The Evermoor Chronicles S1 E17

## Plot

Tara is jogging, and invited Sorsha to join her, but she didn't show. She finds her on the path and talks to her. Sorsha has her promise not to tell anyone, especially Seb, about the Founder. She points out the recently returned Hollowfall in the distance. In the Beacon, Bridget asks Lacie and Esmeralda why they made her help them raise Hollowfall. It's been lost between realms for centuries. Sorsha is protected by her love for Seb, so they're going to send him away. When Hollowfall rises, a champion must be sent there from Evermoor to foster peace. All of the young people will volunteer, and Esmeralda will pick Seb. No one knows it's a one way trip. Sorsha is explaining Hollowfall to the others. It rises for one day every 600 years, but it's risen early this time. The others have to leave when Esmeralda calls a Circle meeting. Since he's the page, Seb can stay. Tara eavesdrops on them, but she's caught by Doyle and Esmeralda. Seb wants to go to Hollowfall, because it's the discovery of a lifetime, but Sorsha doesn't want him to. No one knows what it's like there. He says that no one here knows what it's like anywhere. She accuses him of still thinking of them as a village of idiots. When he first came here, she called him ignorant, and she was right, he doesn't know anything. He wonders what's gotten into her. The lights go out, and Sorsha's shadow transforms into the Founder, which Tara and Otto see. Sorsha thinks she's never going to escape it. Otto remembers the first champion, Boomer Tunnycliffe. He was a fool. Legend says he came back from Hollowfall a hero. Tara finds it weird that Evermoor sent a clown as a champion. They find a memoir written by Boomer, but Otto says that's impossible, because Boomer couldn't write. Back then, only the Circle did. They look through a register of births, deaths, and marriages. There's no date of death for Boomer. He never came back from Hollowfall. The Circle knowingly sent him to his doom, and then covered it up. There's no way back. Sorsha says she should be the one to go. She reveals the truth to everyone else, and they leave. If she goes, then the Founders will never be reunited, and they'll be safe. Every time she closes her eyes, she sees what will happen when the Founders get their way: Fighting, lying, chaos. Tara tells Doyle the truth. He tries to break the vase open to get his daughter's slip out, but it doesn't break. Seb volunteers, and Esmeralda enchants his slip. Tara writes her name on a slip. More names means Sorsha's chances are better, with everyone being unaware of the magic slip. At a field, Esmeralda chooses Seb, and he leaves. Sorsha is heartbroken, especially because she never got to say goodbye. Tara assures her that she'll fix this, somehow. They see that her hands are back to normal, and so is her reflection. Tara has an idea. Sorsha enters the Beacon, and so does Tara. They explain that Sorsha missing Seb is stronger than the Founder. Absence makes the heart grow fonder, not go yonder. They want to make a deal. They're going to raise Hollowfall again to get Seb back. Esmeralda and Lacie use Sorsha as their third person, and they have one more condition for Tara. Hollowfall rises again, and Seb returns. However, Sorsha's veins are black again, and Seb can't remember anything after he left. It's revealed that the condition was Tara promising to break up Seb and Sorsha. That's really stupid. For starters, it's just a silly promise. She could just not do it and tell everyone the truth about everything and the full severity of their situation. And if she goes through with it, she knows that'll basically bring about the end of the world. It's not worth it!