Despite the incident at the house, Johanna has decided to drive Hilda to Camp Sparrow for that trip.
"Mum, I'm really sorry. I just wanted to help him. I thought..." Hilda started.
"We'll talk about it when you're back, okay?" Johanna interrupted. "Maybe I'll have been able to rebuild our kitchen by then."
"I hope he's all right out there," Hilda looked at the window with sadness on her face.
"By 'he', you're referring to that Nisse, aren't you?" her mum suggested.
"Yes, the Nisse that you didn't kicked out of the house," she replied. "Except it wasn't really him who I crossed paths with the second time, it was my grandfather who disguised himself as him."
"That's shapeshifting, Hilda. He can take on any form like that Nisse you met before on the streets, if I'm not mistaken of whom you're referring to," Johanna realized.
"I see..." Hilda understood.
Johanna paused as she looked at her and took a deep breath on what will she say next.
"About Bill, do you think you can save him?" she said.
"If there's a chance, I think I'll try it," Hilda replied honestly. "After all, I want to help people."
"That's just like you, Hilda. It's in your nature. You inherited the trait of being adventurous from me, and you inherited the trait of being helpful from your father," Johanna said, then she took a deep breath on the next thing she's going to say. "Sometimes, there are lives that aren't worth saving."
As she continues to drive her daughter to camp, Johanna saw a figure to her left before looking at the road in front of her. Recognizing the figure, she looked again, only to see nothing.
"All right, Johanna, get a grip."
After dropping Hilda off to Camp Sparrow, Johanna talked to Raven Leader about her concerns with the Black Hound. The latter has managed to ease her worries as Hilda walked on to David's side. She told him that she tried to reach Frida again, but she isn't answering.
Meanwhile in Trolberg, Frida is lying down on her bed with an uneasy look on her face. She looked at her sash, having thoughts about going to that camping trip.
"What are you doing?" Kelly suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Nothing," Frida yelped in surprise upon seeing her. "How did you even get in here?" she asked the question, and Kelly shrugged.
"You're still up for the thing tonight, right?" the blonde teen asked.
"Um, uh, well..." Frida stammered.
"I told everyone you were coming. If you've got other plans..."
"No! No! Of course I'm coming. I... I'm just, uh, ready when you are."
With a satisfying smirk, Kelly walked out of the bedroom with Frida following her.
"Kelly..."
"Not now!" the blonde teen groaned while trying to ignore the voice inside her head, especially when she knows who it is talking to her telepathically.
"Kelly..."
"I'm just going to the restroom first," Kelly excused herself to the restroom. "WHAT?!" she yelled in anger and frustration.
"It's about time you pick up," Bill appeared in front of her by the mirror. In fact, he's talking to her in such distance from the Witches Tower.
"Make it quick, I'm very busy," Kelly demanded.
"Very busy in disobeying my orders, that's what," Bill argued. "I am contacting you just to be sure you're fulfilling your end of our bargain. Looks like Frida will be one of us in no time."
"I will not stand for anymore of this idiotic interrogation," Kelly argued back. "I got Frida to be my friend for the past two weeks, and I got her to consume that green stuff every time we hung out as you requested. One more consumption of it, and the ritual will be completed. Can you grasp that simple concept?"
"Do not presume too much, Kelly. The price for failure will be quite... extreme, especially for your mother."
The statement left the blonde teen with an angry look on her face as she slammed her fists on the sink. She has never been so humiliated in all her life. Why do the Marra take orders from this sociopath, especially Twintail who agrees to do everything he says without asking questions?
With no time left to ponder, Kelly waved her hand in the mirror to end her communication with Bill.
"Imbecile," she muttered under her breath.
Outside, Frida is seen with a communication device to hear the commotion inside before Kelly stepped out of the bathroom. She managed to hide the device just in time.
"Um, why did you go to the bathroom?" she asked, pretending not to know what she just heard.
"Nothing. Nothing that concerns you," Kelly lied once again, not wanting her to know of her argument with Bill.
As she followed her to their destination, Frida knew there is something sinister going to happen tonight.
