Patience (Part 1)/Transcript

[theme song]

[In the Big City, Wallace checks up on Princess Ava.]

Wallace: How are you this morning?

Ava: Much, much better. Thank you.

Wallace: Great! That means you’re on the mend. Come on, try it.

Ava: I’m not hungry at the moment. [pushes fish bones away] I need to stretch my legs a bit. [stretches]

Wallace: But you must eat! You’re not fully recovered yet, and you need your strength.

Ava: But I told you, I’m not hungry.

Wallace: You’re not becoming spoiled, I hope. I can’t always bring you milk and cookies…Princess!

Ava: Look, I really am the Princess of Pocket Kingdom!

Wallace: Sure!

[Ava jumps down.]

Wallace: Oh? Now where you’re going?

[Wallace follows Ava down the alleyway.]

Ava: What do you care? I’m just a stray cat to you.

Wallace: Aw, don’t be like that.

Ava: Why are you following me?

[Wallace notices an incoming car.]

Wallace: [gasps] Look out!

[Wallace moves Ava to the other side of the road quickly before the car could get to them.]

Ava: Thank you, Wallace. You saved my life.

Wallace: You’re welcome. But you listen to me. I don’t care if you are a princess. You’re gonna have to get someone to show you the ropes, or you’re gonna get into trouble around here! Oh, forget it.

[Wallace sighs and walks away. However, Ava follows him.]

Ava: Wait, Wallace.

Wallace: [stops walking] What now?

Ava: Do you want to be that someone? [Wallace: What?] You said I need someone to show me how to get by, in the city. Would you be that someone? My teacher.

Wallace: Oh?

Ava: Would you?

Wallace: Okay!

[Meanwhile, Kate is back to another day of school.]

Teacher: Okay, let’s look at the next sum.

[Kate and Alexia are doing their assignments, though Alexia seems to be off-track. The teacher writes a math problem on the chalkboard.]

Teacher: We’ll stay with division. Twenty-one divided by seven. Anybody?

Kate: [writes down the answer “3”] Mm…that’s not so hard.

Teacher: Alexia, any ideas?

Alexia: Uh, what was the question?

[The bell rings, and students walk out of the classroom.]

Teacher: See you tomorrow, everyone.

[The teacher waves at a pair of students, who wave back then leave. Alexia walks up to the teacher.]

Teacher: Alexia, you really must pay more attention in class.

Alexia: I do try. It’s just that I can’t…

[A Friendship Trail flies out of Alexia’s heart.]

Kate: [gasps and runs out of the school] ''A Friendship Trail! Alexia needs a pet! I must get back to Magic!'' [looks at a shrub] Magic!

[Magic barks and greets Kate.]

Kate: Good puppy. Did you see the Friendship Trail?

Magic: [barks]

[An image of Alexia appears on the Friendship Heart.]

Kate: Yes. Well, we’d better hurry up and find a pet. Are you ready to go?

Magic: [barks]

[Kate and Magic teleport to Pocketville and land in a field of flowers.]

Kate: [giggles]

Magic: [shakes his head around]

Kate: You’re so funny!

Magic: [barks]

Kate: Oh, I see! I’ll take the collar! [slips the collar on her wrist]

Magic: At last! Why didn’t you take it before? I really don’t like it when you can’t understand me, Katie.

Kate: I’m sorry. It’s just that Alexia’s my classmate, and I worry about her. [hugs Magic] Guess I was in a hurry.

Magic: Yeah, I know. Let’s rush to Princess Ava’s room, check the Pocketpedia, and see if we can find a pet for your friend!

Kate: Great idea. I can’t wait to see what the Pocketpedia suggests.

[Kate and Magic go inside the Princess Suite. The Pocketpedia is activated, and flips to a page showing the Pocketville School.]

Kate and Magic: [gasp]

Mela and William: [gasp]

Balloon: Oh!

Danny: Oh!

Kate: What is that place?

Magic: It’s the Pocketville School.

Kate: The school?

William: It’s where we learn how to be good pets.

Mela: And how to get along with each other.

Balloon: And take care of each other.

Danny: We learned all that, didn’t we?

Magic: Some of us weren’t paying attention, eh Danny?

Royal Guards: [laugh]

Kate: My friend Alexia struggles at school.

Danny: Doesn’t she like it?

Kate: Well, she likes it. It’s just that she gets distracted all the time.

Mela: Maybe that’s why the Pocketpedia suggested the Pocketville School.

Kate: You mean the right pet might be there?

Balloon: Makes sense to me.

William: Yes, that’s right. Maybe Claudia the teacher could help us find out the answer.

Magic: What are we waiting for? Back to school!

Kate: Lead the way!

William: But remember, be alert. Eva is bound to be around somewhere waiting to cause trouble.

Kate: Uh, mm-hmm.

[In the Ever Grey Swamp, Eva and her lackeys walk in search of Durillia.]

Gort: [sneezes]

Zull: Hey, keep your voice down.

Gort: But I’m freezing!

Zull: You want Eva to get mad if she hears you?

Eva: Too late! I can hear you moaning as usual! Just watch your step! It’s hard to see anything in this fog.

Krakia: Are you sure this is the way to—

Eva: Where, Krakia? Are you afraid to say it?

Krakia: Maybe I am!

Zull: This place is scary enough as it is!

Gort: That’s… [sneezes] not true!

Eva: Well, this is the right way, and when we do find Durillia, she will tell us how to get to the Big City, and then we can take care of my pesky sister! So, I know exactly what I’m doing.

Krakia: Wha-? [notices the image of Kiki on the Friendship Heart] Uh, there’s a puppy showing on your half of the Friendship Heart!

Eva: I know; it can wait. Right now all I want to do is find Durillia! Come on!

