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[Ruksy] So, let me get this straight.
You're on the trail of a lost temple of immense power and wealth.
That may or may not exist.
And all of this started because of a story
some old elf told you on a beach in Thailand?
He was very convincing.
And you're doing this to show your father that you're worthy of a job at the DMI?
-It started out that way. -But then the keys started reacting to me.
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[key chiming]
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I want to find out why.
And there's only one more key to find.
And now, we've found Magnus's second journal to tell us where to look.
If this temple exists, it's a lost part of magical history.
Finding it is exactly the kind of mission the Bureau should be doing.
A treasure hunt? I'm in.
Weren't you listening?
Kyra just said she didn't know what was happening.
We can't go into something without considering the risks.
Why don't we take a vote?
All those in favor of the Bureau taking this on.
[scoffs]
Ruksy?
I think you're all mad. And I don't want anything to do with it.
She'll come around.
So, let's find out where we're going.
[suspenseful music playing]
[Darra] "August 29, 1919. Central Indochina."
"We set off from our campsite at sunrise
and followed the sun for three kilometers."
"The vegetation was dense, and our passage was slow."
"Though we kept watch, the shimmer hurried us
and claimed my porters before we found the clearing."
-What's a shimmer? -No idea.
What else does he say?
"Vannak has not made it easy to find his statue."
"Not everything that is can be seen."
-What does that mean? -Will you stop interrupting?
[Darra] "Vannak's statue refused to surrender the key."
"And when the sleeping guardian awoke,
we were forced to retreat in fear of our lives."
-Sleeping guardian? -Peter!
"But I have progressed too far to stop. The dream must be realized."
"I will return with stronger magic and find the key."
-That's all he wrote. -So, let's go.
We can't. Ben's playing tonight. I have to stay and mix for him.
Okay. We will go in the morning.
Isn't Maxwell doing his career seminars with us tomorrow morning?
We go in early, get the key, get out, agreed?
[exhales sharply]
[guitar music playing]
♪ Am I a fool if I dive in first? ♪
♪ We both knew that it wouldn't work ♪
♪ It's so close but you seem so far ♪
♪ Should be easy but it breaks my heart ♪
♪ Maybe you're just In a different life… ♪
Ben's crushing it tonight.
Hmm. I'm more into electric, elf thrash metal myself.
That's a thing?
Yeah, last band I saw played so hard their instruments caught fire.
-[chuckles softly] You are such a tease. -Takes one to know one. [chuckles softly]
[Ben] ♪ Life ♪
♪ A different life… ♪
Something on your mind?
Magnus searched for the keys for years, but never got one.
-How come we got two? -We're smarter?
[chuckles softly] Magnus knew a lot more about the keys than we did,
yet he failed and we didn't.
Don't you find that odd?
All I care about is finding the third key. And by this time tomorrow, we'll have it.
Then, we can get back to the really important things.
[chuckles]
♪ Maybe you're just In a different life ♪
♪ A different life ♪
-[song concludes] -[all applaud]
-[crickets chirping] -[dog barking]
[Kyra] The gig was really good, Dad.
Yeah, I'm going to bed now. Enjoy the night shift.
Love you too.
Ruksy? What are you doing here?
You can't go tomorrow.
-[tense music playing] -I have to.
I have some sort of connection with those keys.
All the more reason to leave it alone.
You have no idea how dangerous this magic is.
Then come with us. Use your knowledge to keep us safe.
No. You should tell Professor Maxwell.
-[scoffs] He'll just tell us not to go. -And he'd be right!
Are you going to tell him?
I'll think about it.
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[Peter] Water, first aid kit, sunscreen, insect repellant…
ground sheet…
Swiss army knife…
-collapsible shovel. -What's the shovel for?
Oh, right.
We're only going to be gone for a few hours.
And pastries.
Excellent planning.
-[chuckles] I brought snacks too. -Don't mind if I do. [chuckles]
-They're for the trip. -Guys, this isn't a school excursion.
We have no idea how dangerous things are going to get.
Kyra is right.
We need to stay alert and watch each other's backs.
-[wand twinkling] -[dramatic music playing]
Everyone ready?
Well, what about me?
-Let's do this. -[wand twinkling]
[portal whooshing]
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[portal whooshing]
[birds chirping]
This is amazing.
Just yesterday you were in Magnus's camp, but it was 100 years ago.
I guess they never got it started after all.
Which way to the statue?
It says they followed the sun.
Which way's that?
Don't you people learn anything useful in magic school?
The sun travels west.
