(pants) I can't control it.
GGGhostly Girl
You will, Cassandra. In time.
I thought by taking the MoonStone, my destiny would become clear. But... what if I don't even have a destiny?
GGGhostly Girl
Of course you do. It is to destroy Rapunzel.
Destroy Rapunzel? (see red rocks smashing) But... I-I couldn't-- What's happening? (asks her mentor)
GGGhost Girl
You're connected the rocks. They respond to your feelings. Even fear. (suspense music playing)
What does it mean, Demanitus? What does it mean? (translating the scroll then he turns around when he hears his dad)
Varian! (Varian opens the door and sees that his dad is encased by inside the amber)
Dad! No! No, not again! (runs to his dad to help free him)
Serves you right, traitor. (tells Varian)
MMan
There's the betrayer. (angry mob chatter) (Varian sees the angry townspeople)
This is what you deserve!
Varian! (wants his son to help him)
No! What? Uh... (wakes up from his nightmare) (table rattling) (sighs) (runs outside while Ruddiger is on his neck)
Morning, son. (Varian sees his dad pushing a wheelbarrow of apples) (Ruddiger squeaks when he sees red rocks)
What is it, buddy? (asks his pet) (Ruddiger chittering then he climbs off Varian and runs down the steps) (Ruddiger sniffs, chitters then backs away scared) (Varian walks down the steps and sees the red rocks) Well... this is new. (Ruddiger chitters when he goes behind Varian)
Last stop on our tour, the north balcony. Technically, the last stop is the royal kitchen, but I lost kitchen privileges after the last month's incident. Word to the wise, a meatball catapult may sound like a brillant idea in theory, but in practice... Well, it's a long story. Let's not talk about it, let's just move on. (red rocks rumbling) (people murmuring) (ground cracking) (red rocks rumbling) (old man screaming) Okay, biceps, let's do this! (tries to hold on to an old man that fell from the balcony) (yells) (Rapunzel sees and runs to save Lance, Pascal and an old man from falling) (Lance screaming) (Rapunzel unties her hair then she wraps her hair to the lampost and grunts to save Lance, Pascal and an old man) (Lance, Pascal and an old man fell into a pile of hay) Oh. Whoa! (laugh) (Pascal squeaks)
I call that move, "the slingshot."
Give it up for Princess Rapunzel! (tells the people) (Lance, Pascal and townspeople are cheering for Rapunzel)
Ah, just doing my part. (chuckles) (Eugene runs to Rapunzel and asks)
We're fine, but we have some new additions. (she and Eugene see the red rocks) (walks to the red rocks and puts her hand on it) Cassandra?
Ruddiger! R-Ruddiger! (groans) (sighs) W--Ruddiger, where are you? (a raccoon chittering and Varian runs) (upbeat music playing) Hey! Buddy, where you headed? (chases a raccoon when Varian sees it leaps on roof while he is running on the stairs) (a raccoon chirp) (Varian jumps off the stairs) (sigh, grunts) (bumps into a wall) (runs to Feldspar and a woman that is holding an infant to greet them) Oh! Sorry. Hi.
Don't you have a kingdom to overthrow or something? (asks Varian but he ignores him)
(chuckling) Yeah... Uh, you haven't seen a raccoon around, have you? (asks Feldspar and a lady)
LLady
Humph! (infant crying)
Okay. Uh... N-Never mind. (chuckles) (walks away from Feldspar and a lady holding an infant) (raccoon chirping) (thud) (sees a raccoon and runs after it) Ruddiger! Hey, hey, hey, come back here! Ruddig-- (sees a different raccoon) (raccoon meowing and licking fur) (raccoon screech and it runs away but Ruddiger is shown from behind) (Varian turns around and he is glad to see Ruddiger then runs to him) (gasp) Hey! Buddy, I was looking for you! Wha-- What are you-- Hello? (tries to snap his pet out of it) W-what's wrong? (picks up his pet) Hey. (red rocks crash) (people screaming)
Now, theoretically, if we sever this chain of rocks, using one of my alchemical solutions, then we can cut off the red rocks' fear power.
Oh, we can so cut off their power. (turns around to see Pascal on her shoulder then Pascal squeaks)
You just need a cavern that runs deep enough.
Deep cavern... (gasp) I know just the place! (she, Varian and Eugene hear a handmaiden screaming when running away from a moth-winged Old Lady Crowley)
MWMoth-winged Old Lady Crowley
Hey! You didn't change the linens!
