[Superbus' "Invincible and Reckless"]
SINGER: ♪♪ I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ You dance it so well ♪♪
♪♪ Don't go away ♪♪
♪♪ I-I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ It's magical, physical ♪♪
♪♪ Never gonna give up now ♪♪
♪♪ Invincible, invincible ♪♪
♪♪ And reckless symphony ♪♪
♪♪ I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ You dance it so well ♪♪
♪♪ Don't go away ♪♪
♪♪ I-I'm under your spell ♪♪
♪♪ But I'm okay ♪♪
♪♪ It's magical ♪♪
CECE: Previously, on "Spellbound"...
Welcome to day one at the Paris Opera Ballet School.
Simone! - Cece!
- How do you two know each other?
- We've been videochatting all summer.
JACK: That's Benoit.
He's my super annoying roommate.
- Good morning, everyone!
There's been some sort of-- ha--
administrative error.
You will all reaudition for your place
in the Paris Opera Ballet School.
[overlapping chatter] CECE: What? No!
CECE: Why do you call
your W recipe book the Book of Jones?
GINGER: It's the book of family spells.
We're witches. We call ourselves Wizens.
You are the most powerful Wizen in the world.
LOLA: I'm telling you...it's her.
The Wise One is in Paris!
[mellow jazzy music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Use this.
- Why am I always the absorber?
Next time, you do it.
It's a huge responsibility.
You have to feel literally everything she feels.
- I know, I know, but you're better at it than I am.
- That's true.
Fine.
I take a piece from head to toe
to make a bond between us both.
From you to me, feelings will flow
so that I can be in the know.
[yawns] Oh, she is really tired.
Poor thing.
- What are you doing?
- Oh, good morning. We put a sleep spell on you,
and by the feels of it, it really worked.
- What are you guys doing here?
You better tell me who you are
and what's going on now, or I'll scream.
- Okay, okay, uh...
You're right. Okay. Ha.
Here goes.
We're Wizens and you're a Wizen,
and last night, we were chased
by a big giant ball of dust,
and we have no idea why or who or what is going on.
Oh, Lola, good call on the shield, by the way.
So basically-- - I didn't cast the shield.
I thought you cast the shield.
- Whoa...did she--
- She must have.
- I thought Aunt Ginger was joking.
But the truth serum...
must have been like for real.
But she didn't remember when I asked her last night.
- Because the recipient never remembers.
- It was crazy. Something about...
my family all being Wizens.
And something about a protection spell?
- Your protection spell must have been lifted.
- What, did she break her--
- She must have. - And that's what must have
triggered the compass and sent the alert.
You're like a mythical legend!
If you're standing here right now
remembering everything that happened last night,
and you cast a shield... no doubt.
You've got to be... both: The Wise One.
[edgy music]
- I have to go.
I have a huge day,
and I can't let anything get in the way of it--
not even this.
Where's my dance bag?
- Oh, we had to get you away
from that dust storm last night.
Bring her bag and bring it fast.
This girl has to get to school to dance.
Milady.
Your dance bag. LOLA: But you can't leave.
We need you. Your magic is special.
You need to start training like now.
- Uh, yeah, that's what I'm doing--at school.
- Well, it's just that
all the Wizens have been waiting for you.
We've been hiding our gifts and our magic.
But this generation needs you.
With you, we could change the whole world!
- Oh, come on--I can't talk about this right now!
I'm not even sure I believe it, okay?
I have to focus on staying at this school,
not saving the freaking world.
So just...back off, and I'll figure out
what's going on after I audition.
CECE: No, I'm serious.
I can't talk now.
I'll tell you the rest when I get there.
See you soon.
- You can't turn your back on your destiny.
You're one of us, and it's time for us Wizens
to come out of the broom closet.
Imagine having to dance in secret,
never be able to dance in public,
never be able to share your talent--
that's what it's like for us.
- We think you're our leader. I feel it in my bones.
