02x07 - We Search Above/We Search Below

[bunniefuu]

[purring]

I can't believe
we're going to meet an actual Ancient!

Hmm. We can't be far now.

There should be a bridge
around here somewhere.

I wonder what they'll look like.

The legends say
they have an air of grace about them…

and spikes.

[giggles]

That's not what Ancients are like.

According to our legends,

Ancients have teeth that can bite
right through mountains.

[squeals] Either way, let's keep going!

Wait. Where's Sprout?

Steady now.

You signed up for this adventure.

Just stay on the path, and you'll be fine.

-[Xandra] Sprout?
-[gasps]

-[Xandra] Are you okay?
-I'm coming!

As fast as I can. [groans]

-Sprout?
-[screams]

[groans]

Maybe I should have just stayed
back in the dorm.

I just don't like all this foggy fog.
It's too foggy!

How can I stay on the path
if I can't see it?

Hmm, maybe Sprout's right. Hold on.

[Seth] What's that?

It's a gust glider!

We can use it to fly up above this fog,
and then we can see where we're going!

[purrs]

Whoo-hoo! [chuckles]

-[Seth] Oh!
-[squeals]

Hmm. [screams]

Whoo-hoo!

-[purrs]
-Sprout, look! It's beautiful!

[screams]

[squeaks]

[Wolfboy chuckles]

[Floof purrs, babbles]

[Xandra] There's the bridge!

-The Ancient must live at the top!
-Looks pretty ancient-y to me!

Huh?

What?

Oh! Hello!

-W-W-Whoa!
-[screams]

-[screams, grunts]
-[grunts]

[both screaming]

[gasps, grunts]

-[Sprout screams]
-[Wolfboy grunts]

[thud]

[Xandra] Everybody okay?

[chuckles] Mmm.

I think the gust glider's out of action.

But look! There's the bridge.

Nice landing, Wolfboy.

Come on. Let's go! Next stop, the Ancient!

Wait! Look.

[grunts]

[Sprout] Are you okay?

Back! Back, ya bunch of ground-walkers!

♪ Do ♪

Sorry. We just wanted to help.

Shoo, shoo! I don't need your help!

[gasps] No.

[panting]

Look at this.

♪ Do! ♪

Look at what you've done!

♪ Do! ♪

Maybe we could help mend your glider?

Wolfy's a real whiz at fixing things.

Get away! You've done quite enough.

Look, we tried. Let's just keep going.

We can't just leave her.

♪ Do! Do! ♪

We're on kind of an important quest,
remember?

I know. Why don't you go on ahead,
and I'll stay here.

What? No.

I know it's scary, Sprout,
but if we stick together, I'm--

It's not that.
I just think someone should stay.

You don't need me
to find the Ancient anyway.

I'll only slow you down.

Are you sure?

Sure am! I'll be right here
when you come back down.

Thanks, Sprout.

Unbelievable.

Along comes some green gollumpus
who has no business being here.

No business whatsoever. [gasps]

[grunts]

[bird creatures, off-key]
♪ Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti ♪

[singing continues]

Uh, excuse me.

[singing continues]

Uh, hello. We just wanted to ask--

[singing continues]

[groans]

-Hey!
-[singing stops]

♪ La ♪

Uh, we were wondering if anyone might
know where we can find the Sky Ancient?

I'm the Sky Ancient!

♪ Fa ♪

Huh? You?

Oh… Really? Well, then I guess
I need to speak to you about--

♪ So! So! ♪

What are you talking to them for?
I am the Sky Ancient!

What? Um--

♪ Ti ♪ …I'm the Sky Ancient!

What is happening?

I'm the Sky… ♪ Re ♪ …Ancient!

♪ La ♪ …I'm the Sky Ancient.

No! No! It's me!

-[bird creatures singing]
-How are we supposed to know

-which one is the real Ancient?
-[scoffs] I bet none of them are.

-[groans]
-[singing continues]

[gasps]

[grumbles]

Hmm. You seem very stressed.

I wonder why.

♪ Do! ♪

I know!

How about a hot cup of bramble-twig tea?

Why don't you go off with your pals
and leave me alone?

Because you need help.

Ugh.

[slurps] Mmm.

See? There. Isn't that better?

Biscuit?

The pink ones are the best.

What did you say you were doing here?

I wanted to help you mend your glider.

And…

Well, they don't really need me.

Why do you say that?

This prophecy,
it's about Wolfy, not about me.

And Xandra's going to be
a legendary guardian spryte.

