 | Network: | GMA |
| First Run: | May 2, 2005 to (present) | |
| Genre: | Adventure, Fantasy | |
| Time Slot: | Weekdays, 9:00 p.m. |
This week's story:
Lira is visiting Mila in the maids' room when the latter's birthmark starts to ache. Lira wanted to see the birthmark, but Anthony began calling outside the door. Mila steps out and Lira opens the portal to return to Encantadia. Lira would find Hagorn waiting for her on the other side. He asks her why she keeps going to the world of mortals to see this person called Mila. Lira tells him that Mila is her friend. Hagorn warns her that he would kill her friend if she continues seeing her.
In another part of the forest, Aquil and his men are searching for the missing sang'gres. The creature Awoo, who knows where they are, warns Danaya. She and Alena hide behind a tree when the guards approach. Unfortunately, Aquil sees footsteps on the ground and follows them. Alena decides to show herself, perhaps to distract the guards from approaching Danaya's hiding place. (I'm conjecturing that Alena did this because she fears Danaya will be given the heavier punishment if caught).
The Captain of the Guard asks Alena where Danaya is. Alena lies, saying that she does not know for they got separated. Aquil does not believe her and continues following the tracks. When Aquil nears Danaya's hiding place, Alena tells him that he may have a hard time looking for Danaya for she can transform into any plant or animal. Aquil takes one more look around, sees no one else, and decides to bring Alena back to the palace.
In Lireo, Imaw is telling the children the story of the Mulawins:
Long ago, these half-man, half-bird race lived in Encantadia. One of them, Avilan, killed a Hathor, and for a good reason. He and his beloved were ambushed by Hathors and she was killed. Avilan found himself being pursued by more Hathors. The fairy Cassiopeia appears and helps Avilan. With the pursuers gone, Cassiopeia tells Avilan that his act alone was enough for the Hathors to declare war against the Mulawins. She gives him a medallion and tells him to take his people across the portal between worlds for they will not be safe from Hathors. Avilan thanks Cassiopeia and tells her that part of him will remain in Encantadia, and when the Mulawins sense that Encantadia is in danger, they will cross the portal once more to help the fairies.
Afterwards, Imaw plays psychiatrist (he he he) to Amihan who wants to talk about how her emotions are making her a weak leader. Imaw points out that she picked up that trait growing amongst mortals. I would disagree with this given that Alena, who never had anything to do with mortals, thought of killing herself when she thought her beloved Ybarro is dead.
Aquil and his men return to Lireo and presents Alena to Amihan. The queen is happy that one of her sisters has returned and pardons Alena. Pirena asks about Danaya (given her latest attempt to steal a jewel, she has good reason to be concerned about the youngest sister's whereabouts), and Alena gives the same answer she told Aquil. Once Alena had retired to her room, Pirena makes a comment that reminds Amihan about Ybrahim's love for Alena.
Alena would be visited in her room by her niece, Lira. Alena mentions the aborted trip to Devas, which reminds Lira of her ailing father. Alena learns from Lira of the assasination attempt and Ybrahim getting poisoned. She decides to visit Lira's sick father. Alena watches over the delirious Ybrahim and hears him say her name. Imaw would drop by, and Alena tells him she had seen Ybrahim before in the forest where he called her Alena. She wonders how Ybrahim knows her if he had been presented to court by Amihan when Alena was gone.
Amihan on the other hand, would again resort to praying to Bathala (how like a mortal to ask guidance when she already knows the answer, won't admit it, and hopes she'll be given a more favorable option), but is disturbed by the entrance of Danaya - who is actually Pirena in disguise.
Danaya/Pirena attacks the queen's guards first and finally faces Amihan who demanded to know why Danaya is attacking her. Danaya/Pirena would ramble about Amihan not being fit to be queen while engaged in her attack. The duel is halted when Aquil and his men rush in to hold back Danaya/Pirena. Amihan tells Danaya/Pirena that she is willing to pardon her if she would ask for forgiveness, so naturally, Danaya/Pirena refuses and stands by what she has done. Amihan and Aquil find this new attitude strange.
Aquil voices his opinion that what they have in front of them may not be the real Danaya, then reminds the queen how someone once impersonated him to steal the fire jewel. He tells Pirena to transform to her true form. Danaya/Pirena declares she is the real Danaya. To find out the truth, they all go to Pirena's room. There, they see Pirena (II) sleeping soundly on her bed - which surprises Danaya/Pirena, and confirms to Amihan and Aquil that it is indeed Danaya who stands with them.
