The Swan Princess: Kingdom of Music

Tomorrow you set sail to compete

in the greatest music competition in the world.

By hard work,

you have earned this right, my son.

Is this not so, Ru?

It is so, Divine Emperor.

May your devotion bring honor

to your country and to your home.

Let no dalliance, no personal venture,

come between you and victory.

I give you my promise, Father.

If only your sister shared your wisdom.

One would think twins would be more alike in this way.

Father, is it not possible...?

I know your feelings are tender for her, Li.

That's as it should be.

- But things cannot be changed. - But...

Say no more.

Now, when you arrive for the music festival,

you will deliver this gift to the Swan Princess.

The Swan Princess.

- Chen. - Mei Li, my love.

I must tell you something very difficult.

- Let me speak first, darling. - Mei Li...

Will you speak until the last ray of sun is gone

and you're a dragon again?

Forgive me. Our few seconds together

are too precious to waste. You first.

Tomorrow my brother sails

to the kingdom of the Swan Princess.

She could show us how to break the sorcerer's spell.

Mei Li, it is a dream, a wild wish.

- But... - We will never break the spell.

It's time for me to go far away

so you will be free to love another.

- No. I won't let you go. - You must.

I was once the one who said our love could not be.

An emperor's daughter and a common artist.

And it was you who convinced me

that our love was stronger than dark magic.

You may not believe that anymore,

but I do.

I will stow away on Li's boat and sail to the Swan Princess.

You must follow.

We'll soon be free to be together.

I know it.

Mei Li wouldn't let me leave

without telling me goodbye, would she?

No, Master Li.

I've never tutored a more kind and thoughtful person.

She'll be here.

Of course I will.

There you are.

I wish you could come.

Oh, you're so kind.

I'm so sorry that Father...

Please, don't worry about me.

You have a dream to fulfill.

And my heart will always be with you.

The tea leaves have spoken.

Li's journey will be safe.

Hmm. That is good.

I want you to break the spell on Mei Li and Chen.

You've read the spell, Divine Emperor.

Only your child can break it.

But surely you can...

I can do nothing.

Be strong, Divine Emperor.

She will surrender in time.

Well, we will see.

Huh?

Warn Prince Li.

Tell him to get below deck.

Cut her off!

She's over there.

Hurry. Hurry. -

- No. There she is.

- - You're not going anywhere.

Protect yourself!

I'm so lucky, Ru.

To sing at the Swan Princess Music Festival.

An honor indeed.

But we should go below now, Master Li.

Too much sea air can damage the voice.

I suppose you're right, Ru.

- Let's go. - On the other hand...

just the right amount of sea air

can be a good thing.

Oh, okay.

You always know best, Ru.

Chamberlain!

You screamed for me, dear queen?

Do you know what I see down there, Chamberlain?

Uh... No.

Lord Rogers giving a castle tour

to the Music Festival finalists.

Four of them. Not five. Four.

Prince Li still hasn't arrived?

Of course he hasn't,

because you haven't been here watching for him

every single minute of every single day.

- But... But... - Oh, no excuses, Chamberlain.

Just make it happen.

See it. See the ship.

And so it was

that our late, beloved Scully saved the Swan Princess.

Questions?

So this animal could walk and talk to humans?

Why, of course.

In our kingdom,

animals walk and talk all the time.

All right. Everyone good?

- Okay. - Yeah.

- Why not? - Sure.

Excellent, then.

Today, a special treat.

I'll show you where you'll be performing.

The acoustics are state-of-the-art.

Okay, come on.

It's getting there.

Puffin, old friend.

Can you do that thing where you drop a pin?

I want them to hear the acoustics.

If you don't mind, Rogers,

the situation demands our complete attention.

All right. Just a skosh higher on the left side.

Actually, a skosh would be too much.

A smidgen will do.

No, wait a second. How can that be?

Yeah. A skosh is smaller than a smidgen.

Oh, is that so?

Well, as the former Minister of Weights and Measures...

Rogers, please.

...I can assure you the sequence

is a touch, a skosh, and then a smidgen.

A wee tick comes before a skosh.

What's a "wee tick"?

Oh, it's about like this:

Aah! I'm sorry.

Everyone, freeze.

What did I tell you? Perfect acoustics.

Princess.

Lucas. Heh.

You finally came back.

Well, I couldn't miss your coming-of-age ball.

Wow, you've grown up.

You too.

Oh.

I'm really sorry.

No, no. It was worth it. Um...

I mean, it's fine.

So you've been teaching people how to grow flowers?

Yep. Mostly in countries where people don't have much.

Sounds like you're doing the work of angels.

Speaking of angels, you're pretty good at that harp.

You wanna learn? I can teach you.

Eh. A little too fancy for me.

I'm more of a hollow-log-and-stick

kind of guy.

Well, hopefully you're not too primitive

- for dancing. - Ooh. Dancing?

There's tons of dancing in a coming-of-age ball, Lucas.

And I'm putting you on my dance card.

If you're willing to risk sore toes, princess,

I'm willing to step on them.

Uh, I better go.

Yeah, my parents don't even know I'm back yet.

Oh. Heh.

Coming back tomorrow?

Heh. I'll bring fresh tulips just for you to crush.

No boat. Gee, no boat. No boat.

Hi, Chamberlain.

- - Do you still have my dance card?

Uh. Heh.

It's not filled out yet.