Rosemary Hills 11: The Quest for the Sky Stone

***Rosemary Hills 11: The Quest for the Sky Stone*** is a 2023 American animated musical adventure fantasy film based on the animated television series *Rosemary Hills*. The film was released in theaters on January 5, 2023.

## Plot:

One night, Milly sees a comet falling from the sky and colliding with a mountain in the volcano range. The comet's appearance differs very much from any Milly has seen so far, in that it is blue rather than yellow and flies extremely low and almost parallel to the ground.

When Milly tells everyone about what he has seen the next morning, most of Milly's friends and Pokémon, none of whom saw the comet, disbelieve Milly's story, suggesting it was possibly a regular comet that appeared different because Milly was tired at the time. However, two newcomers, referred to as Rainbow Heroes, begin to speak eloquently of a "Sky Stone" an artifact of mystical origin, believed to be either an artifact of magical power, an omen of great changes, or something similar, and other wonders that might become known if everyone free themselves from limits and think "Far Away in the Mysterious Far Away". Milly embraces it all, her imagination set to blazing, while most of Milly's friends remain skeptical, as well as suspicious of the Rainbow Heroes. Miranda, however, admits to Milly that while she may not believe in such a thing as a Sky Stone, she certainly is interested in the idea, and willing to talk about it.

Unknown to anyone at first, Samson's uncle Phillip has also heard about the Sky Stone. Being a highly ambitious and deceitful character, he makes plans to take possession of the stone and its supposed powers. Phillip and his two cronies, Rourke and Sa'luk, confront Milly and offer to help searching for the stone to prove its existence. Milly refuses to search for the stone, feeling reluctance to trust Phillip. Nor, in fact, does any adult trust Phillip, who once was expelled from the Herd on a charge of neglection and irresponsibility as the group leader. However, exactly what caused Phillip's expulsion is left vague for now. Following that, Phillip asks Samson, who idolizes him, to get the information about the place where the meteor landed from Milly. Samson, feigning curiosity, learns from Milly that the place is Draco Mountain, a volcano whose top bears a distinct resemblance to the head of a dragon. The gang asks why and Samson tries to lie his way out, but seeing that he is terrible at lying, Penny immediately sees that Phillip wanted the information and that Samson was used. Milly shares her distrust towards Phillip, much to the fury of Samson. Later that night, Olivia can't go to sleep due to the guilt of hurting Samson's feelings that day and decides to go to comfort Samson, but finds that Phillip, Sa'luk, and Rourke are plotting something. Before she can tell anyone about the plot, Olivia is caught by Sa'luk, whereupon she is abducted by Phillip. Phillip then sets out for Draco Mountain, along with Rourke and Sa'luk, to find the Sky Stone.

In the aftermath of this, everyone tell Milly and her friends (John, Tevin, George, Mina, Leo, Leah, Monica, Wonder Milly, Katie, Penny, Samson, Emmy, Max, Paula, Becky, Sandra, Wendy (Care Bears), Jeff, Linda, Joey, Elaine, Jill Wayland, Queenie, Ord, Cassie, Zak and Wheezie, Ami, Yumi, Flynn, Victor, Christian, Neville, Jerome, Susan, Vampira, Wendy (The Kryptling Ghoul School), Wyleigh, Bailey, Glusty, Glenda, Griselda, Cassandra, Whitney, Frieda, Gracie, Emily, and Lizzie) the original reason for Phillip's expulsion. Having always considered himself higher in rank and abilities than all other warriors in the group, Phillip convinced a group of them to follow his leadership on the way to the Rosemary-Land, rather than go along with Miranda and the others. Careless and over-confident, he led them right into an ambush of pack of wolves who attacked his group. Being able to escape by flying away, Phillip was the only survivor of the group, while the rest put up a good fight, but soon turned into a massacre, with not a single group surviving. He was expelled from the group as punishment for leading his followers to their deaths. However, it is later implied that while Phillip insisted that the massacre was not his fault, he was still emotionally scarred by the incident. Milly is told by Gleambelle to give the location of the Sky Stone, knowing that Phillip will be traveling there. However, the grownups take so long to decide what must be done about Phillip and the rescue of Olivia that Milly and the others set out by themselves to save their friend.

