Episode 51

**Episode 51** is the fifty-first episode of *Hooky*, created by Míriam Bonastre Tur. It is the sixth episode of the King of the Witches arc.

## Summary

In the forest, Dani and Mark leave the delivery van and start to run towards the village where Dani. She’s scared to go back there, but she also wonders if it could be another witch burning. When the two make it, they see the town is engulfed in flames. Mark runs off, and helps save a child from a collapsed building. Dani freezes, and a villager passes her a bucket of water, telling her to help. She takes it, and throws it into one of the houses.

Mark asks a villager what happened. They explain a stranger came into the town with guards, asking about a set of twins. One of the villagers explains that he recognized them from a witch burning, and was disappointed they escaped. Suddenly, a woman with a burnt face appeared and set the town ablaze. The villager doesn’t know why the witch did it, but suspects it has something to do with the girl the village almost burned.

Dani is seen running more water, when she hears someone crying for help in the rubble of a building. She tries to lift a beam to free the person’s leg, when it’s revealed to be the one of the villagers who attempted to burn her. Before he recognizes her, she drops the beam back down on him. As he yells at her, she runs off, and bumps into a different villager. She tells them that the man is trapped, and they run off to save him. As the last of the fire is put out, Dani runs away from the village, with Mark calling out for her.

She makes it to the forest, with Mark finally catching up and grabbing her arm. She yells at him to let go, which he does, and says it’s okay for her to be scared. She says it’s not because she’s scared- and asks Mark if it would be horrible for her to think the village deserved it. Mark says he doesn’t believe vengeance is the answer, which Dani responding that they almost killed her. He says they were just scared, with Dani saying she didn’t do anything for them to fear her, unlike what they did to her. Dani explains she is scared, that she was taught growing up that non-magical people were the dangerous ones, and that she didn’t fully understand that until she went into the candy cottage. She questions which side is good, and if she is even good, since every time she does magic something bad happens. Dani feels she has to pick a side because of the war her parents are starting. She knows that the side that Mark is on, the non-magicals who don’t want to kill witches, are the good side; but after feeling satisfied with seeing the village that hurt her so much get hurt in return, she questions if she can be considered good.

Dani says she’s used to being the brave twin, but she can’t stop crying. Mark hugs her, and tells her it’s okay to cry. He explains that there is no good or bad side, that there are good and bad people everywhere, and that she is good. He apologizes for being bad at hugging and at words, but tells her no matter what happens with her magic and the war, she has her brother and friends- and they’ll fix it all together.

The two head back for the van, and Dani thanks Mark for his kind words.

## Characters in order of appearance

* Daniela Wytte
* Mark Evans
* The Huntsman (alluded)
* Lumberjack
* Angela Wytte (alluded)

## Trivia

* Episode 51 is cut entirely from the print edition of *Hooky*. This could be due to it deviating from the main story, the more mature themes of the episode.
	+ If it were included in the book, it would take place sometime between chapters 24 and 25.