01x01 - Everest Returns

[bunniefuu]

Yi! Where are you?

-Nai Nai, uh,
don't come up here.

Ugh, distractions!

I almost had it that time!

-Yeah. No, it was amazing.

-Oh, no, no, no, no. Our fort!

I mean, no biggie.

I don't play Princess Warrior,
Defender of the Fort anymore.

-Why was it so much
easier with Everest?

I made magic then!

You both saw me make
magic then, right?

- I miss him too, Yi.
- Me too.

Maybe to do magic, we have
to think like Everest.

What would a yeti do?

Yi!

You and your friends
promised to help me.

Is this ringing any bells?

-We better go before
she comes up here.

- You have to make it tighter.
- Yes, Ma.

- Even tighter.
- Yes, Ma.

- Too tight!
- Ah, sorry we're late!

-Up on that roof at all
hours. Too much sun.

Where's that hat I got you?

I don't want your future
husband to complain.

What's all this yellow stuff?

Are you eating those
cheesy worms again?

Very bad for the skin.

-What? Oh, you mean cheese
puffs? No, it's... It's pollen.

I'm, uh, I'm starting
a rooftop garden.

-Hey, Nai Nai, can we talk about
Yi's skin issues another time?

I'm starting to sweat,
and, uh, I don't do sweat.

-Hold on, Jin. Let me help.

-You take her. I'll take you.

-Guys? You still here?

-Easy around the corner. Easy.

There we go. There we go.

- Xiao xin!

-Ow!

-Jin! Whoa! Are you okay?

-Stove! Are you okay?

-I'm fine. They're just shoes.

Limited edition,
one-of-a-kind shoes.

-Now they are even
more one-of-a-kind, no?

Very funny.

-Uh, what's wrong
with that stove?

-Ugh, don't get her started.

-Your mother's fancy new
high-tech stove doesn't work.

-So let me call a repair person!

-You should call a
monk! It's cursed.

-Don't worry, I'm here. Aah!

-See? Cursed.

Besides, I've always made
my dumplings on this stove,

and I don't see why we
should change things now.

-Because we want, and need, our new
family business to be a success.

-Save me from your family.

-Okay, okay, I'll distract them.

Walk straight to
the door. Take Peng.

Whatever you do, do not make
eye contact with Nai Nai.

- Okay, Mom.
- Well, we're all done.

I'll be up on the
roof, in my garden...

with a hat, if you need me.

-Done? We're not done.
This place is a disaster!

-Everything is laid out
for maximum efficiency.

-Only if you want to
efficiently block the flow.

The feng shui is all wrong!

-Where do you
think you're going?

We need to move that cursed stove
out and then the sink to over there.

-Oh, it's gonna be
a very long day.

Get me a live chicken
and three candles.

And then I faked him out
like I was gonna go left,

but then I pulled a wiggle,
pivoted right, and banked a three.

-Ew, Peng!

-It's bad enough that
you're not helping.

-It wasn't me, I swear!

-Well, it wasn't me.

I've never fang pi in my life.

- It wasn't me!
- Mine don't sound like birds.

-Shhh. It came from the stove.

-There's something in there.

-Nai Nai did say it was cursed.

-No, that's just a
silly superstition.

What are you doing?
What if it is cursed?

-There's a bird in here.

- A duck, I think.
- I wanna see.

No way, it's a parrot.
With peacock feathers? Hmm.

-That can't be right.

It's a pheasant. Nope.
No, I see the feathers.

-This is no ordinary bird.

-It lured them in with empty promises
and now it's trying to eat the children.

I told you that
stove was cursed.

-Huh. Well, I called the
appliance store to return it.

-They should pick it up soon.

NAI NAI: Don't believe
anything it says!

-I guess we know why the
stove wasn't working.

-Can we keep it? Please!

-We need to get it out first.

-I'm not touching it.

What? I have
unpredictable allergies.

-Jin, you move the
stove into the alley.

Peng, get something to
carry the creature in

and I'll be right back.

-Who made her the
boss? Am I right?

