In the Cove of the Cat (Part 1)/Transcript

[ theme song]

[At Kate’s house, Kate is about to climb out of the window, but Magic tugs on her dress to prevent her from doing so.]

Kate: Please, Magic, let me go! Please!

Magic: [growls] Forget it! Don’t even think about it!

Kate: I said let me go!

[Kate is knocked over, startling Wallace.]

Wallace: Oh!

Kate: [grunts]

Magic: Oh, I’m sorry, Katie. I didn’t mean to hurt you.

Kate: It’s nothing; don’t worry. But you shouldn’t have pulled me by my dress. We could’ve gotten hurt!

Magic: But I had no choice! You were trying to get out the window!

Katie: But what alternative do I have? You know that my father grounded me; I’m only allowed to go out to go to school.

Wallace: It’s a big problem!

Kate: It certainly is! If I can’t even leave the house, how could I save Princess Ava? And I promised to everyone in Pocketville that I would!

Magic: And we will, I’m sure of it. But running away from home is too dangerous. If you got hurt, I would never forgive myself.

Wallace: Magic is right! And even if you did get to the Pet Buster’s house? What could you do? Risk getting into even more trouble?

Kate: [sighs] I know, you’re right. But how are we going to save the princess?

Magic: Hmm...we have to think of a plan. A really good plan, that’s all.

Wallace: Meantime, I’ll go and keep an eye on the situation. I could come and go without any problem, so I’ll go and stand guard outside the Pet Buster’s house.

Kate: Great idea! And remember, Wallace, if anything happens, come and tell us right away!

Wallace: [winks] You can bet on that.

[Wallace jumps out the window and runs off into the city. Kate closes the window.]

Magic: You’ll see, Katie. We’ll fix It sooner or later!

Kate: I really hope you’re right, Magic! I really do!

[Later, Kate is prepared for school.]

Kate: I’m ready!

[Kate walks over to her father, who is sitting on the couch.]

Kate: Morning, Dad! Are we going to school now?

Peter: Hm? But it’s still so early and...you haven’t even eaten!

Kate: I’m not hungry. I just want to get some fresh air, now that I can’t go out anymore.

Peter: Listen, Kate, I don’t enjoy punishing you any more than you enjoy being punished, but...I don’t understand why you did what you did! What’s gotten into you?

Kate: Uh, I’m sorry, Dad, but I can’t really explain it. Please, just try and trust me, okay?

Peter: We’ll see. In the meantime, get your overnight bag prepared.

Kate: Are we going somewhere?

Peter: After school, I’m taking you to a coworker’s house; you’ll sleep there! I have to accompany a group a tourists out of town and I’ll be back tomorrow!

Kate: Oh, I see.

Peter: Hey, what’s with the long face? You’ll see, you’ll have fun! My coworker even has a daughter your age!

Kate: Well, if you say so!

Magic: [barks] Wait a minute, Katie doesn’t go anywhere without me!

Peter: What’s the matter with Magic?

Kate: I think he wants to come with me. Is that okay?

Peter: Sure, why not? He is your little puppy, after all!

Magic: [barks]

[Kate, Magic, and Peter all arrive at Maggie’s house.]

Maggie’s mother: And this is my daughter, Maggie!

Kate: [takes off bag] Pleased to meet you!

Maggie: Nice to meet you too, Kate!

[Kate and Maggie shake hands.]

Kate: And this is my puppy, Magic!

Magic: [barks]

Maggie: Oh, he’s so cute! [hugs Magic]

Magic: Okay, okay, go easy, will you?

Peter: Kate takes Magic everywhere. Is that okay?

Maggie’s mother: Of course! I love animals, and Magic looks like a fine little puppy.

Peter: Now, Kate, you be a good girl.

Kate: Don’t worry, Dad. [hugs Peter]

Maggie’s mother: Come on, Maggie, why don’t you show Kate your room? And you two could play!

Kate: Okay!

Maggie: Follow me!

Peter: See you tomorrow, honey.

[Maggie shows Kate and Magic her room]

Kate: Wow, you have a lot of toys!

Magic: [barks] ''Too many. Look at the mess!''

Maggie: Yeah, it's hard to keep my room clean, and my mom gets mad sometimes.

