Chapter 1
(ENJOY!)
(MEANWHILE, INSIDE THE FUTURE PRINCESS ALICIA'S KINGDOM-SCHOOLS OF WOLF ACADEMY AND ANGELASIA KINGDOMS, WITHIN THE THRONES ROOMS, IN THE EVENING-!...)-
"I GOT HERE AS SOON AS I COULD, BUT, FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR IS A FULL-TIME JOB, THESE DAYS!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, SMILED. "MAKING PEACE BETWEEN THE ABYSSINIANS AND THE DAIMOND-DOGS-TEAMS HAS NOT BEEN EASY FOR ME!..."
"THAT'S WHY I PICKED YOU FOR THE JOBS!..."-PRINCESS ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED. "BUT, I'M GLAD THAT YOU COULD COME!... "
"SO, WHAT'S THE EMERGENCY THIS TIME?!..."-GEORGE WONDERED, FROWNED.
"EVER SINCE I TOOK OVER MYRLIN'S SCHOOL OF WOLF ACADEMY OF MAGIC, MY FOCUS HAS BEEN ON TEACHING ABOUT MAGIC! BUT, NOW, IT SEEMS THAT MY TOP STUDENT HAS MISSED THE MOST IMPORTANT LESSONS OF ALL!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN?!..."-GEORGE WONDERED, FROWNED.
"LET'S JUST SAY THAT IT'LL BE GOOD TO HAVE MY ROYAL ADVISOR AND FRIENDSHIP AMBASSADOR BY MY SIDES!..."-PRINCESS MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"YOUR MAJESTY! SHE'S HERE!..."-THE ROYAL-GUARD-1 REPLIED, SMILED.
"SEND HER IN, GALLIUS!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"YOUR MAJESTY!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, BOWING IN RESPECT TO HER, SMILED.
"LUNEA, I MAY BE THE RULER OF MIDDLE EARTH AND WOLF ACADEMY KINGDOMS, BUT, I'M STILL JUST YOUR TEACHER!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"AND, YOU'VE BEEN WONDERFUL FOR IT!... I'VE ENJOYED EVERY MOMENTS AT THE SCHOOL OF MAGIC! BUT, I'M JUST NOT SURE IF IT'S THE RIGHT PLACE FOR ME!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I SEE!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"AND, IT'S NOT THE WORK! I COULD SPEND WEEKS IN THE LIBRARY DOING RESEARCH! IT'S JUST THAT THERE'S A LOT OF FOCUS ON MAKING NEW FRIENDS!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"IF THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE FOR IT!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, SMILED.
"BUT, SADLY, THAT'S JUST IT! I DON'T WANT TO MAKE ANY NEW FRIENDS!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLED, FROWNED.
"WHAT!?!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, WONDERED, IN A FREAK OUT GASP MODE, FROWNED.
"SO, YOU'D RATHER LEAVE THE SCHOOL OF MAGIC, THAN MAKE ANY NEW FRIENDS?!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED.
"I WAS HOPING TO SET UP AN INDEPENDENT COURSE OF STUDY! I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH AS MUCH AS YOU HAVE DONE, SOMEDAY!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, SMILED.
"IT'LL BE HARD TO DO THAT WITHOUT FRIENDS!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I'M NOT SO SURE!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, FROWNED. "FRIENDSHIPS AND TEAMWORK LOOKS LIKE MORE OF A DISTRACTION THAN ANYTHING ELSE AND ULTIMATELY A WASTE OF TIME!..."
"WHAT?!..."-GEORGE CRIED OUT, FROWNED.
"I KNOW THAT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS HAVE ACCOMPLISED A LOT TOGETHER, BUT, THAT WAS SO LONG, LONG AGO! AND, AS FAR AS I CAN SEE, YOU RULE BY YOURSELF, NOW!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, SMILED.
"UH, HELLO?! ROYAL ADVISOR RIGHT HERE!?!..."-MR.GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
"AND, I DON'T THINK THAT THERE'S ANYTHING WRONG WITH THAT-! IN FACT, I THINK THAT IT'S BETTER! PLUS, IF FRIENDSHIPS AND TEAMWORKS ULTIMATELY FADE, WHY EVEN MAKE THEM IN THE FIRST PLACE FOR IT ANYWAY?!..."-MS.LUNEA WONDERED, FROWNED.
"YOU KNOW WHAT, LUNEA?!... YOU'RE PROBABLY RIGHT!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED.
"WHAT!?!..."-GEORGE CRIED OUT, FROWNED.
***
(MEANWHILE, INSIDE OF THAT VERY SAME KINGDOM INTO THE FUTURE OF IT-!...)-
"FRIENDSHIP AND TEAMWORK IS MORE TROUBLE THAN ITS'S WORTH IT?!..."-GEORGE WONDERED, FROWNED. "THIS IS YOUR TOP STUDENT!?!..."
