Original subtitles

- [Narrator] Previously on Niko and the Sword of Light.

- Here it comes. Atomatron inbound!

(yelling)

- I now have this key

to take me to my final destination.

- And there's the map piece!

Ilumunious todos reoth!

- (straining) I have it!

- Something seems to be missing.

The key Nar Est stole isn't to the Forgotten Fortress.

It's to the map!

(growling)

- You.

- [Group] You!

("Niko And The Sword Of Light Theme")

- I am Niko, and this is my sword of light!

I am here to protect my people and defeat the darkness,

forever!

- Don't just stand there, you lump of mud.

Attack!

(growling)

I see you've acquired a map, Highness.

Allow me to relieve you of it.

(straining) (growling)

Your skills are improving,

but not quickly enough.

- Come on, into the arrow glider!

(roars)

- Where is Chompsky?

- I don't know!

(yelling) (rumbling)

- The map, now.

My patience wears thin.

- [Mugwhump] Leave my friends alone!

(growling)

- Uh, Sire?

(rumbling)

(yelling)

- Ha ha!

Hurry, my queen.

Otto and I will give you a head start.

- [Niko] But Chompsky, we cannot leave you!

- I'll be fine, but you need to go.

Good luck, my friends.

(rumbling) (growling)

(Chompsky yelling)

- Save your fists.

The map is all that matters.

Rasper, time to fly.

(growling)

- Ugh, of all the times to have the speed booster conk out.

I'll just have to try and outfly them.

- Well, you'd better start now.

They're closing in!

- I'll man the steam cannon.

(squawking)

(Niko yelling)

- They've got the map!

- Splendid, work, my dark champion.

- You will not escape! (yells)

Aah!

Darkness!

- Do something!

- Be gone!

- I'm trying.

- No!

They're gone.

- Do you see this strange glowy trail

or do my visions return?

- I see it.

(gasps) Of course.

It's right there in the rhyme.

"Altogether, altogether,

"then your path will shine!"

It must be a path to the Forgotten Fortress!

This fight isn't over.

(buzzes)

It's working!

Hang on to something.

Not me!

- Slow down!

I'm serious.

I think I see something ahead.

That's more like it.

- I know this place.

I've seen this blasted land in my visions.

Something both great

and terrible once happened here.

(gasps)

- The Forgotten Fortress.

We made it.

Let's just hope we're not too late.

(yelling)

- (Niko groans) Chompsky should've given you landing lessons, too.

- [Lyra] Not now, Niko.

- (laughs) Nice of Nar Est to leave the door

wide open for us.

- This isn't like him.

Why would he be so careless?

- Never look a gift gorkle in the jaw sack.

- Mmm.

(stones rumbling)

- The door!

How could Nar Est be so careless?

- Never look a gift warbler in the tooth hole.

Come on, let's go!

- The door!

How could Nar Est be so careless?

- Mmm.

(gasps) The door!

The door! The door!

The door! The door.

- Hey, look, the door!

- Stop!

We just keep running in and out.

Look at our footprints.

There must be some kind of enchantment going on.

(groans)

Every time we go inside,

we instantly forget where we are

and come right back outside.

- Forgotten Fortress.

I think you may be onto something.

Nar Est must have made it inside somehow

or he'd still be out here too.

- Maybe if we had some kind of memento.

Something we can look at to remind us where we are.

- Lyra!

Perhaps this?

- (gasps) The map!

Hmmm.

- Okay, where are we?

- Forgotten Fortress.

- Why are we here?

- To stop Nar Est from obtaining the amulet of power.

- Well, so far, so good.

(creaking) (rumbling)

- Amazingness!

(yelling)

- Niko, stay close.

We don't wanna get--

- Woo-hoo!

- Eh, separated.

- Lyra, observe!

The laws of nature do not apply here!

- Niko, come on!

- Apologies.

These moving stairs are like waterslides.

So tempting.

- No matter what, we have to stick together.

Now which way? Up or down?

I say we go up.

(yelling)

- I don't think we have much of a choice.

(gasps)

(yelling and grunting)

(squeaking)

- I've got you.

- And I have you.

- But who has the map?

(stones creaking and rumbling)

Oh, havoc.

- Greetings!

What is this unusual place?

- Ooh, and what is this unusual bug?

(squeaking)

- Hey, check out my cool stick.

Whoa, sorry.

- Farewell, strangers!

(squeaking)

- Oh, will you quit following me?

(squeaking)

- All right, fine.

I'll protect you, little guy.

- Hello?

Can anyone hear me?

Hello!

(gasps)

Aah!

- Hello.

I seem to be lost.

Do you know where we are?

- Apologies, kind Sir.

I'm a bit lost myself.

- Perhaps you wouldn't find if we walk together.

(creaking and rumbling)

- Ah, ooh!

What strange room is this?

(low growling)

Huh?

Whoa! Thank you, friend.

Those traps would've been a most unwelcome surprise.

