three to Tangu
A royal carriages carrying the Enchancia siblings flew through the sandy kingdom of Tangu, heading for prince Zandar's palace.
"Finally, we're here." Amber smiled. "I've been looking forward to this visit all week."
"Me too." Sofia nodded.
"Same here." Madeline agreed. "We've never been to Tangu before."
"You'll love it, girls." Amber declared. "Zandar always has the best surprises for us."
As they landed, several other royal children each got out of their carriage. Among the other visitors were Hildegarde, Cleo and Vivian.
"Hello." Amber said curtly.
"Good morrow." Hildegarde returned, as the girls curtsied to one another.
"Hey, everybody." James smiled.
"Hey, everyone!" Zandar approached. "Welcome to Tangu. I've got such a amazing day planned for us."
"I'm ready to be impressed." Hildegarde said scathingly.
"Well, princess Hildegard, have you ever ridden on a flying carpet before?" Zandar asked.
"Go on." Hildegarde said, intrigued.
"We're gonna to ride 'em across the desert to Tangu peak, the highest mountain in the whole Kingdom, where we're going to have a party so huge, you'll need a map to find you way around!" Zandar declared.
"A party?" Amber gasped.
"Pretty awesome, right?" Zandar asked.
"It might be." Hildegarde sniffed.
"Oh, it will be." Zandar boasted. "You'll see. Alright, let's fly!"
Zandar whistled, and a fleet of flying carpets flew in.
"So how do we ride these things?" James asked.
"You just tell 'em where you wanna go, and how fast you wanna get there." Zandar said simply.
"Hi there!" Sofia said to a carpet. "Amber, will you ride with me and Madeline?"
"Oh, I don't know." Amber said nervously.
The carpet flaped it's tassels, making Sofia giggle.
"Come on, it'll be fun." Madeline smiled
"Woo-ho!" James yelled as he flew past on his carpet.
"But it'll mess up my hair." Amber declared. "And I'm not wearing the right shoes."
Hildegarde and Cleo flew past.
"Whee!" Cleo smiled.
"Amber, are you scared?" Sofia asked.
"Of course I'm scared, Sofia!" Amber said quickly. "And you both should be, too! There's no driver, no wings, no doors, and I've never ridden a flying carpet before!"
"We've never done it either." Madeline pointed. "We'll figure it out together. It'll be an adventure!"
"Can't we just take the coach?" Amber asked.
"Oh, we can take a coach any time." Sofia declared. "Let's try the carpet. We'll have a great time, I promise!"
"Oh, fine." Amber groaned. "But if I don't like it, we're taking the coach back."
"Deal." Madeline nodded.
Performing a quick jig, the carpet pushed under Sofia and Madeline's legs, flipping them onto it's back.
"Climb on." Sofia offered.
Hesitantly, Amber sat on the carpet. The instant she did, the carpet took off quickly, causing her to scream. The carpet shifted from side to side, before straightening out.
"Yay, fun!" Madeline cheered.
The carpet suddenly shifted again.
"We're going the wrong way!" Amber yelped.
"Carpet, go left!" Sofia instructed, pulling on a tassel.
The carpet turned again.
"Um, the other left!" Madeline yelled.
"It's not listening!" Amber shouted. "What's wrong with this carpet?"
"I don't knoooow!" Sofia yelped as the carpet swopped down and through some date trees. As they zipped through the trees, they brushed against some leaves. "Watch out!"
"What's in my tiara?!" Amber asked.
"A date." Madeline replied. "Or a plum?"
They suddenly flew through a clutch of dates.
"It's a date." Amber mumbled, one caught in her mouth.
The carpet left the forest, and flew back up into the sky.
"We made it out." Sofia smiled. "...What's that?"
"What's what?" Amber asked.
"That." Sofia pointed, as a flock of flying horses came out through a cloud. "Duck!"
"Ducks?" Amber asked.
"No, duck!" Madeline put her head down.
"Aah!" Amber screamed.
"Whoa!" Sofia looked up at the flock. "Amber, Madeline, look up!
"They're beautiful!" Madeline gasped. "Amber, you've gotta see this!"
"Just tell me when they're gone!" Amber cringed.
Eventually, the flock passed.
"Gone now." Sofia told Amber. "You can open your eyes."
"Get me off this thing!" Amber yelled.
The carpet flew downward, towards a small village. It tore through a banner, rolling itself up around the girls, then hit a dune, rolling down it. Once it reached the bottom, it unfurled, and the girls got up. Amber, her hair a mess, glared at the carpet.