And Seth has really cool powers.

I don't know.

Lately, I've been thinking…

saving the world is for heroes like them.

I should stick to littler quests
like throwing tea parties.

Hey! We've, uh, run out of feathers.

Maybe we've fixed it.

No. There's still feathers missing.

Hmm. They must have blown away
in the wind.

Won't it work
if it's missing a few little ones?

♪ Do ♪

We need each little feather
to make a glider.

Each one is important.

Each one has a role to play.

Really?

Really.

♪ Do ♪

It's only when they come together
that we can soar.

Hmm.

Oh! I know!

They're not necessarily made for flying.
But maybe they can help.

[blue bird creature] There.

[gasps] It's beautiful.

I think it's about time
you got back to your quest.

Something tells me your friends need you.

[giggles]

Let's go.

[chuckles]

[bird creatures, off-key]
♪ Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti ♪

Please! Can't you just tell us
how to speak to the Ancient?

What's the use? They're not listening.

[groans] This is a disaster.

[singing stops]

W-What's going on?

Look. What is that?

Great. It's another one.

[Wolfboy] No, it's…

Sprout?

Sprout! What happened?

We fixed the glider.

Your friend tells me
you want to speak to the Sky Ancient?

♪ Do ♪

[groans] Not you as well.

If I were you,
I'd be thanking your leafy friend here.

Huh.

[plays note]

♪ Do ♪

-♪ Re ♪
-♪ Mi ♪

♪ Fa ♪

♪ So ♪

♪ La ♪

♪ Ti ♪

♪ Do ♪

[singing scale]
♪ Do, Re, Mi, Fa, So, La, Ti… ♪

[all] ♪ Do ♪

-Whoa.
-[gasps] Whoa.

They were all the Sky Ancient.

And yet,
we are nothing without each other.

Thank you, leafy one, for your help.

Now, how can I return your kindness?

Great Sky Ancient, we've come here
for guidance and for your wisdom.

I believe I'm destined to restore balance
to the world,

but I don't know how.

I was told, if I listen to you,
I may find out what I'm meant to do.

You have a noble goal
and a hard road ahead.

Take this.

-Wow.
-[Sprout, Xandra gasp]

[Xandra] Ancient spryte script.

What does it say?

"When darkness falls and fills the skies,

there's hope inside
a young outsider's mind."

This must be the first part
of the prophecy.

Thank you.

I wish you luck on your journey.

[Floof trills]

Sprout, you did it!

You're like one of the heroes
in Xandra's books.

Hmm. I am a hero.

Onward to the Mountain Zone.

[Floof trills]

[Wolfboy] "When darkness falls
and fills the skies…"

Luxcraft was always talking
about darkness.

So, the darkness must mean Nyx.
Or maybe the disarrays.

[groans]

Hmm. Well, what about
this "young outsider's mind"?

That's got to be you, Wolfboy.
You're from outside the factory.

So, then what's
the "hope inside" your mind?

I don't know yet, but that was only
the first piece of the prophecy.

Once we hear more,
I'm sure it'll all make sense.

[babbles]

Oh, can I help?

Of course.

If you fold one,
I can summon the wisps for you.

[gasps] Whoa.

[purrs]

[sighs]

-Whoa, Seth! Seth, stop!
-[grunting]

-[groans]
-Whoa!

[straining, grunts]

[pants]

What are you doing?

I was trying to summon
some creation wisps.

But you're a disarray.

I know. I-- I… [groans]

I just wish I wasn't. [sighs]

[purrs]

[Xandra] The chomper had Elda cornered.

Elda let out a piercing call,
and the guardians came to back her up

against the swarm of dastardly disarrays.

Xandra.

What?

I'm not talking about Seth.

I mean the other disarrays.

Okay, sorry.

-It was monsters.
-[screams]

[both chuckling]

Are you okay, Seth?

Yeah. It's just…

I'll never really be a spryte, will I?

What's wrong with being a disarray?

I don't wanna be the monster
in the story anymore.

We don't know what the Mountain Ancient
looks like, so be ready for anything.

Don't worry, Wolfy.
I found the Sky Ancient, remember?

I've got a keen eye
for this sort of thing.

[chittering]

Mountain Ancient, is that you?

Sprout, leave the critter alone.

No, wait! There he is.
I'd recognize him anywhere.

Come back here,
you silly old Mountain Ancient, you.

Huh?

You're looking for the Ancient?

Oh! So, you're the Ancient?