Back at Camp Sparrow, Raven Leader is sending the Sparrow Scouts into a scavenger hunt for their markers. She urged them to return after one hour. During the hunt, Hilda got bored until she saw a fireplace nearby, so she decided to look into it. Of course she's leaving the group that she's supposed to stick together with, but it's worth the risk she'll take.
"Hey, Hilda! Where are you going?" David called out when he saw her leaving the group that she's supposed to stick together with.
"Shh!" Hilda shushes him.
The two saw Tontu in his own fireplace from the bushes.
"Looks like you found the Nisse who you were supposed to look out for," Bil approached them.
"Doc, what are you doing here?" Hilda asked as neither her nor David expected to see him again in this occasion.
"Just making my own adventure in the woods," was his reply.
"I didn't know a doctor like you could do some thing like that," David said.
"Yeah well, I prefer going out from my office to make my observations. It's a real work of genius like myself," Bil said proudly.
"The way you said it, you sounded so smug about it. It kinda feels like you're familiar," David is getting suspicious of him again.
"Ah, you're getting deja vu again, my boy," the doctor said to lessen the suspicions.
Tontu saw the three, and so when they try hiding from him, he grabbed a branch to defend himself.
"Who's there? Show yourself!" he yelled. "But let me tell you, I have a branch and I will use it! What are you? Wolf? Troll?"
"You didn't go to my house the second time we've met, did you?" Hilda comes out of the bush first.
"No, why would I do that? And second time we've met, what are you talking about?" Tontu said in his confusion.
"Nothing, just checking on something," Hilda said sheepishly.
"What are you checking on him for?" David asked.
"Just making sure it's not Bill shapeshifting into him again," Hilda replied to him.
"Shapeshifting? He can do that?" David is surprised to hear this from her.
"That would make sense of why you're checking on Tontu," Bil noted.
"And how did you know his name is Tontu?" Hilda asked in suspicion.
"I'm a genius. What do you expect?" was his reply.
"What are you doing out here anyway?" she asked the Nisse.
"I came out here because I thought I wouldn't be bothered by people asking what I was doing out here!" Tontu replied indignantly as he took a sit in the log. As the firewood goes out, Hilda took the log and placed it there, causing him to fall from his spot. "Hey!"
That left Bil snickering on the moment, and David eyed on him in suspicion. How can that guy enjoy seeing Tontu in pain?
As night falls, the three humans join Tontu by the fireplace.
"That's better, isn't it?" Hilda asked smiling.
"What's that interesting sculpture, Tontu?" David asked as his finger is pointing towards the work by one of the trees.
"That's my tent," Tontu replied. Hilda, David, and Bil widened their eyes out of wonder. "Alright, so I'm not very good at camping. I'm heading back to town tomorrow, anyway. I miss houses."
"What was your house like?" Hilda asked.
"It was a big, yellow house. It had a big garden and a duck pond with a duck that I really liked," Tontu replied.
"That sounds lovely," Hilda commented.
"I wish I knew a duck that I liked. They all want to peck my fingers," David commented.
"Really?" Bil asked with curiosity.
"Yes, really," David replied firmly as he is getting suspicious about the doctor's behavior. Seriously, what kind of doctor is he? Not only he's eccentric, but he seemed to enjoy seeing people in pain.
"I wish I could just go back there," Tontu said with sorrow.
"David! Hilda!" Raven Leader called out to the two Sparrow Scouts that were missing for the night.
"Looks like you two were being called," Bil commented.
"We'd better go," Hilda sighed, standing up from the log she's sitting. "Listen. You must be hungry, right? I have more snacks and food back in my tent than a human or Nisse could possibly ever eat. We can sneak out and bring you some."
"We can?" David asked, standing up as well.
"Why, that's a very good idea," Bil agreed to what she's saying. "You kids should run along now, and we should meet up again in the same spot when everyone's asleep. Remember, this is our little secret."
"Right. Come on, David," Hilda said, dragging David with her back to where Raven Leader is looking for them.
As they left the area, Dr. Pher is seen making a small smirk on his face, which is something Tontu didn't notice.
Author's Note: We're getting close to the meeting with the Marra, Bill Cipher's minions.