The Other Kingdom

Hey, buddy, you're running late!

I'm staying home and letting the Internet educate me, Dad.

That's what Mark Zuckerberg did.

Devon Quince...

the next Mark Zuckerberg.

You can be whatever you wanna be.

But today, you get to be a freshman at Theseus High.

You're crushing the dream Dad.

Come on champ, our foreign exchange student

arrives from England tomorrow.

Can't have him going to school and you not.

It's not an exchange student if we're not exchanging anyone Dad.

It's just a kid with an accent moving in with us.

Up and at 'em.

And no more snooze button.

Awe man this place again?

Quit complaining.

It's him.

Who?

Never mind.

Sign up for the Fall Dance Committee.

Celebrate autumn by shaking your bottom!

Incoming.

Watch it.

Sorry.

Didn't see you running into me.

Have a great trip.

Woah!

Catcha later.

Oh no!

Come on, we gotta go.

Wait!

That place is for losers.

No it's not.

You better not tell anyone where we went.

Others are so dumb.

Not all of them.

Yes all of them, they don't even see us when we're around.

Astral!

Brendoni!

Where have you been?

King Oberon has asked you a question.

Ugh.

I can explain, dad.

Astral, you can't just come and go as you please.

Well if I'm gonna rule one day, I need to make my own decisions.

Sweetheart, it's dangerous with the Others.

Brendoni was with me.

Good times.

Milk spills, kids crashing into each other,

I tripped this one knucklehead.

I am the master of disaster.

Those Others didn't know what hit them.

I do love a classic milk spill.

Oh yeah!

Others such wasteful, silly creatures.

Tell that to Astral.

I think she has a crush on one of the gymnasts.

A boy.

What?

Is this true?

Ah, ah ahh ahhhh!

Our job as faeries is to cause mischief to the Others.

I told her, Uncle Obes.

Ugh.

King Oberon and Queen Titania.

Astral, you're no longer allowed to visit the Others' realm.

Your place is in Athenia, where you will learn

to become the Princess that your people deserve.

Dad!

Uncle Obes, layin' down the law!

And Brendoni, you're to be confined here

until you learn to watch out for Astral.

No way!

Versitude.

The sprites and the pixies are biting each other again.

I need your counsel.

Just see which one survives and give the winner a unicorn.

Mom?

This is totally unfair!

Astral, come along.

I want to show you something.

Tristan.

Hey Tris!

Hi.

I'm Hailey Grimm.

And yes.

I do have older brothers.

But no, they don't tell me fairy tales.

How did you know my name?

How does a moth know to go to a flame?

How does a bee know to go to a flower?

I was actually reading about this the other day.

So bees can sense the electric fields of flowers and...

Anyway, as you know, I'm head of the Fall Dance Committee.

We just met.

How would I know that?

Now you know.

We should go together.

I'm sorry?

Who are you again?

Let me level with you.

The next three years follow a strategy.

Step 1: I kill it planning this dance and become Fall Queen.

Then, I parlay that into VP of student council for next year,

which, if I work it, will get me unanimously voted President,

Valedictorian, and Prom Queen when I graduate.

I need some arm candy.

Someone who's cute and sporty, but who won't overshadow me.

And you think that guy's me?

I knew you'd say yes.

Byeee.

She's awesome.

Confident, ambitious.

I don't trust ambitious people.

Why?

Icarus.

His dad gave made him these wings so he could fly

but warned him to stay low.

Icarus ignored him, flew too close to the sun,

wings melted, he crashed, bam, pshh.

No more Icarus.

Is this someone you went to camp with?

No, I wish.

He's from Greek mythology.

Anyway, who needs that?

Fly under the radar.

That's my motto.

You've got a lot of layers, Dev.

Astral, the Others are a young race.

They have so much to learn.

They don't remember that we were once their guides.

Well, this one's different.

He has blonde hair and soft blue eyes

and a smile that makes me feels like...

A warm sun?

Yes.

Those are the worst.

You don't understand, mom...

Don't I?

See these crystals?

Each one contains the memories of a faerie who's walked

outside of the Second Kingdom.

Here's mine.

Fanny pack... what was I thinking?

Lessons we've learned, mistakes we've made...

they're all recorded in these crystals.

You can learn everything you need about Others right here.

Dad says he learned more from his mistakes

than he did from any teacher.

I need to go to the Others, I need to make my own mistakes.

Astral!

You are a Princess of Athenia,

and one day you will rule this kingdom.

You don't have time to waste on Other boys.

And they are certainly not worthy of you.

Mom...

My word is final.

You don't under...

No buts.

You just not...

Astral.

Don't contradict me.

You are not the boss of me!

Made it through the first day of school emotionally unscathed...

I'd call that a win.

Asides from my clothes reeking of chocolate milk.

I joined the Fall Dance Committee.

Morgan.

Did Icarus teach us nothing?!

I want the full high school experience

and it starts with being part of something.

You have a little...

Weird.

What?

Great, you're still here.

Hey.

My dress, your tie.

For the Fall Dance.

None of these are fall colors.

I know, right, nature, barf.

Everyone goes that way.

Not us.

Hailey, I'm just trying to figure out where my classes are.

I can't think about dances.

Maybe I failed to mention the benefit

to you in this arrangement.

A freshman, going out with an older woman.

Instant. Power. Move. Paww.

I just blew your mind.

There you are.

I was about to send out a search party.

Princess, this fascination you have with the Other's world,

this is not healthy.

What is wrong with Athenia?

We have everything here!

We have rocks, we have trees, we have rocks like this,

more rocks, this tree.

Oswald, don't you ever wonder

what life is like somewhere else?