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[Ellis] Keep climbing.

The higher we go, the better the signal.

Taylor? Can you hear me?

-[Ellis] Try again. -Taylor!

[radio static]

There it is! The Solstice moon. Are we on the right frequency?

I matched it to the same aviation signal as the BQ.

And we've got a celestial event.

If that's how Uncle Charlie talked to us,

then maybe Taylor will too.

[announcer, on radio] Remember, Rock Islanders,

tonight we're broadcasting live

from the Milk Shack's Spooky Solstice party

so come on down!

Okay, look for anything in these books about Solstice -

a charm, ritual...

Gotta be something.

How to vanquish warts?

I'm having flashbacks

to Nan rubbing potatoes on me as a kid.

Anyways, calling these witchy books 'research'

is kind of a stretch.

But I'm good at stretching,

especially when it comes to Taylor and Uncle Charlie.

Well, according to witchcraft lore,

Solstice is the night

the veil between worlds and dimensions

is at its thinnest.

And they're both in another world or dimension.

And tonight's the night!

It's all looking fabulous for our Spooky Solstice party.

And I have some more books for my witchy co-host.

I love that you're taking such an interest in the craft, Lila.

I've always wanted to share my knowledge with someone.

Right here, Nan.

You have many other talents.

Ohh! Thanks, Gillian.

Haven't seen this one before, Nan.

That was your great-great-great Aunt Mabel's journal.

It's full of all kinds of secrets.

Which she learned from the Rock Island Witch herself.

Come on, she's not real.

An evil crone that traps bad kids

when they try to sneak out of bed?

It's just an island tale to get kids to behave.

Of course the witch was real.

You'd be very surprised by what's in that book.

Give me that!

-Check it out! -What is it?

[Nori] Come in, Taylor.

Taylor, do you read me?

[radio static]

We better get back to the Solstice party

and help Lila set up.

We can try and contact Taylor throughout Solstice.

[phone buzzes]

Hey, Lila.

Get to Devil's Peak now!

We have found the missing ingredient

that can help connect us to Taylor -

the Solstice Stone!

♪ It's a curious situation

♪ A strong case of speculation how ♪

♪ It takes more than intuition ♪

♪ To work the situation out ♪

♪ It's right before your eyes Can you feel it? ♪

♪ It's right between the lines Try to reveal it ♪

♪ So look until you find all of the pieces ♪

♪ Put them together ♪

♪ Now you see it ♪

♪ Rock Island Mysteries. ♪

[Lila] This is Meesha's

great-great-great aunt's journal.

And apparently

she knew the Rock Island Witch!

The Rock Island Witch?! She gives me nightmares.

Don't let Nan hear you say that.

Somewhere near here, under Devil's Peak,

is the Witch's Grotto.

Apparently, she had an amulet with the Solstice Stone.

"When exposed to the apex of the Solstice Moon,

"the stone can momentarily lift the veil between worlds."

What's that even mean?

We could make contact with Taylor!

If we try the radio at the same time we expose the stone?

-Yes! -Where even is this grotto?

Well, it doesn't say anything else.

Should we spread out and look?

Hmmm. I've got a feeling it's...

Uh-uh. There is no way I'm going near a witch's lair.

[Lila] I found it!

-Over here! -[Nori] I hate witches.

-Witch's intuition. -More like luck.

Dark holes never bode well.

What else is the Rock Island Witch hiding in there?

-Only your untimely doom. -Don't... even.

[laughs] Okay.

Torch.

Thank you.

Bye!

[Nori] Watch out for black cats!

Big witch vibes.

Lifting the veil between worlds seems kinda dangerous.

You okay down there?!

[Meesha] I think I found the Solstice Stone!

[screams]

You okay?

[all gasp]

-[laughs] Gotcha! -[Lila] Meesha!

Here.

It's so beautiful.

So we hold that under the apex of the moon?

-What time is that? -Should be close to midnight.

