your elder council has it all in hand.

It's the dark times!
The prophecy is coming true.

It's just as Luxcraft said! [shouts]

-[all exclaiming]
-[disarrays roaring]

Juniper?

Wanna see my bug collection?

[shouts] Rotter slugs!

[guardian sprytes yell]

Attack!

The guardians are coming!

-Attack!
-Get 'em! [shouts]

-[guardian spryte 1] Sprytes from above!
-[guardian spryte 2] Attack!

[Wolfboy disarray] Hey, human.

What are you doing?

They'll see who I really am.

Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.

[gasps]

[screams]

[shouts]
Get 'em off. Get 'em off! Get 'em off!

Huh?

[chuckles]

Wait, no! [grunts] H-Help!

-Hey!
-Let him go!

[shouts]

[grunts]

You will never defeat me.

[yelps, screams]

[shouts] I got her!

[grunts]

[shouts]

[shouts]

-[shouting]
-[gasps]

[gasps] Oh, no.

[grunts]

Well, nice of you to finally drop in.

[purrs]

Professor Luxcraft?
There's been a disarray attack.

Yes, I can see that.

No, sir. Not here. On the surface.
They've destroyed one of our portals.

What? How?
Portals can't just be destroyed.

They have a strange new weapon.
I've never seen anything like it.

[leaves rustling]

The device is working
just as you said, my queen.

Two spryte portals have been destroyed.

Thank you for the toy, William. [chuckles]

[birds singing]

[whirring]

[whirring, zaps]

[sighs] Hooligans.

[sighs]

[slurps]

Good morning, sleepy-bum. Why so glum?
Is it because you missed breakfast?

Don't worry, I brought you some blue mash.

Thanks, but I'm not hungry.

Not even for blue mash?
This must be serious.

It is serious, Sprout. Nyx is back.

Where are you going?

The Memory Maze.

The what? But why?

Because I'm going to be a guardian spryte.
It's my duty to defend the spryte realm.

And in case you haven't noticed,
it needs defending.

But why the Memory Maze?

My parents were
the strongest sprytes ever.

But Nyx still defeated them.

I need to find their last memory and see
what happened and how she beat them,

so when I get a chance
to face Nyx myself, I'll be ready.

Well, then we'll come with you.

No. I have to do this on my own.

[door closes]

[Luxcraft] And you escaped
by creating a portal?

[Wolfboy] Yes, sir.

Well, how is that even possible?

I just used the wisps like you taught me.

It seems you did learn something
from my lessons then.

I learned a lot.

But you didn't tell me everything,
did you?

You didn't tell me about
the destruction wisps.

Maybe if you had, I wouldn't have gone
looking for answers in the disarray realm.

[sighs]
I was wrong to hide things from you.

So tell me the truth now, sir.

Nyx showed me how weak
the disarray tree was.

She told me that to restore balance,
I should help the disarrays.

The disarrays do need our help.

Then why are you training me
to fight them?

It's not the disarrays with the problem.

It's Nyx.

They're following her orders,
and she's coordinating these attacks.

Maybe she's trying to make things fairer.

Shouldn't sprytes and disarrays have
the same number of portals?

Destroying our portals
is not the solution.

And besides, Nyx is not to be trusted.

She's up to something more wicked,
I'm sure of it.

Why didn't you tell me this before?

I was trying to protect you.

The spryte elders see the disarrays
as the enemy.

If they thought for one moment
you might take the disarrays' side,

then we'd both be in trouble.

Remember this when you meet them.

Meet them?

Oh, yes. The darkness is now upon us.

It's time they met the human child
who will defeat it.

[rumbles]

[roars]

[yelps, exclaims]

You won't stop me.

-Or us.
-Huh?

[all] Whoa!

What are you doing here?

[growls]

Good friends don't let
other good friends face things alone.

[exclaims]

[shouts]

But if you wanna handle this part alone…
[chuckles]

[grunts]

Wait. Don't hurt it.

I haven't seen a memory mite since I was
a young dizzy, out near the sulfur lakes.

Oh!

That was the same day
I finally got up the courage

to dive off the highest rock.

My hair smelled like sulfur for weeks.

[memory mite babbles]

[moans] What's happening?
Is it nibbling your bones?

-No. We don't have to fight it.
-[grunting]

We just have to feed it fresh memories.

[chuckles]

They're ready for you.

Remember, you must not tell them

about your adventures
in the disarray realm.

