Chapter Seven: A Cosmic Being

A Season 3 episode of the Netflix series, Hilda.

Summary
Hilda encounters an incredible being more than anything she has seen. But when an extremely dangerous hunter tries to capture and examine it's power, Hilda and her Mum have to rescue it.

Plot
The episode begins with an eleven year old girl named Hilda staring out into the forest from her new home. She then decided to sneak out of her house while her Mum was working on art. She packed a sandwich. Alfur and Twig decide to keep Johanna distracted while Hilda is gone. Meanwhile Johanna was also watching tv about a skilled flawless acrobatic person named the Beast Hunter hunting different creatures from rock trolls to giants. The only scary part was that the Hunter was that he never reveals his face.

After a long day of fun they head to the forest. As they reach the forest, David told her that he can't come with. He has a doctors appointment to attend and Frida had to go home because her grandparents are coming. So Hilda decided go into the woods alone. After exploring she saw a snake flying. As she followed it, she then saw saw multiple creatures floating in mid air. She was curious but then she suddenly stepped in slime. It looked cosmic blue and it was a trail leading towards a cave.

When she got inside she saw something glowing with different colors blue, purple, gold, and white. She then saw the glowing was coming from a jellyfish that was about the size of a WOFF. It resembled a bluefire jellyfish.

Meanwhile Johanna returned home from her job only to see that Hilda wasn't home. She then decided to find Hilda by driving out into the forest while Twig, Alfur, and the Great Raven decide to go out to find her by searching across the city.

Meanwhile Hilda slowly approached the beast. It looked sick and shy but Hilda decided to give one of her sandwiches to it. When it ate it it suddenly started to feel better. The jellyfish slowly started to rise off the ground. Hilda wanted to pet it only but suddenly it grabbed her and pulled her deeper into the cave. It covered her mouth preventing her from calling. Just then a voice called out from outside. It was the Beast Hunter from TV. Hilda started to feel a bit weird as if energy was being transferred into her from the jellyfish. The Hunter then walked away.

As soon as he was gone, the Jellyfish flew outside and putting Hilda down but suddenly Hilda started to float off the ground and into the air. She was scared but soon got the hang of it. Hilda then flew around the forest laughing. After a while she flew up above the trees looking at the view. Hilda joined in with a group of Woff and laughed. They flew across the globe and into deep space. Just then she heard a voice coming from the Jellyfish which also transferred its telepathy.

It revealed itself to be a Cosmic Jellyfish, a powerful species that has not been seen for hundreds of years.

Meanwhile Johanna finished her work and went to find Hilda. As she found out that Hilda wasn't here, she drove off into the forest. As soon as she reached the forest she got out of the car to find Hilda. Hilda came from the sky to greet her Mum. After Johanna hugged her, she was in gasp as she saw her daughter floating in mid air. Hilda then told her mum to follow her.

The jellyfish met up with Hilda and Johanna. Johanna gasp as she saw the creature. She told Hilda that it was a Cosmic Jellyfish, a powerful rare wild species that no one has ever saw in 100 years. Hilda told her that the creature was friendly. The creature then touched Johanna with its long tentacles and transferred its energy to Johanna. Johanna started to float off the ground just like Hilda. She then started to freak out longer than her daughter. Hilda quickly calmed her down. Johanna could understand the creature by telepathy as well.

Just then a dart hit the cosmic being knocked it to the ground. Just then the Beast Hunter appeared in his jeep and found the creature. Hilda flew in the way between him and the Jellyfish.

The Hunter threw a knife at Hilda but she dodged it. He then launched a net cannon which brought her and her mother to the ground. The Hunter then capture the creature drove off in his jeep. Just then the Hunter threw knockout gas at the two putting them to sleep.

After a while, the two woke up and saw the sun setting. After breaking free from the net Hilda wanted to follow and rescue the creature. She tried to fly after her but she and her mother lost the ability granted by the jellyfish. Johanna decided that they should just go home but had no idea that she was lost. Hilda wanted to save the poor creature. Just then, Hilda and Johanna could hear the screams of the cosmic jellyfish in pain from a far distance. They still had the creatures telepathy and could hear where it was coming from. So the two decided to follow the trail towards the mountains. They drove and Hilda's mother was worried they won't make it back by dark. Suddenly they saw a missile coming from a mountain and heading right towards them. Hilda and Johanna jumped out of car before it was destroyed and had no choice but to walk to rescue the creature.

