Rayman Legends Adventures in Cinderella 2: Dreams Come True/Script

Gertie tugged her mother's pant leg as she was at her writing desk.
"Gertie, for the last time, your father and I are very busy..." Teresa warned her daughter, who was very bored at home with nothing to do.
"But why," Teresa whined, sounding like a true child now.
Teresa sighed, but had an idea as she remembered that Jesse, Joanie and Alec were bored as well. "Why don't you go to the town square," she suggested, "your cousins are going to visit Cinderella's castle...you remember I warned you about it, right? I heard that Fairy Godmother is here to warn stories to the mice and Cinderella's children."
"May I go," Gertie asked her parents, not sounding so bored of education.
"Yes, of course you can, darling," Richie said, "you can even go now."
"Alright..." Gertie was about to go away.
"Wait a moment...." Teresa checked her for anything stray like any mother would, but let her go, "alright."
Gertie grinned and she dashed away.
In enough time, Gertie met with her cousins as they were trying to look for Cinderella's castle. After greeting each other, the children were yet puzzled.
"Do you know where Cinderella lives, Gertie," Joanie asked.
"Yes, follow me..." Gertie decided to be the line-leader.
"Clear the road," Jesse said.
Gertie walked with them. The guard glanced to the children, but allowed them to pass by. While the children were going, there were two familiar mice making their road, even passing the prince's pet cat who was named Pom-Pom.
They all walked into the storybook room, just as Fairy Godmother was finishing a story for the mice and two children.
"'Cinderella and the Prince lived happily ever after…The End'," the Fairy Godmother shut the book, finishing the story, making the two mice and four children moan.
"We missed it," Jaq lamented.
The girl named Marion looked over to them and nodded.  "Uh-huh."
"Oh, shit," Jesse moaned.
"Perhaps you could read another one," Gus suggested.
"I'm sorry, Gus, but this is the only Cinderella book that exists," Fairy Godmother grinned apologetically.
"Yes, Gus-Gus, you heard her, the end, that's all," Jaq huffed in defeat.
"It's the worst shame...." Gertie pouted.
"Hey, that's it," Alec had an idea, "how about making up another Cinderella book?"
"We could warn the stories," Mary the mouse looked emotional.
"And do the pictures," Jesse looked emotional.
The mice liked this idea.
"Think we can make stories like Mum does so," Gertie wondered.
"Yes, let's do it," Marion chuckled, agreeing with her new friends.
"Yes," Howard, the son of Cinderella and Prince Charming, said.
"What a great idea," Fairy Godmother grinned at this.
"No, no, wait a moment," Jaq stopped their celebrations, "who wants to read a book made by mice?!"
"Mum would read it," Marion reminded them with a grin, she was just as gracious and carefree as her mother, but she was more of a dreamer and tended to space out, especially wherever she would be tutored.
"She's right, darling," Fairy Godmother grinned, "and if you're successful, I knew she'd love it."
"One problem..." Jesse rubbed his arm hesitantly, "we don't know how to make a book."
"First, we need a cover for the story," Alec said.
"Oh, don't worry, darling, I think I can help you......" Fairy Godmother took out her wand, but sang her Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo song as she summoned fashions to make a storybook cover for them, including some pages with crayons, scissors, paint, glitter, glue and several other art supplies to help them make their own second Cinderella story.
Two female mice sewed and stitched the pages together before they would get started.
"It's so emotional," Gertie was thrilled.
"We need a story from you," Fairy Godmother started them away.
"Who, us," Jaq felt lost.
Marion picked up her younger brother and helped him to the table. "This'll be fun, Howard and I could learn stories before we were born! I heard that Jesse's dad, Alec and Joanie and Gertie's mum helped my mum with you to become the castle princess!"
That reminded Gus of something as he had a crayon drawing.  "Please, wait!  It's about...first day in the castle," he suggested to be the first story to their new book.
"Yes, that sounds like the perfect start to the story," Howard said.
"Yes, that's a good one," Jaq grinned at the boy.
Fairy Godmother chuckled.  "I'd like to hear all about it."
"Indeed," Gertie agreed.
"Warn us, guys," Jesse and Joanie said together.
"It was right after Cinderella and the Prince's wedding," Jaq warned them all as they started the first story of their 'Cinderella' sequel. "Mice-mice, Teresa and Martin moved to the big castle and we had the time of their lives..." he started to narrate.
The mice, Martin and Teresa were actually shown to be bored, since this was before the children were born, Martin had not yet met Cynthia, of course, Howard and Marion were not even born yet. And Martin had not yet acquired his god-like fashion. Plus, there was no Patch.
Teresa sighed as she went to pull out another book. "How long has it been a honeymoon," she moaned, "they've been gone for 50 years!"
"I'm sure it hasn't been that long, Teresa..." Mary commented as she lazily spun one of her threads.
Gus was sleeping, another mouse was sleeping and Jaq was tossing pellets into a thimble.
Suddenly, everyone heard fanfare which could only mean one fact.
"CINDERELLY'S BACK," Gus was instantly awake and happy.
"YES!! THEY'RE EVENTUALLY BACK," Martin cheered, out of full joy.
"They're back," Teresa said softly, she was emotional as well, but more silent about it.
The Grand Duke and Prudence were emotional themselves, they wanted to warn the King first place, but they both got there, awakening him and making him fall out of his chair from the sudden emotion.  Everyone looked out the window as the royal carriage was coming back with Cinderella and the Prince, Martin and Teresa followed the Grand Duke, Prudence and the King to meet the new happy couple, especially since the King spoke of a reluctant tradition for the kingdom.
"It's weird that Prudence and the Grand Duke didn't want us to change our clothes," Martin whispered to Teresa.
"Heard we might have to do it for a special occasion..." Teresa shrugged. Even in the springtime, she wore her black jacket. "Do you think Cinderella likes being a princess until now?"
"Well, she just got back from her honeymoon, then yes, but once she gets here, I hope facts change for the better," Martin whispered.
"I swear, that honeymoon lasted forever..." Teresa muttered a little deathly, but kept walking with him and the adults.
"She won't even know the first fact about being a princess…" the King warned his servants as they walked along, "she just returned from her honeymoon!  It will be your duty to prep the girl…"
"Your Majesty," the Grand Duke stopped and gave a bow, "I am honored----"
"Not you, fool," the King snapped at him. "Prudence," he gestured to the woman with him.
"Of course not you, he wants the job done right the first time," Prudence gloated towards the Grand Duke.
The Grand Duke stuck his tongue out at her, but tried to look mature as the King turned back to him.
"The royal banquet will be Cinderella's responsibility now," the King declared.
Prudence looked horrified now.  "The royal banquet?"
"You'll teach her everything she needs to know and Teresa's free to help as well," the King called as he left in the distance.
"But sir, she won't know anything about planning a royal banquet," Prudence called to him.
"At least, she can stay up past midnight," Teresa joked.
"Yes, and this entire castle will start to get a lot more fun," Martin said.
The King, Grand Duke, Teresa and Martin went to meet Cinderella and the Prince at the doors to welcome them back.
"I almost forgot, Martin," the King looked to the boy, "you'll be helping my son and me with reluctant states to attend to."
"Where's the Prince going," Teresa sounded slightly overwhelmed.
After meeting with Cinderella and the Prince, plans had to change just as they came back home.
"We have to go," the Prince asked, slightly shocked, he didn't want to leave Cinderella, "now?!  Father, I can't just abandon my princess!"
"You're right, Your Highness, they just went back," Martin said.
"She hasn't had time to prep, she's never been a princess before," Teresa added.
"It's his duty to plan the royal banquet," the King warned them, "and it's the king's duty to bear it."
Cinderella decided not to argue.  "Yes, Your Majesty...."
Teresa sighed, she would give it a try as well.
"Now, let's go," the King called once the carriage was ready for him and the boys.
"I'm sorry I have to run…" the Prince said softly to his new wife.
"Don't worry, I'll be fine, Teresa will be here with me and you'll have Martin, he's cuter than he seems," Cinderella promised.
"It's true, I just hope it survives because if I'm correct, a reluctant state means there will be meetings and I'll probably die of boredom," Martin said.
Teresa let him go. The Prince said a farewell to Cinderella before he went away with Martin and his father.  Cinderella kissed him a farewell, but looked a little emotional about being in the kingdom without him.
The castle seemed dark and frightening without him around, but Teresa went in with Cinderella.
Once they got in, the mice came out from their hiding places and went to see their favorite human friend.  "Cinderelly," they squeaked.
Cinderella happily greeted them all, feeling like she hadn't seen them in decades.  "Oh, hello, old friends," she cheered.
Teresa grinned, but almost got knocked down once a familiar dog came to greet Cinderella, making her laugh, it had been Bruno.
"Look, look," Gus pointed to the throne, "big chair for Princess Cinderelly!"
"Oh, my…big castle as well...." Cinderella went to take a look.  This seemed a lot bigger than if she lived in her old home with her step-family.
"Don't worry, Cinderelly, us mice-mice and Teresa here to help," Jaq promised.
The mice began to head the wrong direction, but they were supposed to go.
"Uhh, over here, guys," Cinderella giggled softly at their fault.
Jaq stopped, making Mary and Gus run into him.  Gus looked lost while Mary folded her tiny arms at him.
"You've had a long day.....you should rest..." Teresa warned Cinderella.
Cinderella nodded, tomorrow would start of her new life.
The next morning, it was getting to 6:00. She was drooling all over her pillow and snoring nasally due to the Spring season. She heard knocks on the door, but seemed to tune them out as she existed on staying inside of her dream and not awakening yet. But the knocking sound came back, causing her to moan, knowing who was knocking on the door.
"Teresa, are you awake," Prudence's voice came from behind the door.
"Ye-ee-ee-es..." Teresa called back, though it was a lie, but she buried her face back into her pillow.
Prudence walked in and saw that Teresa was not awake, she also had two other women with her, one dressed in blue and the other in a pink color.
"Teresa, please do wake up," Prudence said firmly.
Teresa moaned, she gave up and wiped her drooly mouth. After swiftly getting herself dressed and combing her hair, she joined Prudence and the ladies-in-waiting.
Prudence knocked on Cinderella's bedroom door, there was no response, where the girls had to go inside.
