Amber March/The Little Ladies: A Puppy Chase

**Amber March** is a character in The Little Ladies: Olivia and her Siblings in a Puppy Chase. She is portrayed by Alyssa Zhang. Amber, Quinton and her sisters go to an island with their puppies so that Amber can take part in a dance competition. When they get separated from the puppies, the siblings set out to find them.

## Story

Amber and her sisters and son, Olivia, Eva and Quinton fly to an island so that Amber can compete in a dance competition. They are accompanied by their puppies. On the plane, Amber watches a video of herself practising. She asks Quinton if she can see the theatre for her dance competition, or any dancers rehearsing on the stage.

Olivia says she is going to show her sisters and nephew a surprise, but Amber says she wants to go to the hotel to start practising. She sees another dancer named Maia and they greet each other. Amber says she needs to rehearse as much as possible in order to compete with Maia. She says that Maia is probably practising in the hotel van. Olivia tells Amber to stop worrying, and she rents a golf cart as transportation.

While driving to the surprise, the siblings lose their map of the island. Amber suggests going back to the hotel, but they keep going. Olivia takes her sisters and nephew to Banyan Park and surprises them with the Skeleton Show. While the siblings watch the show, their puppies go into a horse trailer. Amber is impressed by the skeletons but still wants to keep practising. Amber notices that one of the skeletons, Abigail, is nervous, so she encourages her, and Abigail is able to perform well.

After the skeletons perform, Amber asks the director, Maggie, if she has any tips for winning a dance competition. She tells her to feel the beat, forget the audience, and have fun. Quinton asks Maggie if she recommends any fun beaches, and she says she is going to camp at Goodwoods Camp. Maggie and her sister Vivian go to leave, but Quinton realizes the puppies are missing. Maggie and Vivian drive away with the puppies still in their horse trailer. Olivia tries to drive after them in the golf cart, but it gets stuck when she tries to take a shortcut. Amber wants to go back to the hotel so she can practice her routine, but it is too dark. The siblings decide to camp and then go to Goodwood Camp the next day to find the puppies.

While Amber and her sisters and Quinton are camping, they play the Would You Rather game in time travel style. Amber's sisters say that Amber always says "If you could time travel and turn back time, would you rather go to the Moana school play or go to Korea?" while playing this game. They play the Imagination Game next, and imagine if they'd rented a camper instead of a golf cart. They hear a noise, and Olivia tells her sisters and Quinton that it's a macaw bird. She shows them a macaw constellation in the sky that points north. Amber has trouble seeing it at first, but uses her imagination. Olivia says it sounds like the macaw bird is saying "good night", and it makes Amber fall asleep. It starts to rain, so they wake up and sleep in the golf cart.

The next day, Amber immediately wants to head out to find the puppies before her competition. She continues practising as they travel. The siblings come to a washed out road and decide to hike a mountain to get around it. Amber gets tired going up the mountain, and says she misses her puppy, Emily. Olivia makes sure her sisters get up the mountain safely before she goes, and they help her up. They find that they have to zip-line down to a village so they can call for help. Amber has fun zip-lining, and encourages Eva when she gets scared during her turn.

At the village, Amber gets frustrated with Olivia because everything is closed and no one is around. Olivia finds Ella, a lady who works at a car rental company. Amber tells Ella that she needs to get back to the hotel for her dance competition. Ella offers the girls a camper like the one from their Imagination Game. The camper runs out of gas, but Quinton notices that they are close to Goodwood Camp. The siblings go to the beach and see no one around.

While Eva and Quinton look for Vivian and Maggie, Olivia and Amber wait behind. Amber gets angry with Olivia for being positive even though things keep going wrong. Amber says it would "stink" if she missed the competition. Olivia suggests they play the Everything Stinks game, where they imagine bad situations. They are able to look at the positive side of every scenario. Amber worries that she will make mistakes during her routine and lose the competition. Olivia tells Amber the most important thing is that she does her best, and they hug.