"Are you okay?" Madeline asked.
"Mmm-hmm." Amber nodded. "Are you two?"
"Uh-huh." Sofia nodded. "How 'bout you, carpet?"
The carpet "looked" at itself, then jumped up.
"Great, we're all okay." Amber groaned. "But where are we?"
"I don't know." Madeline looked around.
"Me neither." Sofia shrugged. "Maybe the carpet knows?"
The carpet "shrugged".
"Well, I know where we're not." Amber rounded on the carpet. "At the party!"
The carpet flew behind a dune, peeking right after.
"Don't worry, Amber." Madeline consoled her. "We can ask someone in the marketplace for directions. We'll make it to the party, I promise."
"You 'promised' we'd have a great time." Amber reminded. "And I'm not having a great time!"
"I thought the carpet ride was kinda fun." Sofia admitted.
"No, Sofia, it was terrifying." Amber retorted. "Just like I said it'd be. We should have taken the coach."
As the carpet tried to sneak away, Madeline spotted it.
"Oh, no!" She grabbed it's tassel. "You have to behave yourself."
Madeline followed Amber and Sofia, fdragging the carpet behind her.
Meanwhile, the rest of the kids were flying their carpets towards their destination.
"So, what do you think, Hildegarde?" Zandar asked.
"Well, it's pretty much the same as riding a flying coach." Hildegarde declared. "Isn't it, Cleo?"
"Uh-huh." Cleo nodded. "The same thing."
"But can your flying coaches do this?" Zandar asked. "Hold on everyone, really tight. Carpets, let's show them what you can do!"
With another whistle from Zandar, the carpets performed some amazing aerial manoeuvres.
"Woo-hoo!" James yelped.
"Oh!" Hildegarde gasped.
The carpets swooped down on the party destination. The children disembarked and entered the building.
"Now that was pretty awesome, right?" Zandar asked.
"Um, it was fun." Hildegarde admitted. "I don't know about awesome..."
"Well, wait until you enter the casbah." Zandar declared. "This way to the party!"
"Hey, where are my sisters?" James asked.
"They're probably exploring the kingdom." Zandar shrugged. "There's so much to see and do in the land ofTangu."
Back in the village, the girls were walking through a marketplace.
"This place is amazing!" Sofia gasped. "Look, that monkey can juggle!"
"Even James can juggle." Amber puled Sofia onward.
"I've never heard music like this before." Madeline declared.
"I've heard better." Amber sighed. "We just need to get directions."
"Come, come to me!" Called a woman sitting in front of a crystal ball. "I will tell you your future!"
"Let's go!" Amber dragged her sisters over.
"Excuse me?" Sofia asked.
"Ah, have you young ladies come to seek your fortune?" The fortune teller asked, before telling two kids. "Hey, no playing with the crystal ball while mommy's working!"
The kids handed her the crystal ball, which she placed on a stand.
"Actually, we were hoping you could tell us how to get to Tangu Peak?" Madeline asked.
"Lucky for you, I know all!" The fortune teller proclaimed. "Since you are lost, I am happy to give you your fortune, and directions!"
"Great!" Sofia beamed.
"Can we have the directions first, please?" Amber requested. "We're kind of in a hurry."
"First you must head south, past the hanging gardens, to the elephant river." The fortune teler declared. "You will pass a stand that sells kebabs. Don't stop there, they're not very good. Keep following the river until it reaches the mountains, and you will see Tengu Peak before you."
"Great!" Madeline echoed. "Thank you!"
"And now, your fortune!" The fortune teller announced, gazing at the crystal ball. "I see... ah, ah... much running in your future."
"What?" Sofia asked. "Why?"
"Because your flying carpet just took off." The fortune teller pointed.
Sure enough, the carpet was zooming down the marketplace.
"Quick, we have to catch it!" Madeline ran along with Sofia.
"Ohh, fine." Amber groaned, following them.
"There it goes!" Sofia yelled. "Come back!"
"Amber, come on!" Madeline called.
"Do you see it?" Amber asked.
"There it is!" Sofia pointed.
They followed the carpet around a corner, into a rug store.
"Uh-oh." Madeline gulped, looking at the multitude of carpets.
"How are we ever going to find our carpet now?" Amber groaned.
"I don't know." Sofia sighed. "Wait, there it is!"
The carpet was peeking from behind a pils of rugs. Madeline ran out and grabbed it.
"I got it!" She declared, but the carpet slipped out. "I had it!"
