S01 E12 Snake in the Grass

When aurora get sick her wand out of power .

**Snake in the Grass** is the 12th episode of the 1st season in the series.

## Plot synopsis

After mission saving Aurora’s life of the previous episode, Sam got sick and Aurora attends school alone for the first time and a new exchanged student named Ally who she and Aurora befriends for each other.

## Overview

The episode opens with Sam sick in his bed, refusing to drink a bowl of herbal green soup that Aurora made. She reminds him that "that's the best treatment, according to Soupina the Strange." Sam argues that the soup tastes like moss and Aurora replies that it is "moss soup" and scolds him saying that he would not have been bitten by mosquitoes if he had gone to the Forest of the Certain Death with repellent. "I'll remember that the next time I save your life," he mocks, and Aurora takes advantage of that hesitation to stick a spoonful into his mouth. Sam makes a face of disgust and Aurora tells him to get used to it, because he will have to take it every 4 hours for a whole day. She still tells him not to try anything cute because Glossaryck will keep an eye on him. "Will I?" Glossaryck asks, getting a growl from Aurora before she leaves for school.

In the cafeteria, Aurora finds herself alone at her table, mourning over her inability to make new friends, until a girl with black hair, lilac eyes and a foreign accent asks if this seat is taken. She introduces herself as Ally and claims to be a new exchange student. Aurora says she's also an exchange student, which leaves Ally excited. Ally then asks where she is from, but Aurora says it's a long, crazy story. Ally says she likes long, crazy stories, and after much insistence, Aurora ends up saying that she’s a princess of "a magical kingdom from another dimension." Ally is silent for a few seconds until she finally says, "I'm from Swansea, Scotland" prompting the both to laugh.

At home, Sam complains with Glossaryck that there is nothing good to watch on TV until suddenly the soup alarm rings. Glossaryck tries to make him drink the soup, but Sam stands his ground and refuses. Glossaryck says he will solve the TV problem if he drinks the soup. With a grudge, Sam does just that. Glossaryck then summons a strange remote with a pink crystal imbedded on it and points it towards the TV. Seeing that the schedules and channels are not from Earth, Sam asks what that is. "An Interdimensional cable TV remote," says Glossaryck. Sam asks where he got it and Glossaryck replies that it was "in Janna's shop". Sam's attention is stolen by a documentary on amnesia treatments, and he says that maybe he and Aurora should try some of the suggestions. Glossaryck "unintentionally" comments that both should be treated for memory and Sam ends up listening. "Oh, I'm sorry, I said that out loud. It's just that I've been busy for so long that I didn't see you in your therapy sessions. Though I'm sure Aurora helped you after Ponyhead's visit, right?" says the magic instructor. A little embarrassed, Sam denies, and says that Aurora is very busy. "Oh, yeah, of course, totally!", Glossaryck agreed with a smile that made Sam even more thoughtful. Glossayck continued to go through the channels until his and Sam's attentions were stolen by the broadcast of a qualifying match at the "Dracoball Interdimensional Cup".

At school, Aurora is leading a high school tour with Ally, until they arrive in the music club room, or as the students call it, "one man's club". Ally asks why they call it that and the answer comes right through the door. From the midst of stage smoke and the clatter of plugged guitar, an Asian rocker with a blue T-shirt suddenly appears and starts a monologue about "solitude and music being the only friend a man should have". When he turns to the girls, he smiles sympathetically and says, "Pleasure, my name is Jeff. Would you like to join the Music Club?" Aurora and Ally force a smile and politely deny it. Jeff says goodbye to them, and before closing the door, says to himself that the technique of monologue is already outdated and that maybe he should try fireworks. The girls continue their walk. When Ally sees Skullnick pass before them, shouting towards the students down the hall, she quickly hides behind Aurora. Ally stutters as she asks what "it" is, and Aurora makes it clear that this is her teacher, whom her mother turned into a troll while studying there. "So... All that magic princess talk was... real?", Ally asks still frightened. Aurora smiles and nods. Another momentary silence from Ally, until she smiled and said, "That's awesome!".

When she arrives home, Aurora rushes to tell Sam about her new friend, but when she opens the door, she sees Sam and Glossaryck watching and cheering enthusiastically for a game of Dracoball. After the match ends, Aurora asks how he is, and Sam says he's feeling better. Aurora calms his excitement and says that the fever he had was only the first stage of the disease. "What do you mean first stage?" Sam asks before he starts sneezing. Aurora summon a small bottle and says that he will now have to drop a small essence of warnicorn hair on his nose every hour for the next 24 hours to treat the sneezing. Sam then tries to ask Aurora for help regaining his memories, but before he can make the request, Aurora begins to tell about her new friend. Although a bit upset, Sam decided to listen to what Aurora has to say.

