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- Cheating.

- Let him go.

Make me.

Don't have the power

to control me, do you?

Not even close.

Wait up, ladies.

Dylan!

Dylan!

How could they disappear that fast?

Witches.

Marnie, wait.

They could be casting another spell

on Dylan as we speak.

To make him do what?

More math? He loves math.

Are you coming or not?

Whoa. What's going on?

- I don't know.

- Whoa.

- Whoa!

- What's happening?

Whoa!

- Something's not right.

- What do you mean, not right?

I don't know!

Hang on!

Watch out!

Hello, landing gear.

Sorry. I don't know what happened.

- There it is.

- Wait.

- I can't believe it.

- The broom's a snake.

- Scarlett jinxed our broom.

- I think she set us up.

She knew where we'd be,

she knew we'd have my broom.

- You mean, she's spying on us?

- Or somebody's doing it for her.

- Come on.

- What are you doing?

Taking a moonlit walk

with a beautiful girl.

It's a long way back to campus.

We just crash landed on a broom

that grew a forked tongue.

How can you be so calm?

Having a near-death experience

is strangely comforting.

As you know, next week

is a very special Halloween.

The 1,000 year anniversary

of Halloweentown.

The big celebration's gonna be

right here, at Witch University.

May I just say

that I am just so privileged

to be a citizen of this great big

magical world of ours.

Oh, man,

I promised myself I wasn't gonna cry.

- Ohh!

- Thank you.

Here you go.

Are you OK?

Oh, yeah.

I just got swept off my feet last night.

Sage, if you ever talk to that loser

again, I'm gonna cut you off. I swear.

Why doesn't Marnie cast a spell

to stop Scarlett?

She can't.

It's the one power witches don't have.

They can't completely control

somebody else.

But the Sinister sisters' spell

is controlling Dylan.

They can't make him do

something he'd never do.

Their spell just amplified

Dylan's own desires.

He's doing what he wants to,

he just can't stop.

I can't watch.

The smallest thing we ever ate in my

family was a goat. Who wants to be

the first volunteer?

Uh... Marnie Piper,

come on up here, girl.

- Come on, Marnie.

- Yeah, Marnie!

- So good to see you.

- Drooling.

Sorry.

Perhaps we've been unclear.

Do you girls realize what's at stake?

Personally, I'm a little fuzzy.

We have only a few days until Halloween.

If you can get Marnie Piper

to assume the Cromwell Gift,

we, my lovely daughters,

and the witches of the Dominion,

will use her power

to rule Halloweentown.

- But...

- No buts.

We must get her to open the box

and assume her Gift.

We're trying. Seriously.

Then we need to try harder.

Seriously.

We dug all these things up

with our bare hands.

Totally breaked our manicures.

- I tore a cuticle.

- Are you OK?

Are you sure about this?

We've tried everything else.

If she thinks

she's doing something noble,

she'll do anything we ask.

What a wonderful presentation.

A- plus, my dears. A-plus.

- Can we make her open it?

- Our time is up.

Something to look forward to

for next time. Class dismissed.

I bet Dillie dug that scroll up for you.

Just like he took your psych exam

and wrote your physics paper.

Marnie Piper, please stay.

What now? I didn't bring up that thing

from the dirt and neither did Scarlett.

Did you see her fingernails?

They're perfect.

Those... Those Sinister sisters

use magic all the time,

but do they get expelled? No.

They get, "A-plus-plus, my dears,"

and that's just wrong.

- You're right.

- I am right.

- I'm right?

- Yes.

And, I promise you,

I'll deal with them soon.

But right now we have something

much more important at stake.

Something only you can help us with.

- Really?

- Open it.

- I don't understand.

- You're special, Marnie.

- Well...

- Upon this scroll

is an ancient Halloweentown prophecy.

It speaks of a powerful Cromwell who

will bring peace to our world forever.

- And you think that's me?

- Marnie, not all magic is good magic.

There are dark forces at work

in Halloweentown.

On Halloween night,

here at Witch University,

dark forces will try to shatter

the peace and tranquility

- of our millennial celebration.

- You alone can save our world.

Fulfill your destiny, Marnie.

Find the key to this box.

Embrace your Gift.

And Halloweentown

will continue to exist in peace.

Wow.

No pressure or anything.

Now go and trust no one.

Hello, boys.

Now, I know that you've been

spying on Marnie Piper.

I just need to know who has been

paying you for your services and why.

Spill it...

...and these babies are all yours.

- Marnie.

- I have to talk to Dylan.

Just stop for one second.

If he's still under Scarlett's spell

he won't want to talk to me.

Fine. I'll try.

Dylan, it's Ethan.

Dude, open up.

Dude.

- What is going on?

- Four papers, two exams,

three book reports and a speech

with visual aids.

- I gotta get back to work.

- Of course.

- Don't try to stop me.

- Wouldn't dream of it.

I can't disappoint Scarlett.

Or Sage. Or Sapphire.

What is that?

My mother.

Marnie. Where's Dylan?

- Studying his brains out.

- Oh, good.

- Are you OK?

- Everything's going to be fine, Mom.

- Going to be fine? What does going...?

- We're fine, Mom.

Call it mother's intuition

or witch's worry,

but I realize it was a bad idea sending

you two off alone to Halloweentown.

- Mom.

- Maybe I could pop in for a visit.

- No. Why?

- Because I want to see you.

- Why can't I come and visit?

- You can't trust me for one second?

- That is not true.

- Other people trust me.

In fact, they rely on me. My professors,

Dr. Goodwyn, even that fossil, Grogg.

They think I'm destined

for greatness. They believe in me.

- I believe in you.

- I gotta go, Mom.

I miss you!

The birdies. They've all flown away.

I just hope they come back soon.

We can't just

leave him like this. We need help.

- Where are you going?

- To get another witch so there's three.

- We can do this.

- No, we can't.

I know it's against the rules, and we

could get expelled, but this is Dylan.

Marnie, I can't help you.

- Can't or you won't?

- Marnie, it's complicated.

No, it's not. It's simple.

I thought you were my friend.

Marnie, they're using you.

Grogg and Goodwyn.

They're part of a secret club

my dad belonged to.

They're these seven witches

who call themselves the Dominion.

They're plotting to use you and

your magic to take over Halloweentown

and make slaves

out of all the other creatures.

They want to rule Halloweentown.

No, you're wrong.

They're the good guys.

Unlike you, Ethan.

Professor Periwinkle, thank you so much

for meeting me off campus.

I just... I needed us to be alone.

I have to talk to Splendora.

And I need your help

to travel back in time.

- Talk to her about what?

- About this ancient prophecy

and this silver box and dark forces.

- And the future of Halloweentown.

- Yes.

- Then you are ready.

- I think so.

I just don't trust anyone else

to help me.

I know time travel is some serious magic

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