Return to Lexicon
Part 4
(It's a normal day in Fair City and Becky's friends Violet and Scoops, who are now in middle school, are walking around town when they hear someone's excited voice.)
Help Guy: HHHEEELLLPPP! There's a spaceship coming to Earth! Wait, is this the police station?
Violet: No, this is the middle of town.
Help Guy: Thanks. HHHEEELLLPPP! (He continues to run off.)
Violet: Did he say that he saw a spaceship coming?
Scoops: You don't think it's Wordgirl returning, do you?
Violet: I hope she is. We haven't seen her in a year or so. Come on.
(The ship then lands where the hideout used to be.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, we're here.
Duke Minto: Lovely planet. Lots of greenery and animal noises.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, Earth is a very nice planet. Now I want to tell you that on Earth, I have super powers. I don't know if you all do or not.
Duke Minto: Super powers? Like what?
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, I have super strength, super speed, super hearing, super vocabulary skills, I have the ability to breathe in Outer Space, Ice breath, and a sonic scream.
Duke Minto: Wow. So where does your Earth family live?
Wordgirl/Becky: I'll take you there. But just a second. I have to transform into my alter-ego. WORD UP! (She then lifts Duke Minto into her arms.) Would you two want to come or do you want to stay here?
Norro: We'll stay here, by the ship.
Minna: Besides, this is for you.
Wordgirl/Becky: Huggy, did you want to stay with them or come with me? (Huggy says, that he'll stay with them, to make sure they stay safe.) Ok. Come on. (She zooms away towards town.)
(As she flies through town, high in the skies, the people below see her and they are happy to see her and some cheer and wave and she waves back at some as well.)
Duke Minto: Wow, people here really seem to like you.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, they do.
(They come to Becky's Earth home and she lands just outside, on the lawn.)
(Then she nervously knocks on the door.)
Mr. Botsford: (Has heard the knocking on the door and goes to open it and he sees his adopted daughter, along with a young man, he's never seen before.) BECKY!
Wordgirl/Becky: DAD! I miss you so much. (She then goes to hug her Earth father as he hugs her as well.)
Mr. Botsford: Not as much as I miss you, Sweetie. TJ! Come down here, Son!
TJ: (He's now 9 year old and he sees his older sister standing in the living room and he hurries over to her and embraces her just as their father did.) BECKY! I'm so glad to see you! Are you coming home?
Wordgirl/Becky: Actually, I'm here for two reasons. I would like to wait until Mom gets home first.
TJ: Can you give me a hint as to what it is?
Wordgirl/Becky: TJ.
TJ: (Sees the boy standing with her.) Hi, I'm TJ Botsford.
Duke Minto: I'm Duke Minto of Lexicon.
TJ: Whoa! A Duke. You're friends with my sister?
Duke Minto: Something like that.
Wordgirl/Becky: Dad, would it be ok if I took Duke Minto around town? I would like to introduce him to some of my friends.
Mr. Botsford: Go ahead. You're mother won't be home from work for at least a few hours.
Wordgirl/Becky: Great. Come on, Duke Minto, I want to introduce to you some of my best friends.
Duke Minto: Great.
(She flies around town with Duke Minto in her grasp and she soon spots her two best friends on the ground and she goes to land.)
Violet: (She looks up and sees Wordgirl, along with a new boy, landing in front of her and Scoops.) BECKY! I missed you so much.
Wordgirl/Becky: I missed you both too. (She then hugs Violet and Scoops.) So how are you both doing?
Scoops: We're doing great. So who's your friend?
Duke Minto: I'm Duke Minto from Lexicon.
Scoops: I'm Todd "Scoops" Ming. Welcome to Earth, your highness.
Duke Minto: Thanks. Aleena sure told me a lot about you both.
Wordgirl/Becky: Aleena is my Lexicon name.
Violet: Really? It's a very pretty name.
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks. So do you two want to hang out or anything?
