DASH FREYA INGRID JOANNA KILLIAN MIKE PENELOPE VICTOR WENDY KILLIAN I love you... I loved you even before I met you. You marry him, it'll destroy you. FREYA I've made my choice. KILLIAN Freya, listen to me. VICTOR Is everything okay, Freya? FREYA Killian was just leaving. Good-bye. INGRID How is it possible that I'm the key? MIKE Uh, I don't know how and I don't know why, but I know I'm right. You are "a parching imbued." We can prove it. By opening the door. INGRID I can't help you, Mike. MIKE Yes, you can. INGRID Okay, fine, I won't. MIKE I'll show you my research. You'll see that I'm right. INGRID I don't care if you're right. MIKE Aren't you curious about who you are? And where you came from? Let's go to the portal. Let's see if you can open it. We can make history. VICTOR So, what'd you find? WENDY You know how we cleared the portal of the ramus mortium? JOANNA Why? Is it back? WENDY Nope, it's worse. Now there's argenteum leaking out. VICTOR All on its own? WENDY Yeah. JOANNA That means someone's trying to create a rift between the two worlds. VICTOR So you think that the shifter's trying to open the portal? WENDY Definitely. JOANNA Hang on a second what if it's not just about opening the portal? What if it's about creating the rift in order to obtain the argenteum? WENDY That is one of the few poisons that would actually kill you. VICTOR Has it occurred to either of you that the portal is under the house where Freya's getting married tomorrow? JOANNA Well, it has come up, yeah. VICTOR So, what if the Gardiners are the ones that are after you? WENDY No, we actually tested both Penelope and Dash. They both came back mortal. VICTOR Okay, so what are we gonna do? JOANNA I'm sorry, "we"? VICTOR Yeah, I'm not gonna let you face this alone. JOANNA You know, frankly I'm glad you're both here. I could use the help. PENELOPE Tenebris. Magicae. Infirmarent. Hostem! JOANNA Oh, Freya. You look so... FREYA Do you like the veil? JOANNA It's gorgeous. You look gorgeous and a bit... FREYA Mom? Just don't cry. Save it for the wedding. Or at least the wedding dress. JOANNA I'm sorry. FREYA Oh, no! Isn't that bad luck? JOANNA Life is not about good luck or bad luck. It is about what you do with what you're given. So... not to worry. FREYA Okay. WENDY Did you see? It's raining. JOANNA So? Rain's good luck for a wedding. WENDY No, it's not! That's just something mortals say to make themselves feel better. We both know it's an omen. JOANNA It's weather, Wendy. It happens. WENDY What are you doing? JOANNA Nothing. Freya's veil ripped. WENDY What? Are you kidding me? Another sign? JOANNA It's a sign she has a clumsy mother. What the hell? WENDY Three harbingers of doom, Joanna? You can't say this is a coincidence. JOANNA Okay, Wendy, you're right. It's not. The shifter's sending dark energy to weaken us. That's why the veil ripped. That's where the rain came from. And that's why the dead crow. All part of the same spell. WENDY We have to cancel the wedding. JOANNA I cannot do that to my daughter. Every life that Freya has lived has been cut short. She's never been married, she's never had a child, never grown old. I have to give her this day. She's waited too long for it. WENDY I want to give her this day, too. But I want you to be safe. JOANNA We can do both. We have to meet the darkness with light. So, every omen that comes our way, we counteract with an equal and opposite spell. We can fix this. We have to fix this for Freya. INGRID Aperi. MIKE What the hell do you think you're doing? How'd you get in my room? Give me back my maps. INGRID I can't. MIKE You wouldn't even know about the portal if it weren't for me. You owe me, Ingrid. INGRID I don't owe you a thing. You don't care about me. You're doing this for yourself. MIKE I don't care what you are. I'm not afraid of you. You're not gonna hurt me. You're too sweet. I will do whatever it takes to open that door. INGRID Mike, you've lost it. You've turned into your father. MIKE My father was right! And so am I. And I'm not gonna stop until I prove it. INGRID Corpus dolet! MIKE What are you doing to me? INGRID Manete. I'm not as sweet as you think I am. And if I were you, I'd get the hell out of town. You shouldn't mess with