Thanks to my two new reviewers, Kathea and Charmboy4! And Charmboy4, I had originally had Harriet, Coates, and Chloe as the fairies, but it just didn't work out for me. Now that finals are over, here's Chapter 6 and the arrival of Prince Charming...uh, I mean Prince Harmon. Enjoy! - MKR
Chapter 6: Once Upon a Dream
[MacKenzie walking
through the forest. she starts to sing. Birds answer her singing and wake other
animals, like chipmunks, rabbits and one owl. They all come listening]
[The camera turns to the background, where Harmon rides on his horse.
MacKenzie's singing is still faintly heard]
Harmon: [to his horse] Hear that, Kip? Beautiful! What is it? Come on, let's find out. [turns his horse around, but it struggles back] Oh, come on! For an extra bucket of oats, and a few carrots? [horse nods with his head] Hiyah boy!
[They ride of towards the singing. While Kip jumps over a log, Harmon gets caught in a tree and falls off]
Harmon: Ohhh!
[Harmon is heard splashing into the water. Kip holds and looks at him. Harmon sprinkles some water at Kip]
Harmon: Someone just lost their carrots!
[The camera turns again to MacKenzie. She's surrounded by the animals of the forest, picks berries and sings]
MacKenzie: I wonder, I wonder,
I wonder why each little bird
Has a someone to sing to
Sweet things to
A happy little melody.
I wonder, I wonder,
If my heart keeps singing
Will my song going in
To someone
Will find me
And bring back a love song
To me!
[speaking more to herself than to the birds, but they listen and answer her]
MacKenzie: Oh dear, why do they still treat me like a child.
Owl: Who?
MacKenzie: Why, Anna and Jaclyn and Madelynne. They never want me to meet anyone. [to the animals] But you know something? I fooled 'em. I have met someone!
Owl: Who? Who? Who? [the animals get more and more excited as she tells the story]
MacKenzie: Oh, a prince. Well, he's tall and handsome and ... and so romantic. Such a hottie. Oh we walked together, and talked together, and just before we say goodbye, he takes me in his arms, and then ... I wake up. [the animals sink their heads]
MacKenzie: Yeah, it's only in my dreams. But they say if you dream a thing more than once, It's sure to come true. And I've seen him so many times!
[A chipmunk sees the prince's wet clothes hanging in a tree. He and the other animals put their heads together, make a plan and get over to that tree]
Harmon: You know, Kip, There was something strange about that voice. Too beautiful to be real. Maybe it was a mysterious being, a wood sprite ... [Kip sees the animals running off with the clothes and neighs] Hey, stop!
[The owl dresses in Harmon's cape and hat and is lifted by birds, one rabbit each take the shoes, and together they approach MacKenzie]
MacKenzie:
Oh, why, it's my dream prince! [laughs] Your highness! No, I'm really not
supposed to speak to strangers. But we've met before! [dances with her 'dream
prince', singing]
I know you
I walked with you
Once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes
Is so familiar a gleam [Harmon and Kip approach the scene, but hide behind a
tree]
And I know it's
true
That visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
The way you did
Once upon a dream
[while MacKenzie turns around, Harmon grabs the animals and places himself instead. MacKenzie still can't see him]
MacKenzie: But if I know you
I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
[Harmon joins her singing]
Both: The way you did
[MacKenzie stops to sing, Harmon continues]
Harmon: Once upon a dream
MacKenzie: Oh? [turns around and sees Harmon] Oh! [tries halfheartedly to run off, but is held by Harmon]
Harmon: I'm awfully sorry. I didn't mean to frighten you.
MacKenzie: Oh it wasn't that. It's just that you're a, a ...
Harmon: A stranger?
MacKenzie: Well, yeah.
Harmon: But don't you remember? We've met before!
MacKenzie: We, we have?
Harmon: Of
course, You said so yourself: Once upon a dream! [sings]
I know you
I walked with you
Once upon a dream
I know you
The gleam in your eyes
Is so familiar a gleam
[We see them from remote waltzing at a lake]
Choir: And I know it's
true
That visions are seldom all they seem
But if I know you
I know what you'll do
You'll love me at once
The way you did
Once upon a dream
[they stop dancing. Harmon lays his arm around MacKenzie]
Harmon: Who are you, what's your name?
MacKenzie: Hmm? Oh, my name. Why, it's, it's ... Oh no, no, I can't, I ... Goodbye! [runs off]
Harmon: But when will I see you again?
MacKenzie: Oh never, never!
Harmon: Never?
MacKenzie: Well, maybe someday.
Harmon: When, tomorrow?
MacKenzie: Oh no, this evening.
Harmon: Where?
MacKenzie: At the cottage, in the glen.