"FRIENDSHIPS AND TEAMWORK TAKE WORK, AND, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE THAT THEY'LL LAST!..."-PRINCESS MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, THEN, FROWNED. "THEY CAN BE COMPLICATED! THEY CAN BE MESSY! AND, THEY NEVER GO THE WAYS THAT YOU PLAN!... FRIENDSHIP AND TEAMWORK IS A HARD THING TO NAVIGATE IT!... I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIMES I THOUGHT THAT IT MIGHT NOT LAST FOREVER-!..."
***
(INTO THE PAST KINGDOMS INSIDE OF WOLF ACADEMY, IN THE STUDY-HALL-WAY-ROOMS, AS THEY WERE BUSY PACKING UP, GETTING READY TO HEAD OUT AND MOVING AWAY TO THEIR NEW HOMES.)-
"UM, ALICIA-!?! I'M PRETTY SURE THAT THAT'S EVERYTHING WE NEED!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I'M JUST DOING THE FINAL CHECKS, GEORGE!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, ANXIOUS GASPS WHILE LOOKING AROUND FOR THE COMIC BOOKS, GASPS AS SHE FOUND IT, FROWNED.
"BUT, WE DID A FINAL CHECK! OF EVERY ROOM!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED. "TWICE FOR IT! IF YA ASK ME!..."
"AHA!...SEE?! AN ISSUES OF THE POWER-PEOPLE!... NOW, AREN'T YOU GLAD WE TRIPPLE CHECKED?!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"THANKS-! BUT, I ALREADY READ THIS ONE! I DON'T NEED TO TAKE IT BACK HOME!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
"NO, NO, NO! YOU LOVE THE POWER-PEOPLE! WE'RE TAKING IT!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED, GROANS, THEN, SMILED.
"REALLY, ALICIA, WE DON'T HAVE TO BRING THE COMIC!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED. "I'M NOT EVEN SURE ON HOW MUCH LONGER I'LL COLLECT THEM! A LOT IS CHANGING AND I AM GETTING OLDER!..."
"JUST BECAUSE THINGS CHANGE AROUND HERE, DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU LEAVE EVERTHING THAT YOU LOVE BEHIND IT!... UGH!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, GROANS, FROWNED.
"YOU'RE NOT STILL WORRIED ABOUT RULING OVER WOLF ACADEMY AND THE ANGELASIA KINGDOMS, ARE YOU?!..."-GEORGE WONDERED, FROWNED.
"NO! I KNOW THAT IT TOOK SOME TIME TO THINK IT OVER, BUT, I'VE NEVER BEEN MORE READY FOR ANYTHING IN MY ENTIRE LIFE!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED. "JUST BECAUSE I'M READY TO SIT ON THE THRONES OF THE KINGDOMS OF ANGELASIA-! DOESN'T MEAN I'M READY TO LEAVE WOLF ACADEMY OR MY OLD HOME! WHEN WE WERE ALL FIGHTING TO SAVE MIDDLE EARTH FROM BEING DESTROYED BY MR.TEREKE AND MS.CRYSTALIS, AND, MS.COZY GLORIA, I WAS TOO BUSY TO EVEN THINK ABOUT IT! BUT, NOW, IT'S ALL HAPPENING AT ONCE-!..."
"WHAT IS?!..."-GEORGE WONDERED, FROWNED.
"THE CORONATIONS, MOVING, LEAVING OUR FRIENDS!?!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I THOUGHT THAT WE'D ALL BE RULING OVER THE ANGELASIA KINGDOMS TOGETHER!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED.
"OF COURSE WE WILL! BUT, IT WON'T BE THE SAME!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED. "THEY ALL HAVE LIVES HERE! WE'RE MOVING AWAY AND THEY'RE NOT-! AND, I CAN'T HELP BUT, FEEL LIKE WE'RE LEAVING THEM BEHIND!... WHAT IF WE ALL JUST DRIFT APART!?!..."
"I GUESS I HADN'T THOUGHT ABOUT IT LIKE THAT!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED. "MAYBE YOU SHOULD TALK TO THEM! I BET THEY'RE FEELING THE SAME WAYS, TOO!..."
"YOU'RE RIGHT, GEORGE! THANKS!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED. "SOMETIMES TALKING TO A GOOD FRIEND ABOUT IT, IS ALL IT TAKES!..."
***
(MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE OF THE KINGDOMS-OLD-HOMES)-
"SO, YOU'RE NOT WORRIED ABOUT HOW MUCH THINGS MIGHT CHANGE WITH ME LIVING IN ANGELASIA?!..."-MS.ALICIA WONDERED, REPLIED, FROWNED.
"OF COURSE NOT! CHANGE IS NATURAL! LIKE THE SEASONS! THAT'S JUST LIFE ON THE FARM!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, SMILED.
"I GUESS SO!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"ANYHOO-! I REALLY NEED TO GET ALL OF THESE BOXES PACKED AND SORTED OUT!... THERE'S A LOT MORE WORK NOW, THAT THE BIG FOLKS FROM BEYOND ANGELASIA ARE COMING TO THE CORONATIONS FOR IT, TOO!..."-MR.A.J REPLIED, SMILED.
