Coven Academy (2026) s01e09 Episode Script

-[dark menacing music playing]
-[birds calling, chirping]
Tenebras in lumen mitte.
[gasps]
[menacing music builds]
[ravens cawing]
[Mary, echoes]
Emma! Stop!
[gasps, breathes heavily]
[school bell ringing]
[tense music playing]
[Agnes] Are you okay?
Opposite of okay.
[sighs] I saw an omen.
-What did you see?
-Enough to know from now on,
it's not about pass
or fail with these girls.
It's about live or die.
[inhales] Agnes, listen.
[sighs] You were right.
Danger is coming.
Then it's imperative we protect
the girls at all costs.
Exactly.
"Motion potion.
"Hound's-tongue, adder's fork,
arrowroot, and sage.
"Hound's-tongue, adder's fork,
arrowroot, and sage."
I think you got it, T.
[sighs] Are you guys ready
to ace this thing or what?
-Get enough sleep last night?
-[book thuds]
Uh, n-- not really.
-I was up way late cramming.
-Right.
-[Ms. Graves] Girls.
-"Cramming." Got it.
Good morning. [sighs]
And welcome to the autumn exam.
I trust that you studied
everything from your book?
-Front to back?
-Back, front, and sideways.
Miss Graves, my group is ready.
Good, because this year's exam's
gonna be something different,
something more experiential.
[brooding music playing]
"From heat to flame,
be gone from sight.
"Let ink and binding
burn out bright!"
[students gasp and whisper]
Words and diagrams
can only prepare you so much.
For all we know, the threat
is within these walls.
And the threat is real.
Very real.
This just got real dark
real quick.
[Sasha] Why is she making
general threats
about general threats?
Emma, can we have a word
in the hall?
Not now, Agnes. [sighs]
"Create a passage door to door.
A place to test a coven's core."
-[wind howling]
-[brooding music builds]
Each trio will enter.
The test is simple.
Find your way out.
The only way you can do that
is by working together.
[pensive music playing]
You're up first.
[pensive music builds]
[creatures snarling,
groaning in the distance]
Try not to die.
Yeah, you too.
[dramatic music playing]
-[music stops]
-[Briar breathes heavily]
-[wind howling]
-[dark ominous music playing]
[whispers] Where are we?
[Peter] Let's begin.
-[sighs]
-[sinister music playing]
-Chant the first incantation.
-[breathes heavily]
Go ahead.
[Jake] "Umbram invoco.
"Umbram invoco ut prodeat."
-[sinister music builds]
-[groans, breathes heavily]
[ominous magical droning]
You called upon a shadow
to do your bidding.
[Shadow growls]
It wields the power to create
[breathes heavily]
and to destroy.
You see that annoying moth
over there?
Try your powers on for size.
Won't feel a thing, I promise.
-[breathes heavily]
-[dark menacing music playing]
There you go.
You are indeed a natural.
-[breathes heavily]
-[pensive music playing]
How'd that feel?
Amazing.
[swallows] And incredible.
I've never felt
anything like it.
[chuckles, breathes heavily]
Now that you've had a taste,
we're ready to move on
to the spell
you've been waiting for.
-[Tegan] We need help!
-[Briar] This way!
-[dark ominous music playing]
-[Sasha breathes heavily]
-[Briar gasps]
-[wolf snarling]
Not loving that.
Real wolves?
What kind of test is this?
-Animals love me. I got this.
-[growls]
-Hi, sweetie. I'm Tegan.
-[pensive music playing]
We're not gonna hurt you, okay?
See, there you go. Good girl.
-[roars]
-[screams]
-[wolf shrieks]
-Run!
-[dramatic music playing]
-[wolf howling]
Let's move on to shapeshifting.
[tense music playing]
[Peter] Fourth incantation.
Now, remember,
you need to focus.
Okay.
-Maintain that focus
-[breathes deeply]
-and recite the incantation.
-Maybe, um
Okay, maybe I'm--
Maybe I'm a little afraid.
[dark menacing music playing]
"In voltu meo, repone,
"artilius in voltu meo
Latine pinge."
[ominous magical whooshing]
[grunts]
-It's not working.
-You're not focusing.
-[Jake] I am.
-You're not!
[in Briar's voice] I am.
Why on earth
are you focusing on a girl?
-What what?
-[breathes deeply]
You're distracted.
You're not ready for this.
You're just a boy.
-No. No, I'm not just a boy.
-[Peter] Then look at me.
Look at me.
-This is your goal.
-[breathes heavily]
-I'm trying.
-[distorted whispering]
[Peter] Try harder.
[menacing music builds]
[Jake] Am I doing it?
[breathes heavily]
[in Peter's voice] Am I--?
Yeah. Beautifully.
[Peter] You okay?
[tense music playing]
I I'm I'm great.
-[chuckles]
-[chuckles]
-[tense music builds]
-[wolf screeching, roaring]
-[Tegan pants]
-[Sasha pants]
-[Briar grunts, whimpers]
-[Sasha] Oh, my God.
[Tegan] Oh, no!
Briar, are you okay?
-Help! What's happening?
-It's a Root Demon.
[Briar] Get them
off of me, please!
[Sasha] We got you!
[demon snarling]
[voice echoing] Let her free
and go back to the earth now.
[demon groans]
[Briar pants]
-[Tegan] Briar, are you okay?
-A little shaken.
I've never had a fight
with a plant before.
Why is Graves making this
so hardcore?
