Hyrulian Nights

Hyrulian Nights

Scene 11: A Whole New World

(Dissolve to Zelda on her balcony at night. We tilt down and find Link and company in the courtyard.)

LINK: What am I do to do? Zelda won't even let me talk to her. I should have known I couldn't pull off this stupid prince wish. (Navi struggles with her hooves to open a bottle of faerie fountain water, and then the bottle cracks into pieces. It falls into a heaping pile of the same.)

FARORE: (To Carpet, playing chess) So move! (Carpet does, knocking a black piece off the board.) Hey. That's a good move. (as Rodney Dangerfield) I can't believe it... I'm losing to a rug.

LINK: Farore, I need help.

FARORE: (As Jack Nicholson) All right, sparky, here's the deal. You wanna court the little lady, you gotta be a straight shooter, do ya follow me?

LINK: What?

FARORE: (Back to normal, wearing a mortarboard. She points out her words on a blackboard) Tell her the... Truth!

LINK: No way! If Zelda found out I was really some crummy faerie boy, she'd laugh at me. (He puts on his cap, which lights up as Farore.)

FARORE: A woman appreciates a man who can make her laugh! (Link pulls the chain turning off the light. Farore comes holding the real cap.) Link, all joking aside, you really ought to be yourself.

LINK: Hey, that's the last thing I want to be. Okay, I'm gonna go see her. I gotta be smooth, cool, confident. How do I look?

FARORE: (Sadly) Like a prince.

(Link flies up to the balcony on Carpet. Zelda is on her bed, sighing. Impa is by her side.)

LINK: (From a distance) Princess Zelda?

(Impa looks up and growls.)

ZELDA: Who's there?

LINK: It's me... Prince Linqui. Ahem... (Jumps to his deep voice) Prince Linqui Sarasrahla.

ZELDA: I do not want to see you.

LINK: No, no, please princess. Give me a chance. (Impa growls and advances on him.)

ZELDA: Just leave me alone.

LINK: Down kitty!

(Over the edge of the balcony, Carpet is watching with Farore below.)

FARORE: How's our beau doing?

(Carpet cuts his neck with his finger.)

LINK: Good kitty, take off. Down kitty. (He takes off his cap to brush Impa away.)

ZELDA: (She looks at him thinking she has seen him before.) Wait, wait. Do I know you?

LINK: (Quickly replaces his cap) Uh, no, no.

ZELDA: You remind me of someone I met in the marketplace.

LINK: The marketplace? (A bee buzzes around his head.) I have servants that go to the marketplace for me. Why I even have servants who go to the marketplace for my servants, so it couldn't have been me you met.

ZELDA: (She looks disappointed.) No, I guess not.

FARORE: (as the Bee) Enough about you, Casanova. Talk about her! She's smart, fun, the hair, the eyes. Anything… pick a feature!

LINK: Um, Princess Zelda? You're very...

BEE: Wonderful, glorious, magnificent, punctual!

LINK: Punctual!

ZELDA: Punctual?

BEE: Sorry.

LINK: Beautiful.

BEE: Nice recovery.

ZELDA: Hmm. I'm rich too, you know.

LINK: Yeah!

ZELDA: The daughter of a king.

LINK: I know.

ZELDA: A fine prize for any prince to marry.

LINK: Uh, right. Right. A prince like me.

BEE: (Buzzing in his ear) Warning! Warning!

ZELDA: Right, a prince like you. And every other stuffed shirt, swaggering, peacock I've met!

BEE: (Rear end on fire, wearing goggles and crashing) Mayday! Mayday!

ZELDA: Just go jump off a balcony! (She turns and walks away.)

LINK: What?

BEE: Stop her! Stop her! Do you want me to sting her?

LINK: (Swats at bee) Buzz off!

BEE: Okay, fine. But remember... bee yourself! (Bee buzzes into his cap.)

LINK: Yeah, right!

ZELDA: What!?!

LINK: Uh, you're right. You aren't just some prize to be won. (He looks disappointed.) You should be free to make your own choice. (Zelda and Impa look at each other in confusion.) I'll go now. (He steps up on the ledge and drops off.)

ZELDA: No!

LINK: (Pokes his head up from over the edge) What? What?

ZELDA: (Amazed) How... how are you doing that? (She looks over the edge and sees the Carpet.)

LINK: It's a magic carpet.

ZELDA: It's lovely. (Carpet takes Zelda's hand with a tassel.)

LINK: You, uh, you don't want to go for a ride, do you? We could get out of the palace, see the world.

