[CLOCK CHIMES]
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[CHILDREN'S VOICES ECHOES]
[GEARS TICK]
[ECHOES OF CHILDREN PLAYING]
[CREATURE SNARLS]
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[HISSING]
...AND THIS IS THE PREFECT'S HOUSE.
IT WAS AT THE FOOT OF MT. VESUVIUS
WHEN IT ERUPTED.
THIS IS SO COOL.
YOU'LL SCORE THE JUNIOR SCIENTIST BADGE
FOR SURE.
MIGHT EVEN WIN THE WHOLE FAIR.
IT WAS ALICE'S IDEA.
SHE WROTE A REPORT ON POMPEII LAST YEAR.
I CAN'T WAIT TO SHOW HER.
SHE'S COMING HOME TODAY,
FROM BOARDING SCHOOL.
BOY, I HOPE SHE DIDN'T TURN WEIRD.
ALLEN ACKERLY'S SISTER GOT TOTALLY WEIRD
WHEN SHE WENT TO BOARDING SCHOOL.
NOT ALICE.
WE'RE HOME!
THAT'S HER! COME ON.
ALICE!
OH, IT'S SO COOL YOU'RE HOME!
HEY, WAIT TILL YOU SEE MY VOLCANO!
IT'S AN EXACT REPLICA OF POMPEII
RIGHT DOWN TO THE TOGAS AND AQUEDUCTS.
TAKE A BREATH, PETE!
WE HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO CATCH UP.
[CAT MEOWS]
HEY, YOU GOT A CAT?
YEAH, SHE FOLLOWED ME AROUND SCHOOL.
DAD SAID I COULD KEEP HER.
IT'S OKAY, BABA-YAGA...
THAT'S ITS NAME?
WEIRD.
HONEY, YOU'RE HERE!
OH, I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
YOU LOOK SO GROWN UP!
ARE YOU WEARING MAKE-UP?
MOTHER, PLEASE!
OKAY, OKAY, OKAY, WE'RE JUST GLAD YOU'RE HERE.
HELLO.
OKAY, I HAVE A MILLION ERRANDS TO RUN.
THANK YOU.
CAN'T BELIEVE YOU LET HER KEEP THE CAT....
SEE YOU LATER.
I'LL GRAB THIS...
I GOT IT.
TAKE THIS.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, LET'S GO.
SO GUESS WHAT?
I'M GOING FOR MY JUNIOR SCIENTIST BADGE.
[TRINKETS AND BOTTLES CLATTERING]
"GRIMOIRE"?
LET'S SEE.
WOULD YOU PLEASE STOP TOUCHING MY STUFF?
MAY I HAVE MY ROOM TO MYSELF?
START OVER.
TWO TABLESPOONS OF WHAT?
OH! OH, OKAY.
[CELL PHONE BEEPS]
OH, WAIT, HANG ON, ENID.
MY BATTERY'S DYING.
I'LL CALL YOU BACK ON THE HOME LINE.
[BEEPS PHONE OFF]
YOU'VE BEEN ON THE PHONE ALL DAY.
WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO?
NOBODY YOU KNOW.
JUST A FRIEND FROM SCHOOL.
YOU WANT TO SEE MY VOLCANO NOW?
YOU CAN HELP ME BUILD THE AQUEDUCT.
SORRY, PETE.
ANOTHER TIME.
I HAVE SOMETHING IMPORTANT TO DO TONIGHT.
[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]
ALICE?
[BELL JINGLES]
[TAPS FLASHLIGHT]
[WHISPER]: COME ON...
GREAT.
BY KNOT OF ONE, THE SPELL'S BEGUN.
BY KNOT OF TWO, IT'S COMING TRUE.
BY KNOT OF THREE, SO MOTE IT BE.
BY KNOT OF FOUR, THE POWER I STORE.
BY KNOT OF FIVE, THE SPELL'S ALIVE.
BY KNOT OF SIX,
THE SPELL I FIX.
BY KNOT OF SEVEN,
EVENTS I'LL LEAVEN.
BY KNOT OF EIGHT, IT WILL BE FATE!
[CAT YOWLS]
[GASPS]
[PANTING IN FEAR]
OH, MY FEET...
THAT WAS NICE.
YEAH, THAT WAS FUN.
[DOOR OPENS]
MOM, DAD, YOU'RE HOME!
