Cats & Dogs

# ~Cats & Dogs: A Tale of Romance and Cliche~

Not so long ago, cats and dogs lived in peace and harmony, until the cats became greedy and started a war with the dogs.

They later won and ruled the land. While the cats were rich and threw parties almost everyday, the dogs lived in shabby houses in slums and had little money to live.

Having enough of her father planning marriages for her, Princess Cassidy escapes from her castle.

Maurice struggles from his poor family, and wishes one day the dogs can be separated from the evil cats’ rule.

When the two of them meet in the border in the forest one day, love will blossom and rules shall be broken.

***This story is finished. Book 2: Love is in the Air is Coming Out Soon! Stay tuned!***

## Characters

### Maurice

protagonist 1, a peasant dog who mainly helps his brother pick mushrooms, occasionally spy on Princess Cassidy picking flowers

### Cassidy

protagonist 2, the eldest Royal Princess and future Queen, yet hates her royal life and wants to be normal

### Charmaine

Royal Guard, calm and stern, is always annoyed by Opal but never scolds her

### Opal

Royal Guard, slightly dorky and panics a lot, revealing the evil plans of King Dusk on attacking their hometown by mistake

### Sophie

youngest Princess of the Cats, a plain idiot who just follows King Dusk’s orders until his defeat

### The Mice (Nina, Mac & Squeakers)

knows the best around town, helps Cassidy find the Abandoned Dungeon where Charmaine and Opal are in

### Oleander

Cassidy’s arranged mate who’s two years younger, doesn’t want to be married to her

### Slick & Meadow

twins, publisher of the newspaper in both Barksville and Catanoia

### Dougie

Maurice’s brother, died due to the war during Ep.2

### The Spider Gang (Ingrum, Charlotte, Cobb, Hairy)

a group of shady spider merchants who sells sticky spiderwebs, which are King Dusk’s secret attack weapons. Ingrum is King Dusk’s assistant

## Ep.1 A Forbidden Crush

Maurice: A brand new day, and I have to do my duties…things are kinda hard after that terrible war-oh why did I forget to introduce myself! I’m Maurice, an ordinary brown peasant dog in the town of Barksville. Me and my big brother Doug has been living here for years, and it does get a bit boring sometimes!

Doug: Brother! Where are you up to? Spying on the girls or pick mushrooms?

Maurice: Walking around, I’m bored.

Doug: Fine, do your own thing, but remember the mushrooms, they’re our dinner!

Maurice: (nods, then leaves)

[At the forest, Maurice sees a bunch of fancy-looking cats picking flowers, among them was a lovely purple mottled she-cat.]

Maurice: Princess Cassidy, my crush, yet we could never be together. Just look at me, I’m nothing but in rags while she’s a Princess!

[Camera turns to the flower-picking cats]

Sophie: Cass, you know it, Father wants you to marry someone and be queen soon.

Cassidy: But what if I don’t want to get married to someone I don’t even know! Who is the suitor this time?

Tabitha: Uh…it’s Sir Tauri, your majesty. There’s not so many options left since you’ve kicked out so many.

Cassidy: (slaps her own face) I said I don’t wanna get married!

Pepper: Well happy for you at least.

Cassidy: Do you even get what I mean? I thought Sophie’s the only one dumb here.

Sophie: Cass! Mind your words!

Fiona: Have you heard of the attacks from the other kingdoms? There’s a recent one last week.

Sophie: I hope your suitors don’t have to go to war for this.

Cassidy: (annoyed) I DON’T EVEN WANT A SUITOR!

[Maurice’s POV, peeking at the girls from the bushes nearby]

Maurice: Oh how I wish I could have gotten more closer to her…it’s just against the law to have any contact with a cat unless at war…(sighs)

[Scene changes to the Catanoia Royal Palace]

King Dusk: Cassidy dear, we need to talk.

Cassidy: Ugh! Yes?

King Dusk: Because of the attacks recently, I have to go out to lead the war-WHY ARE YOU LEAVING?