ZELDA: Is it safe?

LINK: Sure. Do you trust me?

ZELDA: (She looks at him suddenly) What?

LINK: (Extends his hand the same as before) Do you trust me?

ZELDA: (Gets a sly grin on her face) Yes.

(She takes his hand and gets up on Carpet. It zooms into the sky, knocking them both into sitting positions. Music swells. Zelda looks back and sees Impa looking up at her questioningly. She gasps as they fly over the palace wall and into the sky.)

LINK: (singing)

I can show you the world

Shining, shimmering, splendid.

Tell me princess, now when did you last

Let your heart decide?

(Carpet zooms down through the town, stopping slightly to pick a flower. It gives the flower to Link, who gives it to Zelda. She smiles.)

I can open your eyes

Take you wonder by wonder

(Carpet moves as Link sings, then zooms into the clouds.)

Over, sideways, and under

On a magic carpet ride

A whole new world!

A new fantastic point of view

No one to tell us no

Or where to go

Or say we're only dreaming

(Zelda looks back and watches Hyrule disappear from sight. Carpet flies in and out of the clouds.)

ZELDA: A whole new world

A dazzling place I never knew

But when I'm way up here

It's crystal clear

BOTH: That now I'm in a whole new world with you!

(They each catch a small cloud as Carpet continues the flight. It then circles a pillar of clouds, giving a swirly look to it.)

ZELDA: Unbelievable sights

Indescribable feeling

Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling

Through an endless diamond sky

(They join a flock of birds in the sky. One of them looks terrified and squawks. Carpet does somersaults and flips, at times putting Link and Zelda in free-fall, but catching them. They then zoom above the clouds where a starry night awaits them.)

A whole new world!

LINK: Don't you dare close your eyes

ZELDA: A hundred thousand things to see

LINK: Hold your breath, it gets better!

ZELDA: I'm like a shooting star,

I've come so far

I can't go back to where I used to be!

(They zoom down over a river, apparently the Greed, for beyond the ship's sails is the Gerudo Fortress. They wave at a worker sculpting a facial image of the Spirit Temple. She smiles, but chisels too much and breaks off the front section of the nose.)

LINK: A whole new world!

ZELDA: Every turn a surprise

LINK: With new horizons to pursue

ZELDA: Every moment, red-letter

(They fly alongside wild horses running. Zelda pets one of them.)

BOTH: I'll chase them anywhere

There's time to spare

Let me share this whole new world with you

A whole new world

That's where we'll be

(They fly over Lake Hylia, where Link grabs an apple from a tree, and rolls it down his arm to Zelda, who is now sure she is with Link, not Prince Linqui.)

LINK: A thrilling chase

ZELDA: A wondrous place

BOTH: For you and me!

(Carpet hovers along over the lake, and we see the reflection of the moon in the lake. Fireworks burst and we see the couple at a fireworks display, sitting on a rooftop.)

ZELDA: It's all so magical.

LINK: Yeah.

ZELDA: (She looks at him and decides to burst his bubble) It's a shame Navi had to miss this.

LINK: Nah. She hates fireworks. (Carpet looks up realizing what is happening.) She doesn't really like flying either. (Link now realizes it) That is... oh no!

ZELDA: (She pulls off his cap) You are the boy from the market! I knew it. Why did you lie to me?

LINK: Zelda, I'm sorry.

ZELDA: Did you think I was stupid?

LINK: No!

ZELDA: That I wouldn't figure it out?

LINK: No. I mean, I hoped you wouldn't. No, that's not what I meant.

ZELDA: Who are you? Tell me the truth!

LINK: The truth? (He looks at Carpet who waves him on, giving up hope.) The truth... the truth is... I sometimes dress as a commoner to escape the pressures of palace life. (Carpet slumps down in defeat.) But I really am a prince! (His cap hood falls down over his eyes.)

ZELDA: Why didn't you just tell me?

LINK: Well, you know, um... royalty going out into the city in disguise, it sounds a little strange, don't you think?

ZELDA: Not that strange.

(She flicks up his cap and cuddles with him. Carpet puts a tassel under his "chin" and looks mystified. Dissolve to outside the castle balcony, where Link and Zelda return. Carpet forms a set of steps and she descends. Link then descends just below the balcony.)

ZELDA: Good night, my handsome prince.

LINK: Sleep well, princess.

(They slowly lean forward to kiss, but Carpet bumps him up and they kiss sooner than expected. She walks away slowly then turns and looks at him. Finally she enters her room through the curtain.)