Kate: Well, you could try to be a little more organized.

Maggie: I do try! Sometimes the dolls' on one side and the stuffed animals on the other, but then I don't remember where I put them and I end up losing them!

Magic: [barks] Aww, don't be like that!

Maggie: Magic is such an affectionate puppy! [takes a closer look at Magic’s collar] Oh...what a strange collar.

Kate: Uh, it’s not really a collar. I mean...it’s not just a collar. It’s a bracelet. [takes the collar and slips it on her wrist]

Magic: Good work, Katie, now that you have the collar, you can understand me.

Kate: Yeah, that’s right!

Maggie: Uh...yeah what?

Kate: Uh...nothing! I was just talking to myself. So, do you like it?

Maggie: It’s beautiful! I just love bracelets...[shows her wrist] Look at this one!

Kate: Uh, actually I don’t see anything.

Maggie: Oh no! My bracelet! I lost it!

Kate: Don’t worry, we’ll find it. Right, Magic?

Magic: We just have to look for it.

Maggie: No, it’s no use! I’m a disaster! I’m always losing stuff! If mom finds out about this, I’ll be in trouble!

[A Friendship Trail flies out of Maggie’s heart. Kate and Magic notice the trail and it lands on the fragment of the Friendship Heart.]

Kate: It’s the Friendship Heart! I knew it! Maggie really needs a pet!

[At night, somewhere in Maggie’s house, Kate and Magic prepare to teleport when Maggie and her mother are asleep.]

Magic: Maggie and her mom are fast asleep. So we can leave for Pocketville now.

Kate: I just hope we can find the right pet before they realize we’re gone.

[Magic places his paw on the Friendship Heart, and sparkles surround him and Kate.]

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

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

[Kate and Magic teleport to the Magic Fountain. The Royal Guards arrive to greet the duo.]

Danny: Kate! Magic! Welcome back!

Mela: Any news about Princess Ava? Please tell us there’s something!

Balloon: Were you able to free her?

Kate: Unfortunately, no, but we tried. We just had a few setbacks.

Magic: Katie was even grounded by her dad.

Danny: Really? I’m sorry.

William: We’re all sorry, both for Princess Ava and you, Kate. But I’m sure you’re here for an important reason. There’s a pet to be found, isn’t there?

Kate: That’s right. My friend really needs a pet that will help take care of her.

Balloon: Well then, let’s get to work! What can you tell us?

Kate: Let’s see...her name is Maggie, she’s my age...

[Kate, Magic, and the Royal Guards end up in the Princess Suite.]

Kate: ...and she’s very, very disorganized.

Danny: The Pocketpedia isn’t moving!

Balloon: We know what it’s like. It doesn’t move unless it hears what it wants.

William: Are you sure you’ve told us everything about your friend?

Mela: Maybe you’ve left something out. Think harder!

Kate: I don’t know. Magic, can you think of anything else?

Magic: Well, we said that Maggie was disorganized. She even managed to lose a bracelet that she really liked.

Danny: Oh, look!

Kate: Bravo, Magic! Looks like you hit the nail right on the head!

Magic: Thanks, but what did I say? I just told it like it was.

[The Pocketpedia activates and floats towards Kate. It flips to a page with an image of dogs in uniform.]

Kate: They’re Bloodhound puppies! But why do they have uniforms on?

William: Because, Kate, they’re not just any old puppy, but real investigators!

Balloon: The best in all of Pocket Kingdom.

Mela: Available to anyone who needs their help!

Kate: [gasps] You mean to say that these Bloodhounds work together in the same place?

Magic: Mm-hmm. And the one place where you can find anything that you’ve ever lost.

[Kate, Magic, and the Guards arrive at the Pocketville Lost and Found.]

Magic: Pocketville’s Lost and Found!

William: Here we are. The office is inside!

Kate: I’m curious to see which one is the right Bloodhound for Maggie!

[The group walk in. In the Ever Grey Swamp, Eva and her lackeys Zull and Gort are discussing about their next scheme.]