Amihan and Danaya/Pirena would start arguing, waking up Pirena (II) who would ask what is going on. Amihan updates Pirena (II) about Danaya/Pirena's attempt, then orders the latter's imprisonment. Pirena (II) accompanies the guards bringing Danaya/Pirena to the the dungeon and manages to bully them into leaving her alone with her sister. Danaya/Pirena transforms into the real Pirena and demands who Pirena (II) is. Pirena (II) refuses to answer and leaves. The real Pirena would make it appear that Danaya had escaped. Pirena then goes to Gurna, hoping to find the identity of the impostor, but gets no answer.
 | Gurna does know, ofcourse. Earlier, she had seen a problem with Pirena's plan to impersonate Danaya, so she hurried to Hathoria, interrupted the king's ridicule of Hitano's failure to kill Amihan (coincidentally, her presence in Hathoria revealed to Hitano her allegiance), and whispered in Hagorn's ear what Pirena is up to. Apparently, the king also has the ability to change shape, and as we later see a weakening Pirena (II) arrive in Hathoria, she would transform into Hagorn. We can assume that Hagorn's concern for Pirena makes it very likely that he is her father (I remember his hesitance to kill the young Amihan upon finding the mark of the sang'gre on her shoulder - maybe he was thinking of his daughter at that time). |
In the mortal world, Mila haves some fun for a change when Anthony takes her out for dinner. This is ruined when Marge walks into the restaurant, sees them, and taunts Anthony for bringing his maid on a date. Anthony asks where Marge got the idea that he is courting his maid then walks out, unwittingly providing the last half of the double whammy Mila gets that night. Marge would further taunt Mila so that she was in tears by the time she had followed Anthony out of the restaurant. Anthony would be surprised to find Mila crying (major duh!). Mila walks away but Anthony follows, prompting Mila's subconscious to deal with this annoyance with a whirlwind. Anthony is surprised and proves he is an idiot in thinking being freakishly tossed around high up in the air is enjoyable. Anthony would recount this story to his mother who wonders if he's been taking drugs.
Mila realizes she could not ignore the power that has been manifesting itself when she feels angry or frightened. She finds time alone to see if she can wield it, and succeeds. She starts wondering why she has this power and remembers the time when her mother was angry and shouts that she isn't her daughter.
Mila would not be the only one thinking of her power. In Hathoria, Hitano is telling Agane that while Amihan was pregnant, Mine-a had blessed the child. Because of this, he had expected Lira to be more powerful than the other sang'gres - but he hadn't thought Mine-a's gift to Lira would be to control fire. Agane would accidentally mention about Pirena having a daughter, which surprises Hitano for no one in Lireo knows Pirena has a child. Realizing her slip, Agane would attempt damage control by trying to confuse Hitano.
In Lireo, Amihan is thinking about Danaya's recent actions in contrast to how close they were while growing up. She would be interrupted by the spirit of Avilan, the Mulawin, who brushes some blood on a nearby tree. The blood reminds her of what Avilan had told her when she was a child - she is strong, but like everybody else, she has weaknesses.
By this time, Danaya had decided to come home and appears at the gates of Lireo. She sees Muros and the other guards and asks if Alena had arrived. Muros does not answer, instead he and his men surround her with weapons drawn. Pirena (who probably had been waiting for Danaya to arrive ever since Alena came back) approaches and calls Danaya a traitor. Danaya denies this and tosses the accusation back to Pirena, who tells the guards to arrest her. Danaya fights, defeats the guards, and using her jewel, conjures a prison for them with treetrunks. Aquil arrives at the scene and also draws his sword against Danaya. It would take the Captain of the Guard himself treating her like the enemy to make Danaya stop fighting and get to the bottom of things.
While this was going on, the Queen of Lireo would walk into her room to find Alena singing a song to soothe the delirious Ybrahim. Amihan cries, and when Alena notices, tells her that the reason for this is because she loves Ybrahim. Their talk would be disrupted by the entrance of Aquil announcing that Danaya had been captured. Alena, who hadn't heard of the scuffle earlier, was happy to learn that Danaya had finally arrived. She would soon hear about Danaya's earlier attack on the queen.
Amihan, Pirena and Alena descend to the dungeons to face Danaya, who knows by this time the real charges against her. Danaya pleads innocence, but it falls on deaf ears for the queen believes what she had seen earlier. Instead Amihan tells Danaya she is willing to pardon her if she asks for forgiveness. Danaya refuses to ask forgiveness for something she hadn't done and blames everything on Pirena. Pirena calls for punishment, and Alena begs Danaya to do as Amihan says. Danaya is stubborn in her refusal so the queen orders Aquil to read the punishment for her crime. Aquil declares that the punishment for attempting to kill the queen is death. Amihan leaves the dungeons, followed by Pirena and Alena. Alena would beg for Danaya's life, Amihan replies that the law must be followed.