Violet: That'll be great.
Scoops: So, tell me what's it like to be Duke of Lexicon?
(As the boys walk ahead of the girls, talking.)
Violet: He's very cute, Becky.
Wordgirl/Becky: Yes, he is. Um, I want to tell you something else.
Violet: What is it?
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, on Lexicon, it's tradition for a young man around our age to ask the parents of a young woman, he's interested in for a marriage arrangement. Duke Minto asked my Lexicon parents for such an arrangement. And then he asks me if I would accept his arrangement.
Violet: What did you say?
Wordgirl/Becky: I told him, 'yes'.
Violet: So does that mean that you're arranged to get married one day?
Wordgirl/Becky: Yes. He discussed this with his parents and mine first for permission and then he asked for my acceptance.
Violet: So if you marry him, will you become Duchess?
Wordgirl/Becky: Yes, and when his parents die, he and I will become Grand Duke and Duchess of Lexicon. I'm not sure what that job is so my parents are going to enroll me into a school that teaches that type of thing.
Violet: Wow. My best friend is going to be Grand Duchess of Lexicon. That is so awesome. I'm so proud of you, Becky. Or, should I say, future Grand Duchess Aleena?
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks Violet. I won't marry him until I'm 18 but his parents and mine want to begin planning for it.
Violet: Of course. A special wedding like this takes years to plan and should be done just right.
Wordgirl/Becky: Wow, I'm so glad to be friends with you, Violet. I wish that you can come and live on Lexicon with us.
Violet: Maybe someday, I could. Perhaps Scoops will come as well.
Wordgirl/Becky: I know one person who won't be happy about this at all. Tobey McCallister the Third.
Violet: No, he probably won't be happy about this. But, he will have to just move on and fall in love with someone else.
Wordgirl/Becky: I guess.
Violet: What? Are you in love with Tobey also?
Wordgirl/Becky: I don't know.
(Just then, they come to the park and they see Tobey there, along with Eileen and Victoria Best.)
Tobey: (Wordgirl is in her Becky identity when he sees her, but he still knows that Becky and Wordgirl are the same girl, Victoria and Eileen don't know that.) Becky! I'm so happy to see you again.
Victoria: Hello Beckface.
Birthday Girl: Hello Becky-Wecky.
Wordgirl/Becky: Hey Guys. I'm in town, visiting.
Birthday Girl: So where did you move to?
Victoria: And who's your new friend?
Wordgirl/Becky: (She looks at Violet, Scoops, and Tobey and decide to give away her identity to the two remaining girls.) Um, Victoria, Eileen, this is Duke Minto from Lexicon. That is where I live now.
Birthday Girl: Are you telling us that you, Becky-Wecky, is really Wordgirl?
Wordgirl/Becky: That's right, Eileen.
Victoria: Are you coming back to stay or what?
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, um. On Lexicon, I just found out that it's tradition for a young man, like Duke Minto here, to ask the parents of a young woman, who he really likes, for a marriage arrangement. He asks the parents first to make sure it's ok with them before asking the girl. Once they get the permission of the parents, then they go and ask the girl, if she will accept him and his arrangement. So, Duke Minto went to my parents on Lexicon to ask their permission for a marriage arrangement for him and I. They agreed to the arrangement and then he asks me if I accept his arrangement.
Tobey: (Feeling a bit of jealousy.) Then what happens?
Wordgirl/Becky: Then I decide if I accept or deny his arrangement.
Victoria: Did you accept or deny his arrangement?
Wordgirl/Becky: (She then looks over at Tobey and even though she knows this will break his heart, she has to answer with honesty.) I accepted his arrangement.
Tobey: You did, I see.
Duke Minto: Yes, she and I will one day become Grand Duke and Duchess of Lexicon.
Victoria: Wow, that's big. It's not the best.
Wordgirl/Becky: No, but it's second best.
Victoria: Does Lexicon have a prince?
