Chapter 1 The Magic Storybook

After another day at school, Doremi Harukaze returns home.

Doremi: I'm home.

Haruka: How was school, Doremi?

Doremi: School was great! Seki-sensei had us watch a Disney movie in class.

Haruka: Really? What movie was it?

Doremi: Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Haruka: Was it good?

Doremi: It was great. I love Dopey. Well, I'm going up to my room now.

Haruka: Okay. Come down for dinner. We're having steak tonight.

Doremi: Steak! Awesome!

Doremi rushes up to her room and switches on the light. She then notices something on her desk, a storybook.

Doremi: Where did this come from?

Voice: Hee hee hee.

Doremi: Wha? Who's there?

Suddenly a cricket in a tail suit appears on the shelf.

Doremi: Eh?

Cricket: Oh, hi there.

The Cricket jumps from the shelf and lands next to the book.

Doremi: Who are you?

Cricket: Cricket's the name, Jiminy Cricket.

Doremi: The Jiminy Cricket from Pinocchio?

Jiminy: That's right. Have you ever heard of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, Peter Pan, Dumbo, or Alice in Wonderland?

Doremi: Yeah.

Jiminy: They're all in this book. (Points to the book) Would you like me to read you a story?

Doremi: Uh...I guess.

Jiminy tries to open the book, but he can't lift the cover.

Jiminy: Uh... (Clears throat) I kinda need some help.

Doremi: Alright.

Doremi reaches out to the book and opens it. Jiminy takes out his spectacles and clears his throat.

Jiminy: "On a dark and rainy night a long, long time ago in a kingdom far far away..." "...in a quaint little cottage deep in a big forest, there lived a..."

Jiminy then gets really tired and yawns. As he rests his head on the book, Doremi shakes him awake.

Doremi: Hey, are you awake?

Jiminy: Oh, uh... (chuckles) Pardon me. It's just that I've been reading these stories for so many years and... (Suddenly he thinks of something) Say, I have and Idea.

Jiminy flips through the pages and tears out a page.

Doremi: What are you doing?

Jiminy: (tears out three more pages) I'll take out each of the happy ending pages, then you can guess which story you can put them back into. (Chuckles) (Shuts the book) It's sorta like a game.

The happy ending pages land right between Jiminy and Doremi.

Doremi: Okay. Let's see what the happy endings are.

Doremi points to the page on the far left and Jiminy explains what it is.

Jiminy: Ah, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves. Now there's a happy ending for ya: Snow White and the prince live happily ever after.

Doremi points to the second page.

Jiminy: In the happy ending of Dumbo, Dumbo the Flying Elephant is finally reunited with his mother, Mrs. Jumbo.

Doremi points to the third page.

Jiminy: In this happy ending, Alice travels to Wonderland, but makes it back home, and without losing her head.

Doremi points to the last page on the right.

Jiminy: In the happy ending of Peter Pan, Captain Hook is chased off by Tick-Tock the Crocodile. Peter lives on as feisty as ever and he never ever has to grow up.

Doremi: I think that's everything.

Jiminy: Good. Now open up the book and put the happy endings back.

But when Doremi touches the book, it levitates off the desk and flies around the room. Suddenly, lightning flashes and a whirlwind appears out of the book. Appearing in the whirlwind are the villains from the stories: the Ringmaster, the Evil Queen, the Queen of Hearts, and Captain Hook. Just then, the happy endings get caught in the whirlwind and the villains try to snatch them. Jiminy jumps on the book and closes it. The book and the pages float down back on the shelf.

Doremi: What the heck was all that about.

Jiminy: I don't know, but we better put this one on the shelf until someone can shed a little light on the situation.

Suddenly, the window opens and a strange blue light appears through it.

Doremi: What's that?

Jiminy: (Rubs his eyes) Well, as I live and breathe, the Blue Fairy.

The Blue Fairy materializes in front of Jiminy.

Doremi: (Thinking) I've never seen a human-size fairy before.

Blue Fairy: Sir Jiminy, you are an official conscience and trusted with a duty to help others choose between right and wrong. Did you do something wrong tonight?

Jiminy: No! (Looks at the pages) (Stammering) Well I did tear out these pages, but I was only trying to- I mean it's just a book.

Blue Fairy: Jiminy, once the story is read, it becomes alive in the imagination of the person who heard the story.

Doremi: Like me?

Blue Fairy: Yes, Doremi. By removing the happy endings, the heroes are left in peril and the villains put in control.

Doremi: Oh no.

Jiminy: Ah, some conscience I turned out to be. Doremi and I will put the pages back.

Doremi: Okay.

Blue Fairy: No no. The villains have already started to change the stories. You will have to travel into the stories to fix them.

Jiminy: We can do that, my lady. I-I hope.

Doremi: Should be simple. (Takes out Cologne Tap)

Doremi sprays herself twice which causes her Witch Apprentice uniform to appear.

Doremi: Pretty Witch Doremicchi!

Jiminy: Wow Doremi, so you're a witch?