Alena would continue to plead for Danaya's life until the time of execution. Amihan maintains that for her to give pardon, Danaya must ask for forgiveness first. Danaya however is still stubborn in her refusal to admit a crime she did not commit. Pirena on the other hand is more concerned about taking the earth jewel from Danaya before she dies and the gem is lost to them. Amihan reminds Pirena that no one can just take away a jewel from its guardian. Since the jewel resides in the body of its keeper, Danaya must release the gem before anyone can even hold it. Danaya tells them she would take the jewel to her death, then later changes her mind by invoking the jewel and telling it to go to Amihan only if queen herself would perform the execution. Pirena gives the sword to the queen and urges her to kill Danaya. Amihan hesitates and Pirena takes the sword to kill Danaya herself. Alena interferes and blocks Pirena's blow. Amihan takes the sword back from Pirena and strikes at Danaya. To Danaya's delight, Amihan chose to aim at her chains.
Her joy is shortlived however, for Amihan proclaims that Danaya is banished from Lireo. Alena would think that Danaya gone but alive is better than Danaya dead. Pirena would seeth, thinking Danaya should be dead. Alena starts thinking that Pirena has her own motives for wanting Danaya dead.
When Danaya had left Lireo, the queen and her guards observe that the place is briefly illuminated by a glow of light. A floating feather appears out of nowhere and Amihan catches it. Alena goes back to Amihan's room to find that Ybrahim had snapped out of his delirium. Ybrahim recognizes her and is shocked to find out she is still alive. Alena tells him she was kidnapped by Hitano and forced to live in the forest, which confirms to Ybrahim that it was her that he saw in the forest long ago. Ybrahim becomes angry at learning this and gets a bigger surprise when he finds out Alena does not remember anything, including him. He tells Alena that they were lovers before she disappeared and lost her memory. He hugs Alena, but the latter pushes him away and walks out. She searches for Amihan and finds her with Pirena. Alena asks them who Ybrahim is in her life but gets no answer.
Later, Pirena would eavesdrop on Amihan crying her feelings out to Imaw. Amihan tells him she had walked in on Ybrahim hugging Alena and felt joy at seeing them together but heartbroken at losing Ybrahim. She realizes her selfishness affected her decisions and these in turn caused trouble between her and Danaya. Imaw would compliment Amihan for recognizing her faults.
In the forest, Danaya notices that an eagle is following her as she wanders around aimlessly. Grateful for its company, she adopts the eagle as her brother. When Danaya takes a rest, Cassiopeia would make herself known to her, saying that she can tell the future in exchange for gold. For the price of a golden dagger, Danaya learns that she would go to another world to find the real owner of the crown and the savior of Encantadia. Danaya would be told that the portal to the other world is a tree found in the middle of the forest. Cassiopeia leaves without confirming if it is the Asnamon. The eagle however, would bid Danaya to follow it.
In Hathoria, Pirena visits Hagorn to tell him about Danaya. This is good news to the king, for Danaya's departure makes it easier to defeat Amihan. Pirena tells him she plans to sow discord between Amihan and Alena.
In the world of mortals, Mila is asking her "mother" if she is her real child, citing what she had once said when Mila was a child. Her "mother" insists that she is her child, telling Mila that she said she wasn't her daughter at the time because she was angry. Mila leaves to return to her place of work. A neighbor who overheard the conversation asked the "mother" why she lied. The "mother" says that if Mila knew the truth, she would stop feeling obligated to support her financially. This neighbor decides to visit Mila and tell her the truth.
At the mansion, Anthony tries to make peace with Mila who is still angry at him for the humiliation she went through in the restaurant. As Anthony tries to mend the worn story book he had given to Mila when they were children, and which he hopes will make Mila speak to him again, Mila would get a visit from her mother's neighbor. The woman tells Mila that she was right in suspecting she was adopted. She was actuallly found by her "father" as a baby on the train tracks. After the woman left, Mila asks her friend Banjo to come over and when he arrived, she starts telling him what she just learned.