***
(MEANWHILE, AT MS.P.P.'S HOUSE)-
"WORRIED!?!...PFFT! NO WAY! UNLESS YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CORONATION THINGS-! BECAUSE, THEN, YEAH!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED. "OBVIOUSLY, THE CAKES ARE HANDLED, BUT, THERE'S THE WHOLE REST OF THE PARTIES TO STAY ON TOP OF IT!... HONESTLY, I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT GUNNY THE GATOR-MAN REALLY TOOK CARE OF THE FIREWORKS!..."
"BUT, WHAT ABOUT AFTER THE CORONATION?!..."-MS.ALICIA ASKED HER, FROWNED, "DON'T YOU THINK THAT THINGS ARE GOING TO BE DIFFERENT?!..."
"WELL, SINCE I'LL BE IN CHARGE OF ALL THE ANGELASIA'S GALAS'S FORMAL-DANCES FROM NOW ON-! I'LL HAVE TO GO THERE A LOT MORE-! SO, I GUESS THAT THAT'S DIFFERENT, BUT, I DON'T THINK I MIND IT!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, SMILED.
"NO, OF COURSE, NOT-!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED.
***
(MEANWHILE, AT MS.F.S.'S HOUSE)-
"WONDERFUL WORK, EVERYONE!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, SMILED. "WE COULDN'T BE MORE READY FOR IT!... JOEY, IF YOU AND THE REST OF THE DOVES LEAVE NOW, WE SHOULD ALL ARRIVE IN ANGELASIA AT THE SAME TIMES!... ELIO AND HECTOR, YOU SHOULD GO, TOO! I KNOW IT'S A LONG WAY, BUT, DON'T WORRY-! I'LL BRING PLENTY OF SNACKS TO RESTORE YOUR ENERGY BEFORE WE PERFORM IT! EVERYONE ELSE GETS TO RIDE, SINCE THE TRIP IS TOO MUCH FOR YOUR LITTLE WINGS!... WE NEED EVERYONE IN TIP-TOP SHAPE FOR THE CORONATIONS!... I'M GLAD THAT WE GOT THE CHANCES FOR ONE LAST REHERSAL! EVERYONE'S SO EXCITED, BUT, I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY'S MORE EXCITED THAN YOU! MOVING TO ANGELAISA! BEING CROWNED! I CAN'T THINK ABOUT A SINGLE BAD THING ABOUT ANY OF IT!..."
"HEH-HEH! YEAH! ME, NEITHER!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY, THEN, FROWNED.
***
(MEANWHILE WITHIN THE CLOUDY KINGDOMS-!...)-
"IN 3-2-1-! AND-!!.."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, CRIED OUT, SMILED.
"LOOK, MS.R.D. I KNIW THAT THIS IS IMPORTANT TO YOU-! AND, WE ALL WANT THE ROUTINES TO BE SPECIAL, BUT, ARE YOU SURE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE THIS COMPLICATED!?!..."-MS.WINDE-BURSTY WONDERED, FROWNED.
"OH, OF COURSE! AND, I KNOW THAT WE CAN PULL IT OFF!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, SMILED, THEN, FROWNED. "SORRY, ALICIA, I DON'T HAVE TIME TO TALK ABOUT IT! WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE WORK TO DO BEFORE THE CORONATION!..."
(MS.ALICIA SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED.)
***
(MEANWHILE, AT REGINA'S BOUTIQUE-LIKE HOME-!)-
"DARLING, HONEY, SWEEITE! STOP POUTING! CHANGE IS AN INTEGRAL PART OF FASHION!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, SMILED. "I, MYSELF, AM CONSIDERING OF OPENING BOUTIQUES FOR NON-PEOPLE-!... THINGS MUST EVOLVE OR THEY BECOME STALE! FOR EXAMPLE-! I WAS JUST STRUCK OOF WITH A SUDDEN INSPIRATION TO CHANGE MY DESIGNS FOR YOUR GOWN-! BY INCLUDING THE WEBS OF THESE STAR-SPIDERS! THEY GLOW FOR A SHORT WHILE, AFTER THEY'RE SPUN! THEY WON'T HAVE MUCH TIME TO WEAVE THE SASH! BUT, THE EFFECT WILL BE DAZZLING! YOU SEE, DARLING, CHANGE CAN BE FABULOUS IF YOU EMBRACE IT!..."
(MS.ALICIA SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED AS SHE LEFT FOR HOME, TOO.)
***
(MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE OLD CLUB-HOUSE-LIKE-KINGDOM-WOODEN-HOME)-
"SANDRIA IS SUPPOSED TO COME OVER SOON! THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF SOMETHING THAT WE WANTED TO GIVE TO YOU, BEFORE WE LEAVE! HEH HEH!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, SMILED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED. "YOU KNOW WHAT, I THINK THAT YOU'RE RIGHT, ALICIA! I SHOULD TAKE MY COMIC BOOK WITH ME! WE CAN'T LEAVE THE POWER-PEOPLES BEHIND, RIGHT?!..."
