Sofia the First S4 E9

## Plot

Cute Alice in Wonderland reference with the title. Sofia asks Cedric for help with a homework assignment. She needs to shrink a watermelon with Dwindle Dust, which is extremely powerful. Cedric is distracted, because his sister is coming for a visit. Cordelia and Calista arrive. Their castle is undergoing renovations, so they could be staying there for weeks, or even months. It's going to be like when Cordelia and Cedric were kids and they grew up together in the castle. That was back when Sofia's step-grandfather, Roland I, was king, and Goodwyn was the royal sorcerer of Enchancia. Cordelia is convinced that Cedric doesn't know what he's doing when it comes to magic, and thinks that she's much better at it. Cedric says that she's always taunted him and put him down, even in front of the king. When other people listen to her, it makes them think that he can't do anything. He blames her for all of his woes. Sofia and Calista try to tell her about all the amazing magic they've seen Cedric do, in the hopes that she'll be nicer to him. When they find her though, they see that her black up do is just a wig. Her real hair is green and spiky. They talk to Roland about it, who explains things to them. He shows them a painting of when they were all younger, including Aunt Tilly. Cordelia had long brown hair back then, and she and Cedric got along well. After the incident though, they hated each other, and it's unlikely that they'll ever be that close again. It happened on the day of Cordelia's Sorceress Ball. It's a party to celebrate a sorcerer's birthday. Before Roland can explain further, he's called away by Baileywick. Calista says that they can use her Looking Back glass mirror to find out what the incident was. It can show them things from the past, and they can even go inside it, like an enchanted painting. However, they can't interact with anything, because it's a past event, so no one can see or hear them. They see a young Tilly on a Pogo stick. Her father scolds her, saying that's not the behavior of their future queen. Sofia didn't know that her aunt was once next in line. She probably abdicated the throne to her little brother. They see a young Cedric helping a young Cordelia get ready for the ball. She's worried about her grand entrance. Cedric says he can use a potion to create colorful smoke for her big entrance. Cordelia says that he's too young for that kind of spell, but he says that he can do it. He demonstrates, and does it perfectly. However, when she steps out and he does the spell again, it's white instead of purple. The smoke clears, and her hair is spiky and white. She blames Cedric for what happened. He tries to undo it, but the spell turns her hair green, and gives him his light white bangs. Everyone thinks he's a terrible sorcerer now. Sofia and Calista exit the mirror, and see that Cedric saw the whole thing. Since that day, no one believed in or respected him except his mother and Calista, until Sofia came along. So this incident basically led to his start of darkness, becoming a villain, and wanting to take over the kingdom. He insists that it wasn't his fault. That day has always haunted him and his sister. No one, not even their father, could fix her hair. They all head to his workshop to help with Sofia's sorcery homework. When they get there, they see that Cordelia is rearranging everything. This means that Cedric can't find the right ingredients. Cordelia decides to help with the homework. They both put the ingredients on the watermelon though, which is far more than it needs. They pour the entire jar of Dwindle Dust on it, and both say the magic words. At first, it looks like nothing happened. Cedric gets fed up with Cordelia's comments and tries to leave, but he bangs his head on the door. It's suddenly too short for him. The spell is shrinking the castle, and everything in it. Dwindle Dust doesn't affect people, so if they don't fix this soon, they're in for some very unusual and unpleasant deaths. Both Cedric and Cordelia know how to fix it, but they won't stop fighting. Sofia and Calista realize that the smoke potion from the ball started out purple, but somehow changed to white. If they can prove to Cordelia that it wasn't really Cedric's fault, then they might stop fighting and fix the castle. The mirror is half its size, but it still works. They jump back into the ball. They watch the potion carefully. Cedric sets it down. Cordelia bumps the table, which makes her fancy hair potion spill into the smoke one, and turn it white. That's why the spell went wrong. Calista and Sofia show Cedric and Cordelia. It was her fault all along. She believes in Cedric again. You can only stop Dwindle Dust with more Dwindle Dust. They still have some more, and Cordelia tells them where it is. However, the drawer is too small for Cedric's fingers. Calista climbs up and gets it for him. He reverses the spell. Cordelia explains to Roland that she caused the castle to shrink, and Cedric fixed it. Now that they finally know which two potions caused the spell to go wrong, they fix Cordelia's hair.