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I am aware that I am surrounded by people who feel that they could do the job better, strong people with powerful characters, but for better or worse, the crown has landed on my head.

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐈𝐈: 𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧 𝐓𝐨 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

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"Being a teenager is hard, and, uh, all kids your age feel... awkward, and..."

"Ha! You know perfectly well what's kicking!"

"That song. Where have I heard it? It's Atlantica, with merpeople and everything. Mother, you always said it was just an old fish tale."

"We shall not rest until that mad woman is vanquished. FIND HER!! FIND HER!!"

"You went over the wall, didn't you?"

"I miss you, Daddy. I wish you could be right here with us."

"Actually, I went under it. I hate that stupid wall."

"C'MON, NOW! NO, ________! YA DON'T WANNA DO DIS, MON! I'M OLD! I'M NOT TENDER ANYMORE!!"

"________, you know you're not allowed in the sea!"

"You know these waters, and you know our daughter."

"But why, and why does that necklace have my name on it?"

"MAKE WAY, LITTLE MERSHRIMP! I'M COMIN' THROUGH!"

"You deliberately disobeyed me! I never want you going out there again. Do you hear me? It's dangerous in the sea!"

"Grandfather, I think this belongs to you."

"How would you know? You've never even been in it!"

"Oh, _________, I can't help it. I just love the sea!"

"You’re a mermaid?"

"One minute you're on top, the next you're sushi. Now is that fair, Gramps, I ask you?"

"Hey, ________! Hey, ________! What's kickin'?"

"WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO ME?! LOOK AT ME! I'M AN ANCHOVY!!"

"________, child, how many times do I have to tell you?"

"You know, when I was a teenager, you couldn't get me out of my shell for nothin'. I had this HIGH SQUEAKY VOICE and these itty-bitty liddle pinchers! Then one day, BOOM! I sound like Caruso, and these WHOPPERS pop out!"

"Hungry? Afraid all I have is a cold plate."

"Alright, _________. You must remain calm. Dis is not your fault. All you have to do is go in there and calmly explain that ________ has run away. No reason to lose your head. Whatever you do, you abso-tively, posi-tutely, must. Not. Panic."

"It is expressly forbidden for you to be swimming beyond the safety of the sea wall."

"You're not the only one with a mother who doesn't understand you. BELIEVE me."

"WAH!!! _________'S GONE, __________'S GONE, ________'S GONE!!!!"

"Oh, wishes do come true. SEE THAT, MA?! WHO'S YOUR FAVORITE NOW?!"

"Any such swimmin' is a reckless disregard of da rules. Don't ya know?"

"Mom, I'm the princess of disaster!"

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𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 (𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟏-𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟕) 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬

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"Ohh! I'm never going to be able to get those steps right ________!"

"Where did you go this time? I want to hear all about it!"

"Some people never change. But we can always hope!"

"Then he bowed and asked me to dance."

"I couldn’t say no to the king!"

"You must have felt like a princess!. I wish I could have been there."

"On the outside, maybe… but inside beats the heart of a prince."

"That’s not true! You’re risking your life to save your kingdom! Isn’t that what princes do?"

"But my subjects think less of me than they do the Mouse King!... My only hope is to find the Sugar Plum Princess so she can help me restore my people’s happiness… I owe them that."

"They say you’re… beautiful."

"Oh, there you are! The king needs you right away in the courtyard! And...he said if you didn’t hurry, you’d spend the rest of your lives as houseflies!...or was it… horseflies?"

"There’s more to being a king than having a crown!"

"You’ll never gain their loyalty until you’ve earned their respect!"

"And now you’re free to take your rightful place as king."

"None of this would have been possible without you, ________. Will you stay...and be my queen?"

"This locket was supposed to take me home...but in my heart, I feel I’m already there."

"Ok! Ready Freddy... Erm ..._________? What am I supposed to paint?"

"Once, long long ago, in the time of castles, kings and magic, there was a secret manor hidden deep in dark forest. The woods were whispered to be full of monsters and dragons."

"One day, I'm going to walk along a beach just like this one. And see nothing but open sky, for miles and miles."

"I can't imagine _________ attending all these balls."

"Oh, I ask you, who in their right mind would invite her to a party?"

"Would you look at this? Ooh, she sure got mad at somebody! I wouldn't want to be in his boots."

"It's beautiful! There's something engraved on the back."

"Constant as the stars above, always know that you are loved. To our daughter Rapunzel on her first birthday. With love forever, mother and father."

"This doesn't make sense... ________ said I was abandoned when I was just a few days old. Why would she lie to me about that?"

"Why does the old hag do anything other than torment people?"

"Now, there's the understatement of the 17th century."

"But...I've never been outside the magic wall! This is my chance. Maybe, my only chance. I'm going."

"After all I've done, after all I've given you, this is how you repay me! By sneaking off."

"Why are you doing this? You can't keep me locked away from the world forever."

"You must be pretty important if you are invited to the prince's ball."

"All these years, after all I've planned! It must be that boy she met."