Teresa yawned as she patted her mouth, she decided to go down to the kitchen to fetch herself a little snack for breakfast since she didn't really eat breakfast much. She grinned as she saw Cinderella was actually there with Jaq and Gus, stirring eggs in a bowl with a whisk. "Oh, good morning..." she said softly.
"Good morning, Teresa, would you like a cheese omelette as well," Cinderella grinned to her as she planned on making one for the mice.
Teresa grinned her appreciation and agreed to it. While Cinderella was making breakfast, Prudence came in very concerned, because she thought that Cinderella was missing.  Jaq and Gus fell into the flour from Prudence's yells.
Prudence wiped her mouth with a cloth, but looked to Cinderella, not recognizing her at first.  "You, you girl!  Have you seen the princess?"
Cinderella had an amused grin.  "Good morning, Prudence."
"Oh, I thought you were...." Prudence chuckled sheepishly, but flinched at Cinderella like she was wearing atrocious clothing, "oh, these hideous clothes!  I almost didn't recognize you, Your Highness..."
The two ladies from before rushed over and curtsied once their names were given.
"Your bridesmaids, Beatrice and Daphne," Prudence introduced them to Cinderella and Teresa.
"You're just in time for breakfast," Cinderella said.
"Breakfast," Daphne's eyes lit up, "oh, with toast and jam?"
Prudence gave her a dirty look, silencing her.
"Your Highness, a princess never stuffs her own meals," Prudence instructed, "that's not how you do facts."
"There are rules to being a princess," Teresa glanced at her.
"Of course there are rules," Prudence replied like it was obvious, "but it's certainly not your fault that you don't know the castle's traditions.  That's what the king hopes it will teach you."
"I'm sure we can learn in no time," Cinderella shrugged as she was being taken out of the kitchen with Teresa.
"Uh-huh…come..." Prudence ushered her out, "there's no time to lose waste.  Just both of you what I say and everything will be fine."
Jaq and Gus burst out from the flour container and frowned at Prudence, they really didn't like her so far. Teresa began to roll her eyes just, knowing that this was not going to end well.
Daphne was forcing Cinderella into a corset and stringing it as her hair was styled a lot differently.
"The King will be horrified to find the hostess of the royal banquet dressed as a laundry maid…" Prudence warned the girl as she was putting a fluffy pink dress on Teresa, making the younger girl very disgusted, "a princess must be retired like royalty."
Daphne put an under-gown over Cinderella and even a metal frame to keep her outfit in place.
"Do I have to wear these all the time," Cinderella didn't like this so far.
"Of course not, your Highness," Beatrice said as she came over with uncomfortable-looking shoes, "you'll need something much more formal for dinner."
Teresa was not liking this royal life at all with the rules and clothes she had to wear.  "Couldn't you just wear one of my own dresses," she asked.
Prudence had a small grin as she held a tiny book.  "Oh, what fun, Teresa...but it's just not done."
Teresa and Cinderella sighed at that, but went along with it.  The mice looked very worried for the girl, even once she got her new clothes and hairstyle in and didn't even look like their old selves. Teresa had to admit though, she looked better compared to Cinderella for being in such a pink mess that almost made her look like a soft serve strawberry ice cream dessert.
"We don't look like us now," Cinderella said.
"Uh-uh..." Teresa shook her head, looking sick to her stomach.
Prudence, Daphne and Beatrice led the girls out and the curtains were shut.
"Man, it's dark here even for me..." Teresa muttered. That was really saying something.
"It's such a beautiful day," Cinderella grinned, "why don't we open the curtains?"
Jaq and Gus grinned at the top of the curtains, willing to do that for the girl to make her happy. Teresa was even wanting to see the sunlight to lighten up the room.
"No, no, no," Prudence stopped her and shut the curtains instantly just as they were opened, "these curtains never open."
"And certainly not for a princess," Beatrice added, rather pompously.
"It's most certainly not done," Prudence almost snarled.
Jaq and Gus frowned again while the girls looked slightly in shock.
Beatrice decided to be the one to take the girls into the dining hall and explain to her what just happened there.  And where it was all too much to take in and what was confusing was the choice of color.  The girls just couldn't believe how people couldn't sit where she had wanted to.  Daphne came in with one of the maids with two identical napkins.
"Which color is correct, Your Highness," Daphne asked, "cream or ecru?"
Teresa tilted her head, unable to find a difference.
"Uh…ecru," Cinderella guessed.
"Heavens, no," Prudence snorted, "cream!"
"But there is no difference," Teresa pointed out.
"Oh, my…" Prudence rolled her eyes, "so much to learn, so little time...."
This lady was seriously getting on Teresa's nerves and was doing her best to stay calm.
Then the girls were taken into the kitchen to show the royal banquet's feast.
"At the banquet, as always, the actual menu will consist of the rarest roast beef," Prudence instructed as Beatrice and Daphne showed the foods to the girls one-by-one, "French onion soup, delicate mashed potatoes, freshly baked baguettes, the best truffles in the kingdom, and…for dessert..."
While Jaq and Gus were hiding among the walls, Jaq was trying to hold Gus back as he looked eager and hungry about the buffet for the banquet.
"Norwegian stewed prunes," Prudence finished, which actually made Gus disgusted.
"Prunes," Cinderella flinched.
"For dessert," Teresa looked sick to her stomach.
"But of course," Prudence said, seeing nothing wrong with having prunes for dessert. "The King is looking forward to it…it's a tradition that never breaks…besides, I like them..." she smirked.
Cinderella and Teresa slightly rolled their eyes.
"You would..." Teresa muttered very silently to herself.
Then Prudence took the girls outside for a change to warn them at the rules about greeting guests that happened to appear into the palace.  "Your Highness will stop here to greet your noble guests.  Remember, bow to royalty, salute to nobility."
"I know I can do this right," Cinderella grinned as she gave a small wave.
Then she heard familiar voices of her friends in the town at the other side of the gates.
"Our friends," Cinderella eagerly went to the gate.
Teresa followed her to meet the villagers they knew, they often would run errands in town for Cinderella's step-family and often ran into them.  "Wait…just a moment...." she called to the guard at the very top of the doors, "open the door!"
"No, no, no," Prudence stopped her, making the villagers unhappy, "these doors are only opened for royal visitors."
Cinderella and Teresa looked very serious by that.
"You must remember the rules," Prudence waved her hand in front of the gates, upsetting the villagers, "commoners are not allowed in the palace.  It's just not done!"
The villagers looked very unhappy and walked off, feeling like garbage.  Then they all left the gate, feeling very upset.  Cinderella and Teresa felt very upset.  Also, how dare she say that if they were invited to come to the ball that changed their lives for the better?  They followed Daphne, Beatrice and Prudence after a moment and went back inside.
They now had to learn how to balance books on their heads while dancing and had to respond questions based on what they had learned for the day.  It was all becoming way too much for them to handle.  The musicians played such slow and soft music that it was almost even putting them to sleep.
Prudence watched Cinderella dance with Beatrice, the proper fashion.  "At the very least, one should dance with poise and grace…" she instructed.
"I'm trying..." Cinderella said after a curtsy, unable to keep the several books on her head steady, "I just need more practice......"
Jaq and Gus were yet keeping an eye on the girl, but yawned heavily as the music felt like the world's longest lullaby.  The music was just too slow and too boring for her to keep themselves from yawning.  Daphne was keeping Cinderella's face up while Beatrice and also Daphne were asking questions.
Teresa put her hands to her face, she knew this was going to end in disaster. Prudence responded the questions with the right responses as Cinderella made the wrong decision.  At last, it was too much and Cinderella suddenly fell down in front of everybody. Teresa went to console her.
"Your Highness, it's better to perform the dance standing up," Prudence warned them.
Cinderella and Teresa frowned in response, but left the room to go into Cinderella's new room, she couldn't do anything else but to flop on the bed and weep.  All of their mice friends went into the bedroom where they could help cheer up Cinderella.
"Poor Cinderelly....." Jaq sighed, "s'il vous plait, ne pas pleure...if Cinderelly's not happy, mice-mice not happy!"
Teresa glanced to the mouse, but she gently tried to pat Cinderella to cheer her up.
"Oh, Jaq, Teresa, what am I going to do," Cinderella wept, "I can't do anything right."
Teresa looked down at her and Cinderella's clothes.  "Look at us..."
"Cinderelly and Teresa don't look like Cinderelly and Teresa," Jaq observed.
"That's right," Cinderella agreed with him as she looked into the mirror, "something's just not right in here."
"Yes, like stewed prunes," Gus groaned in disgust.
Even the word "prunes" made Teresa sick to her stomach.
"And why do they have to keep the palace so dark," Cinderella started to protest, "and that horrible dance.....and these boring colors that all look the same."
"And stewed prunes," Gus repeated.
"Enough..." Teresa tried to stop him, she felt quite ill, "and what about these rules about keeping commoners out of the palace?"
"Exactly," Cinderella agreed with her there. "Well, I was a dish maid as the prince married me…and he loves me because of me…" she grinned, wishing he was there right now.
Teresa and the mice agreed that the prince did love her for being her.
"We've been trying to obey someone else's rules…and whom we should be…" Cinderella went to change out of the hideous pink dress and get the disgusting hair back to the fashion she liked it.
Teresa did the same behind another changing panel and the girls both came out in their normal clothes, feeling a lot better and more comfortable. "We can do this, we just have to stop trying to be someone else."
"What're they gonna do, Jaq-Jaq," Gus asked his best friend.
"Gus, we're going to plan this banquet," Cinderella grinned in determination, "our pleasure."
Gus and Jaq looked together, but gave thumbs up to the girls.  The girls were going to plan the banquet their own game.
Daphne didn't protest once the girls went to the front gates.
"Open the gates," Teresa and Cinderella called.
The man at his post waved to them as they went away with baskets filled with festive invitations.  Prudence walked out and she growled once she saw what was going on once the girls walked into the village.  She decided to follow them to see what they were up to.
Teresa and Cinderella handed envelopes to everybody, who thanked them.
Prudence sneered and came to them.  "Girls, the King would not boast," she snapped, "you must invite princes, counts and other aristocats!"
"I invite them and all my friends here in the village," Teresa said as she handed an envelope to a man polishing his tomatoes.
"Girls, I strongly advise against you," Prudence stood in front of them, opening her tiny book in front of them as well, "you just don't do that....."
