Meeting Pinocchio and Jiminy Cricket/Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters' Manipulation on Zelda and Elise

*(Kiki's group continued their trek on the Yellow Brick Road, singing softly)*

Kiki's group: **Follow the Yellow Brick Road**

**Follow the Yellow Brick….**

*(They suddenly noticed a forked crossroad in the middle of a cornfield, but with a confusing sign. They began to ponder which way is Emerald City)*

Kiki: I wonder which road leads to Emerald City?

Kiki's group except Kiki: I don’t know.

Pence: That is a weird confusing signpost.

*(Suddenly, they heard a boy and a man’s voice call out to them)*

Man: (Voice-over) Pardon us.

Boy: (Voice-over) That way is a nice way.

*(They turned to the source of the voice, only to see a wooden puppet boy just hanging on a wooden pole like a scarecrow pointing to his right. He has short black hair, blue eyes, and wearing a yellow hat with a blue band and red feather sticking out, a black sleeveless vest, a light yellow short-sleeved shirt underneath a pair of red overalls with a blue lining on each side with yellow stars on them, white gloves, and brown strap-on clog-like shoes. Kiki, Tombo, Satsuki, Mei, and Kanta got a little suspicious)*

Mei: Who said that?

*(Yuki, Jiji, and the Dream Eater pets noticed the puppet gently wave a hello to them, and they tried to point it out to Kiki's group)*

Yuki: Hey, guys!

Jiji: That puppet moved!

Chirithy: Waved hello to us!

Leo: Maybe *he's* talking to us.

Kiki: What are you talking about?

*(Kiki's Kansas group shrugged while Sora's group and even Kiki and Tombo got suspicious)*

Satsuki: That’s nonsense.

Kanta: Puppets don’t talk unless….

Kiki: Actually, the brain can be fooled by what the eye perceives.

Tombo: That's right.

Lea: Ever heard of that saying before?

Satsuki: What're you talking about, guys?

*(Suddenly, the puppet and the man’s voice spoke up again while Kiki's group, except Yuki, Jiji, and the Dream Eater pets, didn’t notice the puppet moving)*

Puppet: It’s pleasant down that way, as well.

Man: (Voice-over) That’s right.

*(The puppet points to his left. Kiki's Kansas group looked again and got confused while Sora's group, Kiki, Tombo, Yuki, and Jiji got suspicious)*

Tombo: Odd….

Satsuki: Didn’t he point the other way?

Kiki: Yeah.

Mei: This is so confusing.

Riku: More than confusing, Mei, guys.

Yuki, Jiji, and Dream Eater pets: We're telling you...!

*(Suddenly, they heard the man’s voice speak up while the puppet moved and spoke as well)*

Man: (Voice-over) Sorry, just trying to help.

Puppet: Many people take different paths.

*(Finally seeing the puppet move and talk, Kiki's group walked a little closer in amazement as Yuki, Jiji, and the Dream Eater pets gave smug looks that mean "I told you so." Even Sora's group agreed with them)*

Sora's group: See?

Roxas: Some inanimate objects in Oz can come to life.

Satsuki: (To Roxas) I'll be darned. *(To the puppet)* So you *were* trying to help us, huh?

Namine: Out of kindness?

Jiji: Were you really?

*(The puppet nodded. Then he looked down at his shoulder)*

Puppet: Wow, Jiminy. They catch on fast, don’t they?

*(Then the man’s voice spoke up, revealed to come from a small male figure. He is a male light green cricket dressed in formal black, white, blue, red, and yellow clothing and carrying a red umbrella. He is Jiminy Cricket)*

Jiminy: Indeed, Pinocchio.

Yuki: Who are you talking to, little puppet boy?

*(Deciding to come out, Jiminy jumped off Pinocchio's shoulder and floated down to the group with his umbrella and landed on Kiki’s hands)*

Jiminy: Cricket’s the name. Jiminy Cricket.