Wordgirl/Becky: No, they have a princess. She's one of my new friends on Lexicon.
Violet: Do you like her better than us?
Wordgirl/Becky: What? Of course not, Violet. You and Scoops will always be my two best friends. (She then sees Tobey walking away, feeling sad and rejected.) Um, do you mind if I went and talked to Tobey?
Duke Minto: Sure, go ahead. I would like to stay here and get to know your friends more.
(Becky runs after Tobey and finds him on the Wordgirl Playground.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Tobey, I'm really sorry that you're upset with this. I like you but I don't live here anymore.
Tobey: I know you don't. And I'll never give up my love for you.
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, I still like you, Tobey. I just want us to be good friends. I'm not in love with Scoops anymore either.
Tobey: I guess that is a good thing. Since he and Violet are now 'dating'. But I still am upset.
Wordgirl/Becky: Tobey, do me a favor though. Don't go and try to destroy the city because of this.
Tobey: I haven't built a single robot for over a year. I lost the desire to do so. Mother's happy about that. Becky, I am upset about the news but I want you to be happy and I know what that will mean.
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks Tobey. (She then gives him a hug.) If I could be with any guy on Earth, he would be you.
Tobey: You know what? If things between you and Duke Minto don't work out, I'll still be here for you.
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks Tobey, but are you sure you want to be with someone who's been with someone else?
Tobey: If that someone else treats my special someone not well or whatever, yes, I would. And I will still love you, no matter what. (They then hug and go back to join the others.) Hello Duke Minto. I just want you to promise me to treat her with respect and dignity. This girl is very special to me.
Duke Minto: I promise to treat her well. I can see how much you care about her. And I can see how much you love her, so I will keep that promise.
Tobey: Thank you, Duke Minto. Can I also ask to attend the wedding?
Wordgirl/Becky: That won't be until we're 18 but, I would love to have my friends and family from Earth to attend my royal wedding.
Birthday Girl: Do you have someone to plan your wedding?
Duke Minto: Yes, we do. My mother, the Grand Duchess is talking to a wedding planner as we speak. My mother has been waiting for this day since I was born.
Birthday Girl: Can I come to your wedding, Becky-Wecky?
Wordgirl/Becky: Sure thing, Eileen. But you'll have to learn to behave yourself before then.
Violet: She's been behaving for the past year or so. She only turned into Birthday Girl once or twice.
Wordgirl/Becky: Wow, I'm proud of you, Eileen.
Birthday Girl: Thanks.
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, we have to get going now. I'll try to see you all later sometime during our visit.
Violet: Ok Becky. I'm so glad to see you again.
Wordgirl/Becky: Same here, Best friend.
(Becky then transforms into Wordgirl and takes herself and Duke Minto back to the Botsford home.)
Mrs. Botsford: (She sees Becky and the young man walk into the house.) BECKY!
Wordgirl/Becky: MOM!
Mrs. Botsford: Your father and TJ said that you came home for a visit and I'm so happy to see you.
Wordgirl/Becky: I'm happy to see you too, Mom. This is Duke Minto of Lexicon.
Mrs. Botsford: Your Highness.
Duke Minto: Nice to meet you, as well.
Wordgirl/Becky: Um Mom, the reason I came here, other than to see you all again, is because Duke Minto and I are arranged for marriage.
Mrs. Botsford: You're kind of young for marriage.
Wordgirl/Becky: We won't actually wed until we're 18 but it's a tradition to arrange a marriage agreement when the couple is our age.
Duke Minto: I first ask permission from her parents and then I go and ask her. That is just the way it is on Lexicon.
Mrs. Botsford: So, my Becky is going to be Duchess of Lexicon?
Wordgirl/Becky: That's right, Mom. And when his parents die, we will be Grand Duke and Duchess.
Mrs. Botsford: My, that sounds like a big job.