"This is what happens when you try something new." Amber sighed, as Sofia and Madeline struggled to grab the carpet. "you end up lost in a strange kingdom, picking dates out of your tiara..."
"Almost there." Sofia struggled with the carpet, which slipped free again.
"...And then, your flying carpet runs away from you." Amber finished.
The carpet flew by, knocking Amber to the ground.
"My hair!" Amber gasped.
The carpet, holding Amber's tiara, did a mocking dance.
"My tiara!" Amber growled. "That's it! You messed with the wrong princess! Raah!"
Amber leapt at the carpet, but it jumped out of the way.
"Come back here, you!" Amber gave chase, following it..
The carpet flew up some stairs, throwing rolls of carpet down at the girls. They ducked them, and kept following. The carpet reached a balcony, and leapt off.
"Oh, no." Amber snarled. "You're not getting away that easy!"
Amber leapt from the balcony, onto another flying carpet.
"What are you doing?" Madeline asked.
"Come on!" Amber yelled, making the carpet move. "We've got to catch it!"
"Here we go!" Madline cried, as she and Sofia leapt onto anothe carpet, and took to the air.
"It's getting away!" Amber closed in on the rogue carpet, jumping onto it.
"Amber, you got it!" Sofia smiled.
"I got it." Amber gasped. "I got it! Hah! That's tight! I got you! And I'll take that back, thank you very much!"
Amber took back her tiara, and placed it on her head, fixing her hair at the same time. She then flew the carpet over to Sofia and Madeline.
"Quick, take my hands!" She offered.
Sofia and Madeline grabbed her hands and leapt aboard.
"Thank you!" Madeline smiled.
They flew off into the marketplace., where the carpet moved wildly.
"Excuse us!" Sofia said to a merchant they almost crashed into.
Amber finally got the carpet under control, and they flew up into the sky.
"Amber, you were amazing!" Madeline declared.
"I was, wasn't I?" Amber said smugly. "I think I'm getting the hang of this flying carpet thing."
The carpet suddenly bucked knocking Amber back.
"Whoa!" Amber cried.
"Uh-oh." Sofia gulped. "Hold on!"
The carpet flew by itself, towards what looked like a mountain of green.
"Oh, no." Amber said. "What is that?"
"I think it's the hanging gardens." Madeline mused.
"Hey, that's on the way to Tangu Peak!" Madeline remembered.
"So at least we're going in the right direction." Sofia declared, just before the carpet swooped down suddenly. "Aaahh!"
The carpet flew through some bamboo, and came to a stop in a garden filled with plants, bucking Madeline off as it did.
"Whoa!" Madeline cried, landing on her back. "Do we still have the carpet?"
"Yes, I do." Amber said, firmly gripping the rebellious rug by it's tassel.
Great." Sofia smiled. "Now all we need to do is find a way out of here."
"And get this carpet under control." Amber added.
Sofia and Madeline tried to move some bamboo out of the way, while Amber tried to get the carpet to be good.
"Sit!" She ordered.
The carpet sat.
"Stay." Amber instructed.
The carpet tried to fly off.
"I said 'stay'!" Amber groaned, catching it. "That's it! No more Mrs. nice princess! Please!"
The carpet pulled Amber into a warped two-step.
"Hey!" Amber yelled. "I am in charge here! You have to listen to me. Me, me!"
The carpet tried to take off, with Amber still pulling. Amber grabbed a bamboo tree, stopping it.
"You need to stay still!" Amber demanded.
"It's no use." Madeline groaned. "They aren't budging."
"Um Amber? Sofia asked.
"Yes?" Amber asked.
"I think we have a problem." Madeline told her.
"Tell me about it." Amber snarked.
"We can't find a way out." Sofia declared.
"Wait, we're stuck?" Amber asked. "Like, stuck-stuck?"
"Maybe." Madeline shrugged.
"But we can't be stuck!" Amber protested.
"It's okay, Amber." Madeline consoled her. "Don't worry. There has to be some way out of here."
Back at the casbah, Zandar was showing off.
"We've got 140 kinds of mint tea, 250 kinds of fruit, and one-of-a-kind entertainment." He boasted, leading his friend to a stage. "Get ready to be impressed."
"I've been ready." Hildegarde sniffed.
"She's been ready." Cleo echoed.
As the kids took their seats, Zandar clapped his hands.
"Alright, bring on the dancing elephants!" He declared.
A quartet of elephants walked onto the stage, performing a synchronised dance routine.