The next day, after class, Ally and Aurora are playing a quiz game about each other while eating at Britta's Taco. After answering that her favorite color and animal are purple and snakes, Ally asks if Aurora has any kind of arty talent. The princess responds saying she likes to write stories and that she took piano lessons as a child. Ally is surprised and says that Aurora doesn't have the face that knows how to play something, "no offense," she adds. Aurora smiles shyly, and says it's part of the Etheria's Code and that her parents thought the lessons could stimulate her creativity. Aurora takes advantage of the situation and asks about Ally's parents. The girl's expression saddens and she reveals that her parents had an accident when she was a baby, taken to live with her aunt in Scotland, and that on her 14th birthday, she asked her aunt to do her exchange at Echo Creek, her hometown. Aurora tries to apologize, but Ally says it's okay, gets up and leaves saying goodbye: "see you tomorrow".

At home, Sam comments that his nose has improved and that "it's only in Mewni that hair heals sneezing instead of causing it". He realizes that Aurora is a little distant and asks what is worrying his friend. Aurora tells him the story of Ally and her parents. As she begins to think of ways to help Ally, Sam, a little suspicious, asks if she's not "going too fast with someone she's met in just two days". "She's my friend, I can't leave her in the lurch," Aurora says, "I even put her name in the 'Friends' chapter of my diary". With a hint of resentment, Sam smiles and replies "You're right! A good friend would never do that". Sam, then, disguising his displeasure, asks for Aurora's help in recovering his memories. The princess confess that she has forgotten Sam's problem and apologizes. "I'll look at the Skywynne's chapters and we can try tomorrow night, okay for you?", she asks, getting a positive response from Sam.

The next morning, Aurora hits the spell book and interrupts Glossaryck's "beauty sleep" to ask a favor. Aurora opens the door of her bodyguard's bedroom and shows her magical instructor that Sam is cleaning his room with a strange serene smile on his face. Glossaryck says he looks good to him, and Aurora says that's what worries her. “According to Soupina, the last stage of the disease is the stage of delirium, but this stage is totally unpredictable,” she says, and then confesses that she hoped he would act like a slightly senile old man from the Oregon valleys. "I want you to keep an eye on him while I'm gone, and don't let him leave the house under any circumstances." Glossaryck says he will do "whatever is available to him" and Aurora goes to school.

Hours later, Sam finally finishes tidying up his room. When he starts talking to the wind, Glossaryck asks who he's talking to. "The Cloudy Princess of the Kingdom of Floating Candy Cottons," he replies as if it were obvious. Sam still says she was the one who advised him to clean his room because "according to Princess Cloudy, an organized and clean room pushes away the snarks," and that they invade his room at night and steal his memories. "Oh, really?" says Glossaryck monotonously sarcastic. Sam turns to the wind (or the princess, if you have low sanity), and after a brief "talk", he says he is going to the supermarket to buy ice cream along with Princess Cloudy. Glossaryck stops him and says that Aurora forbade him from leaving. Sam says he'll bring him pudding. "Two pots," says Glossaryck, paving the way, "chocolate with vanilla."

Upon leaving school, Aurora tries to talk to Ally and apologize for having touched on a sensitive subject the day before. Ally opens a weak smile and says that everything is fine and that she is not upset with Aurora. "You did not know," she says, "and I exaggerated a little bit". A few feet away, Sam is walking home when he sees the two girls across the street. Fearing being seen by the princess, he soon hides behind a dumpster (asking Princess Cloudy to hide as well) and watches them from a distance. "If you need anything, you can count on me," Aurora says and Ally replies "there's a little thing I’d like you to do for me". She asks Aurora to go with her to the cemetery tonight, to visit her parents' grave. "It would mean a lot to me if you came," she says rather awkwardly. Aurora remembers the promise she gave to Sam, but upon seeing her friend's sad expression, Aurora accepts Ally's request. Startled and enraged, Sam asks Princess Cloudy if she saw what Aurora did. Happy and grateful, Ally hugs her. Sam looks at Ally's face and notices an odd expression on it. Aurora says she needs to go, but when she turns to cross the street, Ally grabs her shoulder and pulls her back as a truck crosses in front of them at high speed. Sam catches the air, even after seeing that Aurora was fine. Ally asks her to pay attention to where she walks and says goodbye to her friend. Still scared, Sam runs to get home before Aurora.