Of course, just as I suspected.

[bleats] I'm not the Ancient.

The Ancient resides
in the deepest depths of that mountain.

But I wouldn't go in there if I were you.

Why not?

I came face-to-face with the Ancient
when I was just a youngling.

[faun] First we heard its terrible roar.

[Mountain Ancient roars]

[faun] Then we saw it,
huge and jagged, lurking in the darkness.

-[growls]
-[screaming]

[faun]
I'll never forget those horrible red eyes.

-[screaming]
-[groans]

We barely made it out to tell the tale.

Trust me, you don't want to come
face-to-face with that monster!

[whimpering]

Monster? [whimpers]

Look, this prophecy is about me,
so maybe you should just stay here and--

No, I want to help.

Yeah, you're not getting all the glory.

I'm a hero too, remember?

[Floof babbles]

It's settled then.

Watch out, monster. Here we come.

Look. There it is.

[screams] Is that the monster?

That's a shadow.

Oh. [chuckles]

[screams] And that?

Another shadow.

[Mountain Ancient roars]

[screams, whimpers]
That wasn't a shadow. [whimpers]

Please, don't eat us, monster.

Nobody's eating anyone.
Not while I'm around.

[gasp]

[Wolfboy] A bridge.

[Mountain Ancient roars]

-[Sprout yelps]
-[Wolfboy, Xandra grunt]

-Well…
-[Floof trills]

[Sprout whimpers]

Looks like we'll have to create
a new bridge.

[sighs] How are we gonna do that?

Don't worry, Seth. We got this.

Oh, o-okay.

Ready, guys?

Come on!

[sighs]

-[Mountain Ancient roars]
-[grunts]

[gasps]

It feels like this mountain
really doesn't like us being here.

Hmm. This seems like a job for Seth.

Uh, yeah! Oh, uh, I know.

[rocks clatter]

I could create a ladder from these rocks
and go over the top. Right?

Well, I was actually thinking
we could use destruction wisps.

Yeah, o-okay.

But hey, we could try a ladder.

[grunts] Come on.

-She's not gonna be able to--
-Maybe she will. Let her try.

Come on, come on.

-Seth--
-Let me try!

[grunts] N-No, not you!

-Seth!
-No! I don't want to be a disarray!

[screams]

Wow!

[screams]

-[Floof babbles]
-[all] Seth!

Oh! [screams]

[grunts]

[grunts]

-[groans]
-[Mountain Ancient growls]

[stammering] Hello?

I-Is somebody there?

[growls]

[gasps]

-[groans]
-Stay away, please. Stay away.

Oh! You shouldn't have come.

I tried to stop you.

I tried to keep you safe,
but no, you had to come.

Safe? Safe from what?

From me!

A-Are you the Mountain Ancient?

My friends and I
have been looking for you.

You're not scared of me?

Why would I be scared of you?

Because I'm a-- I'm a monster!

Oh, you don't seem like a monster to me.
Who says you're a monster?

Everyone who comes into my mountain.

-Monster! Monster!
-[screaming]

[Mountain Ancient] But over time,
the beings of this land came to fear me,

terrified of the monster in the mountain.

So, I decided to hide away in the dark,
where I belong.

I don't know what the others saw,
but that's not what I see.

I'm not scared of you,
and I'm not running away.

Just because someone said you were
a monster doesn't mean you are one.

[growls]

-We're coming, Seth!
-[Sprout, Floof screaming]

Stay away from her, monster!

Yeah, monster!

No! Wait, wait! It's not a monster.

-What do you mean?
-Just look.

Here, give me your hand.

Trust me.

-[gasps]
-Huh?

[blows]

[growls]

Twigs and leaves.

-Wow.
-Whoa.

You're no monster.

They've just been calling you one
for so long,

you've started to believe them.

I think it's about time
we both stop hiding.

Are you the Mountain Ancient?

Yes. Yes, I am.

I am the Mountain Ancient.

Great Mountain Ancient,
we've come to seek your wisdom.

By all means.

Wow.

Will you tell us what it means?

Yes!

Who sees what others cannot see?

Not what is or was,

but what could be.

Thank you.

I think it's time I show my face
around the mountains again.

-[Sprout] See ya!
-[Wolfboy, Xandra] Bye!

[sighs]

Right. Next stop is Water Zone.

Hey… [chuckles] …we're halfway through!

Hey, Seth, don't forget your mask.

Oh, that's okay. I don't need it anymore.

-[wind whistling]
-[rustling]