[gate creaks]
[bird caws]
[slicing, sheathing]
[tense music playing]
You promised me revenge on those monsters.
How exactly are you gonna do it?
[groans]
[exhales]
Indeed,
I forgot how impatient you mortals are.
Are you familiar with a Guiro Rasp?
Wait, the musical instrument?
There is one that can call forth
demon beasts from the abyss.
You can command them to turn your enemies to dust.
But first, we must pilfer it from an old acquaintance.
Fiona Bunrady.
You want me to steal from vampires?
How badly do you want your revenge?
[groovy music playing on headphones]
Ah.
Ha.
[thundering]
- [gasps] - [groaning]
[roars]
[gasps]
[exhales]
- Aaah! - Whoa! So jumpy.
I had a long night.
Didn't sleep well, but this helps.
Thanks, Paulie.
[people laughing]
Are you kiddin' me? Somehow you made trumpet cheeks look cool.
[laughs] It's a skill.
Paulie, y-you know you don't have to walk me to school.
It's, like, beyond out the way for you.
And miss out on beignets and bro time?
No way. It's a tradition.
Hey, Paulie. Great show last night, man.
- That solo was fire! - Thanks.
Appreciate y'all comin' out.
But that ain't nothin'.
Wait 'til you hear what my brother can...
Ugh, nope. [chuckles]
[school bell rings]
- ANT: Big foot comin' down! - Whoa!
ANT: Watch out!
So sorry, little guys.
Glad you said somethin' because who wants to start the morning
killing cute little ants?
And now I'm the kid that talks to the ground.
- Aw, dude! - [Pat screams]
- [Pat grunts] - Woo!
[gasps, sighs] Aah!
[laughs] Don't worry.
- It's just me. - [people cheering]
MASCOT: Ka-blaze!
Why does our mascot have to be so scary?
It's the 13th and a third! Everything's spooky here.
We even had a school ghost.
Had?
Yeah, it just made the lab cold
and blew out the Bunsen burners.
Is there a scary story about everything in this town?
Yep. And now we know a lot of it's true.
The legend of Am Nan Pwizon, rougarous, vampires, curses!
[sighs] I love the 13th.
Hey, there's Maybe. Maybe!
Over here!
Uh...
What was that? He acted like he didn't even see us.
[sighs] And they're gonna do it, too.
No way, we all bonded last night!
- Hey! - Hey!
Ugh, told ya.
[scoffs]
There she is.
Can't believe she's showing her face today.
[gasps, groans]
Don't let ‘em get to you, babe.
There's no way you did that to Gretchen.
- That's just crazy! - Yeah. [laughs] Crazy.
We've gotta get together and talk.
I doubt that demon Marie Laveau told us to stop just gave up.
But how are all of us gonna talk if they won't even say hi?
[mysterious music plays]
Huh.
[ominous music plays]
[muffled screams]
[roars]
MISSY: Ugh. [breathes heavily]
What is wrong with you people? Look what you made me do!
It's the only way you'd talk to us.
We released some kind of demon,
then a creepy voice told you to kill me.
That is not a coincidence.
Ugh, so what if it was talking to me?
I already hated you, it was just, like,
extra intense for some reason.
And you don't wanna figure out why?!
It could talk to someone else
and theymight actually kill someone.
That would suck... Unless it was Soleil.
And Iwould haunt you.
Anyway, if the demon was around during Marie Laveau's time,
there's gotta be some record of it.
Pat, can you and Stanley check out the library?
Look for, uh, tragedies, I guess.
Uhh, I don't really do books.
Don't sweat it, man. You won't have to.
Just touch the periodicals from Marie Laveau's lifetime,
and Ayizan will help us out!
Oh, yeah!
Wonder if she could help with my algebra. [laughs]
Why would they put letters in math?!
I feel ya, bud.
- [zapping] - Ah, ah! No, no, no, no, no, no!
Whoa.
Ah.
- [muffled screams] - [screams]
[Maybe screaming]
Are you okay?
Ah. Why does that keep happening?
It might be because Maman Brigitte
wants you to do something.
Well, she's got the wrong guy.
Why, what did you see in the Shadow Realm?
A ghost.
This one was extra scary. A-And mad. Real mad.
That's awesome! Wait.
What if it was theghost. The school ghost?
How am I supposed to know?
You gotta go back and find out!
- MISSY: Yes! - [all gasp]
Oh, I definitely wasn't talking about your little nerd brigade business.
Deuces, cornballs.
[tense music playing]
[all gasp]
[kids gasp]
What are you kids doin' in here?
Um...