Eva: [gazes into Friendship Heart] So, your name is Leo! (Zull and Gort: [growling]) One of the Bloodhounds in the Lost and Found office of Pocketville! Kate will try to persuade you to go to the Big City, and I will take advantage to steal the Friendship Heart and become queen of Pocket Kingdom! [gets splattered in mud] Ugh! [grunts and looks at Zull and Gort]

Zull and Gort: Huh?

Eva: [growls as she walks around them] What are you two numbskulls up to?

Zull: Eh...[points at Gort] it’s him!

Gort: [points at Zull] He started it.

Eva: Why do I put up with you two nitwits? Get up! We have to get to work! And clean yourselves up; I could hardly recognize you under all that mud!

Zull: [to Gort] It makes you even uglier!

Gort: Speak for yourself. That mud makes you look like a Cocker Spaniel!

Eva: What did you say?

Gort: Uh...uh...nothing, I didn’t mean to.

Zull: You said this mud makes me look like a Cocker Spaniel!

Eva: He’s right! And perhaps with the right makeup, I could pass for a tiger cub!

[Back at the Lost and Found…]

Magic: What a line!

Balloon: Looks like we’ll have to wait a while before we can speak with a bloodhound.

William: We’ll just have to wait our turn.

Mela: We could split up!

Danny: I wonder why I didn’t think of it first?

Magic: Uh, yeah, I wonder why, Danny.

Everyone: [laughing]

[Kate and her friends split up into three pairs, with Kate and Magic in line for Leo behind a pair of monkeys, William and Danny in line for Edward while behind Koty, and Balloon and Mela behind an unnamed bloodhound.]

Danny: Almost there! We’re the next in line!

Magic: Don’t speak too soon, Danny.

Danny: What do you mean?

Kate: Take a look who’s in front of you, Danny!

Danny: Oh…no, it’s that chatterbox Koty!

Edward: Good morning, sir. I’m Edward. What can I do for you?

Koty: My dearest sir, that is a very good question. A noble query from an equally noble Pocketville servant. But how would one respond? Taking a wider view or sticking to my new detail. What do we require? Who are we, and above all, where are we going?

Danny: Nowhere fast…

Magic: It looks like we’ll get there first!

Kate: We’re right after these two monkeys!

Leo: Good morning, friends. My name is Leo. What can I do for you today?

Polly: We lost our ball!

Male monkey: You lost our ball!

Kate: Oh?

Polly: Oh, so you’re blaming me?!

Male monkey: Because it’s your fault! You always lose everything!

Polly: Hmm, I just get a little distracted.

Male monkey: Distracted?! You’re a total disaster! You’re always forgetting where you put things!

Polly: But I can’t help it!

Male monkey: Well I can! From now on I won’t trust you with anything.

Leo: Why don’t you [Monkeys: Huh?] try this? [sets down a cardboard box on the desk]

Male monkey: Huh? Huh?

Leo: A box, so Polly could put anything she wants in there and she’ll always know where it is. Try it and see.

Polly: What a great idea! Thank you very much!

[Polly is handed the box and she and the other monkey leave.]

Kate: The bloodhound solved those monkeys’ problems within a blink of an eye! He’s the right puppy for Maggie.

[Kate and Magic step closer to Leo’s desk.]

Leo: Good morning, my name is Leo. What can I do for you today?

Kate: Actually, we’re the ones who could do something for you. How would you like a trip to the Big City?

Leo: You mean that…that I’ll have a new friend all to myself?

Kate: Technically it’s a little girl, and her name is Maggie.

Leo: Hurray! It’s just what I’ve always wished for!

Magic: Wonderful! We’re gonna go and look for a Magic Drop now, and when we get back we’ll pick you up, okay?

Leo: Perfect! This way I can finish my shift and say goodbye to my colleagues.

Kate: Mm-hmm.

[Kate and her friends leave the Lost and Found. Meanwhile, Eva and her lackeys hide in a bush.]

Eva: Perfect, those party poopers are gone. Come on, let’s go!

Zull: Who do you think you’re ordering around, huh?

Gort: Yeah, we only take orders from Eva!

Eva: I am Eva, you numbskulls!

Gort: Oh yeah, sorry.

Zull: We didn’t recognize you in that getup.

Eva: That’s exactly what I want. Leo mustn’t recognize me. You will fall into my trap without even knowing it!

[credits]