Cassidy: I don’t even care about you leaving, it’s just so tiresome that all I do are royal duties and suitors. I’m just tired, father, from all this.

King Dusk: It’s not an option, while I leave, you stay here to protect the kingdom.

[King Dusk leaves]

Cassidy: I hate my life.

Pepper: Anything wrong, your majesty?

Cassidy: Just…leave me alone.

[Maurice’s POV]

Maurice: You know Princess Cassidy’s getting married soon?

Dougie: So what?

Maurice: I don’t know, just feeling bad for her to be forced to marry someone she doesn’t know.

Dougie: Who even cares anyway, those cats killed our parents in the war! You know that! Get back in mushroom picking before the cat soldiers come and take us as slaves for war!

Maurice: Yes!

## Ep.2 The War of the Cats & Dogs

Maurice: Doug, I’m back! Doug? Brother?

Dakota: He’s taken by the cats!

Maurice: WHAT?!

Honeycomb: And he won’t come back until the war’s over.

Maurice: (thinks) I need to find him. (Runs off)

[The battlefield, with lots of dead bodies. Maurice can still spot Dougie on the ground]

Maurice: DOUG! Please, don’t leave me here!

Hugo: What’s up with all this commotion?

Maurice: (in tears) Doug…he’s dead.

Spirit: Maurice! We’re supposed to stay at the village, now what?

Tala: Sir, we have to leave him be, that’s what the rules said.

Maurice: You can’t do this! He’s my brother, my best friend!

[Meanwhile]

Cassidy: Father, what have you done! Many have died in this war already! You’re not-

King Dusk: SHUT UP! Sir Tauri and several others are severely injured so we’re going to assign you a new husband, perhaps the last on the list: (sighs) Oleander the Timid…

Cassidy: Oleander?! No, not him! I only treat him like a friend, not a future husband! And are you insane? He’s literally two years younger than me! Do you just expect me to be a wife of a literal child?! I’m 18 already!

King Dusk: NO BUTS! YOU WILL MARRY HIM NEXT WEEK! DON’T YOU DARE RAISE YOUR VOICE AT ME, YOUNG LADY!

[King Dusk leaves Cassidy’s room, Cassidy watches the battlefield and sighs.]

Cassidy: I can’t stand it anymore, I have to leave tonight.

[At night, Cassidy sneaks out of the palace in a peasants clothes. She passes through the border and sneaks into a nearby cottage.]

[Inside, Maurice is ready for bed when he hears a loud thump.]

Maurice: Who’s that? I need to check out.

[He looks around. A hooded silhouette just landed through the window, it takes the hood off to reveal a purple mottled cat with a princess tiara.]

Maurice: Princess Cassidy?! How-How are you here?

Cassidy: Hiding from my father, idiot! Wait-you’re a dog! Oh dear, what have I gotten myself into?!

[Maurice watches in surprise as Cassidy throws her tiara away.]

Maurice: What are you doing? Aren’t you a royal?

Cassidy: Enough weird questions, I’m staying at your house.

Maurice: …WHAT-

## Ep.3 Childhood Buddies

Maurice: Cassidy, I know you’re a princess and you might hate it, but we only have berries and mushrooms here.

Cassidy: MUSHROOMS?! Oh dear heavens, I thought you at least have something else!

Maurice: Yeah, but we’re too poor to buy other types of food.

Cassidy: I’ll tell Father when I go back, about how awful life is here!

Maurice: Didn’t you say you’re avoiding him and that’s why you’re here?

Cassidy: Yeah…the war has really separated the both of us, have we?

Maurice: ?

Cassidy: I remember we used to play together when we’re children! I have proof! (walks towards the photos on the walls and points at a purple kitten right next to childhood Maurice) See?

Maurice: WE USED TO BE PLAYMATES?!

Cassidy: Yeah! But Father hated you dogs, and waged a war 10 years ago, when I was 8 and Mother was sick. I’ve never seen you since…until now!

[Trumpet noises outside]

Maurice: Must be the mayor, there must be news.