SOLEIL/STANLEY: Ethics project!
Being held hostage.
♪ ♪
[birds cawing]
The rasp is in the conservatory and the vampires are asleep.
[sighs] If this plan doesn't work,
you're goin' right back to the cemetery.
[laughs] If this plan doesn't work,
you shall be there before me.
♪ ♪
[indistinct chatter]
- Yours is really good. - Yours is...
too!
[both laughing]
In an abstract sort of way, I guess?
Gah! I can't help it.
I gotta ask, the Shadow Realm, what's it like?
I mean, you get to go to another world!
Yeah, full of dead people! I guess you love it.
Not gonna lie, I would.
It'd be like living in a horror movie.
But I guess that could be scary for people who aren't me.
Ya think? I don't wanna go back there. Ever.
[Maybe gasps]
♪ ♪
- Ah! - Huh?
MR. ANDREWS: You know, when you're painting the highlights...
[softly] It's the ghost.
MAYBE: Maybe she doesn't want us to talk about her.
Or she's trying to tell us something!
You gotta Shadow Realm this to find out.
Can I be excused?
Well, if you finish your assignment over lunch.
Maybe. Wait.
Oh! Hey, Gretchen.
Look, I'm really, really sorry for what happened
and to prove it:
two tickets to The Stay Boyz. [Missy gasps]
I know we both love K-pop and...
[grunts]
Ew!
[breathing heavily]
[grunts, heavy breathing]
[exhales] It's okay, it's okay.
[ominous music playing]
[sighs]
♪ ♪
Who's in here?!
[gasping]
Oh, great, the stupid closet ghost is stalking me now.
You're lucky you're dead or I'd file a restraining order!
[camera clicks]
From 1820 to 1840 there were several major disasters,
including a yellow fever outbreak
which claimed thousands of lives,
causing fear of death across the nation.
Huh. Do you think the "ancient evil"
even had something to do with yellow fever?
I don't know. Maybe we should try and ask Ayizan?
[laughs] We can't ask her a question
about the question we should ask.
[laughs] Wait, can we?
I mean, I can't say for sure, but she's a mambo and a teacher,
and what kinda teacher doesn't like questions?
It's worth a shot.
Hi, Miss Ayizan, it's me Stanley,
the guy you sometimes talk through the mouth of.
What am I saying? You know me. [giggles]
Anyway, uh, I was wondering,
was the demon that we're up against
currently behind all the sad stuff from back then?
[gasps] Is Ayizan doing that?
I don't think so. I think it's the ghost.
Hm, hm. Ah! [gasps]
♪ ♪
- Should I? - Yep.
Ayizan, ma'am. What do I need to know?
Wait, what do I need to know, please?
[as Ayizan] This beam and the original clock tower
- were all that survived the fire of 1822. - [Pat gasps]
Due to the heroic actions of the headmistress,
Alvina Brulante,
all the students and faculty survived.
However, Alvina disappeared a short time later.
Did you know the school burned down?
No.
[gasps] We have to tell Soleil.
[tense music playing]
[door creaks]
♪ ♪
OTIS: Can't sleep, my love?
FIONA: We forgot to leave food out for Araelia.
Ah.
[sighs] It's been over 200 years,
but on days like this,
I just miss being out there.
Then let's have some fun.
[plays romantic music]
You flirt with danger, mon trésor.
But I love it when you do that.
♪ ♪
- [cat growls, hisses] - [gasps]
[door shuts]
[both hissing]
[tense music playing]
[heart beating]
[banging on door]
[hissing]
- [meows] - Araelia, my love.
How did you get in there? Come. You must be starving.
[exhales]
♪ ♪
And then Ayizan told us that the school burned down,
but the headmistress saved everyone
and then mysteriously disappeared.
Which means...
PAT/SOLEIL: The ghost is the headmistress!
Is that why our mascot is a flame?
Hey, Missy, over here!
- Come sit with us! - [Missy scoffs]
Why is Stanley sitting with them?
- You're wasting your time. - [phone buzzes]
It's Missy.
"Tell Soleil's ghost to stop being so obsessed with me.
It did this."
So, we're all being haunted, but why us and why now?
You said the fire happened in Marie Laveau's lifetime, right?
What if the ghost knows who that demon is?
[phone buzzes]
"P.S. Your social life is nosediving
the longer you sit there."
[laughs] Whoops. Didn't need to read that out loud.
"Just wanted you to know,
there's a big patch of hair on your neck."
[Missy gasps]
Meet me in the art room after lunch.
That's where Maybe is.
I've gotta convince him to talk to the ghost.
