A Big Responsibility (Part 1)/Transcript

[theme song]

[The episode begins in the Big City. At Kate’s house, she and Magic wake up.]

Kate: [yawns]

Magic: [yelps]

Kate: Did you sleep well?

Magic: [barks]

Kate: Oh I forgot. Without the bracelet, I can’t understand you!

[Kate removes the Royal Collar from Magic’s neck and places it around her wrist.]

Kate: [giggles]

Magic: At last! I hate it when you can’t understand me!

Kate: Me too, but we have to be careful. No one must ever find out that we can talk to each other.

Magic: Okay, I’ll be careful! Now we need to start looking for Ava! [walks to the door] But where do we start? The Big City is enormous! Couldn’t they make it smaller?

Kate: Let’s try to think where she could be. One thing we know for sure is that she doesn’t know the city at all.

Magic: You mean just like me?

Kate: Right! Just like you! Where would you have gone?

Magic: Hmm...Well, I’ll be confused.

Kate: And then?

Magic: Uh, I’ll stay out of sight, just coming out to eat.

Kate: Great, Magic! Even princesses have to eat. We’ll start by looking in all the places where a cat can get food.

Magic: Great!

Kate: But Dad’s not gonna let me go out alone, at least not until I’m a bit older. But if he was with us...

Magic: What? You mean: tell him all about us?

Kate: No, it’s just too impossible to explain, and I doubt he would believe me anyway. But Dad works as a tour guide, showing people around the city. If we could go with him...

[Later...]

Peter: No. [turns around] I’m sorry, Kate, but you can’t come with me!

Kate: Aw, Dad, please?

Peter: Kate, this is my job. It’s not a game! We’ve been through this before, sweetheart.

Kate: I know, but I’ll be bored here on my own!

Peter: Look, it’s not for long! You’ll be in school soon, and what are you going to do then?

Kate: I’ll look after him, of course! We’re friends!

Magic: [barks]

Peter: [sighs]

[Magic pulls on Kate’s dress to get her attention.]

Kate: What?

Peter: Huh? You can talk to him now?

Kate: No, he just does that when he wants a cuddle! [hugs Magic]

[Peter walks away.]

Magic: [whispers] The face!

Kate: [whispers] What face?

Magic: [whispers] The sad face! Do the sad face!

Kate: [to Peter] Okay, Daddy. Whatever you say. [sighs]

Peter: Don’t be sad, Kate.

Kate: I know. It’s your job and everything.

Peter: Hmm...okay.

Kate: Thanks, Dad!

[Kate hugs Peter. She then looks at Magic and winks at him. Magic winks back. Later, at a landmark in the city...]

Peter: The statue was erected here in the square in the nineteenth century. A piece inspired by the bravery and determination of the king’s supporters.

[Kate spots a man with what appeared to be fish bones in the sack he was carrying. He drops the sack, which attracted three stray cats.]

Peter: And very few people knew how to actually build off of granite. Here, as you can see, the windows are very specific. Because, in that time, people wanted to look out of the windows, but not enable things to come in the windows. And that was very important for the king at the time as well.

[Kate and Magic approach the cats.]

Cat: Huh? [hisses]

Magic: He looks a little grumpy.

Kate: [gasps] Don’t be scared.

Magic: Scared? Me? He’s a cat!

[Kate comes closer to the stray cat.]

Cat: [meows]

Magic: Erm, my friend and I would just like to ask you-

Cat: Go and ask somewhere else! We’re eating!

[Kate and Magic are surrounded by hissing cats.]

Kate: We don’t want to hurt you!

Cat: Hey! You can understand me! How does that work?

Kate: It’s a long story, but yes. I understand you.

Cat: So what do you want?

Kate: Have any of you seen a cat, new in town? Her name is Ava, a beautiful Siamese.

Magic: Yeah. We gotta find her!

Cat: Anyone seen this cat Ava?

Taupe cat: Nuh-uh!

Blue cat: Nah.

Tan cat: I ain’t seen nothing!

Cat: There you have it! Now leave us alone to eat!

Magic: Are you sure?