Satsuki: This is awkward, but nice to meet you.

Kiki: Same.

*(They walked towards Pinocchio some more)*

Tombo: And can you think of which way to go from here?

Pinocchio: That’s the problem. I can’t think. In fact, I don’t have a brain. Only made of wood, knock on wood.

*(He gently taps his knuckles to his head to show the wood example)*

Kanta: But how can you talk if you don’t have a brain?

Jiji: How's that possible if you don't have magic?

Kogane: Even I'm confused.

Pinocchio: I don’t know.

Jiminy: I don’t know either.

*(They enter the cornfield towards Pinocchio)*

Kiki: But I guess we can say, how do you do?

Pinocchio: Not feeling great at all.

Jiminy: Pinocchio’s right, he’s been stuck up there since he was created.

Yuki: How sad.

Sora's group: Very sad.

Mei, Kanta, and Jiji: (Feeling sorry) Having a lack of a brain?

Kiki: Sorry to hear that.

Satsuki: No wonder you feel uncomfortable.

Tombo: And Jiminy, can’t he get down?

Jiminy: Not by himself. I tried to get him down but….

*(Kiki, with Jiminy on her shoulder, and her group went up to the pole)*

Aqua: Then we’ll get you down.

Kiki and Tombo: That's right.

Pinocchio: Aw, thanks, uh….

Kiki: Kiki Witherspoon.

Tombo: And I’m her boyfriend, Tombo Wiley.

Satsuki: Satsuki Kusakabe, their friend and neighbor.

Mei: Mei Kusakabe, Satsuki's little sister.

Kanta: And I’m Kanta Ogaki, their other friend and neighbor.

Yuki: Yuki, Satsuki and Mei's pet dog called a West Highland White Terrier, or Westie for short.

Jiji: Jiji, Kiki's pet talking cat partner.

*(Pinocchio and Jiminy looked at Sora's group)*

Pinocchio and Jiminy: And you?

*(A few seconds later, Sora's group already introduced themselves)*

Pinocchio: Nice names. Really.

Kiki's group: (Flattered) Well....

Pinocchio: (Changing the subject) Anyway, I may not be smart, but maybe there’s a stick you can pull to free me.

*(Noticing the stick, Kiki nods)*

Kiki: Okay.

*(She pulls it and to their surprise, Pinocchio fell off the pole, freed at last)*

Kiki's group: Are you hurt?

Pinocchio: Nope!

Terra: Then how does it feel to be free now?

Ventus: Isn't it great?

Jiminy: What do you think?

Pinocchio: Great!

*(He twirled in excitement while laughing a bit)*

Pinocchio: (Laughing a bit) It’s good to be free!

*(He fell down suddenly, concerning Jiminy and Kiki's group. Even Olette screamed a bit in concern)*

Pinocchio: Did I scare you?

Kiki's group: No, not scared.

Jiminy: We just got worried you hurt yourself.

Pinocchio: So you weren’t scared?

Kiki's group and Jiminy: Nope.

Olette: I, for one, just screamed in concern.

Pinocchio: (Disappointed) That stinks.

*(Suddenly, a Murkrow flew up to Pinocchio. He tried to shoo it away, but to no avail)*

Pinocchio: Shoo! Get out of here!

*(But the Murkrow cawed at him a bit and flew off)*

Pinocchio: (Sadly) See, I can’t even scare away a Murkrow like a scarecrow. All they do is just laugh at my face and eat the corn. All because I don’t have a brain.

Jiminy: Yeah. And I always stick up for him.

Satsuki: As his conscience?

Jiminy: Yep.

Sora: It's normal for most people to have a good conscience.

Jiminy: (Agreeing) And I always say this advice to him, “Always let your conscience be your guide.”

Pinocchio: And I accept that advice.

Tombo: Then what would you do if you had a brain?

Pinocchio: Do?