me, Mike. I'm a witch. Remember? FREYA It's my last day in this house. Somebody better eat breakfast with me. Oh, hey! VICTOR Hey. FREYA I thought you were Mom. Or Ingrid... or Wendy. Man, I used to be able to sense who was entering a room without even looking. Now I'm all normal. VICTOR Don't worry powers or no powers, I don't think you'll ever be normal. FREYA Thank you. Wait, are you leaving? VICTOR I should get back to the city. Look, it was... so nice to meet you, Freya. Again, I... FREYA I thought you were coming to the wedding. VICTOR Yeah, I don't want to... I don't want to impose. FREYA Who else is gonna walk me down the aisle? VICTOR Really? FREYA Well, yeah. I don't think it's an accident that you came back into my life when you did. I think this is supposed to be. My father is supposed to walk me down the aisle. Only if you want to. VICTOR I would love to. If you're sure this wedding is what you really want. FREYA Yeah, I am. I just... Things are complicated. VICTOR Yeah, I had a... I had a feeling. FREYA Did Mom tell you about the tarot? She dealt it for me, and I drew the emperor and the trickster. And last night you met the trickster. VICTOR You sure about that? FREYA Yes, I am. Dash is the emperor. He's my soul mate. He's loving and kind and selfless, and he... makes me feel safe. And Killian, he... scares me a little. He's trouble. VICTOR You always loved trouble. FREYA Yeah, well, I don't want it to destroy me. VICTOR You can't read into the cards so literally. "Destroy"... "destroy" can mean a lot of things. FREYA None of 'em are good, whether it's literal or a metaphor. VICTOR You're right. FREYA I had to make a choice, and I did. I choose Dash. VICTOR And there's no part of you that's tempted by Killian? FREYA Yeah. Of course. But that's what the trickster does. He confuses people. INGRID Hey. Oh. Hey, you're still here. FREYA Dad's walking me down the aisle. INGRID Oh. That makes sense. You've known him for five minutes, so why shouldn't he? FREYA I'm sorry, whose wedding is this? INGRID I just don't get it. VICTOR You know what? I need to get back to the city, get my suit and a few other things. I'll be back later. FREYA Bye. VICTOR Bye. FREYA I know you have made him out to be some monster in your head, but it's not true. He loves us. INGRID He sure has an odd way of showing it. FREYA I know this sounds nuts, but it's kind of nice to have someone else in the house who knows the truth about who we are. Who we can talk to about all the things we have to hide from the rest of the world. It means a lot to me that he's here for this. I think it's meant to be. INGRID Okay. If that's what you believe. I want you to have everything you want today. FREYA Thank you. What's with the blueprints? INGRID Oh. Um, that... that's just some, uh, research for my dissertation. FREYA On the day of my wedding? INGRID I'm done now. And I love you. And I am so crazy happy for you. And I can't believe you're leaving me. FREYA I'm gonna be a mile away. INGRID I know. But it won't be the same. FREYA I will never leave you. I can't, we're too connected. WENDY I meet you, darkness, with my light. Protecti sumus hodie lumen de tenebrae. JOANNA Hey. Did you see? The rain's cleared up. FREYA I noticed that. Was that you? JOANNA No. Maybe. I just thought you should have sun on your big day. FREYA Thanks, Mom. Hey, I asked Victor to walk me down the aisle. JOANNA You did? FREYA Yeah, is that crazy? Am I crazy? Ingrid thinks I'm crazy. JOANNA I want you to make your own choices in life, to honor your wisdom, and to follow what feels right to you. That's how I know I've done my job. FREYA And I want you to walk with me, too. It wouldn't feel right without you. JOANNA I would be honored. Oh... I almost forgot. FREYA Oh...! You got me a present. JOANNA It was on the back steps. Killian left it. FREYA Is he still here? JOANNA Uh, I didn't actually see him. FREYA How do you know it's from him? JOANNA I did a little spell. Can't be too safe. JOANNA Oh, what a lovely song. You okay? FREYA I'm fine. WENDY Okay. I've protected us 12 ways to Sunday. Ooh, sage. Good idea. JOANNA I thought we should do a blessing before the wedding. WENDY Okay. Nice. So... You and Victor? JOANNA There is no "me