Opening/Wendy's Restaurant Dream

The Princess and the Frog Parodies Studios present....

*(We open on a beautiful night in New Orleans, Louisiana, where a lone bright star shines in the sky as a female voice is heard singing in the background)*

Woman: (Voice-over) **The evening star is shining bright**

**So, make a wish, and hold on tight**

**There’s magic in the air tonight**

**And anything can happen**

*(In a little girl/pink princess-themed bedroom of a mansion as the background song ended, four girls were listening to a story that is being read by a woman. The first girl is a 5½ year old girl with short strawberry blonde neck-length hair tied in a ponytail by a blue band, blue eyes, and wearing a sky blue short-sleeved dress with poofy sleeves and a blue Peter Pan collar and sleeve rims, a blue sash around her waist that is tied in a bow in the back, white socks, black Mary Jane shoes, and a small gold yellow crown on her head. She is Wendy Darling. The second girl is a 7½ year old girl with short golden blonde neck-length hair in a wing-like flip, light blue eyes, and wearing a red hennin with a light red cointoise, a red short-sleeved dress with poofy sleeves and a light red peplum, eight white ruffled petticoats, a light red diamond necklace, white undergarment pants with poofy legs and white frilly ankle rims, white stockings, and red Mary Jane shoes, and carries a light red toy wand with a red heart shaped emblem on the top. She was also hugging a female catlike Digimon. She is Clover Ewing, Wendy's best friend. The third girl is a girl who is the same age as Clover with long red hip-length hair, light green eyes, and wearing a light yellow short-sleeved shirt with the sleeves and neck rim colored light green, a green flowing knee-length skirt with a light green stripe at the bottom, a green belt with a silver buckle, white stockings, and black slip-on shoes with white soles. She is Sam Simpson, Wendy and Clover's best friend who is also Clover's live-in friend. The last girl is another girl who is the same age as Clover and Sam with short black chin-length hair, tanned skin, brown eyes, and wearing a gold yellow short-sleeved dress, white knee-high socks, and gold yellow Mary Jane shoes. She is Alex Casoy, Wendy, Clover, and Sam's best friend who is also Clover and Sam's live-in friend. And the catlike Digimon is a female white Egyptian cat with large ears — with tufts of purple hair on the tips reminiscent of a caracal (Caracal caracal) — black claws, a tail with purple stripes and a tuft at the end, and wearing large lime yellow and red striped fingerless gloves and a Holy Ring on her tail. She is Gatomon, Clover's pet cat)*

Woman: (Reading “The Dragon Prince”) "Just in that moment, the ugly little dragon looked up with his sad round eyes and pleaded, 'Oh please, dear princess. Only a kiss from you can break this terrible spell that was inflicted on me by a wicked witch.'"

Clover: (Whispering, to Wendy, Sam, and Alex) Here comes my favorite part!

Sam: (Whispering, to Wendy, Clover, and Alex) Oh, I like that one, too!

Alex: (Whispering, to Wendy, Clover, and Sam) Me too!

*(Clover hugs Gatomon tightly, much to her discomfort and making her meow uncomfortably. The woman turned the next page of the book she's reading from while she was working on a red ribbon. She is a young woman with long light brown hair tied in two braided pigtails, blue eyes, pink lips, and wearing an orange short-sleeved dress with a pale orange neck collar flap and sleeve rims and three small white plastic buttons, a white apron tied around her waist, orange ribbons in her braided hair, and orange slipper-like shoes. She is Mary Darling, Wendy's mother, and she is reading the book and working on the ribbon at the same time)*

Mary: (Reading) "And the beautiful princess" *(Ties the ribbon to the waist of a nearby dummy)* "Was so moved by his desperate plea, that she stooped down, picked up the slippery, scaly creature...."

*(As Wendy, Sam, Clover, and Alex leaned closer to listen to the story, Sam, Clover, and Alex nodded eagerly while Wendy shook her head in disgust and worry)*

Mary: (Reading) "Leaned forward, raised him to her lips...." *(She turns the next page)* "And kissed that little dragon."

Clover: (Lovestruck, hugging Gatomon some more) Aw!

Sam: (Lovestruck) How sweet!

Alex: (Lovestruck) Isn't this amazing?!

*(Gatomon squirmed out of Clover's grasp and landed on the floor next to Sam. Wendy only gagged a bit in disgust)*

Mary: (Reading as she finished cutting the sash of the ribbon so that it would fit the dress that Clover will be wearing later) "Then the dragon was transformed into a handsome prince." *(She picks up a pair of silver scissors with a black handle to finish the ribbon cutting)* "They were married and lived happily ever after. The end!"

Clover, Sam, and Alex: (Happily) Yay!

*(But Clover fell backwards, much to Wendy, Sam, and Alex's amusement. Even Mary chuckled a bit in amusement while Clover giggled excitedly a bit)*

Clover: (Excitedly) Read it again, read it again!

Mary: (Helping Clover up) Sorry, Clover. It's time for us to be heading home.

*(She puts the ribbon on Clover's dress around her waist in the front as the latter giggled a bit again)*

Sam: And besides, Volteer should be here any minute.