*(Kiki's group nods. Glad that they asked him, Pinocchio then began singing as they leave the cornfield)*

Pinocchio: **I could while away the hours**

Jiminy: (Agreeing) That’s right.

Pinocchio: **Conferring with the flowers**

**Consulting with the rain**

**In my head, I’d be scratching**

**While my thoughts are busy hatching**

**If I only had a brain**

*(He suddenly stumbled and fell onto the Yellow Brick Road when Kiki and Mei helped him up)*

Pinocchio: **I’d unravel every riddle**

**For any individle**

**In trouble or in pain**

Kiki, Satsuki, Mei, and female members of Sora's group: **With the thoughts you’d be thinkin’**

Tombo, Kanta, Yuki, Jiji, and male members of Sora's group: **You could be another Lincoln**

Kiki's group: **If you only had a brain**

Pinocchio: **Oh, I could tell you why**

**The ocean’s near the shore**

**I could think of things**

**I never thunk before**

**And then I’d sit**

**And think some more**

Jiminy: Yes, sir!

Pinocchio: **I would not be just a nuffin’**

**My head all full of woodin’**

**My heart all full of pain**

**I would dance and be merry**

**Life would be a ding-a-derry**

**If I only had a brain**

*(He danced around, entertaining Kiki's group, much to their interest. Suddenly, after bouncing around the fences, he resumed singing)*

Pinocchio: **Gosh, it would be awful treason**

**To reason out the reason**

**For things that can’t explain**

**Then perhaps I deserve ya**

**And be even worthier-ya**

**If I only had a brain**

*(He tripped and fell down on the Yellow Brick Road. Kiki's group sat next to him after helping him recover and sit up)*

Hayner: That was cool!

Kanta: I'll say!

Kiki: I mean, if any scarecrow or puppet could do that in Kansas, the crows would be scared to pieces.

Pinocchio: They would?

*(Kiki's Kansas group nodded)*

Pinocchio: What is Kansas?

Jiminy: Is it a place you came from?

Kiki's group: Yes.

Mei: Topeka, Kansas.

Satsuki: And we want to get back there so badly.

Tombo: Which is why we’re traveling down the Yellow Brick Road to Emerald City.

Kanta: And ask the Wizard of Oz himself to help us.

Jiji: It's true.

Jiminy: You’re going to see the Wizard of Oz himself?

Kiki's group: Yeah.

Sora: Even my group and I are going with them to learn how to cast magic the right way eventually.

Chirithy: And us Dream Eaters learning how to fly and breath magic eventually.

Sora's group except Sora and Chirithy: That's right.

Pinocchio and Jiminy: (Amazed) Really?

*(Kiki's group nods)*

Pinocchio: Do you think this Wizard will give me a brain?

Jiminy: And make me a good conscience?

Satsuki: Not sure.

Kairi: All we hear is good rumors about him.

Aqua: And when we meet him in Emerald City, we'll see.

Tombo: But even if he didn’t, you’d be no worser than you are now.

Pinocchio: I guess that’s true.

Kiki: But maybe you can’t come with.

Jiminy: Why not?

Kiki: Because we got five evil witches angry at us and we don’t want either of you to get in trouble.

Pinocchio: Five evil witches?

Mei: Yeah.

Yuki: Maleficent, Splatter Phoenix, and Winifred, Sarah, and Mary Sanderson.

Lea: And they're mean ones.

Pyra: Let alone nasty ones.

Jiji: From our last encounter.

Jiminy: Well, I’m not afraid of those witches!

Pinocchio: Me neither. I’m not afraid of anything.

*(He became nervous a little)*

Pinocchio: Well, except fire, that is.

Jiminy: He don’t want to be firewood.

Kiki: We don’t blame you for that.

Confetti: One can't be safe than sorry.

Pinocchio: But I’d rather face that to get me a brain and help Jiminy become a conscience!

Jiminy: Look, Pinocchio and I won’t be any trouble at all because he can’t think.

Pinocchio: So, please, won’t you take us with you?