ALICE IS LOSING IT.
SHE'S IN THE WOODS DOING SOME WEIRD RITUAL.
YEAH, RIGHT.
HE'S BEEN ACTING WEIRD ALL NIGHT.
SHE'S LYING! LOOK AT THE MUD ON HER SHOES!
OH, I SEE MUDDY SHOES, ALL RIGHT.
YOURS!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
THAT'S ENOUGH OUT OF YOU, YOUNG MAN.
IT'S WAY PAST YOUR BEDTIME.
NOW, GO.
NOW!
REGGIE, YOU'RE CRAZY.
I'M TELLING YOU,
I LOOKED UP THAT BOOK
SHE WAS SO SECRETIVE ABOUT.
"THE GRIMOIRE" IS A BOOK OF WITCHCRAFT.
DOES MY SISTER LOOK LIKE A WITCH TO YOU?
NOT ALL WITCHES ARE WART-COVERED HAGS.
SOME ARE HOT.
GUYS...
IT DOESN'T SOUND LIKE YOU'RE TALKING VOLCANOES.
PETE CAN'T ACCEPT THE FACT
THAT HIS SISTER IS A WITCH.
HE FOUND HER IN THE WOODS CHANTING
AND BEING ALL WITCHY AND HOT--
ALL RIGHT, SHE WAS JUST CHANTING.
WITCHCRAFT IS JUST PRIMITIVE NONSENSE.
SCIENCE IS HOW MANKIND GOT TO THE MOON.
SEE THOSE MIRRORS OVER THERE?
WELL, TOMORROW NIGHT AT THE SCIENCE FAIR,
I'M GOING TO DEMONSTRATE
A POWER LASER.
A HUNDRED YEARS AGO,
PEOPLE WOULD HAVE CALLED THAT MAGIC.
BILLY KNOWS
A LOT ABOUT SCIENCE,
BUT I LOOKED UP WITCHES.
YOU KNOW THAT BLACK CAT YOUR SISTER BROUGHT HOME?
IT'S CALLED A "FAMILIAR."
WITCHES USE THEM AS SPIES.
IT'S JUST A CAT.
THEN WHY DID SHE NAME IT
AFTER ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS WITCHES
IN RUSSIAN FOLKLORE,
BABA-YAGA?
[VOLCANO ERUPTS]
[LAVA SPLATTERS]
DON'T LET THE LAVA REACH THE VILLAS, OKAY?
[GASPING]
ALICE MUST HAVE PUT A CURSE ON IT!
IT'S THE ONLY EXPLANATION!
I'VE GOT AN EXPLANATION!
HOW ABOUT YOU BUMPED INTO THE IGNITION SWITCH!
I NEVER TOUCHED IT, I SWEAR!
GUYS...
WHAT HAPPENED?
SHE'S HEADING OFF ON HER BIKE.
[WALKIE-TALKIE CRACKLES]
WARN ME IF SHE COMES BACK.
ROGER THAT.
JACKPOT.
YES! WHAT DID YOU FIND?
IT'S HER WITCH BOX.
"DEVIL'S MILK"?
"HOUND'S TONGUE"?
[WALKIE-TALKIE CRACKLES]
PETE!
W-WHAT'S HAPPENING?
IT'S BAD, REG.
IT'S BAD.
THIS BOOK, IT'S LIKE A "HOW TO" ON WITCHCRAFT.
[CAT MEOWS]
WHAT WAS THAT?
IT'S BABA-YAGA.
HE'S SPYING ON ME.
PETE, I MESSED UP!
ALICE IS BACK!
GET OUT OF THERE!
[CAT YOWLS]
WHAT IS IT, BABA-YAGA?
[CAT YOWLS]
[WALKIE-TALKIE CRACKLES HE GASPS]
[BEEPS WALKIE-TALKIE OFF]
[DOOR SLAMS]
[SCISSORS SNIP]
WHAT DID YOU DO THAT FOR? YOU CUT MY HAIR!
WHAT'S GOING ON?
IT'S PETE.
I FOUND THIS SUSPICIOUS CHARACTER
IN THE BUSHES WITH A WALKIE-TALKIE.
HE WAS GOING THROUGH MY THINGS.
PETE, YOU CAN'T INVADE YOUR SISTER'S PRIVACY
LIKE THAT.
SHE'S A WITCH!
