Are You Afraid of the Dark?

You didn't open it, did you? - No.

It's obvious something's wrong.

Can't you see that he's acting weird?

The Connor that you thought was your friend

is actually the Shadowman in disguise.

Don't you see, he tricked you? - Go, go, go!

It's coming. We have to go.

Let's go. Come on.

Shh.

Oh.

Seth! - No.

No! Seth!

Come on, we have to go. - Hy, hey, he's gone.

He's gone. We gotta go!

Come on.

Where is it?

No!

Let her go!

I can't.

Bring us back!

No!

Hey. - Oh.

Ugh, Luke.

I thought you... - You had a nightmare.

Where's Jai?

No, that was real.

What is that?

That is morning.

You made it through another night.

He's ready. I have no food.

Then how does he eat? What does he eat?

Does he live here? - Oh, my gosh.

Ah.

Mm-hmm.

Some tea? - No, thanks.

Not the biggest fan of green tea.

Oh, perhaps blue then.

Hm.

Ah. Hmm?

Uh, just some water.

Bit boring, but okay.

Some lukewarm water for Luke.

Tough crowd.

Um, Apple juice. - Fresh out.

Chocolate milk. - Afraid not.

Surprise me. - Right answer.

Ohh.

Ooh, lemonade.

How are you doing that?

This is a magic shop, yes?

I can taste the lemon.

A spot of tea for Sardo.

Red mushroom.

Ha ha.

All right, fine.

How did this happen?

You used the Book of Shadows.

Yeah, to break the curse, to bring Connor back.

Regardless of your good intentions,

you played with dark magic, and when you use dark magic,

you bring more evil into the world.

So now the Shadowman can look like Connor.

That's what you're saying?

Allow me to put it to you like this.

Thanks to your little spell,

The Shadowman can now walk around looking like

a Backstreet Boy, specifically Nick Carter.

Maybe a little bit, Brian, but definitely not Kevin.

It's like his human armor

protecting him when the sun is up.

And when the sun is down?

He'll turn back into the monster,

but this time even more powerful.

Why more powerful?

Children are afraid of the dark.

It's what he feeds on.

The more kids he takes, the stronger he becomes,

and now he's gained not one, but two of your friends.

I should have saved them.

Don't say that.

Jai wanted to save us.

He stayed behind so we could get away.

He was a hero.

He was our shield.

There's still four of us left.

If we break the curse, we can bring them back.

Jai and Connor.

We have a chance, right?

Logically speaking,

that's a hard no,

but logic does not produce magic,

so I suppose sure.

Help us break it.

Oh, no, no, no, that I can't do.

Why not?

For one, I don't know how,

and for two, I don't want to keep looking over

my shoulder every time I see a shadow.

But you're not cursed. He won't come after you.

That was before you turned him into a human.

He'll hurt me and anyone who stands in his way.

I may not be cursed, but I'm also not stupid.

Please, you're the only one who can help us stop him.

Tell you what, you may all help yourself

to one free item as you walk out, up to $10 value.

15. - Sold, it's fine.

You know, for someone who owns a magic shop,

you really seem to hate kids.

I've been telling children to stay out

of those haunted woods for years.

They go in, they come back out,

and they get taken away.

You think I hate kids. Try watching them disappear.

What are you doing?

Seeing if anything in here is real,

something magical that we can use to break the curse.

You think you can find something like that in here?

This is a magic shop, yes?

Oh, ha, a Magic 8-Ball.

No, we need something with real magic.

Will Hanna get enough signatures

to pass her petition?

Don't count on it.

I don't know, it seems kind of magical to me.

You're not going to save yourselves

with some kind of magic bullet.

The only way to break a curse

is to stop the thing that started.

The Book of Shadows is what started it.

What if we destroy it?

Splendid idea.

But that book is protected by dark magic.

It's practically indestructible.

We don't have to destroy the book.

We just have to destroy Shadowman.

Is that even possible?

Why not? We already know his weakness.

Oh, lights. Pew.

Yeah, we've used lights before.

It's not strong enough to kill him.

Then we make it stronger.

I have an idea.

Hey, Sardo, I need a mirror.

I have a mystical mirror.

Okay, I don't know what that is, but sure,

and a sun catcher, something small made of glass.

This work?

Perfect.

Anything else? A comb perhaps.

Light is energy.

It travels in a straight line, right?

That light hits a barrier, say a mirror,

and bounces into a new direction.

You guys are with me so far? - Yeah.

Okay, if that light passes through something,

like a glass of water or a prism, it does this.

Oh, rainbow.

Refraction.

You mean reflection.

No, she means refraction.

There's a difference. It's when light bends.

Okay, am I stupid?

How do you girls know this kind of stuff?

Basic physics. - I've read everything to know

about sunlight and solar power energy.

That's lovely, but are you suggesting

we fight the Shadowman with rainbows?

Okay, imagine a light bulb.

When it shines,

the light blows everywhere in all directions.

Right, and if you add things like

prisms and lenses around that, you can bend all of the light

and create one powerful beam.

It's how headlights in a car work.

Or stage lights at a school theater.

Yes, or even a-- - A lighthouse beacon.

Yeah.

So you guys are saying that we can take

a bunch of tiny lights and combine them

into one big super light,

and then use that to destroy the Shadowman?

Exactly.

How would it work?

When the sun's up, he can be hit by lights,

but when the sun's down he's the Shadowman.

Do we even stand a chance against him?

We could set a trap.

We'll lure him in while he's still Connor.

Then as soon as the sun sets and he's most vulnerable,

we'll hit him with every light we got.

That leaves us with a very small window of opportunity.

But it's a chance.

It just might work.

Hmm.

We said anything that makes light.

You're already gambling with your life.

You don't need to be playing with fire too.

Leave it.

It literally says everlasting light.

I think that's exactly what we need.