*(A short pause, then Kiki's group gave in with smiles)*

Kiki, Satsuki, Mei, and female members of Sora's group: Aw, how can we refuse?

Tombo, Kanta, Yuki, and Jiji: Of course we will.

Male members of Sora's group: You can come with us.

*(They stand up)*

Pinocchio: Hurray! We’re off to see the Wizard!

Jiminy: And even if you trip, we’ll help you out!

*(They suddenly looked at the confusing sign and decided which path to take)*

Jiminy: I say we go straight!

Kiki: I agree.

Tombo: Got my vote.

*(The others agreed, too)*

Kiki's group: To Oz?

Pinocchio and Jiminy: To Oz!

*(Then they began singing as they go straight, away from the cornfield)*

Kiki’s group: **We’re off to see the Wizard**

**The Wonderful Wizard of Oz**

**We’ll find he is a whiz of a wiz**

**If ever a wiz there was**

**If ever, oh ever, a wiz there was**

**The Wizard of Oz is one**

**Because, because, because, because**

**Because, because**

**Because of the wonderful things**

**He does**

**We’re off to see the Wizard**

**The Wonderful Wizard of Oz**

*(Back at the tower, Zelda and Elise were reading a book with Mushu and Cri-Kee when they heard Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters call out to Zelda and Elise)*

Splatter Phoenix: (Voice-over) Zelda, Elise!

Sanderson Sisters: (Voice-over) We're home!

*(Zelda and Elise got excited and turned to Mushu and Cri-Kee)*

Zelda: (Excitedly) Okay! This is it!

Elise: (Excitedly) We're gonna ask them!

Mushu: Okay. Cri-Kee and I’ll go hide now. Be totally discreet.

*(Cri-Kee chirps a bit in agreement. Mushu and him then ran into their hiding spot in Zelda’s bed. Zelda then activated an elevator at the window for Splatter Phoenix and she and the Sanderson Sisters, riding on their broomsticks, came up, looking nice to Zelda and Elise)*

Zelda and Elise: Welcome home, Mother and Aunts Winnie, Sarah, and Mary!

Splatter Phoenix: Thank you.

Winifred: It's good to see you again!

Sarah and Mary: I'll say!

*(After the Sanderson Sisters removed their cloaks, they and Splatter Phoenix go up to a mirror with Zelda and Elise)*

Elise: Okay, Mother. Zelda and I got to tell….

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters cut her off)*

Splatter Phoenix: Look at this, girls.

Winifred: We can see a beautiful grown young woman standing in front of us.

Mary: Strong, physically and psychologically.

Sarah: Definitely something a boy would definitely like.

*(Zelda and Elise smiled, thinking Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters are talking about either one of them, until….)*

Splatter Phoenix: Oh, yes.

Sanderson Sisters: We see you too, dears.

*(Zelda and Elise got disappointed)*

Splatter Phoenix: (Chuckles a bit) Just joking around.

Mary: (Chuckles a bit) Don’t be serious all the time.

*(Even Winifred and Sarah chuckles a bit. Zelda and Elise chuckled a little, and then tried to speak up again as Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters inspect their own faces in front of the mirror)*

Zelda: Anyway, Elise and I want….

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters interrupted her again)*

Splatter Phoenix: Zelda, can you and Elise do us a favor?

Winifred: And get rid of our ugly wrinkles, please?

Sarah: No boys would like ugly wrinkles.

Mary: Pretty please?

Zelda and Elise: (Realizing, then agreeing) Oh! Okay.

*(They took off their own amulets and held them out and Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters held their own one hands over them and Zelda and Elise then sang their healing incantation together rapidly)*

Zelda and Elise: (Rapidly) **Flower-gleam-and-glow**

**Let-your-power-shine**

**Make-the-clock-reverse**

**Bring-back-what-once-was-mine**

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters got surprised)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sarah: Whoa, girls! (Hey!)