And that would be where?
West is that way.
Score one for human ingenuity.
Okay, let's do it.
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[Magnus] The DMI proclaims itself to be above corruption.
Yet I was able to bribe an official
and obtain Vannak's original plans for the temple.
-Oh, this is early, Ruksy, even for you! -Yes, you're early too. [chuckles softly]
[Professor Maxwell] Lots to prepare.
So…
-have you thought about a career at all? -Not really.
Of course, there is the DMI.
But there are magical beings active within the human worlds
of entertainment, health, science, even politics.
-Politics? -[chuckles] Oh, yes!
Conservative parties are quite popular with the trolls.
But I shouldn't start boring you with all of these before the others come.
I hope they're gonna be here on time.
Uh, maybe they're at the cafe. You know how chatty Lily can be.
How about I go check?
[Ladder creaks]
[suspenseful music playing]
The sphere's not glowing.
Maybe the battery ran out.
It's magical. It doesn't run on batteries.
We're probably not close enough yet.
This is taking too long. Maxwell's going to get suspicious.
I hate the jungle. I am definitely a city elf.
What's that?
I think it might be the shimmer.
Imogen!
Back off!
-[zapping] -[whooshing]
Run!
[dramatic music playing]
-[soft pop music playing] -[indistinct chatter]
[blender whirring]
Oh, I didn't… I didn't order that.
I know a troubled fairy when I see one.
Nothing like frothy milk and ice cream to chase the blues away.
Where are the others?
Okay, I get it. [sighs]
You still don't trust the halfling.
They're in Vietnam.
School excursion, and what, you got left behind?
They're looking for a lost temple.
[suspenseful music playing]
-[Tayla] Cool. -No, not cool.
Some weird magic has been happening,
I warned them it was dangerous, but they didn't listen.
-Did Imogen go? -Yes. They should have been back by now.
[whooshing]
[suspenseful music playing]
It's gone.
For now.
It's okay, Kyra, we'll get Imogen and Darra back.
How? I've never seen anything like that.
Me either.
It reminds me of the holding portal in Labyrinth of Luck.
That's a video game. The portal is a trap that takes you out of the game
and holds you until another player completes the stage.
This isn't a game, Peter!
-I know that. -[Lily] How does the portal work?
You complete the stage of the quest, then it releases you.
So maybe if we find the cobra statue, the shimmer will release Imogen and Darra.
That's an awfully big maybe.
You got a better idea?
[exhales sharply]
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[Tayla] I know you guys do some pretty outrageous stuff,
-but this is really pushing the envelope. -I warned them not to go.
You need to tell Professor Maxwell.
If you don't, I will.
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[birds chirping]
It shouldn't be much further.
If you read the map correctly.
[Peter] As it happens, I was captain of the school orienteering team.
For a week, when the real captain was ill.
I'm a quick study.
It's found us.
-I'll keep it busy. -[Kyra] No, Lily!
You need to find the statue. Go!
[dramatic music playing]
-[wand twinkling] -Hey!
Whatever you are! Then eat fairy dust!
[zapping]
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Hey, guys!
[ominous music playing]
[whooshing]
Vietnam? Why would they go to Vietnam?
Because of this.
Do you have any idea what that is?
Darra said it was just an old journal.
The cobra is the sign of the Tri-ling Council.
-Is that serious? -Serious?
It's like asking if you jump into a pit of vipers, will you get bitten?
-[pants] -Kyra, stop!
We should be here.
[pants] Where's the statue?
I'm pretty sure this is the right place.
Lily!
[pants]
The shimmer must have got her.
[inhales deeply] Ruksy warned me this could be dangerous,
but I wouldn't listen.
There's no statue.
Our friends are gone.
This has all been for nothing.
That's why Darra was asking about temples and lotuses.
-Why didn't you come to me with this? -He wanted to find the temple on his own.
He's trying to impress his father.
Even Hercules would have a problem doing that.
But they'll be all right, won't they?
I don't know.
[tense music playing]
The sign of the Tri-ling Council
has long been associated with ancient and powerful magic, dangerous magic.
-Where did they go? -I don't know.
Darra took the other journal that has the coordinates.
All we can do is wait and hope.
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It's not your fault, Kyra. We all agreed to come.
It's not going to be much help
when I have to tell Sean and Ella that I lost their daughter.
The journal,
-what did it say? -I can't remember.
"Vannak has not made it easy to find the statue."
"Not everything that is…
can be seen."
That makes no sense.