"I DON'T THINK THAT THE POWER PEOPLES OR READERS EVEN CARE, GEORGE!... JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED. "JUST LIKE ALL OF OUR FRIENDS!..."
"ALRIGHT, ALICIA! ARE YOU READY?!"-MR.A.J. REPLIED, SMILED. "WE ALL WANTED TO SEE YOU OFF, BUT, THERE'S STILL A LOT MORE TO DO FOR US-!..."
"AREN'T YOU GUYS COMING ON THE TRAIN?!..."-GEORGE WONDERED, SMILED.
"I GOTTA GO WITH BIG MACKY, SO THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE PACKING LIST ONE MORE TIME, OR WE WON'T KNOW WHO GETS WHAT DELIVIRES-!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, SMILED.
"AND, I'M GONNA MEET THE YONDER-BOLTS TEAM, SO, THAT WE CAN GO OVER THE ROUTINES, ONE LAST TIME!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, SMILED.
"I'M GOING WITH GUNNY THE GATOR-MAN! HE SAYS THAT HE KNOWS FIREWORKS DISPLAY SHOULD START-! BUT, DOES ANYBODY HERE REALLY BELIEVE THAT?!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED.
"AND, I STILL NEED TO GO PICK UP FOOD FOR THE SWANS AND DOVES, WHO FLEW AHEAD TO ANGELASIA-! IF I DON'T GET THEM FED, THEY'LL BE TOO POOPED TO PERFORM IT!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, SMILED.
"WELL, I'LL BE LEAVING IN ANGELASIA ALONE, I MIGHT AS WELL TAKE THE TRAIN ALONE, TOO! BYE, THEN, I GUESS!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED.
"OH, YOU WON'T BE TRAVELING ALONE, DARLING!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, SMILED. "I'LL HAVE JUST ENOUGH TIME ON THE TRAIN TO WEAVE THE STAR SPIDERS SASH FOR YOUR GOWN! BUT, WE SHOULD LEAVE NOW! I AGREE ON THAT! THERE'S NO TIME TO DAWDLE, IF YOU WANT THE CORONATIONS TO BE PERFECT, RIGHT?!..."
"THAT'S THE PROBLEMS!!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, YELLED OUT LOUD, FROWNED. "YOU'RE ALL SO WORRIED ABOUT MAKING MY CORONATIONS PERFECT, BUT, THAT I'M LEAVING FOR ANGELASIA SOON, AND, NONE OF YOU EVEN CARE ABOUT IT!!..."
(ALL OF HER PEOPLE-FRIENDS GASP IN FRIGHT ABOUT IT, TOO.)
***
(MEANWHILE, BACK INSIDE THE FUTURE KINGDOMS OF ANGELASIA)-
"EXACTLY-! YOU MOVED AWAY, YOUR FRIENDS DIDN'T CARE ABOUT IT, AND, THAT WAS THAT-! RIGHT?!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, GRINS, FROWNED.
"ACTUALLY, NOT EXACTLY-!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED.
***
(MEANWHILE, BACK INSIDE THE OLD CASTLE OF OLD WOLF ACADEMY AND ANGELASIA)-
"OF COURSE, WE CARE THAT YOU'RE MOVING AWAY, ALICIA!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED.
"I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT YOU THINK WE DON'T!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, FROWNED.
"WHAT COULD POSSIBLY MAKE YOU THINK ABOUT THAT STUFF!?!..."-MS.P.P. WONDERED, FROWNED.
"I TRIED TO TALK TO YOU ABOUT ALL ABOUT ON HOW I WAS FEELING, BUT, YOU SEEMED MORE WORRIED ON ABOUT WHAT YOU HAD TO DO FOR THE CORONATIONS!!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"IT'S TRUE, I WAS THERE!..."-MR.GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I SUPPOSE THAT IT GAVE US SOMETHING ELSE MORE TO FOCUS ON-!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED.
"I KNEW THAT YOU WERE WORRIED ABOUT EVERYTHING CHANGING-! I GUESS-! I THOUGHT THAT IT SEEMED LIKE EVERYTHING WAS OK, IT WOULD'VE BEEN-!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I WAS JUST TRYING TO MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER!... THAT WAY, I WOULDN'T FEEL SO TERRIBLE!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, SMILED, THEN, FROWNED.
"BEFORE I MOVED INTO WOLF ACADEMY, I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW ON WHAT FRIENDSHIP OR TEAMWORK WAS! YOU'VE ALL TAUGHT ME SO MUCH-! I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT IT ALL MIGHT BE ENDING SO SOON-!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, WITH TEARS IN HER EYES, FROWNED. "BUT, WHEN I IMAGINE THE FUTURE-! ALL I CAN THINK ABOUT IS THAT WE PROBABLY WON'T BE TOGETHER-! I'M LITERALLY MOVING AWAY FROM YOU, AND IT'S TERRIFYING-!!..."
"I'M SCARED ABOUT IT, TOO!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, NODS HER HEAD IN AGREEMENT, FROWNED.
"ME, TOO!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I'M RATTLED TO THE CORES, JUST THINKING ABOUT IT!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED.
