Penny and Julia go stargazing; watching a magical meteor shower. When they discover that due to a surge of excess magic the meteors begin crashing to the ground, magic is going haywire. Elliot and Margot discover that Fillory jumped 300 years into the future, where Fen and Josh were overthrown by a Dark Wizard and go to see the clock troll to try to correct it. Alice, overcome with grief takes a grain of Quentin's soul and creates a golem, which comes to life as 12 year old Quentin. Meanwhile, Penny is made a professor at Brakebills for all the sudden, new Travelers.