"Tower, Tower, do your part! Never release your prisoner with a lying heart! And in which these words are spoken...this fearsome spell can never be broken!"

"And to think some people actually adore children! They're out of their minds!"

"She would've been my daughter if you had married me! I simply took what was mine."

"You don't know what love is, ________!"

"You kept me locked up my whole life because you hated my father?"

"Well, that’s the constellation Cygnus. It’s a swan. Imagine the four stars are the long neck, the big stars are the body, and running crosswise, those stars are the wings."

"_______, you’re a wonderful dancer! You should go to the village dances with your sister!"

"Do you know what I see? Kindness, laughter, bravery. All worth more than any treasure a king could possess… I may not have many powers left, but…"

"I suppose it doesn’t matter that I don’t know the first thing about dancing at a ball."

"The room is filled with lovely young ladies. Find someone wonderful to dance with while you wait."

"Long ago and far away, in a village high on a mountaintop, something amazing was occurring. At the very same moment, two identical baby girls were born! One, a baby princess.The king and queen were overjoyed."

"Hoo! We're late, late, late! We have twenty, maximum, twenty-two minutes, for your royal fitting! And then it's move, move, move to your speech at the Historical Society! After that we have to rush, and I mean, rush, to the Horticultural Society Tea! Oh, and then there's your math lessons, your geography lessons, your science lessons..."

"All my life I've always wanted to have one day for myself. Not waking up with a pile of work on every shelf. With no hems in need of pressing, and no sleeves in disarray. No wedding gown with a thousand stitches to crochet. And no debt to pay."

"I'm so sorry, my darling, but as you know, it is vital you marry King ________. It is the only way to take care of our people."

"I know, it's my duty."

"Oh, and look! Another engagement gift!"

"There's more to living than gloves and gowns and threads and seams. In my dreams, I'll be free!"

"So happy. Free to do whatever they want. What do you think King _________ will be like?"

"Oh, I'm sure he'll be... suitable."

"Apparently, he's a lover of music. He plays three different instruments. The dulcimer, the trumpet, and the piano."

"We could be sisters."

"___________? You have the same name as the princess."

"I'm savoring a first and last taste of freedom before getting married next week... to a total stranger."

"First, I choose a fabric from the rack, and I pin the pattern down. And I stitch it in the front and back, and it turns into a gown."

"I wear the gown without my crown and dance around my room."

"But I'd never let my Mother know. I wouldn't want to disappoint her."

"We could be twins!"

"One day you must sing for us at the Palace,"

"__________. ___________, Darling? Are you here? Where could she be? She wasn't at breakfast."

"Lilac? She never scented her stationary with lilac. It was always rose."

"I better change my dress. Ho-ho, what am I talking about? I only have one dress!"

"And... she has beautiful eyes, your spirits rise when she walks in the room. Doors close, and the chemistry grows. She's like a rose that's forever in bloom."

"Something tells me you have a wonderful voice."

"There's something about you... You're honest ... no pretenses. I like that. Until tomorrow, Your Highness."

"I think I'm falling in love with the king."

"You do love disguises, don't you?"

"What do you enjoy most on your travels, Your Highness?"

"Oh, everything. Following the wind, discovering something new around the next bay!"

"What else do you enjoy, besides the harp, Your Highness?"

"This is the hardest thing I've ever done, Father. But I can't spend the rest of my life with someone I don't love. My sisters will run the kingdom."

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I have my mother's eyes.

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"Do you dance?" Belle or diana to Peter @timeguardians

He was an eligible young king, and she was a beautiful young foreign princess, invited to a ball at Cair Paravel.

Peter would be a fool if he didn't see what his advisors were trying to do.

Still, Peter was cordial to the princess.

"I do, would you like to dance, Princess Belle?"

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Arianne, are you alright? Susan asks. @timeguardians

Arianne hadn't known Queen Susan the Gentle when she ruled Narnia.

The two women were separated by thousands of years, and lived in two different kingdoms.

But the granddaughter of King Frank I and his beloved Queen Helen found some kind of kinship with the gentle queen. It was almost like she was spending her time with her grandmother again. Both women were gentle and kind souls.

"I am alright, you just remind me of someone very dear to me."

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"Do you dance?" Jamie to Edmund @timeguardians

Edmund's mum was acquaintances with Mrs. Carter up the road, so when the older woman had told his mother how her granddaughter was coming to visit the Carters from America, Edmund's mum had volunteered Ed to show Jamie Rogers a good time.

Jamie for her part, was a nice girl, Edmund had shown her London all afternoon and what at first seemed like a chore had been actually very nice.

Now they were at a dance hall, and Jamie was asking if he danced.

For a moment, the dark haired Pevensie thought back to the magnificent balls and feast he and his siblings had thrown back in Narnia. Many had said he was a good dancer, but he doubted those kinds of dances would help him here.

"I do." Edmund said, hoping she hadn't noticed him getting lost in thought and thought him rude.

"Would you like to dance?"

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"Do you dance?" Susan to Caspian @timeguardians

"Yes." Before everything that had happened, Caspian had been hailed as a great dancer amongst his uncle's court.