"YEP! ME, TOO!..."-MR.A.J. AGREES, NODS WITH THEM IN AGREEMENT, FROWNED.
"I WOULDN'T SAY SCARED-!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, FRONWED. "BUT, JUST BECAUSE I WON'T SAY IT, DOESN'T MEAN THAT I DON'T FEEL IT-!..."
"I'M GONNA MISS YOU GUYS SO MUCH-!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED.
"I JUST CAN'T STOP THINKING ON ABOUT HOW MUCH THINGS ARE GOING TO CHANGE-!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"WHAT IF WE DON'T SEE EACH OTHER!?!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, FROWNED.
"WHAT IF WE DON'T TALK AS MUCH?!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED.
"WHAT IF WE DON'T STAY AS FRIENDS!?!..."-MR.A.J. WONDERED, FROWNED.
(ALL OF THEM CRIED DOWN TO THE GROUNDS WITH TEARS IN THEIR EYES, SIGHING SADLY, FROWNING, TOO.)
"YA KNOW!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED. "I KNOW IT'S WEIRD-! BUT, KNOWING THAT YOU'RE ALL AS UPSET AS I AM, MAKES ME FEEL LESS WORRIED-!..."
"THAT'S NICE, BUT-!"-MR.GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED. "BUT, YOU GUYS AND GALS SHOULD BE MORE WORRIED ABOUT MISSING THE TRAIN TO ANGELASIA, RIGHT NOW!!..."
"SORRY, I'M SO LATE, I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THAT I'D MISSED YOU-!..."-MS.SANDRIA REPLIED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED.
"THERE'S NO TIME-!!..."-MR.GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
"OH, NO, WE MISSED IT!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, WITH A WAVE OF HER WAND, SHE TELEPORTED ALL OF THEMSELVES BACK ONTO THE TRAIN GOING TO ANGELASIA KINGDOMS, FROWNED. "BUT, MAYBE-! OKAY WE'RE ON THE TRAIN! EVERYTHING SHOULD BE JUST FINE, RIGHT!?!..."
"I'VE WORKED OUR EXACTLY ON HOW MUCH TIME THAT I'VE NEEDED TO WEAVE MY STAR SPIDER STASHES AND, NOW, I'M BEHIND!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, FROWNED.
"I HOPE THAT BIG MACKY CAN FIGURE OUT WHO GETS WHAT DELIVERIES ON HIS OWN!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, FROWNED.
***
(MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE OF THE TRAIN, NEAR THE KITCHENS-HOUSES, TOO.)-
"I ASSUME THAT THESE CONTAIN THE FINEST SPARKLING APPLES JUICE?!..."-MERCHANT-MAN REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED.
"YEP!..."-BIG MACKY REPLIED, SMILED.
"AH THE SWEET APPLES-ACERES-APPLESAUCES-FOR MY CORONATION PARFAITE! THIS IS THE APPLE-SAUCE?!..."
"YEP!..."-BIG MACKY REPLIED, NODS HIS HEAD VERY NERVOUSLY, (HE LIED), SMILED.
***
(MEANWHILE BACK ON THE TRAIN-!)-
"I DON'T HAVE THE SNACKS FOR THE DOVES AND SWANS WILL NEED TO PERFORM AFTER THEIR LONG FLIGHT!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, AS SHE LEFT HER SEATS TO GO CHECK IT OUT FOR IT, FROWNED.
(MEANWHILE, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE OF THE TRAINS)-
"AND, I NEED TO MEET THE YONDER-BOLTS-TEAM!... OH, DEAR!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, CRIED OUT, WONDERED, FROWNED. "WHERE'S THE CORONATION TEAM?!..."
"WELL, THEY WAITED FOR A BIT-! BUT, WHEN YOU DIDN'T SHOW UP-! THEY THOUGHT THAT YOU MUST'VE MEANT TO MEET THEM OUTSIDE OF ANGELASIA!..."-JANITOR-MAN REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY, SMILED.
(MEANWHILE BACK ON THE TRAINS)-
"THE ONLY THING THAT I'M WORRIED ABOUT IS GUNNY THE GATOR-MAN HANDLING THE FIREWORKS DISPLAY! BUT, I'M SURE, THAT IT'S JUST FINE-!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, SMILED NERVOUSLY, CHUCKLES, THEN, SMILED.
"WELL, IT COULD ALWAYS BE MUCH LESS WORSE FOR US, RIGHT-!?!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, WONDERED, SMILED.
***
(MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE KINGDOMS OF OLD-ANGELASIA-KINGDOMS-!...)-
"MY GOODNESS, ALICIA-!... ARE YOU ALRIGHT, DEAR?!..."-ROYAL PRINCESS LUNIA WONDERED, FROWNED.
"MY FRIENDS AND I HAD A FEW HICCUPS ALONG THE WAYS, BUT, EVERYTHING'S FINE, NOW!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"WE REALLY ARE BOTH JUST SO PROUD OF YOU-!..."-MS.CHARLOTTE REPLIED, SMILED. "IF YOU NEED A MOMENT, THAT'S ALL-RIGHT!... IT IS YOUR CORONATION DAY!..."
