It took quite a while though and the sun was beginning to set.
"I don't see anything that looks like a way home." Kristyn said.
"I don't either." Hailey admitted.
"How are we going to get home?" Ramona asked.
"I wish we could click our heels and say 'There's no place like home', but I doubt it's that simple." Estelle sighed.
"Maybe we should go back the way we came?" Kristyn suggested. "That would be logical."
"Logical?" Hailey replied. "Is anything about this logical?"
"She's got a point." Ramona said.
"All I know is I did a dance I've never done before," Kristyn replied as she began to twirl around again. "And the steps were perfect, if I do say so myself."
"Again, does that sound logical?" Hailey asked. "When we get home, I want Madame Katerina to order me ten pairs of these shoes."
"Girls." Lee muttered.
"I just hope we get back home before anyone notices we're missing." Ramona said.
"Don't worry, Ramona, usually on adventures like this, it's almost as if we've never left." Estelle soothed her new friend.
"That's a relief," Ramona smiled before noticing someone missing. "Where's Kristyn?"
"Oh, no! Is she gone?" Estelle gasped.
"Just great, just what we need is a wonderer." Lee groaned.
"Guys, I don't know what happened," Hailey said. "I tried to take Kristyn's shoes, and... She was just gone."
"We have to find her, and get her to take the shoes off." Ramona said.
They soon went to go and look for Kristyn as she somehow disappeared. Luckily, they soon found her by a lake.
"There she is..." Lee said, a bit angry. "I can't believe she ran off like that."
They soon came towards Kristyn as she had another new look and there appeared to be swans in the lake.
"Now she's dressed as Odette?" Ramona asked out of confusion.
"Swan Lake." Estelle told Lee.
"That one, I remember," Lee said. "That one seems to be your favorite ballet."
"It sure is." Estelle smiled.
Lee smiled back as he had remembered.
"Kristyn, have you seen yourself?" Ramona asked.
Kristyn then knelt by the lake and looked at her reflection and smiled. "Double whoa!"
"Another character that dies in the end." Ramona sighed.
The swans soon swam towards Kristyn. "Swans! On the lake!" she then smiled to her friends.
"Kristyn, every time you find migratory fowl on a body of water, doesn't mean you have-" Hailey began.
The swans swam over and with some magic, they turned into human girls.
"Oh, yeah... That's pretty much your basic... Swan Lake..." Hailey then muttered in defeat.
"Can they talk?" Lee asked.
"I'm sure they can." Estelle replied before she found the urge to dance with them.
Meanwhile...
"You will inspect every dog-house, mouse-house, and gingerbread house in the land until Giselle and Princess Tutu are found, and brought before us," The Snow Queen glared to her helpers. "Do I make myself clear?"
"Yes, Your Majesty." The nutcracker saluted.
"And you better not fail us." Princess Kraehe told him.
"We won't, Princess, I assure you." The nutcracker told her.
The ballerina beside him soon tried to call out to the Snow Queen and Princes Kraehe.
"What is it, Sugar Plum Fairy?" Princess Kraehe asked in annoyance.
"So the Giselle is gone. Like vanished. Like poof. Wearing pink shoes? Ooh! Sounds exciting!" The ballerina replied with a small smile.
"Ugh!" Princess Kraehe complained.
The Snow Queen then froze the Sugar Plum Fairy solid with her breath.
"Anyone else craving some excitement?!" Princess Kraehe then glared to the nutcracker.
The nutcracker then quickly shook his head out of fear.
"Then go out and find Giselle!" Princess Kraehe told him.
"Yes!" The nutcracker replied fearfully.
Meanwhile, back at Swan Lake...
Lee smiled and applauded as the swan ballerinas finished their dance.
"That was amazing." Lee said.
"Yes, it really was." Estelle added.
The ballerinas smiled back to them and one of them soon came up to Kristyn with a tiara.
"They think I'm Odette: The Swan Queen." Kristyn smiled to the others.
"With how you're dressed, why wouldn't they?" Ramona asked.
"Kristyn! We can't get involved here!" Hailey told her best friend.
"Did you see the crown?~" Kristyn beamed.
"Yeah, Kristyn, I made the crown," Hailey replied as she took the crown off of her head an took a look in slight surprise. "Although, this one looks real."
"That's because it is." Estelle told her.
"Uh-huh. You're finally catching on, Hailey," Kristyn nodded as she took the crown back. "This whole thing is real. These poor girls have been turned into swans by the evil sorcerer Rothbart."
"It's been a minute since I've heard of that man." Estelle glared like she knew, which she did.
"I know the story." Hailey replied.
"And this lake is made of their parents' tears." Kristyn continued.
"Yeah, we know." Ramona said.
Hailey grimaced about that part. "Look, just give them back their crown, and let's go," she then sharply told her best friend. "Don't even think about dancing."
"Oh... Okay." Kristyn replied.
"Good." Ramona said.
They soon went to walk off until they heard rustling in the bushes.
