They were supposed to be here five minutes ago.
-Willa, we're here! -Finally!
We need to go before my Dad stops us.
Are we sure we should do this?
Come on. What do you think is in there?
Sh… We don't want my dad to hear us.
-Hey!
Oh, no…
Breaking news from Dad
I'm all signed up for an online witchbuster course.
Those witches are toast!
Nobody, and I mean nobody, messes with my little girl.
Willa, you're going to have that necklace back on you
faster than you can say Neil Witchbuster Ward!
There's a witchbuster course?
I wish my Dad was a witchbuster instead of an accountant.
Uh, any tips, you guys? Any, uh, advice?
What does a dad need to know about witches?
Uh, maybe you should ask Miss Juniper! She's a witchstorian, after all.
Huh, a witchstorian. Who'd have thunk that was even a thing.
-Yeah! -In fact, you should go now!
-Good idea, Willa. -Yeah!
-Really? Now? -Yeah.
Okay, I'll go do that, and you girls,
you stay right here at the house, safe and sound, alright?
Definitely not leaving that door again today. Bye!
Bye!
Uh, bye!
I'm gonna go see a witchstorian, I guess!
We have to get that amulet back fast.
Fink said if we needed help to look in here!
And we need help.
Are we sure we want to? Have you read The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe?
There could be half-men-half-goats.
As opposed to out here where we have talking rats, cats and crows,
and two evil witches!
Check and mate.
Lucky for us…
We can sneak past anything we find in there.
Okay, we better make this quick.
Let's do it!
What is this place?
Uh…
Someplace very, extremely haunted!
This was a huge mistake.
-Agreed! Let's get out of here before--
What?
We're trapped here?
Why would Fink send us here?
I guess this is why they say never trust a rat.
Like we should have trusted anyone
who told us to jump into a swirling hole in a dark attic!
Well, we're here now. We should start looking for another way out.
I mean, I really hope there's another way out…
You hope?
Now that we have the amulet,
we just need to make sure that those repulsive little girls
are out of our way for good,
so they don't ruin our plan down the road, but they're…
-They're gone, they've vanished!
-Wilma!
Hey! Focus. Come on.
They're hiding. They must know we're coming back for them.
Well, I suppose we did say that--
We need something more powerful to sniff them out.
We'll get a beast with a nose for the job, who can sniff them out.
I am brilliant! I am really smart.
-You really are. -I am!
-To the pet cemetery…
Uh, did her eyes just move?
Relax, scaredy-cat.
It's only a statue.
It can't hurt you.
But maybe that can!
It's ginormous!
It's heading right for us!
Stay back, whatever you are!
Stay back! Shoo!
Wait a sec.
Willa, Scout, Lucy, so glad you're here. We've been hoping you'd find your way.
One-Whisker Pete?
Whew!
Whew.
You scared us!
Thank goodness it's you.
I've never been so happy to see you, you grumpy old floofer.
What is this place? And why did Fink send us here?
All good questions, and you will find out soon enough.
The lady of the manor is expecting you.
She is?
She's in the lessons room.
Please, this way.
-Come on, guys. -Okay…
I thought Willa was making up stories about witches,
because maybe she needed a little special attention.
But all of a sudden, I find myself stuck in a spooky Halloween show, and it's real.
Witches are real!
Tell me about it! One, two, three, four, five. Yep.
My whole life, just wishing, "Oh, please, make witches real," and now they are!
Isn't it fantastic?
Well, no.
Witches are after my kid!
Well, with a little help from her Dad and her favorite witchstorian,
I think she's going to beat those doofuses.
I hope so.
Oh! Thank you, Piggy, you are right!
We can't forget the Wiccanpedia.
Now this is essential reading.
Yeah! Thanks, Piggy!
Alrighty, off you go.
Okay.
-Whoa! Alright, alright.
You've got it! Now, just turn a little bit to your right, rotate.
-Off you go!
Perfect! This one ought to do.
We summon you from your demise Shadow hound, arise, arise!
-Whoa!
And I thought my old kennel was cramped.
Oh, hi! I'm Snout. Are you my new human best friends?!