It's your birthright.
It's not something you can walk away from.
- Weird, 'cause that's exactly what I'm doing--see?
Walking.
- You're a nervous wreck.
You're not sure if you're good enough.
I'm just saying.
Why wouldn't you use magic?
I mean, if you could,
you could have mad skills in an instant.
If you wanted.
It's a competitive world in there.
You just never know
when you might need a little extra help.
That's all we're saying.
Have a great day.
- Get off of me!
Can you just go now, please?
- A true Wizen can't deny her magic.
[electronic music]
[vocalization]
♪♪ ♪♪
[vocalization]
♪♪ ♪♪
SIMONE: And they helped you escape
an attacking dust tornado?
Because this is too much, even for me.
- No, too much is finding out that I'm a Wizen,
like a real-life...
witch
on the most important day of my life.
There are all these weird things happening,
and I can't even...with my mom not telling me any of this?
And even though if I don't know what that dust was all about...
it was real.
But I auditioned yesterday to the best of my ability,
and I can only hope that it was enough.
- The list is up.
Come on, come on!
[suspenseful music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Yes! I can't believe I escaped
the first round of cuts!
I need to make it through round two.
- You will--we both will.
- Yeah, we will. - I didn't think
she was that good. - Ouch.
- Well, clearly, you weren't.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Hey, bro, congrats.
Look at you, number two. Just under me--number one.
[laughs]
ALL: Oh...yeah!
[chanting] We did it, we did it, we did it,
we did it, we did it...
♪♪ ♪♪
AMY: Why are we out here?
LOLA: Don't you know? It was after Cece.
What are we looking for? AMY: I don't know yet.
Oh--what's that? I think I found something here.
- Whoo!
Sorry. Cece.
She's feeling very happy and fist-pumpy
all of a sudden.
AMY: Interesting...
[light music]
♪♪ ♪♪
On further examination, we need to know what this is.
AMY: Agreed, but...
I think we need to face facts
and admit we're out of our league here.
We need to find an Elder.
- No. We got this.
- [mouthing] Okay.
- I'm telling you, it wasn't a dream.
- [sighs] Okay.
The cards don't lie.
[moody music]
♪♪ ♪♪
These two together...
they clearly show that you are a Wizen.
- What does it all mean? And why now?
- Let's see.
Uh-oh.
ARMANDO: Okay. [tap, tap]
Quiet, please, and listen up.
The next audition will be in pairs,
which means I'll be looking for both technique
and connection.
This call-back will determine who is in and who is out.
So let's get started.
Please, may I see Pierre and Zoe?
Clemon and Emily.
Jack and Simone.
Mia and Finn.
Uh, you two are good. You can stay as you are.
You two. You two can pair up, please.
Good. That just leaves Cece and Benoit.
- No.
I mean...I don't think we're a match.
In terms of height, I mean.
It's fine.
Me and...her.
I'm elated. Thank you, sir.
- Good. I'm glad you're happy.
Okay, now, can I have one of the girls?
I'll walk you through the entrance.
[piano notes] And...
[snapping] Five and six
and seven and eight.
And promenade, and keep her on her leg.
Support one another.
Now, I want you to make a real, true connection
with your partner.
And down. That's lovely.
Good, thank you. Please continue.
Continue, everyone. - Do you think
he'll run it again? - No. And stop doing
these weird arm movements.
- I can't help it.
- Let's run the rest.
- Which is...
- This is unbelievable.
- I didn't do traditional choreography
or rep pieces at my old school, okay?
I'm trying to catch up.
[slow piano music continues]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What are you doing? That's not the choreography.
- [whispering] Stop it.
♪♪ ♪♪
- Do you dance with your eyes shut?
- Should I? - No. Just focus
and try to keep up. - Okay, back off.
- Cece, Benoit, center floor, please.
Let's see how you're getting on.
Let's give them some space. Thank you very much. Okay.
