The Dirgeldoor Rocket's Island

-Nobody's joining us at the Knot.

-Which one of you is leaving?

-It's all of us.

-I think I want to foster, as well,

-like you.

-'Mikey Valentine's going to save the Knot.'

HUGE EXPLOSIONS Run!

-Come on, Wayne the Second, we're going in.

-You can't!

Rocket!

HUGE EXPLOSIONS

-COUGHING

-Archie? Are you OK?

Yeah, I am.

Where's Izzy?

Izzy?

Rocket?

Alli!

"Sorry, couldn't wait. Alli."

EXPLOSIONS

EXPLOSION

-Alli!

-Why couldn't I have been someone else's big sister?

Whoa! You two actually look like you're getting on with each other.

Yeah, well, turns out we've got more in common than we thought.

Grandad?!

Izzy?

Izzy!

What are you doing?

I lost my torch. I couldn't see anything, and...

It's OK. At least we're all all right.

We never should've come in here. It's dark and it's dangerous,

and it's really hard to see what people are saying.

Well, we can't go back.

Why?

The roof collapsed behind us. There's no way past.

How are we going to get out, then?

By going through the Dirgeldoor.

The only way to get out now is to go further in.

Wait, you're actually telling me not only has Jade, Archie

and Izzy been stupid enough to go down the mines but Rocket

-and Alli have followed them?!

-It, er, certainly seems that way.

-Rocket's in there?

-Why would they do that?

Because they heard you on the phone arranging for one of them to go,

so they decided it would be better if they all went together.

They think the Dirgeldoor will magically transport them

to their true home, wherever that is.

So why didn't you tell us? Not Rocket, not Alli, but us!

Archie promised me they wouldn't do it.

Something must have happened after they left my house.

And I think I know what.

You didn't say it was a secret.

What? Is it true?

Hey, hey, we need to go in after them. Now.

No. There are miles and miles of tunnels down there,

and they've been collapsing for years.

No-one else goes in until we know exactly where this Dirgeldoor is.

Wait, there was a poem on the back of one of my grandad's

-photos that told us where to go.

-What did it say?

"When you get to the Sunstone,

"you go into the fourth tunnel, then..."

Where's the photo now?

Rocket took it.

I've got some old maps in the store. I'll see what I can find.

We've been going for ages.

What if we didn't choose the right tunnel?

What if we're going the wrong way?

Rocket!

Brilliant!

-What?

-It's a step!

So?

So, the poem!

"To gain purest magic, enter through Mars

"Avoiding the Hard Rain and, taking the Stairs

"Turn left at the Mites, skip the Gasp and long roam

"And lo, there it be, ready to carry thee home."

So if we've got to the Stairs, that means we avoided the Hard Rain.

Yep.

We're on our way to the Dirgeldoor.

It won't be long till we find the others.

We know we went in the wrong tunnel,

but how can we be sure it still takes us to the same place?

We could be on our way to the centre of the earth!

Oh, no, we're not.

Stalagmites!

"Turn left at the Mites, skip the Gasp and long roam."

This is where we turn.

We ARE back on track.

And we're getting closer!

Hey.

I heard you're not doing too good. PIG GRUNTS

Well, I'm not promising I'll be able to help - I don't think I will -

but I'm going to try.

Well, it's got to be here.

Only if it exists.

Maps tell you about places that are actually there,

not those that just might be.

The legend doesn't even make sense, anyway.

If everyone had always taken a piece of the Door away,

it wouldn't be long before there wasn't any left, would it?

Oh, it exists all right. I'm sure of it.

CREAKING

Not heard from you in a while.

I didn't think you'd come.

Why?

Well, you're not exactly the "knight in shining armour" type.

You said you needed help. I'm not going to ignore that.

There's something wrong with Bradley.

Are you serious?

You drag me over here at this time because of a sick pig?

Forget Bradley, there's something wrong with YOU!

Tyler! This is serious.

