Opening/Batty Begins the Story

*(We open on a beautiful early morning in the outskirts of Paris, France, on an old windmill)*

Thumbelina Parodies Studios presents….

Arielina

*(We then pan slowly across the French countryside and forests until we see Paris itself. Then in the air of this beautiful city, a bird-sized fruit bat was flying around happily while humming. He is a male fruit bat with brown fur, yellow eyes with light red pupils, a pig-like nose, black wings and feet, short beige hair, and a small white antenna attached to the right side of his head. He is Batty Koda, a playful, yet caring, bat who is also known as the figment of all imagination. Anyway, as he flew around humming, he then sang)*

Batty: **If you follow your heart**

**La, la, la, la, la, la, la**

**When you follow your heart**

*(He lands on a lamppost and noticing us readers, got happy)*

Batty: Hello, everyone! And welcome to Paris, France! Who am I, you ask? I am Batty Koda! And lover of all things beautiful!

*(He then flew to a building and into a window of a library attic as he resumed singing)*

Batty: **You’re sure to do impossible things**

**If you follow your heart**

**You’re sure to fly on magical wings**

**When you follow your heart**

*(He sighs lovingly)*

Batty: That is very nice, indeedy! It’s a message, telling you that if you follow your heart and dreams, nothing in impossible!

*(He gets himself cozy on a small chair)*

Batty: **You’re sure to do impossible things**

*(He giggles)*

Batty: I love this song I’ve sung, as well as my voice!

*(He finishes his song)*

Batty: **When you follow your heart**

**When you follow your heeeaaaaart**

*(Once finished, Batty turned to us)*

Batty: You like that song? *(A short pause)* Goody! I’m glad you did! You wanna know why I believe that nothing is impossible through that song?

*(The camera nods, as if saying yes)*

Batty: Okay! I’ll be glad to tell a beautiful adventure story, with romance and magic, starring some dear friends of mine, and me!

*(He giggles. Then he got up and scoured his bookshelf)*

Batty: Let’s see…. What was that book again?

*(He looked at titles such as “Olivia White and the Seven Thugs,” “Sleeping Namine,” “Flynnladdin,” “Beauty and the Were-Echidna,” “The Black Cauldron (Stitch Version),” “Alicerella,” “The Wizard of Oz (Kairi Version),” and of course, “The Little Girl (Kairi Version).” Then he spotted a small pink and orange colored book entitled “Arielina”)*

Batty: Aha! There it is! “Arielina!”

*(He pulls the book out and opened it)*

Batty: And like I said, it stars me and my friends. And the title character is not literally named Arielina, nope! It’s Ariel.

*(He starts the book as we zoom onto the first two pages, showing a couple living happily together at a farm in the French countryside. The man has long white hair, a long white beard and mustache, blue eyes, and wearing a gold crown, blue long-sleeved shirt with golden epaulettes and buttons, dark blue pants with gold lining, and black shoes. He is King Triton. And his wife is a woman with long auburn hair and blue eyes, and wearing a gold crown, a teal evening dress, a gold seashell necklace with a lavender seashell charm, lavender arm gloves, and teal shoes. She is Queen Athena, Triton’s wife. And with them on the next page comforting the two are a bunch of typical farm animals and a slender, muscular, handsome, and tan German Shepherd/Collie hybrid with a dark brown back and a light tan underside, brown eyes, a black nose, and wearing a blue dog collar with a gold dog tag. The dog is Charles B. Barkin, or Charlie for short)*

Batty: (Voice-over, reading) Once upon a time, there lived a nice, but lonely, couple named King Triton and Queen Athena. For two months since they married, they longed to have children of their own, regardless of having friends in the farm animals and their dog, Charles B. Barkin, or Charlie for short.

*(Then the page turned to show on Page 3, Triton and Athena are given two strange-looking golden seeds by a winged man and a winged woman while Charlie and the farm animals watched. The man has short brown hair, brown eyebrows, blue eyes, and wearing a white long-sleeved short with puffy sleeves, a blue tunic with gold lining and short, bristle-like sleeves, black pants, light brown boots, and a blue cape. He is Derek, the Fairy God. And the woman has blonde hip-length hair, green eyes, and wearing a white long-sleeved dress with poofy sleeves, teal poofy shoulder sleeves that are also attached to white elbow-length poofy sleeves, a teal sash, and a teal center in the skirt of her dress, teal shoes, and red lipstick. She is Odette, Derek’s wife and the Fairy Goddess)*

Batty: (Voice-over) Then one night, a kind Fairy God of the Fairy Kingdom named Derek and a kind Fairy Goddess of the Fairy Kingdom named Odette appeared, having heard their prayers and wishes for children, and deciding to grant their wish with a secret agenda of their own, they bestowed two golden seeds to them, telling them to grow two magic tulips in the morning and once they’re in bloom, two children will appear.

*(Then we see Page 4 showing an image of Triton and Athena growing a tulip from the golden seeds in two flower pots while Charlie and the farm animals watched in calm amazement)*

Batty: (Voice-over) And so, doing what Derek and Odette instructed the next morning, Triton and Athena planted and grew the tulips in two pots and they thankfully bloomed like they said.

*(Then we crossfade into the story as Triton and Athena watched in calm amazement as the tulip they planted bloomed magically. Even Charlie and the farm animals watched in calm amazement)*

Athena: They’re beautiful….

Triton: I wonder what two children we'll have from them.

