The Dragon Prince (2018) s06e09 Episode Script
Stardust
1
Pa-pum ♪
[grunts]
[pants]
[Aaravos narrates]
[roaring]
[Soren] Katolis is being destroyed!
You can help the people,
you can save them.
Hearts of cinder
cannot
burn!
Three quasar diamonds
the only thing
that can bring back your family.
Hmm, those two are the real deal,
but this one?
[blows]
It's just a pretty purple rock.
[Rayla] Don't you see what this means?
Two diamonds and three trapped souls.
I can only save two of them.
[chanting]
[Terry] The spell it didn't work.
[opening theme music playing]
[Aaravos] We are all of us
stardust,
held together by love
for an instant.
Everything we need to cast the spell
is here.
Right. Uh, so I don't understand,
why didn't it work?
Because this spell must be cast with love.
Love? I don't know how to do that.
I just cast spells
the way I always cast them.
I'm not sure I can
Love may seem an impossible ingredient
but it is one we share in abundance.
I understand how very much
your father loved you, Claudia.
Because I too had a daughter.
And I loved her deeply, and infinitely.
I called her my "unicorn,"
because she was born with only one horn.
But her horn was only a small part
of what made my daughter special.
She was unique and quirky.
Some saw her as strange or odd,
but all I saw was a beautiful,
brilliant girl
full of unexpected surprises.
She didn't care to follow the order set
in the stars.
Though she was born an immortal being
from the heavens,
she loved this world and all its flaws.
Her heart was warm and open,
and she befriended mortals,
animals, elves
and humans.
Her name was Leola.
[Callum] Three coins, three souls,
but only two quasar diamonds.
It's just not fair!
How will you be able to choose
between Runaan and your parents?
[sighs]
They're all my parents, Callum.
[Lujanne] Everything is ready.
The portal will open
when the moon's reflection fills the lake.
I'm ready.
But how will I know what to do
once I'm on the other side?
Those coins will guide you.
Each coin contains a fragment of a soul.
On the other side, the rest of the soul
longs to be whole again,
for it cannot pass into death incomplete.
The broken souls of your family
will be drawn to the coins.
To you, Rayla.
What's this?
It's a bracelet of moon phoenix feathers.
It'll let you come back to me
[stammers] to us.
You know, to the to the not dead side.
[sighs] Please don't die.
[tranquil music]
I'll have everything for the spell
prepared when you get back.
I'm ready.
[breathes deeply]
[sinister music]
Runaan? What happened to you?
[Rayla grunts]
Please! I don't want to fight you!
This isn't who you are.
You're broken
but I can make you whole again!
[both grunting]
[Rayla grunts]
[panting]
[gasps]
[dreamy music]
Mom?
Dad?
In all my many centuries and millennia,
those few years with Leola
were the most meaningful.
Pondering the deepest mysteries
of the universe could not hold a candle.
[both giggling]
But that happiness was taken from me.
[pensive music]
[chuckles] Leola, you drew Daddy
with a mustache.
[human child] Help! Help! Please help!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
What's wrong?
Are you hurt?
Something's happened. Leola she's gone.
- Tell me what did you see?
- There was a strange elf.
A star elf.
The elf touched Leola on the shoulder
and they disappeared.
Was there anything else? Anything at all?
And there was a dragon, a golden dragon.
He just stood and watched.
- I'm scared. Will Leola be okay?
- Yes.
I know where to find her.
[dreamy music]
Mom? Dad?
- Is it really you?
- Oh, Rayla.
- Would you like to dance with us?
- How long have we been dancing?
It feels like forever.
This place isn't real.
You're trapped here because of these.
You were at the Storm Spire.
A dark mage had come to destroy the egg
of the Dragon Prince.
You protected the egg.
But then
[Lain] I remember.
I remember it all.
[Tiadrin] I told him to take the egg.
What is the meaning of this?
Why have you brought an innocent child
before cosmic justice?
[ominous music]
Because she is not innocent.
What?
The child stands accused
of breaking the cosmic order.
She has given magic to humans.
No, that cannot be.
If humans stumbled upon a petty trick
or two,
they did so without her intervention.
Leola has shown them nothing.
There is proof, a witness.
What?
The Dragon Prince himself.
Anak Arao.