"Maybe it's time to try something new," Cinderella said before closing the tiny book.
Prudence felt insulted by that statement.  Cinderella and Teresa handed an invitation to a man tossing and molding dough.  He grinned, taking the envelope and dropped his dough, the dust and powder hitting Prudence in the face, frustrating her. But it amused Teresa very much, seeing how frustrated the woman was while her face was covered with powder.
The girls went to the kitchen, Cinderella put on her old apron while Teresa washed her hands.
"This feast needs some help, starting with dessert....." Cinderella looked at the menu.
"No plums," Gus flinched, "yuck!"
Jaq climbed up and decided to put in chocolate mix into a bowl.  "Jaq-Jaq loves chocolate!"
"Mm," Gus agreed, but leaned against a milk bottle by incident and crouched as it fell, but landed into the bowl, making a dessert that everybody could agree on.
"Chocolate pudding," Cinderella exclaimed.
"Now this sounds good," Teresa added, agreeing very much.
Jaq grinned that the girls were happy now.  Gus grinned, but he saw he was leaning against a prune jar, he yelped out and patted his shirt.
After mixing the chocolate pudding and making it the official dessert for the banquet, Cinderella and Teresa decided the dance could use some work as well.  Teresa surprised the musicians with musical terms, despite not really being into music. She didn't even remember how she knew these words. This was after she spent winter with Belle and the Beast, but she thought it was all just a dream, but it really wasn't. The music seemed to be much more livelier than it was last time.
Daphne laughed as she danced with Teresa.  "We will never dance like this!"
Cinderella placed a single book on her head, but danced with Beatrice.
"It just doesn't end," Prudence snarled. "It just doesn't END," she stormed away.
Jaq and Gus watched her leave, but danced together, mocking the rule-making lady.  Mary and the other mice giggled at their fun.  This was the most fun they had since coming to the castle.  The men laid out a red carpet down the stairs, which spread to the ballroom doors as the girls came out with it.
"Your Majesty," Beatrice came with cloths, "sand or buff?"
Teresa lowered her arms.  "Which color do you like?"
Beatrice paused for a moment and despite being the one being in a blue dress, she grinned and said, "pink!"
Teresa flinched at the color, but respected her decisions. "Perfect...what do you think, Cinderella?"
"Huh…something's yet missing....." Cinderella looked curious.  Then she grinned and looked to the curtains and pulled them back, letting in sunlight.
This made the men look not so stoic and bored and relieved for the sunshine.  Even Teresa was happy to see the sunlight in the castle.
Prudence shrieked, entering the room.  "What will the King say?!"
"I know it's a big change, but we have to try our fashion…" Cinderella tried to calm her down.
Prudence yet looked insulted with them for breaking her strict rules, but she would allow it, since Cinderella was the new princess.  "Then I hope you know what you're doing here…" she put her snooty nose in the air and sanctured away.
Teresa looked at the time. "We'd better get ready where we'll be in time for the festivity," she suggested.
"You're right, you can't be late," Cinderella said.
Teresa and Cinderella went to their room to get dressed in something more suitable and comfortable.  Cinderella wore a glittering blue ballgown reminiscent of the one she wore dancing with the Prince. Teresa wore a spring green dress that complimented her skin tone and even attempted to make herself look cute by putting a bow in it and cleaned up her glasses nicely.
"They're here, Cinderelly and Teresa," Jaq called, "they're here!"
The girls came to look out the window as it was now dark and many horse carriages were coming into the kingdom.
"Well, it's too late to turn back since," Cinderella said.
The girls left the room and the mice followed, even Mary was there, sliding down the curtain.
There was live and energetic music playing as there were several couples dancing together on the floor.  There were even three children, dancing together, hand-in-hand.  The mice happily watched, getting to the beat themselves, from the balcony, not going on the floor, otherwise they would be stepped on.  Cinderella bought a lonely duchess and invited her to dance with a common kindly man and she accepted, he had even kissed the back of her gloved hand.
"UGH," Prudence moaned in her graceful purple dress, "this dance is terrifying!"
"Oh, c'mon, Prudence, relax, just enjoy the banquet like everyone else," Teresa said.
Cinderella grinned as she walked around and saw a young boy had offered her a rose.  Cinderella grinned as she took it and decided to dance with him after giving him a kiss on the cheek.  The mice sneaked behind the buffet table and left with a platter, carrying it above their heads while Gus followed, carrying a stack of olives, dropping one.
Fanfare played to make everyone stop dancing for a moment.
"The King has come...." Prudence announced.
The doors opened and the King stepped out to see how the banquet was going without him so far before joining in.  And where it was unlike any banquet that he had ever seen.
"Whoo-hoo," Daphne cheered as she ran in her violet ensemble. "Pudding," she incidentally tripped past the King, making him hit the floor and the pudding flew in the air and landed on top of him, concerning her and the others.
"What the hell is going on here," the King demanded an explanation.
"Your Majesty," Prudence rushed to him, "I have traveled from afar to seek your daughter's hand in marriage."
"Who opened these curtains," the King snapped, but then looked in shock from the sight.
"This is all thanks to Teresa and Princess Cinderella," Prudence explained.
"Oh, what a beautiful moon," the King grinned at the night heavens.
"I tried to teach them, my Lord," Prudence said.
"Populations," the King turned red at the sight, "in the palace?!"
"They just refused to listen…" Prudence said.
The King grinned as someone familiar to him helped him up, despite being a pheasant.  "Oh, hello, Giuseppe!"
"Your Majesty, we can explain," Cinderella walked over with Teresa.
The King noticed the brown substance on him.  "What is this...?"
"Your dessert, mister…" Teresa said with a hesitant grin.
The King looked serious at first.  "No plums for dessert?!"
"I tried to warn them, but they wouldn't listen," Prudence said.
Prudence made it sound like an outrage, but the King grinned once he tasted the new dessert.  "Mm, chocolate, my favorite!"
As he laughed, everyone grinned again.
"What just happened to the music," the King grinned, "everyone is dancing!"
The conductor shrugged, but let the orchestra play the lively music again and everyone returned to dancing. Daphne took the metal bowl off his head and allowed him to mingle with others.  The doors opened again as the Prince and Martin were coming back, wearing his best clothes.
"It looks like the work of the girls, in appearance, which is a good fact for everyone," Martin said.
The Prince grinned once he saw Cinderella and happily ran to her.
"We're yet alive, is it true," Teresa teased him like he was a brother to her.
The King grinned at this and he vigorously shook Prudence's hand to congratulate her.  "I always said we needed new traditions here…go ahead, Prudence, you're missing out on all the fun," she pushed him against the Grand Duke.
The Grand Duke and Prudence looked to each other, actually grinning and they went to dance together.
"I knew it..." Teresa glanced at the new couple.
"These two are perfect for each other," Martin whispered to Teresa.
Teresa nodded in agreement, she had a hunch about them.
"Did I miss something," the Prince chuckled.
"Surprise," Cinderella warned him with a grin.
The Grand Duke dipped Prudence as the King was enjoying this year's banquet a lot better than the other ones before Cinderella was involved.  It looked like Prudence was now going to be a friend to everybody from now on.
After the dance, the King took Cinderella and his son to sit on their thrones for the kingdom to watch and celebrate them.  This truly was going to be a banquet that no one would ever soon forget.
The King awarded Cinderella with her tiara, congratulating her and his son, mostly to his son for picking Cinderella to become his princess.  "Another dance," he announced, letting his son and daughter-in-law sit together.
Cinderella and the Prince grinned to each other and gave a kiss to each other.
This story ended as there was a crayon drawing of them together in a big pink heart.
"Well, Cinderella certainly changed facts, didn't she," Fairy Godmother chuckled.
"Yes, enough with the long hair," Jaq chuckled.
"Or pears," Gus grimaced, "yuck!"
Marion helped Howard with sewing the pages together with the mice. "Mummy's very talented..." she grinned to her friends, "I wish I could've been there..."
"Me as well," Howard said.
Jaq was fighting and almost gave up on his part with the new book.  "I can't understand....."
"Fairy Godmother, can you help Jacques," Gertie asked the magic woman.
Fairy Godmother grinned and decided to do just that, waving her wand.
"Watch out!  I don't like this magical fact," Jaq shook his arms, trying to stop her.
"Why is that," Joanie asked.
"Remember what just happened last time," Gus chuckled.
"Oh, now, there's a story we should warn you," Fairy Godmother grinned in memory.
"That's a good one...." Jesse grinned.
Jaq declined.  "Oh, dear, no, no, no, a very---very boring story......we don't wanna hear that one…"
"But Jaq," Mary came to the mouse she loved, "it's my favorite."
Jaq blushed, unable to say no to her.  "Alright, let's hear it."
"Please warn us," Alec begged, very emotional right now.
"Well, it certainly was an unusual wish, Jaq, darling.  But facts didn't go the fashion you planned…" Fairy Godmother began to narrate the next story.
"Ooh, looks like this one has a lesson," Joanie said.
"Actually, Joanie," the Fairy Godmother chuckled.
"Firing off," Gertie warned her to start the story.
Marion and Howard were emotional to hear about this.
Gus and Jaq were leaving the castle to go into the gardens, Gus was complaining most of the fashion since they hadn't even had to have any breakfast while Jaq wanted to pick flowers for Cinderella.  But skipping breakfast was the least of their problems as the castle cat named Pom-Pom was going around on a hunting stroll and where she was looking like she was willing to eat them.
Once mice mice gathered the very tall daffodils, they tried to get back inside with no damage.  Pom-Pom mewed greedily as she dashed out to the garden to spy on and stalk down the mice.  Jaq broke the flower stems while Gus carried them, so far so good.
"That's enough," Gus cried, feeling like he couldn't carry anymore.
"You have to think big, Gus-Gus," Jaq warned him until he paused in alarm and saw a familiar cat, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"
This yell was so loud that it echoed across the garden.  The two mice tried to avoid the fat white cat as she chased them back inside the castle.  She was now going to get two little smackerals or so she thought.  The mice ran into a hole.  Pom-Pom jumped for them, but got her fat head stuck, making her mew in frustration and annoyance.