I WAS TRYING TO FIND PROOF WHEN SHE CUT MY HAIR!
OKAY, PETE, GO TO YOUR ROOM.
GO.
SORRY, DUDE.
YOU DON'T DESERVE A SURVEILLANCE BADGE.
REGGIE, I THINK IT'S TIME
YOU WENT HOME, HUH?
BILLY MADE ME THE SCIENCE LAB ASSISTANT.
HE GAVE ME THE KEYS TO THE CHEM CLOSET
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING FOR YOUR VOLCANO.
THANKS.
SORRY ABOUT MESSING UP YOUR SURVEILLANCE MISSION.
SORRY I RIPPED YOUR BADGE.
ALICE DIDN'T GET IN TROUBLE.
CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT?
EVEN AFTER SHE CUT MY HAIR.
UH-OH.
WHAT?
WHEN I WAS RESEARCHING THE GRIMOIRE,
I READ THAT IF A WITCH GETS SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO YOU,
THEY CAN USE IT TO CONTROL YOU!
WHAT SHOULD I DO?
WHATEVER YOU DO,
DO NOT LET HER GIVE YOU ANYTHING.
NO AMULETS, NO CHARMS.
DON'T EAT ANYTHING SHE COOKS EITHER.
MAYBE WE'RE GETTING OURSELVES
WOUND UP ABOUT NOTHING.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I GOT SOMETHING IN MY SHOE.
[TAPPING SHOE]
DUDE, THAT'S YOUR HAIR,
AND A TALISMAN!
YOUR SISTER PUT A HEX ON YOU!
WHY WOULD SHE DO THIS TO ME?
MAYBE SHE NEEDS A SACRIFICE FOR HER DARK LORD.
OR NOT.
I'M GOING TO PROVE TO HER
THAT LOGIC AND SCIENCE ARE STRONGER THAN SUPERSTITION.
HOW?
I'M GOING TO BURN THE GRIMOIRE.
MM.
WOW.
THIS IS REALLY GOOD, ALICE.
YOU MADE THIS FROM SCRATCH?
YOUR SISTER LEARNED TO COOK AT BOARDING SCHOOL.
YEAH, IT'S HER SPECIAL RECIPE.
WHY AREN'T YOU EATING?
NOT HUNGRY.
WELL, THE LEAST YOU COULD DO IS TRY IT.
WHAT IS GOING ON WITH YOU LATELY?
WHAT'S GOING ON IS
ALICE HAS YOU BOTH WRAPPED AROUND HER LITTLE FINGER!
YOU'RE BOTH EATING HER WITCH'S BREW,
AND YOU DON'T EVEN...
KNOW IT...
MOM?
DAD?
WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM?
THE RECIPE WORKED!
I CAN'T WAIT TO TELL ENID!
STAY AWAY FROM ME.
NO, PETE, YOU AND I NEED TO TALK.
COME BACK HERE.
STAY AWAY FROM ME. THIS ENDS NOW!
PETE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
[KNOB RATTLES]
OPEN THIS DOOR!
PETE, ARE YOU IN THERE?
SPECULUM TOTUS TURGUM...
QUATURGUM VONERO.
[KNOB CLATTERS]
WHOA!
PETE!
PETE?
ARISETH HIND LEGGUMS...
DARN IT.
WAKUM UPPEM!
SHOOT!
NOW, THAT'S MAGIC.
THAT'S ALL MY STUFF, ISN'T IT?
THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT I'VE DONE.
I'VE STOPPED YOU FROM HEXING ME!
IS THAT WHAT YOU THOUGHT,
THAT I WANTED TO HURT YOU?
YOU IDIOT!
OUR FAMILY HAS BEEN CURSED!
I WASN'T HEXING YOU!
I WAS PROTECTING YOU!
I WAS PROTECTING ALL OF US,
BUT NOW WE'RE DOOMED.
IT ALL STARTED WHEN I FELL OFF A HORSE AT SCHOOL.
THEN AT A CAMP-OUT, MY SLEEVE CAUGHT FIRE.
THAT'S WHEN I MET ENID,
AND TOLD ME I'D BEEN CURSED.
SHE'S THE ONE WHO TAUGHT YOU MAGIC, RIGHT?
SHE'S JUST A BEGINNER, TOO,
BUT WE PRACTICED EVERY
NIGHT. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME?
