The ship, known as the Tasha, sailed away from Germany and travelled among the sea for Paris. Now the journey for Anya finding her family in Paris was going according to plan; Dmitri was also happy, because he was sure that he and Vladimir were going to get lots of money from the Empress now. Sellah was nervous and excited at the same – she was excited about looking for a good job in Paris, but she was also nervous about whether or not her friendship with Anya would end if Anya was the lost princess Anastasia, after all.
On a calm afternoon at sea, Dmitri appeared before the two girls with a few things in his arms. "Oh, hello, Dmitri," Sellah greeted with a grin, "Whatcha doing?"
Dmitri held out a dress in each of his hands and said, "I bought each of you girls a dress." One dress was teal-blue colored, and the other one was yellow and white.
Anya looked at the blue dress and saw that it was very large. She smiled and joked, "Wow! You bought me and Sellah a couple of… tents."
Sellah looked at the yellow dress and chuckled, "Oy vey! I must really be a nomad – travelling a long distance and taking a tent with me."
Anya looked into the skirt of her blue dress, and Dmitri decided to play along as he spotted her from the shirt collar. "What are you looking for?" he asked with a grin.
"The Russian Circus!" Anya chuckled, "I think it's still in here!"
Sellah playfully dug into the skirt of her own dress and said with a muffle, "Hey, Dmitri! I think I feel like Joseph in his coat of many colors – but this one only has two colors!"
Dmitri looked over and laughed at Sellah making a silly scene. "Alright, girls," he said, "Try them on and then meet me up on deck when you're done." Then he went back upstairs towards the deck.
Sellah and Anya came out of their dresses, and the redhead thought to herself while Sellah softly giggled, "I haven't had this much fun joking since…" She cut herself off when she remembered the happy times with her brothers and parents. Her smiled dropped to a sad expression, and then she looked over at Anya, who went back to the cabin to change. Sellah shook the sad feeling away, and then decided to join her friend.

Up on deck, the sun was beginning to set as Dmitri and Vladimir sat a little table, playing chess. "Hmmm," the fat man thought as he looked at his pieces. He then made his move and said, "Checkmate!"
Just then, Anya and Sellah appeared on deck, fully dressed in their new clothes. Anya had made a few notifications to her dress; it was now well-fitted with cuffed sleeves and an orange belt around the waist. She had also decided to let her hair down and keep it tied in a low ponytail by a yellow ribbon.
Sellah had moved a few strands of her hair back and also had her hair done in a low ponytail with a yellow ribbon; she also had laces at the ends of her shirt sleeves under her dress.
Anya cleared her throat, and Sellah asked the men with a smile, "Well, what do you think? How do we look?"
Dmitri and Vladimir turned around and gasped with excitement as they saw the two girls smiling and showing their new dresses. "Ah, wonderful!" Vlad complimented as he clapped his hands, "Marvelous! Now that you're dressed for a ball, you will learn to dance for one, as well." He turned to his friend and said, "Dmitri?"
The young man was still awed at Anya's new look. He tried saying, "But I'm not very good at it…" Anya just held her arms out, ready to dance.
Sellah gave Dmitri a smug grin and said, "Come on. If she can learn about her past, then you can learn to dance."
Dmitri got up and then awkwardly positioned himself beside Anya. Vladimir stood back to count them off as they began dancing. "And… one, two, three," Vlad counted, "One, two, three." Just then, he saw Anya leading the waltz. "No, no, Anya," he reminded, "You don't lead. Let him lead."
Sellah sat in Dmitri's chair as Pooka watched beside her with his ears perked up. "Oh, this is looks like a fairy tale," Sellah softly sighed with delight.

As he and the redhead girl danced, Dmitri felt very anxious. "That dress is really beautiful," he said to Anya.
"You think so?" Anya asked.
"Yes," the young man replied, "I-I mean it was nice on the hanger, but it looks even better on you." He immediately regretted saying that as he quickly corrected himself, "You-you should wear it."
"I am wearing it," Anya reminded him.
"Oh, right, of course," said Dmitri, "Of course you are. I-I'm just trying to give you a…"
"A compliment?" Anya guessed.
"Of course, yes."
It wasn't long before the two of them started to dance slowly and gracefully. As the sun started sinking lower and lower beneath the clouds, the couple danced beautifully as Sellah watched with loving eyes, and Vladimir sang with wonder and worry:

It's one, two, three
And suddenly
I see it at a glance
She's radiant
And confident
And born to take this chance
I taught her well
Planned it all
I just forgot… romance!
Vlad, how could you do this?
How will we get through this?
(looking at Pooka) I never should have let them dance!

Watching Dmitri and Anya dance gave Sellah not only a feeling of happiness, but it also reminded her of how her eldest brother, Fyvush, would talk about wanting to find the perfect wife one day to settle down with and love. Sellah decided to get up from the chair, and then slowly came to a railing where she gazed at the sunset and started singing:

Somewhere out there
Beneath the bright sunlight
Someone's thinking of me
And loving me tonight

In Boston, Massachusetts, it was still the morning as Mottel looked out his apartment window and thought about Sellah while Fyvush was out looking for work. As he gazed into the sky, he sang hopefully:

Somewhere out there
Someone's saying a prayer
That we'll find one another
In that big somewhere out there!
And even though I know
How very far apart we are
It helps to think we might be wishing
On the same bright star!

Back on the Tasha, Sellah began to dream about her brothers, and imagined that she was sitting on a cloud, while Fyvush and Mottel each sat on their own separate cloud.

Sellah: And when the night wind
Starts to sing a lonesome lullaby
It helps to think we're sleeping
Underneath the same big sky!
Sellah, Fyvush, and Mottel: Somewhere out there
If love can see us through
Then we'll be together
Somewhere out there
Out where dreams come true!

Sellah's fantasy was interrupted when she heard Anya say to Dmitri, "I'm feeling a little… dizzy." She looked over and saw her friends slowing their dance to a stop.
"Kind of lightheaded?" Dmitri asked the redhead.
"Yeah," said Anya.
"Me too," agreed the young man, "Probably from all the spinning." He and Anya came to a stop as he suggested, "Maybe we should stop?"
"We have stopped," Anya softly stated. At that moment, the two of them locked eyes with each other for quite a while.
Sellah smiled as Dmitri and Anya prepared to kiss, but then the young man said, "Anya? I…"
"Yes?" the redhead asked.
At that moment, Pooka started barking, breaking the two from their spell. "You're doing fine," Dmitri finished before he slowly walked away from the deck.
Anya watched him with a confused look as Sellah asked herself, "What's gotten into him?"

Author's Note: The song "Somewhere Out There" is from An American Tail. ((c) Universal)