When Robbie is arrested for breaking into a restricted satellite facility while tracking unexplained thermal anomalies in the Pacific, he avoids serious consequences after being recognized by Tori's father. Robbie is dismissed with a warning, his theories still mocked and his obsession unresolved. That obsession traces back generations. Robbie has spent his life chasing the legacy of his great-great-grandfather, Ephraim Lionel Shapiro, a disgraced explorer who vanished over a century ago while searching for a place most believed was fictional: the Mysterious Island of Jules Verne. Armed with Ephraim's coded journal, fragmented maps, and impossible seismic data, Robbie is determined to prove his ancestor wasn't mad-and that the island is real. During a school trip to Hawaii, Robbie convinces Tori and her friends to help him check the coordinates hidden in the journal. Before they can rejoin their class, a violent, unnatural storm strikes. Robbie and his friends are separated, dragged by distorted currents, and cast ashore on an uncharted island that should not exist. The island is a hostile, living ecosystem of jungles, ancient ruins, and creatures evolved in total isolation. As the group searches for safety, they discover evidence of others who came before and never escaped. Among the ruins lies the truth about Ephraim's fate: he didn't vanish. He chose to stay, knowing the island resurfaces only briefly before sinking beneath the sea. As seismic instability worsens and the island begins to descend once more, Robbie faces the same choice his ancestor did: prove the island's existence to the world, or save the people beside him, escaping with only fragments of proof and a truth few will ever believe. Go where no Hollywood Arts student has gone before, and discover the most epic adventure of Tori's life!

When Sikowitz unexpectedly inherits an old castle in the hills of Transylvania, he wastes no time dragging his students along for what he proudly calls an "authentic cultural experience." To Tori and her friends-Andre, Beck, Jade, Cat, Robbie, and Rex-the place feels less like a cultural trip and more like the beginning of a ghost story. While exploring the sprawling, half-forgotten rooms, the group uncovers a sealed chamber hidden behind a worn old bookshelf. Inside, Tori accidentally steps into the remains of a shattered vial filled with a strange, liquid substance. Soon afterward, unsettling changes begin to appear. Her senses sharpen. Her appetite shifts toward strange cravings. And a bold, magnetic confidence takes hold of her that leaves her friends both impressed and worried. As the others scramble to figure out what's happening, their investigation pulls them into the castle's tangled history. Old records and wary villagers speak of a noble family who once guarded the estate-and of secrets they swore to protect. At the same time, rumors surface that someone nearby has been waiting for the lost heir to resurface, hoping to claim their inheritance for their own suspicious ambitions. With Tori's transformation becoming harder to hide and the tension around the castle steadily building, the group must work together to uncover the truth behind the legends, defend Sikowitz's unexpected inheritance, and keep their friend grounded before whatever's happening to her goes too far. Yet the deeper they dig, the less certain everything becomes. Is something supernatural really unfolding within the castle walls... or are isolation, old folklore, and Sikowitz's questionable supply of coconut juice playing tricks on all of them? Either way, they've got to stick together and see it through-even if none of them can quite tell where the legend ends, and reality begins.