Episode 2 - A Magical Approach

Gnomeo: Wow! I'm going on a date already! Sounds fantasmagorical, Mistress Raven will not be pleased. *Chuckles* To think, Gnomeo got to go on a date before Ms. Moulderwart. It is too good, A triumph for Gnome kind. Yippee!

I'm not used to this dating stuff though, I barely leave the house, I am worried what will happen, House Gnomes are not meant to fall in love, It is against the rules! I am only to serve Mistress Raven, If I was to fall in love, I would be useless!

What to do? What to do...

*Trails off into song*

There are many choices ahead, Do you trust your heart or trust your head? Those are the words a wise gnome once said, Grand Gnome Grumple who now is long dead, His wisest of words "Be careful where you tread!" were indeed his last when he fell out of bed.

Raven: Ughh! That pestulent pukeworm thinks he can just do what he wants?! He can think again!

He is here to serve me! Not to go off galavanting with some dreadful do-gooder...

Cursed Gnome, He is here to help me find a successor to my father. You might have heard of him? He is one of the most fiercest, Powerful Anti-Wizards in all of the kingdom...

...Many fear to speak his name, He is known as "He who shall not be discussed in public"

...No? Still, have'nt heard of him? *Evil laugh* Oh, Don't worry muckbeetles, You will!

Treasure Island

And the AYTO producers send the four couples to a small island...  The rumors have told of treasure everywhere...  You just need to look for it...

Dagmar: Why did they send us here?  There are only one bed and not even proper shelter... We will all die here...

Mikale: Don't be so a drama Queen, Dagmar...  Before you know it we're back at the castle... Oh sorry, I forgot... You are the Queen of Timbuktu...

Dagmar: I am the Queen of Scandinavia, and you need to call me accordingly...

Mikale: Yes, Your Royal Highness... Sorry, your Highness... *giggles and rolling his eyes*

Nodding: Guys, I can't wait to explore this place...  Hopefully, there is a lot of treasure that we can take home...

Maliha: Yep I can't wait too...  I say let's get out of this clothes and put on something more comfortable....

And that is what they did... They also look at the treasure map they've got from the producers...

Phoebe: Mmm, let's split up and go different places... What do you guys say?

Quinn: Sounds right to me...

So Dagmar and Gnomeo decided to go to the spot nearest from where they are...

Phoebe and Mikale swam over to where they want to go...

Phoebe: Look like here was some people before us...

Mikale: I wonder if they are still here?

Maliha and Quinn arrived at their spot...

Maliha: Aww it's beautiful here...

Noddy and Camila found a nice spot...

Meanwhile, Gnomeo found and inspect a hole in the ground...

Dagmar: Aren't you afraid of snakes?

Gnomeo: Aww... Not really, but by the sound of it I just triggered something...

Dagmar: What's that?

Gnomeo: Look's like a hidden entrance... Are you coming with?

Dagmar: Did you find something?

Gnomeo: Just a heap of rubble... But it looks like if there is a door behind it... I just need something to clear the rubble... *looking around*

Dagmar: Mmm... this look's nice... *harvesting the plant*

Dagmar: Did you find something?

Gnomeo: The door is locked... I need something to open it... Let's look around to see if there is a key somewhere...

Dagmar: Why are you crying? Do you know the people?

Gnomeo: No, but it reminds me of my parents that died years ago...

Dagmar: What's happening? *looking at the hole that appeared on the floor in front of her*

Gnomeo: Awesome! Let me inspect it...

Gnomeo: Just what I suspected... The key for that door...

Gnomeo: Eureka!

But what will he find behind the door?

Phoebe and Mikale look around their spot...

Phoebe: Look there is a hole in the ground next to the wagon...

Mikale: Hopefully there aren't cockroaches in here...

Mikale: Are you coming?

Phoebe: Yes! Wait for me!

Mikale: Awesome! I can smell here's a lot of treasure just waiting to be found by me...