She must pay the price.
She is a child.
If she helped humans,
it was out of compassion, out of love.
This was not defiance.
You have seen what we have all seen,
Aaravos.
This act, however motivated,
is the beginning of the end.
The start of the long slow spiral
to chaos.
The cosmic order has been broken,
and the price must be paid.
Then let me pay it. Take my life.
Without her
mine is not worth living.
This compromise may be a kindness.
Perhaps we can show mercy?
Very well.
Aaravos, the council decrees
if you so choose,
- you may die alongside your daughter.
- [gasps]
Was it a mistake?
To give the egg of the dragon prince
to that dark mage?
It was all we could do to keep it alive.
That's right.
If Viren had destroyed the egg,
it couldn't have been rescued.
It was rescued? By who?
Me.
Two human princes and I found the egg
and took the Dragon Prince home
to his mother.
We stopped the dark mage.
All of that was possible because of you.
Oh, Rayla.
Our brave, sweet Rayla.
You grew up so strong. You're a hero.
I know this place.
This is where we said goodbye
before you left.
[exhales sharply]
And this is where we'll say goodbye again.
[melancholic music]
[Rayla whimpers]
I wish I could take you back with me.
I wish we could all stay together.
- I wish
- Shh, Rayla.
It's okay.
We know you're going
to live an amazing, beautiful life.
And where we're going,
we'll have each other.
We love you, Rayla.
We always will.
[dramatic music swells, fades]
[ominous music]
I may die alongside my daughter?
This is your mercy?
Sometimes the line between mercy
and cruelty can be thin.
[Aaravos]To go on without her
would mean an eternity of pain.
But in that moment, I chose to live
and my life took on new purpose.
You may have final words.
What's going to happen to me?
[sobbing]
I'm scared.
Don't be afraid. I am here with you.
But where will I go? [whimpers]
You're going to a place of peace
and ever-flowing love.
Even if you can't feel my loving arms
wrapped around you,
you will feel me holding you in my mind
and with my heart.
Daddy!
Daddy, I'm so scared!
There's nothing to fear.
Close your eyes.
Listen to my voice.
I am here with you and I love you.
All around you
is love.
[somber music]
[sobbing]
[explosion]
[Aaravos]
I knelt over my daughter's fallen form,
[Aaravos crying]
and the great empty crater left
where she fell.
For 100 years, I wept.
[grieving]
My tears filled the crater
and it became the Sea of the Castout.
We are all of us stardust,
held together by love
for an instant.
[whimpering]
Runaan.
Where are you? I know what I have to do.
I know how to bring you back.
You're still in there
and I'm not letting you go.
You are Runaan of the Silvergrove!
The greatest assassin in all of Xadia!
You raised me.
You taught me to never break my promises.
But you've broken one of yours.
[gasps]
Ethari.
Yes. He's waiting for you.
All you have to do is take my hand.
No, no.
Runaan. Wait!
I can't go back!
I'm a monster!
You aren't a monster.
- You have to remember.
- I remember everything.
I remember I fought you.
I tried to kill you!
How could I?
- You're my
- I'm your daughter.
My
You're my daughter.
I'm your daughter and I need you.
Ethari needs you.
I love you.
That's why you're coming back with me.
[dramatic music]
Come on, Rayla.
- [chitters]
- Huh?
Rayla!
Rayla, are you all right? Did you?
I have him.
I am ready, Aaravos.
I am ready to cast this spell with love.
Wait.
Why?
The story we just heard
maybe it started as a story of love.
But along the way, it got twisted.
Look where we are.
We're surrounded by the bones
of the archdragon who betrayed him.
He isn't doing anything for love,
he's doing it for revenge.
Aaravos did what was necessary.
However dangerous, however vile.
Like my dad.
[suspense music]
Amor
Stella
Vitae.
Vitae.
[suspense music]
[breathes deeply]
You're alive! It's you. It worked.
I'm here.
I'm alive.
Oh, Rayla
what happened?
So much.
There's so much I have to tell you.
[Rayla] Everything's changed.
I don't even know where to start.
I guess, oh
I have to introduce you to Callum.
Callum.
Callum?
[gasps]
Is that
Katolis?
