The hound closes in on protagonists and Marra alike
Even the Marra are afraid of him.
And so is David. Hilda however is amazed the dog is real after all
But he’s not just real, he’s also hungry
Kelly finally shows her true feelings for Frida…
…as she pushes her “friend” towards the hound as bait
The Marra vanish, leaving Hilda, David and Frida to deal with the hound
As Kelly hoped, the dog goes for Frida
Hilda quickly pulls her away, and the three friends run back to the camp
And the hound gives chase
They can’t outrun the beast
So Hilda distracts him with some snacks
It works, and the hound turns its attention from the three friends to the food
But they’re not out of trouble yet; Raven Leader catches them being out at night.
She’s quite surprised to see Frida with Hilda and David. And dismayed to learn the hound has been sighted near the camp
Not wanting to take any risks, Raven Leader decides to evacuate the camp
She tries to keep order despite the emergency, but the hound’s growl causes the scouts to panic
All scouts start packing at once. David has trouble fitting his sleeping bag in his backpack.
Frida offers to help. At first David doesn’t want to, but eventually he agrees
Frida also admits David was right about the Marra; they are not her true friends
She admires David for the way he stood up to the Marra
Hilda asks Frida to help pack her stuff too, since she still needs to find Tontu
Frida naturally has no idea who Hilda is talking about, but Hilda will explain later
Unfortuantely, Raven Leader stops Hilda from going into the woods alone.
The parents arrive to pick up their kids. Johanna will give Frida a ride home since her parents don’t know she’s at the camp
Johanna is relieved everybody is safe, but Hilda is worried about Tontu
Johanna also brings up Hilda’s badges again. Hilda’s reaction puzzles Frida
As they arrive at Frida’s house, Hilda gives Frida a drawing of Tontu. Frida immediately recognizes him as a nisse.
Knowing by now how people think about nisse, Hilda convinces Frida Tontu was wrongfully accused of vandalism.
Frida believes Hilda, and promises to help look for him.
When asked, Hilda admits to Frida that she doesn’t have a single badge, and is afraid to admit this to her mom.
So Frida promises to help Hilda earn at least one badge the following day
The following day, Frida and David come to pick up Hilda
They will go door to door to collect stuff for the Sparrow Scout jumble sale, which will earn them the fundraising badge
Johanna wants to come along because of the Black Hound, but Frida reminds her the safety patrol is guarding the streets
So the three friends set out
As Frida predicted, there are safety patrol members looking for the hound
Hilda wonders what they will do if they find the beast. Frida has no idea
The collection grows quick, as people have a lot of stuff to give away all of a sudden
They also visit Kelly’s house, who is surprised to see Frida alive. And dressed as a Sparrow Scout.
Kelly’s mom has a lot to give for the jumble sale.
Including Kelly’s favorite stuffed toy; Fluff Bunn
She tries to donate it anyway, ashamed to admit she still likes it. But Frida convinces her otherwise.
You should never throw away your real friends. Something Frida has learned by now
Hilda keeps looking for Tontu
Then Twig finally spots him
Frida warns her to be at Scout Hall on time, or she won’t get credit for the badge
When Hilda finally catches up with him however, it turns out to be a different Nisse….also named Tontu
He tells Hilda that her Tontu is not the only homeless Nisse. All over town Nisse are being banished
His story is confirmed. Hilda meets more homeless Nisse…
…all of them named Tontu…
…all of them banished after supposedly being wrongfully accused of vandalism…
…and they all claim the other Nisse are lying.
Hilda asks one Nisse why they don’t make a home in the Nowhere Space of the outside world. The Nisse warns her about the dangers of that place.
Hilda runs back to Scout Hall, but too late. Raven Leader is gone. And so is Hilda’s last chance for any badge.
That night the news reports the hound ate 3 people. Johanna quickly turns it off
She still thinks Hilda will get a lot of badges tomorrow, and Hilda still doesn’t have to guts to tell the truth.
Later in bed, she shares her worries with Alfur
Alfur offers to help solve the problem with a contract, and is disappointed himself when Hilda reminds him that doesn’t work for humans
Then a howl from the Black Hound startles them
Alfur theorizes the hound is a Barghest; a creature normally living in the mountains
Hilda thus theorizes the hound is probably lost, and scared.