Alli and the others went down to the old mines, and if they hadn't seen me

come out of there in the first place it would never have happened.

You went down the mines?

You're leaving the island?

What about the whole vet thing?

I can't do it. And I don't know why I ever thought I could.

But Townend's away till next week, so...

right now I'm all they've got.

-Brilliant!

-What?

Stalagmites. So this is where we turn left.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. Er, Rocket?

Tites come down.

-What?

-Mites go up, tites come down. These aren't stalagmites.

These are stalactites.

We do not want to go down there.

Hard Rain sounded bad enough, but the Gasp definitely sounds worse.

Still no sign of them at the entrance, I'm afraid.

Wherever they are, it looks like they haven't turned back.

Well, I'm not waiting any longer. I'm going in.

Me too.

Wait!

They are our kids, Elfyn. All of them.

Don't try and stop us.

I'm not, it's just...

I'm coming with you.

And me!

Oh, no. No more children!

Mum, I HAVE to go!

No, you don't, Dan.

Because I need someone to stay here and look after your mum and Bethany,

and if you do that for me, I promise I'll bring all your friends back.

OK?

There's something I need to tell you.

Look!

Mites go up...

..so we have to turn left.

LOUD RUMBLING

EXPLOSIONS

BARKING

I'm going to miss you, you know, when you go.

I mean, I know I can be an idiot, and...

..I'm not good at saying how I feel, but....

..I...

I don't believe it.

Hm?

-What?

-That's it. That's what's wrong with Bradley.

RUMBLING

I don't get it. How would miners have ever got through here?

Maybe they didn't. Maybe we got it wrong again.

Maybe...

..maybe this is the Gasp.

But we did what it said!

Let's go back to the Mites. Maybe there's a tunnel we missed.

-EXPLOSION

-NO!

We're just going to have to keep going.

But it's getting smaller and smaller!

Then...we'd all better breathe in.

How are they going to find them, when the mines are so ginormous?

I don't know.

What if they got separated down there

and they're not just lost, they're all alone, too?

Oh, young Rocket will be OK. That dog never leaves his side.

-Wayne the Second's with them?

-Well, so Madison Creetch said.

Then I know how we can find out where they are!

How?

W2TV!

We're never going to get out of here, are we?

I'm sorry.

Coming down to the mines was the dumbest thing I've EVER done.

It's my fault.

I'm the one who came to this island and messed everything up.

It's ALL our faults. And now we're stuck.

BARKING

What's that? Who's there?

Rocket!

Come on, it's this way.

Wayne the Second has a camera on his collar.

Rocket set it up ages ago so that he could see the world

from his point of view. Now I just need to figure out the password.

Er, I'm not sure I approve of computer hacking.

This is an emergency!

More than likely he's picked something

-that really matters to him.

-What are you trying?

"Bethany Summer."

Awww, Rocket!

-What?

-What did you try, Mrs Sparks?

"Dibber."

Awww, Rocket!

We couldn't go back the way we came,

because the tunnel collapsed behind us.

Did our way, too.

Then what are we going to do?

We're going to find the Dirgeldoor.

But we don't know where it is.

Yes, we do. We did enter through Mars and take the Stairs,

and we did turn left at the Mites.

And this HAS been a really long roam.

It can't be far now.

"And lo, there it be, ready to carry thee home."

BARKING

The others are with them, too!

Doesn't help us that much, does it?

We can't speak to them, and we are no closer to finding them.

All of these tunnels look exactly the same!

Ah, but they're not. Not if you know your mines.

Fortunately, I was in the Gold Rush in '49.

1849. And I know EXACTLY what to look for!

See? Those numbers are on the map!

237. 237. 23...

Here it is!

Elfyn? We've got 'em!

What's this?

A dead end, that's what.

No. It can't be.

Where's the door?

RUMBLING

Maybe the Dirgeldoor used to be here, but...that collapsed, too.

So we're trapped. We can't go any further, and...

..we can't go back.