(TRUMPETS BLOWN OUTSIDE OF THE KINGDOMS TO SOUND THE READY-ALARMS FOR THE CROWDS, TOO.)
"ALTHOUGH, IT WOULD BE NICE TO GET STARTED-! ARE YOU READY?!..."-LUNIA WONDERED, SMILED.
"NO!!..."-MS.REGINA CRIED OUT, FROWNED, "SHE CAN'T POSSIBLY BE CROWNED WITHOUT HER CORONATIONS'S GOWN!!..."
"VERY WELL!..."-MS.CHARLOTTE REPLIED, SMILED. "CITIZENS OF ANGELASIA AND BEYOND-!!..."-SHE BEGAN HER SPEECHES, AS EVERYBODY IN THE DINING HALL-ROOMS CHEERED AND CLAPPED FOR IT, "MY SISTER AND I HAVE RULED OVER THESE LANDS FOR QUITE SOMETIME-! BUT, EVEN WE KNOW THAT CHANGE EVENTUALLY COMES TO US ALL-! AND, THOUGH, WE KNOW THAT IT CAN BE UNSETTLING-! IT'S AS NATURAL AS RISING AND SETTINGS OF THE SUN AND THE MOON!... BOTH OF WHICH MY SISTER AND I FEEL CONFIDENT LEAVING IT IN THE HOOVES OF THE PERSON WHO WILL COME AFTER US FOR IT!..."
"YOU LOOK AMAZING, DARLING!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, WHILE PUTTING ON THE REST OF MS.ALICIA'S GOWN, "OH, I ALMOST FORGOT ABOUT YOUR SASH!... HERE WE GO! GOOD LUCK OUT THERE, ALICIA!..."
"AND, SO, WITHOUT FURTHER A-DO! I GIVE YOU THE NEW RULERS OF ANGELASIA-!!... PRINCESS ALICIA SPARKLESON!!..."
"HEH-HEH! SORRY! SO, SO SORRY ABOUT THAT! HEH-HEH!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY, AFTER SHE TRIPPED AND FELL DOWN, THE CROWDS GASPS, BUT, GOT BACK UP, JUST AS EASILY AND VERY QUICKLY AS SHE COULD DO IT, SMILED.
"OOOOOOHHHHH!!..."-(THE CROWDS REPLIED, AS THEY GASPS SEEING THE NEW CROWN BEING FORMED INTO A DIFFERENT COOL CROWN OF STARS!...)
"UM, ALICIA?!..."-MS.LUNIA REPLIED, CRIED OUT, (AS SHE POINTS TO THE STAR-SPIDERS ON HER GOWN, AS THEY COME OUT AND FREAKED OUT THE BIRDS, TOO. AS THE ENTRANCE FOR THE OTHER TEAMS DIDN'T GO AS PLANNED BUT, THEY TRIED THEIR BEST FOR IT, TOO.)
"OH, DEAR!... I KNOW THAT THESE AREN'T THE SNACKS THAT I PROMISED-! BUT, IT'S ALL I COULD FIND FOR IT-! I SWEAR-!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED TO THE BIRDS AND ANIMALS, AS SHE GAVE THEM LESS FOOD FOR IT, THEY ALL FROWNED.
"WELL, MS.R.D. OR NO MS.R.D., ALICIA'S ABOUT TO GET THAT CROWN ON HER HEAD! YONDERBOLTS-! ROLL OUT!!..."-MS.WINDE-BURSTE REPLIED, SMILED.
"NO-!! WAIT-!!..."-MS.R.D. CRIED OUT TO THEM, BUT, SADLY, IT WAS ALREADY TOO LATE FOR THEM, TOO.
(THE CROWDS GASPS AS MS.ALICIA FALLS DOWN OFF OF THE DECKS, BUT, THEN, GRACEFULLY STANDS BACK UP ON HER FEET, AFTER FALLING DOWN, THEN, GETTING BACK UP, ON THE GROUNDS FOR IT, TOO.
"TO ALICIA!!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, SMILED NERVOUSLY, CHUCKLES, SMILED, THEN, FROWNED.
"HUH! CLOSE ENOUGH!..."-MS.LUNIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"UGH!!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SIGHS SADLY, FROWNED.
***
(MEANWHILE, BACK INTO THE FUTURE OF THE ANGELASIA KINGDOMS, WITHIN THE THRONES-ROOMS-!)-
"OH, OKAY, I GET IT NOW-!... YOUR CORONATION WAS SUCH A DISASTER-! AND, THAT YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS NEVER REALLY RECOVERED FROM IT-! AND, THAT'S WHY YOU ALL DRIFTED APART, RIGHT-!?!..."-LUNEA WONDERED, FROWNED.
"WELL, YOU'RE HALF-RIGHT-!..."-GEORGE REPLIED, FROWNED.
***
(MEANWHILE, STILL BACK IN THOSE SAME FUTURE KINGDOMS, WITHIN THE THRONE ROOMS-!...)