Alex: Maybe Mrs. Darling could read it to us another time.

Clover: (Agreeing happily) Good idea.

Mary: Say good night, Wendy.

Wendy: (To Mary in agreement) Yes. *(To Clover)* Good night. *(Immediately changes the subject defensively, folding her arms in defiance)* And there is no way, in this whole wide world, I would ever, ever, ever, I mean ever, kiss a dragon. Yuck!

*(Clover, Sam, and Alex gave out smug smiles)*

Sam: (Smugly) Is that so?

*(Then Alex placed a dragon sock mask on Gatomon’s head)*

Alex: (Smirking playfully) Well, here's your Prince Charming, Wendy!

*(Clover then playfully shoved the cat-type Digimon against Wendy's face, much to the 5½ year old's disgust and Gatomon's discomfort)*

Clover: (Playfully) Come on, kiss him!

Wendy: (Disgusted) No!

Clover: (Playfully) Yes! Yes!

Wendy: (Defensively, shoving Gatomon down) Stop it!

Clover, Sam, and Alex: (With Clover continuing to shove Gatomon in Wendy's face) Kiss him! Kiss him! Kiss him!

Wendy: (Pushing Clover down to the floor as Sam and Alex back away in surprise) I won't, I won't, I won't!

Sam: (Smiling playfully) Clover would do it!

Alex: (Smiling playfully) She would kiss a dragon!

Clover: (Picking herself up, smiling playfully as she hugs Gatomon, much to her discomfort) I would kiss a hundred dragons if I could marry a prince and be a princess.

*(She then kissed Gatomon's cheek, causing her to screech a bit, jump onto the ceiling, and hang onto it with her claws. Wendy, Clover, Sam, and Alex laughed a bit to see that sight, but Mary was not impressed)*

Mary: (Scoldingly) You girls stop tormenting poor Gatomon!

*(She then got the tormented cat-type Digimon off the ceiling and took the dragon sock mask off the latter's head)*

Mary: (Voice-over, sympathetically) Poor little thing.

*(The panicked cat-type Digimon landed on her stomach and walked away in fear, using her claws, and Mary smiled warmly. Just then, a man walked in. He is a handsome young man with short blonde hair, deep blue eyes, and wearing a white short-sleeved shirt, blue denim jeans, a brown leather belt with a gold buckle, gray socks, and brown shoes. He is Volteer Ewing, Clover's father)*

Volteer: Evening, Mary!

*(Clover, Sam, and Alex ran up to Volteer, with Clover showing her father her new dress)*

Clover: (Excitedly) Daddy, Daddy, look at my new dress! Isn't it pretty?

Volteer: (Laughs a bit) Look at you!

Sam: She loves her dresses!

Alex: Especially pretty, fancy ones in fairy tales.

*(Volteer picked up his daughter and walked over to Mary, who is now wearing a pink long-sleeved knee-length coat with pale pink neck, sleeve rims, and buttons and a pink hat with a pale pink band over her other clothes)*

Volteer: Why, I'd expect nothing less from the finest seamstress in New Orleans.

*(Clover then looked at the princess' dress in her book)*

Clover: (Pointing to the dress) Ooh, I want *that* dress!

Sam: (To Alex) Somehow, I think she may have gotten carried away.

Alex: I know, right?

*(Volteer turned to his daughter in disbelief and put his left hand on his left hip)*

Volteer: (Firmly) Oh, now sugar, come on.

Clover: (Tugging on her father's hair, much to his discomfort) I want that one! Please, please, please, please?!

*(Volteer, still getting his hair tugged on, turned to Mary)*

Volteer: (Uncomfortably) Mary, you suppose you can whip something up like that?

Mary: Anything for my best customer.

*(She pointed to Clover's collection of dresses in different colors. They were fuchsia, pink, mint blue, periwinkle, purple, lavender, blue, light blue, and red respectively)*

Clover: (Excitedly) Yay!

Mary: (As she and Wendy started to leave) Come along, Wendy. Your father should be home from work by now.

*(She took Wendy's hand, which she accepted Mary’s hand in return, and they left the bedroom. Wendy is now wearing a sky-blue long-sleeved knee-length coat with blue neck, sleeve rims, and buttons over her other clothes. When Wendy and Mary left, Volteer placed his daughter on her bed)*

Volteer: (Firmly) Now princess, you're getting that dress, but that's it! No more Mr. Pushover!

*(He then took out a male Basset Hound puppy, who happily barks a bit)*

Volteer: (Playfully) Now, who wants a puppy?

Clover: (Excitedly) I do, I do! *(Holding onto her new puppy as he happily licked her a bit)* Oh, he's so cute!

*(Outside, Wendy and Mary left the mansion and hopped onto the train heading for their neighborhood. When the train stopped at their neighborhood, they went to the direction of their house. Later at her house, Wendy was helping a man, who is apparently her father and Mary's husband, make some gumbo)*

Man: (Voice-over) Mmm! Gumbo smells good, Wendy.