and Victor." WENDY There's always been a "you and Victor." JOANNA I can't go down that road again. WENDY Didn't you? Already? Last night? JOANNA How... how did you know? WENDY Cat ears. Excuse me. So... you still love him? JOANNA That's never been the problem. WENDY I miss him. FREYA Roger... I got your text. What's up? DASH Hey. FREYA What are you doing?! We're not supposed to see other before the wedding! DASH I'm sorry. Look, I know you're superstitious, but I wanted to give you something. FREYA Okay. So you made Roger text me and tell me there's an emergency? That is so... DASH Smart? FREYA Devious! DASH Look, I knew you wouldn't come unless I tricked you, but I... I think you'll be happy when you see why. DASH I thought you could wear it today. It's-it's something new. And something blue. FREYA Dash, this is too much. This probably cost more than my car. DASH It's just the beginning. Look, I-I want you to have the best of everything, Freya. That's what you deserve. I'm just so glad you're mine. INGRID You're back. VICTOR Yeah, I travel fast. It's one of my gifts. INGRID Hey... can I talk to you about something? VICTOR Yes. Of... of course, Ingrid. I... I was hoping we could talk. INGRID This is not a father-daughter conversation. VICTOR Oh. Okay. What is it? INGRID I want to know about Asgard. I've asked Mom and Wendy 1,000 times, and they never give me a straight answer. VICTOR Well, I'm not surprised you're curious. You're a lot like me. INGRID I don't think I'm anything like you. VICTOR You're a scholar. So am I. You're tenacious. So am I. You're driven to seek answers and truth. So am I. We're the same. INGRID Okay. So, then... tell me the truth. What happened there? Why did we leave? VICTOR There was a war, and we lost. INGRID If you could open the door and go back, would you? VICTOR I'd be pretty scared to open that door. INGRID Because there are a lot of evil people on the other side. VICTOR Yes. INGRID And they want to kill us. VICTOR Yes. And they're far more powerful than we are, I'm sorry to say. INGRID But...? VICTOR None of us wanted to leave. And there are still those we left behind... and I'd do just about anything to see them again. JOANNA Freya... INGRID I am so happy for you. JOANNA You look incredible. WENDY I'm so glad I made it back into your life in time to see this, Freya. FREYA Oh, thanks, guys. So, I have my something new and blue. WENDY Whoa. INGRID I'm blind! WENDY Beautiful. FREYA Dash gave it to me. I feel strange wearing it, though. I'm not used to so much luxury. I never thought I was so fancy. INGRID Um, have you seen your engagement ring? FREYA I know. I just... I think it's really starting to hit me that in just a few hours, I'm gonna be married. I'm gonna live in this house this gorgeous, incredible house with a gorgeous, incredible man who buys me blinding diamonds and sapphires. WENDY Yeah, pretty sweet. FREYA I just don't really care about any of that. I just want to start a life with the man I love. INGRID You still need something old and borrowed. FREYA We've got that covered. WENDY Ow...! FREYA To remind myself that I'm making the right choice. Thanks, Mom. JOANNA I love you. FREYA I love you so much. JOANNA All right, well, I want to do a blessing for the wedding and for your marriage. May it be a long and happy one. Benedicito. WENDY Benedicito. INGRID Benedicito. FREYA Benedicito. Oh, no! JOANNA Oh. INGRID I'll take these. PENELOPE Hello, ladies. JOANNA It's okay. I can fix it. PENELOPE Oh, you look breathtaking, Freya. Oh, and your father was looking for you. He's in the music room. FREYA See you in there. PENELOPE Sage burning. INGRID PENELOPE Ooh! INGRID Yeah! WENDY Okay, I'm not gonna say it. JOANNA Then don't. WENDY A broken chain, another bad omen? JOANNA It's okay. We fight the darkness with light. Please, just help me fix it. WENDY We fight the darkness with light. FREYA Hey. VICTOR You look beautiful. FREYA Thank you. VICTOR So, I know I might be overstepping, and honestly I wasn't even sure if I should bring this up. And I know today is possibly the worst time to be telling you this, but ultimately, I believe, Freya, that you have the right to know. FREYA Know what? VICTOR I want to show you something. FREYA