Wordgirl/Becky: It is and my parents on Lexicon had enrolled me into classes that teach that type of thing.
Mrs. Botsford: I see. Tim, TJ!
Mr. Botsford: What is it, Sally?
TJ: I'm here, Mom.
Mrs. Botsford: Becky and Duke Minto are arrange for marriage.
TJ: Whoa! My sister is going to be a duchess?
Wordgirl/Becky: And someday, a grand duchess.
TJ: Wow!
(Throughout the evening, they talk about other things, as well as the marriage stuff.)
(Two days later, Becky decides to go and visit some other people that she hasn't seen since she left and she told Duke Minto that she needed to do this herself.)
(Wordgirl goes flying around town and she decides to go over to the city jail.)
Warden: (He sees Wordgirl flying into the jail.) Wordgirl, I haven't seen you in a long time. How have you been?
Wordgirl/Becky: Good. I was wondering if I could visit any villains that are locked up in here?
Warden: You can if you wish to. Not too many villains have been locked up in a while though.
Wordgirl/Becky: I'll go and see who's here. (She flies around and she only sees Amazing Rope Guy.) Hello Amazing Rope Guy.
Amazing Rope Guy: Wordgirl! You're home?
Wordgirl/Becky: No, I'm just visiting. So how have you been?
Amazing Rope Guy: Not too bad. But robbing places is kind of boring now. It's not like it was when you were here battling us. Many of the villains just quit or are taking a break from crime.
Wordgirl/Becky: I see. Well, it was nice seeing you again.
Amazing Rope Guy: Thank you, Wordgirl. (He smiles as he waves to her and she waves back, smiling.) And thank you for coming to see me.
Wordgirl/Becky: No problem, Rope Guy. (She gives him a wink and zooms away.) Hmm, who should I visit now? (She looks down and sees the Butcher's lair.) Ok, I'll go and see if Butcher's home. (She zooms to his front door and knocks. She knocks several more times.) Hmmm, maybe he's visiting his father, Kid Potato. (She then zooms away and heads for another villain's home, Chuck's basement lair and knocks.)
Chuck's Mom: Hello Wordgirl. How have you been?
Wordgirl/Becky: I'm good. I'm visiting and I was wondering if Chuck's home?
Chuck's Mom: He's visiting his brother, Brent. I'm not sure when he'll be home again.
Wordgirl/Becky: Well ok. Can you tell him that Wordgirl was here and that I said 'Hi'?
Chuck's Mom: Will do. Nice seeing you, Wordgirl.
Wordgirl/Becky: Same here. (She zooms away and everywhere she goes, none of the villains are either at home or, in the case of Lady Redundant Woman, jobs.) Hmmm. I think I have one more villain lair to check. (She then heads for Doc's lair and knocks.) Doc? Are you here? (She zooms around the main area.) Doc? (She decides that maybe he's not here either and she begins to feel a little sad because she misses her villains and none are here for her to see, except for Amazing Rope Guy and the kid villains and she's about to leave the warehouse lair, when all of the sudden…)
Dr. Two-Brains: (He is coming out of his room.) Wordgirl? I thought I heard your voice.
Wordgirl/Becky: (A smile grows on her face as she hovers closer to him.) I'm visiting from Lexicon and I'm going to be heading back soon so I just decided that I wanted to visit some of you villains. But the only one I saw, other than the kid villains, was Rope Guy and he's in jail.
Dr. Two-Brains: I know. Most of the other villains have decided to quit for awhile. We lost the desire to commit crimes because you're not here to battle us. I know, we didn't like it when you got in the way of our crimes, but we loved the challenge and without you here, there is no challenge. The police aren't really what I consider as challenging.
Wordgirl/Becky: I see. But I'm glad to see you, Doc. So what's been going on here with you, since I've been gone?
Dr. Two-Brains: Not much. I sold a lot of my inventions to Professor Tubing. I have no idea what he's going to do with them.
