S01 E11 Face Cookies

After Aurora eats a poisoned cookie, Sam runs up against time to find an antidote in the Forest of the Certain Death with the help of Pine Forest.

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**Face Cookies** is the 11th episode of the 1st season in the series.

## Plot synopsis

After Aurora eats a poison cookie, It’s up to Sam with the help of Pine Forest runs up against time to find an antidote in the Forest of the Certain Death.

## Overview

The episode opens with Aurora and Sam waiting in line for a cookie food truck. Aurora says she's tired and wants to go home soon, but Sam says the wait will be worth it. They are finally served by the confectioner with a French accent, Pierre, who welcomes Sam as a client-friend. *"I see you've got company. What's the name of the beautiful girl?"* The confectioner asks Sam. Aurora, who until then was inattentive, looks innocently around in search of the *"beautiful girl"*. Pierre laughs at the lost look of Aurora and says that *"his friend is a figure"*. He asks his helper, Gina, a girl with red hair, glasses and green eyes, to prepare the dough. During this time, Aurora asks Sam why they came here in the first place. *"Do you remember the face-shaped cookie I took home the other day? You asked where I got it, so I decided to bring you to see for yourself"* Sam replies. A few minutes later, they pick up the packaged cookies from Gina's wobbly hands and leave.

When they get home, they open the package. Aurora is fascinated by her *"face cookie"* and remarks how cute she has become. *"I even feel sorry for eating it",* she says, and then takes a bite. When she already has half of her face eaten, Aurora begins to slightly cough. She asks Sam to pass the milk, and despite some sips, the coughing gets worse and worse. She hits her chest a few times, but there's no use. She coughs so hard she can't even talk. Sam becomes worried and asks what's going on and if everything's okay. Aurora tries to get up from her chair, but immediately falls to the floor. Sam runs over to help her, and when he turns her around, he sees her suffocating, trying in vain to breathe with her mouth turning oddly black. He is only able to grab her wrist tightly before she takes a last breath and apparently dies.

After suffering a panic attack, Sam calls desperately for Glossaryck. The little blue man comes out and says, *"I hope this is important"*. When looking at Aurora's body, he soothingly says *"Yeah, that's important"*. Sam starts walking paranoidly around the room, blaming himself, saying that it was his job to protect her and that he failed, wondering what he would say to her parents and grandparents, and hallucinating about losing his head... literally. Glossaryck calms him down with a slap on the face. *"I needed that",* he said. Glossaryck explains that the cookie had been laced with Lacrimosa Poison, the same poison used to kill Queen Hemera the Builder centuries ago, and states that Aurora is not dead yet, only that she is unconscious, and that he still has time to get and administer the cure to her by sunset or else it will be too late. Sam asks how, and Glossaryck says that he needs to find a specific herb that grows under rocks by rivers in the Forest of Certain Death which can be used to make a tonic for the poison. Sam opens a portal with the dimensional scissors and hurriedly goes to the Forest. As Sam walks through the portal, Glossaryck places Aurora's body on the couch. *"You will not want to catch a cold when you get back, will you?"* He says, summoning a pot of pudding.

Meanwhile, Sam wanders through the murky forest, heading in the opposite direction of the signs pointing in the direction of Butterfly Castle. After being bitten in the neck by an insect, he is attacked by a carnivorous plant with living vines. He is saved by a mewnian boy with green hair, probably of nobility. Sam recognizes him as Pine Forest and remembers seeing him in the crowd during the story writing contest at the Storybook Dimension. Pine asks how he knows his name and Sam makes up an excuse, saying that *"everyone in Mewni knows every nobleman in the Kingdom"*. Pine doesn't fall for Sam's explanation and says that he will take him back to Mewni, because the Forest of Certain Death is interdicted. Sam says he can't go, and Pine asks why. *"My sister"*, Sam replies, *"she was poisoned with Lacrimosa Poison and I have to find the cure by the end of the day otherwise..."* Pine shows understanding to him, and not only allows Sam to continue in the Forest, but also offers to help him.

In the Diaz House, Glossaryck is eating another pot of pudding while looking for something interesting to watch on television when he suddenly hears Aurora's mirrorphone ring... with a call from Star. Instead of answering, Glossaryck shuts off the call.

In the forest, Sam and Pine continue their quest for the herb. Sam is bitten by another insect and complains about the amount of insects in this place. Pine asks how his "sister" was poisoned, and Sam replies it was because of a cookie. Pine says to Sam so he doesn't worry, that they just need to find the arm of a river and half the problem will be solved. Sam asks why does he know so much about the subject, and Pine replies that his sister Maple was also poisoned after eating candy from a stranger. When Sam asks Pine why they would poison her sister, Pine responds, *"There are bad people in every dimension. Some people do evil just because they want to"*. Their conversation is interrupted when they are attacked by a giant serpent.

