02x05 - The Spell at the Waterfall

[bunniefuu]

[gentle ominous music]

Mr. Frohicky,
I have questions.

I'm just decorating
this Portal Gate.

Oh, you mean
the doll I left you?

It's to work out conflict!

If you have an issue with me,

talk to the doll
like it's the real me.

But it is not the real you.

I would just speak to
the real you if we had a conflict.

But your heightened emotions

could prevent
a productive conversation!

I do not experience
heightened emotions.

And please, do not block
the gate with those lights.

Well, you told me
this thing doesn't work

because the gate it's attached to
in Imperium is not assembled.

The Portal Gate appeared
from out of nowhere,

caused by mystical energies
we do not yet understand.

It could activate at any time.

Well, then, whoever arrives
will be impressed

with my fancy lighting!

-[Portal Gate zaps]
-[Mr. Frohicky yells]

[tense suspenseful music]

[all grunting]

Zane, we...

Why do you have a frog man doll?

It is a long and barely
comprehensible story.

Doesn't matter.
We need your help!

What seems to be the problem?

[tense ominous music]

-[claws clattering]
-Them!

[tense ominous music]

-[tense ominous music]
-[claws clattering]

[Spell whirring]

[Cole grunting]

[objects crashing]

[tense ominous music continues]

[door thuds]

[Cole sighs]

Way to shut the Portal down!

I did not do that.

Perplexing.

Almost as perplexing

as Lord Ras's Wolf Mask
fighters chasing you.

You know who they are?

[gentle ominous music]

[flies buzzing]

Wait, so this Lord Ras guy
took over Cloud Kingdom?

Well, I don't think
he's gonna stop chasing us

until he gets Bonzle here.

We need to find
a way to protect her.

I agree. But it would help us
to know how to protect her

if we knew why Ras
wanted her so badly.

Yeah, about that.

I guess Ras could be after
me because of my secret.

What secret?

That I'm not really a person.

I'm actually an extremely
powerful ancient spell

capable of banishing
ultimate evil,

but I've taken on the form
of a physical being.

[tense foreboding music]

[upbeat invigorating music]

♪ Lost in the unknown ♪

♪ So much to see ♪

♪ Together we will rise ♪

♪ We fight ♪

♪ Be a ninja for what's right ♪

[flame roaring]

[eerie dramatic music]

[metal clanking]

[Riyu roaring]

[Lloyd whirring]

[mechs clanging and banging]

[mechs clanging
and banging continues]

[Rontu whistles]

Nice move there, Sora.

Eh, it helps when you actually

built the mechs
you're fighting in.

[mech pieces clattering
and whirring]

Thanks for
the combat demonstration.

Our evaluation of your basic
battle skills is complete.

[Egalt grunts and snarls]

Basic is an understatement.

Rising Dragon Technique
is not just a set of skills

that rivals Shatterspin.

It is a guiding principle

and cannot be achieved until
one is a Third Fang Ninja.

Um, we've never heard
of a Third Fang Ninja.

Or even a First or Second Fang.

That's because we
are the only ones

who award fang rankings.

We're going to break
you up into groups

based on your Spinjitzu skills,

because the motion of Spinjitzu

is the foundation of
Rising Dragon Technique.

I'm the First Fang teacher.

Sora, Riyu, you're with me.

Once I teach you how to do
Spinjitzu, you'll go to Egalt,

who is the Second Fang teacher.

You others get over here.

I'm supposed to try and teach
you Rising Dragon Technique,

which is probably
a waste of my time.

Go get 'em, Arin!
Show them how it's done.

I know you'll be in our
group in no time, Sora.

You didn't put me
in any group, Rontu,

so I guess that means there's
like a 100th Fang level,

and I'm already there, right?

You're clearly very
talented, Wyldfyre,

but your injuries are too fresh.

You need to be patient and heal,

or you won't be able to ever
properly train again.

Here, give that leg a rest.

You're just leaving me out

because you already
have a fire ninja!

You think you're
a second fire ninja?