Wendy: (Stirring the gumbo) I think it's done, Father.

*(Standing next to her is a portly 37 year old man with short black hair, a black mustache, brown eyes, and wearing a white long-sleeved collar-flapped, button-up dress shirt, gold cuff links, a light gray sleeveless waistcoat, a white bow tie, black pants, and black and white shoes. He is George Darling, Wendy's father and Mary's husband, and he is standing next to Wendy while making the gumbo with her help)*

George: Yes. Are you sure?

Wendy: (Nodding her head) Mm-hm.

George: (Playfully putting his hands on his hips) Absolutely positive?

Wendy: (Playfully putting her hands on her hips and smiling proudly) Yes.

*(George then took the spoon and was about to taste the yummy concoction while his daughter thought for a second)*

George: Okay, I'm about the put this spoon in my...!

Wendy: (Catching him) Wait!

*(She took the spoon from her father, who chuckled a bit. Then she put two shots of tabasco sauce in the gumbo, stirred a bit, tasted the gumbo, and smacked her lips)*

Wendy: (Satisfied) Done.

*(It was George's turn to taste the gumbo. He did so. Then he thought for a minute)*

Wendy: (Worried) What?

George: (Pretends to ponder) Well, my dear.... *(Looks at his daughter)* This is the...! *(Happily picks her up and hugs her)* Best gumbo I've ever tasted! *(Playfully)* Come here!

*(Wendy laughed a bit as her father held her and* *George walked over to Mary, who was busy sewing a new dress for Clover. When she went up to her husband, George put his other arm around her)*

George: (Proudly) Mary, our little girl's got a gift!

Mary: (Smiling) I could've told you that.

George: A gift this special has just got to be shared.

*(Knowing what George meant, Wendy went outside and called out to their neighbors, who are their friends)*

Wendy: (Voice-over, calling out to the neighbors) Hey everybody! I made gumbo!

*(Hearing her, their neighbors got eager and came over)*

Female neighbor 1: (Voice-over) Mmm, that smells good!

*(The other neighbors gathered at the front porch, bringing their food)*

Male neighbor 1: (Voice-over) I got some hushpuppies, Wendy. Here I come!

*(Later, they ate gumbo at the porch with Wendy and her parents. Later that same night in the nursery, George, Mary, and Wendy, in her pajamas, were sitting on the right side of Wendy's bed. Wendy is now wearing a sky blue long-sleeved pajama jacket with a blue neck rim and buttons and sky-blue long pajama pants, and now has her hair untied)*

George: You know the thing about good food?

Wendy: (Shakes her head no a bit) No, what?

George: It warms them right up and it puts little smiles on their faces. *(Takes out a flyer for a certain restaurant)* And when I open up my own restaurant, I tell you, people are going to line up from miles around, just to get a taste of my food.

Wendy: (Correcting her father) *Our* food.

George: (Chuckling a bit) That's right, dear.

*(He wrote the words, "Wendy's Place," on the flyer with a pen)*

George: Our food.

*(Then he gave his daughter the flyer, and she hugged it. She then looked out the window and gasped)*

Wendy: Father, look!

*(She crawled on her bed to the window)*

George: (Curiously) Where are you going?

Wendy: (Pointing at the lone bright star) Clover's fairytale book said if you make a wish on the evening star, it is sure to come true*.*

Mary: (Smiling and chuckling warmly a bit) Well, you wish on that star, dear.

George: Yes, you wish and you dream with all your little heart. But remember, Wendy, that old star can only take you part of a way. You got to help it with some hard work of your own. And then *(Gently pats her right cheek a bit)* you can do anything you set your mind to.

*(George and Mary got up off the bed, with Mary walking behind George, and placed her hands on his shoulders)*

George: Just promise me one thing?

Wendy: And what's that?

George: You must never, ever lose sight of what is really important. Okay?

*(Wendy smiled and nodded her head)*

Wendy: I promise.

*(George chuckled warmly a bit)*

George: Good girl.

*(Then Mary tucked Wendy into bed)*

Mary: See you in the morning, dear.

*(She kisses her good night)*

George: Get some sleep.

Wendy: Good night.

*(Mary then turned out the light, walked out with her husband, and closed the door. When they were gone, Wendy opened her eyes, crawled on the bed to the window, and looked at the star. She looked at the flyer, then at the star. She then closed her eyes and hugged her flyer)*

Wendy: (Whispering) Please, please, please.

*(She then noticed something nearby her and looked next to her to see a lizard resembling a wingless dragon. The lizard then made a hiss-sounding croak-like noise, causing Wendy to scream a bit in a panic as the lizard jumped off the window sill and ran off. Wendy then ran out of her bedroom to find her parents in fear)*

***Coming up: Years later, Wendy, proudly seeing that she's "Almost there," is doing good earning enough money to open her dream restaurant in the now late George's memory, working a lot more on her waitress duties than spending some fun times with her friends and little brothers. At the same time, a certain prince from another kingdom has just arrived in New Orleans and Clover invites Wendy and her brothers to come to her home's masquerade ball the said prince will also attend to sell some beignets.***