Hooray!
Okay, fun facts about I like tennis balls, chewing sticks…
I thought we were summoning an evil beast from the underworld.
Well, it will be.
Shadow hound, do our bidding.
Shadow what now?
Be mean and cruel With lots of drool
With a moan To turn your enemies to stone!
Yes!
See? Evil, evil.
Smell this.
Now, hunt her down and bring her back!
As you command.
We have arrived.
Um, could one of you get the door? They're tricky with paws.
Return the forms that we came from.
In here, girls.
Come along, quickly now.
Madame will be joining us soon.
Is it just me,
or does the decor in here look suspiciously witchy?
Another fireplace. Maybe we can get out there.
Lucy? There's a fire in it!
Allow me to introduce myself! I'm Winnifred the Witch.
Where did she come from?
I'm so happy you're here! I've been hoping you would come.
You have?
Indeed.
We lost something very important, and we need help getting it back.
The amulet, yes.
You have a great battle ahead of you.
A great battle?
Long ago, all witches were good.
Then a few bad witches started practicing dark magic.
This battle between good and bad witches has been waged for a millennia,
with bad witches stopping at nothing to destroy all the good witches!
And they have very nearly succeeded!
We are a dying breed, and you, Willa,
are our last and final hope.
How do you know who I am?
There's much to learn. We have very little time.
Good luck, Willa. Don't worry about us.
We will be keeping ourselves busy.
Just a moment!
You two also have much to learn, so you can protect one another.
But neither of us have witches in our family.
My mom's a dental hygienist.
And my mom's a software engineer!
Being a witch has nothing to do with your lineage.
To be a good witch requires a great deal of courage.
You must learn to use the powers that are already inside you.
What?
Us?
-Witches?! -Yes!
Let's begin!
Sup, witchbusters. Welcome to Witchbusting 101…
…the first step on your path to fighting dark magic in all its forms.
-I'm Stugg Tuggins… -Mm.
…witchbuster first class.
First things first, spotting a witch.
They look like normal people, except for a few telltale signs…
Huh…
Smells like those nasty little girls came this way.
Cool!
Are you gonna give us wands?
Wands are like the amulet:
they're just a tool to focus the magic inside you.
You don't need a wand.
You don't need an amulet!
As for me though, I like a wand.
-Whoa!
Follow me! Pete, if you would.
Ready, ma'am!
Now, girls…
Watch, listen and learn.
Don't worry about me, girls. I'm a professional.
I wield the light and turn this brute From something scary to something cute!
-Aw!
I'd like to think I was cuter before, but whatever.
Bet you've never seen a witch pull a cat out of a rabbit, have you?
With light and power, halt and bind Freeze this witch in place, confined!
-Whoa! -Cool…
That spell is a great icebreaker at parties.
Badaboom!
With all my power and without delay Teleport this witch away!
-Oh dear.
-Whoa!
Girls, I hope you were paying attention.
Did you get all that, girls?
-Uh…
Uh…
Madame?
Reverse the curse of the spell, disperse!
Thank you.
Alright, your turn. Go ahead.
Now…
I find people learn best under pressure.
-No, wait! -We're not ready yet!
So you better think fast!
Hide!
You can't hide forever!
Sooner or later, your problems will find you.
To repel a spell, you must not fear when it comes near.
With all my power and without delay Teleport this witch away!
You must be clear and believe what you say.
With light and power, halt and bind Freeze that witch in place, confined!
-Whoa!
Now, that is impressive.
I wield the light and turn this brute From something spooky to something cute!
Uh…
Am I super adorable, or what?
Yeah, well, yeah, if-- Okay, if lizards are super adorable,
you are super, super, super adorable.
I'm a lizard?
You must keep your eyes open when casting a spell, Scout.
Reverse the spell of the curse, disperse!
That was a very brave first try.
So, clearly we bombed that lesson.
What's next?
-Flying!
Oh, great!
First witches, now the raccoons are back.
So long, brisket.
Or…
do witches disguise themselves as raccoons?
-Huh?
Oh, oh boy. Uh…
No one gets between a man and his brisket!