[Kate and her friends have arrived at the Pocketville School.]

Claudia: My dear students, today I am pleased to announce we have special visitors. They are Kate, Magic, and the Royal Guards. Let’s make them really welcome.

Pets: [cheering]

William: Thank you, Claudia. But we’re here on guard business, so go ahead with the lesson as if we weren’t here.

Pet: You’re brilliant!

Danny: We are!

Mela: Danny, please. No need to be big-headed.

Balloon: We’re here to find a puppy. Not to be heroes.

Danny: What? It’s nice to be appreciated!

Claudia: Now let’s talk about the Friendship Heart. The most precious jewel in the Pocket Kingdom.

Kate: Notice anything?

Magic: Well, nothing interesting yet, Katie. But I’ll keep my eyes open.

Kate: Stay alert, Magic. [looks around]

Claudia: Now, where was I? No one knows where the Friendship Heart came from. Some say that it is a jewel that was once part of a star and fell from the sky.

[Charlie, a Border Collie, is not staying still.]

Kate: Look, Magic, someone’s not paying attention.

Magic: [chuckles] He’ll get caught.

Claudia: Charlie, what are you doing?

Charlie: [swatting at a fly]

Claudia: There’s always something—

Kiki: [clears throat] Claudia… [barks] Maybe I can help Charlie to concentrate on the lesson.

Magic: [gasps]

[Kiki sits next to Charlie.]

Charlie: Thank you!

Claudia: Thank you, Kiki. Now we can all move along.

Kate: I think we just found the right pet for Alexia.

Danny: Yay!

Claudia: [laughs]

Kiki: Me? Really?

Kate: Yes, there’s a girl in the city who needs a puppy just like you.

Kiki: That’s great! But I have to finish school first.

William: Kiki is right. All puppies have to finish school before leaving Pocketville.

Magic: Oh, that doesn’t sound too good.

Kate: Hm…

Claudia: Oh, Kiki’s first in class. She’s finished all her work.

Kate: So she can become my friend’s puppy?

Claudia: Of course! She can leave whenever she wants.

Kiki: Hurray!

Claudia: We wish her all the best.

William: We just need a Magic Drop to activate the fountain.

Balloon: There are some at the Great Peak!

Danny: Uh, the highest mountain in the kingdom?

Balloon: I’ve heard of sparkling jewels twinkling in the sun.

Magic: Are you sure? They could be Magic Drops!

Kate: Let’s go, then!

Mela: I’m afraid that’s impossible. No one could get there! No one who uses paws, anyway.

Danny: That rules me out, then.

Magic: Mela doesn’t mean us, Danny. I think she means the Winged Guards.

Mela: Uh-huh!

[The Winged Guards fly near the Great Peak.]

Winged Captain: Eyes open, squadron. We must find a Magic Drop at any cost. The kingdom is depending on us.

Winged Guards: Okay, roger!

[The Winged Guards fly lower and among the trees. They spot a glistening tree.]

Winged Captain: There’s one! Well done, everyone. Hurray for the Winged Guards.

Winged Guards: Huzzah, huzzah!

[Back at the Magic Fountain, Kate looks at the Winged Guards and wink at them. She drops a Magic Drop in the fountain, causing the water to rise and an image of Alexia to appear in it. Kiki walks to the pedestal, while the springboard unfurls.]

Kate: Let the Friendship Ceremony…begin!

[The Friendship Heart disconnects from the collar and floats to the center of the fountain.]

Kate: Let the spirit of the Friendship Heart…light the way to the Magic Fountain!

[Pets cheer, just as Kiki is teleported to the Big City. An image of Kiki appears in the fountain. Kiki appears in the yard of Alexia’s house, just as Alexia does her homework outside. Kiki walks closer to Alexia.]

Kiki: [barks]

Alexia: Hello, puppy! [giggles] Uh…I can’t play with you know. I have to concentrate on my homework!

[Kiki walks closer to Alexia and places her front paws on the table.]

Kiki: Huh?

Alexia: Okay, you can sit here, but don’t distract me.

Kiki: [barks three times]

Alexia: Hey, don’t do that. I’d like to play, but…I have to do this sum. Okay?

Kiki: [barks three times]

Alexia: You want to help me with this sum? Really? Can you do that?

Kiki: [barks]

Alexia: One? Two? Three? Well yes, the answer is three! So you weren’t a distraction at all. [hugs Kiki] You helped me do my homework!

[An image of Alexia and Kiki appears in the fountain’s waters, and the Friendship Heart returns to Kate. Kate steps down, and the springboard rolls up. The fountain dries up, revealing more of Ava’s mosaic.]

Kate: Kiki did a great job.

Magic: Alexia will have no trouble at all in school now.

William: Thanks to you. Both of you.

Balloon: Hey, look.

[The mosaic of Ava walks.]

Mela: Oh, wow. The puzzle is moving.

William: It’s…it’s Princess Ava!

[The puzzle stops moving.]

Danny: Oh, it’s stopped.

Mela: It’s the first time we’ve seen her in ages!

Kate: This must mean that the princess…is okay!

Magic: That’s true; we saw it!

William: Well that’s wonderful news. And once more we haven’t had the pleasure of Eva’s company all day!

[In the Ever Grey Swamp, just as it gets darker, Eva and her lackeys continue to be on the move.]

Zull: You ask her.

Gort: No way. You ask.

Krakia: No chance. You ask.

Zull: Uh…

Eva: What? Ask me what? Can’t you see I’m trying to concentrate?

Zull: Well, we were wondering if, uh…

Gort: We were wondering, are we lost?

Eva: Hmm… [A roar comes from the cave.] Uh?

Zull and Gort: [gasp]

Krakia: [squawks]

Eva: On the contrary, I think we’ve just found Durillia. [growls]

[credits]