You realize there's only one
Master of an element at a time.

That's what Lloyd said,
but, hello?

Explain that.

Kai is the Elemental
Master of Fire.

You are the Elemental
Master of Heat.

Fire and heat go together,
but are separate things.

[fire crackling]

Ohh.

That explains a lot, actually.

Like, a lot a lot.

You didn't even know
your own element.

You have much to learn
even after your injury heals.

[Wyldfyre grunts]

So, you're not a person,
you're a magical spell?

Yep, who took physical form.

Wait, is that how you knew
the magic holding us

in the Land of the Lost Things was gone?

Yep. Spells, even ones
that look like flesh and bone,

or just bone,
can sense other spells.

Right before Ras came,
it just disappeared.

Why didn't you tell us
any of this before?

I... I was afraid of what you'd think
if you knew about my past.

It seems the lives of everyone
in the Merged Realms are now at risk.

You need to tell us the truth, Bonzle.

[eerie dramatic music]

What's all this?

I was afraid I'd have
to tell my story one day,

so I prepared
the best way to do it.

I've rehearsed
the heck out of this.

[Bonzle clearing throat]

My story starts with
the great Dragon Masters.

The legendary warriors came
to the most skillful Sorceress

in the magical
realm of Mysterium

because they needed
a spell of intense power.

They were about to confront

the most dangerous beings
to ever live,

the Forbidden Five,

elemental Masters
who turned to evil

and were planning
to conquer all the realms.

The Dragons were confident

they could defeat
the Five in battle,

but they feared no prison
would hold the villains.

So the Sorceress
worked day and night

to weave a spell that would
banish the defeated Five

to a place even more permanent

than the Realm of the Departed.

That spell was me.

[Forbidden Five yelling]

[dragons whirring]

After the battle was over,

the Forbidden Five
were banished,

and all the realms rejoiced.

But no one wondered about me.

Most spells disappear
after they're used,

the magic all spent.

But I was a very strong spell,

a very complicated spell.

I didn't disappear.

I even learned how to feel,
and what I felt wasn't good.

I traveled the realms
for centuries,

not sure
what I was looking for,

never losing this terrible,
unnamed feeling.

Until one day,

I met someone who pretty much
changed my life forever.

[gentle ethereal music]

Master Wu?

Remember,
spin-kick and through!

[dramatic upbeat music]

[Sora grunts]

Good! Next one!

[Sora grunts]

Yes! Go three for three!

[dramatic upbeat music]

No!
[Sora grunts]

Strong spin-kick game,
but you need more elevation.

Lower bend, faster spring.

Got it?

I'll get it.
Am I going again?

Nope. Riyu's turn.

Uh. You sure?

The... The hoop course
doesn't seem, uh,

perfectly suited
to Riyu's body type.

I'm sure.
Starting line, Riyu.

Time to elevate and dominate!

Remember,
spin-kick and through!

[dramatic upbeat music]

-Re-set. Going again!
-Oh, uh...

did no one tell you
that Riyu can't fly yet?

This exercise has nothing
to do with flying.

It's to teach your body
the rotational movements used

to launch a Spinjitzu tornado.

But he can't jump
through those hoops.

He's just a dragon.

Just a dragon?

The dragons were
the first species of creation!

No, I didn't...

Sorry, I just mean,
look at the hoops.

Those are way too high
for a dragon like him.

I've trained many
dragons on this course.

I even trained on a course
like it when I was his size.

Why? Dragons
can't do Spinjitzu.

Oh, really?

[Rontu stomping]

-[dramatic upbeat music]
-[Rontu whirring]

[both exclaiming]

[Sora and Riyu cheering]

I learned Spinjitzu from
Ekesian Coldfang the Wise,

who learned from the great
King Urd Leatherwing,

who had learned from the
First Spinjitzu Master himself.

And now, you will
learn it from me.

-[Riyu growling]
-Re-set! Going again!

Dragon Spinjitzu, so cool.

If anyone oughta be learning
from dragons, it should be me.