-She kinda does have natural
leadership qualities. No offense.

-I am a born leader.

-What are you doing?
That's brand new!

-Uh... See, this flour is bad.

Yes, because it was stored
facing south instead of west.

Nai Nai said so.

-Okay, well, when
you're done with that,

just please tell Yi I need you
all to hand out these fliers.

-Wait. What if it goes all...

Boom!

-It won't. I just...
I know it won't.

The creature will see
that we have magic

and will know we're friends.

-Uh, unless Peng is right

and you blow it up like
you did with the flower.

-I'm not going to blow it up!

Probably.

It's... She's... beautiful.

-Whoa! Keep going!

-I'm sorry, Birdie. This
is for your own good.

Do you really think
Birdie's like Everest?

She doesn't seem very magical.

I mean, she can't even fly.

-She is magical.
I... I can sense it.

Birdie just needs our help.

If we can get her to the roof,
maybe she can fly from there.

-Really? We're naming
the bird Birdie?

Not... Not too on
the nose? No? Okay.

-Whoa, okay. Whoa! Hey. Hey.

We just want to take you someplace
where other people can't see you.

Not that there's anything
wrong with seeing you here.

You're beautiful. It's just...

sometimes people don't understand
things that are different.

That's it! Come on out.

-You're free now.

Go on!

You can fly anywhere that
you want from up here.

May I suggest the new rooftop club
at Club Rooftop? Five stars. Yeah.

-Can you fly? Like this.

- Sorry!
- Grab her!

-You're scaring her!

- Come on, Birdie.
- No, come back, come back!

No, don't go over there.

I'm trying!

This way! This way!

-Stop playing! It's
not... It's not working!

-She's doing it.
She's gonna fly!

No! No, no, no, no.

-Come back, light!

-Seriously?

-Everest?

Everest!

I don't know how you
knew we needed you,

but I'm so glad you're here.

Is that...

-Everest! Whoo-hoo!

-I should be mad.

After everything we
did to get you home,

and you just come
floating back on a cloud?

-Boy! Do we ever
need your help now.

-We found this magical
bird in a stove,

and I thought if we just got her
out of the stove and up on the roof

that she would fly home, but Birdie
just keeps getting more upset.

And I don't... I
don't know what to do.

Yi, Look!

-Of course! You're
both magical creatures.

Can you... Can you talk to her?

Maybe we can figure
out where her home is.

-What'd she say?

-She can't go home?

-Then we just have to
find Birdie a new home.

Yi! Yi!

Where are you?

You're a terrible gardener.

-Oh, actually, we just got back from
handing out the fliers Mom gave us.

-Eating cheesy worms
is more like it.

Come on, I cooked
you all real food.

We'll be right down. We
just have to clean up.

Ai-ya-ya!

-What are we gonna do?

You'll look after Birdie?

We'll be back as soon as we can.

We're gonna help you, I promise.

-It's so beautiful, I could cry.

Before we start,

Nai Nai and I just wanted to
thank you for all of your help.

Tomorrow is opening night and we
couldn't have done it without you.

Okay, that's all, dig in!

-With Nai Nai's dumplings, I bet
you will be turning people away.

I'm really proud of you, Mom.

-I told myself, "Mei, this year
is all about trying new things."

Oh, I just hope people
show up tomorrow.

Which they will! Especially after
you handed out all those fliers!

-Oh! About that...

Mom, could you please
pass the pork buns?

-Oh, sure.

-Thank you.

-Oh!

Oh, that's not good.

-What do you mean, not good?

-Oh, I... I mean... I meant not
good like, "That's not good.

That is, mmm, so, so great."

Mmm. Mmm. Mm-hmm.

-I see you over here trying to
hog all the xiao long bao,Mom.

-No!

-Uh, yeah. I wish we could stay,

but we... we promised
to help Peng practice

for... basketball tryouts.

-Basketball smasketball.

Besides, school doesn't
start for months.

-You'll never make the
team with that attitude!

-Yeah, and your
ball-handling skills

have gotten a little fuzzy

in the off season.