Cat: You’re not suggesting my friends here are making this up?

Kate: No, of course not, it’s just that...we miss our friend very much, and we have to find her.

Cat: [sighs] Well, I’m sorry. We can’t help you. [runs off]

[Kate looks to the other side of the road.]

Peter: Kate, we’re leaving now!

Kate: Coming!

Magic: The bracelet, quick!

[Kate places the collar back around Magic’s neck.]

Kate: There. Thanks for reminding me, Magic. You’re a star.

Magic: [barks]

[Peter sees Mary come up to him.]

Mary: Hey, Peter!

[Martina is seen following her mother.]

Peter: Hey, Mary! Are you doing the same tour?

Mary: Yes! Statues and the town hall. Now don’t tell me this beautiful girl is your daughter!

Peter: Yeah, this is Kate! She didn’t want to stay home today. [to Kate] Mary is a tour guide, too.

Kate: Nice to meet you!

Mary: Hello, Kate! It must be fun being allowed to tour the city with your father. My daughter Martina often comes with me too!

Martina: Hmm...

Mary: Even if she has been down in the dumps lately.

Martina: I’m not sad, it’s just that...

Mary: Martina is a little homesick for Italy. We only left a few weeks ago, and she misses Tuscany and her friends.

Peter: It takes time, but change can be good! You’ll see. Just like Kate!

[Another person brushes against Martina, making her drop an olive branch. Kate picks it up for her.]

Kate: What’s this?

Martina: A little reminder of home.

Kate: You miss it a lot, don’t you?

Martina: It was pretty cool. There were fields and trees, trees to explore, and I even had a little treehouse in my garden!

[A Friendship Trail flies out.]

Magic: [barks]

Kate: Uh...

Martina: Huh? What’s the matter with your dog?

Kate: Um...nothing!

Mary: [approaches Martina] Come on, time to go. Bye! [She walks away with Martina.]

Kate: Bye!

Peter: [waves]

[The Friendship Trail scales a nearby skyscraper before circling the statue. It weaves around a few people, then lands on Magic’s Friendship Heart, showing Martina’s face on the jewel.]

Kate: ''Hey, look! Martina’s face is showing on half of the Friendship Heart!''

Peter: What’s wrong, Kate? You look like you’ve seen a ghost!

Kate: Uh, it’s nothing!

[Back at Kate’s house, both Kate and Magic prepare to teleport to Pocketville.]

Kate: There must be a reason why Martina’s face is showing inside the jewel.

Magic: Yeah. There must be! Maybe the Friendship Heart is trying to tell us that this girl needs a pet!

Kate: You’re right! We’ve got to get back to Pocketville right away! But how?

Magic: Do you remember what we did last time so that we can come to the Big City?

Kate: We didn’t do anything! The Friendship Heart did it.

Magic: Oh yeah! So it did.

Kate: Wait a minute...we did do something. The Royal Guards told us a wish could come true, as long as it’s a wish shared by true friends!

Magic: Let’s do it!

Kate: My puppy and I, together forever! That’s all I want.

Magic: Katie and I, together forever! That’s all I want.

[The Friendship Heart shimmers. Both Kate and Magic teleport to Pocketville.]

Kate: We did it!

Magic: [barks]

Kate: I can’t understand what you’re saying.

Magic: [whimpers and looks at the Friendship Heart on the ground, then picks it up.]

Kate: Thanks. It must have slipped off. [puts the bracelet back on]

Magic: How’s that? Can you hear me okay now?

Kate: Loud and clear!

Mela: It’s Kate and Magic!

William: Hello there!

Kate: Mela, Balloon, hello!

[The Royal Guards rush down to the terrace while laughing.]

Magic: Danny and William are here too!

Danny: Kate, Magic, you’re back!

Kate: It’s wonderful to see you all!

William: You can say that again!

[Other pets approach Kate and Magic as well.]

Pet 1: Where have you been?

Pet 2: Oh, where have you been?

Kate: Hi everyone! Uh…

Balloon: We hoped you’d be back with the Princess.

Mela: No news of Ava?

Kate: No, not yet. [Pets: Aww…] But we’re doing our best to find her.