[Maurice puts a dog beret on Cassidy’s head and pulled her to the town square.]

Mayor Crescent: Hello everyone! It is with great sadness that most of our townsmen are forced to join and have died during the recent war with Horse County. And Princess Cassidy of Catanoia is currently missing, after Sir Tauri is severely injured and she is assigned a new mate for the upcoming wedding next week with Oleander, son of the Mountain Cats. This marriage will supposedly unite the Mountain Tribe and Catanoia, if you see Princess Cassidy, please report to us immediately.

[At the market]

Maurice: Everyone’s looking for you, you sure you’re still staying?

Cassidy: Of course! I don’t want my life to be planned out like my sister Sophie, I just want to be a normal citizen! I don’t want to marry Oleander, I don’t want to get married yet!

Maurice: Hmm…we’ll figure that out soon.

Cassidy: I’ll go back to the cottage and think.

[Maurice watches as Cassidy leaves, he suddenly notices two silvery figures walking around in the crowd. Assuming them as guards, he runs towards Cassidy.]

Maurice: Cassidy! The guards!

[The two figures spot them and chases after them, they ran back to the cottage and the two figures pounded on the door. Cassidy hid in Maurice’s bedroom while Maurice peeked out the door.]

Charmaine: Sir, have you seen Princess Cassidy?

Opal: We’re only here to look for her and protect her from any danger, we don’t mean any harm.

## Ep.4 The Truth of the King

Maurice: What are you doing?

Opal: We’re on your side, sir.

Maurice: Our side?

Opal: We’re umm…suspicious of the king!

Charmaine: Opal! We can’t tell that much to a peasant!

Opal: He’s planning to attack our hometown! He’s gonna kill us Persian Cats! Don’t believe him! We need help!

Charmaine: OPAL! THAT’S NOT WHAT WERE SUPPOSED TO DO!

Opal: Sorry, Charmaine. It’s just I can’t see my friends in my town getting burnt alive.

Maurice: Maybe we can help you, but I’m not sure if I should trust you guys.

Charmaine: We can keep an eye on him, and you can still take care of Cass. We won’t take her away, we’re only worried.

Maurice: …Ok? Cassidy can help too, right?

Charmaine & Opal: (nods)

Maurice: Cassidy!

[Cassidy peeps out the cottage door]

Cassidy: What’s up?

Maurice: Can you keep secrets?

Cassidy: Yeah, why? Oh, Opal, Charmaine! Why are you-

Opal: They’re proclaiming war at Persian Town!

Cassidy: Persian Town’s supposed to be revolting and attacking us, isn’t it?

Charmaine: No, Cass. You must listen, your father’s proclaiming war on US.

Cassidy: That’s impossible!

Maurice: You can still keep an eye, right?

Cassidy: I don’t know who to trust, but I’ll try to spy on him as much as I can.

Maurice: It’s getting late, you guys should go.

Charmaine: It’s safe with us, sir!

[Cassidy takes a stroll in the woods when she hears King Dusk talking to some spiders]

King Dusk: Ready?

Ingrum: Yes, your majesty.

Charlotte: So we’re attacking in three days?

Cobb: No, in a week!

Hairy: Three days, Cobb! We’re gonna sneak attack the Persians with our webs!

Cassidy: (whispers) I need to tell Maurice! We need to stop Father!

## Ep.5 Fireworks & Sparks

Cassidy: Maurice! Father’s planning to bombard Persian Town with spiderwebs in three days!

Maurice: Ok then! To the border!

Cassidy: But we can’t go-

Maurice: You came here through the border right?

Cassidy: Yeah…

[At the border, the couple meets up with the Royal Guard duo]

Opal: Any news?

Cassidy: Father’s planning a sneak attack with spiderwebs on your town in three days-no-TWO DAYS!

Charmaine: I knew that king is up to no good!

Cassidy: And he’s making deals with SPIDERS!

Charmaine: The Spider Gang? And their leader should be…Ingrum, right? Opal?

Opal: Yes, Ingrum’s team sells extremely sticky spiderwebs. We’re doomed!