I'm basically half-dragon.

[Wyldfyre grumbles]

Shatterspin is
an obsession with strength.

Strength is important,

but only fools believe
strength is all-important.

Many things can be more
powerful than strength.

Intelligence.

Love.
Sometimes even kindness.

Another example...

[Egalt trilling]

[dramatic upbeat music]

...motion!

[Egalt trilling and thudding]

Motion, used correctly,

can be more powerful
than sheer strength!

Now, eliminate all motion.

Be as still as the mountains.

-[Egalt gently stomping]
-[gentle ethereal music]

How fast are you moving?

I am perfectly still, Master.

Wrong.

You feel like you're still,

but in reality,
you speed through space.

The land on which we stand revolves.

The entire world is in motion.

The universe is motion.

But that is all outside of you.

Except for the movement
of the universe itself,

are you motionless right now?

Yes, I am, Master.

[Egalt snorts]
Wrong again.

The body is always
moving, inside.

The lungs inflate.
The brain fires.

The muscles buzz with tension.

Our bodies are motion.

Motion outside. Motion inside.

There is no life without motion.

Even if the motion is unseen,

you must feel it inside you.

OK. But why?

Because, little fire man,

only once you connect
the motion of the universe

to the motion inside yourselves

can you achieve
the Rising Dragon Technique.

-[Egalt trills]
-[Kai yelps]

And that is your only
hope of saving the world

from the Forbidden
Five's Shatterspin.

Master Wu never mentioned
meeting a spell like you.

Our meeting probably
wasn't a big deal to him.

To me, it was everything.

[tense ominous music]

Who's there?

[tense ominous music]

[Bonzle]
I'm sorry, I'll go.

Oh.

Excuse my harshness,
little one.

You moved like a whisper.

An unchained Spell?
Hmm.

I've heard it was possible,
but never expected to see one.

[Bonzle] I never expected
to be one, but here I am.

I've been wandering
the realms for centuries,

but you're the first
person who could see me.

Amazing.

I'd image you have
many tales to tell.

[Bonzle] Less than
you might think.

We spent hours talking.

It was the first
time in my long life

that I'd connected
with another living thing.

He could even give a name
to the bad feeling I'd had.

It's called loneliness.

[Bonzle] And you've felt
this loneliness before?

Many times.

-Once very terribly.
-[Bonzle] What happened?

I have a brother
and we were very close,

going on adventures together,

making our way through
the Maze of the Sphinx

and facing
the Warriors of Felis.

We were united and bonded.

[Bonzle] Sounds amazing.

[grunts] It was.

But then my brother made
decisions that drove us apart.

Now we are no longer
on the same side.

[Bonzle]
I'm sorry to hear that.

For a long time afterward,
I felt so alone.

But now I have
students that I teach,

friends that have become
like a family to me.

[Bonzle] Friends can
become like family?

Definitely.

Finding people,

building friendships,

that cured my loneliness.

And I bet it would cure yours.

-[somber ethereal music]
-[water whooshing]

[Bonzle] Wu suggested
I change myself

into a physical form so
I could interact with others.

But I had a concern.

I'm one of the strongest
spells ever woven,

but to manifest a physical form

would use up
a lot of my strength.

There are more important
things than strength.

[Bonzle] I took
Master Wu's advice.

I chose a form
I felt would suit me,

someone who originally
felt empty inside.

Well, there you are,
little one. How do you feel?

I feel like,
for the first time ever,

I've become who
I was destined to be.

[gentle serene music]

[waterfall whooshing]

[Sora grunting]

[dramatic upbeat music]

[Sora yells]

I did it?
I did it!

Good job, Sora.

Riyu, you're up!

[Riyu snarls]

[Riyu pants and screeches]

Good effort. Go again, Riyu!

[in British accent]
Oh, excuse me.

Pardon the interruption,
good peoples!

It is I, a completely
uninjured Mucoid Warrior,

coming to partake in
the Dragon training I be seeing.

Uh, Wyldfyre,
what are you doing?

Wyldfyre?

