The Great Dragon Race

**The Great Dragon Race** is the second episode of the first season of Regal Academy.

## Synopsis

*It's the day Rose, Hawk, Travis, Astoria, and Joy have been waiting for – it's time for Dragon Riding Class! Class ends with a race to Dragon Land, but things won't turn out so easy. Who will pass the finish line first?*

## Plot

As Rose is about to leave for school, she tells her mom that she is going dragon riding. However, she realizes that she almost revealed her secret of Regal Academy, so she corrects herself and says that she is going horseback riding. Her parents brush off her remarks as something silly.

Afterwards, the students are introduced to the dragons in Dragonology. They learn that the dragons protect the gate between earth and Fairy Tale Land.

When Rose is on her dragon, Headmistress Cinderella pulls out a picture of a young girl riding a dragon, and fondly remembers her first time riding a dragon.

The students put on their regal armor and start the dragon race. The students must ride across Fairy Tale Land and make it to the finish line.

At one point, Rose falls off of her dragon and Hawk catches her. This prompts Ruby to deliberately fall off herself in the hopes that Hawk will catch her, but she bumps into Joy's dragon before landing on Cyrus' dragon.

While Rose is riding her dragon, Vicky casts a spell, causing her dragon to fall asleep. Rose falls off and winds up in Arabian Nights Land (1001 Nights).

Then, she rides a magic carpet to make it back to her dragon, whom is sleep flying, and continues racing. Afterwards, she catches up with the others.

Just as Vicky is about to win, the other students catch up. In response, Vicky casts a spell on her own teammates, which causes their dragon to fly in place and cause the other dragons to crash into them.

Vicky orders her dragon to go faster, but her dragon tires out and collapses, causing Vicky to fall off and consequently lose the race.

Hawk and Astoria win the race and they tie for first place. Travis wins second, and Joy places third. In spite of Travis' place in second, Coach Beast is disappointed with him.

In the final scene of the episode, Rose returns to Cinderella Castle and brings Nowichi dragon scales as a gift to her granny, but she returns the gift and makes Nowichi shoes for her.

In addition, Rose asks her grandmother if she will ever master pumpkin magic, to which she reassures her that she will. As a test, Rose summons a pumpkin, which explodes and splatters. Thus, their clothes are ruined and it is uncertain she will ever master her magic.

## Trivia

* As revealed in this episode, Travis does not want to be a Beast but instead, he wants to be an artist.

## Quotes

'It can't be any riskier than buying shoes online!' - Rose Cinderella

"My horse's name is Dragon! Can you believe it?!" - Rose, claiming that the name of her horse is Dragon to keep Regal Academy a secret from her parents

"Did you hear something?" - Hawk, asking Rose if she heard anything shortly after Ruby intentionally threw herself off her dragon in the hopes of having him rescue her

"What are you looking at?!" - Ruby's question to Cyrus after she lands on his dragon

## References

1. ↑ https://itunes.apple.com/us/tv-season/regal-academy-vol.-1/id1135939275