The day of the badge ceremony is here, and Hilda is visibly nervous
Hilda decides to walk to Scout Hall, so hopefully she can find Tontu
Instead, she finds the house Tontu used to live in
She asks the owner about Tontu, and gets to hear quite a different story than what Tontu told her
Apparently, the house’s owner caught Tontu red-handed as he trashed her living room, no doubt looking for something to steal
Hilda leaves, not sure what to believe. Then she spots something moving in a trash can
Hilda is quite mad at him, both because of what she just heard and because Tontu doesn’t seem to care Hilda sacrificed her last chance at a badge to find him
Tontu keeps claiming he’s innocent, and that the other Nisse who claimed to be innocent must be lying
They arrive at Scout Hall. Hilda suggests Tontu tries the nowhere space of the building
So Tontu enters the Scout Hall’s nowhere space, while Hilda goes inside for the badge ceremony
Not much later, the badge ceremony is in progress. Frida is up next
She earned quite a lot of badges
In Nowhere Space, Tontu is in for an unpleasant surprise
The Black Hound is there!
It’s David’s turn. He even earned the Friend to Insects badge
Just as Raven Leader announces the ceremony over, Tontu comes crashing in from Nowhere Space…
…followed by the Black Hound.
Tontu quickly pulls Hilda into Nowhere Space to escape the beast.
From there, they hop to the nowhere space of another house
But the hound also knows that trick and follows them
Tontu and Hilda hop from building to building
With the hound hot on their trail
The chase brings them to the nowhere space of Frida’s house, where Hilda finally finds Frida’s missing book
She quickly returns it to Frida’s room. At least that’s one promise kept.
The hound is still on their trail
Finally, they arrive at Hilda’s own house
And the hound catches up to them.
The other Tontu now comes to their aid. After all, it’s her house too
She confronts the Black Hound
Which proceeds to…lick her?
Yes! It’s Tontu’s old pet, Jellybean
Tontu and Hilda are naturally surprised by this turn of events
Tontu proceeds to tell; when she was a kid, she found Jellybean, back then a puppy
She secretly brought him home and took care of him
But one day her parents found out, and her father decided to get rid of the hound
Hilda theorizes Tontu’s parents must have known how big Jellybean would become
Tontu reminds his namesake that Jellybean ate 3 people
Tontu whispers something in the dog’s ear
And at his masters’ request…
…Jellybean vomits out his victims, alive and well
They run away screaming, just as Johanna comes home
She is glad to see Hilda’s okay
Hilda assures her mom Jellybean is not dangerous
She realizes now that it was Jellybean, and not the Nisse, who trashed all those houses
And since he always disappeared again before the house owners awakened, the Nisse got blamed
Then the Safety Parol arrives, having traced Jellybean to Hilda’s house
With great effort, Hilda convinces her mom to help Jellybean escape the safety patrol
The sirens startle Jellybean
In his panic, he runs outside. The Safety Patrol officers try to catch them in their nets, but they are too small
At Tontu’s request, they use Johanna’s car to try and lure Jellybean out of the city
Johanna races for the town wall, with Jellybean close behind…
…and the Safety Patrol in turn is chasing Jellybean
They’re almost at the gate
But then Jellybean catches up with the car…
..and blocks Johanna’s view, causing her to steer off the road…
…putting the car on a collision course with the wall
Out of other options, the two Tontu’s join forces to do what no Nisse would ever dare to do…
…send the car, and everyone in/on it, into the Nowhere Space of the outside world
After a few seconds in this great void, the car re-emerges on the other side of the wall. Total loss.
Hilda, Johanna and Tontu are safe however
Sadly, Jellybean and his owner got separated from the others. They could be anywhere now…if they got out of Nowhere Space at all
Sometime later, at home, Johanna has a surprise for Hilda
A homemade badge to make up for the lack of any official ones
She is still proud of Hilda, badges or no badges
Tontu now lives with them. From Nowhere Space, he offers Johanna and Hilda hot choco.
Alfur is thrilled to have learned about Nowhere Space. Think of all the missing paper work that could be found there
And as much as she likes the unofficial badge, Hilda plans to have it removed before the next Sparrow Scouts meeting
The three friends begin to scheme how this could be done, as the camera pans away from Trolberg
Elsewhere, Tontu and Jellybean got out of Nowhere Space after all
And wouldn’t you know, they emerged near the ruins of Hilda’s old home
Wood Man is also there, and explains to Tontu how
Jorgen crushed the house after Hilda befriended him
And knowing Hilda, she would no doubt do it again.