I TRIED TO.
THAT'S WHY I GAVE MOM AND DAD
THE STOP-TIME POTION AT DINNER,
BUT YOU RAN OUT BEFORE I HAD A CHANCE.
SO IT WASN'T YOU WHO MADE MY VOLCANO BLOW UP?
WHY WOULD I HURT YOU?
YOU'RE MY KID BROTHER.
BUT WHAT ABOUT...
HI, ENID?
ALICE...
NOT SO GOOD.
I PUT A TIME-STOP SPELL ON MY PARENTS,
AND I DON'T KNOW HOW TO BREAK IT.
WHAT?
YOU DON'T EITHER?
I'LL CALL YOU LATER.
ENID THINKS IT'LL WEAR OFF.
YEAH, WHAT IF IT DOESN'T?
WE NEED TO STAY CALM.
BEST I CAN TELL, WE'VE BEEN BOUND BY A SEIOR CURSE.
OH, GREAT.
FROZEN PARENTS AND A SEIOR CURSE.
WHAT'S A SEIOR CURSE?
WELL, I-IT STARTS OFF WITH MISFORTUNE,
AND THEN ROBS ITS VICTIMS OF THEIR WEALTH, HEALTH,
SANITY,
AND, FINALLY, THEIR LIFE.
WHO WOULD DO THAT TO US?
AND WHY?
WELL, THAT'S THE PART I CAN'T FIGURE OUT.
I DON'T HAVE ANY ENEMIES THAT I KNOW OF.
[RATTLING]
WHAT WAS THAT?
WHAT'S WHAT?
IT STOPPED.
THIS SPELL STUFF IS MAKING ME JUMPY.
I DON'T LIKE FINDING WITCHY JUNK IN MY SHOES.
[CLAPPING] WAKE UP!
MOM, DAD, COME ON!
YOUR SHOES, THAT'S IT!
WHAT?
IT HAD TO BE SOMEONE WHO COULD GET INTO OUR HOUSE
AND PLANT A TALISMAN IN YOUR SHOE.
SOMEONE WHO COMES HERE ALL THE TIME.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN REGGIE.
NO, NO WAY IT WAS REGGIE.
HE'S MY BEST FRIEND!
HAVEN'T YOU EVER NOTICED HE'S JEALOUS OF YOU?
I'VE SEEN THE WAY HE LOOKS AT YOUR BADGES.
WELL, HE WAS THE ONE
WHO KEPT INSISTING YOU WERE A WITCH,
AND HE GRABBED A PIECE OF MY HAIR
OUT OF MY HAND.
ENID FOUND THIS THING
CALLED A "REVEALING SPELL."
PROBLEM IS, IT CALLS FOR BAT GUANO,
AND WE DON'T EXACTLY HAVE
A LOT OF BATS AROUND HERE.
WE LEARNED IN PALS
THAT THE CHINESE CREATED GUN POWDER
BY DRYING OUT BAT DROPPINGS.
BAT GUANO CONTAINS SODIUM NITRATE.
WE HAVE TONS OF IT IN THE PAL'S CHEMICAL CLOSET.
HOW DO WE GET IN?
REGGIE HAS KEYS.
I'LL TELL HIM I NEED SODIUM NITRATE
TO TEST MY VOLCANO.
[RATTLING]
IT'S COMING FROM IN THERE.
[RATTLING]
[SCREAMING]
[HISSING AND RATTLING]
LET'S GET OUTTA HERE!
WHAT ABOUT THEM?
[GASPS]
HUH?
DONNA?
WHAT?
[DOOR CREAKS OPEN]
THANKS, REGGIE, I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
YEAH, I'M JUST GLAD
YOU GOT YOUR VOLCANO FIXED.
SO, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR SISTER?
DID YOU BURN HER SPELL BOOK?
YEAH, AND LET ME TELL YOU,
SHE WAS NOT HAPPY.
PETE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
YOU'RE POURING SODIUM NITRATE
ALL OVER THE FLOOR.
PELIUS INFACTUM REVELIOS...
PETE, IT'S YOUR SISTER!
SHE-SHE'S USING HER MAGIC STUFF!
[STRUGGLING]
PETE, HELP!
SHE'S TRYING TO MAKE ME HER PUPPET!
DON'T WORRY, REGGIE, WE'RE NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.
WE?
YOU'RE HELPING HER?