Phoebe: Really? All I see is a lot of crates and rubble behind a fence...

Mikale: Mmm... I'm sure there will be something to remove it with...

Maliha: Will I go first?

Quinn: I can if you want to...

Maliha: No I will... Can't wait to see where this pool will lead us...

Quinn: Just be careful, okay?

Maliha: Yeah, yeah...

Quinn: Wow! looks like an underground tomb... Did you find any treasure yet?

Mahila: Not yet but I'm sure we will get something behind this wall...

Camilla investigates the small room on the side of the lot where they are...

Camilla: Hey! come look... There's something in there...

Noddy: Mmm... The door is locked... We need something to open it... Aww, wait! Here's a hole in the wall... Maybe I will get a key inside...

Camilla: Just beware of spiders...

And so Noddy got the Pangu Axe...

And he cleared the big boulders on top of a hidden entrance...

What will they find inside...?

Mikale: So did you guys find something interesting...

Noddy: Yep... Another place to stay... 

Dagmar: Really? Better than this?

Camilla: Yep, just a pity we're going home tomorrow... 

Noddy: And it's also too far to go back there now...

Phoebe: Where are Maliha and Quinn? *looking around*

Gnomeo: Have no idea... Maybe we must go looking for them...

Mikale: No ways... I'm sure they will get their way back here...

Camilla: But what if they fell off a cliff and need our help...

Noddy: I'm sure they will be okay... They would have phone us...

Phoebe: Duh... We don't have any signal here...

Maliha: Hey guys...

Phoebe: You're okay! 

Mikale: Hey sis! Why are you guys so late?

Quinn: We were stuck inside a tomb, and couldn't get a way out...

Gnomeo: So how did you get out?

Maliha: 'Escape dust'... Luckily the producers gave us some... Otherwise, we would've been still stuck in there...

And so the date ended for the four couples... 



Back at the Castle...

Camilla: Hey, Dagmar! Wait up!

Dagmar: That's "Your Royal Highness, Dagmar Holmberg VIII", Ms. Bertrand.

Camilla: Right..."Your Highness". You remember back when we went to Myshuno High, right?

Dagmar: Why, of course. The place was substandard for one such as myself, but I made do.

Camilla: Yeah, tell me about it. But anyway, why are you acting...like this?

Dagmar: Like what, my dear?

Camilla: You know, going around telling people you're the queen of Scandinavia and acting all high and mighty.

Dagmar: *gasps* Well, I've never! I will excuse this impertinent line of questioning just this once! How dare you, a commoner, question my royal heritage! I've always been the heir to the Kingdom of Scandinavia, and I've been groomed for this role ever since I was a child.


Camilla: ...Really? You never really talked this way then, and you never mentioned anything like that. And your parents were shopkeepers! They didn't seem like royalty to me. Besides, Scandinavia isn't even a single political entity! It's a region of Nordic countries.

Dagmar looks incensed at this point.

Dagmar: I will not tolerate this attitude! Were my royal retinue here right now, they would have escorted you out for those slanderous claims! But as it is, I shall simply cease all correspondence with you. Good day!

Camilla: But...

Dagmar walks away and refuses to answer any of Camilla's inquiries.

Camilla: Something's definitely not right here...

The last challenge was amazing, it was extremely funny and you also could get an impression of the others. I also found out that I was so close to being one of the winners. Chad didn't take his 17th place well at all and avoided everybody here, what a sore loser. Now I think I got to know all people better. The people I get along the best with are probably Phoebe, Mikale, and Jody so far, and Jody is part of my house so we talk very often or play chess. Mikale and I often talk about Chad's big ego and I also give him advice how to deal with it, I mean, I have to listen to Chad's plum complaints every single day just because he can't stand the fact that I'm the most likable neighbor in our village. Speaking about complaints, Dagmar is really starting to make me angry. I get that she is some kind of a royal person, but sometimes she really acts like she is the Queen of Gryffindor. And what she has done to Alice was just rude and disrespectful, I thought a queen is supposed to know how to behave. She would be so fitting to Slytherin, but I think Chad is actually enough work for them haha.