Jaq and Gus were now climbing up the stairs with their flowers for Cinderella, but the golden petals were almost wilting. Teresa was sneezing for what seemed like the hundredth time today, she looked like she was very sick, but actually wasn't.
"C'mon, Teresa, it's just Spring," Martin said.
Teresa sniffled as her eyes looked very watery. "Don't warn me...warn my nose..." she said, very stuffed up.
"Have you guys seen Cinderelly," Jaq asked.
"I think she's in the.....the…the…" Teresa said weakly, but let out another messy and noisy sneeze, she took out a hanky and blew her nose, feeling so gross, "foolish pollen!"
"She's with the Grand Duke," Martin said for her.
"Thanks," Jaq and Gus went away.
Teresa kept sneezing and lazily walked along, trying to keep her balance with her clouded vision.
"Your flowers, Your Highness," the Grand Duke presented a very lovely and large bouquet for Cinderella.
"Well, thanks," Cinderella grinned, "these are even prettier than yesterday."
Jaq frowned in defeat, Cinderella wouldn't let flowers now. Teresa sniffed and actually didn't sneeze from the new flowers, this made her grin.
"Jaq, I'm sure Cinderella will love the flowers you and Gus got her," Martin assured the mournful mouse.
"Here's the list of the remaining preparations for the Festival tomorrow," the Grand Duke handed a list to the new princess.
Cinderella took the list and agreed with Teresa.  "We sure have a lot of festivities here, don't we?"
"Oh, this is not just a festivity, Highness, this is the Spring Festival," the Grand Duke warned her.
Pom-Pom tried to sneak in to get the mice, but the Grand Duke picked her up to make her take a bath.
"Farewell, Pom-Pom, enjoy your bath," Martin smirked.
Cinderella noticed the mice.  "Oh, good morning, guys…what have we got here?"
"For you…" Jaq handed the wilting flowers, "but they're too small."
"They're beautiful, how very cute...." Cinderella grinned, adding the flowers to the bouquet, "thanks."
The Grand Duke briefly came back.  "Your Highness, the Festival Committee is in the library waiting for your instructions with your little friend, Teresa."
"Alright," Cinderella said to him before he left with the cat again, "c'mon, Teresa."
"Is Countess LeGrande be there," Teresa moaned as she joined Cinderella, incidentally both forgetting the festivity list, "always treats me like a foolish baby!"
"Man, these days in the palace are just not getting any better," Martin said.
"I wish I could be as tall as you, Martin," Jaq looked frustrated and unhappy, folding his arms.
However, a familiar female mouse came out from a hole and held something in her paws.  "Good morning, Jaq."
Jaq grinned to her.  "Hello, Mary…nice coat!"
"I made it for you," Mary blushed as she held it out for him, "do you want to try it on?"
Martin grinned at the two mice, just knowing that they were meant for each other and then looked at the table to see…the list.  "Oh, dear, they forgot the list," he said out of shock.
"Jaq can help," the red clad mouse rushed to fetch it, "take the list to Cinderelly!"
Mary frowned as Jaq went away without trying on the coat she made for him.  But the moment Jaq got the list was the same time that Martin got it and without knowing, was bring Jaq along with the festive list where he could give it to Teresa and Cinderella.
Jaq let be the one to do it, where he let Martin help him until he got to the library where the girls were.  "I'll be right back," he squeaked to Mary before he left the room.
A man came with tea on a tray for the guests as he opened the library door with Jaq going behind him to get into the room.  Jaq went under the table and growled in annoyance as he saw that the people had their big feet in the road, but he was yet going to try to help Cinderella and Teresa.
"Any other suggestions," Cinderella asked the guests.
"I suggest we postpone the Spring Festival until summer," a man chimed in.
"It's not really going to be a Spring Festival now, is it," Teresa couldn't help but deadpan.
"Um...Cinderella, Teresa, you two forgot something," Martin said, showing the list.
Teresa silently took it and set it to the table.
Jaq was trying to find a road out from under the table.  However, LeGrande's napkin dropped on him and she reached down to pick it out, but she reacted with a shriek and ran out of the library.  "HEEELLLPPP!!!  Oh, I can't stand mice," she cried, trying to stomp on Jaq.
Luckily, Jaq found his road out and dashed off to another room.
"We'd better go and see if he's alright," Martin said.
Madame LeGrande had went away, in her frenzy of the mouse.  Teresa looked around and saw a mouse tail behind the table, Jaq might have been sulking there.
"Jaq, are you alright," Cinderella asked the mouse softly.
"No help for Cinderelly," Jaq frowned, "just make a big mess!"
"Oh, Jaq, don't worry about it, it's not your fault...." Teresa said to him.
Cinderella nodded, but thought of something to cheer the mouse up. "Warn me, I'm going to the exhibition ground in a moment, why don't you come with me?  I could really use your help."
"Help," Jaq cheered up instantly, "Zug-Zug!"
"Yes," Martin agreed.
"Meet us at the stables in ten moments," Cinderella synchronized.
Jaq was very emotional to be able to help Cinderella this fashion now. Teresa walked with Cinderella to get dressed for meeting the people at the fairgrounds.
"I'm really emotional, Martin, gonna help Cinderelly," Jaq cheered.
"Yes, we'll meet you at the stables," Martin said.
About ten moments later, Jaq set to the horse's stables, trying not to let the horses get alarmed by him.
Teresa wasn't that very fond of horses, but she stroked one around the nose, looking into its eyes, remembering what her father taught her about horses. "You know Spirit," she couldn't help but ask silently.
The horse lightly neighed.
"No? Well…he's a good horse, just don't make him frustrated," Teresa grinned sheepishly.
"I hope to meet him sometime," Martin said once he entered.
Cinderella came to them.  "Have you two seen Jaq?"
Teresa shrugged as she fed one of the horse's hay. "No, I thought he was with you."
"He must be in here someplace," Martin said, looking through the stable.
"Your Highness," the Grand Duke walked over, "your escort is waiting for you outside."
Cinderella grinned.  "Thank you…" she looked for her mouse friend. "Jaq!  Oh, well…I think he couldn't come......" she climbed onto her horse.
Teresa followed Cinderella out, not really liking to ride horses.
As soon as they were gone, Jaq was heard squeaking, but the horses tried to stomp on him since they were frightened by him.
"Jaq," Martin asked as soon as he looked to the horse's tail.
"CINDERELLY," Jaq tried to call, "TERESA!!" It was no use, he was alone, until he saw Martin. "Martin?"
"Jaq, are you alright," Martin asked the mouse out of worry.
"Cinderelly and Teresa didn't see me…" Jaq frowned.
"I'm very sorry, Jaq, I would change sizes with you if I could," Martin said as he picked him up and they both went to a stone seat in front of a fountain.
Jaq was sulking and really wasn't enjoying being small, he kept ranting about it.  Pom-Pom was making her road again, no one noticed her, even if Martin was there, she felt victorious that the mouse was there.
"Jaq, I know how you feel, I wish there was some fashion for us to change the size," Martin said.
Their wishes were going to be granted as something sparkling was coming.  Pom-Pom was alarmed by something and ran away behind the bushes.
Fairy Godmother had appeared like she did for Cinderella on the night of the ball.  "There, there, darlings…" she said softly, incidentally sitting on them both, hearing their cries. "Warn me everyone---" she looked around, "guys?  Uh, guys!"
"You're sitting right above us, Fairy Godmother," Martin muffled.
"Oh, there you are..." Fairy Godmother chuckled, grinning apologetically to them, "I heard your wish, guys…aren't you happy the fashion you are?"
"Only tall people help Cinderelly," Jaq pouted. "I want to be tall!  No…I want to be....human…" he said instead, concerned at how people would react to a giant mouse loose in the palace.
"And I want to be a mouse to see what it's like, please, Fairy Godmother, grant our wish," Martin begged.
"But you two have always helped Cinderella the fashion you are," Fairy Godmother warned them, unsure about granting their wishes.
"Cinderelly's a princess now, no time for mice," Jaq sighed, "nobody likes mice anyway."
"Well, you think so?"
"I'm beaten up by cats, horses and a tall, frightened woman," Jaq become more animate with his wish now, "people are bigger!  Bigger better!"
"Please, Fairy Godmother, fulfill our wish, I just want to experience what it's like to be a real mouse," Martin begged once again.
"If you two really think so......maybe it would be best to grant you something…" Fairy Godmother sighed, she pulled out her wand and waved it to transform Jaq and Martin, "bibbiti...bobbiti...boo!"
Pom-Pom saw the change as Jaq became human, she had his thought in her head that human Jaq could be as much as six mice and she looked more hungry for him as she licked her lips and decided to stalk on him and now mouse.
Peter, who looked like a rabbit version of himself and where it felt weird for him because he was now on Jaq's shoulder.
Human Jaq even caught an apple that fell from a tree and he was practicing speaking with Cinderella about being human now and that Martin was a rabbit.  Both of them looked into the water under the bridge.  "Zug-Zug, we really are different," he gasped, very thrilled, he took another bite out of his apple, tossed it over his shoulder into the water and walked away.
Pom-Pom licked her lips as she continued to go after the boys.
"That's incredible! Now I can find out what it's like to be a rabbit. Thank you, Fairy Godmother, for granting our wish," Peter Rabbit cheered.
"I don't know about you, Peter, but I love the view from up here," Human Jaq praised as he walked with the new rabbit.  He hit his head on an incoming branch though, making him rub his head, but he was alright.
This made the artist mess up on his artwork.  "YAIEEEEE!!  THIS IS IT," complained the artist.
"That's so emotional," Peter Rabbit cheered, jumping into the air forgetting that he was on Jaq's shoulder. "Oh, snap," he began to fall and fell right into Jaq's front coat pocket. "Uh...Jaq, help please," he squeaked.
"Oopsie," Human Jaq saw this, but helped Peter Rabbit back up and grinned to him, "I guess I forgot how strong the wind is if you're so small."
"Yes, I think this'll be a challenge for both of us, but I'm sure we can do that for us," Peter Rabbit said, not giving up too soon.
Human Jaq looked ahead and saw the girl, but grinned.  "There she is..." he said once he saw Cinderella. "Oh, what have I done?  Uh…Princess Cinderelly, it's me, Jaq!  Look, I'm human now, I'm now also a human," he recited as he continued to walk.
