Cinderella: A Twist In Time/Transcript

"Perfectly Perfect"
Cinderella: Do you remember the story of a girl who lived a life of Cinders, and how she found true love because she kept a beautiful dream in her heart? *Giggles* Of course it helped that she had mouse friends who could sew and a Fairy Godmother who could do wonders with pumpkins. Well, that girl was ME, and in case you're wondering, that was only the FIRST half of the story!

Cinderella: ♪What a perfectly perfect life♪

♪It's a fairytale come true♪

♪I'm a princess and a wife♪

♪All because I fit a shoe♪

♪When I dreamed of love, who would've guessed I'd end up here?♪

♪At the end of a perfectly perfect year!♪

Kit: Would my perfectly perfect wife put on her perfectly fitting shoes?

* Kit starts playing 'keep away' with the shoes*

Kit: Better hurry; Fairy Godmother's waiting!

Cinderella: *laughs* What have the mice been using them for this time?

Kit: *pours some water out* Boats.

* Cinderella laughs*

Kit (putting Cinderella's shoes back on): There.

* Cinderella and Kit head outside to mount their horses

Cinderella: ♪What a wonderfully perfectly perfect year!♪

Anastasia: ♪Why do we have to do the chores?♪

Drizella: ♪I would rather rot in jail♪

Anastasia: ♪Washing dishes and scrubbing floors♪

Drizella: ♪Oh, that's just great, I broke a nail!♪

Anastasia and Drizella: ♪Cinderella's in the palace, living the life of luxury♪

♪And not once have we been invited to a ball♪

Drizella: ♪Or even tea♪

Anastasia: ♪''Why don't I get no happy ending? Where's the prince who marries me?♪''

Anastasia and Drizella: ♪When will this horrible nightmare disappear?!♪

Lady Tremaine: Pathetic.

Anastasia and Drizella: ♪Oh, what a perfectly miserably awful year!♪

* Anastasia is kicked out of the house*

Anastasia: ♪Somewhere there must be someone who loves me♪

♪He'll show me a world that I never knew♪

♪He'll ask for my hand and I'll say I do'♪

♪Oh wouldn't it be finer than fine♪

♪If that perfectly perfect love were mine♪

* Cinderella pulls the horse to a halt and looks a little worse for wear about her two stepsisters, Anastasia and Drizella*

Cinderella: I'm just a little worried.

Kit: About what?

Cinderella: My two stepsisters; Anastasia and Drizella...They've never been allowed to think for themselves...and I don't think they've ever really been all that jealous of me.

Kit: Don't worry, I'm sure that in the future there'll be some opportunity to reconnect with them.

Cinderella: I sure hope so. The time will come...eventually. But let's not worry about that too much for the moment.

Kit: Of course, not. Let us begin our celebration!

* Cinderella and the Prince continue on their way to their wedding anniversary as Anastasia continues clambering through the forest*

Fairy Godmother: He's a perfectly charming prince

She's a charmingly perfect lass

Jaq: They live happily since she fit the slipper

Gus: Made of glass

Fairy Godmother: Take your places everyone

The time is drawing near...to celebrate

Fairy Godmother, Jaq and Gus: A perfectly perfect year!

Jaq and Gus: A perfect anniversary party that we planned for you

Fairy Godmother: And I'll throw in some magic with a bibbidi bobbidi boo

Fairy Godmother, Jaq and Gus: 'On this perfectly perfect day, there is magic in the air

Anastasia: Gee, I wonder if that old lady has some wand that she can spare

Cinderella and Kit: What could ever come between us?

Anastasia: I would gladly volunteer

Fairy Godmother: And as for the future well it's perfectly clear

Cinderella: It's sure to be another magically...

Anastasia: In our case, tragically...

* Anastasia falls off*

All: Perfectly perfect year!

Anastasia: Perfect!

Returning With The Prince
 Lady Tremaine: *grabs Anastasia by the shoulders* You *do* want the Prince to love you, don't you?!

 Anastasia (in tears): Yes, more than anything.

