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On the Day of the Octopus,

this entire bay fills with thousands of octopuses.

Whoa!

And the whole of Rock Island celebrates with a big festival.

But why do they only come every five years, Uncle Charlie?

No-one knows, Taylor.

It's a mystery.

But you know what? The next time they appear...

..you could help me figure it out.

I could help you solve a mystery? You promise?

I promise.

- Grr! - Argh!

Happy Day of the Octopus! Are you ready?

I've been ready for five years.

Happy Day of the Octopus here on Rock Island FM.

The weekend's huge storm has made way

for the perfect day for the celebration.

Can't wait to see you all at tonight's concert.

We still need to rehearse the dance for the concert tonight.

And finish costumes. I'm on it.

Hey, Little Kraken.

You're visiting just at the right time.

Morning, Mum. Hey, Sunny. Morning.

Have the octopuses arrived yet?

There weren't any when I looked first thing.

But they should be here now. I'll check the bay cam.

Let's celebrate the big day. Who is a sucker for some syrup?

There's no sign of any.

I thought conditions were perfect?

They are.

The current's travelling directly past the island.

The marine surveillance system isn't picking them up either.

- Where could they be? - I have no idea.

We don't even understand why they appear every five years.

What's this mean?

They're not going to come today?

Has this ever happened before?

Not that we know of. It could be my laptop.

Oh... It's been playing up the past few days.

Maybe that storm over the weekend confused them?

Maybe they're just being fashionably late.

The concert doesn't start till sundown.

Yeah, and the cameras don't cover everywhere.

Lila, keep prepping. I'll figure out what's happened.

For the first time ever,

our octopus are late for their own festival.

But make sure you're not late for tonight's show.

In the meantime, keep an eye out

for our eight-legged guests and call in if you see any.

Where are you, octopus?

See anything, Taylor?

I checked the rock pools and all along the bay. No luck.

There's no reports of any sightings on the island.

I've lived through many Days of the Octopus,

but they've never not arrived by now.

- But what about the concert? - It's too late to cancel.

But we won't have the guests of honour.

But how am I supposed to solve the mystery

of why they turn up here without them?

I guess some things just remain unknown.

Uncle Charlie always wanted to understand the octopus,

and this whole festival won't work without them.

So we're going to find where they've gone.

Sure, because oceans are so small and easy to search.

♪ It's a curious situation

♪ A strong case of speculation how

♪ It takes more than intuition

♪ To work the situation out

♪ It's right before your eyes Can you feel it?

♪ It's right between the lines Try to reveal it

♪ So look until you find All of the pieces

♪ Put them together

♪ Now you see it

♪ Rock Island Mysteries.

Uncle Charlie never missed a Day of the Octopus.

What if he's with them right now? Wherever they are.

Did he know where they came from?

Not that I can see.

Ellis, what do you know about octopuses?

They have three hearts, blue blood

and they are all out to get me.

I have an idea where they might be.

After the storm, Dad took me out to West Bay to go diving.

When we resurfaced,

our boat had drifted all the way to Sting Ray Cove,

but there was no current.

Maybe it's a weird tide thing caused by the storm?

It's worth checking.

Let's get going.

Ellis, what did you do?

Nothing...I think.

It is normally me. Maybe I did.

No, it's not me!

Look at the compass!

The plane is alive!

Or not.

Was that some weird battery thing?

Compasses don't operate on batteries.

Only a seriously strong magnetic surge

could cause that kind of reaction.

Could a magnetic surge from the storm have affected your boat?

- Or the octopus? - The boat? Sure.

But what do octopuses and magnets have in common?

If an octopus's tentacle is severed,

it still moves around with a mind of its own.

Magnets have north and south poles

and can negate each other!

They literally have nothing in common.

Maybe we'll find something at Sting Ray Cove.

Nori, we should take your scuba gear.

You can't go!

The concert's all we have left of the festival

and there's so much to do.

I want the dance to work too, but I need to follow this lead.

Well, I need collaborators to execute our vision.

What if I stood in for Taylor? I hate octopuses

and I'm not going anywhere called Sting Ray Cove.

Plus, I've got moves.

Go, Ellis!

-Yes! -Go, speed boy!

Fantastic! Can you lift me?

Meesha...you could do it.

Or I could go octopus hunting with Taylor.

Use Nori.

He has to show me where Sting Ray Cove is.

Can you help? Please? It's just until I get back.

But...

- But... - Hmm?

- Fine! - Yes!

- Be back before the concert. - I wouldn't miss it.

- Break a leg! - Have fun!

OK, team! A few warm-up exercises

to get us in the... ..zone.

Ohh-whoahhh! Whoah!

Ay-ya-ya-ya-ya-ya!

Whoop-whoop-whoop!

Meee-ooooh! Mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi-mi...