I don't know, but let's hurry.
-Oh, very helpful. Thank you.
-Look, don't be mad at me
that Graves sent us
straight into a horror movie.
No, that's not even remotely
why I'm upset.
Hi, quick reminder
that bickering
is not gonna help us.
We need to work together, okay?
If something's the matter,
Sasha, just be honest with me.
Honest? What would you know
about honest?
Stop! What is wrong with you?
[dark menacing music playing]
[muffled screaming,
distant clamoring]
What has gotten into you?
If they can't get through this,
they'll never survive
what's coming.
Emma, they're young girls.
Students.
-[brooding music playing]
-[hisses, snarls]
-Blast it, Briar!
-[snarls]
[breathes shakily,
whispers] Ollie.
[hisses, snarls]
-[gasps]
-[tense music playing]
I can't-- I can't hold it
much longer!
Tegan, hold on. [grunts]
-[group breathes heavily]
-[pensive music playing]
Oh, my gosh.
You could have died.
You hesitated, Briar.
Because of Ollie?
Because you're dating a vampire.
What?
[breathes shakily]
She's been lying to us, T.
She's been seeing Ollie
behind our backs.
-[pants]
-[Tegan] Wait, wait, what?
-[sighs]
-You lied?
[pants]
[Agnes] Enough!
-The exam is over, girls.
-[music fades]
[Tegan hesitates] Did
[breathes shakily]
-Did we fail?
-You all passed.
-Every one of you.
-[sighs]
[Agnes] Because you're all
still alive.
[tense music playing]
I am still the head of school.
I call the shots.
I sit on the governing board
of academies.
I taught your coven.
This was
completely inappropriate.
These girls aren't ready
for something like this.
They need to be ready.
Because whatever's coming
is not a simulation.
It'll be real.
[Ms. Graves] Come in.
[brooding music playing]
-How'd the autumn exam go?
-It was revealing.
How so?
[Ms. Graves]
Well, that the students
are completely unprepared
for the real world.
Especially now that the threat
has never been higher.
Is there a particular threat
you're most concerned about?
Whoever or whatever had
enough power to kill a hybrid.
You know, I always say
that the best way
to have peace of mind
is to prepare for all outcomes.
Let me help
fortify the ley lines.
Show me the axis point
and consider it done.
I appreciate the offer,
but I got it under control.
Never hurts
to be extra cautious.
I agree, which is why
I just checked. It's sound.
Okay. Well, I'm here for you.
[breathes deeply, sighs]
[pensive pop music playing,
Jade Lemac "Sweet Dreams"]
A person once said to me
I was their destiny ♪
Okay, someone please
say something, because I
I hate awkward pauses
and I just--
I feel like I need need to,
like, fill them with something.
[Sasha] You told me
you wouldn't see Ollie.
You looked me in the eye
and said it was over,
and then you hid the fact
that you saw him again.
[Tegan] Not taking
any sides here.
[hesitates]
All feelings are valid.
Um, but Sasha kinda has a point.
'Cause I knew you'd be upset.
[Tegan] Okay, see,
Briar was just looking out
-for us, okay?
-Of course, I'd be upset.
-He's a vampire.
-That's not fair.
He's a lot more than that.
I mean, he's
he's like basically normal.
He's sweet.
He even DJs.
[scoffs] You know
what's not fair?
My brother getting murdered
on the way home from school!
Mason wasn't a Warlock.
He had no way
of protecting himself
from that bloodthirsty vampire!
I didn't realize, Sash.
I'm sorry.
Well, now you do.
His death tore my family apart.
Getting close to a vampire
puts us all at risk, Briar.
Especially if you're lying
for him.
Treasured inside my mind ♪
Sweet dreams ♪
So, hopefully,
the choice is clear.
Your sisters
or him.
[exhales]
[sighs]
It looks like
you've made your choice.
-No.
-[Tegan] Wait, Sash.
Please know that I'm yours
Take all of my heart ♪
Do you feel lost
without me too? ♪
Hey, Brooklyn. Uh, ready to take
a look at that mirror?
Sweet dreams, darling ♪
[door closing]
I can do it.
I-- I-- I can shapeshift now.
I just screwed things up
royally with Sasha,
and I-- I wouldn't blame her
if she never forgave me.
I'm sorry, did you
did you not hear
-what I just said?
-[suspenseful music playing]
I did, I did. Sorry, Jake,
I just [breathes deeply]
How did you learn
to shapeshift in one day?
-I'm a quick learner.
-[Briar] Really?
Mm-hmm.
I-- I-- I need
that photo of Tamora.
Yeah. [sighs]
Here's the scrying mirror.
Go to town.
I, uh
I need to talk to Sasha.
And Tegan's gonna be
so mad at me.
[hesitates, sighs]
We're officially fighting.
You're possibly
about to find out
who killed your mom,
and you're walking out on me?
-[sighs] Briar, I
-[music fades]
I'm-- I'm invested in this.
-[Briar] You're right.
-Sit, please.
[pensive music playing]
Here we go. [breathes deeply]
"In vultu meo, repone,
"alterius in vultu meo
Latine pinge."
-[breathes heavily]
-[pensive music builds]
[gasps]
Holy
[breathes heavily]
-[pants, grunts]
-[tense music playing]
How how did you do that?
Uh, beg
beginner's luck. [chuckles]
Thank you.
Good luck.
[tense music builds]
Show me who killed my mom.
[music fades]
[theme music playing]
[theme music concludes]