Scene 3: [We return from commercials looking at a very nice house with a high wall all around it and a garden in front. A carriage pulls up along side the gate of the wall and Tak, Red & Purple, and Gaz step out. They make their way to the door, and then all three of her step-relatives turn to look at Gaz.]
Gaz: Oh, right. [She walks past them, still dragging her cart of baggage, to the door, kicks it open and walks inside, holding it with her foot, so the others can enter.]
Tak: Have you scrubbed the floor yet, Gazella?
Gaz: Not yet. I've been busy.
Red: [scornfully] You've been busy??
Gaz: Yeah. I was in town with you three.
Purple: How ungrateful!
Tak: Quite right, Purlina. You'll do well to keep that sharp tongue of your in your mouth, Gazella. [heads towards the stairs] Come girls, we need our beauty sleep if either of you is going win the Prince over tomorrow. [she stops at the top of the stairs to wait for them]
Red & Purple: Yes, Mother. [They both head for the stairs, but their big poofy dresses don't allow them to go up side by side, so they begin pushing and shoving, trying to get ahead of one another.]
Tak: [watching them fight, slaps her forehead, muttering] Where did I go wrong?
[Finally, Red pulls ahead of Purple and dashes up the stairs. Purple hurries up the stairs, tripping over the hem of his dress only once. Tak sighs again and starts to follow them, when Gazella speaks up.]
Gaz: Um…Stepmother?
Tak: [turning around to look down at her] What now?
Gaz: I was wondering…since everyone in the Kingdom is invited to the ball…does that include me?
Tak: [laughs] Ha! Of course not, dear. They mean everyone who'd important. Now run along and do your chores. And be happy about it! [turns quickly and walks off. Red and Purple emerge a few seconds later.]
Red: Gazella – bring us some snacks!!
Purple: Yeah!
[Gaz doesn't seem to hear them. She's starring at the floor.]
Red & Purple: [look at each other, and then lean over the railing] GAZELLA!!!
[Gaz seems to wake up from her trance and walks off. Satisfied, her stepsisters disappear upstairs once again.]
[Cut to interior kitchen. The door slides open slowly and Gaz steps in, muttering to herself.]
Gaz: [muttering angrily] 'Gazella get this', 'Gazella do that'. Gazella, Gazella, Gazella! Oooh! I'm so sick of them!! [The music starts and we all know what that means! ^_^]
"In My Own Gaming Corner"
Gaz: Gaz: I'm so tired of the sound of my name.
When I hear their commands, I obey.
But they don't know about all my games.
I would not let them take them away.
[Gaz walks over to the corner of the kitchen and presses a hidden button by the fireplace. The wall opens up to reveal a huge gaming system. Gaz grins and climbs into a small over-stuffed chair that's sitting in front of a TV.]
Gaz: In my own gaming corner,
In my old easy chair,
I can be whatever I want to be.
Oh my imagination,
Lifts me high in the air.
And the world can open its doors to me.
[She turns the system on and as she plays, she continues the song]
I'm a young vampire slayer, or a demon.
I'm the greatest super-hero in the land.
I'm a gamer, who's been every single player,
Even those manufactured in Japan.
I'm the Queen of a planet that's been under attack.
And I'm meeting the spies that are hiding there.
Just as long as I stay in my own gaming corner.
All alone…in my old…easy chair.
Red & Purple's Voices: [speaking] Gazella!! Where's our snacks???
Gaz: [jumps at the sound of their voices, then ignores them and turns back to her game]
I can be whatever I want to be.
I'm a thief in a dungeon; I'm a spy on the roof.
I'm a dolphin saving the ocean blue.
[As she sings this next verse, she gets more and more into her game and as she reaches the dangerous point, she shuts it off and tosses the controller down, relieved.]
I'm a huntress in a strange exotic jungle.
It's a dangerous sport, and I am the best one.
In the night I journey off to catch the panther,
When I find I've got one shot in my gun.
I am trapped in the jungle by barbarian guards,
I'll be cooked for the Queen in her jungle lair!
Then I'm glad to be back in my own gaming corner.
All alone…in my old…easy chair…
Red & Purple's Voices: [speaking] GAZELLA!!!
[Gaz gets up, presses the button again, making the wall close over the gaming system. Then she goes about gathering her step-sisters' snacks.]
[Cut to the Palace, interior of the ball room. The room is half-decorated and full of servants. Dib is up on a ladder, stringing up garlands of flowers. Sam is discussing the menu with the cook when Zim comes marching down the stairs.]
Zim: [as he nears the bottom of the stairs, angrily] Mother!! [Sam starts to walk off, but Zim catches up with her just as she nears Dib's ladder] I told you not to do this!! I don't want anymore balls!!
Sam: I'm sorry, Zimmeriah, but I can't stop everything once we've already started. What would we tell everyone?
Zim: Tell them you went against my wishes and you're very ashamed of yourselves.
Membrane: [coming up behind them] I've never been ashamed of anything in my entire life! I'm not about to start now. [he pulls at the ladder absent-mindedly and Dib screams. Membrane notices, and puts it right again.]
Dib: [looking down at them, clinging to the ladder for dear life] Um…Your Highnesses, I probably shouldn't get involved…
All three Royals: [annoyed] Probably.
Dib: But I'm going to venture to say…that I think the Prince should go to the ball.
Zim: What?!?
Sam: I like the sound of that.
Dib: Now wait a minute, let me finish. If he finds a bride tonight, hey great! Good for him! But if he doesn't… [looks straight at Zim]
Zim: [looks up at Dib, trying to figure out his point. Then it dawns on him and he grins] It's genius! There's a brain up in that big head of yours after all!! [he turns to his parents, in the background, Dib realizes that he was insulted again and sighs] Mother – I'll go to your filthy ball tonight but if ZIM finds no one, then you'll stop throwing them and let me get married when I'm ready!
Sam: But…but… [looks to Membrane]
Membrane: Seems fair to me.
[Zim runs off happily and Sam and Membrane start walking off, past Dib again.]
Dib: Don't worry, Your Majesties. He'll find her tonight. I can feel it!
Sam: You certainly'll feel it if he doesn't!! [She smacks the ladder and Dib plummets to the floor. Sam then takes Membrane's Arm and, smirking smugly, walks off screen with him.] [Cut to Commercials.]