Wordgirl/Becky: Maybe he'll use the designs and make something to help mankind, instead of using it to get cheese.
Dr. Two-Brains: I guess. So what's been going on with you, Wordgirl?
Wordgirl/Becky: Well, um, this may sound weird, but I'm arranged to marry the son of the Grand Duke of Lexicon.
Dr. Two-Brains: Really? You're only what? 10? 11?
Wordgirl/Becky: Try 12½, Doc.
Dr. Two-Brains: Wow, you're almost 13? So anyway, you were saying?
Wordgirl/Becky: Yeah, I learned that it's a tradition on Lexicon if a boy is interested in getting married to a girl he loves, at the age of 11 or 12, he goes to visit the parents of the girl and ask for a marriage arrangement. Then after he gets approval and acceptance from the girl's parents, the boy has to ask the girl and if she accepts, they can begin to plan at that moment or wait until they are 16 and they get married at 18. I accepted him and now his parents are planning for it. Because he's a member of royalty, their weddings take longer to plan than a wedding between two normal citizens. Once I marry him I'll be Duchess of Lexicon and when his parents die, I'll become Grand Duchess.
Dr. Two-Brains: Wow, congratulations, Sweetie. You deserve something that grand for your future.
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks. And, if you wish to, you have my permission to inform the other villains.
Dr. Two-Brains: I certainly will and I know they will be just as happy as I am. So, do you know how to be a duchess or grand duchess?
Wordgirl/Becky: Not really. But my parents are going to enroll me into some classes that will teach me all about that type of thing. Well, I have to get going now. I'll be heading home to Lexicon tomorrow. It was great seeing you again, Doc.
Dr. Two-Brains: Same here, Wordgirl.
(She then is about to leave when she walks back over to him and embraces him and he returns the hug.)
Wordgirl/Becky: Even though we are sworn enemies, I still cherish our friendship.
Dr. Two-Brains: Same here, Wordgirl. And, can I ask to attend your wedding?
Wordgirl/Becky: Sure. You don't even have to bring a date. Just you being there is most important.
Dr. Two-Brains: Thank you. I'll represent all of Fair City's villains.
(She smiles and then heads towards the ship where everyone is located.)
Duke Minto: So did you get to visit everyone you wished to visit?
Wordgirl/Becky: Yes, Duke Minto.
Norro: Did you enjoy yourself?
Wordgirl/Becky: Yes. And I hope to see them at my wedding, if that's ok?
Duke Minto: I say it will be great to have your friends and family from Earth attend our wedding on Lexicon.
(The next day, Becky, Duke Minto, Huggy, and her Lexicon parents prepare to head home to Lexicon.)
(Those she visited are there to see her off.)
Violet: Good bye, Wordgirl. I'll miss you.
Scoops: So will I.
(Becky hugs her two best friends.)
Victoria: Let us know when the wedding is. I'm sure it'll be the best wedding.
Wordgirl/Becky: Thanks Victoria.
Birthday Girl: I'll miss you, Wordgirl.
(She then hugs the villain girls.)
Tobey: Make sure he treats you well, Wordgirl. You are special to me and I will always love you, no matter what.
Wordgirl/Becky: I'll always cherish our friendship, Tobey. (She gives him a hug.)
(She then gives hugs to her family, the Botsfords and then approaches Dr. Two-Brains, who has come to see her off as well.)
Dr. Two-Brains: Listen to Tobey and make sure that this kid treats you like the sweet girl you are.
Wordgirl/Becky: I will. (Huggy says I'll make sure he does.) Huggy will make sure that he treats me well too. And he misses you all as well.
(She then gives Doc a hug and then boards the ship with the rest of the Lexiconians and they zoom away back home.)
TJ: Will we ever see her again, Mom?
Mrs. Botsford: I hope so, TJ.
Mr. Botsford: So do I.
(Her friends are still watching as the ship disappears into the night sky.)
The End…for now…