When Anthony goes looking for Mila to present to her the mended story book, he would find Banjo comforting her and Anthony gets jealous. When Banjo leaves, Anthony approaches Mila, tears up the story book, throws it at her and walks away. He goes to the gym to let off steam only to be taunted by his friend who asked if he brought his maid along. When the friend suggested he should shag Mila, Anthony flew off the handle and punched him. People intervened and a full blown fight was prevented. Anthony goes out to get drunk. At the house, Muyak, who had come back from a futile search for other encantos in the mountains and forests, sees Mila crying as she tries to patch up a torn book.
Back in Encantadia, Lira stands in front of Asnamon and with the medallion, commands it to bring her to the man she loves, and steps through. Thus, when the eagle arrives with Danaya following it, they would find the portal open. Danaya knew Amihan sealed this doorway and wonders who had opened it. Remembering the words of Cassiopeia, Danaya orders the Asnamon to bring her to the savior of Encantadia and steps through with the eagle following her.
Danaya would appear in the garden of Anthony's house where Mila is cleaning. Mila sees her, notices her outfit, and asks who she is. Danaya would stare at the girl, wondering what she is. When Danaya asks if Mila is a mortal, Mila remarks to herself that she seems to be meeting more weirdos these days. Mila asks the stranger if she is looking for Ma'am Carmen and if they are going to a costume party. Before Danaya could answer, Carmen walks out with the Head Servant (Maid#1) and asks Mila who is the stranger she's talking to. Mila says she does not know and asks Carmen if she does. This prompts Maid#1 to call Mila stupid. Danaya warns Maid#1 about maltreating Mila. Carmen takes offense at this behavior and tells Danaya to get off her property. Next, it was Danaya's turn to take offense that Carmen dares to command a Sang'gre.
Carmen decides it is time to call security but Mila intervenes, saying the stranger might be lost on the way to a costume party. Carmen reconsiders and instead tells Maid#1 to lead the stranger off the premises.
Outside the house, Danaya is fascinated at what she calls little palaces. The impatient maid sneers and orders Danaya to leave immediately or she will call the police. For daring to order a sang'gre, Maid#1 gets caned.
In the house, Mila is telling the other maids about the weird visitor that Maid#1 just escorted off the property. Based on Mila's description, Muyak recognizes Danaya and runs out to have a look. The stranger had gone but Muyak hears Maid#1 telling Carmen that the crazy woman's family name could be Sang'gre. This is enough confirmation and Muyak runs like crazy to catch up to Danaya.
In the same city, Lira would find herself in front of a car parked beside the road, and Anthony sleeping inside it. She gets in the car, gazes at him lovingly and kisses him the way she had seen some mortals do it in the park. Anthony wakes up and asks what she's doing, Lira tells him she loves him. Anthony calls her crazy to talk about love when he doesn't even know her. Embarrassed and heartbroken, Lira runs to Mila to cry her heart out.
When Mila goes in the maids' room, she would find Lira there crying. Lira recounts to Mila that the person she loves does not love her back. Mila relates to what Lira is talking about and says she is having the same problem with Anthony. The two console each other until someone knocks on the door. Mila opens the door but no one is standing outside. She finds a bouquet of flowers on the floor and guesses it came from Anthony. When Mila returns to the room, she finds Lira gone.
Somewhere in the city, Danaya is accosted by three men as she walks down a street. She began beating them with her arnis, and when the police came to find out what the disturbance was, the guys answer that Danaya is trying to kill them. Danaya walked away and ignored the policemen who asked her to halt. When she kept on walking even after a warning shot was fired, the police decided to actually shoot her. A bullet hits Danaya on the thigh and she weakens. She uses her gem to heal the wound and examines the bullet that caused it.
Back in the forests of Encantadia, Ybrahim has returned to the Mandirigma camp and tells his friends that Alena is alive, that she had been held hostage in the forest, and that she is now back in the palace of Lireo but her memory had been erased.
In Lireo, Amihan had decided that Alena should go to Devas to regain her jewel and memories, and that Danaya is to be brought back to Lireo and pardoned. She tells Alena that Aquil will accompany her to Devas, and orders Aquil to send men to look for Danaya.
While Aquil's men are searching the forest, the Hathors have started their attack on Lireo and succeeded killing the guards of one outpost with Pirena's help.
When Aquil reported to Amihan that Danaya could not be found, the queen decides that she will accompany Alena to Devas. Gurna overhears this and reports to Pirena.
At THE waterfall, Ybrahim is reminiscing about his time with Alena when the three men who had been hounding him appeared. Their coming coincided with the arrival of Hathors whom Ybrahim managed to kill. Once more, Ybrahim is challenged to a duel by Asval, the leader of the trio, and is promised knowledge of Sapiro if he beats them. Ybrahim agrees to a duel and a date is set.