Charmaine: There is a tunnel for us to get to your township, but it’s narrow and it’ll take days to get everyone from Persian Town to here!

Opal: We’ll think of something, Charmaine. Don’t fret.

Maurice: What about us?

Cassidy: Still spying on the king?

Opal & Charmaine: Yes! We’ll meet up here tomorrow!

[Back at the town, Maurice gives a detailed tour for Cassidy, but she seems upset.]

Maurice: What’s wrong?

Cassidy: It’s just…I hate Father, but I can’t believe he would do such a thing!

Maurice: I can cheer you up! There’s a fireworks festival tonight!

Cassidy: What?

Maurice: The Annual Barksville Fireworks Festival! You’ve never heard of that?

Cassidy: No, we’ve never have one in Catanoia, Father has banned all use of them.

Maurice: Oh, no wonder you hate him! He’s ruining all the fun!

Cassidy: (giggles)

[At night, Cassidy and Maurice watch the fireworks festival. The night sky is filled with all sorts of colours.]

Cassidy: Maurice, this is the best firework show EVER!

Maurice: Told you it’s awesome!

[At the forest background, a young spider, Charlotte notices the couple. She heads towards a crowd of other spiders. On the highest tree branch was Ingrum, who gracefully falls on a web in the middle.]

Charlotte: Ma’am, our plan’s complete.

Ingrum: I’ll tell King Dusk, she’ll get what she deserves.

Charlotte: She?

Ingrum: Yes, it’s a she.

[The spiders leaves with the bristling of the leaves.]

Cassidy: Who’s that?

Maurice: What?

Cassidy: Nothing!

Maurice: You must be thinking too much, let’s go home after the show ends.

## Ep.6 Well, That’s Gonna be a Problem

Maurice: Morning, Cassidy!

Cassidy: You can just call me Cass, that’s what  everyone in the Palace calls me.

Maurice: Ok, should we go meet the Royal Guards?

Cassidy: Let’s go!

[They run to the border, where Charmaine and Opal are…hiding?]

Maurice: What are you-

Opal: (whisper) Hush! They blocked the tunnels!

Charmaine: Both your kingdom and our town are guarded now!

Cassidy: I remember what they said last night!

Everyone: Who?

Cassidy: Father wants to get revenge on someone, but who? It might be me: for leaving the kingdom, or someone else!

Maurice: Whoever it is, I don’t think it’s gonna end well.

Opal: The attack’s in a day and we still haven’t evacuated everyone!

Charmaine: I guess we have to…(sighs) go with the flow.

Cassidy: No! We can’t let my kingdom destroy you for no reason!

Maurice: I can get help, the dogs are really helpful here.

Charmaine: But they won’t believe us, we’re cats!

[Suddenly, King Dusk, the Spider Gang and many soldiers appear out of nowhere.]

King Dusk: What is going on here?

Cassidy: Father, stop all this nonsense!

King Dusk: Charmaine, Opal, you have put your families and friends in front of your duties!  Take them away!

[Charmaine and Opal squeal in horror as they’re tangled up in webs.]

Cassidy: Father! You can’t do this! They don’t deserve it.

King Dusk: Princesses don’t feel pity for traitors.

Cassidy: Father, please reconsider! They don’t mean it!

[King Dusk and his soldiers leave with Charmaine and Opal.]

Ingrum: Princess Cassidy, King Dusk wants you to come home.

Cassidy: (angry) I WILL NOT GO ANYWHERE! I HATE YOU, FATHER!

Charlotte: Uh-

Cobb: You-

Cassidy: A princess shall escort herself!

[Cassidy pulls Maurice by the hand and they dart back to the township. The townsfolk look angry as they arrived the town square.]

Tala: Maurice! What have you done?! Keeping the Royal Princess?! Helping Persian Town?!

Maurice: I-I can explain!

Spirit: Explain?! Why can’t the “princess” explain herself?

Cassidy: You won’t believe it, but Father’s evil! He’s gonna bombard Persian Town with SPIDERWEBS without any reason!