Check out this cool sword I have!

- Rrr?

Whoa! You can make glowy stuff too?

Although, yours is strangely darker than mine.

Are you ready?

Then let these traps be gone!

Blast attack!

(grunting)

My gratitude!

- This way, my timid companion!

We'll ride these waves until escape is at hand!

(squeaking)

Yes, I see them too.

You there, friend or foe?

- I don't know. You tell me.

- Well, since you're not trying to eat my face off,

I'll go with friend.

But watch yourself, pal!

I'm dangerous.

Oh!

(straining)

(panting)

- Thank you, young lady.

An impressive gem you have there.

A fire opal?

- I think so.

- I can remember that I'm a sorcerer of some kind,

though I don't know if I'm any good.

- A sorcerer.

I think I wanna be a crystal mage,

but my only memory is frustration,

like I'm not quite there yet.

- Perfectly normal.

May I?

- Of course.

- My memories are dim, of course.

It's this strange place, I think.

But there is something I can teach you.

The secret to powerful magic.

- Oh, could you?

- Yes!

Passing down our gifts to the next generation

should be our duty.

(sighs)

Masters of the Crystal Arts teach focus

as the key to powerful magic.

Important to be sure, but not entirely correct.

What you need is a totem.

- Totem?

- An image in your mind.

Something completely unrelated to the world around you.

Focus on that, and your mind is free

to channel your powers subconsciously.

- Sort of like a...

a happy place!

- Yes, yes, a happy place! (giggles)

- Let me try.

Huh?

(laughing)

- Wonderful, wonderful!

You see, my dear?

It's working already!

- I could really feel the difference!

- [Nar Est] Well, I hope you can put this

to good use some day.

- There! Up there!

(stones creaking)

- Aw, twigs. Another dead end.

- (sighs) We made it!

Oh, hello.

I didn't know anyone else was here.

- Yah!

Whoo-hoo!

- Greetings, strangers!

I am Sword Boy,

and this is my battle brother, Blasty Hands!

- (chuckles)

- Uh, Sword Boy,

do you happen to have any idea

why we're in this place?

- I sense we are looking for something important.

Something beyond that door.

Stand aside.

Power strike!

(grunting)

- Pardon us, please.

We have a Crystal Mage coming through.

- "One star flies with the sky whale high."

- What was that?

- Never mind.

It's just some old rhyme that popped into my head.

- Oh, please do recite it.

Some gentle verse to calm the nerves

would be most welcome.

- (sighs) Why not?

"One star flies in the sky whale high."

- "Two stars sleep in the tower keep."

- "Three stars nest in the molten crest."

- "Four stars walk with a bower that talks."

- "Altogether, altogether, then your path will shine.

"The greatest power in the world is yours alone to find."

- "It will appear when the four stars align."

I just remembered that!

Do you think it means anything?

(yelling)

(grunting)

(creaking)

Your Majesty, are you okay?

- Fine, but how did you know I was a queen?

How did I know I was a queen?

Oh, havoc.

- It seems the enchantment has been lifted.

(Dark Champion growls)

- The amulet of power!

- Flying beak brain!

Get me that amulet.

(hissing)

(panting)

Aah!

(growling)

(squeaking)

- You've made a grave mistake, Lyra.

Even with my chew toy of a crystal,

you're no match.

Kere edev batok!

What?

No!

Did I?

I told you about the happy place.

That's my sinister secret to superior spells!

- Now it's my secret too.

Keirneg ashol bifoon!

- Wispy, I need you!

Let's see how you enjoy life as a dark creature

that answers to me!

(squeaking)

- Thanks, Flicker.

Whoa!

(sinister chuckle)

(low growling)

- Kya!

Whoa!

(gasps)

Darkness, be gone!

- Thanks, Niko.

That was close.

- Lyra, the amulet!

(panting)

- Huh?

(panting)

- We must make haste.

- No, Niko, wait.

I think I have a faster way up there.

Happy place, happy place, happy place.

- Lyra, are we flying?

- At last!

The ultimate power in all known existence is mine.

Unh!

- Huh? - Huh?

(growling)

- There you are.

Bring that amulet to me.

I command it.

- No! Nar Est cannot be trusted!

- Obey your master, mud moundrel.

I made you.

Bring me that amulet or you will suffer dearly.

- Dark Champion, I do not know what truly lies in your heart,

but the destruction of this world benefits no one,

including you.

Help us, please!

(growling)

(rumbling)

(shouts)

- Niko?

- This is not good.

- Did you hear me?

Give that back to me this instant.

It's mine.

- Silence.

- Huh?

- Um, he sounds different.

- And not in a good way.

- Your disloyalty will not be forgotten, Nar Est.

But since you did offer me, at least, some assistance,

I will permit your continued existence.

- How dare you speak to me that way?

Who do you think you are?

- I am the darkness,

and I have arrived.

("Niko And The Sword of Light Theme")

- Chirp.