Take the Blame

## Summary

Fantine breaks the royal scepter and blames Ameliana and Eleanora for her actions, causing the twins to get grounded. Fantine feels guilty of her actions and admits her mistakes the next day. The king and queen get mad at her; they release Ameliana and Eleanor from the punishment and ground Fantine instead. The other Sterling children feel sorry for Fantine and surprise her with cupcakes the next day. They forgive her, and Fantine learned from her lesson.

## Plot

Fantine breaks the royal scepter and blames it on Ameliana and Eleanora once their parents hear the crash and enter the dressing room. Samuel tells the truth and says Fantine was the one who broke the scepter, but before the king and queen hear, Fantine screams at Samuel to be quiet, causing him and the twins to cry out of surprise. King Luis Miguel and Queen Mayenne ask what happened. Out of fear, Fantine lies that the twins broke the royal scepter while visibly shaking. King Luis Miguel and Queen Mayenne become angry at Ameliana and Eleanor and ground them, forcing them to wear girly, itchy dresses, eat the pet scraps, and sleep in the stables without using any gadgets for a day. Fantine then feels guilty of her actions and feels sorry for the twins, then says her prayers and cries herself to sleep. The rest of the Sterling children wake up and check on Fantine in her bedroom. They feel sorry for her and decide to surprise her with cupcakes. Charlotte complains that she is very bad at cooking and baking, but Samuel, Ameliana, and Eleanora keep encouraging her to join. Charlotte shows her tsundere attitude once again, and says that it’s not like she wants to bake for Fantine. When the cupcakes are ready, the three children drop the cupcakes off at the kitchen, and Samuel decides to sleep with the twins in the stables. The next day, during breakfast, Eleanora, Samuel, and Ameliana are visited by their father at the stables. The king announces that the twins are not grounded anymore, and he tells them to freshen themselves up and eat with them at the dining hall. At the table, the Sterlings are all complete except for Fantine, who shows up five minutes later and walks to her seat slowly, with tears in her eyes. She eventually starts sobbing loudly, and admits that she broke the royal scepter and blamed it in the twins. The king and queen are a bit mad at first, but they soften up and tell Fantine that she should have been honest and admitted her mistakes sooner. Fantine sobs even louder and apologizes to her family, while Ameliana and Eleanor comfort and forgive her, along with Samuel and Charlotte. Queen Melissa then says that the scepter she broke is actually a decoy. The Sterlings then break up in laughter and have a happy family breakfast, while Fantine learns a valuable lesson about honesty.

## Script

**Fantine:** Time for me to steal the royal scepter! I should be quiet.

**FOOSH! CRASH! SHATTER!**

**Fantine:** Oh no! It’s BROKEN! AMELIANA! ELEANORA! HELP!

**(When Samuel, Ameliana, and Eleanora get to the parent room)**

**Ameliana:** What was that, Fantine?

**Eleanora:** We heard the sound.

**Samuel:** Mm-hm.

**Luis Miguel:** Fantine! What was that sound?

**Fantine:** GAK! A-A-A-A-A-Ameliana and E-E-E-E-E-Eleanora broke the royal scepter!

**Ameliana:** \*sniff sniff\*

**Eleanora:** Don’t cry, Amelia! It’s fine!

**Samuel:** But Fantine did it!

**Fantine:** Be quiet! Be quiet! be QUIET!

**Samuel:** \*sob\* WAH! I was only trying to help the twins!

**Ameliana and Eleanora:** \*sniff\* \*sob\* We’ll get grounded because of you!

## Gallery (Comic)

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