Never heard that name...
oh, but she's a great fighter, I bet!

Wyldfyre, we know it's you.

Nope, no.

I'm a Mucoid. See my shell?

You've got the heart
of a winner, little champion.

But training before your body is ready

is worse than no training at all.

Stupid training
to save the stupid world.

Don't care about the world anyway.

It's filled with jerks.

[Riyu screeches]

[Sora] Riyu, you did it!

[happy laughter]
Yes!

[Wyldfyre sighs]

[Nya and Kai whirring]

[Egalt] Go!

[Lloyd and Arin whirring]

Rising Dragon Technique
isn't just about being in motion,

it's about being aware
of the motion around you,

moving around the flow of others.

[all whirring]

-[all whirring]
-[dramatic upbeat music]

[Kai and Nya whoops]

[Arin yells]

[all whirring]

Watch it.

Me watch it?

You almost messed up
the landing on my stunt, sis!

This is not about childish stunts.

It's about pushing
the awareness of yourselves

and your motion out into
the Spinjitzu tornado itself.

Uh, pushing the awareness?

I... I'm not sure what that means.

[Egalt grunts]

I knew this was a waste of time.

Back to start.

-[all whirring]
-[dramatic suspenseful music]

Adequate.

Continue.

[all whirring]

[Nya yells]

[Arin] Sorry, my bad.
Whoa!

[Arin grunts]

-[Lloyd grunts]
-[Arin grunts]

Everyone!
I'm sorry. I didn't...

It's OK, Arin.

Everyone makes mistakes.

Don't lie to him.
That was not okay.

Because you could achieve
a primitive form of Spinjitzu,

I thought you were ready
to train in Rising Dragon.

But your fundamentals
are too raw.

Maybe you need to go back...

No, wait, Master!

I can pull this together.
I know I can!

Do you not realize the fate
of the world is at stake here?

I... I do.

I won't mess up again.

You had better not.

The session is over.

Rest now, then do better.

Maybe you and I could do some...

[Arin's hand slaps]

I'm sorry, Lloyd.

I... I need to be alone for a minute.

[somber ethereal music]

So, taking Master Wu's advice,
I went searching.

And it was in the Land of Lost things

where I finally found
what I was looking for.

-My family.
-[video game beeping]

Cole, Geo,

you and the Finders filled
that lonely feeling inside me

with a warmth I'd never known.

I was afraid if you found out
I wasn't a real person,

you wouldn't want me to be
in our family anymore.

Bonzle, we don't care
where you came from.

You're part of our family.
Nothing's going to change that.

[clears throat] I am sorry
to interrupt this moment,

but I believe I now know
why Ras wants you.

You are the spell that locked
away the Forbidden Five.

Logic would therefore dictate...

That you're the spell
that could also free them.

Maybe it would have been better
if I'd just dissolved after all.

No, you are loved and needed.

We'll find a way to protect you.

You said you were created
in a place called Mysterium.

I have never heard of it.

It's a magical, wonderful place.

It was one of the 16 realms,

so it must in
the Merged Lands now.

-The Sorceress loved it there.
-Then that's it.

If anyone knows how to keep you
safe, it'll be your creator.

We have to find her.

A journey to a land
we have never heard of,

to find a person we do not know,

in the hopes she has a way
of stopping a villainous plan

we only partially understand?

Yeah, I know it's not
the best plan, but...

This reminds me of the old days.

Count me in.

That's what I'm talking about.

Time for a quest!

[eerie suspenseful music]

[vase crashes]

More force!

Strength is all that matters
in Shatterspin, Cinder.

[vase crashes]

Jordana, tell me you've
found the escaped Spell.

Tracking her is not easy.

Once they went through
the portal, I... Whoa.

[eerie dramatic music]

I await your instructions, Master.

[Master crackling]

[eerie dramatic music]

Lord Ras?

I have a new command.

Select five of the Cloud Monks.

They shall be a sacrifice
to the Blood Moon.

[sinister dramatic music]

[end theme music playing]