*(They watched silently. Then, the tulips slowly opened, each one revealing two tiny sleeping girls the size of a normal person’s thumb. The first girl is 16 years old with hip-length red hair, blue eyes, red lips, and wearing silver barrettes, an off-the-shoulder pink and white long-sleeved dress with a white brim on her neckline, poofy shoulder sleeves (Both with long white diamond-shaped designs and attached to long triangular sleeves), a white underskirt and peplum, silver teardrop-shaped earrings, and pink shoes. And the other girl is the same age as the former with chin-length auburn hair, blue eyes, and wearing violet barrettes, an off-the-shoulder purple and lavender long-sleeved dress with a lavender brim on her neckline, poofy shoulder sleeves (Both with long lavender diamond-shaped designs and attached to long triangular sleeves), a lavender underskirt and peplum, amethyst earrings, and purple shoes. Upon seeing them, Triton and Athena slowly got impressed)*

Athena: Wow….

Triton: Two tiny girls….

*(Even Charlie and the farm animals smiled softly at this. Then the two girls slowly woke up and yawned. Upon seeing Triton and Athena, they smiled softly. Then Athena held her hand out and let the two girls climb onto it. As they stood on it, Athena lifted her hand gently to look at them with Triton)*

Two girls: Hi, Mother and Father.

*(Smiling softly back, Triton and Athena and even Charlie and the farm animals warmed up to them)*

Triton: My wife and I can tell you two are the most beautiful daughters we have ever seen.

Two girls: Thank you.

Red-haired girl: The same with Mother and you.

Auburn-haired girl: Although Father is handsome.

Athena: What are your names?

*(The two girls introduced themselves)*

Red-haired girl: My name is Ariel.

Auburn-haired girl: And I’m her sister, Kairi.

Athena: I love those names.

Triton: They’re cute. Anyway, where did you come from besides those flowers?

*(The two girls, now revealed to be Ariel and Kairi, got confused and shrugged. The residents at Triton and Athena’s house got the confused looks and understood)*

Triton: You don’t know.

Kairi: Afraid not.

Ariel: Everything from before we woke up in the tulips is all fuzzy….

Kairi: And we don’t even know how we were in the flowers….

*(Understanding their answer, Triton and Athena nod)*

Triton: We hope you’ll remember eventually.

Athena: And we’ll support you both in any way.

*(Ariel and Kairi smiled)*

Ariel and Kairi: Thanks!

*(Athena then let Ariel and Kairi climb onto the table from her hand after lowering it gently)*

Triton: Welcome to our family, Ariel and Kairi.

*(Then we crossfade to everyone working on farm chores a few days later. Ariel is now wearing a blue bow in her hair, a blue long-sleeved dress with long aquamarine sleeves and a black bodice, and black high-heeled shoes. And Kairi is now wearing a black stringed necklace with a silver bead, a pink skort with black ruffles on the right and fuchsia, black, and white checkered ruffles on the left, a white tanktop, a black belt with a silver buckle, a pink sleeveless hoodie with a black interior and shoulder padding, dark gray pockets, a gray zipper, and fourteen silver buttons, and black boots)*

Batty: (Voice-over) Yep-er-Rooney! Ariel and Kairi. They were their pride and joy ever since. And they’ve done a lot of things together for the past few days, when it comes to cooking and cleaning, they bonded really well. Especially to the animals.

*(As Ariel and Kairi finished helping Cloud scrub the water trough, the farm animals then sang)*

Goose: **Who are the girls**

**No bigger than a bumblebee?**

Goat: **Who are the angels**

**With those funny names?**

Cow: **We don’t know where they’re from**

**Or how they came to be**

Farm animals: **But happy was the day they came**

Chickens: **Ariel and Kairi**

Goat: **They’re funny little squirts**

Chickens: **Ariel and Kairi**

Cow: **Tiny angels in their skirts**

Chickens: **Ariel and Kairi**

Farm animals: **First they’re mending**

**Then baking**

**Pretending they’re making things home**

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

*(Later, Ariel and Kairi helped sweep the floors in the barn with Athena and then watched a hen’s eggs hatch into four chicks)*

Cow: Mooooove over. I can’t see them.

Turkey: (Sarcastically) Excuse me!

*(Then Ariel and Kairi sang)*

Ariel: **Who would believe the wonder**

**Of the world we see?**

Kairi: **Each little minute brings**

**A new surprise**

Ariel: **There’s only one peculiar thing**

**That bothers us**

Ariel and Kairi: **Seems we’re the only ones**

**Our size**

*(Then later, they helped Triton and Athena feed the farm animals)*

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

Goat: **Think of all you save on meals**

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

Turkey: **Maybe if you had high heels**

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

**If you stay here**

**Forever**

**We know that you’ll never**

**Be glum**

Cow: **By gum**

*(Later, Ariel and Kairi helped Athena bake some pies)*

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

**They’re the whispers of a thing**

**Ariel and Kairi**

**They’re as welcome as a spring**

**Ariel and Kairi**

**First they’re mending**

**Then baking**

**Pretending they’re making things home**

*(Then the farm animals made their animal calls through song and then resumed singing)*

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

**They’re always in a thick**

**Ariel and Kairi**

Ariel and Kairi: **But we get out in the nick**

*(Later, they helped Triton and Athena pick some food from the garden)*

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

**Fortune sometimes**

**Has tricked us**

**But this time it’s picked us a plum**

Ariel: **Oh, a plum’s so big**

Kairi: **And a fig’s so big**

Ariel: **And they call it a twig**

Ariel and Kairi: **But a twig’s so big**

Everyone: **It’s a great big world**

Farm animals: **Ariel and Kairi**

**Ariel and Kairi**

**Ariel and Kairi**

Ariel and Kairi: That’s us!

*(They giggle as they hugged Athena’s thumb happily while Triton and Athena smiled softly and proudly at them along with Charlie and the farm animals)*

***Coming up: After being read a story about fairies and the Fairy Kingdom by Triton and Athena, Ariel and Kairi wonder if there are such things as fairies. At the same time, they admit their same dream of finding out their true heritage from their mysterious past.***