Elena of Avalor S2 E22

## Plot

There's another recap of a few previous episodes. Skylar tells Elena how peaceful things are now that Shuriki is gone. She reminds him that Victor and Carla are still out there, and they don't know where they are. He asks her why she can't use her scepter to find out. Ever since Shuriki blasted it, it hasn't been working right, and now it's stopped working altogether. Elena worries that she won't be able to protect Avalor without it. Mateo tells her to go to Vallestrella to see if Quita Moz can fix it. Speaking of which, Cruz and Vestia are in Vallestrella. They're tired of hiding and being chased. They see Elena enter, and decide to follow her and beg her for forgiveness. If she can forgive them, then maybe King Verago will too. Meanwhile, Carla is happy that her family is back together. However, Ash and Victor don't get along. They don't fight in front of their daughter for her sake, but whenever she leaves, they're practically at each other's throats. Ash is mad that she missed seeing her little girl grow up. Victor is mad that she left them and never bothered to come back or send word. The plan was for her to train to be a malvago for one year, then come back and train Victor. The training took longer than expected. Victor and Carla waited five years, then spent another two looking for her. They thought she was dead. And yes, they actually say it this time. Cruz and Vestia see Elena and Skylar enter Quita Moz's nest. They spy on them and learn about the evil creatures trapped in the jars. Elena tells Quita Moz that her scepter is broken. It's been damaged by dark magic. The other sunbirds might be able to fix it, but he doesn't know how long it could take. Elena says that the only reason she was able to beat Shuriki was because she had the scepter. Quita Moz says there's more than one way to defeat an enemy. When she insists that she needs her magic, he gives her a crystal tamborita, which is more powerful than a regular one, so she shouldn't use it until her royal wizard trains her. After they all leave, Cruz and Vestia decide to release one of the creatures from the jars. After it causes some chaos, they'll capture it and save the day, and then they'll be welcomed back home. Before Elena and Skylar can head back to Avalor, King Verago tells them that Cruz and Vestia have been spotted in Vallestrella. The jaquin twins release the creature, which starts fires wherever it goes. There hasn't been a fire in Vallestrella since before Verago was born. He, his guards, Skylar, and Elena use giant lilypads as buckets to carry water to put the fires out. They see the creature that started them. Verago's father told him about anchimons. Against Skylar's objections, Elena tries to cast a freezing spell on it, but it doesn't work. Cruz and Vestia try and fail to catch the anchimon. Elena sees that they have the jar and takes it from them, and they admit that they released the anchimon on purpose so they could look like heroes and go back home. Verago orders his guards to lock them up. Elena and Skylar go after the anchimon. She tries to turn it to stone, but accidentally creates a tornado that just makes things worse. She tells Skylar that she had no choice, but he says she did, and she chose not to listen to him or Quita Moz. She says that she's powerless without her scepter, but Skylar tells her that's not true. She's done lots incredible things with no magic at all. She helped Charoca, stopped King Hector's crimes, and won the Swordman's Cup. He tells her that she's tougher than she knows, she has to believe in herself, and she's not alone. The anchimon lands at and sets fire to the palace. Vestia and Cruz say that there has to be a way to stop Chatana and save the palace. They thought Chatana was his name, because he kept saying it over and over. Chatana was a winged sorceress who used her magic to conjure terrible beasts, like the anchimons. The jaquins banished them ages ago. The anchimon is looking for his creator. Elena sees that her and Skylar's shadows look like the etching of Chatana on the wall. She gets an idea on how to defeat the anchimon, and Cruz and Vestia offer to help. Verago isn't sure he should free them, but Elena says they could use all the help they can get. Cruz and Vestia tell the anchimon that they can lead him to Chatana. He sees a silhouette of a woman with wings behind a waterfall. He jumps through the water, which cools him down, which means that Elena is able to hold him long enough for Verago to trap him in the jar again. Cruz and Vestia are allowed to stay in Vallestrella. Verago tells Elena to stick with ruling and leave the spells to the wizards. Victor apologizes to Ash for not waiting for her, but they should focus on the future now. He shows her the jewel of the Scepter of Night. With it, she could become the most powerful malvago who ever lived, although Victor corrects her to include himself. They need to get help from a certain princess first. So, I guess they're in love with each other again? Elena and Skylar return to Quita Moz's nest while he's having another vision. He tells Elena that the flames spoke to him about her again. They said that her test wasn't Shuriki. You can practically see Elena's heart break when she learns that it's not finally over after all. She wonders what could be bigger than Shuriki. Quita Moz says he saw great darkness spreading across the entire kingdom, but he doesn't know when it will happen. It's only a flicker now, but it will grow, and Elena has to be prepared, or she'll never be crowned queen. Skylar says she'll find a way, and she says she'll have to, with or without magic, and returns the crystal tamborita to Quita Moz. She has something much better by her side: Her friends and family, like Skylar, who purrs again as the episode ends.

## Review

I liked this episode, even if it wasn't quite as plot heavy as I was hoping. I kind of wanted Elena to keep the crystal tamborita though, at least until she gets her scepter back, because I loved the scenes of her and Mateo practicing magic before. I liked that Vestia had more lines, and she and her brother reforming wasn't something I expected. Seriously though, are we going to see Gabe, Naomi, and Mateo in something other than a short cameo before the end of this season or what? And I mean all three of them together. Also, Elena learning how to do things without magic reminded me of when Sofia had to stop Miss Nettle without any of the powers from her amulet. However, that happened before Elena was freed. Shouldn't she already know a lesson that she herself might've tried to teach Sofia? We never really learn how much control she had while she was in the amulet.