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Bonjour.
Once upon a time in a magical kingdom called Andalasia,
a baby was found in the forest.
With no mother or father to speak of,
the baby was raised by the animals, who loved her as one of their own.
- - And her name was Giselle.
Giselle grew into a beautiful young lady…
with a loving heart and a secret desire.
Until one day, she won the love of Andalasia's bravest prince!
But then, Giselle was pushed through a portal by an Evil Queen
and landed in a strange and extremely confusing kingdom called…
There she met Robert, who was a lawyer with dreamy eyes
and a daughter named Morgan, who saw magic everywhere she went.
So Giselle and Robert fell in love.
And they lived…
-Dad. Dad! -
- Come on! Read it again, Dad. - Get over here!
What if I told you that "ever after" wasn't the end of their story?
- -Oh!
We've heard this story a million times.
That's how it always ends.
Uh, uh, uh. You only heard part of the story.
See, it turns out, New York wasn't Giselle's happily-ever-after after all.
-Huh? -What? Huh?
Well, I'm not too proud of my part in this one,
but if you two will get into bed, I'll read it to ya.
This story begins where the old one left off:
in the kingdom of New York after "happily ever after."
After? But there is no after, after "happily ever after."
Yeah. You just get married then nothing ever happens to you again.
Oh, not in this world.
Over there, things would never stop happening.
For Giselle, a few years went by.
Morgan sprouted up, and eventually, Robert and Giselle had a baby.
A beautiful girl named Sofia.
And for one moment, Giselle truly had it all.
And that's when things began to change.
First, with all the baby stuff, their castle in the sky shrunk two sizes.
Then, life got so busy,
it felt like a sleeping curse fell over them every single night.
But the hardest part of all was Morgan.
She became what that world calls a "teenager."
And it felt to Giselle that she had set out to a faraway place
where she could never go.
With so much change, Giselle started feeling
that life in the kingdom of New York wasn't such a fairy tale after all.
And that's when she saw… a sign.
And, suddenly, she realized
their happily-ever-after might be somewhere else.
So, Giselle and Robert began their quest for a new happily-ever-after.
All right. Next stop: "Monroeville."
Where the hell's Monroeville?
- -
I don't know.
It's got to be better than here.
I know that change can be scary, but it can also be exciting.
Think of all of the wonderful new people you're going to meet
who will love you just as much as I do.
And remember, whenever you need a friend, what do we do?
-Morgan, can you try and help out here? -
I am helping. I'm literally telling the entire Internet about my kidnapping.
Everyone agrees it's a tragedy.
You know, a lot of people move to the suburbs from the city,
and they're wildly happy.
Yeah, well, I was wildly happy here.
Can you back me up on this, Sofia?
You are no help.
So, who's excited for our new adventure?
-Very excited. -
-Oh, that's… sarcasm. -Sarcasm, yeah.
But, Morgan, I promise, Monroeville is the perfect place.
Perfect for you, maybe. Not so much for me.
-Morgan-- -Ah, ah, ah. No speeches.
If we're gonna do this, let's just go.
Teenagers are like this. She'll be fine.
I hope so.
We really did have magic memories here, didn't we?
We did. And we'll have more.
Trust me, if I learned anything from meeting a princess on a billboard,
it's that sometimes you just have to take a leap.
Hmm.
Let's start our new life.
And so they packed up and moved…
Isn't it wonderful?
It's the closest thing to Andalasia I've ever seen.
- - Our house is like a castle.
I'll have my own room.
You've told me a million times.
-Hey, look. -
Mm-hmm.
Well, you never know, Morgan.
Maybe Monroeville will give you a little magic like I had growing up.
Hmm.
Here it is.
Oh, good. The walls are back up.
The walls were down?
- -
-Oh. -Oh, boy.
Wow. Interesting castle.
We're running a little behind schedule, so you just have to have vision.
A new baby in town.
- We would've brought gifts. -Oh.
We're great with naps, if you ever need help.
Oh, my. Thank you.
-I might take you up on that. -Mmm.
-Oh, should we go check out our new home? -Yeah.
It's all part of the adventure.
Bye.
- -
-That goes in the living room. Thanks. -
Yeah, that's not an adventure. That's a landfill.
-A land filled with adventure. -
Here, let me take my little princess and show you the rest of the house.
- -Yes. It's okay. Off we go.
I am going to go see if one of those movers will move me back to New York.
I know it's hard to start over someplace new.
I did it once.
Not really on purpose,
but I found that you just have to look at things the right way.
Oh, no.
Here, I'll show you.
Please, we really don't need to…
-Oh. - Whoa! Watch yourself!
Sorry.
- Oh. -
Oh, my.
- - I'm all right!
I think.
- Okay, keep them closed. - Don't open your eyes.
-Don't open your eyes. -Keep your eyes closed.
Feels so scary right now. Yep. They are closed.
Don't be scared. Here you go. Right here. Ready?
- - Okay.
-Okay. -Open them.
-Oh, wow. -Mmm.
This is… wow.
Wow.
I know I got carried away, and you can change anything.
I just wanted you to have a real room when you got here.
Yeah. She made them promise that it would be done.
It's beautiful, Mom.
Really?
Oh, pretty soon, this whole place will feel like home.
You'll see. You'll see.
- Uh, yeah. - Yeah.
-Good job, honey. Good job. Good job. -Mmm.
-Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. -
-Oh, my-- -Shut it off!
-That's my stuff! Oh, help! - Smother the flame!
-What-- - Grab a blanket!
- Put it out. - Careful!
-Oh! - I can't--
- -Those were all of my clothes!
Hello, hello!
Do we know somebody?
No. But we can.
What are you? Color-blind? That's not green. That's aqua.
-What are they? Fish? -
- Oh. - Oh.
Hope you don't mind. Door was open.
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