Helia's Tower

*Helia's Tower* is the first episode of the first season of Avalon Heights, and the first episode overall.

## Synopsis

Hannah Smith suddenly finds herself stuck in a strange new world.

## Transcript

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## Plot

### Cold Open

Hannah's eyes open after a disturbing nightmare. Meanwhile, on Avalon Heights, Helia Sheton grumpily awakes to a beautiful morning. After hearing a scream, she finds Ansic in the kitchen, where he is being attacked by a Draesk. She calls him dumb and then resolves to help him. Cut to the shortened version of the theme song.

### Act One

Back on Earth, Hannah recovers from her nightmare. The next day, she strolls absent-mindedly through the streets of Marsheley, her hometown, before entering a Philanthropy store. In the store, she attempts to purchase a book called "H's Guide to The Archipelago", but the cashier gives it to her for free, claiming the book is not what it seems. Hannah, back home, skims through the book and dismisses its content as a joke after seeing a page about a snow globe.

### Act Two

Hannah's Father interrupts her television watching and tells her to clean the attic, which she grudgingly does. While in the attic, she accidentally knocks over a box of knick nacks, and as she puts the contents back into the box, she finds a snow globe that looks mysteriously like the one in her book. When she checks the guide, it confirms that this is the snow globe from the book. Her mother then breaks through Hannah's thoughts, reminding her that her parents are going out for the evening and that she is to spend the night at her Aunt Cassidy's house. Hannah packs her things and decides to bring the snow globe, thinking her aunt will want to see it. While racing down the stairs, Hannah trips and fumbles the snow globe, catching it in midair and disappearing in a flash of light when she hits the bottom of the stairs.

### Act Three

Back on The Archipelago, Helia and Ansic are still struggling with the Draesk. Helia tries to use her Oracle Magic to kill the Draesk, but before she can, it flies Ansic out the window. Meanwhile, Hannah is waking up from her tumble into the fantasy world, and realizes the snow globe broke. As she is worrying about this, the Draesk flies Ansic overhead, and he cries for help. Hannah pulls a Nirph gun out of her backpack and shoots the Draesk. The dart doesn't hurt the Draesk, but it does surprise it, and it drops Ansic. Ansic thanks Hannah for her help before commenting that her skin, hair, and eyes are weird colors. The two bond over their weirdness until Helia shows up, demanding to know who Hannah is. Ansic tells Helia that Hannah saved him and begs her to let them keep the girl. Helia initially says no until the two youngsters use cutesey eyes on her and she relents. She warns Hannah that life on The Archipelago isn't easy, and Hannah promises to do whatever Helia needs her to until she can get home. She then asks Helia where exactly she is, and Helia explains The Archipelago to her, finishing her speech with the classic line,

> Welcome to Avalon Heights.
>
>

Cut to the Title Card that usually plays at the end of the theme. Cut to black.

### Post-Credits Scene

Helia comes down into the kitchen late at night to make the preparations for the next morning's breakfast. She enters the pantry, turns on the light, and finds Ansic stuffing himself with Draesk eyes. They blink at each other, and then Hannah asks, "Really?".