Theories are floating around town

that the recent storm has set the octopuses off-course.

But have hope - there is still six hours before the concert,

where we'll see the best of Rock Island's talents.

You know the octopus probably just migrated somewhere else.

They've been turning up for hundreds of years.

They don't just go somewhere else.

Could be a climate change thing.

Welcome to Sting Ray...

..Cove?

- The General Store? - This isn't Sting Ray Cove.

You won't find octopuses here. Unless they've come for milk.

Sting Ray Cove is on the north coast.

- We're at the south. - How did we end up here?

I must have taken a wrong turn.

- Where are you going? - Back to the path.

But we came from that way.

Yep! Just testing you're paying attention.

Uh-huh.

Five, six, seven, eight.

One, two, three, four.

One, two, three, four.

Step together, step ball change and step...

Ow!

Sorry.

Once more, shall we?

First positions. Five, six, seven, eight.

Did you hear that?

Oh! Ow!

Meesha, 'break a leg' is a saying, not an instruction.

Your dance moves make no sense!

And again!

Five, six, seven, eight.

It happened again, didn't it? You're lost.

Just looks different to how I remembered.

What is it?

The spot where we are keeps changing.

Maybe it's another magnetic surge, or something else?

Well, whatever it is, this map is useless.

But I know this is the way to Sting Ray Cove.

But what if it's not just the phone that's been affected?

I'm not affected.

Could you just try something for me?

Can you, um, turn around clockwise?

We aren't rehearsing your dance moves out here.

I've got my moves down. Can you just try it? Please?

That was anticlockwise.

- I made a mistake. It happens. - Hold up your right hand.

- That's left! - But it was YOUR right.

The octopuses have gone missing,

the Bermuda Queen's navigation dials went off,

you got lost, the GPS isn't working.

What if it's all connected somehow?

Whatever is messing with those things is messing with us too?

I don't get messed with.

Not normally, but everything to do with directions is off.

So maybe we should go the opposite way

to what you think is the right way.

Ellis said magnetic fields have opposite poles.

Maybe the island's magnetic fields

are somehow reversed and affecting everything?

- Then why aren't you affected? - I probably am,

but I'm not the one directing us.

I'm sure this is the way to Sting Ray Cove.

Then I'm sure we go the other way this time.

Fine, just to prove you wrong.

This hard drive is brand-new, but it's toast.

No! No, I'm not a sack of potatoes!

Potatoes would be easier to work with.

I heard that!

Sunny, has that octopus ever tried to attack anyone?

Ow! Meesha!

It's just I hear they have paralysing saliva,

and I tend to react badly to those sort of things.

You know, I don't think she's paralysed anyone

with her saliva recently.

Why do you ask?

Dance rehearsals are over!

We're working on costumes instead.

Hey, Nori! Would you look at that?

Sting Ray Cove.

- You were right. - I always am.

No octopus, though. So much for that theory.

So, what now?

And please don't say go back and help Lila with costumes.

I want indie princess meets red-carpet glamour

with down-to-earth charm.

For an octopus costume?

Enough talking, more stitching!

Argh!

Your pet octopus was darting all over the place!

Then it was right up in my face and then it tried to get me!

We can't give up just yet...

Nori?

Nori!

It was like it was being dragged by a force.

He's sleeping.

Your octopus phobia has gone next level.

- But I'm telling the truth. - It's time to stitch these on.

- Ow! You stabbed me! - Just stand still, will you?

Oww!

I said...stand still!

I'm not a pin cushion. I'm out!

Fine! I was doing everything myself, anyway!

Urgh!

Taylor, where are you?

Over here!

Hey, Taylor!

- What are you doing? - I don't know.

Something yanked me, and now I'm stuck here.

- Seriously? - Then why can't I move?

On three.

One, two, three.

What if I'm stuck here forever?

Try unclipping your tank.

Ohh...

- What? - Now THAT is strange.

We can't leave my tank here.

- Little help? - Try levering it with this.

Nori!

- I'm fine. - Oh!

That was unexpected.

- What just happened? - This isn't a normal rock.

Give me your tank. I want to try something.

Oh.

I think these rocks are magnetic.

It feels different. Like kind of cold.

Maybe this is a type of lodestone.

- Who what now? - A lodestone.

It's a magnetised stone.

It's believed they're made by lightning bolts.

So my tank's stuck to a giant magnet?

Yeah. And you wearing a tank

could be what's forcing you in the wrong direction.

- Where are you going? - Back to the path.

But we came from that way.

Yep!

I've hiked past here before

and nothing that random has happened.

Maybe that storm over the weekend confused them?

There was that storm.

What if lightning strikes created lodestones

all over the island?

And if there's a super-charged one,

it could be messing with everything,

including the octopus.