-I'll have you know that
my ball handling is...

in need of work.

-Thanks for dinner!
Don't wait up for me.

We'll probably have
to practice late.

-Ah!

-His ball handling
does need work.

-You were right to
get us, Everest.

Jin, is... is there
anything you can do for her?

-I'm going to medical school,

not magical animal
veterinary school.

-Please, Jin. You have to try!

-Nothing feels broken.

Her pulse is fast, but I
think that's normal for birds.

Yeah, there doesn't seem
to be anything wrong.

Maybe she's just homesick.

Can you be homesick if
you don't have a home?

-All we can do is make Birdie
as comfortable as possible.

Here we go.

-Aw! Now she just
needs a bedtime story.

Hen jiu hen jiu yi qian...

-Bedtime stories! That's it!

I know where Birdie's from!

-Spit it out! You know
I can't handle suspense.

-The sun!

- Whoa.
- How do you figure that?

A... A kids' book, really?
They're just stories.

-And we thought yetis
were just make-believe.

Maybe all of these
stories are true.

When the sun hit Birdie... And
actually her name is Fèng Huáng.

Anyway, when the bright light
hit her, she got stronger.

You saw it.

Oh, and the stove! She was just
looking for someplace warm.

-First, Fèng Huáng is a much
better name than Birdie.

Second, I want to help
her as much as you,

but even if you're right,
we can't go to the sun.

-Maybe not, but we
can get pretty close.

-Okay, how are we...

No, no, no, ab...
absolutely not!

Everest obviously hasn't
mastered his cloud magic.

You saw how he landed
before. No way!

-We need to find a spot near
the top of the skyscraper

for Fèng Huáng to make a nest.

-What about up there?

-That's perfect! Everest,
can you take us there?

-The wind, it's... It's
too strong, hold on!

-Oh, please, no, no, no, no, no.

-Whoo-hoo!

-That's very not good.

Is this a good time to say I
need to go to the bathroom?

-No, no, don't... Don't
you even think about it.

I am your older cousin and
I am a natural-born leader.

I forbid you!

-It's okay! I trust Everest.

Woo! We're not dead!

-I shouldn't have
doubted you, Everest.

What now? It's too far.

YI: There's gotta
be another way up.

-We can wait until they
finish construction

and take the elevator.

-I don't think Fèng
Huáng has that long.

-Please hold on, girl.

-Oh, no.

Is this a good thing
or a bad thing?

I think it's good.

But hold on, just in case.

- We did it!
- Yes!

- No, no, no, stop!
- Stop, stop, stop.

-We have to jump.

-My gut says no,

but the leader in me says maybe.

-Wait... Wait, you go first?

Just you and Fèng Huáng?

Be careful, Everest.
I just got you back.

- Whoo-hoo!
- Yeah!

-Hold on.

-No one move.

-Not moving. Not...

Aah!

- Yi!
- Yi!

- Go, Fèng Huáng!
- Yeah!

- Yi!
- That was incredible!

-I guess you can fly. Thank you.

Well, what do you
think, Fèng Huáng?

Is this a good place
to make your home?

-So I don't exactly have
the hang of this yet.

Maybe you could help me out?

You can see our roof from here,

if you squint.

But we'll always be
there if you need us.

-I like knowing you're
up here, Fèng Huáng.

-Now that you've got a
handle on your cloud magic,

you think we can go
for a little joy ride?

-I am flying on a cloud and
I can't even post a picture!

If no one knows,
did it even happen?

-One thing. I asked her to
do one thing.Hand out...

-The fliers! Argh, I
never passed them out.

-Looks good, Everest!

We're getting pretty good at this whole
"helping magical creatures" thing.

-Everest!

-Well, let's not
get carried away.

I don't think we're going to be
running into magical animals every day.

-I don't know about that.

I think there's more out
there than we ever imagined.

Fèng Huáng didn't just wander
into the dumpling shop.

She... She heard my playing.
She was drawn to my magic.

-All those lights, they're
all magical creatures?

-And some of them need our help.