Doremi: Well not exactly. I'm a witch apprentice.

Jiminy: So you can do simple magic?

Doremi: Yep.

Blue Fairy: Doremi, good luck on your journey and always let your conscience be your guide.

The Blue Fairy waves her on the wooden doors on the book and disappears. Suddenly a voice startles Jiminy and Doremi.

Voice: Hello there.

Jiminy: Oh!

Doremi: Eh?

Jiminy and Doremi turn around and see two talking doorknobs on the doors.

Jiminy: Hello.

Doorknob 1: I'm Out and you're out too.

Doorknob 2: No I'm not! My name is In. How could you forget that kind of thing.

Out: Oh don't start. I meant our new guests here are out. (To Jiminy and Doremi) And you probably want to go in, inside the stories, that is.

In: Well, why would you want to do that? Haven't you heard all of the villains have taken over?

Out: Well, perhaps our guests can help.

In: What do you mean, help the villains?

Out: No no. Helping the villains would be wrong. Our guests must do what's right and help the storybook heroes.

In: Oh, yeah.

Out: But, before we can let you enter, we have to make sure you know what the heroes look like.

The Doorknobs test Jiminy and Doremi by letting them point to each heroes carved on the doors.

In: Okay, let's all look for Pinocchio. When you find him, point to where he is.

Doremi: That's easy. Right here. (Points to a carving on the right door)

Out: Excellent! There's Pinocchio. Now for something a bit more difficult. Let's find Tick-Tock from the story of Peter Pan.

Doremi: Hmm. Right...about...here! (Points to a carving on the top part of the right door)

In: There he is! Hey, Tick-Tock, you're late on the rent again.

Out: Now let's look for Peter.

Doremi: Over there. (Points to a carving on the top part of the left door)

In: There's Peter Pan now! Hi Pete!

Out: Now it's time to search for Jiminy Cricket.

Jiminy: Hey, I'm right here.

Doremi: I see it too. (Points to a carving next to Peter Pan)

Out: There's Jiminy. I say, that was like trying to find a needle in a haystack.

In: Actually, it's more like trying to find a carved cricket on a wooden door to be precise.

Out: Yes. Well, next we have to find Alice from Alice in Wonderland.

Doremi: She's over there. (Points to a carving in the bottom right corner of the right door)

In: Hello, Alice.

Out: Now we must search for another fair maiden by the name of Snow White.

Doremi: Right there. (Points to a carving in the bottom right corner of the left door)

Out: Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the fairest of them all? There she is. It's Snow White. Now it's time for you to find Dopey.

Doremi: He's my favorite and he's right here. (Points to a carving next to Snow White)

Out: That's Dopey.

In: There you go again making fun of our talented guests.

Out: Now it's time to find little Tinker Bell.

Doremi: There she is. (Points to a carving next to Alice)

In: There you are Tinker Bell. You're the light of my life.

Out: Now here's a tricky one. You will have try to find the Cheshire Cat.

Doremi: He shouldn't be to hard to spot. (Looks at the door) Right here. (Points to a carving below Jiminy)

Out: There's the Cheshire Cat. Now we have to look for Grumpy from Snow White and the Seven Dwarves.

Doremi: At the top. (Points to a carving above Tick-tock)

In: There's Grumpy. Ooh, he doesn't look happy.

Out: you just need to find a few more of our friends and then you'd be ready to enter the stories. Let's look for Sleepy

Doremi: Sleepy is right there. (Points to a carving on the top left corner of the left door)

In: There's Sleepy. Well what do you know, he's sleeping. There's a big surprise.

Out: Now we have to find the White Rabbit, because he's late for a very important date.

Doremi: He's in the corner. (Points to a carving next to Tinker Bell)

In: There's the White Rabbit.

Out: Good. Now let's look for Dumbo.

In: There you go again calling our guests names.

Doremi: Right in the middle. (Points to a carving on the left door)

Out: There's Dumbo. Now you have to find Doc.

In: Um, would it be possible? I mean, could it be all right with you? I mean, can't you just bask the glory to having found Dumbo for one measly little second before barking out the name of the next missing person? Would that be all right with you!

Out: We're on the last one.

In: Oh. Okay, never mind.

Doremi: He's on the right. (Points to a carving next to Pinocchio)

In: Hey, what's up Doc? (Laughs)

Out: Try to remember who we work for. Our guests have just proven that they know all what the storybook heroes look like and they're ready to enter. We'll swing open and let you go in.

In: But I don't want to go in.

Out: I meant them!

In: Ooh, well somebody woke up on the wrong side of the door today.

Jiminy: Okay, are you ready Doremi?

Doremi: I'm ready.

Jiminy: Alright. (To the Doorknobs) Go ahead.

The doors swing open and a whirlwind appears inside.

Jiminy: (Opens umbrella) Come on! This is going to be some adventure!

Jiminy enters whirlwind.

Doremi: Here we go!

Doremi jumps into the whirlwind and begins her adventure.

To Be Continue