 Lady Tremaine: *grabs Anastasia's face*  Well, stop crying!

 Anastasia: But...I have the right to have concern for Cinderella!

 Lady Tremaine (shaking Anastasia violently): You have NO right to sympathize with her; her talk of courage and kindness is all WORTHLESS!

 Anastasia: But...I only want someone to love me for who I AM! And the Prince doesn't truly LOVE me!

 Lady Tremaine (voice rising): I'M NOT LISTENING, ANASTASIA!

 Anastasia: I'm not even sure if I truly love...HIM!

 Lady Tremaine: WELL, YOU SHOULD!!

 Anastasia (breaking down further): PLEASE, MOTHER, LISTEN TO ME!

 Lady Tremaine (screaming at the top of her lungs): STOP CRYING!!!

* Lady Tremaine slowly and painfully rubs Anastasia's tears away, which causes her to develop an involuntary eye twitch. She then tightly locks her hands around Anastasia's head*

Lady Tremaine (through gritted teeth): STOP IT! *Lets go of Anastasia's head and grabs her by the shoulders again* Now, you listen to me, Anastasia Tremaine. Stop feeling sorry for yourself, stop sympathizing with Cinderella and bury your feelings deep down. If you want someone to love you, then do exactly as I say, Anastasia, because my way is the *only* way. This is your *very* last chance. Do you understand?

 Anastasia (twitching continuously): Yes, Mother.

 Lady Tremaine: I sincerely hope so. *Pulls the wand out* Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

* Lady Tremaine and her daughters teleport into hiding just as the guards burst into the bedroom. We then cross over to Cinderella and the Prince reuniting with the King*

Mercy for Anastasia
King: Using magic on MY SON! THE NERVE!

Grand Duke: Your Majesty, we've gone over every inch of this castle, and there's no sign of them!

King (panicking): Well then, double your search and examine every corner of this Kingdom! I want them brought into custody as soon as they're found!

(Cinderella and the Prince help the King back onto the table)

Cinderella: Your Majesty, I think we should all just relax.

Kit: Please don't worry, Dad. This is the girl I intend to marry. The stars are shining brighter, just like you said.

King (excitedly): Well, don't just stand there. Get everything ready! Call in the florists, bake an even bigger cake, and give her an even better dress! THE WEDDING IS ON TONIGHT!

Cinderella: The sooner, the merrier!

King: Absolutely!

Cinderella: But, Your Majesty, may I ask something of you?

King: *calms down* Something wrong, Cinderella?

Cinderella: I'm just worried for my stepsister...Anastasia.

King: The daughter of that...woman who used magic on MY SON?!

Cinderella: I'm afraid so, Sire. I really don't think she's entirely responsible for all of this. It is mainly my stepmother's doing, to be fair. I think Anastasia's just been forced to marry Kit to satisfy her mother's own selfish desires, and she's also been tempted by her empty promises of true love. I'm not sure whether or not she truly loves you, Kit, but I really don't think she wants power. She probably just wants a life of love, because she's also been abused. I've sadly witnessed it myself on a number of occasions, but haven't been able to do anything to protect her. If we should manage to find my stepfamily, could we please give Anastasia a more lenient punishment?

King: We can do so, because I don't believe she could possibly have been fully responsible for this episode.

Cinderella: Thank you, Your Majesty.

One Final Attempt...
* Cinderella is in front of the mirror getting ready for her wedding when she hears her stepmother's voice*

Lady Tremaine: My, don't you look lovely?

Cinderella (shuddered): Stepmother?

* Lady Tremaine and Lucifer emerge from the shadows*

Lady Tremaine: It would appear you were right, Cinderella. The Prince DOES truly want to marry you. And marry you he WILL. Anastasia?

* Anastasia starts to come out*

Lady Tremaine: Anastasia, come out here at once! Or should I say....CINDERELLA?

* Cinderella recoils in horror*

Cinderella: What have you done to her, Stepmother?! The Prince can't be fooled.