Breathe.
And...
Five,
[piano music resumes] and six...
♪♪ ♪♪
ARMANDO: No, stop there. Sorry, that's enough, thank you.
That's enough. [slaps book, sighs]
Okay, one of you has nothing but technique,
and one of you has none,
but neither of you are connecting.
And if the audience can't feel that connection,
then you may as well not be dancing at all.
Understood?
Good. Okay.
Auditions will be held at the Garnier.
Keep rehearsing, and I'll see you there.
Stay hydrated.
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
[tense music]
♪♪ ♪♪
- Just dance around Cece.
You have enough talent for the both of you.
Don't let her bring you down.
- We need to fix this. And fast.
- I hear you, but...I can't avert my eyes right now.
If Jack gets too sweaty, his hands'll be too slippery,
and I cannot risk falling out the lift.
[tense music continues]
♪♪ ♪♪
- What's this?
"General...Malaise"?
"In the event of an emergency, cast."
[moody music]
♪♪ ♪♪
AMY: Why wouldn't you use magic...if you could?
LOLA: We need her.
There's no denying that.
These little spells that no one can see
are a complete waste of our Wizen lineage.
She's got to be the Wise One.
No giant ball of dust has ever chased us.
AMY: I wish she'd just get over this already.
I cannot stop pacing. [sighs]
Can I please just go talk to her?
- That's the point-- to absorb her,
to track her from a distance.
- Something huge is going on for her right now.
She's so nervous.
[exhales] We have to get her trained
and leading our generation of Wizens.
It's our only mission.
No matter what we have to do to accomplish it, okay?
- I couldn't agree more.
Now, will you please stop pacing?
- [huffs] Oh!
Yeah, sure!
'Cause it's that easy.
You do the absorbing next time.
How 'bout that?
- Relax yourself. - [scoffs]
- Okay, so I know I said I was going to refocus on dance,
and I am.
But I can't do this without help. Like...
[whispering] Wizen help.
So I need you to go to the bathroom.
- What? Why? - I need to do a spell.
- No. - Just a small one.
- It's too risky. We don't know
how this magic stuff works yet.
- This is a legit emergency.
It's just a general malaise spell--it'll be fine.
Subtle. It'll just make the other girls...
you know, ma-lazy.
Like they wanna take a nap or something.
- Are you hearing yourself? Cece,
you have to believe you can dance.
- Sure. Yeah, I know.
I also know that I need to take these other girls
out of the competition, or I'm out,
and that's just not in the cards.
- Cards--I forgot to tell you.
When I pulled your cards, the Four of Swords came up.
But it was reversed.
Normally, that card would be a period of healing
or a time to recharge or whatever.
Except, because it was reversed--
- Okay, great. I need you to be in here.
It's not safe for you. Please.
[slow piano music playing]
♪♪ ♪♪
"When you need to be your best,
let the others fall to rest."
[intense music]
[music winds down, stops]
BENOIT: Cece.
- Oh, hey there.
Hi. What's up?
Lavender.
It's good for anxiety, which I have plenty of,
as you can see.
[small laugh] Anyway, yeah.
There's also some rosemary in it,
which is great for concentration.
If you're into that sort of thing.
Oh! And rosemary also stimulates hair growth.
But it looks like you have loads of hair,
so no worries there. I mean...
who knows when you're older?
But for now, it's good.
You're good. You have good hair.
Yeah.
- You think a little bit of oil
is going to make you a great dancer?
- No. I mean, it's to relax you.
- Relax me? That's the last thing I need.
Let's go.
Hello!
[snapping] - Fine.
Jeez.
[slow piano music continues]
♪♪ ♪♪
- [softly] To my hand.
Too much.
So everything you've done is right...
but on the wrong foot.
- [sighs] Maybe I'm on the right foot
and everyone else is wrong.
Maybe I'm not resonating with the whole
white princess-ness of this role,
so I'm interpreting it with a stronger
"don't mess with me" vibe, which happens on the left foot.