This could be it. We could get to talk to Taylor!

-Yeah! -So much to do before midnight.

First Spooky Solstice party duties

and then I need an hour

in hair and make-up with Meesha.

An hour? Make-up? When did I agree to this?

It was my pre-party ritual with Taylor.

Uh... yeah, you know.

I've always wanted to... learn more about make-up.

Well. See you guys at the party.

Hold still.

Get it away from me!

Ow! Meesha!

I'm so sorry.

No! Bye!

Nailed it.

You're bringing it!

Looks so good!

Talk about witchcraft.

I feel like my face has some kind of spell cast on it.

-Ready to hit the party? -Yep.

I just have to find something to put this amulet in.

What about that? Matches your costume.

Yeah.

I'm sure Taylor won't mind me borrowing it.

Look.

I know I'm no substitute. Okay?

Hey, um...

Do you think we'll maybe get in contact with her tonight?

I dunno, maybe even... bring her home?

I hope so.

Yeah.

I've got a good feeling about tonight.

Hey, you know, seeing it's Solstice,

a little witchy aura cleansing can't hurt.

Please tell me it doesn't involve potatoes?

Just words.

We set our intentions for what we want tonight.

Ready? Hold.

Oh, Wise One,

tonight we honour the new moon

and set our intentions for Solstice night.

Come on.

Okay.

I want to...

-What do I say? -Focus!

Channel your mind. Be specific and definite.

Yep? Okay. [clears throat]

Tonight

we will expose the amulet to the Solstice Moon

and lift the veil between worlds

so Taylor can make contact with us.

What she said.

Uh... okay.

And I'm focusing on giving Lila what she needs.

And on her hosting

the best Spooky Solstice party ever.

-And... -Okay!

Good job, but we have a party to get to.

-[grunts] -What?

Meesha, your costume! I just styled it perfectly.

-I leave you for three seconds! -Exactly!

-It was too perfect. -What?

Pirates are rough, tough and they're messy.

I could probably tear a few holes in it.

No, don't you... dare!

Did we just go from inside to inside?

Come on! Quickly!

No offence, but there's something

seriously wrong with your house.

[Lila] We can't be trapped!

How will we contact Taylor?

No, there's gotta be a way out.

Arggh!

Maybe we can get Nori and Ellis

to open the door from the outside and let us out.

No signal.

They could be trapped somewhere too!

No, no, no, this cannot happen tonight.

We have to get out! We have to contact Taylor!

[people chatter]

[ominous music plays]

[gasps]

[announcer] If you're not here already,

get on down to the Milk Shack's Spooky Solstice party

and hang around for the costume competition.

The prize is a...

Oh. Have you seen them?

-[witchy laugh] -[gasps]

They're everywhere.

Getting a little spooked, zombie diver?

I was fine until Lila started

talking about the Rock Island Witch.

The only thing I'm spooked about

is someone beating me in the costume comp tonight.

-What are you? -Oh, Nori.

I've moved far beyond basic Spooky Solstice costumes.

You're looking at a double helix.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, oh, no!

-Adenine, Thymine, Guanine?! -[Brock] And Cytosine!

I think you'll find the chemical structure

of my double-helix bond is accurate.

-Grouch. -[whimpers]

Wait. You're both double helixes?

Take a closer look, Grouch.

Whoo! Hoo-hoo!

[music stops]

Come on, E.

Lila never shows up late to a party

and Meesha's not answering her phone.

Something definitely wrong. Let's go.

There's no Wi-Fi.

And still no signal. Why does the world hate me?!

Is this just happening to us? Or the whole island?

How we can tell if we can't leave?

Being stuck inside is my worst nightmare!

I think my dad might have an old analogue radio somewhere.

You know what?

At least this loop circuit is keeping my reps up.

Yes!

[radio static]

[DJ, on radio] Come down at witching hour tonight

for a spooktacular Solstice party

at the Milk Shack!