What is this? VICTOR Do you recognize any of this? FREYA It feels oddly familiar. VICTOR Because it used to be yours. I know I said I hadn't seen you since your mother and I split up, but that's not exactly true. Our paths have crossed more than once throughout the centuries, Freya. But there was one time, one time in particular that I thought you should know about. FREYA Why? VICTOR Because it might affect what you decide to do with the rest of your life. JOANNA Penelope, why do you keep this picture here? PENELOPE What do you mean? JOANNA Well, doesn't it give you the creeps? PENELOPE Not really. That man built this house. And I love this house. So I'm just paying my respects. JOANNA Of course. Must be hard to pay respects to a murderous cult leader. PENELOPE And who did he murder exactly? JOANNA I-I don't know, specifically. I just heard. PENELOPE Well, that's funny, because I swear I read somewhere that he was the one that was murdered. JOANNA Are you sure? I thought he disappeared, and no one knew exactly what became of him. PENELOPE Why don't we ask Ingrid what happened? JOANNA Why? PENELOPE Because... she's a Fair Haven history buff. JOANNA Right. PENELOPE Here's to our families... finally coming together. VICTOR In 1906, I was living in Los Angeles, and I tracked you down in San Francisco. You'd struck out on your own, which you do from time to time. It's that restless bohemian in you.... always longing for adventure... You were working in a tavern, and your drinks were a legend in the city. You were famous. Of course, you were secretly mixing magic cocktails, but no one actually knew that. They just knew that they couldn't get enough. You read fortunes on the side just for fun, but always for free. And you were happy, Freya. Truly happy. Maybe the happiest I've ever known you to be. You told me you were in love. I said, "That's nothing new." But I realized pretty quickly that this time, it was different. You'd finally found your other half. VICTOR His name was Henry. He was a musician, and you were his muse. You lived in a tiny apartment above the bar, he wrote his music, and you made your drinks. And you were happy. But then you died in the great earthquake. Your funeral was the last time I saw Henry... until yesterday when he was standing in the front hall of your house. WENDY Joanna, is everything okay? JOANNA I think Penelope's the shifter. WENDY What?! Why would you say that? JOANNA I asked her about Archibald Browning, and it was very strange. I saw this... flash for a moment. Of anger. Um, she's connected to him somehow. I can tell. WENDY Okay, let's go down to the portal. Just make sure nothing has changed. JOANNA All right. Gotta do it fast. JOANNA I should've listened to you, Wendy, about the signs. It wasn't enough to just counteract them. It didn't work. Wait a minute, something's wrong. I can feel it. WENDY You're right. Something is very wrong. PENELOPE How does that feel? Wrists too tight? JOANNA Fuge ad parietem! PENELOPE That's cute. I like your spirit! But, you see, I've drawn a circle around this table. Red brick dust mixed with blackthorn and yarrow. You are contained. That was a nice try, though. JOANNA Who are you? Why are you doing this? PENELOPE I'm Athena. JOANNA But you died. PENELOPE Back in the early '60s, yeah. No, I wanted you to think Athena had died, so you wouldn't know I was after you. JOANNA But how did you find me? PENELOPE Oh, it wasn't easy. It took decades. Your shroud was very effective; I couldn't even find this place on the map... but then I finally figured out a way to break through your spell. And now, here we are. FREYA It couldn't have been. How is that possible? Killian is mortal. VICTOR There's a word in Sanskrit "samsara" the cycle of death and rebirth. FREYA What, you mean like reincarnation? VICTOR It's possible that you knew him even before San Francisco, that your souls met again and again, maybe even going back centuries. He might have chosen to be reborn now just so he could find you. FREYA Or maybe he's the trickster! Disguising himself as someone I used to love, trying to destroy me, just like the tarot card said. VICTOR You're right, Freya. I don't know that it's really him. You said earlier that you