Hugo: Whatever! Maurice, get out of your stupid fantasies and take her back to where she belongs!

Maurice: You’re not listening to the truth, guys! Ugh! I gotta go! Cassidy?

Cassidy: How ignorant! Maurice, I need to find Father to negotiate, or convince him.

Maurice: Sure, but be safe!

[Maurice leaves the town square and return to the cottage while Cassidy crosses the border and barges in the Royal Palace again.]

Cassidy: Father!

King Dusk: I can’t believe you’re doing this! You’re wrecking the kingdom!

Cassidy: I’m only here to-

King Dusk: You’re going back to your bedroom, NOW!

Cassidy: But, Father, I-

King Dusk: Get back in your bedroom, I will check on you from time to time. Don’t you dare try to leave, future Queen.

[Back in the cottage, Maurice is still worried, so he also crossed the border and finds Cassidy, who’s up on her bedroom balcony.]

Maurice: CASS!

Cassidy: MAURICE!

[They hugged in joy.]

Cassidy: What are we going to do? Father wouldn’t listen!

Maurice: We’ll free them, I promise!

Cassidy: What about the townsfolk-

Maurice: I know just the way to do so.

Cassidy: What?

Maurice: Hold my hand.

[Cassidy does what she’s told.]

Maurice: Jump.

## Ep.7 The Mice’s Assistance

[The couple jumps and lands on a pile of leaves.]

Maurice: Now we need to free your Royal Guard friends! King Dusk locked them up in the dungeon, right?

Cassidy: (nods, then shakes head) Yes, then he moved them.

Maurice: How?

Cassidy: That’s what the maids said while I was going back to my bedroom.

Maurice: Where is it?

Cassidy: (mysteriously) The Abandoned Dungeon.

Maurice: What are we waiting for, let’s go!

[They arrive at the deep parts of the forest.]

Cassidy: There’s one problem, I have no idea where it is.

Maurice: Why couldn’t you tell me earlier, now what?

???: Follow us!

Cassidy: What are you?

???: We heard your plea, your majesty. The Maids can’t come, so we’re sent instead.

[Three small mice popped out from the bushes.]

Nina: Follow us.

Squeakers: We’ll take you there.

[The couple followed the mice to the Abandoned Dungeon. King Dusk, Ingrum, Charmaine, and Opal are there.]

Charmaine: You can’t do this to us!

King Dusk: Don’t get carried away. My daughter will find you, but I’m gonna relocate you soon.

Opal: You won’t get through us without a sword fight!

Ingrum: Oh, we’ll see about that.

Opal: I will not let you take us, you monster!

King Dusk: Why? Because your town is getting what they deserve!

Charmaine: What did we do to you to deserve this?

Ingrum: Oh, it’s not you, it’s your mother.

Charmaine: Mother? But she’s dead long ago! What did she do to deserve this?

[Ingrum is ready to shoot a web at Charmaine.]

Opal: Don’t you dare!

[Opal was shot instead.]

Ingrum: Oh, that’s a deep friendship!

Charmaine: That’s a knight’s duty, to protect their loved ones!

Ingrum: (stammer) Loved…ones?

Opal: So what?

Ingrum: Whatever! See you tomorrow! Ha!

King Dusk: You won’t be here forever! You’ll be bait for the war!

Charmaine & Opal: WHAT-

[Meanwhile.]

Cassidy: You sure we’re following the right path? It’s been an hour already!

Maurice: I’m hungry!

Nina: I promise you it’s the right path, your majesty.

[Back at the Abandoned Dungeon.]

Charmaine: We’re going to be BAIT FOR THE WAR?! Aren’t you getting serious, Opal?

Opal: Yeah, I guess we’re dead anyways, stuck in a stupid cell.

Charmaine: At least we still have each other-LOOK! IT’S THE MICE!

Nina: Charie!

Mac: Opal!

Squeakers: We brought you buddies!

Maurice: Enough blabbering! Find the lock!

Cassidy: Can you climb up the gates?

Nina: There’s a lock at the top!

