(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)

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