Winifred and Mary: Slow down! (Slow down.)

Zelda and Elise: (Rapidly ignoring her) **Heal-what-has-been-hurt**

**Change-the-Fates’-design**

**Save-what-has-been-lost**

**Bring-back-what-once-was-mine**

**What-once-was-mine**

*(After Zelda and Elise finished, Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters briefly glowed, and were a little younger female duck and little younger women again)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: Well, thanks. (thank you.)

*(The five let Zelda and Elise take back their own amulets)*

Zelda and Elise: (Putting their own amulets back on) You’re welcome.

Zelda: Now, let me and Elise tell you something, please.

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: And what’s that?

Zelda: Our shared birthday’s tomorrow.

Elise: And we're really excited about it.

Splatter Phoenix: Yeah, so?

Winifred: What's the fun in that?

Zelda: (Mumbling a little) Well, I know birthdays, let alone shared birthdays, come once a year, but….

*(Splatter Phoenix and Winifred rolled their eyes)*

Splatter Phoenix: Zelda, I hate it when you and/or Elise mumble.

Winifred: It's annoying.

Zelda: Sorry.

*(She and Elise then worked up their courage as Splatter Phoenix poured herself a glass of water and the Sanderson Sisters ate a piece of bread)*

Elise: What Zelda and I want for our shared birthday this year….

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: (With Sarah and Mary's mouths full from some bread) Yes?

*(Splatter Phoenix began sipping her water while Winifred bites a small chunk from her bread and Sarah and Mary continued chewing their chunks and Zelda and Elise finally said it)*

Zelda and Elise: We want to see the floating lights coming from Emerald City.

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters coughed a bit in surprise and spits some water and bread chunks out upon hearing that)*

Elise: You okay?

Sarah: (Coughing a bit) Wrong tube.

Mary: (Coughing a bit) Definitely the wrong tube.

*(Recovering and composing themselves while Mary gave a rough bark like a dog, Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters turned to Zelda and Elise in pretend confusion, and on pretend confusion, they knew Zelda and Elise were talking about the floating lanterns in Emerald City that were lit up every year on their shared birthday after they were taken with Zelda as a baby and Elise as a toddler by Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters, but unfortunately for Zelda and Elise, they don’t know it, much to Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters’ relief)*

Splatter Phoenix: Why would you see floating lights?

Winifred: They’re just stars.

Sarah: Twinkly stars.

Mary: Sparkly stars.

Elise: Not just any stars in the night sky.

*(She pulls back the curtain and revealed her and Zelda's painting of them on a grassy field watching the lights in the night sky, much to Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters' calm surprise and secret shock)*

Zelda: Elise and I watched those special kind of lights appear in the night sky from this window every night on our shared birthday at Emerald City. And we have a feeling they must mean something for us.

Elise: And that’s why we want to ask of you. Will you take us to Emerald City so we can see what they are up close?

Zelda: We're old enough to go outside the tower now. In fact, tomorrow, I'm gonna be 14.

Elise: And I'm gonna be 16.

Zelda: Yeah.

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters just scoffed a little with smiles and Winifred went over to the window)*

Splatter Phoenix: You want to go outside?

Winifred: Why, girls….

*(The five begin to sing as Winifred closed the window)*

Splatter Phoenix: **Look at you**

Winifred: **As fragile as flowers**

Sarah: **Still two little saplings**

Mary: **Just two sprouts**

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **You know why**

**We stay up in this tower**

Zelda: We know.

Elise: But….

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters cut them off)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **That’s right**

Winifred: **To keep you safe and sound, dears**

Splatter Phoenix: **Guess we always knew**

**This day was coming**

*(Splatter Phoenix and Winifred pretend to be dramatic)*

Sarah: **Knew that soon**

**You’d want to leave the nest**

Mary: **Soon, but not yet**

Zelda and Elise: But….