"Dancing elephants?" Hildegarde frowned. "Everyone's seen that before."
"Sure, but have you ever seen elephants dancing on flying carpets?" Zandar asked.
Another clap, and a fleet of flying carpets moved in. Each carpet placed itself under an elephants foot, and together, they lifted them up into the air, where the elephants continued their dance.
"I don't know where my sisters are, but they're sure missing out!" James smiled.
When the dance ended, the carpets returned the elephants to the ground and flew away. The elephants trumpeted, then bowed.
"Okay, I've never seen anything like that before." Hildegarde admitted, as the others applauded. "But... is it awesome? I don't know"
"She doesn't know." Cleo agreed.
"Well Zandar, you tried." James shrugged.
"And I'm not done trying." Zandar announced. "In Tangu, there's no such thing as giving up."
Back at the Hanging Gardens, Amber stepped back from the bamboo.
"I give up!" She exclaimed.
The carpet flew over to her, forming itself into a seat. Amber looked at it skeptically, as it beckoned her over. Dusting it off, Amber sat down. The carpet then flew off, causing Amber to drop to the ground. The carpet waved it's tassels mockingly.
"Amber, there's a tunnel!" Sofia called. "We're going to see where it leads."
"Nowhere good, I'm sure." Amber sighed.
As girls walked into the cave, they found more bamboo blocking the way.
"Oh, no!" Madeline groaned. "We are stuck."
"What we going to do now?" Sofia asked sitting on a rock.
Suddenly, the girls' amulets started glowing. The next thing they knew, tehy had a very interesting visitor.
"Princess Jasmine?!" Madeline gasped.
"What are you doing here?" Sofia asked.
"Your amulets summoned me, girls." Jasmine smiled. "When a princess is in trouble, it calls another princess to help."
"Madeline, did you say 'princess Jasmine'?" Amber asked as she entered teh cave. "Princess Jasmine! Where did you come from? Where did she came from?"
"We don't know." Madeline shrugged. "Gosh, but she's here."
"And we really need your help." Sofia told Jasmine.
"Okay, tell me everything." Jasmine instructed.
"We're trapped." Madeline declared. "And we have no idea how to get out of here!"
"Well, there is one way." Jasmine mused.
The princesses went back into the open area. There, Jasmine pointed at a round gap behind the bamboo, high in the sky.
"We could never fly all the way up here." Sofia sighed. "We can't control our carpet."
"It doesn't listen to a thing I say." Amber frowned. "There's something wrong with it."
"Let me see." Jasmine examined the carpet. "Uh-uh. Girls, what you've got is a wild carpet."
"Wild?" Amber asked.
"Flying carpets are a lot like horses." Jasmine explained. "Sometimes, they're wild. And when they're wild, you need to tame them. You have to teach them how to listen to you, and follow your orders."
"How do we do that?" Madeline asked.
"The most important thing is to not be afraid." Jasmine told them. "If the carpet knows you're afraid, it won't trust you to tell it where to go. It'll just fly all over you."
Jasmine: It's easy to be frightened when you've never flown before
But to tame a wild carpet, leave your fear down on the floor.
"Sit!" Jasmine ordered.
The carpet sat.
"Wow!" Amber gasped.
Yes to tame a wild carpet, you can't be afraid to try
Grab the carpet by the tassels, get set, jump on, and fly!
The carpet flew into the air, flying wherever Jasmine pointed.
And if you take a chance and try to reach for the skies
Any new adventure can be the ride of your lives
The carpet stopped before Sofia, Madeline and Amber
"Ready?" Madeline asked.
"Let's jump on and fly!" Amber declared.
They got onto the carpet, and it took off.
"We've got to lead now." Sofia smiled. "Go left!"
The carpet obeyed.
"Let me try." Amber asked. "Left!"
The carpet turned left again.
"It's listening!" Madeline cheered. The carpet suddenly veered off. "Oh!" It was listening."
"Tell it to go right." Amber suggested. "Together."
The three chorused "Right!".
"No, left!" Amber yelped, as they flew close to a bamboo tree.
"Left!" They chorused, and the carpet complied.
"We're doing it!" Amber cheered.
Sofia, Madeline and Amber: To tame a wild carpet, we can't be afraid to try
We gotta hold on to the tassels and reach up for the sky.
Jasmine whistled, and her own carpet appeared. Climbing on, she joined them in the air.
"Ready to get out of here?" She asked.
"Uh-huh!" Sofia nodded.
"Then follow me." Jasmine instructed.