- Interesting. You wanna lead?
- That's it!
Yes! Let's switch parts.
Let's face it-- you're the better dancer.
I'll do more of the standing steady
while you do the heavy lifting.
- But I am already doing the lift.
- [laughs] No.
Heavy lifting means the hard work.
We'll swap some of the choreo and change the lift.
You'll focus on the more technical stuff.
Instead of the damsel in distress,
I'm a CEO of a giant corporation.
And I'm standing my ground.
And...you're new to the job,
just trying catch a break.
[giggles]
- [giggling]
Imagine the good we could do
if we could practice our witchcraft out in the open.
There'll be no stopping us.
- For real. Pedestrians have messed up this planet,
and it's our destiny to fix it.
We need to convince her. It's her destiny too.
- Yep. Yeah.
Whew.
We have to protect her from whatever was after her.
What was that?
We need to know who did that, too.
- Okay. Here's the plan.
We protect her by training her. Forget this dance stuff.
She needs to be training with us 24/7.
And we really need to know what this is.
- I know you want to figure this out yourself,
but we definitely need the help of an Elder.
[stomach rumbling]
You good?
- [exhales]
[mellow music]
♪♪ ♪♪
ARMANDO: Okay, Cece, the next time you're not in uniform,
you'll have detention.
Now, I'd like to see this from the top.
First positions.
May I have some music, please?
[piano music begins]
♪♪ ♪♪
Ah.
Interpretation.
And there's connection.
♪♪ ♪♪
Lovely.
Really support him there, Cece.
Lovely, good. Thank you.
Lovely.
♪♪ ♪♪
And up, up, up, up.
Really fly there, Benoit.
Nice, thank you Very good.
♪♪ ♪♪
Bravo.
Bravo. Now, that...
that is how you secure a spot.
[phone buzzes]
Love the attitude.
Love it, love it, love it. Excuse me one moment.
[phone buzzing] Hello? Yes.
Yes, sorry, no, slow down.
You can't be serious. - [mouthing words]
- No. No, no, no. I'll be right there.
Thank you very much.
Thank you. Okay, please continue without me.
I'll be right back.
- [whispering] You need to see this right now.
It's a code M.
[retching, vomiting sounds]
I told you not to do this.
You don't know what you're doing
with this magic stuff yet.
- You think?
What's happening? - The Four of Swords reversed
is the opposite of healing.
Your spell has made them all really sick.
- No, no, no. These are company dancers,
not our class! This wasn't supposed to happen.
It was supposed to be general malaise to make them tired,
not sick.
[vomiting sounds]
- Are you okay? LOLA: [retches]
[toilet flushes]
Of all the spells...
you gave her the one that makes people barf?
[stomach rumbles] - If you were the one
absorbing Cece, then you wouldn't have been hit
by the general malaise.
That's all I'm sayin'. - I already told you
point taken--jeez!
- [coughing, gagging]
- So this definitely seals it.
She's the Wise One, all right.
She super-charged the spell, and it made everyone sick.
A true Wizen always chooses magic.
- This is super powerful for someone so new.
[vomiting sounds in background]
- [gagging] - You okay?
[overlapping gagging, vomiting sounds]
ARMANDO: Okay.
We have an emergency.
Almost everyone in the corps is sick.
Many of the first and second division students
who are also in this piece
have also been hit with this illness.
It's completely unprecedented, but we have no other choice.
We have decided that you
will be dancing on the main stage tomorrow night
in front of a full house.
Never in the history of the Garnier
has a class of third-year students
danced in a professional show on the Garnier stage.
And certainly not with virtually no rehearsals.
And being that we need to rehearse the piece,
I will make my selections based on what I've seen in class,
in audition, and tomorrow's performance.
Then...I'm sorry.
Some of you will be cut.
So good luck to all of you.
Thank you.
[edgy music]
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