"SO, THE CORONATION WASN'T A DISASTER?!... AND, YOUR FRIENDSHIPS AND TEAMWORK JUST FADED AWAY OVER-TIME?!..."-MS.LUNEA WONDERED, FROWNED.
"NOT EXACTLY!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"OH, SORRY, I'M LATE-! BUT, IT IS SO HARD TO FIND A SITTER WITH A SENSE OF HUMOR, FOR CHARLIE!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, SMILED.
"HONESTLY, I WOULD'VE BEEN HERE, SOONER, BUT, YOU WOULD NOT BELIEVE HOW BUSY YALKINSTANE IS THESE DAYS!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, SMILED.
"MAYBE WE COULD GET TO PLACES ON TIME, IF YOU LET ME DO SOME OF THE CHORES, INSTEAD OF ALWAYS DOING EVERYTHING BY YOURSELF!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, SMILED, FROWNED, THEN, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"MAYBE I WOULD IF YOU DID THEM THE RIGHT WAYS!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, SMILED. "OH, HEH HEH! SORRY! WE'RE NOT THE LAST ONES HERE, ARE WE?!..."
"DISMANTERE IS HEADING OVER TO AND O'&'O CONVENTION! OR WHERE HE'LL BE JOINING US THERE!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, SMILED.
"I JUST ASSUMED THAT SINCE YOU GUYS AND GALS AREN'T TOGETHER, NOW-!?!..."-MS.LUNEA WONDERED, FROWNED.
"THAT WE AREN'T STILL FRIENDS?!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED."THAT'S NOT THE POINTS OF MY STORY-! IT'S TRUE THAT MY CORONATION WAS A DISASTER-!..."
***
(MEANWHILE, OUTSIDE OF THE CORONATION DINING ROOMS, WITHIN THE HALLWAYS-ROOMS-!...)-
"WELL, AT LEAST THE CORONATION IS OVER!..."-MS.P.P REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
(MS.ALICIA SIGHS SADLY AND THEN GLADLY IN RELIEF, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED. THEY ALL LAUGH, SMILED.)
"THAT WAS SOMETHING!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"I WAS ABOUT TO SAY THE SAME THINGS!"-MS.SANDRIA REPLIED, SMILED. "I KNOW THAT MAYBE IT WASN'T LIKE THE CORONATIONS THAT YOU PLANNED-! BUT, IT'S STILL GOOD TO SEE ALL OF YOU LAUGHING, AGAIN!"
"WE WANTED TO GIVE THIS TO YOU, BEFORE WE LEFT FOR ANGELASIA, BUT, THINGS GOT A LITTLE HECTIC OUT HERE!..."-MR.GEORGE REPLIED, SMILED.
"SINCE YOU'RE MOVING AWAY-! WE THOUGHT THAT IF YOU MISSED ANY OF US, OR WOLF ACADEMY-! THIS MIGHT HELP YA OUT-!..."-MS.SANDRIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"AWWW!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED, AS SHE LOOKS AT THE MOVING PICTURES OF THEIR MEMORIES AND GOOD OR BAD TIMES TOGETHER IN SCHOOL AND OUTSIDE OF SCHOOL AS WELL, SMILED.
"IT'S A BOOK OF MEMORIES!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, SMILED.
"AND, WE ALL CHIPPED IN SOME OF IT!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"NO MATTER HOW MUCH THINGS CHANGE-! YOU'LL ALWAYS HAVE THIS TO LOOK BACK ON IT!..."-MS.F.S. REPLIED, SMILED.
"I LOVE IT-! THANK YOU SO MUCH-!... BUT, I DON'T WANNA ONLY LOOK BACK-! OBVIOUSLY, THE CORONATIONS WASN'T PERFECT, ANYWAY! BUT, THAT DOESN'T MATTER-! IT'S OUR RELATIONSHIPS WITH IT THAT REALLY COUNTS!... AND, WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THEM-!.."
"BUT, NOW, THAT WE'LL BE LIVING IN DIFFERENT PLACES-! I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE HOW WE'LL DO IT-!..."-MS.REGINA WONDERED, FROWNED.
"I AM!... I SUGGEST THAT WE MEET ONCE A MOON!... IN FACT-! MY FIRST ROYAL DECREES, AS RULERS OF ANGELASIA, IS TO ESTABLISH THIS COUNCIL OF HEROES!!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"AND, WHAT A WONDERFUL DECREE IT IS!..."-CHARLOTTE REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"WE ALWAYS KNEW THAT WHATEVER ADVERSITY THAT YOU FACED, YOU AND YOUR NEW FRIENDS WOULD YOUR WAYS THROUGH IT TOGETHER!..."-MS.LUNIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"WE KNOW THAT ANGELASIA IS IN THE PERFECT HANDS WITH YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS LOOKING OUT FOR IT!..."-MS.CHARLOTTE REPLIED, SMILED. "AND, WHILE WE'LL ALWAYS BE HERE, IF YOU NEED US-! IT'S TIME FOR US TO BE ON OUR WAYS-!..."