If they discover your destructive powers,
they'll never trust you.

Honorable elders of the spryte council,

this is the child
I've been telling you about.

The boy the prophecy speaks of.

Uh, hello.

I thought you said
it was a human child, Luxcraft.

Show them who you are, my boy.

[gulps]

-[sprytes gasping]
-[Wizzra] A human?

That's against the rules!

-This is not right!
-[gasps]

So you have acted alone
without the council's permission?

And it's a good thing I did.

Humans aren't supposed to know about
the Everything Factory.

You've endangered us all, Luxcraft!

Please. We doubted Luxcraft before
when he warned us of the disarray rise.

If Luxcraft says that this is the child
from the prophecy, let's hear him out.

Go on, boy. Show them your powers.

[scoffs] This is ridiculous.

[Celorain exclaims]
I can't believe what I see!

How is he doing this?

What is happening?

Shh! Quiet, Seapinch.

-What is it, boy?
-It's a quilluminator!

-What's it for?
-For fun! Look!

-[gasps]
-[Sylph] How is he doing that?

I do not believe my eyes!

A human controlling the wisps? [whimpers]

How is this possible?

Klaybottom, don't you see what this means?

If the prophecy is true, then this boy is
the answer to our problems.

We can use him to crush the disarrays
once and for all!

Wait! Do what?

No, no, no, you wifflewobs.
The disarrays aren't the problem.

It's Nyx who we need to stop.

Nyx? Nyx hasn't been seen
since we locked her in the disarray realm.

But they are following her orders.

When you sent her to the disarray realm,
you gave her an army!

Don't you see?
We must make peace with the disarrays

and convince them
they do not need to follow her.

You seem awfully eager
to protect the disarrays, Luxcraft.

All I'm saying is that the disarrays are
a necessary part of our world's balance.

Have you ever considered
that we need them?

-Disarrays!
-We don't need them!

-That is absurd!
-Need them?

I can't believe this!
Of course we don't need them!

[Elder Sylph] Heresy!

And that was the last time I tried to sing
a duet with Norman, let me tell you.

But we still won the fourth prize.

[murmuring, chuckling]

You want more?
Oh, there was this one time--

We're here.

There now. You're all full of memory.
Thanks for the ride.

[memory mite murmurs]

I've seen them all,

but I've never been able
to watch this one.

[sighs]

[all gasp]

In case you hadn't noticed, Luxcraft,
we are under attack!

They destroyed
another portal this morning.

We haven't sent a rainbow
to the surface all day.

Something is different this time.

I hear reports of a strange new weapon.
Perhaps Nyx gave it to them.

We should make peace with the disarrays.
If we treat them fairly,

they will have no reason
to follow Nyx's orders.

-[sprytes gasp, mutter]
-[both grumble]

-This is trouble.
-What?

-I object.
-Disarray?

[chattering, whimpering]

-[Elder Sylph] It's-- Can't believe it.
-[Xandra grunts]

[sprytes gasp]

There's something you need to see!

Xandra, what are you doing here?

What are you doing here?

What is the meaning of this?

For years I have been told
the story of the great betrayal,

of how my parents were lost
because of Nyx's treachery.

But it turns out
there's more to the story.

These are my father's last memories.
They show what really happened.

[guardian sprytes, disarrays scream]

We have them surrounded.

Prepare the amalgam orb.

But they've surrendered.
We don't need to destroy them.

We have our orders.

Nyx, Luxcraft, let's finish this.

[disarrays screaming, shouting]

On my command. Now!

Stop! We can't do this.

-[strains]
-We can't wipe out the disarrays.

We can't hold this much longer. [grunts]

[Nyx] No!

[grunts]

[exclaims]

Luxcraft? What are you doing?

[both grunt]

You betrayed the sprytes just like Nyx.

You betrayed my parents!
You got them k*lled!

Professor?

They were about to unleash
a terrible attack on the disarrays.

We couldn't let it happen.

We? What do you mean "we"?

You were working with Nyx?

He probably still is.

It's hardly that simple.

Isn't it?
You told us to leave the disarrays be

while they destroyed
everything we have created.

It all makes sense now.
You're on their side!

Don't you see? We're on the same side!

Wolfboy, you must understand!

You said Nyx was the problem,
but then you helped her.

And all this time you knew
what really happened to Xandra's parents

and you didn't tell me. Again!

I can't trust you.

Get him out of here, Athena.

What? No! Wait!

Wolfboy, don't listen to them!