The siblings see the puppies, and they all reunite. Vivian and Maggie offer to drive the girls to Amber's dance competition, but they arrive at a washed out road. Abigail asks her mother, Melody, why Amber seems worried. Melody replies that Amber won't get to her competition in time because of the gap in the road, but Melody's other daughter, Lucky, says they can help. The skeletons get Maggie's attention, and she says the siblings can use the skeletons to get across the gap. Amber hugs Vivian and Maggie, and she holds Abigail's hand so they can jump over the gap. Amber and Emily encourage Abigail when she gets nervous before jumping and Abigail makes it over the gap.

Vivian and Maggie say they will drive a different route and meet the girls at the competition. The siblings continue on the skeletons but they come to a crossroads. The random path that Olivia picks leads back to Banyan Park. Olivia apologizes to her siblings and Quinton for messing up and taking them to Banyan Park the day before instead of just going to the hotel. Amber repeats Olivia's earlier advice and tells Olivia that she did her best. Amber says Olivia can tell them when she's worried because they're sisters.

Olivia looks up and notices the macaw constellation. She uses it as a map to find the hotel, which is in the north part of the island. Amber gets to the competition and changes her clothes. Amber apologizes for being late, and pleads for a chance to perform. The puppies do puppy eyes at the host, Savannah, who says Amber deserves a chance. Maia agrees, and Amber gets on stage.

Amber gets nervous while performing, and she stumbles and falls over. Abigail gets on stage and gets everyone to clap for Amber. Amber is also joined by her sisters and son, puppies, and the rest of Vivian and Maggie's animals. Savannah praises Amber for the performance, and the judges award Amber the trophy with Maia's support. Maia says she will win it back at the next competition, and Amber says Maia can try. They laugh, and Amber thanks everyone who helped her. Amber's performance music is turned back on, and everyone dances.

## Appearance

Amber is a girl with fair skin, black eyes and long black hair styled in a ponytail with a green hair tie. Her standard clothing consists of a black shirt that says "MY LITTLE DOGGIE" in colourful text, violet shorts and yellow sneakers. Amber wears a green and yellow lei when she was welcomed on the island by the hostess. While riding the zip-line, she wears a light blue and violet helmet with green leaves and she wears a black helmet while walking with the skeleton. For her dance, Amber has her hair down with a green Alice band with a plant on it. She wears a blue strappy gown with a yellow and green plant on it. The top of the gown is green and the skirt is yellow with pink plants on it. She wears yellow shorts underneath and yellow sandals.

## Personality

Amber loves surprises, cupcakes, dancing and the colour green. Amber can dance when she is not nervous but she is insecure about her dancing skills when she compares herself to Maia. Amber thinks she has to practice often in order to compete with Maia and she gets frustrated when she forgets her dance steps or something gets in the way of her performing. Amber gets nervous about the plan of making mistakes while dancing or losing the contest. When she makes mistakes during performance, she is able to keep going after being encouraged. She was looking forward to competing and was counting down the hours. However, after Amber and Olivia open up to each other about their worries, Amber accepts the plan of missing the contest.

## Quotes

* "Surprise? That is my second-favourite word after cupcakes unless it is surprise cupcakes. Is it surprise cupcakes?"
* " I need as much practice as I can get. Look how good Maia is. I bet she dances in her sleep."
* "I will rehearse as I go. I guess. 5,6,7.....Or was it 2,3,4? Ugh!"
* Olivia, I need my backpack. It has got my costume and my bacup costume and my backup backup costume and my toy rabbit and my backup toy rabbit and my toothbrush."
* "12 hours until the contest but first, we gotta rescue the puppies. Let us get moving, people!"
* "Cake? I miss cake. Almost as much as I miss Emily."
* "You know saying break a leg is an expression, are you correct? You are not supposed to attempt to break your leg."
* "What if after everything, we came all this way and I do not get to do my routine? That would....Stink!"
* "Only because you mess up does not mean you fail. As long as you get out there and do your best, that is all what matters."