Mac: We’re too small!

Squeakers: Oh, I know! Can you stack up together?

[Cassidy and Maurice stacked up together with the mice.]

[Nina unlocks the lock with a hairpin, the three mice open the door together and Charmaine and Opal leaves. With the mice’s help, Opal gets all the sticky webs out of her.]

Opal: No time to lose. Let’s go home!

Cassidy: And stop that war! I’d better confront my father again.

Mac: Again? Seriously, how many times?

Cassidy: The last one, I promise.

## Ep.8 Arranged Marriages

[Cassidy and the mice runs off to the castle.]

King Dusk: Princess Cassidy, where have you been? You went looking for them, did you?

Nina: No, your majesty. We’re in the bedroom the whole time.

King Dusk: That’s what I thought.

Cassidy: Why are you so cruel?

King Dusk: I’m only doing for what’s best for us, dear.

Cassidy: Liar! Persian Town’s innocent, you’re the one who started all this! You’re lying, why?

King Dusk: How dare you speak against the King? You’re the liar!

Cassidy: No! You’re lying! I’ve never believed in you after all of this! You’re nothing but a terrible cat!

King Dusk: (mumble) You’re just like your mother.

Cassidy: Mother?

King Dusk: I mean, you’re going on a date tonight with Oleander.

Cassidy: No, Father! I don’t like him! I said that already that I only treat him as a friend!

King Dusk: Don’t worry, you’ll know more about him. I’m sure you’ll love him soon before your wedding and coronation.

Cassidy: But-

King Dusk: NO BUTS! YOU WILL HAVE A DATE WITH HIM TONIGHT!

[Evening, at a fancy restaurant. Cassidy’s in a gorgeous evening gown while Oleander’s in a fancy tuxedo suit.]

Oleander: Uh…I-My stunning princess, I’m so honoured t-to have a date with you and be your future husband. I-I’ve got a nice seat for you, just look at the beautiful scenery of the lake!

[Cassidy is completely uninterested, however.]

Oleander: Shall we eat, umm…my lady?

Cassidy: …Yeah, whatever.

[Meanwhile, Charmaine, Opal and a bunch of confused husky townsfolks from Barksville are looking from someone.]

Prince: You sure the newspaper publishers from both of our kingdoms is coming?

Charmaine: Yes.

Slush: They’re here!

Hunk: Meadow! Slick!

Charmaine: You know most about our kingdoms, do you have anything special about the war?

Meadow & Slick: It’s top secret, we-

Opal: That’s against the rule: Always tell the truth to a knight.

Meadow & Slick: Fine! King Dusk is going to demolish Persian Town, after he get revenge on someone he used to love dearly!

Meadow: We even interviewed the spiders, but they chased us away!

Slick: Then he’s going to kill all the dogs and take over their land!

Opal & Charmaine: Oh no!

The Huskies: We have to tell the others, NOW!

Meadow & Slick: We’ll make the newest papers on it ASAP!

[Back at the restaurant.]

Oleander: You’re not looking at me, p-princess. Why? Are you sad?

Cassidy: (upset) Hmph!

Oleander: Uh-Because you’re forced to join this date?

Cassidy: Olly, what do you mean “forced to”?

Oleander: You don’t love me, right?

Cassidy: (sternly) Yes.

Oleander: Same.

Cassidy: How?

Oleander: We’re just…not meant for each other. I’m in love with a local forest girl, but before I can confess it to her, there’s a war between the Mountain Tribe and Catanoia. I’m forced to marry you to make peace, but I want to be with her, not you-I’m sorry, did I…say too much? Does it hurt?

Cassidy: No, it feels better if you tell the truth, anyway.

Oleander: Who do you like then?

Cassidy: I’m in love with a peasant dog, though I’m sure it’s against the rules…but I see we both have similarities. Let’s leave, and tell those ones how much we loved them.

Oleander: Yes, my p-princess!

Cassidy: You can just call me Cass, like before.

Oleander: Yes, Cass!