Now, he was building his own court in an freed Narnia. The celebrations for his coronation had been going on for two days, and tonight was yet another ball to celebrate Narnia's new age.

"Will you do me the honor, Your Majesty?"

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"You make it look so effortless when you dance, Lu." (Susan to Lucy) @timeguardians

"I've been practicing with some of the Dryads." Lucy smiled, the dryads were excellent dancers, especially the ones near the Dancing Lawn.

"Come dance with me, Su. It'll be fun!"

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"You should have seen his face when you were dancing with him! It light up like -- like a thousand stars." (Susan to Adiela or Arianne) @timeguardians

Adiela blushed, when king Edmund had asked her to dance she had happily accepted, now the dance was over and Adiela's heart was racing, she loved to dance but she didn't realize the smile on her face was still there after the king had moved on to another partner.

And now King Edmund's eldest sister, Queen Susan had approached and commented on the way Adiela had lit up while dancing with the younger king.

"His Majesty is a wonderful dance partner, as I'm sure you know, Your Majesty." Adiela said, though she could feel her face burn even as she spoke.

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𝐒𝐍𝐎𝐖 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐔𝐍𝐓𝐒𝐌𝐀𝐍 (𝟐𝟎𝟏𝟐)

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"Lips red as blood, hair black as night, bring me your heart, my dear, dear ___________."

"Do you hear that? It's the sound of battles fought and lives lost."

"It once pained me to know that I am the cause of such despair, but now their cries give me strength. Beauty is my power."

"Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is fairest of them all?"

"Where she leads, I follow!"

"You have eyes, ___________, but you can not see! She is the One! I see an end to darkness!"

"Who are you? Why does the queen want you dead?"

"You should know. You're the one hunting me!"

"My queen, you have defied nature and robbed it of its fairest root. But on this day there is one more beautiful than you."

"I've seen what she sees. I can kill her."

"I will not abandon her a second time!"

"You can't have my heart."

"What does she want from me?"

"Come and avenge your father, who was too weak to raise his sword."

"You are one of the few who has ventured into the dark forest. One of my prisoners has escaped there."

"I shall give this wretched world the queen it deserves."

"It's the princess. __________ has kept her alive all these years."

"I feel that you and I are bound."

"You possess a rare beauty, my love, in here. Never lose it. It will serve you well when you are queen."

"I told you to run."

"If I had, you'd be dead."

"She is life itself."

"I would rather die than live another day in this death!"

"Is there no end to your power and beauty?"

"You don't even realize how lucky you are never to know what it is to grow old!"

"You were the only one who could break the spell and destroy me, and the only one pure enough to save me."

"That's kind, child. Especially when it's said that yours is the face of true beauty in this kingdom."

"This all must be difficult for you. I, too, lost my mother when I was a young girl. I can never take your mother's place, ever. But I feel that you and I are bound. I feel it there, your heart."

"I was ruined by a king like you once. I replaced his queen. An old woman. And in time I too would have been replaced. Men use women. They ruin us, and when they are finished with us, they toss us to the dogs like scraps."

"Lock her up. One never knows when royal blood may be of value."

"Our scars protect us. Without beauty, we are worthless to the Queen. It's a sacrifice we made so we could raise our children in peace while their fathers are at war. And you, your sacrifice will come."

"Your beauty is all that can save you, Ravenna! This spell will make your beauty your power and protection. By fairest blood, it is done. But be warned, by fairest blood, this spell can be undone."

"You see, child, love always betrays us."

"You deserved better. I once had a wife, Princess. Sara was her name. When I came back from the wars, I carried with me the stench of death and the anger of the lost. I wasn't worth saving, that's for sure. She did so anyway. And I loved her so much. I loved her more than anyone or anything. Then I let her out of my sight and she was gone. And I became myself again. A self I never cared for. Until you. See, you remind me of her. Her heart, her spirit. But now you, too, have gone. You both deserved better, and I'm so sorry I failed you. I'm so sorry. But you'll be a queen in Heaven now and sit among the angels."

"Death favors no man. We must ride like thundering waves under the tattered battle flag of my father."

"We have rested long enough. Frost to fire and fire to frost. Iron will melt. But it will writhe inside of itself! All these years, all I've known is darkness. But I have never seen a brighter light than when my eyes just opened. And I know that light burns in all of you! Those embers must turn to flame. Iron into sword. I will become your weapon! Forged by the fierce fire that I know is in your hearts! For I have seen what she sees. I know what she knows. I can kill her. And I'd rather die today than live another day of this death! Who will ride with me? Who will be my brother?"

"Then let them come. Let them break their skulls on these stone walls and bring me my prize."

"Magic comes at a lofty price."

"And the expense grows."

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Are you there, God? It's me, the illegitimate child you abandoned.

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Send "Do you dance?" For my muse’s reaction to being asked that.

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Pity the person who has sisters, their life is never boring.

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It's not the same when there's no growing old together. Without that, love is just heartbreak.