[tranquil music]
[sobbing]
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[grandiose music]
[gasps]
[closing theme music playing]
Pa-pum ♪
[grunts]
[pants]
[Aaravos narrates]
[roaring]
[Soren] Katolis is being destroyed!
You can help the people,
you can save them.
Hearts of cinder
cannot
burn!
Three quasar diamonds
the only thing
that can bring back your family.
Hmm, those two are the real deal,
but this one?
[blows]
It's just a pretty purple rock.
[Rayla] Don't you see what this means?
Two diamonds and three trapped souls.
I can only save two of them.
[chanting]
[Terry] The spell it didn't work.
[opening theme music playing]
[Aaravos] We are all of us
stardust,
held together by love
for an instant.
Everything we need to cast the spell
is here.
Right. Uh, so I don't understand,
why didn't it work?
Because this spell must be cast with love.
Love? I don't know how to do that.
I just cast spells
the way I always cast them.
I'm not sure I can
Love may seem an impossible ingredient
but it is one we share in abundance.
I understand how very much
your father loved you, Claudia.
Because I too had a daughter.
And I loved her deeply, and infinitely.
I called her my "unicorn,"
because she was born with only one horn.
But her horn was only a small part
of what made my daughter special.
She was unique and quirky.
Some saw her as strange or odd,
but all I saw was a beautiful,
brilliant girl
full of unexpected surprises.
She didn't care to follow the order set
in the stars.
Though she was born an immortal being
from the heavens,
she loved this world and all its flaws.
Her heart was warm and open,
and she befriended mortals,
animals, elves
and humans.
Her name was Leola.
[Callum] Three coins, three souls,
but only two quasar diamonds.
It's just not fair!
How will you be able to choose
between Runaan and your parents?
[sighs]
They're all my parents, Callum.
[Lujanne] Everything is ready.
The portal will open
when the moon's reflection fills the lake.
I'm ready.
But how will I know what to do
once I'm on the other side?
Those coins will guide you.
Each coin contains a fragment of a soul.
On the other side, the rest of the soul
longs to be whole again,
for it cannot pass into death incomplete.
The broken souls of your family
will be drawn to the coins.
To you, Rayla.
What's this?
It's a bracelet of moon phoenix feathers.
It'll let you come back to me
[stammers] to us.
You know, to the to the not dead side.
[sighs] Please don't die.
[tranquil music]
I'll have everything for the spell
prepared when you get back.
I'm ready.
[breathes deeply]
[sinister music]
Runaan? What happened to you?
[Rayla grunts]
Please! I don't want to fight you!
This isn't who you are.
You're broken
but I can make you whole again!
[both grunting]
[Rayla grunts]
[panting]
[gasps]
[dreamy music]
Mom?
Dad?
In all my many centuries and millennia,
those few years with Leola
were the most meaningful.
Pondering the deepest mysteries
of the universe could not hold a candle.
[both giggling]
But that happiness was taken from me.
[pensive music]
[chuckles] Leola, you drew Daddy
with a mustache.
[human child] Help! Help! Please help!
I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I'm so sorry!
What's wrong?
Are you hurt?
Something's happened. Leola she's gone.
- Tell me what did you see?
- There was a strange elf.
A star elf.
The elf touched Leola on the shoulder
and they disappeared.
Was there anything else? Anything at all?
And there was a dragon, a golden dragon.
He just stood and watched.
- I'm scared. Will Leola be okay?
- Yes.
I know where to find her.
[dreamy music]
Mom? Dad?
- Is it really you?
- Oh, Rayla.
- Would you like to dance with us?
- How long have we been dancing?
It feels like forever.
This place isn't real.
You're trapped here because of these.
You were at the Storm Spire.
A dark mage had come to destroy the egg
of the Dragon Prince.
You protected the egg.
But then
[Lain] I remember.
I remember it all.
[Tiadrin] I told him to take the egg.
What is the meaning of this?
Why have you brought an innocent child
before cosmic justice?
[ominous music]
Because she is not innocent.
What?
The child stands accused
of breaking the cosmic order.
She has given magic to humans.
No, that cannot be.
If humans stumbled upon a petty trick
or two,
they did so without her intervention.
Leola has shown them nothing.
There is proof, a witness.
What?
The Dragon Prince himself.
Anak Arao.
She must pay the price.
She is a child.
