Sofia the First S4 E1

## Plot

Sofia, Cedric, and Wormwood head back to Hexley Hall for the first ever Conjurers Conference. Sofia will be helping Cedric as his apprentice again. It turns out that Wormwood being able to talk really did stick. I had my doubts before. Cedric is excited to show the world what makes Cedric the Sensational so sensational. Sofia sees the statue of Grimtrix and asks Cedric if he'll be here. Without a doubt, he will be, but he'd never try to take the amulet with so many wizards around. Wriggley is there. Sofia sees a woman painting the land where all magic comes from: The Mystic Isles. Cedric says they could go there one day, if only they weren't so hard to get to. Jun and Wu-Chang are also there. Jun, like Sofia, is helping him with his presentation. Wriggley sneaks an invitation to Cedric. It invites him to a meeting of the greatest sorcerers in the world in the enchanted portrait parlor. He and Wormwood head there right away. Sofia sees them, and she sees Wriggley go after them. She follows them both. It's a meeting with Grimtrix, Morgana, Baron Von Rocha, Greylock the Grand, a grumpy wizard Cedric bumped into outside, and a tiny wizard. Grimtrix convinces Cedric to listen to his proposition. He has a way for them all to gain more power. He thinks that wizards should rule instead of royals. He wants the others to join him in a special group called the Order of the Wand, and together, they'll take over all the kingdoms. He found the legendary Medusa stones. Sofia listens in from behind the curtain. When a Medusa stone is placed on a wand, it casts an unbreakable spell that will freeze anyone in place. Then, with no one to stop them, they can take control of the kingdoms. The grumpy man thinks the stones don't work, and tries to leave. Grimtrix freezes him, and sure enough, no one can break the spell. He tells them to step right up if they want to show the world how great they are. Before Cedric can, Sofia calls out to him, and pulls him into the other room. She wonders why Grimtrix would think he'd be part of such an awful plan. Wormwood wants Cedric to just tell her already. Cedric claims that he's going to stall the others while Sofia gets all the good sorcerers to stop him. Sofia says he's the best and hugs him. Wormwood doesn't want her to ruin the plan. Cedric claims that he only said all those things to get Sofia to leave. He doesn't know if he should go through with the scheme or not. He wanted to take over Enchancia, but Sofia's kindness has changed him. Wormwood says that she may be nice to him, but everyone else has to see that he's great. He decides to join the others and gets a Medusa stone. Sofia asks Jun where Wu-Chang is. He went to the library with a bunch of other sorcerers. Merlin is there too. The Shusher led them there and trapped them inside. The girls make noise to get the Shusher to shush them. It works, and the sorcerers open the door. Sofia explains Grimtrix's plan to them. Merlin says that they just have to break the Medusa stones, and any spell cast with them will be undone. However, the evil sorcerers have already left. The good sorcerers head to their kingdoms to stop them. Sofia thinks this means that Cedric wasn't able to stall them, and rushes back to the parlor to see if he's okay. She overhears him and Grimtrix talking about taking over Enchancia. Grimtrix leaves through a magic door. Sofia confronts Cedric and asks him what he's doing. He claims that it isn't what it looks like, but Wormwood says it is. He reveals that Cedric has been trying to steal the amulet to take over the kingdom since Sofia first arrived at the castle. Cedric confirms that it's true. She asks him why. He says that once he's king, everyone will finally see what a great sorcerer he truly is. She thought they were friends. He says she was wrong about that, but he noticeably hesitates when he says that. He leaves. Sofia is heartbroken, but soon has a determined look on her face. Cedric freezes the footman and takes the coach. Sofia takes a free sample broom. Cedric freezes Baileywick and the guards. Sofia gets there. Cedric tells the royal family that he's the new king, but they think he's joking. He freezes them and the guards. Sofia sees what he did, and tries taking his wand. He and Wormwood see that she's there. She asks him to think about what he's doing, and says that he doesn't really want to do this. He claims that this is all he wants. Wormwood tells him to freeze her, but he can't bring himself to do it. She takes his wand and breaks the stone. All the spells are reversed, and the guards seize Cedric. Sofia gives Roland his wand. He never thought Cedric was capable of something like this. Cedric says that no one thought he was capable of anything. He remembers the days when his father was the royal sorcerer, and Roland's was the king. Everything Roland did was the greatest thing ever. They never noticed when Cedric did anything right, only when he made a mistake. He made a lot of mistakes, but so did his sister and Roland. But neither of them could do any wrong in their parents' eyes. He, on the other hand, could *only* do wrong. All he wanted was for someone to finally see that he's a great man. Roland says "Then maybe you should've tried doing something great", and orders the guards to take him away. Sofia tells him that locking Cedric up is a mistake though. She doesn't think he really meant to do this. After all, he didn't freeze her, even when he had the chance. Miranda is glad that Sofia always wants to see the best in people, but tells her that sometimes, there is no best to see. That's actually a really good lesson for kids to learn, albeit very family unfriendly, and obviously not applicable to everyone in every situation. Basically, the real world is complicated. Grimtrix sees that Cedric hasn't taken over Enchancia, and decides to do it himself. Sofia visits Cedric in the dungeon. She's really mad at him. He lied to her, and tried to steal from her. She thinks the worst thing he did was say they weren't friends, because she knows that's not true. He helped her save Royal Prep. He helped her beat Princess Ivy. He even let Morgana catch him so she could get away. Actually, Amber helped with Ivy more than Cedric did. And he wasn't planning to get caught by Morgana, and it was also so his niece Calista could get away too. But let's not split hairs here. Only a great sorcerer and a great friend could do those things. Cedric tells her that he's sorry. They hear about an evil wizard attacking the castle. It has to be Grimtrix. Sofia leaves. Cedric breaks Wormwood's cage so he can get the keys, and they escape. Grimtrix has already frozen everyone else. Sofia faces him with a shield, and he knocks her down. Cedric appears, and Grimtrix gives him his scepter to freeze Sofia. She sees him smile at her though, and he freezes Grimtrix and Wriggley instead. He breaks the crystal ball, and everyone unfreezes. The guards seize Grimtrix. Sofia tells them that Cedric saved them all. He apologizes to the royal family. Roland appreciates the apology, but that doesn't change what he did. He did save them from Grimtrix, which is why he isn't locked up. Roland asks how he can trust him and let him be the royal sorcerer again. Sofia tells him that when she first moved into the castle, Amber wasn't very nice to her. But she gave her a second chance, and since then, she's been the best sister she could hope for. Sofia thinks they should give Cedric a second chance, and this time, they can all be nicer to him. Miranda agrees with her. From what they heard about his childhood, it seems like he could've used more encouragement. Roland agrees that growing up in the shadow of a famous father isn't easy. He'll reinstate Cedric as the royal sorcerer on one condition: That he remembers that if it wasn't for Sofia, he'd be banished from the kingdom. Cedric says that he'll never forget all that Sofia has done for him, and she gives him his wand back. James asks if he can put on a magic show now. Surprisingly, he's more than happy to, and asks his trustworthy, kind, and ever faithful apprentice Sofia for help. Aw! It's so cute!