Confidence in yourself and in your magic is the foundation of all witch skills,
like flying a broom.
If you want to believe in magic, first, you have to believe in yourself!
To begin, you'll fly with Pete around the castle, and then come back to me.
No problem.
Seriously?
Remember the last time you had Willa's broom?
This won't be that hard.
Wherever you look, the broom will take you, so don't look down!
Off you go. Off you go!
Tallyho, yahoo!
-Catch me if you can, girls! -Woah!
-Oh…
We're coming up on the curve!
Feel the draft, lean into it!
There's nothing like the feeling of the wind in one's fur.
Look up! Up!
Soar, Willa! Soar like an eagle!
You can do anything you believe, Willa!
The sky's the limit!
Does anyone have a weed whacker?
You can't hide from me that easily!
Willa…
Are you in there?
Adversity. It isn't failure.
It's your teacher.
But even if we could figure all this stuff out, what are we supposed to do?
Just take the witches head-on? They have the amulet!
They think they're invincible because of the amulet?
This is where the witches will fail.
Their dark magic is based on hate, and hate is always conquered by kindness.
Kindness is our jam. Bring on the next test.
Aha! Found you!
Uh, Madame?
Are we expecting visitors?
I'm here for the little witchlet.
Very ingenious, Madame.
Enough out of you.
-Whoa!
Uh, Winnifred?
This has nothing to do with me, girls. Run!
Go ahead, run.
On three…
Okay.
One, two…
Whoa.
This witchbusting business is serious.
This way, run!
Willa.
Willa, I can hear you!
Hello?
Okay, hiding's not gonna work.
I don't want to freak you out, but I'm freaking out right now!
-I've got you now!
What do we do now?
If we work together, we can do anything.
-We'll freeze him.
With light and power, halt and bind Freeze that dog in place, confined!
-Tremendous work, girls.
Now what are we going to do with them?
Melt him into a big puddle?
Look, does he seem… sad?
I don't think any dog would work for Wanda and Wilma by choice.
Those teeth were two seconds away from this face!
Maybe all he needs is a little kindness.
I don't think you're all that bad.
Aw, who's a good, spooky, ghost boy?
Is it you? I think it's you!
A good boy, mushy-mushy-moo.
-Wow.
Hi! I'm Snout! Are you my new best friends?
Hooray!
-Whoa, what-- what happened?
What did I miss?
I could see in his heart he was a good dog,
and you could see it too.
You have performed with courage and compassion.
You are true good witches.
Yeah, you are way nicer than those other witches!
It's time for you to go home, Willa, and win back that amulet.
It belongs in the hands of good witches, like you three.
Wait.
You… You're…
When people who love you pass away, their love keeps you with them always.
Your mother knew that.
You knew my mom?
Willa.
Willa!
Thank goodness you're okay, and you guys are okay,
and Grandma Winnifred's okay, and…
Grandma Winnifred?
It's good to see you again, Neil.
Winnifred, are you my grandma?
Yes I am, Willa.
I didn't tell you before because I didn't want to distract you.
Didn't you, um…
pass on?
I don't like that phrase, but yes.
I wish I could take this battle on for you, Willa,
but in this ghostly form, I'm somewhat limited.
But after all this is over,
I would love it if you would all come back for some tea.
I'd like that, too.
Oh, good.
The swirly thingy's back.
Goodbye, Grandma.
I love you.
I love you too, dear.
And remember, those of us who are passed away are with you always,
even if you can't see us.
We are there.
And now…
Snout, we could use some company around here.
Seriously? New home?!
This is the best day ever! Thank you so much, Willa.
Whoa!
I still have a lot to learn, but… there's no time.
Don't worry, Dad.
As long as we do it together, we've got this.
-Where is that dumb dog?
I've called him a million ways to midnight.
He wouldn't even come for a cricket snickety-snick-snack.
Oh well, I guess you can never trust a dead dog.
Well, it doesn't matter!
-Willa can't stop us now anyways!
Because tomorrow is Halloween,
and she's run out of time.
-Oh yes, you have. Oh yes, you have.