After crossing a huge canyon by way of walking across some massive vines (Christian was too heavy for the vine, thus they fall and swing into a cave), they manage to find Olivia, who had fallen into the cave while trying to escape Phillip and his two dragons. Olivia comforts Samson, who is very distraught about his uncle's actions, stating that Phillip is the least wicked of the tamer and his dragons (Phillip is the only one of the three who appears distraught when Olivia falls, believing her to be dead), and that the potential for goodness still lives in him. Milly and the others continue to pursue the villains, hoping to reach the Sky Stone before them. As they travel through the mountains, they reach a highly volcanic point, where they encounter the Rainbow Heroes, after they catch the male Rainbow Hero leaving them food to eat. After a brief argument, the Rainbow Heroes agree (reluctantly, in the female's case) to help Milly and her friends.

Through their help, they find that the Rainbow Heroes appear to have more than homo knowledge of volcanism. Discovering a shaft that leads to an underground river, they help the heroes to construct a sort of steam-powered elevator, pushing a slab of rock into the shaft, which causes the steam from the underground river, heated by the volcano's geothermal energy, to build up underneath it, and eventually shoot the slab up the shaft, with the heroes riding on the top. This remarkably fast travel allows them to reach the top of Draco Mountain (which they were underneath all this time), and find the stone, shortly before Phillip's gangs does.

When they arrive, Phillip takes control of the stone from the heroes, and attempts to unlock its secret. However, it gives no reaction, and in fact, it appears to be an ordinary meteor, except for its metallic composition and blue color. Lamenting over this realization, Phillip states that he had meant to create a paradise with the power of the stone, not realizing that this paradise already exists in the form of the Rosemary-Land. Rourke and Sa'luk also take this as the perfect opportunity to mutiny against Phillip, and try unlocking the Stone's power themselves. There is not much time for lamenting, however, as the volcano is beginning to erupt.

Just in the nick of time, Gleambelle arrives with an enormous phoenix, to evacuate the heroes from the erupting volcano. During this process, Phillip spots Olivia clinging to the edge of a cliff for dear life, and has a brief and sudden flashback to wolves attack that got him exiled from the group year ago when he saw another group clinging to a cliff's edge before falling to its death. This flashback stirs him into action, not wanting to revisit the past, and he quickly rescues Olivia. As Rourke and Sa'luk attempt to force the stone to reveal its power, the stone explodes, sending them flying into a rock ledge burnt and bruised. For his wrongdoings, Phillip is banished from the Rosemary-Land into the Mysterious Far Away, though his saving of Olivia is held in his favor. Therefore, his banishment is limited to five winters.

As night falls, Milly finds the Rainbow Heroes and asks them when they are leaving. A meteor flies overhead, and the female comments, "Any time now". Milly, somewhat unnerved, puts the question to her and to her male companion: "There was never any such thing as the Sky Stone, was there?" The male Rainbow Hero confirms this, adding that Milly has an intellect remarkable for one of his species— quickly correcting this, when prompted by the female, to his age. The Rainbow Heroes go on to reiterate their claim that there are many unknowns to be discovered "Far Away in the Mysterious Far Away". Before Milly can react, the male Rainbow Hero suddenly remarks on something apparently behind Milly, who looks round to see. When she looks back, the Rainbow Heroes have gone. In their place is a crystalline pillar of light, which shimmers briefly and vanishes. As it goes, a meteor streaking across the sky suddenly changes its course, flying upward and off into the night. Behind Milly and her friends all come up and asks what he is doing. Milly states the very same quote given to him by the Rainbow Heroes, "Well, that would be telling now, wouldn't it?" Milly, inspired by the Rainbow Heroes, reflects that there are many unknowns, adding that such unknowns make life wonderful. Her friends do not understand.

## Cast:

* Cathy Cavadini as Milly
* Tony Danza as John
* Chris Tucker as Tevin
* Jeremy Irons as George
* Emma Watson as Mina
* Rachel House as Miranda
* Tara Strong as Leo
* Kath Soucie as Leah
* Andrea Libman as Emmy
* Danny McKinnon as Max
* Haven Paschall as Paula Schaeffer, Queenie
* Jen Tolley as Becky
* Tress MacNeille as Sandra
* Veronica Taylor as Wendy
* Scott Weinger as Jeff
* Shay Moore as Lizzie Garland
* Kevin Sorbo as Rainbow Hero #1
* Sheena Easton as Rainbow Hero #2
* Charles Klausmeyer as Phillip
* Michael McConnohie as Sa'luk
* Beau Black as Rourke