Meanwhile, on Earth, we see that Glossaryck has already gone through heaps of piles of empty pudding pots and several unanswered calls on Aurora's mirrorphone. He begins to have a one-sided conversation with Aurora's unconscious body, as if she's talking to him. *"Your grandmother Hemera had no idea how big 200 meters could be, until she built a 200-meter tower, and she came to the conclusion that we are only capable of understanding certain things if we have previous experiences. You will never learn to draw if you don't pick up a pencil, you will not know how to operate a heart without studying it first, this is also true for magic, you will not be able to perform a healing spell without knowing the disease, you will not be able to make snow if you don't know what snow is. This way of thinking led her to a position at the Magic High Commission"*. Glossaryck is interrupted by another ring of the mirrorphone and refuses another call from Star, continuing the conversation.

In Forest of Certain Death, Sam manages to save Pine and chase away the serpent. Pine thanks Sam for saving him and he replies saying that now they are now "even". They resume their quest, and at a certain point, after Sam is bitten once more by another insect, Pine asks how Sam's sister is like. The boy doesn't adlib his way out of this, and says that she is "a happy but shy girl who likes to help those who need help". The description makes Pine sigh with a smile, saying that she sounds like a friend of his. *"Princess Aurora?"* Sam says unintentionally, and immediately replies that he's heard of her when he read an article on Mewni News. Pine then explains that just before he met him, he was looking for any clues that would help find the culprit, for the attempt on Princess Butterfly's life. He also says that all this is only happening because of an idiot prejudice and that she doesn't deserve to go through any of that.*"People judge her just because she doesn't have pure mewnian blood. But the truth is that she's the purest heart girl I've ever met,"* Pine says. Sam is thoughtful after the boy's words, but his thoughts are interrupted when Pine spots a small waterfall. Sam and Pine start digging under the rocks in search of the herb, until the bodyguard finally finds what he's looking for. Pine tells Sam to follow him since he knows the path back, but Sam confesses that he will not go back to Mewni. Pine doesn't understand and asks about his sister. Sam is silent for a few seconds, seriously contemplating about telling the truth. *"I need to show you something,"* Sam says before being bitten again by yet another insect.

In the Diaz house, Glossaryck is playing cards with Aurora and asks her to make a move. *"Do I have to play for you again?"* He says. Soon after, a portal opens into the room, from where Sam and Pine appear. Sam asks if it's too late, and Glossaryck responds with all patience: *"This is not a TV Show. You're back with an hour in advance".* Pine watches everything with quiet and frozen demeanor, the image of half-dead Aurora leaves him in a state of shock. Glossaryck prepares the tonic and gives the antidote for Aurora to drink. After a few seconds of silence, she wakes up with a fright, pulling in gulps of air. In return, Sam and Pine sigh with relief. Aurora looks desperately around, scared and absorbed. She paranoidly asks if she's dead, and Glossaryck only sighs saying, *"That would be very insulting"*.

After a relieved sigh, Aurora finally notices the presence of Pine and asks what he is doing here. Sam explains that Pine helped him in his quest to find the herb, and Pine praises Sam. *"You saved my life",*Aurora says with a look of surprise. Before she can thank them, her mirrorphone rings with a call from her mother. Aurora asks for silence and answers the call. Worried beyond belief, Star says she tried calling her all day and asks why she didn't answer her calls. Aurora lies, claiming she was busy with school work. Star sighs in relief and says she has a strange feeling in her chest all day. Aurora tells her not to worry, that everything is fine and that she is safe on Earth. After closing the call, Sam and Pine ask why Aurora didn't tell the truth. *"They think I'm safe here"*, she explains, *"I don't want them to be more worried than they already are"*. Aurora then says that now that she's alive, whoever it was who poisoned her cookie will try to kill her again, and that this might be her chance to capture her killer. *"And I think I know where we should start looking"*, she says.

Aurora, Pine and Sam decide to visit Pierre. They ask the confectioner for a minute of his attention, but Pierre says he's too busy to talk ever since Gina disappeared. Sam asks when she disappeared and Pierre replies, *"Right after you left"*. Aurora asks if he knows where she went and Pierre points to an alley nearby. The trio decides to investigate, and end up finding the clothes of Gina... beside a mask of her face, a red wig and pair of glasses thrown in the trash. Before Pine returns to Mewni, he promises not to tell anyone of what happened today and that he has every confidence in her. He says goodbye to Aurora with a hug, and tells Sam that he trusts him to protect her. After he leaves, Aurora asks if he and Sam are friends now. *"I guess so"*, Sam replies, *"He's a nice guy. Now I can understand the reasons better"*. Aurora asks "what reasons" and Sam walks out of the alley with a suggestive smile. The episode ends with Aurora and Sam walking home, leaving behind the mask in the trash can.

## Appearances

* Aurora Butterfly
* Sam
* Pine Forest
* Glossaryck
* Pierre