Oh, I wish I could!

So we can hear the radio

but something is stopping us from leaving

and communicating with the outside world.

This was our chance to contact Taylor.

Now we'll never get the stone under the Solstice Moon.

We're getting out of here.

You won't defeat me, house!

[grunts]

[whoosh!]

[Meesha squeals] Ow!

[Meesha coughs]

[Lila] Okay. Open windows don't work, either!

What if this is somehow trapping us inside?

You're the expert in all the witchy stuff.

Does it have that kind of power?

I don't know! It just doesn't make sense!

I wish I'd paid more attention when

Nan was trying to pass down her knowledge to me.

I didn't think dabbling in the Craft would lead to all this.

-[crash] -[whispers] I heard something.

[crash, thud!]

[bang, bang!]

Meesha? Lila?

Don't come in!

-Stay outside! -Stop! Don't come in!

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Why are you guys yelling at me?

We told you not to come in!

Why haven't you left yet? The party's already started.

Ellis is having a massive costume meltdown.

We can't leave.

We're trapped in some kind of loop inside the house.

-And now you are too. -Uh... I just came in.

Can't we just...

[whoosh!]

I feel sea-sick.

We've checked every door and every window

and we keep getting looped back in.

We think it might have something to do with... this.

I told you the Rock Island Witch

is the stuff of nightmares!

-Or it might not! -There's one way to find out.

We get rid of it.

Okay, you can throw it out the window

but make sure it lands on the soft lawn

because we still need the Solstice Stone for tonight

to contact Taylor.

Careful.

Ow!

[Meesha] Sorry!

No, no, the stone!

We need this to contact Taylor!

[door creaks]

[Lila] Meesha! The door!

Come on! Let's get out of here!

No.

It won't even open now!

Worst. Party. Ever!

-Ellis! Did you hurt yourself? -Only my pride.

I just need this first-aid kit and a dozen more bandages.

Sure. Help yourself.

So, what do you think?

-Very fierce. -Fantastic!

I'm honouring my hero, the Rock Island Witch.

She was the fierce defender and protector of the island!

What about all those stories of her trapping young children?

They were just made-up stories.

To explain a rebellious young woman

who didn't fit in with conventions of her time.

That seems unfair.

Where are Meesha and the others?

Nori's gone to find them.

Oh.

Well, the radio show's starting soon.

So if Lila doesn't turn up in time, you'll have to fill in.

-What?! -Mm-hmm. [chuckles]

[Nori, on phone] You've reached Nori

from Harlow Brothers Dive Tours.

Where is everyone?!

[Meesha] Can superglue really fix a Solstice Stone?

[Lila] We have to try.

There's markings on the inside of some of these pieces.

Oh, that's a wiccan symbol! I've seen this before!

Where did I put that book?

Oh, I know.

We better hurry. You sort these. I'll glue.

[tense music plays]

Lila? Are you okay?

Lila?

-Lila, where are you? -[Nori] Lila!

Lila?! Lila!

[pounding on door]

-[Lila] Let me out! -Over here.

[Lila] Are you there?!

[grunts] The door won't open!

-What happened?! -I don't know.

I just went into Taylor's wardrobe

and ended up in mine!

Okay, don't worry. We've got this. Just hang in there.

Come on, let's go. Tools!

You're Lila Gray. You've got this, girl.

Now, where was I?

[Meesha] You brought a spatula?

[Nori] The tool box is outside.

-Try flipping it. -It's not a burger, Nori!

-[Nori] Are you okay? -I found it!

I found the symbol from the Solstice Stone!

-It's a curse! -[Ellis] Curse?

What curse?!

-What the?! -Ahhh!

[all scream]

Ahhhhhhhhhhh!

We've glued the amulet back together

but it still hasn't helped.

So I've walked into a cursed house,

we're all trapped in the dark,

no-one knows and no-one can hear us scream?

Are you sure?

ARGHHHHHHHH!!!

