01x11 - Supernaturals of New York Part A

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Where did they go?

You were making rose petals?

I was camouflaging your tracks.

It was the first thing
I thought of.

Such a romantic.

You know me so well.

Looks like you
and mom left in a hurry.

She gave me like thirty seconds.

I barely grabbed my sketch pad
on the way out.

We're really lucky the place
hasn't been rented out yet.

You're kidding, right?

We're lucky we're alive.
This was an amazing idea!

I'm worried about the Four, though.

What they saw
through the door...

Our quickly receding asses
is what they saw!

Jae, I know you weren't
planning to come with us.

This place is too small for me.

- It's making me sick.
- No, I'm feeling it too.

Dizzy...
Ow! What the hell?

It's the walls.

I can feel it...

The paint is laced with silver.

I thought silver
was expensive here.

My mom, uhh,
mom had the place painted.

She was really trying
hard to protect you.

What do you mean?

Silver isn't just a w*apon.

It's one of the best ways
to contain magical energy.

They use it in the prisons.

This is what it feels
like to be in prison?

It never bothered me before.

Well, you have your powers now.

But it must've really sucked
for your mom.

I gotta get out.

What? No.

I feel like my guts are trying
to crawl out of my eye holes!

We have to leave!

We don't have
anywhere else to go!

There are hotels!

That cost money we don't have!
And by the way Jae is purple!

And now the silver paint

is the only thing shielding
the magic from your marks.

The magic the Four
are going to be looking for!

So it's protecting us,
but k*lling us?

I might be able to buffer it,

but I need something
to work with.

Something living.

- Here!
- Wait...

What kind of evil abomination...

It's plastic.

Now we're talking.

I can cover the walls
with this mold.

- Ew!
- No!

There must be something alive

in this city
that you find “acceptable”.

Jae! Purple!

Jessa's right!
We have to do something!

I'll go to the bodega.
They have canned vegetables.

Like I was saying,
someone has to go

who understands
what “alive” means.

Fine, here.

That'll shade your face.

And my mom's jeans
should fit you.

Mom jeans sound comfortable.

This is pathetic.

But I guess
I can put something together.

Why? You can't go.

Well I can't stay here!

Did you not hear Jae?
Oh god I'm gonna throw up!

The Four will be hunting

for the magic
from our Dragon-marks!

We can't go outside together!

Then you'll have to stay here!

And leave you unsupervised
out there?

You don't know anything
about the Human world!

I have twice as much power
as you!

Imagine how this feels for me!

My baby-sitting money.

This is such a bad idea.

You are now Mischa Jackson.

Go straight to the bodega
on the corner.

Don't say anything to anyone.

Just buy Jae an alive thing
and come right back.

Yes ma'am.

Do these work for me?

What a relief to get out.
What do you think of it so far?

So beautiful.

Yeah, we should all look
so good when we're dying.

And what's Mischa
so worried about?

How hard
could the human realm be?

Find anything?

There's nothing in here
about North and South,

or what it means.

There is some history

of the last battle
with the Dragon King.

Bedtime stories.

This is a little different.

It's about how
they couldn't defeat him.

It says he was so powerful that

they couldn't find a way
to k*ll him.

So they imprisoned him

in the Divide
between life and death...

...and started locking up
the Dragon-marked

to prevent them
from freeing him.

Funny how short-term solutions
just become the way things are.

I believed the bedtime stories.
I thought it was necessary.

But you went along
with hiding the girls.

But we didn't save them.

Mischa can handle herself
in the Human world.

She'll look out for them.

Cake that lasts forever.
Human magic!

Hey, Marsha, you're back!

What? Oh, yeah. Mischa.

Mischa?
When did you get back?

Oh, like, just now.
How are things at... school?

I mean, it's school.

Right. Bye!

Wait. You're not Mischa.

Yeah I am.

She looks like Mischa to me.

You look like her
but you are not her.

I have an idea.
Why don't you shut up.

See?
Mischa would never say that.

And she doesn't like junk food.

I'm filming this.

Is this Invasion
of the Body Snatchers?

What have you done with Mischa!

Put that down!

Why don't we just go.

You're an alien!

Is this the alien invasion?
Is Area real?

Shut up.

Alien werewolves.

Grab her.

You exposed yourself
on a street!

Are you insane?

Seriously?
You think she's the problem?

Please tell me
you didn't eat Mischa.

I'm her sister!

What? Really!

Does she have brothers too?
Like... Bigfoot?

...and then
her face was like "grr"

'and she snarled like "roar."

Hali, just...

And all this time

you had a twin sister
and didn't even...

