Awakening

Awakenings is the first episode of Season One of Dreamzzz, as well as the series premiere. It aired on Lego’s YouTube Channel on May 15, 2023.
==Plot==
As many people are enjoying their dreams, the Masked Hero is being chased down by Susan, Snivel, Sneak, and many other Grimspawn. Soon, the Night Hunter arrives to take the Masked Hero’s hourglass, though the he escapes, albeit with an arrow shot through his shoulder. He ends up back on the real world, where he slowly transforms into a shadowy monster from the wound, and drops the hourglass in the garbage, and then dissolving into thin air.
This commotion wakes up Mateo, who wakes up his sister Izzie to look outside and see what made all the noise, though he only sees the spilled garbage can. Cooper looks out the window, and Mateo texts him something, though Cooper opts to ignore Mateo and shut his window, as they haven’t been friends in a while. The two decide to go back to sleep.
Mateo is later woken up by his phone’s alarm, which Izzie had secretly switched overnight to loud K-Pop music, as Mateo panics and tries (and fails) to shut off his phone, and gets ready for school. As his dad helps he and Izzie pack, he notes that Mateo had chosen not to participate in sports, as Mateo explains that he would rather spend his time doing other things, like drawing comics featuring his character Z-Blob. As they leave for school, Mateo notices the hourglass in the garbage can, and keeps it in his backpack.
At school, Mateo’s overstuffed locker inevitably spills out, and he is confronted by Cooper and Logan. Logan mocks him for his comics, as Cooper says that Mateo wasn’t a very social friend, so he stopped hanging out with him. Their confrontation awkwardly ends when they are interrupted by Mr. Oz, as Mateo covers for all of them by lying that he was asking them to join his sports team. 
Back at his house, Mateo’s drawing is interrupted by Izzie, who tells him that he should find new friends. As the two go to bed, the hourglass in Mateo’s backpack begins to react with his drawings of Z-Blob. Asleep, the two find out that they are sharing a dream, as Mateo finds a living Z-Blob inside his backpack. As they enjoy the magic of their shared dream, it is cut short by a Grimspawn invasion, where they are nearly captured by Grimkeeper. Mateo notices that in Grimkeeper’s chest is a captured Cooper, before the two are rescued by the loud K-Pop blasting from Mateo’s phone, and they wake up.
The next day in school, Mateo notices that Cooper is absent, and wonders if it has anything to with Grimkeeper. He then has to feign a stomach ache and leaving class to hide the sounds coming from his backpack, revealed to be Z-Blob brought to life by the hourglass. Mateo shows Z-Blob to Izzie, and is forced to spend the rest of the school day hiding him. He is met by Mr. Oz during lunch since he never handed in his homework, which is full of drawings instead of answers. 
Mateo then meets with Mr. Oz after school, who talks to him about his low effort, and gives him the homework to pass over to Cooper. As Mateo and Izzie go to Cooper’s house, they overhear the latter’s parents fearfully talking about Cooper’s sickness. They enter the building, where Izzie points out that Cooper is incredibly pale, and Mateo resolves to save him from Grimkeeper.
==Cast==
*Mateo - Marcos “Marco” Cardenas
*Mrs. Castillo - Maria Del Mar 
*Izzie - Larissa Dias
*Mr. Oz - Brian Drummond
*Night Hunter - Alessandro Juliani
*José - Stephen Lobo
*Snivel - Adam Nurada
*Masked Hero - Giles Panton
*Cooper’s Mom - Laara Sadiq
*Cooper - Mike Taylor 
*Logan - Vincent Tong
*Sneak - Vincent Ting 
==Notes==
*When Izzie is watching anime, the video she is watching is a clip from The Absolute Worst.
*This episode was dedicated to Nathan Shepherd and Karl Laundy, who both passed away.
Category:Dreamzzz episodes