As nightfall a ghost wandering around the castle...

The dark Hufflepuff carefully follows after his ‘friend’. The Ravenclaw common room made Quinn slightly uneasy. He liked being in places he was comfortable with and nothing about the Ravenclaws or their room made him feel comfortable.

“Heel” Finnian sharply commanded. 

Quinn sat on the floor before realizing how odd that looks. 

He quickly picks himself up and sits in a desk chair. Nervously he bites at his fingernails, waiting for Finnian to say something.

“You're a plum and I really hope you know that. They're never going believe you're a full-blooded witch.” the man with powder blue hair spat his meek Hufflepuff.

Quinn looks hurt as he fiddles with the ends of his jacket. “I'm still a witch-”

“No, you're a mutt!” Finnian yelled accusing, slamming his fist down on the table in front of Quinn “Why do you follow me around everywhere you mongrel? Why!?”

“You saved my life-” Quinn whispered, Finnian rubs his face in exasperation. This guy wouldn't shut up about ‘saving his life’ honestly, Finnian would hardly call it that.

“I did no such thing. I would hardly call saving your drunk @$$ from a genie at a dive bar ‘saving your life’

Quinn folds his arms and looks at his feet, he raises his voice only slightly as he states, “well you did. And until I can repay you for that I am indebted to you Finnian.”

Quinn stands and leaves the Ravenclaw common room... 

The door swinging shut as Finnian yells, “Whatever, you will regret your actions soon enough. Get out of my common room”

John types quietly on his Pentium. The screen flickers in the low light.

Typing.

Debit.

Credit.

Addition of funds. Omission.

Balance achieved.

John glances around the room, finding it filled with people. 

He says nothing, picks up his Pentium and leaves.

Alice looks at a nearby wall.

Alice: Wheeeeeeee hooooooo!

Alice: HOOOOOOOOWDY PARDNER!

Alice: Keep yer HANDS where I can SEE THEM!

Alice: HÄNDE HOCH ODER ICH plum! Err... SCHIEßE!

Alice: Golly! That was a close one! HOW BOUT YOU WALLY?

Alice waves frantically at the wall. She laughs hysterically.

A voice floats from behind the brickwork.

Voice: Stop it, Alice. Go away.

Alice: GOLLY! Is that YOU, WALLY?

Voice: No, it is NOT! I'm BUSY and I do not appreciate your... Noise.

Alice pats the wall gently. She whispers, looking upon it with big eyes.

Alice: Shhhh.... It's okay, Wally.

Voice: This is your last warning, Alice.

Alice: Oh! Are... Are you happy again, Wally?

Voice: What? Yes! What?

Alice: ....Okey dokey, then! I'll go!

Voice: ......good.

Alice skips away, giggling frantically.

Mikale: Guys, we really need to win the next round... We can't let that loser Hufflepuffs get away with all the money... 

Bolt: So what do you suggest we'll do to accomplish that?

Mikale: I don't know... We need to get together with Chad and Camilla too that we can brainstorm...

Lydia: So do you have something in mind?

Mikale: Not yet, but we need to do something... If we have to play dirty...

Bolt: Cool... I like the sound of that... 

Lydia: So you don't mind that you siblings are in that house?

Mikale: That's why it makes it so much fun.... I really need to show my sister a thing or two... 

Bolt: So let's get the other two then... We really need to do some planning...

Nodding: So how was your 'date'?

Phoebe: Aww, we had fun together... Just a pity we couldn't get any treasure... And yours?

Nodding: It was awesome... That Pangu Axe is really something...

Phoebe: Do you still have it?

Nodding: Of course... And I can't wait to use it again... That power... *thinking back when he held it in his hands* I don't think the mightiest witch have powers like that...