Look, we know the statue was here
'cause Magnus tried to get the key from it, but failed, right?
-So? -[Peter] So…
Ruksy magicked my glasses so I could see magical things.
What if this statue had a magical veil over it?
Like a special cloaking device?
"Not everything that is can be seen"!
Try using your magic. Maybe it will reveal it.
-[shimmer whooshing] -[suspenseful music playing]
And you better do it fast.
[magic humming]
-[Peter] Kyra. -I'm trying.
[magical chiming]
-It's here. -Kyra, move!
-[magic humming] -[shimmer whooshing]
[breathes heavily] Are you okay?
-[Darra] We're fine. -[Peter] What was in the shimmer?
Some kind of black void. It was really creepy.
You found it? Good.
Let's get the key and get out of here.
-Kyra? -[exhales heavily]
[dramatic music playing]
[rumbling]
-[grunts, sighs] -[dramatic music fading]
It's no good. I think the key is gone.
You mean we came here for nothing?
[ominous music playing]
Guys!
[hissing]
[indistinct chatter]
-[device beeping rhythmically] -[Mendoza] What have you found?
There's a major magical disturbance in central Vietnam.
The records show nothing of magical significance in that area.
It's the third key.
-[ominous music playing] -[hissing]
[gasps] This didn't happen with the other key.
-What do you think it means? -[whimpers]
[Darra] Maybe it wants to show us where the key is.
[Imogen] I'm not getting that vibe.
Why is it so interested in you?
I don't think we should wait around to find out!
-[portal whooshing] -[dramatic music playing]
-[portal whooshing] -[breathes heavily]
What was that thing?
I think we just met the sleeping guardian from Magus' journal.
Uh, guys?
-[ominous music playing] -[whimpers]
[portal ringing]
[hisses]
-[Imogen] Kyra, run! -[cobra hissing]
[bookshelf thudding]
[cobra continues hissing]
[device whirrs, beeps]
The disturbance has moved.
It's in River City.
What's there?
-[ominous music continues] -[electricity fizzing]
Which way did they go?
You know how big the stacks are, they could be anywhere.
We need to find Kyra before that snake does.
[cobra hissing]
[metal clanging distantly]
Do you really want to go up against that thing?
We need to tell the professor.
They've been gone so long. What if they don't come back?
Let's not get ahead of our ourselves.
[footsteps approaching]
[gasps] Are you all right?
Barely. You were so right about the mission being dangerous.
[cobra hissing]
[dramatic music playing]
What's that?
A giant cobra followed us back from Vietnam.
It's after Kyra. We need to help her.
[pants]
[cobra hissing]
[pants, breathes heavily]
-[screams, pants] -[dramatic music intensifies]
-[hissing] -[screams]
[portal whooshing]
-Kyra! -Professor, everyone needs to get out now!
Hurry, it's here! Now!
-Everyone, get back! -[gasps]
[hissing]
[pants]
Get out of my school!
-[Ladder creaking] -[hissing]
-Ladder, no! -[Ladder creaks]
Ladder!
[somber music playing]
[breathes heavily]
-Leave them! It's me you want! -[cobra hissing]
[Darra] Kyra, don't!
[inhales sharply] Why are you chasing me?
What are you after? [pants]
[hissing]
[dramatic music intensifies]
[high-pitched ringing]
[magical chiming]
[ringing continues]
[cobra hissing]
[dramatic music fading]
-[somber music playing] -[pants]
-[ominous music playing] -[typewriter keys clacking]
[typewriter dings]
There's one item of significance in River City.
Maxwell School of Magic?
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[somber music playing]
[metal clanging]
How could you be so reckless?
Sorry, Professor.
It wasn't just Darra.
-We all voted-- -You have no idea what you've done.
It's not just the damage to the library, Ladder.
You thought it was all right to go behind my back?
I have no choice but to inform the DMI.
You've jeopardized this school and everything it stands for.
-We're so sorry. -It's too late for apologies.
Clean this place up.
Not you, Kyra.
[dramatic music playing]
Why didn't you tell me what was happening?
Because I didn't know.
-And I still don't-- -That's no excuse.
[inhales sharply] Professor…
that cobra was chasing me.
-I need to know why. -No, you don't.
[Kyra] You're wrong.
The cobra gave me… a vision.
Of what?
I'm not sure…
It was all mixed up.
You've gotten involved in some secret and very dangerous business, Kyra.
-Leave it alone. -I can't.
Whatever is going on is somehow to do with me.
I don't know what it is, but…
I have to understand it.
I need to know.
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