Shadow of the Elves

Although there is a snowstorm raging outside, Luna and Nayade leave the village to collect berries they "desperately" need to create a perfume. As the storm grows fierce, the girls seek shelter in a cave. They are followed by the elf Shil, who is on a secret surveillance mission. When the three of them are trapped in the cave by an avalanche, they must learn to work together to save themselves. They use their respective abilities to fight off an attacking rat before they are able to gain their freedom and return to their respective homes.

While the fairy girls are collecting flowers to prepare a cream to enhance their complexion, they observe the trolls trying to block the stream. This new dam will inevitably flood the Meadowlands. When Daiman and Balabust's efforts to prevent the catastrophe fail, the girls develop a successful backup plan. They conjure up a menacing stream creature that drives the trolls away.

The elves deviously give a cursed chest to Menel as a gift. When the box is opened, it immediately causes a devastating storm that follows its bearer. Thalia discovers the secret and struggles to get the box away from their village. With Salamacis' help, she swims through an underground stream and delivers the "present" back to the elves. In the confusion that follows, only the perfect shot of an arrow can save the situation. Unfortunately, this shot rests with Balabust, not Daiman. But he succeeds and manages to destroy both the box and the storm.

When a sick oak tree threatens to fall and destroy the fairy village, Thalia and friends fly off to ask Rootmaster, a forest wizard, for help. Though mistrusting these "walkabouters" at first, Rootmaster agrees to help them. Meanwhile, Phaedon tries to poison Rootmaster with the same tree-killing elixir he used on the fairy oak tree. Thalia and friends, however, make it back just in time to prevent him from his evil doings.

When Luna and Nayade accidentally free Beezle (a friendly, long-bearded gnome) from 100 years of imprisonment inside a teapot, they are granted three wishes. Sure enough, the first one is for new clothes. During a conversation with Phaedon, however, they jokingly wish for Phaedon to become King. Only after the coronation takes place are they allowed to make their final wish and thus, smartly turn everything back to the way it was before.

When Rowan tells the fairies that a huge monster attacked him, the fairies realize with one sniff that it could only have been a skunk. Soon they find a frightened, wounded baby skunk hiding in a cave. Everyone goes in search of the skunk's mother, who, when finally found, angrily charges after our friends in the belief that they have harmed her baby. The rescue party finds itself cornered between the angry skunk and a snake and everyone is subjected to a stinking blast before the skunk family is happily reunited

While scrounging around the dump, a group of trolls accidentally discover the ingredients of gunpowder in a pile of Snakehammer's discarded contraptions. Now the explosions they are creating threaten the Meadowlands. When one of these explosions causes the destruction of the junior rangers' new clubhouse, Rowan disguises himself as a rock troll and heads for the dump, vowing to get to the bottom of the 'big bangs'. Meanwhile, the elves and the fairies have sent envoys to Troll headquarters, but they are captured, accused of spying and imprisoned. It is up to Rowan, who has now infiltrated the Trolls, to help them escape and destroy the last bit of the gunpowder, making the Meadowlands safe again.

Rowan has to pass the final test of courage for the Ranger cadets, which is to find his way back to the village without flying. Since he has heard that older Rangers disguise themselves as monsters for this big occasion, Rowan is not frightened when he encounters one. Finally, he realizes that it is a "real" wild rock troll he has come up against. Fortunately, with Thalia and the Rangers' help, he passes his test with "flying" colors, but his hope of impressing the lovely Clover with his achievement doesn't quite go according to plan.

The Meadowlands are threatened by severe drought, which is deeply affecting the elves' food supply. Shil and the ambitious elf-warrior Doppel, believe that they can force the fairies to give them food. When they attack Thalia, Luna and Nayade, the girls suddenly find themselves in the middle of an avalanche. Daiman arrives too late to save them and the falling rocks strike both him and Thalia. When Thalia wakes up with bandages around her head, she learns, to her disbelief, that Lord Kann and the fairy council have finally agreed to a peaceful co-existence between elves and fairies. However, Thalia finally awakens and realizes it was all a dream. In fact she and Daiman are now dangling precariously over the edge of a cliff. A repentant Shil and Doppel help the fairies save Daiman and Thalia and in return, the fairies share their food with the hungry elves.

Agitated by a terrible row with Daiman, Thalia accidentally flies into a spider's web and, at the very last moment, is saved by the handsome Arador, a warrior fairy from the West. Everyone in the village thinks he would be the perfect match for Thalia, except Rowan, who goes to inform Daiman. When they discover Arador has a secret, treacherous plan, it is time for Daiman to save Thalia. He does this successfully, but it doesn't stop her from immediately starting another argument with him.

It's scorching hot in the Meadowlands, and Salmacis is forced to leave her dried-out well. Meanwhile, the junior Rangers stumble upon Leaf, an ancient earth spirit. Leaf can't speak and behaves strangely -thus arousing Rowan's suspicions. Only when the elves launch an attack on Salmacis' well, trying to dive bomb it and fill it with cement, do the fairies understand what Leaf was trying to tell them from the start.

Salmacis summons the fairies to deliver the prophecy of a dire catastrophe, which will befall the Meadowlands. This message casts Thalia as the fairies' only hope. It becomes evident that the trolls have opened a bottle, setting free a dangerous cloud, which sucks up all their energy and turns everything and everyone it touches into frozen statues. Drawn to Salmacis' energy, the cloud moves quickly over to the village. Only Thalia can flee to Lord Kann's citadel, where she persuades the elves and the surviving trolls to work together with herself and Phaedon. Continued in Episode 26: "Cloud of Darkness".

Continued from Episode 25 "A Threat from the Past ". Using the magical 'heart of stone', Thalia creates a gateway to the elves' stormy and barren homeland, where they meet Sevendrin, the ghost of an ancient elf magician. He provides them with a powerful tool that can be used to destroy the cloud. However, the rescue mission is almost sabotaged due to Phaedon's incredible lust for power. But Thalia and the others are willing to courageously sacrifice everything, including their lives,s and can defeat Phaedon and the deadly cloud and finally bring the Meadowlands back to life. A cheerful party with all the fairies, elves, and even the trolls marks a new beginning... or does it?