We have to find it.

Lightning could have struck anywhere.

But Sunny tracks that kind of stuff on his weather vlog.

Of course he does.

Octopus performance update!

It's two hours till showtime.

Meesha's quit.

Ellis thinks Little Kraken is out to get him

and the whole island is in a bad mood

because it's the Day of the Octopus

and no octopuses have turned up.

If Taylor and Nori don't get back in time,

I'll have to perform by myself,

with no costume, no rehearsal and an angry audience!

Where are those octopuses?!

So, lightning struck in four places.

Here, Terror Peak, Hurricane Point and Kayser Falls.

Those places are all in opposite directions.

That would take us days to explore.

We need to narrow it down.

Do you have an octopus we can ask?

Mum's latest project.

You need to come back, now, Taylor!

Meesha's quit, everyone's machines are breaking down,

and we're on stage in two hours!

All important, but right now, can you tell me

if anything weird is happening with Little Kraken?

She's a blue-blooded killer.

Tried to get me with her paralysing saliva.

-I am too young to die! - She did what?

Ellis went crazy

when she wedged up against the glass of her tank.

Like she's being pulled by a force?

-I guess. - What direction is she facing?

North-west.

Hurricane Point is on the north-west tip of the island.

It's not too far from here.

Hurricane Point? They closed it after the storm.

It got smashed by lightning and is unstable.

Please let me come with you!

Thanks. I'll be back for the dance.

Getting there is gonna be interesting,

given our maps don't work and we keep getting lost.

Do you know any old-school ways of navigating?

Ooh, I know the sun rises in the east and sets in the west.

It's the afternoon, so that's west.

Which means that must be north.

So we head for halfway between the two.

- Easy! - Just need to get there

and back in two hours.

The countdown's on for the concert,

and still no sign of any octopus.

Over there!

Hello, little friend. Can't believe we finally found you.

No wonder Uncle Charlie loves you guys so much.

One down, couple thousand to go.

Octopus tracks.

Come on!

The tracks lead into this cave.

Maybe they're trapped in there.

Let's get them out. We'll need to be quick.

That cave looks like it could collapse at any moment.

Can you see anything?

Listen.

More tracks.

We need to be extra fast.

Whoa. That's a lot of octopuses.

Then that rock must be a giant lodestone.

It must be what's messed with the octopuses' navigation

and brought them here.

The tide's coming in. And the cave's about to collapse.

We can't leave the octopuses. They'll die!

Well, how do we get them out?

Little Kraken really wants out of here.

I know the feeling.

I mean to go help Taylor.

I think she might be needing it about now.

..power outages across the island...

Nori, remember before,

when you were stuck like a fridge magnet.

We used that fallen rock. Please tell me you brought it.

And please tell me it will work again.

I think it's the same as when two magnetic poles

are pushed together - they repel.

They're resisting each other!

If I can get close enough with this, I can free the octopus.

It's working. The octopus, they're leaving.

But we should get out of here, too.

Not until they're all safe.

Come on, suckers. Move it or lose it.

That's it, follow the light!

I can't...get...any...closer!

Have they gone?

Last one. Let's move - fast!

Incredible news!

The octopus are back.

Head down to the beach to see them

and then head on to the concert.

This will be a total sensation!

This is a total disaster!

But at least the octopus are back.

Isn't it just wonderful

they made it for the festival after all?

No.

Now they outnumber us.

Shouldn't you get ready for the show?

But Taylor's not back yet.

Well, can't Meesha and Ellis fill in?

Ooh, that-that...that's not a great idea.

Guys...

..I'm sorry about today.

Call it a bad case of the showbiz nerves?

Can you fill in? Please?

We're here!

- How did you do it? - How'd you get them here?

I'll explain later, but we need to get ready for the show.

The whole island is out there.

It's packed! Where are our costumes?

Get ready, folks!

The concert starts in five.

Octopuses, GPS, clocks,

they were all affected by some giant rock...how?

The new lodestone unbalanced the island's magnetic fields.

And the lodestone you found neutralised it enough

for the island's magnetic field

to return to its former natural state.

Mystery solved!

Next time I'll skip the getting-stuck-to-the-wall part.

Sounds awesome!

But then why do the octopuses only appear every five years?

I think I'll wait for Uncle Charlie to return

and figure that one out with him.

He'd be proud of you getting them back here.

So...time for us to dance?

Time for all four of us to dance.

- Us? Out there, with you two? - Of course.

After today, you know all the moves as well as Taylor.

Thanks.

And everyone's in such a good mood now,

they won't care if you're bad.

You could have skipped that last part.

Welcome to

the Day of the Octopus!

May I introduce Taylor Young and her friends.

Break a leg!

Don't say that!

Bags front row!

♪ Rock Island Mysteries.