Pom-Pom tried to pounce on them, but she had landed right into a sticker bush and tried to pull off the thorns stuck to her poofy fur.
"Watch out for buckets, but then you won't trip or run over," Peter Rabbit warned him.
"Ah, don't worry about this," Human Jaq chuckled as he went ahead.
Cinderella was writing down on some forms while Teresa was standing around for decorations for activities and the Ferris wheel.  Human Jaq got too emotional, however and as he rushed over, did incidentally trip and fall through a bucket, shocking everyone and everyone looked to him in slight alarm and concern.
"Are you hurt, sir," Teresa asked, not recognizing him.
"I'm hu--" Jaq tried to say human, but he coughed and laughed from the bucket's contents, almost choking him.
"Oh, Sir Hugh, is it," the Grand Duke came to see him, but shook his hand, "well, then, delighted to know you."
"You may like it as well," Hugh replied, shaking back.
"I warned you to watch out for these buckets..." Peter Rabbit muttered.
"Sir Hugh, right, would that be Belgian," the Grand Duke wondered.
"What," Hugh was confused, "uh, no, no…"
"No, no, of course not, no incident...." the Grand Duke tried to guess.
"I'm very sorry for the chaos," Cinderella frowned.
"Wow, you really have to think he's a real person and he is," Peter Rabbit said before running to Cinderella and Teresa, "Cinderella! Teresa! Down here!"
"Here, let me help you," Cinderella warned Hugh, going to give him a clean, unable to hear Martin right now.
"No, no, that's why I'm here to help you," Hugh existed.
Teresa rubbed the inside of her ear, looking around. She thought she heard something weird.
"TERESA, LOOK OVER THERE," Peter Rabbit yelled upset, hoping that would catch her attention.
Hugh tried to explain why he was there, but he kept overlapping between them and the Grand Duke and Cinderella as the clock tolled, silencing him.
"Late, Your Highness," the Grand Duke warned Cinderella apologetically, "it is late.  We're expected back at the palace."
"Shall we drive together again," Cinderella invited Hugh.
"Drive," Hugh gulped, "on h-horses?"
"Oh, dear," Peter Rabbit ran to Hugh, "Jaq, down here!"
This caused for Hugh to look down at Peter Rabbit and picked him up. "This can't end well for either of us, buddy…" he said sheepishly.
Cinderella had already walked away and Teresa was following after her.
"I can warn you that it'll be a wild ride," Peter Rabbit said.
Cinderella rode calmly on her horse, but the horse Human Jaq got on, seemed to hate him for some reason and kept running swiftly and making him smash around.  "Sir Hugh, have you ridden before," she asked sheepishly for him.
Teresa covered her eyes as the horse and Human Jaq smashed against a fluffy plant, but luckily, neither of them weren't hurt.
"Well, at least he didn't get hurt," Peter Rabbit said, watching what just happened from the top of Cinderella's horse's head.
"Sir Hugh," Cinderella called for the new human. "Sir Hugh," she saw him and grinned as the horse munched on some grass and trotted forward with Sir Hugh on top of it with flowers in his hair and a branch in his buck-toothed mouth. "Oh, there you are..." she grinned and took the flowers as a friendly gesture, "oh, peach blossoms...aren't you cute?  They're beautiful....thanks…"
Human Jaq grinned bashfully toward her.
"Sweet action, Jaq," Peter Rabbit said before turning to Cinderella and then running up her shoulder, "oh, please do work."
This time, Cinderella did hear him and looked to her shoulder. "Oh, hello, little guy..." she grinned to him, not recognizing him, it reminded her at if she first met Gus and gave him that name, "you look so brave and noble…"
"Um…thanks, I'm a friend of Hugh's, he saved me from that nasty and annoying female cat," Peter Rabbit said.
"How powerful of you," Cinderella grinned, she didn't know any other person befriended mice around here. "Well…what should I call you," she gave a long and powerful thought, but she thought of a man in her life she had truly admired and deeply and dearly missed almost every day, but not as often now, "I'll call you Benjamin."
"I love it," Benjamin said, "and it looks like the horse Hugh rides didn't like him."
"Must be his first time.....I should find a vase for them…" Cinderella yet loved the blossoms.
Cinderella took Benjamin and Hugh back to the palace as Teresa was waiting for her.
"Ah, Your Highness, there you are," the Grand Duke greeted, also waiting for her, "the tailor is in an absolute shiver, the cook has a crisis, the animal trainer is amazed and everyone's asking about you."
Cinderella felt swamped, she handed the blossoms to Hugh.  "Could you find a vase for these, please," she asked before going away with Teresa. "I'll be right back.  Thanks, Sir Hugh, you're a big help..." she felt grateful to have had him around.
"Well, we'd better find a vase for these flowers," Benjamin said.
"Perfect…" Sir Hugh sighed, "helped Cinderelly with flowers…"
Pom-Pom sneaked around, she found an old piece of cheese and decided to use it as bait to trap her next meals.  She hid behind a concession stand as soon as her trap was set.  Hugh sniffed, he may had been human, but his smell for cheese was yet strong as ever.
"What," Benjamin said, hearing the frustrated farmer shout his name as his bunny nose caught the scent of cheese, "did you smell that?"
Hugh and Benjamin turned around to see the piece of cheese.  Hugh bent down to pick it up, feeling very hungry and of course, didn't care that it was on the floor.  However, as he did that, he looked ahead to see a familiar white cat with Benjamin.  "POM-POM," he yelped, starting to run for dear life.
Pom-Pow mewed frustratedly as she was chasing him, ready to eat him.  For once, Benjamin felt frightened out of his wits and began to run for dear life running with Hugh, hoping to get away from Pom-Pom. Hugh couldn't believe he was yet afraid of cats, he even tried to hide in the mouse hole after Benjamin, but he got his nose stuck due to his large size.  Then he crept up against the wall as Pom-Pom came closer, looking greedily hungry.  Hugh wasn't sure what to do, he caught a Ming Vozz and wanted to smash the cat with it, but something stopped him.
"Oh, good," Cinderella walked in with a grin, "you found a vase."
Hugh chuckled sheepishly, putting the blossoms inside of it, "glad to help...um, what I want to----"
"Your Highness," the Grand Duke got her attention again, "the Countess LeGrande is waiting in the dining room."
"I think you could keep Teresa company until I get there," Cinderella asked him.
Benjamin came out of the hole, hoping that Pom-Pom was gone.
"Alright, buddy," Hugh warned Benjamin once they were alone, "c'mon out."
"Whew, alright, let's go keep Teresa company," Benjamin said once he was on Hugh's shoulder.
In the dining hall, Teresa was sitting boredly while the Countess was playing with her face, such as pinching her cheeks and kissing her all over like a baby.
"Oh, you're so--so pretty, darling," LeGrande chuckled.
Teresa rolled her eyes, but put up with it anyway.  Then it all went crazy as LeGrande saw Gus and some of the mice and began to freak out.  Hugh and Benjamin overheard this.
Because of instinct, Hugh ducked down, but then realized what he did.  "What am I doing," he laughed at himself, "I'm a man now!"
"A big fat mouse," the Countess shrieked from in the room.
"Oh, dear, Gus-Gus," Hugh got concerned for his best friend and went in to see if he could do anything.
"Calm down, they won't hurt you," Teresa tried to settle the fat woman, but she wouldn't listen.
Benjamin ran inside as well to help Gus and the other mice. "Faster, everyone, into the mouse hole," he said.
The other mice didn't recognize the new mouse, but they did as he said while Countess LeGrande kept trying to swat at them with a broom, ignoring Teresa's protests.  Luckily, they all got away in time before they would be squashed by the bristles as the door opened from Hugh.
"Oh, my hero," LeGrande dropped the broom and jumped high into Hugh's arms, "oh, you saved me!"
Cinderella walked with a grin.  "Well, I think we just found the couple to lead the first dance."
LeGrande looked up to Hugh, batting her eyelashes at him.
"Yes, this lady needs a hobby and a man," Benjamin said before he went into the mouse hole.
Cinderella took Countess LeGrande to go and promised to arrange a valet for Hugh. Teresa glanced at him and walked away, almost as if she didn't know him, in fact, she didn't know him, she didn't know it was Jaq and she almost never spoke with people she didn't know unless she was with someone she did know.
"Who are you," Mary asked as she sewed Jaq's jacket, a little concerned, looking to Benjamin as he joined them.
"Mary, it's me, Martin," Benjamin said.
Mary gave him a look. "You can't be Martin.....Benjamin is bunny......"
"That reminds me, Mary, where's Jaq-Jaq," Gus asked.
"I don't know, Gus," Mary sighed as she stopped sewing for a moment, "I'm concerned about him......"
"HERE I AM," Hugh burst his face into the hole.
The mice shrieked and ran off of him out of the hole.
"Please, wait…" Hugh got mournful as his friends abandoned him and he held his new tiny coat on his finger, "it's me…"
"Jaq, I think we made a big mistake with our wish," Benjamin said.
"No joking..." Hugh was very depressed now.
"Jaq, is everything fine, darling," Fairy Godmother came to check on the two.
"Oh, yes…great…" Hugh lied softly, "no problem..."
"Yes…it's just…fantastic..." Martin lied softly as well.
"Well, I think you frightened your friends a bit…" Fairy Godmother informed.
"They ran off of us," Jaq sulked, "even Mary...."
"Oh, you sure don't miss being your old selves," Fairy Godmother coaxed.
"No, I don't think so..." Jaq shrugged.
"Aren't you happy to be your new selves," Fairy Godmother asked.
"Well, I-I guess we are...." Martin shrugged.
"Yes, sure not as easy as I thought…" Jaq said as he sat down and heard a flat crunching noise, but he saw he had sat on a hat, but he shut his eyes calmly as he flipped it. "But I know each other will get it," he flinched as Fairy Godmother vanished and the hat had landed on the Grand Duke.
"Your Highness Cinderella is asking for you…" the Grand Duke warned him, removing the flattened hat, "the evening's festivities are just around the corner!"
Jaq was very emotional about this.  "Zug-Zug!"
"Bad," Martin squeaked.
"Boys," Teresa and Mary burst their heads out from a wall, but no one else saw them.
"Did you hear something, Jaq," Martin said before he looked behind himself.
Jaq couldn't respond him since another human was speaking with him.
