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.