QUIT ACTING LIKE YOU DON'T HAVE A CLUE.
YOU'RE THE BLACK MAGICIAN AROUND HERE.
I CAN'T MOVE--
PELIUS INFACTUM REVELIOUS...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
DON'T SACRIFICE ME!
PELIUS INFACTUM REVELIOUS!
IT'S NO USE.
THE IMAGE IS TOO BLURRY.
WHOEVER CURSED US MUST HAVE USED A CLOAKING SPELL.
[GASPING AND STRUGGLING]
YOU GUYS ARE CRAZY!
I'M TELLING BILLY MERRITT.
YOU ARE GONNA GET KICKED OUT OF PALS!
ME? WHAT ABOUT YOU?
WILLIAM MERRITT?
WILLIE-NILLIE?
YOU KNOW BILLY?
FROM LAST YEAR.
HE ASKED ME OUT, LIKE, A THOUSAND TIMES
UNTIL I FINALLY HAD TO READ
ONE OF HIS GROSS LOVE NOTES
IN FRONT OF THE WHOLE CLASS.
I TOTALLY FORGOT ABOUT HIM--
I DIDN'T FORGET YOU.
BILLY, YOU'RE A WITCH?
THE PROPER TERM IS "WARLOCK."
BUT YOU'RE ALWAYS PRAISING SCIENCE!
THE SCIENTIFIC REVOLUTION WAS A GREAT BOON TO OUR KIND.
PEOPLE STOPPED BELIEVING IN MAGIC,
ALLOWING US TO THRIVE.
WHAT DO YOU WANT, BILLY?
I WANT TO HUMILIATE YOU THE WAY YOU HUMILIATED ME!
[CLEARS THROAT]
BILLY, CAN I GO HOME NOW?
DID YOU KNOW ABOUT THIS?
YOU TOOK MY HAIR AND PUT IT IN MY BOOT?
HE PROMISED ME BADGES IF I'D HELP.
BADGES, PETE.
BADGES...
SPECULUM TOTUS--
DON'T EVEN TRY IT.
SEE THOSE MIRRORS LINING THE WALLS?
INSIDE THIS ROOM,
YOUR MAGIC IS POWERLESS AGAINST ME.
REGGIE, I FORGOT TO THANK YOU.
FOR WHAT?
FOR TELLING ME ABOUT
HOW WITCHES CAN USE PERSONAL OBJECTS
TO CONTROL SOMEONE.
I HAVE YOUR SURVEILLANCE BADGE.
NOW I CAN CONTROL YOU, REGGIE.
CANOTROLIUM OWNERIUS PUPPETUM--
NICE TRICK, BUT REGGIE CAN'T HURT ME.
[GROANING AND STRUGGLING]
NOT YOU...
JUST YOUR SPELL.
SINCE HE'S UNDER MY CONTROL NOW--
[REGGIE YELPS, MIRROR SMASHES]
[MIRRORS SMASHING]
TWO CAN PLAY AT THIS GAME.
EXISTO--
TOO BAD YOU'LL NEVER GET A CHANCE
TO USE YOUR WICKED SPELL.
[PETE]: ALICE, DON'T!
[THUD]
EXISTO...
INEXCHAGUS FORUMS HUMANO-TADUM...
DOMUN...
INEXCHAGUS FORUMS HUMANO-TADUM!
OH... MY...
THAT'S GREAT, PETE.
I'LL SEW IT ON FOR YOU WHEN WE GET HOME.
THANKS.
JUNIOR SCIENTIST BADGE...
[SIGHS] I WISH I HAD ONE.
NICE PRESENTATION, SON.
VERY INFORMATIVE.
THANK YOU, SIR.
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO GO WITH YOUR VOLCANO.
WHAT MADE YOU SWITCH TO A LECTURE ON TOADS?
IT WAS HIS SISTER'S IDEA.
SHE GOES TO BOARDING SCHOOL.
OH, I SEE.
WELL, I GUESS YOU SHOULD THANK YOUR SISTER.
WELL, IT WAS REALLY BILLY MERRITT'S IDEA.
I SEE.
WELL, THEN, YOU'LL HAVE TO THANK BILLY MERRITT.
YES, SIR, I WILL.
WELL DONE.
THANK YOU, BILLY MERRITT.
[GIGGLES]
[TOAD CROAKS]