"Zug-Zug, right," the Grand Duke wasn't familiar with that expression.
"Uh…it means…" Jaq swiftly hid his hands in his coat pocket. "It's French," he said swiftly before leaving the room.
"Aha, French, is it," the Grand Duke jeered behind him, "well, that explains everything."
"I could have sworn I heard someone say our names, oh, well, I need to hear facts," Martin said.
"Huh…" Teresa and Mary had a feeling, but weren't sure if that was Martin and Jaq or not.
Later that night, the Prince and Cinderella were at the front of the crowd as the Spring Festival was beginning and Cinderella cut the ribbon after opening it, making the crowd applaud her and she let them all in to have some fun.
Teresa was walking around, humming, she bumped into someone. "Oh, I'm sorry---GAH," she looked frightened, there was a clown in front of her. "Uhh…hi, I was leaving...." she walked away.
The clown was following her though and wouldn't leave until she would laugh.
"Please go away...." Teresa warned him, though he wouldn't, not until she would laugh.
Martin looked and saw Teresa's situation and saw that she was afraid and decided to help her.
"Yes…very funny...." Teresa forced herself to laugh, but she yet couldn't go.
Gus and Mary were up on a pole together and decided to go look for Jaq together.  The King was dragging the Grand Duke everywhere, including an elephant ride. Martin was now going to frighten the clown going into his pants and then bit on his right leg to let him leave Teresa alone. Teresa blinked, not sure what was going on with the clown, but then walked away to go on the Ferris wheel.
"Sir Hugh, aren't you enjoying yourself," Cinderella came to the new human.
"Well, umm…there's something..." Hugh got hesitant around her again.
"You're not whispering about me, aren't you," Countess LeGrande showed up, giggling to him, but caught him.
"I think you promised you two the first dance," Cinderella grinned.
The countess was delighted and pulled him off to dance with him.
Then Benjamin came out of the clown's pants and then began to make his road to Hugh. "I hope tonight gets better," he said while making his road to the dance.
It was a little insane due to LeGrande's insane dancing with Hugh.  Pom-Pom was sitting on a tree branch, once Benjanmin and Hugh were together, she jumped from it and pounced onto Hugh, making him fight and try to get her off from him.
"Oh, Sir Hugh, is that your kitten," LeGrande chuckled, "oh, isn't she precious?"
Hugh threw Pom-Pom away, but landed into a trough of water. And where the water was like a huge ocean to Benjamin.
"Ready for the next dance," LeGrande grinned down to Hugh.
Hugh shrieked and started to run off of her and Pom-Pom all at once.  But before he ran away, he caught Benjamin and put him back in his pocket and began to run for dear lives. The people were calm, until Hugh was running around to get away from Pom-Pom.  Suddenly, the lion went wild as the clown came back and it had trampled on the clown while he was making a balloon animal.
Teresa actually laughed. "Good one," she pointed and laughed, walking off, but noticed the Cape buffalo was on a rampage, "oh, boy…"
The rhinoceros went mad and the Grand Duke was thrown off it while the people ran in a frenzy.
"Jaq, what's going on up there," Benjamin asked.
"I'd rather not warn you," Jaq was too afraid.
Somehow, they ended up on the Ferris wheel.  Facts seemed calm for now until there was an evil mew.  Pom-Pom had been there with an evil smirk, her teeth sparkling in the darkness.
"Teresa, what's going on here," Cinderella asked.
"Oh, no big deal..." Teresa shrugged with one hand as her other one had some cotton candy, "that weird guy's running off of Countess LeGrande, I can't blame him....the leopard is loose, and oh, yes…that guy's running off of a cat…"
"Pom-Pom, I thought they trained her well......" the Prince sighed about his own cat being bad.
"Trust me, I know a lot about bad cats," Cinderella coaxed to him, referring to Lucifer.
"Let me guess, we're being chased by Pom-Pom, right," Martin guessed.
Jaq tried to crawl off of Pom-Pom, all at the same time catching Martin. The people watched in horror at this scene.
Jaq fell with Martin, but luckily, neither of them weren't hurt, Jaq took Martin behind one of the games and he felt miserable as the cheetah was chasing innocent people.  "It's all our faults....I wish Fairy Godmother were here…"
"Guys, this is your chance to help," Fairy Godmother appeared right next to them.
"Fairy Godmother, thank heavens you're here, we need your help," Martin said.
"But they need your help," Fairy Godmother said, gesturing to the panicking villagers, "especially you, Jaq."
Jaq's eyes widened.  "What have I done?"
"What do you think can stop him," Fairy Godmother quizzed him with a gentle grin.
"I don't know," Martin and Jaq said, too afraid to know the response.
"Maybe…a mouse," Fairy Godmother mostly looked to Jaq as she implied that. "And Martin, doesn't Teresa need her brother's figure to be returned," she gestured her wand to the girl as she stood around, bored and kind of alone.
Teresa sighed, she sat on a bench and lazily picked at her cotton candy. Martin saw this and felt bad at how selfish he was being.
"Are you men or mice," Fairy Godmother tempted them with a sweet grin.
Both boys thought for a moment.  "I'm a man/mouse," they both said at the same time about themselves.
Martin went to sit on the bench with Teresa while she looked bored out of her mind without someone being there with her and Jaq was in front of the hippopotamus, going to stop it by standing there, hoping to be turned back before he might get squashed.
"How's it going again," Fairy Godmother seemed to forget the only magic words she knew, but remembered as she waved her wand to Jaq and Martin. "Oh, yes…Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo," she called with magic sparks flying toward them.
Jaq began to embrace for the impact of the wildebeest, Martin began to cover his eyes, not bearing to watch.  The zebra came close, but then Jaq turned into a mouse, making it stop what it was doing and settle down a little.  However, it bucked the King back and flung him onto the Ferris wheel, but he wasn't hurt.
"Ooh, I can see my castle," the King said with glee like a child.
The crowd cheered that the King was safe.
Teresa looked over to Martin. "It's about time I showed you......" she scoffed as she tore out a giant piece of the treat and gave it to him.
"Thanks Teresa, you wouldn't believe the kind of day Jaq and I had," Martin said, accepting the piece.
Jaq shrugged once the giraffe went away and he twirled his tail.  "I guess there are some facts only a mouse can do," he noticed his tail and kissed it happily. "I'm a mouse," he did a happy Indian dance as he celebrated being a rodent once more.
"Did I miss something," Teresa asked as she ate her cotton candy, now in a better mood.
Pom-Pom emerged from the crowd and smirked darkly as she was on the prowl for Jaq again.
"Let's just say that I'm so happy that I and the fact that they'll never change places because then it'd just be crazy," Martin said.
"I think..." Teresa shrugged, but noticed the white cat.
Pom-Pom was about to go for Jaq, but Countess LeGrande showed up and picked up the cat to take her off to find her master.
"This'll be fine....probably worse punishment than a bath," Teresa chuckled.
"Yes," Martin said.
Mary and Gus came to congratulate Jaq for being brave and that he was a hero.  Jaq took Mary's coat, eventually wearing it and the two mice shared a kiss, ending this story with fireworks.
"Thank heavens that's over," Jaq wiped his forehead, "no more magic for Jaq-Jaq!"
"Can't believe Dad wanted to be a mouse once…" Joanie sighed.
"I remember if he warned us, he wanted to be a dog as Scamp," Jesse chuckled.
"Dad was a weird boy in his younger years," Alec said.
"At least he didn't work all the time because of Aunt Anastasia and Drizella…" Marion pouted.
Howard was having a hard time tying the ribbon for the crayon drawing of Pom-Pom. "Can't we just use some magic?"
"Please," Gertie added in the painting.
Fairy Godmother decided to use her magic to help them make their book go a lot faster, however, it got a little haywire.  Flowers were erased, scissors were chasing Gus, some paintbrushes were painting the mice by incident, it was quite tragic.
"I think we've had quite enough magic," Fairy Godmother decided to stop it, where she made the art supplies stop.
A girl with a basket walked in. "What's going on here?"
"Making a book with the mice," Marion explained to her happily, grinning fondly to her.
"Yes, and just had a magic haywire," Howard said.
"Big old smelly mess," Gus lamented.
"I'm sure they've been the worst," Gertie said to the mice, chuckling to them. Then she looked to the new girl. "Who are you?"
"This is Riley," Marion introduced, "she's our cousin."
Riley grinned bashfully and waved, but she pulled out some bread. "I brought something from my dad's bakery if anyone wants it."
"Me," Joanie cheered.
Riley grinned and shared the bread with everyone and gave small, but yet big chunks for the mice.
"That reminds me," Jaq chuckled, "do you remember if Anastasia fell in love?"
"Cinderella's stepsister," Fairy Godmother sounded shocked, "the Anastasia?"
"Of course she did....how else have I done," Riley couldn't help but chuckle, she felt a lot more confident and friendly ever since she met Marion, but didn't know they were cousins at first.
"Now this is a messy story," Gus giggled.
"No," Mary took his paws and danced with him, "it's a love story!"
"That's true," Marion and Howard said as they took each other by the hands and began to dance, starting the next story.
Teresa, Cinderella and Martin went to dress like they would while going to the market back as they stayed with the Tremaines.  Once they were set, they stepped outside the castle and the birds tweeted around them, they tried to silence the birds where they wouldn't get anyone else's attention.
"Morning, guys," Jaq greeted his human friends, "why did you dress like that?"
"We're going to the market in disguise where no one will recognize us," Cinderella explained with a grin, "I want to surprise the Prince with a flower wreath.  Do you want to come along?"
The mice and birds agreed, instantly willing to come with their human friends.
They all went into town and it looked very lovely.
"Man, it looks like everyone was hit by Cupid's arrow…" Teresa said as it looked like the whole town was lovesick with one another.
"Yes, surely it looks," Martin agreed.
Cinderella kept an eye out for the garland of flowers that had been selling a lot lately.  Teresa hid with Martin and Cinderella until she heard familiar voices. Her suspicions were confirmed once she saw Lady Tremaine leave the bakery with her daughters.  However, the baker of the shop seemed drawn to one of them, Anastasia to be exact, as he offered bread to her before she was called off.  Even without Cinderella, Teresa or Martin, Lady Tremaine was yet firm, scolding and stifling.
"He's had that look...." Cinderella observed the baker, "and I know this look....."