MMaid
No, no, no, no! (Rapunzel, Varian and Eugene run to her then they see her frozen)
(gasp) Oh, no! (touches the frozen maid) It's getting worse. We can't let this happen to anybody else. Your plan starts now.
It's up to you two to keep the people's spirits up. Remember, you can't let fear take hold of anyone for too long, or...
Don't worry, sunshine, we'll think of something.
Yeah, with us two putting our heads together-- (scream) (Clown-spider laughing) Get away from me, Clown-spider! (he is screaming and running away) (Eugene catches the frozen Ruddiger after Lance tossed Varian's frozen pet into the air)
Or I'll be thinking of something at the very least.
No problem. We got this. No problem, we got this. (chuckle) (Pascal sees a scared Varian) (Pascal squeaks when he sees an insect) (Rapunzel and Varian go to the other side of the wood) (Rapunzel and Varian stop walking for a second)
You okay, Varian? (asks him) Because you've said, "No problem, we've got this," 23 times now. Look, I'm actually keeping track. Heh. (she shows Varian a drawing of him and the twenty-three tally marks on the next page of her journal)
(chuckling) That's... I'm fine, really. Uh, you know, just trying not to set off 3000 traps down here! (tells Raps) (he and Raps continue to walk) (Pascal sees an insect flying to a lever then Pascal's tongue activates it) (lever rattling and Pascal eats the insect)
Relax. We've been through these tunnels too many times for that to-- (sees Pascal eating the insect and the lever is activated) (traps creaking, hiss) (Varian, Rapunzel and Pascal see the traps underneath them open) Look out! (tells Varian) (she is holding on but Varian's book and amber solutions fell out of his bag)
Whoa! My supplies! (explosion) (tries to hold on) Oh! (struggling) (about to fall into the hole but Rapunzel unties her hair to save him) (Varian is screaming then he grabs on to Rapunzel's hair) (Rapunzel grunting when she pulls Varian up) Ooh! Oh, thank you.
Oh, are you okay? (asks Varian after she pulled him up) (Varian takes his bag off his back)
I'm fine. (holds his bag to see his items that remain inside) Oh, but we've only got one vial of my solution left. (takes his solution out his bag then he puts his bag on his back)
Well, then I guess, we'll just have to make it count. (tells Varian before he walks away) (Pascal squeaking and he sees another insect) (clears throat) (scolds Pascal)
Lance, I've got it! We are going to throw a talent show!
You wanna do a talent show? Now? (asks Eugene)
Yes! Now is the perfect time for a talent show! Think about it. The production will be so entertaining, the people won't even remember to be scared.
BBoy
Ah! Get away! No! (bumps into Eugene) (the boy runs away scared when Eugene sees him) (Eugene turns around and sees Nigel running away from his fear)
Dragons! Dragons! (stops running) There are dragons everywhere! (he becomes frozen) (suspense music playing)
And... our show's gotta start now.
Not much further. We're almost there, Varian. Have that solution of yours ready. (she continues walking but Varian stops walking then she turns around to walk back to him when she and Pascal see that Varian is scared) Varian, whatever the red rocks are showing you, they're just visions. They're not real. (tells Varian)
But they are. Do you know what this is? (shows Rapunzel his amber solution that he is holding)
It's what gonna help us sever the red rocks' fear power. (tells Varian)
Yes, but it's also the same compound that encased my father. You know, the red rocks make everybody else see hallucinations, but what I see is something that really happened. (sees his reflection via his amber solution) This stuff ruined my life. (Pascal squeaks) Because of this, I did-- I did terrible-- (turns away from Rapunzel) (Varian accidentally drops his amber solution then he, Rapunzel and Pascal see it is going to the floor) (Pascal screech, whip) (Varian sigh)
Great snag, buddy! (tells Pascal) (Varian takes his amber solution from Pascal) (Pascal sighs and phews)
If that had smashed, then Corona would've been done for, and everyone would hate me even more than they do now. Not that I blame them. (sighs)
Varian, you can't be so hard on yourself. (puts her hand on him when she is comforting him)
That's easy for you to say. You're the embodiment of the Sun Drop. You know, the wondrous, magical Sun Drop. (tells Rapunzel)
Ah! You hear that, Pascal? He called me wondrous and magical. (loves Varian's compliment) (chuckle) (Pascal squeaks)
No, what I'm saying is for ordinary people, like me, fear is just a little bit more debilitatiing. (Pascal squeaks) (Rapunzel holds his hand to comfort him)
Varian... There is nothing ordinary about you. (he sees that Rapunzel is holding his hand) (Varian is cheered up then he and Rapunzel walk alongside each other when holding hands)
Welcome, one and all, to Corona's first talent show! Now, let's turn up the talent! (audience murmuring) (Vladimir holds a ceramic unicorn)
And now, we're gonna add some happy little eyeballs. (holds a paintbrush) There. (chuckle) This fella's got blue eyes.