don't think it was an accident that I came back into your life now. Maybe you're right. Maybe it's not an accident. Maybe I came back to tell you this. I don't know. It's not for me to say. I guess you have to look into your heart and decide. JOANNA I didn't mean to kill him. PENELOPE You forget... I was there. JOANNA Athena, please. I'm I'm sorry. I know you loved Archibald, but you you don't understand. You were a child. He was evil. PENELOPE He was my father! And I loved him. And you murdered him! JOANNA So you sent Dash to spell Freya. PENELOPE Oh, no, he doesn't have powers. He's actually in love with her. I didn't plan that part. It's very annoying. Then I realized it could be an advantage. Keep you all close. JOANNA So Dash isn't really your son? PENELOPE Oh, he is. I just borrowed his powers when he was a baby. And Killian's, too. I haven't told them, but I will soon enough. I needed to be stronger... JOANNA Athena, please. ...so that I'd be able to find you and finally do what needed to be done! INGRID Hey. It's almost time. Are you ready? FREYA Can you give me a minute? INGRID Okay. DASH Whoa! Whoa-whoa-whoa! What are you doing here?! I thought this was bad luck. FREYA Open your eyes. DASH What What What's wrong? FREYA I can't do this. DASH What do you mean? FREYA I can't marry you. DASH No. No-no-no-no, Freya, you're you're just freaking out. I mean, you're having cold feet. It's normal. FREYA It's not cold feet. I love you, but I can't do this. DASH I'm so confused. I mean, you wanted this just as much as I did. FREYA You're right, I did. I wanted this to be perfect. I wanted us to be perfect... so I pretended that we were. Because I had this idea that this is who I should be, but I don't actually think it's who I am. DASH This is about Killian, isn't it? You're in love with him. FREYA It's about me. DASH I trusted you, Freya. I gave you everything. Get out. FREYA I am so sorry. DASH Get out! I don't ever want to see you again. WENDY Have you seen Joanna? VICTOR No. No, not for a while. WENDY Me neither. Keep an eye out. VICTOR I'll check the garden. INGRID But thank you so much for coming. I'll see you inside. I'm gonna go check on my sister. MIKE You may be a witch, but I will pull the trigger faster than you can do any magic. So don't even try it. Shall we go? INGRID Where? MIKE I think you know exactly where. PENELOPE The argenteum has taken its toll. PENELOPE Now you can be killed like the rest of us. Don't worry about Ingrid and Freya. They're a part of my family now. I will help them grieve this senseless loss. PENELOPE How's it feel? WENDY Joanna! PENELOPE Oh, look. It's the kitty. MIKE I'm sorry it had to come to this. I didn't think I'd have to convince you. I thought you'd be more excited. But I'm going through to the other side. This is it. Get in there! INGRID You really think you could hurt me? All it would take is for me to do one tiny thing MIKE Keep your hands down, or I will shoot you again. I know you can be killed. MIKE Okay. You're the key. Open it up. INGRID I don't know how. MIKE So improvise! INGRID Ow! Ow... MIKE I don't know if you've figured it out yet, but I have the power here. You do what I say! INGRID No! MIKE Get over there! INGRID Nothing's happening. MIKE Then concentrate. INGRID I don't know what I should do. MIKE You're doing it already. JOANNA Penelope... PENELOPE Ah. JOANNA ...leave my sister alone. PENELOPE You are stronger than I thought. But I still got the poison inside you and you don't have a chance. And you are going to die. JOANNA Fight the darkness with the light. FREYA Oh... Yes! JOANNA Well, I think she's dead. WENDY I'd say so. MIKE I knew it, I knew it. I knew you were the key. Use your other hand. Put your other hand on the wall! Touch the wall. DASH Killian! KILLIAN What are you doing? What the hell? WENDY Why? JOANNA It was payback for killing Archibald. She was his daughter. WENDY What? Penelope was Athena? So Dash and Killian...? JOANNA Apparently, they didn't know. WENDY Joanna... Did she poison you with argenteum? JOANNA Yeah. I might not have long left. WENDY Oh, my God. Come here. JOANNA What the hell was that? WENDY The portal. JOANNA Oh... FREYA Killian! Killian... MIKE Ha! JOANNA Ingrid, no!