Together, they flew their carpets up and and up, toward the way out.
Amber: We're riding the wind, up to the clouds, and flying high and fast
Sofia: We're racing around and having ourselves a blast
Madeline: What a blast
Both carpets flew out of the Hanging Gardens, and over the desert.
All: And if we take a chance and try to reach for the skies
Any new adventure can be the ride of our lives.
We're having a great adventure on the ride of our lives.
The ride of our lives!
The ride of our lives!
The two carpets stopped in mid-air.
"Thanks for saving us, princess Jasmine!" Sofia said gratefully.
"I didn't rescue you." Jasmine replied. "I just helped you rescue yourselves."
Jasmine and her carpet flew off into the distance.
"Bye!" Sofia waved.
"See ya!" Madeline smiled.
"Thank you!" Amber called.
Back at the casbah, Zandar was going for broke.
"Gather around, everyone!" He called. "I've saved the best attraction for last!"
"This should be good." Cleo smiled.
"I'll be the judge of that." Hildegarde said haughtily.
Zandar clapped his hands, and a group of musicians started playing music. Zandar pirouetted on the spot.
"That's it?" Hildegarde asked.
"Come dance, Cleo!" Zandar offered.
"Me?" Cleo asked.
As Zandar spun her on the dance, Cleo said "Wee!"
"Join in!" Zandar told the others.
"Alright!" James performed a high-stepping dance "Whoo, look at this!"
All the other kids started dancing.
"Join us, Hildegarde." Zandar offered, holding out his hand.
Hildegarde took Zandar hand, and they danced together.
"Alright, I admit it." Hildegarde smiled. "This is awesome!"
"I know it would be." Zandar said triumphantly.
"I don't get it, Zander." James said. "We're just dancing. After all of the elephants and flying carpets, why did this impress Hildegarde?"
"Well I realised that the only show Hildegarde would find truly awesome is a show staring Hildegarde." Zandar smirked.
Hildegarde danced past them, performing ballet leaps while giggling.
"So, Zander wins." James noted.
"I always do." Zandar chuckled.
Sofia, Madeline and Amber were still flying over the desert when Sofia spotted a familiar-looking mountain.
"Amber, Madeline, look!" She pointed "Tangu Peak!"
"Great!" Amber beamed. "Let see how fast this little carpet can go!"
The three girls flew to Tangu Peak at top speed.
"Uh, oh." Madeline said suddenly.
"What?" Amber asked.
"It looks like everyone's leaving." Madeline noted, as several carriages flew away from the mountain. "The party's over."
"You were right, Amber." Sofia admited. "We should have taken the coach. Sorry, Amber."
"Sorry, Amber." Madeline sighed. "We promised you we'd have a great time, but we just ruined your whole day."
"Girls, you did not ruin my day." Amber smiled.
"What?" Sofia asked.
"We got to tame a wild carpet, see the whole kingdom, and meet princess Jasmine." Amber summarised. "It was the best day, and I didn't want to go because I was scared of trying something new. But you said it would be an adventure, and you were right. it was! Thank you both."
"Any time, Amber." Sofia smiled.
"That's what sisters are for." Madeline declared.
The carpet tapped Amber's back with it's tassel.
"Oh." Amber looked back. "Thank you too, carpet."
The carpet landed just as James and Zandar were exiting the casbah.
"Hey, what happened to your guys?" Zandar asked.
"We... got a little lost." Sofia shrugged.
"You missed a great party." James told them.
"Well, we had quite the adventure." Amber replied.
Their carpet jumped up and down, making the girls giggle.
"Glad to hear it." Zandar smiled. "Alright, let's head back to the palace for the concert."
"There's a concert after the party?" Amber asked.
"Yep." Zandar nodded. "That' the way we fly in Tangu. Follow me."
Zandar and James got on their carpets and flew off.
"Amber, if you want to take the coach to the concert, that's fine with us." Madeline said worriedly.
"Oh, I think we'd be quicker to take the carpet don't you?" Amber grinned.
The carpet flew over to them.
"Ready for another adventure?" Amber asked.
"Always." Sofia smiled.
The three princesses climbed onto the carpet and took off into the sky. They flew into the Hanging Gardens, right through some flowered vines, and went under another flock of flying horses, watching them from below. As they flew on, they all held hands, while wearing their flowery necklaces.
All: And if we take a chance and try to reach for the skies
Any new adventure can be the ride of our lives.
We're having a great adventure on the ride of our lives.
The ride of our lives!
The ride of our lives!