"Is someone there?" Lee asked.
Someone soon came out and appeared to have a bow for archery, then smiled once he saw who was there. "Good evening, ladies... Uh, and gentleman."
"Prince Siegfried!" Kristyn gasped.
'This must be leading up to the dancing scene with Odette and Princes Siegfried.' Lee thought to himself.
"Of course. Hm," The prince smiled to Lee and the girls. "I'm most fortunate to come upon such beauty here in the moonlight. My name is Siegfried."
Kristyn looked to him as he looked familiar. "I think we've met before."
"I'm a prince. I get that a lot," Siegfried replied. "And what are your names?"
"I am Princess Tutu." Estelle told him.
"These are our friends, Hailey, Lee, and Ramona, and my name is-" Kristyn was about to add.
"Odette," Hailey said for her best friend. "For a few minutes more, her name is Odette."
"Shall we dance?" Siegfried smiled, bowing to Kristyn and holding out his hand for her.
"Of course." Kristyn smiled back to go and join him.
"This should be nice." Lee said.
Estelle took Lee's hands with a smile.
"Uh, you wanna dance?" Lee asked her.
"Mm-hmm~" Estelle beamed.
Lee and Estelle smiled before going to dance themselves.
"I wish Popko could be here." Ramona said to herself.
"Who's Popko?" Haily asked Ramona.
"Erm... A friend of mine back home..." Ramona replied. "He usually makes YouTube videos."
"Cool." Hailey said.
Ramona nodded, but looked bashful as she thought about Popko. Lee did his best as he danced with Estelle as Kristyn danced with Siegfried. Soon enough, Estelle and Kristyn began to change dance moves after a while. The girls shared a smile to each other as they had a lot of fun in their dancing like back in the academy.
"Odette, such a beautiful name," Siegfried said to his dance partner. "Where are you from?"
"I'm from, uh, you know, around." Kristyn replied.
'Good answer.' Estelle thought to herself.
Lee soon began to dip Estelle with a charming smile.
"Oh, Lee~" Estelle giggled to that.
"I thought that would be romantic." Lee smiled.
"You succeed." Estelle smiled back to him.
"Is this domestic silk or imported?" Hailey asked one ballerina.
She simply nodded with a small smile.
"You can't talk?" Ramona asked the other ballerinas.
The other ballerinas didn't seem to be able to speak.
"Aww..." Ramona pouted to that. "If only Joey's quadruplets could learn that trick."
"I'm guessing they can be quite a handful." Hailey said.
"Giiiirl..." Ramona rolled her eyes about the Gladstone quadruplets.
"Wow. I've never seen anyone dance like this," Siegfried smiled to Kristyn's dancing. "It's like you're making up the steps as you go along."
"It just flows right through me, you know?" Kristyn replied.
'I sure do.' Estelle thought to herself.
They soon danced the night away and before they knew it, the sun began to rise.
"I know we've just met, but I wanna invite you to a party tomorrow night at my royal pavilion." Siegfried said to Kristyn.
"Hurry." Estelle whispered while she waited with Lee, Ramona, and Hailey.
"Princess Tutu can come too." Siegfried smiled as he took Kristyn's hands.
"A party?" Kristyn asked.
"Yes! Right over there!" Siegfried replied, showing her to a castle in the mountains.
"Can she bring a friend?" Kristyn asked.
"If she would like," Siegfried smiled. "You two seem close."
"Well, we've become good friends even if we just met." Kristyn had to admit.
"Say you'll come," Siegfried insisted. "I want you to know more about me. More about my world."
"I could stay here forever." Kristyn replied.
"Ahem." Ramona cleared her throat.
"Well... I hope you do." Siegfried said to Kristyn.
"I think it might be time for me to go now." Kristyn soon said after seeing the sun.
Estelle nodded in agreement.
"So you'll come to the party?" Siegfried asked Kristyn. "I won't leave until you say yes."
"I'll be there," Kristyn replied. "Save a dance for me."
"I will only dance with you. Until then..." Siegfried smiled before kissing the back of her hand and then left to go into the forest.
"Okay, we have to go now." Lee said.
"Oh, isn't he dreamy?" Kristyn smiled.
"Yeah, he's so cute, okay, we need to go!" Hailey told her best friend.
"What about the party?" Kristyn asked.
"Aren't you forgetting what Rothbart does to Odette?" Ramona complained. "Magic spell, turn into swan, tragic ending, remember?"
"Yeah, so we need to go now before he turns us into swans." Ramona said.
"Or a duckling." Estelle whispered to herself.
"Thank you for that flattering introduction," A man's voice smirked. "Too late."
"Rothbart!" The teenagers cried out to the man.
"Man, I thought Rothbart was sorry looking before." Estelle whispered to Lee.
"I'll be sure to protect you." Lee told her.
"Try and protect her from this!" Rothbart glared as he shot his magic at them.
"And here comes the transformation." Estelle sighed.
"This magic looks really messed up." Lee winced slightly.