"YOU'RE BOTH LEAVING US?! BUT-!?!..."-MS.ALICIA WONDERED, CRIED OUT, FROWNED.
"WE HOPE THAT YOU'LL ALL COME AND VISIT US IN THE SILVER-SHALOMES-RIVERS-HOMES!..."-MS.LUNIA REPLIED, SMILED.
"BUT, NOW IT'S TIME FOR YOU TO RULE IT OUT ON YOUR OWN!... YOU'RE ALL MORE THAN CAPABLE FOR IT!..."-CHARLOTTE REPLIED, SMILED.
"THANK YOU, FOR EVERYTHING!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
(ALL SMILED AND CHUCKLES IN AWE, TOO.)
***
(MEANWHILE, BACK IN THE KINGDOMS OF ANGELASIA)-
"SO, EVEN THOUGH, EVERYTHING CHANGED-! AND, YOU MOVED AWAY FROM YOUR FRIENDS-! YOU DIDN'T GROW APART?! AND, THIS IS THE COUNCIL OF HEROES?! THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE ALL DOING OUT HERE!?!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, WONDERED, FROWNED.
"DUH! THIS TIME, EVERY MOONS OF IT!..."-MS.R.D. REPLIED, SMILED.
"HEH HEH! WHAT SHE MEANS IS-! THIS IS HOW WE'VE BEEN RULING FOR IT, TOGETHER-!..."-MR.A.J. REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"AND, HOW WE'VE CONTINUED TO FACE EVERY PROBLEMS AND THREATS TO ANGELASIA OVER THE YEARS!..."-MS.REGINA REPLIED, SMILED.
"BUT, MOSTLY, IT'S HOW WE KEEP IN TOUCH! NO MATTER ON HOW BUSY LIFE GETS TO YOU!..."-MS.P.P. REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"SOMETIMES, FRIENDSHIPS CAN BE HARD-! AND, IT TAKES WORK TO MAINTAIN THEM-! BUT, WITHOUT FRIENDS, THINGS CAN BE A LOT HARDER FOR IT!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
"I NEVER THOUGHT ABOUT FRIENDSHIP BEING SOMETHING TO WORK AT! AND, I DON'T MIND WORK-! I GUESS, THAT IF THEY DON'T HAVE TO FADE AWAY, THEN, MAYBE MAKING FRIENDS ISN'T A WASTE OF TIME THAT I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE-! BUT, UGH, I'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON MY STUDIES, I WOULDN'T KNOW WHERE TO START AT, YET-!..."-MS.LUNEA REPLIED, SMILED, THEN, FROWNED, SMILED.
"THAT'S ALRIGHT, CAUSE I KNOW EXACTLY WHERE TO SEND YOU OFF TO-! COME ON, THEN-!..."-MS.ALICIA REPLIED, SMILED, CHUCKLES, SMILED.
(...HOW THE MAGIC OF FRIENDSHIP TEAMWORK-SONG PLAYS-!...)-
[Future Ms.Alicia to future camper-tour-kids and Ms.Lunea]
"When I started out, I was lost and confused and so unsure!
I thought I knew all that I needed, I didn’t know what to expect!
But when my walls came down, I saw the truths!
All along something was still missing-!
And I think you’ll see it, too!!...
This is where the magic happens!
This is where the magic lives!
Our friendships weave together stronger!
The bonds grow deeper, lasting longer!
And the greatest spell you’ll know!
Is how the Magic of Friendship & Teamwork grows!...
[Future Friends]
And no matter how much time goes by!
The party will still be here-!
with some fun new games to try!...
[Future Friends]
Big adventure’s waiting obviously!
Long as we’re still here together!
We’ll be flying happily!!...
[All]
This is where the magic happens!
(where the magic happens!)
This is where the magic lives!
(where the magic lives!)
Our friendships weave together stronger!
The bonds grow deeper, lasting longer!
And the greatest spell there is-!
What the Magic of Friendship and Teamwork gives!...
[Future Friends]
And it’s somethin’ true to pass on down!
To generations yet to come!
[Future Friends]
And we’ll never stop believing in!
The generosity of the friendships we’ve won!
[Future Friends]
And because the love that I feel!
For every single living creature-!
is something that is real!
Friendship happens so naturally!
[Future Ms.Alicia]
Oh, and how I used to wonder-!
[Choir] (Ahhh-ahhh-ahhh!...)
[Future Ms.Alicia] What friendship and Teamwork could be!!...
[All]
This is where the magic happens!
(where the magic happens!)
This is where the magic lives!
(where the magic lives!)
Our friendships weave together stronger!
The bonds grow deeper, lasting longer!
And the greatest spells-!...
That you’ll know!!...
(you’ll know!!...)
Is how the Magic of Friendship and Teamwork grows!
[Future Cap.Alicia smiled.]
Oh, On How the Magic of Friendship and Teamwork grows!..."-Ms.Alicia smiled, chuckles, smiled. As Ms.Lunea walks away off to go have fun with her new friends, as she smiled and waved goodbye to all of them, too.
***
GAME OVER. THE END.