Lady Tremaine: The Prince will never know. He will be perfectly happy. And might I add this; I ALREADY had a feeling you were the girl who went to the ball even before you made the happy mistake of singing that song! I saw your face was familiar, so I think that had you just kept a lower profile, all I would've needed to do was take a *closer* look at you.

Cinderella: So...even if I HADN'T been so careless, you would've just found out anyway?!

Lady Tremaine: Indeed, I would. And might I add we have come from the FUTURE!

Cinderella: You mean you've used the wand to TURN BACK THE HANDS OF TIME?!

Lady Tremaine: ABSOLUTELY. You and the Prince were ALREADY in love, and I also had to push my two poor daughters through all the housework as well as advancing my efforts to marry them for more financial stability. But poor Anastasia found your Fairy Godmother's wand, and might I add, she brought it to me, because she thought it would answer to all our prayers! And so I unravelled your happy ending to the moment you and your Fairy Godmother STARTED OUR TROUBLES!!! And might I add...I TURNED HER INTO A STATUE SO SHE COULDN'T INTERFERE!!!

* Cinderella recoils again*

Lady Tremaine: Oh, and in case you haven't already guessed, I enlarged your second glass slipper to fit Anastasia's foot before you and your animal friends started interfering!

Cinderella (visibly angered): Well, I pretty much figured that out anyway! But how can you KNOW this is what she really wants?! She's never had what I had!

Lady Tremaine: SHUT UP, CINDERELLA! And stop trying to brainwash her.

Cinderella: I'm not trying to brainwash ANYONE, Stepmother.

Lady Tremaine: You can say whatever you want, Cinderella. I don't care anymore.

Cinderella: But, Anastasia, are you sure? Is this what you *really* want?

Anastasia: I...want what you had.

Cinderella: But...Are you sure you truly love him?

Anastasia: I...

Lady Tremaine: *shoves Anastasia aside* SHE'S TRYNG TO BRAINWASH YOU AGAIN, ANASTASIA! LOOK WHERE 'TRUE LOVE' HAS GOTTEN  YOU, Cinderella!

* She transports Cinderella, along with Jaq and Gus into the warped pumpkin carriage*

The Wrath of Lady Tremaine
* Cinderella returns to the wedding, only to find, to her amazement, Anastasia refusing to marry the Prince, which sends Lady Tremaine into a fury)

Anastasia (vehemently): I... *Turns to Cinderella and looks her dead in the eyes* I...DON'T.

Cinderella (amazed): Anastasia?!

* Anastasia and Kit sharply pull their hands away from each other*

Anastasia: Cinderella, I'm sorry...I...just couldn't go through with this, because I only want someone to love me...for MYSELF.

Cinderella: And that's what you were trying to tell me before, isn't it?

Anastasia: I'm afraid so.

* Lady Tremaine and Drizella emerge, clearly angered by Anastasia's sudden conscience*

Lady Tremaine: You spoilt, ungrateful woman! I've given you everything you've ever wanted, Anastasia!

Anastasia: But you don't understand, I only want someone to love me for ME! Not as someone else! It's wrong, mother!

Cinderella: I agree, Anastasia.

Lady Tremaine: Now you're in trouble, my dear!

King: Guards, seize that woman!

* The King's guards rush towards the Tremaine family to arrest them as Lady Tremaine points the wand to the ceiling and decides to take the Kingdom by force*

Lady Tremaine: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

* Lady Tremaine creates a whirling vortex of evil magic and begins turning the guards into farm animals, before turning her wrath onto Anastasia*

Lady Tremaine: And now for you, Anastasia!

Drizella: Turn her into a toad, mother!

* Clearly angered and horrified by Lady Tremaine's ruthlessness, Cinderella desperately steps in to protect Anastasia*

Cinderella: Leave her alone, Stepmother! She only wants someone to love her for who she is!

Lady Tremaine: Ugh, even better!

Drizella: Turn 'em both into toads, mom!

* Kit then runs in front of Cinderella and Anastasia, only for Tremaine to aim the wand at him as well*

Lady Tremaine: Oh, even better than that! You will also pay for going against me, Kit!