Oh my god, that thing

is growing up the wall!

Oh, oh thank god...

I could kiss you...

Not interested but thanks.

He's a plant magician?

I'm Faerie.
And I use they/them.

Oh, sure. That's cool.

No problem.

They're an actual Faerie!

Yes, they are.

I missed you so much.

I missed you.

I could tell
when you were texting

you were being all vague,
but I didn't know

it was because
you moved to Magictown!

Do you have Wolf ears too?

You may not be surprised
to learn

that Hali is a big fan
of sci-fi and fantasy.

All my life,

some part of me was always
secretly hoping

it was real, you know?

We've gotta talk.

No sh*t.

I'm serious.

This could be
really dangerous for you.

We're on the run...

This isn't getting us anywhere.

We can use the blood-fire spell.

We have dispensation.

But will she cr*ck
before she goes insane?

I'am not tell you anything!

What was that?

I'll never tell you
where my friends are.

Perhaps the blood-fire spell
is indicated.

What are you doing
in the Council Chamber?

Conducting an interrogation
of a criminal.

She's a child.

A criminal child.

Why are you chasing kids

when Kristov is the one who
wants to raise the Dragon King?

Kristov is not a thr*at
without the North and South.

Mischa and Jessa have names!

And they have no intentio

of helping anyone
raise the Dragon King!

It's not a matter of intention.

It's their destiny.

In the end the Twins' curse
will take over

and they'll destroy everything.

So they must be imprisoned.

And only your ignorance
of that curse

is saving you
from the same fate.

Now if you'll excuse us...

You can't interrogate her

without an adult guardian
present.

You're an adult.

But not her guardian.

Her father's dead
and her mother's in a coma.

Technically, she's correct.

Very well. Have it your way.

Now, take her and leave.

Before we change our mind.

You should be ashamed
of yourselves.

So, they're cops?

Kind of official bounty hunters.

They work for the supernatural
government, I guess.

What's it gonna take
to get them to stop?

I don't know. What if we can't?

You have any sauce for that?

I don't know.

What the hell is that?

...I mean, yeah,

I guess it's cool being
a Butterfly Shifter

if you want to, like,
hang out in a tree,

and at least
it's a way she can be pretty...

...but maybe she can try
some glamour

now that we all have
our power back.

I mean, who would've guessed
that Headmaster Kristov

was an embezzler and a traitor?

Oh, hey. We were just going.
Catch you later, Zad.

Sorry she's being such a jerk.

What's up?

Since you've got
the inside line now,

thought you might know
why the Council

is allowing the Four
to use their chambers.

Not much they can do about it.

Everybody's scared of them,
especially my mom.

They have so much power.

They better use it fast,

because the whole Dragon King
thing has definitely started.

What do you mean?

Somebody's breaking the
Dragon-marked

out of other Cloisters.

Do they think it's my dad?

Um, not everybody,

I mean, it's obvious that Jessa

and her clone
are the real traitors.

Do you think it's your dad.

Even if it isn't,

even if everything
he did is justified,

and the world is screwed up

and raising the Dragon King
is the answer...

he still left me here.

...and the weirdest part is

that mean girls are still mean

even when they can
literally do magic

and have anything they want!

It's like, are we just
genetically programmed

to put each other down or...

What are you doing?

Trying to help Jae blend in.

Jae's purple!

You can't just change
someone's skin color.

It doesn't work that way.

You're right. I'm sorry.

I understand.
Your skin is beautiful.

What did you say this stuff is?

- Vegan shwarma!
- Huh.

How about this.

You look like you
just came from a Pride Parade.

It works.

Here...

Perfect.

Isn't there some kind
of big park here?

Yeah, it's pretty big.

Will you take me?

Now?

Make good choices.

Needs meat.

You do that?

My Wolf came out
while I was asleep.

I didn't know
what was happening.

We had to run the next day.

Perfect match.

But we are not the same.

I could never live
in this city of cages.

I don't know
where home is anymore.

Stratford.

I don't know.

I do miss Max.

I miss Brax, I guess. I mean,
I miss the whole Pack, but...

It won't work. There's
no cell reception there.

I know a guy who knows a guy.

[ Mischa ] Dante, You there?

[ D ] You're alive!!
[ M ] I need a favor.

[ D ] Raise the dragon king?
[ M ] Yes

[ M ] hahaha. jk! Way easier!

Ugh. Disgusting. You want it?

I feel like
I'm just waiting for them

to come through the door.

The Four. For all we know
they have Jae...

Stop.

Me too.

That's good.

