A Dark and Stormy Night DIXI

Hey, guys.

So we survived our creepy camping trip in the woods... Just.

And made it back to the even creepier games room. Yay!

So, it turns out Kevin has a secret pass to our school,

which makes him my new prime suspect.

Plus, he's always lurking about in the woods.

-IN SLOW MOTION:

-Hey.

Did he leave to take a masterclass in creepy?

He's definitely hiding something.

But I'm going to need my man on the ground to figure out what.

Syd? Syd?

SYD SCREAMS

Hey, Syd. Nice horns.

Just got back from a GWARPL meeting.

HAHAHOO!

Good turnout?

We're very exclusive. How's Chloe?

She deliberately got in trouble

and freaked us all out,

just so she could get her own room.

Smart, selfish, ruthless.

HE SIGHS

So, can you do some more digging for me?

There's this boy, Kevin Bates,

he used to go to our school.

I remember Kev, he was in my year.

Do you know why he left?

Maybe cos he had no friends.

He was a bit weird, so he got picked on.

This all makes horrible sense.

Your year were so mean to him that now,

he lives in the woods plotting his revenge.

Kevin basically is Alice.

Thanks, Syd, good intel.

I just infiltrated a rebel dwarf clan

by lurking in a cave for 16 hours.

This was nothing.

I've just had a breakthrough.

The curse, Alice, everything that's been happening, it's all Kevin.

You think he played that music in the woods this morning?

Well, it wasn't Alice.

Obviously. I never thought it was.

Oh, OK, so you guys ran around,

screaming in the woods cos you just don't like that tune?

That sounds very...rational.

OK, fine, I was a little bit scared.

And, because you admitted it, you get a marshmallow.

I can't believe you won the marshmallows.

We need to interrogate Kevin.

-Scary, lurks in the woods, Kevin? No, thanks.

-But he's Alice.

Oh, then let's definitely confront him in the woods after dark.

We're not going to accuse him of anything.

We just need him to open up, talk about his past.

And then maybe he'll admit to being Alice.

He only hangs out with the boys, he won't open up to us.

Oh, why don't you get Lewis to ask him and film it?

He likes doing all your vloggy stuff.

I'm not asking Lewis anything.

There was a thing, I'll tell you later.

Why don't you ask Ash!

Cos I'm not speaking to him.

He stood me up! I thought he liked me.

He does, it's so obvious!

I bet he'd love to make it up to you.

Or he'll make up some rubbish excuse, again.

Well, there's only one way to find out.

Ash, Isla wants to ask you something!

-Ash, will you...

-Yes!

You don't even know what I'm asking.

I know, but whatever it is, yes.

Ask him about his past and about Alice. Make him open up to you.

Oh, and make sure you film it all.

Ask, past, Alice, film, got it!

Be careful!

He'll be OK, right? Right?

Or did we just send Ash alone into the woods with Alice?

BIRDS SQUAWK

This is going to be fine, right?

I mean, going undercover's not so hard.

You just need to be smart and cunning and cool under pressure.

Ash can totally do that.

I'm Lewis and you're watching my bro, Ash, shoot a backwards hoop.

You got it in, dude!

I did?

Yes!

HE IMITATES ROBOT

I am Ash.

This guy!

Erm... Maybe not.

I think Kevin is behind it all too, IndigoFireyOwl.

I hope Ash finds out the truth.

Hi, guys. Ash went to question Kevin about the Alice curse yesterday.

He should be here any second to tell us what he found out.

It was brave of Ash to talk to Kevin, don't you think?

After all, Kevin could be possessed by Alice.

-No, he couldn't.

-Yeah, like in that show

I used to watch with Shari about that girl in that school

who was possessed by an evil spirit.

What if that happened to Ash? He put himself on the line for us.

I am literally unable to even.

Does this mean you're going to go to the disco with Ash?

Shall I get an, "Ooh" ready?

Maybe, have an, "Ooh" on standby.

-Hi.

-THEY GASP

Oh, hi, Kevin. How's all the trees?

They're OK, except you can't see the wood for them.

Forest humour.

Anyway, Ash asked me to give you this.

It's a memory stick.

It must be Ash's footage from when he questioned Kevin.

Why didn't Ash bring it himself?

I don't know. Let's have a look.

Hey, Kev, how's it going?

All right.

Better than being at school, right?

-Definitely.