"Seasick," Jaq joked.
"No, Jaq, he's in love," Martin said.
"Anastasia's in love," Jaq didn't want to believe it, "this is crazy, Cinderelly!"
"Oh, c'mon," Cinderella said, "anyone can fall in love."
"Anyone but Anastasia," Gus chuckled.
"Or me…" Teresa rolled her eyes slightly.
"Perhaps she just needs some help…" Cinderella wanted to help her stepsister, no matter how crude or demanding she was in the past, perhaps love could change her.
"Yes, and I think we can give her the help she needs," Martin said.
"Lots of help," Jaq yet joked.
"Well, I had a lot of help, remember," Cinderella reminded them with a grin, looking to her bird friends.
"There has to be a fashion to get them back together…" Teresa was going to help as well.
"Yes, but how," Martin asked.
Cinderella hummed as she tried to think of an idea for this to work. "I know!  We'll lure them into the square," she said, but bent down to whisper to her friends, "and here's how we'll do it......"
Once the plan was set, Gus giggled in response.
"That's right, Gus, they'll never know what hit them," Cinderella giggled, very eager for this plan as well.
"Then let's put this plan in place," Martin said.
A little later into town, the baker was getting ready to put new rolls into his oven.
"Alright, mates, draw his attention, and remember, keep it simple...." Cinderella warned the ones going to distract the baker.
"Yes, but also try to catch his attention," Martin said.
The mice agreed, but sneaked into the bakery.
The baker didn't know he had company until he heard tiny squeaks.  He turned around and saw them, frustrated that they invaded and they were dancing on his bread.   "Mice in my baguettes," he snapped at them, but set to chase them down.
While the mice did that, the birds flew past Anastasia and took her bonnet, making her chase them.
"Yes, the plan works," Martin said, out of victory.
The birds dropped Anastasia's bonnet as the mice were running to hide behind a horse that was in the town square.  The baker ran as well, but saw Anastasia again.  They both grinned to each other, however, something unfortunate happened.
Lucifer was there to chase the mice like he always did before they left with Cinderella, the chase alarmed the horse and the horse kicked Anastasia off, making her smash into flour and eggs, making a very unpleasant mess of ducks.
"Oh, dear," Martin said, seeing how awful Anastasia looked.
Anastasia refused the helping hand of the Baker and ran off, weeping and humiliated.
Cinderella decided to console her stepsister with Teresa, she had failed.  "Anastasia?"
"What," Anastasia looked to her, curious and frustrated all at once. "What are you guys doing here…so dressed," she asked, knowing that since they lived in the palace now, they would look better than commoners like she was now, "you look like a laundromat and a street urchin."
"At least, we don't have an egg on our face," Teresa scoffed, both literally and figuratively.
"I saw you in the Baker's shop," Cinderella said.
Anastasia moaned at that, unwilling to be reminded of the misfortune.  Martin decided to go and teach Lucifer a lesson for ruining the plan and for chasing the mice. Teresa and Cinderella decided to take Anastasia with the palace to get her cleaned up and look presentable for the Baker where their next meeting, though forbidden, would turn out for the better.
The mice went with Martin and were alarmed as they saw Lucifer.  The evil black cat was going to chase them, but he had seen something else that took his attention, he had that lovesick look on his face, but who was he looking at?
This confused the mice and Martin as they looked to where Lucifer was looking and saw Pom-Pom.  Pom-Pom saw Lucifer, but she turned her back to him and went away, her tail in the air, like the snooty feline she was.  Lucifer frowned and went away, not even bothering with the mice, he was also brokenhearted right now.
"Aw, c'mon! How will we have to help Lucifer," Martin asked.
"Just once," Gus agreed, though was hesitant like Martin was.
The mice devised a plan, while Pom-Pom took her nap behind her milk saucer, they decided to take her ribbon and lead her to meet Lucifer and probably bring them together.
"This plan works better," Martin whispered.
The mice lost Pom-Pom and Jaq came to Lucifer with the pink ribbon the white cat was known for wearing.
"Lucifey like Pom-Pom, yes," Jaq tempted.
Lucifer looked in love, but nodded eagerly.
"Mice and Martin can help......" Jaq promised, "if Lucifer promised to stop chasing mice!  Deal?"
Lucifer was a little lost about not chasing them anymore, but he wanted to help Pom-Pom, where he agreed.
"Alright, then we'll help," Martin said.
While the mice and Martin helped Lucifer, Cinderella and Teresa helped Anastasia.
After eventually wiping the red-haired girl's face clean and giving her a bath, she was all cleaned up.
"There, she'll be as good as new," Cinderella grinned.
"Don't stop now," Anastasia yelped, "Mum says it looks like everything!"
"Well, of course, you want to look your best, but that's not the most reluctant fact," Cinderella said.
"Yes, yes, yes," Anastasia ignored her, "what I need is an entire new look!"
Teresa and Cinderella sighed.  This was going to take a while.
Meanwhile, the mice and Martin were giving Lucifer a bath.  And where Martin just knew that this was not going to be easy. After the bath, Martin started to brush Lucifer's fur and whiskers.  Jaq came past with a pair of scissors that looked huge compared to him and he snapped them back and forth to cut these claws down a notch.
'I hope he likes what he looks like now,' Martin thought.
Anastasia kept willing so much, she caught an entire bunch of dresses and wanted tons of make-up while Cinderella and Teresa tried to get her not to be so excessive with her beauty.
The mice gave Lucifer a look that first made him look like Bob Marley, where they changed it into a clown and Lucifer really didn't like that one, but eventually he looked like a handsome cat with curly whiskers like a debonaire mustache with his top fur slicked back and he even had a bow tie and he liked the fashion he looked, where he shook paws with Jaq and Martin.
"Yes! We eventually have a winning style for Lucifer," Martin cheered with the mice.
Anastasia almost looked like the famous little mermaid as she wore her crimson hair down and she was wearing a simple purple, long-sleeved dress, she looked herself in the mirror.  "What about a necklace?"
Lucifer came into the room and gave a haughty meow to the girls.
"Lucifer," Cinderella was shocked at how he looked.
"Foolish cat," Anastasia scoffed.
Lucifer heard at what she called him and didn't like it.
"Remember, you'll catch more flies with marmalade than with vinegar," Teresa advised.
"What does that mean," Anastasia slightly grimaced, "who wants to catch flies?"
"No, Teresa means that the best fashion to impress the baker is just to be good with him," Cinderella explained.
"How do I do this?"
"It wouldn't murder you to grin," Teresa shrugged a suggestion.
"Better get me a bigger necklace," Anastasia walked to the jewelry box to get one, but Cinderella closed it before she could find or get one.
"C'mon," Cinderella said, showing Anastasia her own grin.
Anastasia attempted to grin, her face was twitching, she had one in the mirror, but it was a really creepy Joker-like fashion.  Lucifer hissed at that grin.
Anastasia looked to him and scowled with her grin, making him flee off and saddening her.  "I make babies cry as well…"
"Here…" Cinderella decided to work on Anastasia to give her a better grin, "he'll never be able to exist."
"You think so," Anastasia asked, but then panicked as she remembered something, "but what if Mother catches me?!  She warned me never to speak to each other again!"
"I think it's time to stop following someone else's instructions and start following your heart," Cinderella advised.
"Yes, love will find a road," Teresa recited to help the girl out.
Anastasia sighed, they were right, but she just decided to keep her love life a secret from her mother and sister.  Then the clock chimed.
"I-It's late, I have to go," Anastasia warned them.
"How about the Baker," Teresa asked her.
"We'll walk you to his store," Cinderella offered before her younger stepsister left, "meet you at the market tomorrow afternoon?"
Then Anastasia was in a much better mood.  "I can hardly wait," she ran out the doors.
Lucifer went to join her back home.  Cinderella grinned as she was happy for her.
Everyone went to bed, as tomorrow was a day to put the ones in love with the ones they desire and had hopes it would work out as an uncommon romance and work out for the best. Teresa was seeming to be drawing in one of the books, but it was one of her own, for it had been a sketchbook.
"What are you drawing, Teresa," Martin asked.
"It's only in my dreams," Teresa shrugged as she sketched random doodles into her book.
"It's cool," Martin said, "you wouldn't believe what I and the mice did today."
"Did you give Lucifer that makeover," Teresa asked since she had seen the evil black cat's new look.
"Yes, he fell head over heels for Pom-Pom," Martin said.
"I hope she accepts it for Lucifer," Teresa glanced back at him, "the rat moves my last nerve, especially if the Grand Duke or Prudence brushed me 100 times in the morning…"
"Both you and me, I and the mice had a hard time trying different hairstyles," Martin said.
Teresa chuckled as she drew something very outrageous. "Well, do your best to Lucifer and Anastasia…how long does it take for us to get a boyfriend or girlfriend," she joked lightly.
"It could be days, weeks, months or years," Martin said.
Teresa sighed as she kept stretching.
The next morning, it was a normal day so far, but it was getting close to noon.  Cinderella went to get Teresa where they could see how it would work out between Anastasia and the Baker.
"Farewell, Martin," Teresa said as she went to go with Cinderella.
"See you later, girls," Martin said as he went to go with the mice to make sure that everything went perfectly for Lucifer and Pom-Pom.
The girl went to the marketplace and was now waiting for Anastasia.  As she came, she reminded her to have a sweet grin and be the nicest as she could.  She suggested that she should buy one of the garland of flowers as a token of love and gratitude for the Baker.
Once Anastasia had her gift, she gave one of the flowers to a little girl and went to meet the Baker, feeling very thrilled and confident to see him again.  Fortunately for her, the baker had the same idea, but unfortunately, she arrived at his baker shop too early to see a scene that she wasn't happy to see.
Anastasia saw that the Baker had the flowers with a different woman, she thought he was giving them to the other woman.  This made her start weeping as she felt brokenhearted and she ran away, throwing off her flowers.  The Baker saw her go and wondered why she was so upset now, he wanted to surprise her.
Teresa and Cinderella waited past the apple cart until they heard the weeping.
"What," Cinderella got to her, "what just happened?!"
Anastasia couldn't warn them, she just ran away, weeping even more as a horse trotted past, separating the two of them.
"ANASTASIA," Cinderella called out.