[Cassidy and Oleander leave the restaurant, Oleander heads off to the Mountains while Cassidy goes to the cottage, where Maurice is picking berries.]

Cassidy: Maurice! You wouldn’t believe what happened back there. Father forced me to have a date with Oleander!

Maurice: How did it turn out? Horrible?

Cassidy: No! He confessed that he doesn’t want to marry me at all, he likes someone else, just like me!

Maurice: You like someone else?! Who is it?

[Cassidy kisses Maurice on the cheek.]

Cassidy: You.

Maurice: (blushes) That-

[Megaphone trumpet noises]

Maurice: It’s the mayor again! What is it this time?

Cassidy: I guess we have to go to the town square again, huh?

## Ep.9 All is Revealed

Meadow: BIG NEWS! BIG NEWS! KING DUSK’S EVIL PLANS ARE REVEALED TODAY!

Slick: GET YOUR LATEST NEWS ON THE WAR OF PERSIAN TOWN TODAY!

Tala: WHAT?! King Dusk’s evil?! That-

Spirit: Of course you think it’s fake, you’re only a baby when the war ended!

The Huskies: Guys, what Slick and Meadow are saying are real, we questioned them with Charmaine and Opal!

Mayor Crescent: Attention everyone! We are going to assist the Persians in today’s war, and lead a rebellion against the king! I repeat, we are going to assist the Persians in today’s war and lead a rebellion against the king!

Hugo: EVERYONE GET TO PERSIAN TOWN RIGHT NOW!!! WE ARE READY TO FIGHT!

## Ep.10 The Rebellion Awaits

[Background with webs and everyone screaming.]

Mayor Asher: Please! We did nothing wrong!

Mayor Crescent: Stop attacking both of our towns!

Cassidy: They’ve done nothing to you, you can’t hurt them like this!

King Dusk: I don’t care what you think, you little brat!

Maurice: Stop talking to my girlfriend like that!

King Dusk: You-Cats and Dogs can’t date, that’s against the law!

Cassidy: Really? We don’t care, you’ve destroyed the honour of our kingdom for your selfishness!

King Dusk: Like do you think I care? You’re the ones who’s destroying our kingdom, Princess Cassidy! You’re the worst daughter in existence! Why can’t you learn from Sophie?

Mayor Crescent: Daughter?

Cassidy: What do you mean?

Mayor Crescent: Cassandra, is that you?

Cassidy: Only Mother calls me that, and she’s a leopard, there’s no way you’re my mother!

King Dusk: CAN’T YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH?!

Mayor Crescent: She needs to know the truth!

[Ingrum, sitting on King Dusk’s shoulder shoots a web at Mayor Crescent and Mayor Asher. Mayor Crescent’s hood falls off in the process, revealing her actual cat ears.]

King Dusk: I’m gonna make you suffer from what you made me do.

[All the cat soldier start attacking the place, the Rebellion team tries to stop them but fails.]

Charmaine: (gets stuck in webs) Ah!

Opal: Charie!

Mayor Crescent: Charmaine! Cassandra! You can’t hurt my daughters, you puny spiders!

Charmaine: Mom?!

Cassidy: Wait-if she says that Charmaine and I are her daughters, we’re siblings! Father, I need to know the truth, NOW!!

The Huskies: Mayor Crescent, tell her the truth!

King Dusk: I won’t let you stop me! (points a knife at Charmaine) Stop right now, or I’ll kill her!

Mayor Crescent: No! Charmaine!

King Dusk: Time’s ticking, my queen.

Mayor Crescent: I’ll give in, just let go of her!

[Opal, Maurice and Cassidy run towards Mayor Crescent.]

Maurice: We can’t let both of us surrender like this!

Cassidy: What should we do?

Opal: Ah! I’m so confused!

Mayor Asher: Confront him, and tell everyone the truth.

Opal: Everyone’s fighting and the dogs are breaking everything! What should we do?!

Mayor Crescent: Frights! Even after everything you did to me, I still loved you! Please, just leave us alone!

King Dusk: You have no idea what you’ve put me through, you traitor!