[plays groovy music on phone]
[yells]
[exhales]
C'mon. We just figured out who the school ghost is, and...
- Wait, what song is that? - Why?
I like it and I wanna know who it is so I can listen to it.
You can't.
What? Now I can't even like
the same music as you?
-No, you can't... 'cause it's me. -[stops music]
That was you?! Where'd you learn to do that?
I kind of come from a family of musicians.
My parents are out on tour,
my brother Paulie's a local legend. [laughs]
But I'm... just foolin' around.
That was good. You should post it somewhere.
[sighs] No way.
Look, I get that putting yourself out there is scary,
you like to keep it in the shadows,
ironic, I know, but problem is
you're too dang cool to stay there.
I see you, Maybe Satchel. Maman Brigitte saw you, too.
She made a mistake. I never wanna go back there.
[ominous music playing]
The ghost! [gasps]
- Soleil! - Maybe,
you gotta find out what she wants! Ah!
[gasps]
- Stop! Agh! - [muffled voice]
Why are you doin' this?
[muffled yelling]
[Soleil gasps]
[muffled cries]
What do you want from us?
[muffled cries]
Ah.
Are you okay?
[gasps]
- Whoa. What happened here? - Huh?
The ghost. She can't talk.
Maybe that's why she's leaving us clues.
Wh-What exactly did she show all of you?
Maybe she covered our portraits' mouths
to tell us about her mouth,
and maybe she put that double helix
on the mirror to lead us here.
STANLEY: To the closet?
Huh, I don't get it. What are we supposed to find in here?
Oh, it-it smells like old toenails up in here.
And it's freezing.
- [creaking] - Whoa! [grunts]
- [gasps] - [wind blowing]
- I'm alive. - [all grunting]
Well, now we know why it's so cold.
Old creepy staircase? Dream come true!
Your dreams are very different from mine.
Know what? I'll go first. I'm getting used to the dark.
♪ ♪
- [door creaks] - Ooh.
That's her!
The ghost!
Alvina Brulante.
♪ ♪
[gasps]
- [all gasp] - Aaah!
PAT: Holy poop!
Why is her mouth covered with this stuff?
- It seems like candle wax? - [Maybe gasps]
♪ ♪
[both yelling]
[Soleil grunting]
Miss Alvina!
♪ ♪
Hi, I'm Will.
You... you broke the curse!
Oh, there's something I must tell you.
The fire, and so many other disasters
in my time, were no accident.
It was the work of a demon.
We all heard the rumors, but
I found out how true they were. [gasps]
I was in my office when I saw him.
♪ ♪
Shh.
[Alvina gasping]
I went to every single classroom,
warning everyone.
- [bell ringing] - Everybody!
We must go. Now! Hurry!
- [kids screaming] - [Alvina breathing heavily]
[gasps]
I barely got everyone out alive.
I had to return to the school the next day
to salvage what I could,
but he was waiting.
♪ ♪
Mm, it was you. You're Belial.
My reputation precedes me.
- No. - You are right to be afraid.
♪ ♪
Oh, your fear tastes delectable.
However, not nearly enough.
That fire was meant to be the feast of a lifetime.
- The fear of children is a delicacy. - Ah, ah!
And you took that from me. And now I will take from you.
No, no, no, no, no. No, please, don't.
[screaming] No, no!
[muffled screaming]
♪ ♪
He cursed me.
So, you've been stuck here ever since?
Someone had to break the curse for me.
I'd lost hope, but then I saw you in your world,
yet somehow able to see me in mine.
You and your friends freed me.
The demon you spoke of, I believe it was the same one.
Belial. He gains power by consuming fear,
and he will do monstrous deeds to create it.
If he has returned,
- everyone is in danger. - Ah.
He must be stopped.
And you? What happens to you now?
I finally get to move on.
Maman Brigitte?
[Maybe laughs]
Thank you.
[intense music playing]
I did it. Alvina's okay.
She crossed over with Maman Brigitte.
You saw that?! Wow!
I mean, I know Maman Brigitte helps souls cross over,
but I don't know anyone who's helped her do it.
So cool. [chuckles]
You were right. Maman Brigitte knew I could handle it.
Told ya.
- Hey! No more school ghost. - [laughs] Yay! Can we leave?
This place gives me the creeps.
It should. He was here.
Miss Alvina told me who we're up against.
- I knew it. - His name is Belial.
He's a demon who feeds off fear.
If we can't stop him, everyone's doomed.
[all gasp]
♪ ♪
[plays wooden notes]
Awaken.
[roaring]
♪ ♪