Upon arriving home, Aurora finds the house with the curtains covering the windows. Seeing Glossaryck with a pot of pudding, she asks what's going on, and at that moment, Sam comes out grabbing Aurora's shoulders and asking if she's been followed. She denies and asks what he is talking about. Sam comments on Ally and claims to have seen her try to push Aurora into the truck. "What? No! She kept me from getting run over," Aurora argues, but Sam continues to conspire, saying that the talk about her parents is a lie. "That's it," Sam believes to have linked the dots, "She wants you to go to the graveyard alone to kill you". Before asking how he knew all this, Aurora concludes that he followed her and gives a scold directed at Glossaryck, who replies, "Girl, this is not a magic problem, so it's out of my control". In anger, Aurora asks why Sam followed her without her knowledge, and he replies that he wasn't following her, but rather went out to buy ice cream for Princess Cloudy, “but that's not important now.” Upon hearing about the "Cloudy Princess", Aurora calms down and says that Sam is delirious. He says he's not crazy, but Aurora explains that he's in the stage of delirium. Sam claims he's not crazy and that he heard everything, including Aurora promising something to Ally when she already had an appointment that night. Aurora suspects Sam is saying all this because he was upset that she broke a promise and tries to apologize, but Sam grabs her by the shoulders and shouts, "Rory, she's going to bury you alive!". "Enough!" Aurora shouts, her cheek marks glowing and the house curtains opening. She says that Ally is her friend and that he will not make her think otherwise. Sam and Aurora exchange yelling the word "Great!" to each other until Sam uses his magical amplifier to win this war of screams and they go to their rooms angry with one another.

At night, Aurora arrives at the meeting point, the gate of the cemetery. A little scared, Aurora calls for Ally, until she is surprised by her friend’s sudden appearance and almost screams. Just behind Ally, Aurora walks apprehensively between the tombstones, remembering the crypts of Castle Butterfly. "We're here," Ally says. When Aurora stops beside her, she doesn't see a tombstone, but an open grave. Aurora is suspicious and ask if that's where Ally's parents are buried. "Actually, I’ve never met my parents, I don't even know who they are or whether they exist," dropping her Scottish accent, Ally laughs and Aurora starts to get more scared. Ally confesses that she didn't expect her to survive the poisoned cookie, and says it took her three days to dig the hole, since she needed a place to hide her body because she only needed Aurora's head. Ally then takes out multiple ophidian steel blades and attacks Aurora.

In the Diaz house, a sullen Sam is going through the television channels while grumbling with Glossaryck (or himself) about Aurora's "jealousy”, until Glossaryck takes the remote control from Sam's hand and asks him to stop grumbling. Sam tries to get the control back, but a documentary draws his attention when the narrator says loud and clear: "The two largest cities in Wales are the capital Cardiff and the port city Swansea.” Sam immediately runs out of the house.

In the cemetery, Aurora just deflects and defends herself initially from Ally’s attacks, but after suffering a slight cut in the arm, she manages to hit Ally and takes advantage of that time to run, but she doesn't go very far. "I have to admit, you're really hard to kill," Ally says throwing bolas and knocking her down. Aurora uses the wand to free herself and shoots spells against Ally, who defends herself with the ophidian steel blades as she approaches in the direction of the princess. Desperate, Aurora begins to feel dizzy, and Ally deflects Aurora's spell back at her, disarming her and hurling her at a tombstone. Aurora tries to get up but can't. Ally approaches quietly and kneels before her. She reveals that there was venom laced on the blade that would make her lose her senses soon enough. "After I tried to kill you on your birthday, your parents sent you away to be protected," Ally says, touching Aurora's necklace, "You've been off my radar for a long time, but you've made a grave mistake. You shouldn't have left Earth.” She continues talking to Aurora saying, “you seem like a good person, but I have a job to do". Aurora faints, and Ally raises her arm to take the last blow, but before she can do so, she feels her pulse pick up. As she turns around, she sees Sam. Ally hesitates and Sam manages to push her away from Aurora, placing herself defensively before the princess. "It wasn't for you to be here," Ally shouts, but her voice is a little shaky. "My duty is to protect her, I'm where I should be," Sam replies. With a strange expression on her face, Ally opens a dimensional portal and disappears.

Aurora wakes up back to the Diaz house, with the cut on her arm bandaged and Glossaryck trying to give her a tablespoon of pudding. She asks what happened and where Ally is, and in a scolding tone, Sam replies that she almost killed her and then ran away. Shrunken, Aurora apologizes and says she should have listened to him. Sam says the important thing is that she's okay. Seeing that Aurora is deeply saddened that "her new friend" is not her real friend, Sam tries to cheer her up and takes a repellent out his coat pocket. "I was prepared this time," he says, causing Aurora to giggle before she climbs into her room. In bed, Aurora reads the name of Ally in the chapter "Friends" of her diary, just below that of Sam, before scratching her name off. The episode ends with Aurora dreaming sitting under a pine tree while heavy rain falls.

## Appearances

* Aurora Butterfly
* Sam
* Glossaryck
* Ally