Mayor Crescent: Frights, please!

King Dusk: I’m done trusting you, Crescent, I was done years ago.

Maurice: (with megaphone) MAY I HAVE YOUR ATTENTION?!

Everyone: ?!

Cassidy: Father says the Persians and the Dogs, BUT THEY’RE NOT! I’VE SPENT TIME WITH THEM AND THEY’RE THE NICEST BEINGS ON PLANET EARTH!!

Maurice: (whispers) You don’t have to yell, you know. (through megaphone) And we also learnt that (points at King Dusk) YOU are the one who started the war!

All Persian Cats: And why would WE believe you?

Opal: Guys, we have proof!

Slick & Meadow: You’ve read the newspapers, he’s gonna destroy the dogs and Persian Cats to have the land all to himself!

All Dogs: They’re telling the truth!

Cat Soldiers: Ok-WHAT?!

King Dusk: No! They’re lying! You fox morons!

Mayor Crescent: Frights! You’ve not just taken my throne while I was sick, you’ve even-(coughs) I, as Queen Crescent, the TRUE ruler of Catanoia, shall banish you from this place forever, you must not come back or we’ll tear you to bits!

All Cats: (with pitchforks) Traitor! Traitor!

Persian Cats & Dogs: You don’t even deserve to be our leader! Boo!

[A giant swarm of cats push King Dusk off a slope, sending him rolling, down and down.]

Cassidy: So long, Father!

Sophie: DAD!!!

Cassidy: Sophie, you’re so late! Did you listen to all that? He doesn’t even deserve to be our father!

Sophie: (sobs)

Queen Crescent: Cassandra! Sophia!

Sophie: Mommy!

Cassidy: Mother!

[Queen Crescent hugs the two of them, the looks at Charmaine, who doesn’t look like she’s fond of it.]

Queen Crescent: You can hug me, dear. You know.

Charmaine: Fine…mom. I just thought you were dead all those years ago.

Queen Crescent: I’ll tell you the whole story: your father and I met each other during a royal party and it was like love at first sight, we were soon married but over time, I had to focus on my royal duties as queen and he grew cold and thought I didn’t love him. When I was sick after giving birth to you three, he took care of two of you for me and left the last one for the royal guards. He then banished me to the dogs village, where I was healed and elected as mayor. To this day, I still blame myself for letting him do whatever he wants while I was sick and weak…I would never let him take my kingdom and you ever again.

Cassidy: Don’t cry, Mother. We’re always here together.

Sophie: And I shouldn’t have let Dad control me and start the war.

Charmaine: So what now? The king’s gone and Mother’s still recovering, right?

Cassidy: We can build a new kingdom, with both of the cats and dogs!

Queen Crescent: Yes! And we shall be united once more!

Maurice: Uh…your majesty?

Queen Crescent: What’s the matter?

Maurice: It might be against our rules but Cassidy and I-

Queen Crescent: The kingdom’s now united, and the rules…really need to change. Yes, you can date her. I won’t let the rules define who you are and who you love.

Maurice: Yay! Now what?

Cassidy: Look for new places to explore?

Sophie, Charmaine & Opal: Yes! (runs off, laughing in joy)

Cassidy: Maurice! You coming?

Maurice: In a minute!

[Maurice picks up a small photo of him and Dougie from his pocket.]

Maurice: I hope you’re happy there, we’ve gone through a revolution and we’ve got a brand new kingdom. You’re the best brother I’ve ever had.

[Maurice follows the rest of the characters as a rainbow shines above the sky.]

Narrator: Five months have passed since the events here and things are pretty much in peace. The spiders and insects have joined the kingdom and Ingrum’s team is forgiven for their involvement in King Dusk’s plans. Oleander and his girlfriend he once mentioned are getting married soon and…oh dear, what about Maurice and Cassidy?

Maurice: Cass? Can I show you something?

Cassidy: Ok.

[Maurice takes Cassidy to the balcony where they watched fireworks.]

Cassidy: What are you doing?

Maurice: Will you marry me?