I bitched at mom for years

about losing
our security deposits.

She'd have
every apartment painted

before we moved in,
even when we were broke.

Now I know
she couldn't tell me why.

Dante?

Mischa! It's me! Max!

Max! It's Max! Are you okay?

What's happening there?
Is Terra Ok.

Listen we can't talk long,
it's almost curfew

and we wanna know how you are...

We? Is Brax there? Brax?

I'm putting it on speaker!

Max we're okay but we're...

I'm scared
this is never gonna stop.

I'm scared
I'm never gonna see you again.

- Brax?
- Yeah?

Are you still an idiot?

Yeah.

Are you kidding me?

This is traceable, you idiots!

Do you want the Four
to find them?

No, of course not.

Get back to the dorms!

Hali wants to know if it's Ok
for her to stay the night.

My mom says it's Ok.

It's Ok.

See you tomorrow. Love you.

We had such a good time.
Jae loved the park.

Tell them how much you loved it.

Maybe later.

Hey, they're home safe, right?

Everything's gonna be Ok.

I'm quite sure this is
either Boston or New York.

The rosettes on the doorknob,
we've seen those before,

maybe Atlantic City?

I believe
it was the Waldorf Astoria.

Nineteen-thirty-one.

We'll split up.

One of us is bound to get close
enough to sense their magic.

♪ Through you, my longing is eased

♪ Through you,
I touch the Realm again

♪ Let us come back to life together...

I figured we could get
some breakfast burritos,

if Carlos has enough.

That'll leave us some cash for...

Was that tree blooming last night?

Oh no.

Wait. Do trees bloom in Autumn?

It must have been Jae.
This is bad.

The Four could sense this magic
like a homing beacon!

More like an air raid siren.

You came out here
when we were asleep?

You didn't think maybe
you should wake us up

and ask us if this was
a terrible idea?

I couldn't resist, all right?

Ever since I went
to the Faerie Realm

I've had this, like,

Is “addiction”
the word you're looking for?

All I did
was sing to it a little!

I really want your playlist.

You reversed like a billion
years of tree evolution!

There is a positive side
to this, y'know!

It's Faerie magic,

not the kind the Four
are looking for.

It's like the sprouts
in the apartment,

it'll cover up the energy
from your Dragon Marks

all over the neighborhood.

You sang
to the whole neighborhood?

That means
we can hang out together,

at least on this block.

What's for breakfast?
I'm starving.

You know you have to cook that, right?

What is that smell?

The hot dog cart?

Come on!

Don't expect me to buy you
any more magazines.

I saw the cover...
I don't no.

Just don't sing to it.
It might turn back into a tree.

So I go into the dining hall

and there's these harpies
at our table, and...

what are you doing?

Somebody's
been spreading a rumor

that Mischa and Jessa

are the ones
freeing the Dragon-marked,

when it's obviously Kristov,

but nobody's even going
after him!

You're going to go catch him
yourself?

Yes. I am.

The world isn't going
to save itself.

And if the Four get their way,

we'll never see
Jessa and Mischa again.

So not entirely
about saving the world.

I'm in. What's the plan?

Find a Cloister
Kristov hasn't busted into yet,

and catch him in the act.

Bunica has been working on mom
to send us home to Bucharest.

And a trip
to see the grandparents

gets us out of lockdown.

And a ticket into the Hub.

Since he's not Headmaster anymore,

I guess it's Ok to kick his ass?

...I mean, at that point,

neither one of us knew
that Mischa

was having actual visions,

so I started writing this story
to go with it.

It started off being
this like reverse-damsel thing,

with the princess saving the knight,
but then I thought,

why am I telling this from
the oppressor's point of view?

So I made it
all about the Dragon,

who's really nice but not,

you know,
accepted for who they are.

Jessa's a Dragon shifter too.

You are?

I've been obsessed with Dragons

ever since
I read this graphic novel

when I was like seven
about this Dragon that woke up

after a thousand years
and this other Dragon

had to fight it
to save the world.

A thousand years?
That was in the story?

There are Supernaturals
who live in the human world.

Didn't know they were
writing graphic novels.

Now that thing is human magic.

Here.

Is that a compass?

Does that mean something?

It means I wish I had
a credit card

so we could order that comic.

Someone's coming.

Oh my god!

We can run.

They're too close.
We'll shift on three...

No. They're Faeries.

How come they're not purple?

Faeries come
in different shades.

What do you think
you're about, child?

Using unauthorized Faerie magic
in New York.

You've endangered every Faerie
in the city!

I didn't mean to...

Save your excuses.
It's too late for that.