William: We know. We know you’ll do your best, Kate.

Magic: Huh?

William: I mean…both of you.

Kate: There’s another reason we came back. [The Friendship Heart shows an image of Martina.] I need your help to find a little puppy for this girl.

[Meanwhile, Krakia eavesdrop from a tree. In the Ever Grey Swamp, Eva and her lackeys have a discussion.]

Eva: So, the girl came back!

Krakia: She and that useless mutt, Magic.

Zull: I never liked him.

Gort: Same here.

Eva: And Princess Ava? Has she returned as well?

Krakia: No. The girl said they couldn’t find her.

Eva: Excellent. This is good news.

Krakia: But wait, there’s more. Kate is carrying the other half of the Friendship Heart!

Eva: I know.

Krakia: What you don’t know is that reflected in the other half was the image of another girl!

Eva: So that’s why Kate is back. To find a puppy for another girl! This Kate girl is honest and brave, and a real threat to my plans!

[An image of Toby appears in the jewel and startles Gort.]

Zull: Eva, look!

Eva: Quiet! Can’t you see I’m thinking?!

Zull: But Eva—

Eva: How many times have I told you that I am not to be interrupted when I’m thinking?!

[Krakia squawks and flies down to grab the string from Eva’s neck.]

Eva: Huh? How dare you?! What do you think you’re doing?! [growls]

Krakia: Look at the jewel, Eva!

Eva: Huh…

[The Friendship Heart glows as it continues to show the image of Toby.]

Gort: A sheepdog puppy.

Zull: I don’t get it.

Eva: The jewel helped my sister to choose the right puppy. And when it broke in half the information was also split in two.

Zull: I thought the Pocketpedia chose each puppy.

Gort: Yeah, everyone knows that the book is magical.

Eva: It is magical. But only in the right paws. But the book is merely a tool. The real power lies within the heart of the one who reads it, and within the Friendship Heart. The image of the girl’s face is on the jewel that Kate has?

Zull: It is! But why?

Eva: This is the chance I have been dreaming of! We know the chosen puppy before they do!

Krakia: So we have plenty of time to find the puppy first and prepare a trap.

Eva: And steal the other half of the jewel from Kate and Magic and use its power to finally allow me to become the princess of the Pocket Kingdom! [raises the jewel]

[In the Princess Suite, Kate and Magic is with the Royal Guards as Kate faces the bookshelf.]

Balloon: Here is where we keep the names of all the puppies who live in the Pocket Kingdom.

William: Princess Ava always used the Pocketpedia to help her choose the right puppy.

Kate: How did she do it?

Mela: No one knows!

William: Only Princess Ava really knows its secrets. All we know is that she touched it and somehow the magic seemed to happen!

Kate: Can I try it? [walks closer to the bookshelf] Pocketpedia, please guide me to the right puppy as you did with Princess Ava. [places a hand on a stack of books]

Royal Guards: [gasping]

Kate: It’s not working. I’m sorry.

William: It’s not your fault. The Princess had the power.

Balloon: Don’t talk about her in the past tense. I’m sure she’ll be back with us soon.

Danny: We’ve got to help this girl.

Balloon: There’s only one person who can help us.

[The group visit Evershell in his cave.]

William: Evershell the Wise, we return because we need your help to find the right puppy for a girl.

[Evershell places a foot down, making William gasp.]

Evershell: My dear William, you are the cleverest of the Royal Guards, but you are both right and wrong.

[Balloon and Mela gasp and look at each other.]

Danny: I never understand a word he says.

Evershell: You’re right to believe you need help on this quest but wrong to think it is I who can help. The only one who can help you is Kate. She is the key to your success.

Kate: It’s me? But what if I can’t do it?

Evershell: Then the magical world of the Pocket Kingdom and its special purpose— to help children and puppies to meet each other— will be lost forever! [Everyone gasps] Without this special purpose, the kingdom will vanish!

Magic: Pocketville will disappear!

[Everyone gasps again.]

Danny: I preferred it but I couldn’t understand him.

Kate: Oh…

[credits]