We're going to be down here forever!

It's there!

-What is?

-Twine from one of the straw bales. I saw some was missing.

I'm going to need you to keep him as calm as possible.

OK, Bradders... I'm speaking to you man to man.

Creetchy here's going to try and help you out.

So you hang on in there, dude, all right?

Good lad!

There's one light left.

I can't believe you came.

What?

For us. You knew how dangerous it was,

but...you came anyway.

Yeah. Why?

Don't you lot get it yet?

We're family.

Maybe this IS the most magical place on the island after all.

EXPLOSIONS

This whole mine's going to collapse, isn't it?

-IZZY WIZZY SHRIEKS

-Hello?

Rocket?

Alli!

BARKING

Now, what have we got here?

Mr Summer!

We're so, so sorry.

We were just trying to get to our true home.

And take the magic of the island with us.

You're not going anywhere!

One of us is.

Is that really true?

Which one?!

Me.

I'm going to the mainland to do that art course.

I think you should talk about this later. We need to get out of here,

and it's a long way back.

I reckon Alli should take a bit of the Dirgeldoor with her, though.

-Don't you?

-That's not a door!

No! It's not "door" as in D-O-O-R,

it's "dwr" as in D-W-R. It's Welsh for "water", isn't it?

Do you know, guys, I've heard stories that when a miner

finished their last ever shift in Silverland, that they used to

say goodbye to their old life by washing away their dirt in that.

It's warm, too,

which means it must come up from the centre of the earth.

So the legend's right.

No matter how much you take, it'll never run out.

Hey. I can feel cool air.

Everyone turn their torches off.

I'm not sure now's really the time for...

Please!

It's dawn.

The sun's rising and it's coming through.

There must be another way out.

Come on.

Come on, let's go.

Look! The Dirgeldoor really has brought you to your true home.

The Knot!

Where's Bradley?

Making up for lost time.

Bradley! There you are!

You'd better remove the twine from those bales, Mr B.

Turns out pigs really will eat anything.

You've got to be a vet now!

Try and stop me. I'm not going anywhere.

Sometimes a knight's armour just needs a little bit of polish.

Yeah, whatever.

Why didn't you say anything?

I tried to. And Mum did, too.

I don't want you to go.

I have to.

I thought you'd be there forever.

I will. Just...

..not here.

For the first time in my life, I know exactly what I want to do.

And I'm actually going to do it, too.

Yeah, well, don't expect me to wave you off or nothing, cos I won't.

Mikey came.

I'll be back soon, Charlie, I promise.

And I'll always be your mum.

But, in the meantime, I think you need a foster mum, too.

Me?

I'm going to miss you guys.

Well, you don't need to,

cos I'm basically going to message you all the time.

Everyone wanted to be here to see you off, Al.

Yeah?

Well, everyone isn't.

Mr S, you're...kind of all right.

And you, too, Mrs Sparks.

I never doubted you for a second! Welcome to the family.

Well, I'm delighted you all feel that way, because...

we have an announcement to make, haven't we?

We do indeed.

Elfyn and I are getting married!

-ALL:

-What?!

It's a good job, cos these days I do have a lot to say.

I don't think they're working right. I can hear this...

swishing sound.

Ah, now, that is the leaves of the old oak.

You can hear them again.

I think that's the sound the Tree-sprites make

when they say they're sorry.

APOLOGY ACCEPTED!

It isn't just any water.

It's a bit of the Dirgeldoor.

With kids like this, we can't stop, can we?

Eh?

It's time we took on even more than ever.

Anyone who's been let down, who feels alone, hasn't got a home...

..they're all coming next.

We're foster parents, aren't we?

It's what we do.

ALL CHEER

Rocket!

Wayne the Second, come by.

HE WHISTLES

Come by!

HE WHISTLES

"Always...

"believe."

I will, Rocket.

I will.

Don't worry, Wayne the Second, it'll be all right.

The end of every story...

is always the beginning of the next.