"The shoes, Kristyn!" Hailey cried off. "It's our only chance! Take off those pink-"
However, Kristyn's shoes turned into webbed feet.
"Feet..." Hailey sighed as the transformation cast over the group.
"Not again." Estelle sighed.
"Again?!" Ramona asked. "This has happened before?!"
"Well, for me anyway." Estelle replied.
"Ugh, this is sooo not my day!" Hailey complained.
"Now listen up, my feathery friends," Rothbart glared to them. "My darling daughter Odile will marry Prince Siegfried, without so much as a honk from any of you. Do you understand?"
"We won't let that happen!" Estelle told him.
Lee soon flew up right behind Rothbart and began to charge against the man like an angry bull, and where he started to peck at his head.
"Get off of me, boy!" Rothbart glared at Lee.
The others soon began to try and help Lee with how they could as swans. This was starting to get to be humiliating for Rothbart.
"Now get in the water!" Kristyn told the others.
They soon rushed to the lake, but soon stopped suddenly.
"Ugh, the Lake of Tears?" Hailey complained. "Ick! Gross!"
"Would you rather continue to fight Rothbart?" Lee asked.
"It's about to get worse," Ramona cried out. "Here comes the Dragon Lady!"
The Snow Queen was soon shown as she came in her carriage along with Princess Kraehe. Rothbart soon bowed before the Snow Queen as she rode up to him.
"Quick! Act like swans!" Estelle told them.
They soon started to honk like swans normally would.
"Rothbart. Disruption is spreading across the land," The Snow Queen stated to the sorcerer. "What news?"
Rothbart cleared his throat and smiled innocently. "Uh, not a problem here. Everything is fine," he then offered some snacks. "A-OK. Uh, pheasant jerky? Quail jerky? Swan jerky?"
"Wow, this guy is almost as threatening as Robbie Rotten." Estelle whispered.
The Snow Queen rolled her icy blue eyes before looking to the swans. The teenagers then quickly honked and flapped their wings to act like real swans.
"Uh, so, Your Majesty, as you can see here, everything is all, erm... Honky-dory." Rothbart smiled nervously.
"Then why are there more swans than there should be, and why is there one duck among the swans?" Princess Kraehe asked.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe it's a migration party?" Rothbart replied.
Princess Kraehe simply rolled her eyes.
"You will attend the Prince's Regency Ball, I presume?" The Snow Queen asked Rothbart.
"Well, of course. With my little flower, Odile," Rothbart replied. "She grows more beautiful, and talented by the day. She'll be honored to dance for the prince."
"Yes, as she must." The Snow Queen nodded sharply.
"And you must make sure that nothing changes the ending." Princess Kraehe told Rothbart.
"I'm off to the ball." Rothbart chuckled.
The two soon rode off on the carriage.
"Where they'll be serving swan livers, swimming in swan gravy, and a swan sorb-" Rothbart then smirked to the group of swans and one duckling before walking off, and yelped as he slipped from the icy path that the Snow Queen's carriage left behind. He then glared about that before storming off, a bit more carefully this time.
"We have to hurry to the castle." Estelle said.
"How are we gonna get there like this?" Ramona sulked.
"We're gonna find a way, and we gotta get to that ball so that Prince Siegfried can break the spell." Kristyn smiled.
"We can fly there." Estelle told them.
"I've never flown anything... Except maybe a jet." Lee replied.
"Just try flapping your wings." Estelle told him.
"Well... Okay..." Lee said as he tested flapping his new wings.
"Estelle, I don't get it," Ramona said. "Why are you a duck when the rest of us are swans?"
"Because I'm Princess Tutu." Estelle said.
"Oh... Okay..." Ramona replied.
Lee eventually flapped his wings and made himself fly. "Hey!" he then smiled.
"Way to go, Lee!" Estelle smiled back to him.
"Wahoo!" Lee smiled.
They soon heard gallops in the background and turned around to see the two men from earlier coming on horseback.
"Well, look who finally showed up." Kristyn remarked.
"Hey, it's the wedding singers," Hailey smirked before looking hungry. "Oh! And they've got some food."
"Yeah, but if we try to go towards them, they'll try to shoot us." Estelle said.
"Look at those delicious swans." Hilarion said to Albercht.
"Delicious?!" Hailey glared. "Why, you!"
"Can't we just talk to them?" Ramona asked.
"I doubt they'll understand." Estelle shook her head.
"Then let's fly!" Lee told them.
"Fly, Hailey, fly!" Kristyn cried out to her best friend as it looked like the men were about to shoot her with their arrows.
"Oh, boy!" Hailey yelped as she soon ran and began to fly as an arrow missed her and landed in the ground.
"We're flying!" Ramona smiled.
"You did it!" Kristyn laughed. "I can fly! I can fly!"
"I did it!" Albercht grinned. "Fantastic!"
"You missed by 20 feet!" Hilarion told him. "Now they're gone!"
"See ya, boys!" Lee teased.
They flew for a while until they would make it to the castle.