-That's what I thought.

Tell me about your time at Drew Fletcher Academy, Kevin.

I know you went there. It's funny how you never mentioned it.

I don't like talking about it.

I hated it. The other students weren't very nice to me.

That made you angry, didn't it?

At first, but more than anything, I felt sad and alone.

Even when I got home, they'd be on my Dixi page, calling me names.

How would you like it if you got picked on every day?

-I wouldn't like it at all, that's horrible.

-It was horrible.

I told my mum and, in the end, she took me out of school.

So now you're home-schooled?

Yes, after I left school, me and my mum moved to Hollow Tree.

I like it here in the woods, away from everyone else.

I don't find it that easy making friends.

Well, I'm your friend, bro.

You're awesome, with your woodcraft skills

and your whole forest guide thing.

You're total narvy.

Poor Kevin, he's had such a hard time.

Or is that whole story just to make us feel sorry for him,

while he plots his revenge?

Hey, Kevin. I thought you were with Ash?

No, I was talking to my plants.

Talking to plants is a thing.

It is, if you do it quietly and soothingly.

Do you know where Ash is? You were the last person to see him.

Yes, he said he was going into town to buy strawberry laces.

-That's ten miles away.

-Why would he go so far for strawberry laces?

I don't know. That's what he said.

Anyway, I better go, into the woods, where it's peaceful.

Good luck finding Ash.

Would Ash really walk ten miles into town to buy sweets?

I don't know, Isla. How much does he like strawberry laces?

Something's not right.

We have to find Ash.

'I hope Ash is OK too, CeriseCreativeCroc.

'Maybe he did go all that way just to buy strawberry laces.

'Everyone loves sweets, right?'

Hey, guys. This is our top five sweets.

Number five, jelly love hearts!

Number four, jelly bean!

Coming in at number three, foam teeth!

Number two, cola bottles!

And number one, strawberry laces!

Isla!

Sorry!

'OK, make that, Isla loves sweets.'

'The important thing is

'we don't panic, AmethystGlowingHippo.

'Ash has to turn up somewhere.'

Hey, guys. We've looked everywhere and we can't find Ash.

The only clue we have is that Kevin said

he went ten miles into town to get strawberry laces.

It's pretty weird, he's just gone.

I never got to tell him...things.

I'm going back to find Kevin.

-But if Kevin's lying...

-And he's kind of scary!

I don't care, I have to save Ash.

We're the ones who sent him out there.

Oh, well, we're coming with you.

-Boo!

-THEY GASP

Sorry, didn't mean to scare you, I was just...it was just a joke.

Ash, where have you been?

I've been so worried about you.

I mean, we all have.

Didn't Kevin tell you? I was buying strawberry laces, for you, Isla.

-You went all that way for me?

-Yeah.

Thank you, they're my favourite.

And I thought I might ask

if you would like to go to Disco Inferno with me?

That was a nice thing to think.

I think I might say, "Yes" to your thought.

I think I'd be really pleased if you did.

-Well, I think...

-OK, that's enough thinking for both of you.

-And I bought sweets for you two, too.

-Aw! Thanks, Ash.

MIMI SQUEALS

OMD, you know what we should do?

Forget about Alice, for one night and have a onesie party.

That's an awesome idea!

And I have an awesome onesie.

It's a dark and stormy night outside,

but we're all having an amazing time inside.

And Mr C even let Chloe out, to join the party.

Oh, and Isla text Ash to say he looked cute and he text back to

say that she looked cute too and they are totally nearly going out now.

Ooh!

PHONES BUZZ

Oh, no, a Dixi message from Alice.

She had to crash our party!

CREEPY MUSIC PLAYS

Is that Kat?

How did Alice find this picture?

-This was ages ago!

-I think you look nice.

If you're trying to make me feel better, it's not working!

-That's not who I am!

-Oh, Kat, wait!

THUNDER CLAPS Kat!

Kat?

Oh, Kat!

-SHE GASPS Ash!

-Mimi!

-What're you...

-It's not what you think...

Ash? What are you doing?

Come with me.

You're going to isolation. Now.

Don't tell Isla, I swear, this isn't what it looks like.

Please, Mimi!

It can't have been Ash all along, can it?

I'm Lewis, that's Ash and this is the bro-nut challenge.

-Mm.

-Mm-hm.

-Mm, mm-hm.

-Mm-hm.