Barbie of Swan Lake

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(Barbie, holding a lantern, goes into a cottage, looks at girls sleeping, then sees Kelly's bed empty, and then notices Kelly outside and goes to her)

Barbie:
What’s wrong, Kelly?

Kelly:
Hm, I can’t sleep. The bed’s all bumpy!

Barbie:
I remember my first sleepover camp. It takes a day or two to get used to things.

Kelly:
I’ll never get used to it!

Barbie:
But you were looking for to race day tomorrow. You’re a part of the team!

Kelly:
Somebody else can run for me.

Barbie:
It wouldn’t be the same without you. We’d really miss you!

Kelly:
I just wanna go home.

(Barbie hugs her, then looks at the sky)

Barbie:
Look over there, do you see those two big stars and four little ones in a row?

Kelly:
Sort of.

Barbie:
That’s the constellation Cygnus. It’s a swan. Imagine the four stars are the long neck, the big stars as the body and running crosswide, those stars are the wings.

Kelly:
I see it!

Barbie:
Did you know there was once a girl who turned into a swan?

Kelly:
She did? How?

Barbie:
Her name was Odette.

(cut from night to day, but with the same high trees)

She worked in a family bakery with her sister and her father.

Kelly:
But you said she was a swan.

Barbie:
Not at first.

(Odette waves at children outside window and dances around bakery. Then her father walks out)

Odette:
Oh! Papa!

Father:
Odette, you’re a wonderful dancer. You should go the village dances with your sister.

Odette:
And have everybody stare at me? I-I couldn’t.

Father:
But you’d have fun and... Ah, the cornbread!

(walks off in a hurry to fetch bread from oven)

Father:
Sugar cookies, your favourite.

Kelly:
Make it chocolate chip. That's my favourite!

Barbie:
Okay.

(sugar cookies transform into chocolate chips)

Odette:
(taking a bite) Mmm! Chocolate chip! You work too hard, papa.

Father:
What can I do? You and Marie keep eating the inventory!

(Odette watches her sister on horse outside, goes outside to greet her)

Odette:
Any faster and you’ll be flying!

Marie:
That’s the idea. Come on, I’m heading out again. You’ll love it.

Odette:
Thanks, but...

(Marie's horse stands up on its hind legs)

Marie:
No thanks, right?

Odette:
Right.

(hands her the satchel)

Odette:
Thought you might want breakfast, Marie.

Marie:
(opens the satchel) Apple muffin, juice. You’re gold, Odette! I'll be back to help soon!

Father:
(going outside the bakery) Was that your sister?

Odette:
Here and gone, papa. Flying like the wind!

(cut to a blue bird that flies from the village to the castle)

Reggie:
Okay, but can you make it four-four-four?

Daniel:
What do you say I hit that top sack over there?

Reggie:
(laughing) All the way over there?! Are you kidding? It’s impossible!

Daniel:
Ah. My favourite word.

(draws arrow, aims and shoots at sack. Hits exactly)

Reggie:
Amazing! Amazing, your highness!

Daniel:
(bows comically) Thank you, Redgie.

(Queen steps outside. The arrow cuts the sack and grain falls out, almost on Queen's dress)

Queen:
Oh my! Hmm.

(Daniel gives Redgie his bow and runs to the Queen)

Daniel:
Mother! Sorry.

Queen:
More target practice? I came to give you these (shows the envelopes). There're all responses from princesses coming to the royal ball. Eligible princesses! You need to pick a bride.

Daniel:
But-

Queen:
I’m tired, son. Soon you’ll take over the throne. I want to spend my golden years spoiling my grandchildren.

Daniel:
Mother, you know I’ll marry someday, but first I want to do so much. Explore, travel.

Queen:
And so you shall. After my grandchildren.

(Queen leaves, Daniel shrugs his shoulders. Cut to a blue bird flying back to the village. Odette dances with tray of bread, humming. Bird joins in and falls in a bowl of flour)

Odette:
Hey, you! (picks bird up, bird starts to shake itself) Okay, okay.

(caresses the bird, it spreads its wings)

Odette:
There you go.

(frees the bird. Loud chattering and shouting is heard. Odette sees an unicorn running away. The unicorn stops in front of Odette)

Odette:
I don't believe it!

Villagers:
Come on! You two there! Get it! Get it!

(The unicorn runs away, stands on its bind legs as a villager tries to catch it with a lash, runs. A villager tries to hit it with an arrow)

Odette:
Wait! You’ll hurt it!

(A villager shoots but the unicorn ducks and then runs on a wood cart, dropping the wood that fall down on villagers. They run away, the unicorn begins to do a sort of a dance and then is caught by another villager)

Villager:
You’ve got it! A real unicorn! This should make a pretty price, ay!

Odette:
Oh no!

(The unicorn sees an axe nearby, runs to it and cuts the rope. The villager is thrown away, gets hit by fruit, other villagers laugh at him. The unicorn runs past Odette, runs into the wood and the rope around its neck gets caught on branch, but the unicorn sets free and runs away. Odette runs after. The rope is caught by a branch again, the unicorn tries to escape but fails. Odette's dress is caught by a bush, she frees it and then hears the unicorn screaming. It's trying to escape but nothing happens. Odette sees it. The unicorn runs away and crosses the river. Odette follows. They go to the waterfall. Unicorn looks back if Odette's still coming, goes to the waterfall by a log. Odette looks at the unicorn, it suddenly stumbles, Odette gasps, the unicorn stands on its feet, but then falls. Odette gasps and stands on the log, looking down, it's high. Odette still goes to the unicorn)

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