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters shushed them)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **Trust us, pets**

**Mother and aunts know best**

*(Mary closed the sunroof, making the room dark as she, her sisters, and Splatter Phoenix continued to sing and Zelda lit up the room with a candle)*

Splatter Phoenix: **Mother and aunts know best**

Mary: **Listen to your mother and aunts**

Sarah: **It’s a scary world out there**

Splatter Phoenix: **Mother and aunts know best**

Winifred: **One way or another**

**Something will go wrong**

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **We swear**

*(They began showing examples with both shadow puppetry, magic, and Splatter Phoenix's black paint magic art)*

Splatter Phoenix: **Ruffians, thugs**

Winifred: **Poison Ivy, quicksand**

Mary: **Cannibals and snakes**

Sarah: **The plague**

Zelda and Elise: (Shocked) No!

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: Yes!

Zelda and Elise: But…!

*(Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters showed more examples)*

Splatter Phoenix: **Also large bugs**

Sarah: **Men with pointy teeth and**

Winifred: **Stop, no more**

Mary: **You’ll just upset us**

Splatter Phoenix: **Mother and aunts are right here**

Winifred: **Mother and aunts will protect you**

**Darlings, here’s what we suggest**

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **Skip the drama**

**Stay with Mama and aunts**

**Mother and aunts know best**

*(The five then lectured Zelda and Elise some more through song)*

Splatter Phoenix: **Mother and aunts know best**

Mary: **Take it from your mumsy and aunties**

Winifred: **On your own**

**You won’t survive**

**Sloppy, underdressed**

Sarah and Mary: **Immature, clumsy**

Splatter Phoenix and Winifred: **Please, they’ll eat you up alive**

Sarah: **Gullible, naïve**

**Positively grubby**

Winifred: **Ditzy and a bit, well, hmm, vague**

Mary: **Plus, we believe**

**Getting kind of chubby**

Splatter Phoenix: **We're just saying**

Mary: **‘Cause we wuv you**

Splatter Phoenix: **Mother and aunts understand**

Sanderson Sisters: **Mother and aunts are here to help you**

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **All we have**

**Is one request**

*(Zelda and Elise, now scared straight from the lectures, ran up to the five and hugged them in fear as Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters hugged them back)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: Zelda, Elise?

Zelda and Elise: Yes?

Splatter Phoenix and Winifred: Don’t ever ask to leave this tower again.

Sarah and Mary: Promise?

Zelda and Elise: (Sadly) Yes, Mother and Aunts Winnie, Sarah, and Mary.

*(They hugged some more)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: We love you very much, our dears.

Zelda and Elise: We love you more.

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: We love you most.

*(The five kissed Zelda and Elise after the hug ended and went to the window elevator after the Sanderson Sisters put their cloaks on and picked up their broomsticks)*

Splatter Phoenix and Sanderson Sisters: **Don’t forget it**

**You’ll regret it**

**Mother and aunts know best**

*(Then with that as the song is over, Zelda then lets Splatter Phoenix down by activating the elevator while the Sanderson Sisters flew out the window to the ground level on their broomsticks)*

Splatter Phoenix: Gotta run out again.

Sanderson Sisters: See you when we come back home.

Zelda and Elise: Okay.

*(After Splatter Phoenix and the Sanderson Sisters are gone, Zelda and Elise sighed in disappointment as Elise opened the sunroof again)*

Zelda: We’ll be right here.

Elise: Like we always were.

*(Mushu and Cri-Kee, who saw the whole thing, got concerned for Zelda and Elise)*

***Coming up: Kiki’s group arrives in a forest and befriends a certain rusted-copper-armored robot who dreams of wanting a heart. Also, Link's group finally discovers the tower and upon going in and learning of Zelda and Elise’s dream of going to see the lanterns while the two groups befriend each other after a misunderstanding, they decide to take the two girls out of the tower to see them with a promise to protect them and help prove that Zelda and Elise might be the lost Princesses of Oz.***