The Snow Spider

I saw a spaceship and I need you to believe me.

This is Eirlys. A real liar, you are, Gwyn Griffiths. A liar...

Do you think I should tell her,

about Arianwen? I suspect she may already know.

Leave her alone. At least she helped me.

Thanks.

Arianwen? That's strange.

She's not there.

It's time to show him his powers.

All of it.

Are you going to cast a spell on me?! Leave me alone!

You're a liar, you are, Gwyn Griffiths!

SCHOOL BELL RINGS A liar...

HORSE GALLOPING

HORSE NEIGHS

Gwylia. 'Dw i ar y bryn tywyll.

Gwylia. 'Dw i ar y bryn tywyll.

Right, here we go. Everyone ready?

OK, everyone in, smile.

Cheese!

Come on. WHISTLES

Arianwen! Where did you go?

Gwyn? School! Now!

SCHOOL BELL RINGS

Alun.

Come on, then. Come on, then. Nah. I'm good, thanks.

Alun! I thought we were friends now.

You still haven't found her? Why is this happening?

First Alun, then Arianwen.

Everything's going wrong.

What about your magic?

Can you use it to bring Arianwen back?

I don't know.

I've never controlled it like that. You did against Dewi

in the fight. Whatever that was, it wasn't me.

I don't know what that was.

I've always had something else to help.

You know, one of the gifts. Well, then, use another one.

I can't.

I only have one left.

The horse. Well, then, use the horse.

I can't!

Nain said it was to be locked away and forget about it.

So, what's the point in having it, then, if you can't use it?

I'm not sure.

Come on.

There must be a way to learn how to control your magic.

You just need to find it.

DOOR OPENS Oh, hiya, mate.

Hey, listen, um, are you planning on tidying that bedroom of yours

any time soon, or...? It's been messy all week, love.

I've... I've lost something.

Lost something? Well, what is it? I lost my... What?

Can we help you find it?

You won't understand.

Gwyn?

Just give him a minute. He'll be fine.

Dim hon. What does that mean? Not this.

So, you lock him away and then, just forget him.

What's the point in having it, then, if you can't use it?

DISTANT RUMBLING

Arianwen!

Arianwen!

What? What do you want?

Help me.

Please.

Arianwen!

Come to me! Tyrd yma!

Arianwen, please come back.

WIND WHISTLES

No!

DISTANT RUMBLE AND ROAR

No...

No!

ROAR ECHOES

HORSE NEIGHS

Gwyn!

What has he done, Eira?

What have I done?

WIND WHISTLES

HORSE NEIGHS OK, easy, now!

OK.

OK, easy.

No!

Get out! Whatever you are!

You're not welcome here!

Where did this come from?

I've never seen anything like it. The animals are beside themselves.

Something's not right with them.

What's going on, Ivor? What is this?

It's just a storm, love, that's all. It's just a bad storm.

I'm just going to check on Gwyn.

Gwyn?

Nain!

Nain!

Nain?

Nain?

Nain, are you here?

Nain!

Nain, are you all right?

I've failed you. You let the horse go, didn't you?

And now, what was trapped inside it all these years has been released.

Why did you give it to me if you knew it was so dangerous?

You were the only person I could give it to, Gwyn. The only person!

I thought you could control its magic.

The evil in it...

His eyes... Who?

Who is it?

I've seen his face before.

I think it was Efnisien.

My great-grandmother told me about him once.

The mad prince who wrought terror wherever he went.

The giant warrior who draws his power from the night.

It was him.

He was the evil trapped inside the horse.

It was Efnisien.

I didn't mean to let him out. I just wanted to summon the wind.

Oh, Eira!

Oh, you poor thing!

Oh, I'm sorry, cariad.

I'm so sorry.

Efnisien... He did all this?

Yes.

And I suspect he can do more, Gwyn bach.

Much more.

But why, Nain?

Because he remembers. He remembers me for one thing.

That I tried to burn him once.

Eira...

He must be stopped, Gwyn.

But how can we stop something so terrible?

That book.

The answer will be in there.

And you have Arianwen to help you, don't you?

Don't you?

That's why I took the horse on to the hill.

I lost her, Nain. I wanted her back.

She's your guardian, Gwyn.

She can't really be lost to you.

She went. She was gone!

So, Eirlys... Eirlys said... Eirlys?

What did she say?

Nothing, Nain.

It's my fault.

I thought I'd just hold it, but then...

The wind took it? Yeah, the wind took it.

Oh! I'm sorry, Nain.

So sorry.

Oh!

Now's not the time for feeling sorry for yourself.

He's moved on.

But he will rise again in the dark.

So, you've got to stop him, Gwyn.

And soon.

I'm scared, Nain.

Good.

You should be.

Nothing wrong with being scared.

How can anyone be brave, if they're not scared first?

And that's what you are, Gwyn.

Brave.

Your power will protect you.

THUNDER RUMBLES

Come on, Alun. It's your turn.

You take it for me.

It's just a storm!

Yeah, but it shouldn't be here.

I mean, have you ever seen the rain like this?

THUNDERCLAP

What is it?

What? Oh, nothing.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Sure.

Try Rhiannon.

Ivor! He's there!

Gwyn!