Phoebe: Will you show me how it works?

Nodding: Yep!

In one of the magical classrooms... 

Bolt: That's not how you do it.... Let me show you how...

Noddy: I got the hang of it! Look!

Bolt: Ouch... 

Noddy: Aww Man.... I was sure I know the spell...

Dagmar: How many times do I have to tell you to call me Royal Highness?

Finnian: But Camilla said...

Dagmar: I don't care what she said... You will do what I tell you... So take this! Maybe it will get into that thick head of yours...

Finnian: No....

Dagmar: Just do what I tell you and you won't get hurt... Okay?

Finnian: Yes, Your Highness...

Leigh-Ann: So how did you know you needed a key to open that door...?

Gnomeo: I read about it in a book I got from my late mother...

Leigh-Ann: Wow! So did you get any treasure?

Gnomeo: Yep... Let me show you...

Finnian: Will you help me to get back at Dagmar for what she did to me?

Dagmar: I'm hearing you...

Maliha: So did you talk to Beatrix yet?

Gwen: Mmm... Not yet... She looks so grumpy all the time... I'm scared of her...

Maliha: Aww, let me tell you this... Behind that white mask of her is a heart of gold... 

Gwen: Really?

Maliha: Yep... Just go to her... I'm sure she will be able to help you...

Gwen: Okay... 

Mmm.... I wonder who is this and who did this to this poor person...?

And a day out...

Jody and Beatrix have a duel...

Phoebe entertains the people on her guitar...

Gnomeo and Noddy have a ride on their broomsticks...

And everybody just has fun!








Then it's time....

Scot: So are you ready for the first matching ceremony?

Everybody: Yes! 

Colleen: Okay guys and girls... We are doing stuff a bit differently from the previous seasons... Because we are all witches, we will do everything magical... Are you ready?

Everybody: Yep!

Scot: Okay, first up is the Truth Booth, and I'm glad to say that we didn't have a switch between the dates...

Phoebe: Yes! But do we have a switch between the rest of the guys?

Colleen: Maybe... Maybe not... But that will be revealed later... So are you ready to know who goes to the truth booth?

Everybody: Yes!

Scot: You guys decided you want in the truth booth....









 Noddy and Camilla

Colleen: Okay... If the truth booth turns blue, then it means they are not a match... 

Scot: But if the truth booth turns red then they are a perfect match... Okay, shall we begin?

Everybody: Yes!

And then the lights starts flickering... First blue...

Everybody: Awww....

Then red....

Yes!

Then blue again...

Awww....

And then it stays blue...

Everybody: Damn...

Colleen: Sorry guys... You are not a match...

Scot: Okay, the rest of the guys choose your partners for the week... *the guys chooses their partners*

Scot: Are you happy girls?

Girls: Yeah...

Colleen: Okay, so before we can go on to see if you are correct with your choices, let's first watch the battle between the good and the bad witch... Are you ready?

Everybody: Yes!

The two witches start spinning around.... First the bad witch...

Then the good witch...

The bad witch.... 


And after awhile it stays there...

Colleen: Sorry guys... The bad witch won and two couples will be switched...

Everybody: Oh no....

Bolt: Please, let it not be me...

Scot: Okay guys.... The couples that have to switch are.....










Bolt and Alice and Jody and Beatrix

Bolt: Dang....

Alice: Yes! I love you, Jody...

Jody: Mmm... 

Colleen: Okay, after the switch let's see how many perfect matches are there...

Numbers starts to circling around....

And around....

And around... Then only one number stays...















The number one...

Scot: Aww... Only one perfect match.... But that's not too bad for the first round...

Everybody: Yep that's better than nothing...

Colleen: Okay guys and girls... That is it for tonight... Tomorrow you will gather for the next round... Back to your Dormitories.... Good night...

Who will win the next round? 

Will a whole house gather all the points again?

Stay tuned for the next episode!