At sunset they went through forests when they came across a cave and saw lights coming from inside it. Hilda and her Mum slowly approached the cave to noticed the Beast Hunter trying to examine the cosmic jellyfish. He found out that this jellyfish was actually a child. After touching the jellyfish, he was able to fly as Hilda. The cosmic jellyfish saw Hilda and her Mum and remained silent. Hilda threw a rock at a tree to catch the Hunter's attention. He followed the sound while the two were able to sneak inside and free the jellyfish from being tied up. Soon Hilda found two small bottles that seemed like the cosmic jellyfish's energy was drained and stored. She decided to hide and take them just incase.

As they both released and touched the creature, this time they were not only able to fly and talk to the jellyfish with telepathy but they could also see in the dark. The Hunter returned and demanded the two to move away. Hilda told the Hunter to leave the creature alone. He refused and pulled out a miniature flamethrower and tried to blast her and Johanna. Hilda realized something and quickly flew to the poor jellyfish while dodging the attacks. She quickly gave it a piece of her p&j sandwich. Just then the Hunter burned Hilda on the back. Johanna screamed in panic. She flew over to her daughter but was blocked by the Hunter. Just then the Hunter threw a pair of bolas at Johanna which made her fell to the ground. Soon the jellyfish ate the p&j sandwich and was able to regain its strength. Soon the Hunter was about to end Johanna's life when he noticed a blue light coming from behind him. The jellyfish was much stronger than every. It was still shy but had no choice but to stop the Beast Hunter. The Hunter try to escape but the jellyfish trapped him in a force-field bubble. The jellyfish's tentacles were charging up with energy as powerful storm clouds rolled in. The malevolent hunter tried to break free but it was no use. Just then powerful blast of energy came down right on the Beast Hunter creating a huge explosion.

Meanwhile in the cave, Johanna picked up her wounded daughter and started to cry. Soon the jellyfish came over to her and put its tentacle on Hilda's forehead. Hilda started to glow and her pain started to heal. When Hilda stopped glowing, she slowly started to open her eyes. Johanna hugged her daughter and Hilda then flew and hugged the jellyfish.

Suddenly strange noises were occurring from outside. The jellyfish flew out of the cave. Hilda flew behind it with Johanna following. As they flew passed the mountains, they saw something in the clouds. It was the jellyfish's species; most of them were two times bigger than the little one. Before the jellyfish said it's goodbyes, Hilda hugged it again. Johanna was shy but hugged it as well. Hilda and her Mum flew back home waving goodbye. Soon the jellyfish returned to its family and they flew into the stars.

Later, Hilda and Johanna flew back to Trollberg while racing and laughing. They both made it home to the porch and landed without anyone noticing them. Soon both Twig, Alfur, and the Great Raven came back and were surprised to see Hilda again.

Later that night, Hilda gets out of bed and looks up into the stars to make sure that the jellyfish will remember her. She then saw a colorful comet in the sky. She smiled knowing that whoever that jellyfish was is still her friend. Hilda's whole body started to temporary glow into a blue light, her mother fast asleep was glowing as well. This was probably the powers from the creature wearing off.

Meanwhile in space the little jellyfish reunited with its family and together they flew into the nebula.

Suddenly far beyond the mountains where Hilda, Johanna, and the jellyfish were, was an even greater threat. Wounded and low on energy, the beast hunter returned to meet the great threat and perished (off-screen) for trying to gain the powers of the cosmic jellyfish.

Humans

 * Hilda
 * Johanna
 * David
 * Frida
 * The Beast Hunter

Creatures

 * Cosmic Jellyfish
 * Twig
 * Alfur
 * Great Raven
 * WOFF
 * Snakes
 * Birds
 * Deers

Trivia

 * The name of this episode was supposed to be titled The Cosmic Being but the writer had difficulty entitling the situation.
 * This is the first episode of the season where Tontu is absent.
 * This is one of the four episodes of Season 3 where Johanna plays a major role.
 * This is the first time Frida's grandparents are mentioned but do not appear.
 * The small bottles Hilda stole will later appear in a future episode of Season 3
 * This is the third appearance of the White WOFF