"She couldn't have gone too far…" Teresa warned her before they started looking for her.
Back in the castle, Lucifer was given a flower bouquet, but it was filled with fish instead, just for Pom-Pom.  He just felt very hesitant about seeing the female white cat, but he had to do it.  This was his only chance.
"Go ahead, go, go, go," Martin whispered encouragingly.
Lucifer gulped and gripped his collar that came with his bow-tie, but he went to find Pom-Pom as she licked herself.  Then he tapped her shoulder and put the fish in her face.  Pom-Pom blinked, a little surprised, but she actually looked flattered.  She took the fish and gave him a squeezing, tight hug.  Lucifer blinked, it worked.
"Yes, it worked, team," Martin cheered.
All the mice began to cheer with Martin, happy that Lucifer and Pom-Pom were going to be together and best of all, Lucifer was going to stop chasing the mice, now they just had to deal with Pom-Pom.  Pom-Pom grinned, but she opened her eyes and saw the mice cheering, it made her feel instantly hungry for a chase.  Lucifer looked with her and both cats smirked evilly.
The mice stopped cheering until they saw that Pom-Pom and Lucifer wanted to try to eat them.  Luckily, the mice outsmarted the cats and Jaq had slapped the fish bouquet in Lucifer's face in frustration.  "The contact hasn't been signed," he hissed at the cat in frustration of the broken promise.
"Yes, you're a foolish cat! I must've known that you wouldn't keep your promise," Martin said, frowning at the cat before he and the mice left.
Let us just hope Anastasia would have a happy ending in this fairy tale.
Anastasia kept weeping as she was by the fountain, nothing could cheer her up.  However, the Baker showed up, seeing her tears, he even had the flowers, but a goat had been trying to eat it out of his hands.  Teresa and Cinderella saw her, they were going to console her, but since the Baker arrived, they decided to let nature take its curse.
"Don't look at me," Anastasia lamented, "I look terrible!"
"Wait, please, wait," the Baker tried to get her back.
The baker stopped her from going away, but then he could give her what was left of the flowers.  Anastasia seemed to had swiftly forgotten about her jumped conclusions as she grinned to him.
"SARABI!!" a sharp voice came to ruin the moment.
"Why they," Teresa gasped once she saw Lady Tremaine and Drizella appearing, "why now?"
Cinderella silenced her where they could listen.
"What a dare to go against me," Lady Tremaine scolded her younger daughter, "you were forbidden to speak to this guy!"
"Oh, look at her, she's a disaster," Drizella taunted.
Anastasia looked very mournful, now seeming to agree that she looked awful.
"We'll be the source of laughter for the whole town," Drizella continued her mocking.
Teresa wanted to teach the Tremaine women a lesson, but Cinderella restrained her.
"You've embarrassed yourself quite enough with this stupidity," Lady Tremaine scolded, "darling child, you know from the bottom of my heart that I have only your best interests.  You are better worth.  Come with me."
Cinderella flinched, this sounded ugly, she couldn't watch anymore.
"No, Mum," Anastasia spoke up, while shocking everyone, "you're wrong!  He's sweet…"
"She's great," the Baker added, holding her in his arms.
"He's romantic and we'll go to the ball together again," Anastasia finished firmly in rebellion.
Lady Tremaine and Drizella were surprised at this side of Anastasia.
Lady Tremaine wasn't sure what to say after that, she was stunned, but she decided to go.  "Drizella, come with me," she lightly commanded, but walked away.
Drizella stared, yet shocked at Anastasia.
"DRIZELLA," Lady Tremaine repeated sharply.
Drizella blinked, but went to join her mother, leaving Anastasia with her man.  Cinderella and Teresa were both now proud of her stepsister.  Lady Tremaine and Drizella did not attend the ball, but Anastasia came in one of her new dresses and the Baker came, looking dressed all fancy in his new suit, along with gloves.  Even if some people considered Anastasia to be ugly, she certainly looked very pretty tonight.  Even Teresa and Martin agreed. It looked like dreams do really come true.  The two new lovers shared a kiss together, ending this story.
"Isn't this romantic," Riley gushed, "I met Mum and Dad that night, but they looked beautiful!"
"I bet them is," Marion grinned to her cousin.
"Yes," Howard agreed with his sister.
"We should show Cinderella the storybook," Alec suggested.
"This is an amazing idea," Fairy Godmother grinned as they completed the storybook.
Mary looked at the open door.  "Look!  She's there!"
"Let's go," Jaq called.
The mice wanted to carry the book, where they dashed out, singing "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo" together. Marion and Riley picked up their skirts as they ran. Gertie and Joanie chuckled as they followed behind.
"Hey, wait for us," Jesse called as he ran with Howard.
"Please, wait," Alec called out as he ran with Jesse.
They passed the Grand Duke and the King and even incidentally got Prudence and Daphne to make a mess as they went to look for the woman of the castle.
"Cinderelly," Jaq squeaked, "Cinderelly!"
Cinderella looked around, but she saw the mice with the bunch of children. "Oh, hello…"
"Mum, see what we did," Marion showed the book to her mother.
"What's this," Cinderella asked with a grin, though she knew very well what it was.
"This is a book we wrote on it," Riley explained with a grin to her aunt, "do you like it?"
"I like it," Cinderella beamed, "what's that about?"
"You and your own adventures, madam," Gertie explained.
"Yes, from your first day in the castle to Penny's true love," Joanie said.
"What a wonderful story decision," Cinderella grinned.  Then she smirked down to the children and mice.  "I don't think you guys want to read this together, do you?"
This made the mice and children cheer, willing to hear it like in a storybook corner.
"Oh, look, we're all in here," Cinderella grinned as she cracked the book open, but went to the first story they had titled 'Aim to Please'. "And these are our stories......" she began to read them the book, "once upon a time, there was a big castle, in which a prince and a princess lived…"
Marion, Howard and Riley were very emotional to hear at what life was like before they were born and Jesse, Joanie, Alec and Gertie were eager to hear stories at how their mothers and father helped Cinderella get there, and even Anastasia. This turned out to be a wonderful day after all.
Executive ProducersDENNIS DESHAZERSHERYL STAMPS LEACH
Senior ProducerJIM ROWLEY
ProducersJEFF GITTLEMARTHA DATEMA LIPSCOMB
DirectorBRUCE DECK
WriterMARK S. BERNTHAL
Production DesignerJESS NELSON
Musical DirectorBOB SINGLETON
Lyricists/ComposersSTEPHEN BATES BALTESLORY LAZARUS
Performance DirectorPENNY WILSON
Educational SpecialistsMARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D.MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.
Cast:Voice of Barney... BOB WESTBarney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNERVoice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSONBaby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERSVoice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZB.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS
Cast:Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, IITosha... HOPE CERVANTESStella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICEROJason... KURT DYKHUIZENKathy... LAUREN KINGJuan... MICHAEL KROST
Cast:Carlos... COREY LOPEZMin... PIA MANALOJulie... SUSANNAH WETZELMr. Bear... JENNY DEMPSEY
Associate DirectorERIC NORBERG
Stage ManagerTERRIE DAVIS MANNING
Lighting DesignerSTEVEN BRILL
EditorMCKEE SMITH
Audio DirectorDAVID M. BOOTHE
Art DirectorELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN
Wardrobe Supervisor/DesignerLISA O. ALBERTSON
Technical Operations SupervisorRANDY BREEDLOVE
Video EngineerBINK WILLIAMS
Camera OperatorsLARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMANTOM COX BRUCE HARMON
Production AudioRONALD G. BALENTINE
Boom OperatorsJAMES JOHNSONDAVID SMITH
Lighting DirectorCASEY COOK
Key GripBUZ CANNON
Lighting Board OperatorTODD DAVIS
Grip/ElectricJAMES EDWARDS
Construction SupervisorCHARLES BAILEY
Craft Shop SupervisorRAY HENRY
Art/Craft CoordinatorAMY ATHERTON
Set DresserAGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS
DraftspersonCHRISTOPHER MCCRAY
Craft/Prop ArtistMARK BROGAN
Props/Special EffectsDAVID COBB
CarpentersTY M. BURNSDANNY SMITH
Scenic PainterE. (BILL) SLETTE
Swing CrewCARMELO GOMEZ
Costume Shop ManagerGEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST
Costume TechnicianD.J. SEGLER
Costume SewingNATALIE SERGI-SAARISUSIE THENNES
Make-Up DesignerJEANIE L. D'IORIO
Hair StylistDEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING
Costume/Wardrobe AssistantsBRIAN BLEVINS SANTIAGO MOLENAJANET BUSH SARAH SUNDERMAN
Field ProducerSANDY JANTZEN
Post VideotapeDUDLEY ASAFF
Dialogue EditorDENICE CROWELL
Post Production AudioCRAIG CHASTAIN
Production Office ManagerSUE SHINN
Script SupervisorCATHERINE REYNOLDS
Production CoordinatorsJULIE HUTCHINGSKELLY MAHER
Production AccountantDEBBIE COTTLE
Production SecretaryAUSTIN GRAY
Asst. to Performance DirectorDAVID VOSS
Production AssistantJOEL ZOCH
Barney Music DepartmentJILL HANCE CHARLES KINGJONATHAN SMITH ETHEL WADSWORTH
For Singleton Productions, Inc.KEITH DAVENPORT LARRY HARONMIKE PIETZSCH
Educational Research StaffPATSY J. ROBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed.KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed.JOY STARR
Children's TeacherSANDRA GILPIN
Children's SupervisorMARY EVANS
Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends®were originally developed by Sheryl Leach,Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.
Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help fromSingleton Productions, Inc.
"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)
"Text and illustrations fromGOOD NIGHT, OWLby Pat Hutchins. Copyright 1972.Used by permission of Pat Hutchins andSimon and Schuster Books for Young Readers,Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing Division."All Rights Reserved.
Special Thanks to the Children's Workshop • Plano, TX
Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J.Costumes byIRENE COREY DESIGNASSOCIATES
Produced byTHE LYONS GROUP ANDCONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION
For Connecticut Public TelevisionExecutives in ChargeLARRY RIFKINSHARON BLAIR
Executive in ChargeRICHARD C. LEACH
BARNEY & FRIENDS • Hoo's in the Forest?Copyright 2002 • Lyons Partnership, L.P.