In another part of the forest, Lira visits Cassiopeia once more, asking why the person she loves does not feel the same towards her. Cassiopeia says that he loves another but would not divulge more to Lira. Lira would again decide to visit Mila, but this time, as she walked through the portal, Agane and her band of Hathors were nearby watching.
Lira's love is ofcourse falling in love with Mila, who is talking to him again after the gift of flowers. Anthony promises to buy Mila another fairy tale book so that Mila would totally forgive him. Mila finishes her chores and prepares for the date. As she steps out of the bath in a towel, Lira drops in for another visit and is shocked to see the mark of the sang'gre on Mila's shoulder. She asks how Mila got it and the latter responds it's a birthmark so it's always been there. Mila goes back to the bathroom to change and Lira goes back to Encantadia to search for answers.
At the palace in Lireo, Amihan is talking to Imaw about Alena and Ybrahim getting back together once Alena regains her memories. Imaw reminds her that Alena does not know that Ybrahim is the father of Lira. Amihan had not thought about how Alena would react to this and starts to worry.
In Alena's room, Pirena enters disguised as Bathala and visits Alena's dreams, where she promises to give back Alena's memories and the water jewel. "Bathala" also says that "he" will reveal Amihan's true colors to Alena. Alena wakes up when Amihan comes in to tell her to prepare for the trip to Devas.
In the forest, Lira would step out of the portal and find Hagorn waiting for her. He asks her what she's been up to. Lira tells him she was visiting her friend Mila, and starts asking how a mortal like Mila could have the mark of the sang'gre. Hagorn suspects this Mila is the same child Pirena left in the other world years ago, but he does not share this information with Lira. Lira goes home to Lireo.
At the palace, Ybrahim decides to visit Alena in her room and try his best to make her remember. Alena repeats that she does not remember anything he says and that she cannot have a relationship with her niece's father. This totally puts down Ybrahim who walks out sad. When he returns to the Mandirigma camp, he would focus on training for the duel with Asval and his men.
In another room, Lira is asking Amihan if there are sang'gres to be found in the other world. Amihan does not think there are any sang'gres left there and asks Lira why she asked. Lira dodges the question and leaves.
While the mystery is preoccupying Lira's mind, Hagorn is discussing with Agane the probability that the girl called Mila is the real child of Amihan. Mila on the other hand, is preparing for another night out with Anthony, not aware that Marge plans to ruin it.
Marge isn't the only one doing some plotting. Pirena would visit Alena in her room and put a sleeping spell on her. As Alena slumbers, Pirena calls forth the water jewel and orders it to return Alena's memories.
Amihan's other sister, Danaya, would hear someone calling her name and she goes around looking for whoever it is. She comes across a man walking his dogs and is apalled at the sight of animals in chains. She attacks to rescue them. The stunned man calls security while Danaya runs off with his pets. Danaya would eventually part ways with her new friends, but after learning what kind of species they are and telling them she wishes to see their kind in Encantadia. The security guards would find Danaya on a park bench and calls police for reinforcement.
In Lireo, Alena would wake up with her old memories, but her recent memories gone. She would therefore be confused as to how she got back in the castle when the last thing she remembered was being in the forest mourning for Ybarro. She asks a guard to find the queen at once. When Amihan arrives with Aquil at her side, Alena asks her sister how she got back to the palace. Amihan and Aquil both think Alena is acting oddly. Amihan asks if Alena remembers everything. Alena says yes and recounts Ybarro's death. Amihan tells her that Ybarro is not dead and that Alena had been gone a long time. Alena becomes confused.
While this is happening, Ybrahim meets Asval for the duel. They agree to only use weapons but not their powers. Ybrahim would have won had Asval not use his powers to parry Ybrahim's sword and then lashed back by wounding Ybrahim. Asval and his companions leave Ybrahim to be tended by his friends.
Pirena would make another visit to Hathoria and learn from Hagorn what her daughter's been up to when missing from the palace. Pirena could not believe that not only has Lira made friends with a "mortal", but this "mortal" has the mark of the sang'gres. Hagorn voices his suspicions that this Mila may be Amihan's real daughter that Pirena left in the other world to die.
Meanwhile, the "mortal" that is making Pirena worry is still enjoying her night out with Anthony when Marge appears with her friends in tow. She begans humiliating Mila and won't let Anthony stop her. Marge provokes Mila who couldn't resist directing a small bolt (so small the people around them didn't notice) of lightning towards Marge's stomach. Marge's friends rush in to help when she crumbles in pain while Anthony looks at Mila, figuring out what just happened.
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