Ruby and the Well

- What's the first thing you're gonna do when we get there?

Find a bathroom.

I mean after that!

I am going to climb a tree.

An apple tree in our orchard.

Then, um, make some friends.

Permanent friends, who just, you know,

call you up just to talk.

Because this is the last move we're making, right?

Right.

Uh... I remember this place. - Mm-hmm?

- This place is like the gateway in and out of Emerald.

Huh. Elf Storage.

Fancy!

All right. You wanna see something cool?

Yeah.

"Emerald: Home of the O'Reilly Apple"?!

We have our own apple named after us?

Yeah. Emerald's famous for it.

Cool!

Billboard's a mess, though.

Still... Our billboard!

Now, delight me with the tales of the town of Emerald.

Here, I'll help. Wavy flashback lines.

Wavy flashback lines. - Okay, okay.

No, Ruby, honestly,

I don't remember much.

I-I was so little when I was here.

Try.

Well, first...

imagine big open fields.

Sunshine, fresh apples.

Apple pie, apple strudel,

apple cobbler, apple juice-- - I get it.

- Apple crumble. - I get it! And I can't wait!

: Bear right at the fork.

Now entering historic Emerald.

- Okay, I'll take you onto this side street,

I think you're gonna love it. -Cool.

- The tiny, little historic street

that started Emerald way back when.

There's these cute little shops and street vendors,

and a spectacular fountain.

Little more rundown than I remember.

Yeah.

It's... nice.

Fountain's dry, too.

It's, uh...

not how I thought this time would be.

Still... Our town!

- The house'll be better. - For sure!

For sure.

Here we go!

Our driveway! - Our tree, our other tree.

Our, uh...

...future guest house.

Okay, here we go, ready? - Ah!

- Hang on. Coming around the corner!

And three...

two...

One! - Ta-dah...

: You have reached your destination.

Our house.

Wow.

Wow.

It's a fixer-upper.

That means we can make it whatever we want.

Yeah, okay.

So...

What do we want this to be?

I don't know. Kitchen?

- You mean, like one without an outboard motor

and a tire in the middle of it?

Okay, I'll start cleaning up.

You go climb your tree.

Okay.

Mom's sweater?

Okay.

It's a little better from up here.

Huh.

Huh.

It's dry.

Hello!

No! No!

No!

: I wish he were still here.

Can I help you?

Oh. Hi. Yeah.

I'm just trying to get this car outta here.

Uh, hi.

Sorry, I'm-I'm Brett.

I used to help out around here before I went east.

Hi. Daniel. New owner.

- Oh. So, you're probably wondering

why I'm on your property and uh...

Crossed my mind.

Well, I heard Old Tom...

Well, uh... Mr. O'Reilly passed away and uh,

I wanted to pay my respects, and...

So, if this is your place now, you are...?

- Nephew. - Oh! Wow. Cool.

- Hm. - I...

I mean, uh, I'm sorry for your loss.

Anyhow, I need to get home.

Really long drive, so...

- Well, if you need a mechanic to come help,

I could give you a ride into town.

- I'm kinda tapped out, funds-wise.

If I could just leave my car?

Not a problem.

Cool.

- Hey, if you need some cash to get the car going,

I gotta house that's got a bunch of old junk in it

that I need to move out before I move in and, uh...

Do you wanna give me a hand?

Yeah, yeah, that works.

All right. Come on.

Oh!

Are you okay?

Yeah! Uh, uh-huh!

Um...

Hi! I'm Sam... Price.

I saw you. I-I live next door.

Oh, uh, I'm Ruby... O'Reilly.

As in the O'Reillys?

Like, Old Tom O'Reilly?

Yeah. He was my great-uncle.

He left us this place. We just moved here and--

Oh, boy.

What do you mean, "Oh, boy"?

- You didn't hear it from me, but when Old Tom lived here,

weird stuff happened all the time.

What kind of weird stuff?

- Like, he'd yell, "Stop the lights!"

and he'd swat at the air. He did that a lot.

Rampaging with the water drying up.

- Rampaging? - Yeah.

He'd chop stuff down, board up the house.

I got a lot of theories about it.

- We're not weird like Old Tom, you know?

We just need a couple of tools, and this place will be great.

I'll... see you around.

I--

Hi, Dad! Uh, guess what happened?

This big sign fell, and I'm not hurt, or anything,

but, uh, sorry!

Uh, it's a big mess,

and this shovel here is broken,

so I thought I'd bike into town and get one

so we can clean up, okay?

What do you think about that? - Wow! Glad you're not hurt.

- Yeah. - Are you sure you're okay going

into town by yourself? - Yup-yup-yup.

Energy to burn after that ride, thank you.

Back soon!

Okay. This is Brett. He-he's--

Hi, Brett! Bye, Brett!

Uh, excuse me!

Did you make a wish for someone to still be here?

- What? - After a car accident

and a party. Sorry. This probably sounds

really weird, but did you make a wish?

- Is everything okay, Mrs. Taggart?

Just needed some double-As.

Another time.

Okay.

- You just scared off a customer!

Uh...

Sorry! I just moved here, long drive.

I'm a little woogly and--

- It's okay. I'm just glad to see someone new!

That never happens.

I'm Mina, and uh, on the house.

Welcome to Emerald.