Unicorns! (runs away screaming)
In my job, I fold a lot of laundry, so when I play cards, the last thing I'm gonna do... is fold! Laugh! (gasping, murmuring) (Eugene is worried) (curtain squeaking) (Catalina is the third act while Kiera announces)
Gather close, one and all, for the truly astounding feats the likes of which you have never seen before. Standing beside me today is a young woman, my sister. You know her as Catalina, but I know her as the eighth wonder of the world! A girl who possesses a singular talent that is, I guarantee, the most stupendous, the most eye-popping...
Oh, no. (worried about Catalina turning into a werewolf)
The most fantastical spectacle ever to be witnessed! Feast your eyes upon the beast! (Catalina growling) (people gasping) (Catalina's outfit ripping) (Catalina growling) (Catalina howl) (people gasping and screaming then they are running away)
But I didn't even get to my soft shoe routine!
No, no, no! You're singing all wrong. Stand with your feet hip width apart, knees relaxed, so not raise your chin, it puts tension on your voice, and please breathe through your diaphragm. (red rocks crash) (people gasping) (Eugene gasps) (Monty and a lady gasping)
MMan
We're doomed, dommed! There's nowhere to hide! (gasps) (Eugene sees him running to the red rocks and touches them then he becomes frozen)
Attila! Ah, not like that! Like this! (Eugene turns around) Figaro, figaro You have to dig Through the belly! In through the nose. Figaro me Figaro you, figaro me Figaro her, figaro dog, figaro cat (Eugene walks to Lance and tells the latter that he is the final act)
Lance. (pushes Attila away)
I just figured out who's up next. You. You are gonna calm the people of Corona down by singing!
Rapunzel, we really gotta hurry. (chuckle) How much farther is it?
Uh, we're here. You wanted a big underground cavern? I give you... the Demanitus Chamber.
Whoa. It-- it's amazing. (surprised to see the Demanitus Device)
You should have seen it before all these red rocks. (tells Varian)
Y-you actually s-seen this before? (asks Rapunzel)
You could say that. (Pascal squeaking) (she pets Pascal)
Man, I would've loved to have met Demanitus! (chuckle)
I did. Nice guy. He was a monkey. (tells Varian) Uh, long story. (Varian turns towards Rapunzel)
Oh! Okay, there's the base. Encasing it in amber should stop the fear-- (jumps off the stairs and runs to the base of the device when he points to it) (rumbling) (Varian yelping)
Okay, less explaining, more pouring. (pushes Varian) (unties her hair to put around Varian's waist when he walks to the red rock but he is scared) (rumbling)
Varian! Please help me! (Varian hears and sees his dad calling him) (Varian is scared and he sadly sees his solution but pours his solution on a red rock then runs back to Rapunzel) (Rapunzel shields her and Varian) (Pascal squeak) (rumbling continues) (Rapunzel stops protecting her and Varian)
What? Gah, I don't understand! This solution should encase the red rock... Oh, of course! Oh, so dumb, Varian! Whatever turned these rocks red must've also changed their internal chemistry.
So, that solution only works on black rocks?
Yes. Well, what's left of it. (tapping his beaker) But, I... I don't even see any black rocks. (tries to find black rocks)
I do. (puts one of her hand on Varian's shoulder when she points to a black rock at the top) (Varian walks closer to the edge to see a black rock) (suspense music playing)
Okay, this just got a lot harder.
CSClown spider
Lance! Time to sing in public, Lance!
(yelps) (backs away from his fear)
CSClown spider
Oh, yes! Yes!
CSClown spider
Time to sing in front of all these people. (opens the curtains to push Lance on stage but he is scared) They're waiting on you, Lance!
Come on, buddy. You've got this! I believe in you! (tells Lance) (Lance closes the curtains to tell his fear that he is brave) (Clown spider gasps)
You know what? I'm bigger than you. I'm bigger than you. (Clown spider whimpering) I'm bigger than my fear. Hm! (walks away to perform on stage) (Eugene clicks the switch of the spotlight to turn it on)