If she helped humans,
it was out of compassion, out of love.
This was not defiance.
You have seen what we have all seen,
Aaravos.
This act, however motivated,
is the beginning of the end.
The start of the long slow spiral
to chaos.
The cosmic order has been broken,
and the price must be paid.
Then let me pay it. Take my life.
Without her
mine is not worth living.
This compromise may be a kindness.
Perhaps we can show mercy?
Very well.
Aaravos, the council decrees
if you so choose,
- you may die alongside your daughter.
- [gasps]
Was it a mistake?
To give the egg of the dragon prince
to that dark mage?
It was all we could do to keep it alive.
That's right.
If Viren had destroyed the egg,
it couldn't have been rescued.
It was rescued? By who?
Me.
Two human princes and I found the egg
and took the Dragon Prince home
to his mother.
We stopped the dark mage.
All of that was possible because of you.
Oh, Rayla.
Our brave, sweet Rayla.
You grew up so strong. You're a hero.
I know this place.
This is where we said goodbye
before you left.
[exhales sharply]
And this is where we'll say goodbye again.
[melancholic music]
[Rayla whimpers]
I wish I could take you back with me.
I wish we could all stay together.
- I wish
- Shh, Rayla.
It's okay.
We know you're going
to live an amazing, beautiful life.
And where we're going,
we'll have each other.
We love you, Rayla.
We always will.
[dramatic music swells, fades]
[ominous music]
I may die alongside my daughter?
This is your mercy?
Sometimes the line between mercy
and cruelty can be thin.
[Aaravos]To go on without her
would mean an eternity of pain.
But in that moment, I chose to live
and my life took on new purpose.
You may have final words.
What's going to happen to me?
[sobbing]
I'm scared.
Don't be afraid. I am here with you.
But where will I go? [whimpers]
You're going to a place of peace
and ever-flowing love.
Even if you can't feel my loving arms
wrapped around you,
you will feel me holding you in my mind
and with my heart.
Daddy!
Daddy, I'm so scared!
There's nothing to fear.
Close your eyes.
Listen to my voice.
I am here with you and I love you.
All around you
is love.
[somber music]
[sobbing]
[explosion]
[Aaravos]
I knelt over my daughter's fallen form,
[Aaravos crying]
and the great empty crater left
where she fell.
For 100 years, I wept.
[grieving]
My tears filled the crater
and it became the Sea of the Castout.
We are all of us stardust,
held together by love
for an instant.
[whimpering]
Runaan.
Where are you? I know what I have to do.
I know how to bring you back.
You're still in there
and I'm not letting you go.
You are Runaan of the Silvergrove!
The greatest assassin in all of Xadia!
You raised me.
You taught me to never break my promises.
But you've broken one of yours.
[gasps]
Ethari.
Yes. He's waiting for you.
All you have to do is take my hand.
No, no.
Runaan. Wait!
I can't go back!
I'm a monster!
You aren't a monster.
- You have to remember.
- I remember everything.
I remember I fought you.
I tried to kill you!
How could I?
- You're my
- I'm your daughter.
My
You're my daughter.
I'm your daughter and I need you.
Ethari needs you.
I love you.
That's why you're coming back with me.
[dramatic music]
Come on, Rayla.
- [chitters]
- Huh?
Rayla!
Rayla, are you all right? Did you?
I have him.
I am ready, Aaravos.
I am ready to cast this spell with love.
Wait.
Why?
The story we just heard
maybe it started as a story of love.
But along the way, it got twisted.
Look where we are.
We're surrounded by the bones
of the archdragon who betrayed him.
He isn't doing anything for love,
he's doing it for revenge.
Aaravos did what was necessary.
However dangerous, however vile.
Like my dad.
[suspense music]
Amor
Stella
Vitae.
Vitae.
[suspense music]
[breathes deeply]
You're alive! It's you. It worked.
I'm here.
I'm alive.
Oh, Rayla
what happened?
So much.
There's so much I have to tell you.
[Rayla] Everything's changed.
I don't even know where to start.
I guess, oh
I have to introduce you to Callum.
Callum.
Callum?
[gasps]
Is that
Katolis?
[tranquil music]
[sobbing]
[ominous music]
[gasps]
[grandiose music]
[gasps]
[closing theme music playing]