I still can't find anything in the book

about how to break the curse!

But why are we cursed?!

Because Gillian said the Witch was misunderstood.

She's actually the island's

greatest defender and protector!

-Protector? -That's right!

Maybe the curse was like a protection spell?

Maybe the Witch wanted to protect the Solstice Stone.

But from what?

From you.

Your intention.

You said you wanted to use the amulet

to lift the veil between the worlds.

But lifting the veil between worlds must be dangerous.

That's why the curse trapped us inside!

So we couldn't expose it to the moon!

You were right.

I wanted so badly to contact Taylor,

I didn't even think about the risks.

So how do we reverse it?

We can't take the amulet back if we can't get out!

I've got it.

We do the opposite of our intentions.

Are you sure?

It means no contact with Taylor.

The Witch wanted to keep the island safe

and that's what we do.

That's what Taylor would want.

[house groans]

[rumbling]

Okay, come on! We can reverse this!

Give me the amulet.

Everybody form a circle!

Okay, focus.

O Wise One,

we beseech you to release us!

[rumbling]

What's the science behind this?

Just go with it!

O Wise One, we vow to you.

We will not use the Solstice Stone

to lift the veil between worlds.

And if we do...

you can wreak your revenge upon us!

What?! I didn't agree to that!

[rumbling, thunder crashes]

It's getting worse.

We pledge to return the stone to the grotto

to keep the island safe.

-[Nori] The amulet! -Say it with me.

[all] We pledge to return the stone to the grotto

to keep the island safe!

Ah!

[Lila] Again!

We pledge to return the stone to the grotto

to keep the island safe!

[rumbling stops]

[Ellis] Did it work?

[Lila laughs]

Ah! The sweet air of freedom!

You were only stuck inside for five minutes.

We'll find another way to get through to Taylor.

I know we will.

Okay.

Guys! Look! The amulet!

[Ellis] It's the Midnight Solstice moon!

Quick! Cover the stone! Get it out of the moonlight!

Go, Meesha.

[Lila] We promised we wouldn't lift the veil!

[radio static]

[Taylor, on radio] Hello? Is anyone there?

Is that...?

Tay...Taylor?

[Taylor] I can hear you!

Taylor! We're here. Are you okay?!

[Taylor] Lila! Oh, it's you. It's really you! I'm okay.

It is so good to hear your...

[radio static]

Hello?

No.

Taylor, are you there?!

It was her.

The moon's already passed.

She's okay.

We've made contact with Taylor before.

We can do it again.

It is a spooktacular Rock Island Solstice, peeps!

And I am having the best time now.

Now that I'm here with all you Rock Islanders,

what do we think of this epic Solstice party?!

[cheering and applause]

Better than sitting at home, I guess.

Oh, well, I suppose it's okay.

I'm so glad Lila encouraged me to have this party.

It was worth it to give our witch a positive rebrand.

Yeah, well, it's worked for me.

And you might even convince me that she's okay.

[Meesha] Ooh! The costume comp results?

Oh.

And the votes for the best Spooky Solstice costume are in!

The lucky winner

of this year's supply of smoothies at The Shack is...

Correction - the winnersare...

...Brock Jefferson and Ellis Grouch!

-[cheering and applause] -Yep, it is a draw, peeps.

Guess we'll be splitting that smoothie prize.

A draw with him? This is my worst nightmare!

Uh... There's always next Solstice, Ellis.

I could even do a witchy spell to improve your chances.

-[both] Lila! -It's okay.

No more witchcraft, I promise.

It was just... really good to hear her voice again today.

You know? To know she's okay?

We will find a way to bring Taylor and Uncle Charlie home.

And we solved the curse from a witch

and cast a spell, so...

-We'll figure out the rest. -One mystery at a time!

-[laughs] -Well...

Come on, let's party!

[dance music plays]

[wolf howls]

[theme music]

♪ Rock Island Mysteries. ♪