* The King and Grand Duke then get up and run in front of Lady Tremaine's three captives*

Cinderella: Your Majesty, stay out of this, please, for your own good!

King: If your Stepmother is going to attack my son, then I would rather die WITH him, Cinderella!

Lady Tremaine (burst of rage): ANYTHING TO GET YOU OFF THIS THRONE!

Cinderella (whispering in horror): WHAT?!

* Lady Tremaine flies into an uncontrollable fury as she starts screaming at her captives en masse*

'''Lady Tremaine: YOU ARE A TRAITOR, ANASTASIA TREMAINE! DRIZELLA AND I HAVE GIVEN YOU EVERYTHING YOU COULD EVER WISH FOR; BEAUTY, RICHES AND POWER, AND YOU HAVE THROWN IT ALL BACK IN OUR FACES! EVERY SINGLE THING I HAVE EVER DONE SINCE YOU AND DRIZELLA WERE BORN HAS BEEN FOR YOU, AND YOU ALONE!'''

Anastasia: Everything?! Well I sincerely doubt that. You killed my father, didn't you?

Lady Tremaine: I DISPOSED OF YOUR UNGRATEFUL FATHER BECAUSE HE WAS A BURDEN TO YOU AND DRIZELLA!

Cinderella: But your first husband was probably the only person who's ever truly loved Anastasia!

'''Lady Tremaine: WELL HE DIDN'T BELIEVE GREED AND AMBITION ARE GOOD! AND I DID THE EXACT SAME THING TO YOUR FATHER, CINDERELLA, AND YOUR MOTHER AS WELL, SO WE COULD HAVE FREE LABOR TO KEEP OUR CHÂTEAU SPOTLESS SO THE ROYAL FAMILY WOULD SEE US AS EVEN BETTER ARISTOCRATS! I WILL HAVE YOU KNOW THAT I POISONED ALL OF THEM TO MAKE THEIR DEATHS AS SLOW AND PAINFUL AS I COULD!'''

* A terrifying flashback sequence begins showing Anastasia and Drizella's late father, along with the deaths of Cinderella's parents, and the beginning of Tremaine's abuse towards the three of her daughters*

Anastasia: SO YOU COULD MAKE IT LOOK AS THOUGH THEY DIED NATURALLY?!

'''LADY TREMAINE: INDEED! I'VE DONE ALL OF THIS TO HELP YOU ACHIEVE POWER, ANASTASIA, AND YOU'VE DECIDED TO REPAY ME LIKE THIS?!'''

* Cinderella and Anastasia recoil in horror*

Anastasia: I can't go along with you anymore, Mother, because I have learnt the TRUE meaning of love!

Cinderella: And she refused to marry Kit because we both know that you've only tried to have her married to royalty to quench your thirst for power, and that you won't give up a single thing for Anastasia; no wonder you pushed her and Drizella through all that hard labour in my absence! That's not true love!

Anastasia: I wanted your approval all my life, Mother.

Cinderella: Yes, you did, Anastasia, but she now knows that nothing she does will ever be good enough for you!

Anastasia: And all you want above all else is power! You don't truly care about ANY of us!

Lady Tremaine (bigger burst of an anger): YOU LIAR!

* Lady Tremaine's captives helplessly stumble backwards*

'''Lady Tremaine: AND YOU CAN GET RID OF THAT STUPID LITTLE EYE TWITCH! KEEP 'EM WIDE OPEN WITH TERROR, ANASTASIA!'''

Cinderella (growing even more horrified): What? *stumbles over her words* Where did she get that twitch from?!

Lady Tremaine: She had the audacity to weep that the Prince couldn't give her this '''USELESS, FUTILE, LITTLE FEELING CALLED LOVE! I TOLD HER, QUITE RIGHTLY, TO STOP CRYING, AND TO JUST GROW THE HELL UP AND MARRY THE PRINCE SO I COULD GAIN ACCESS TO THE CASTLE, CINDERELLA! AND JUST TO MAKE SURE SHE NEVER HAD THE AUDACITY TO BLUB LIKE SOME SILLY LITTLE GIRL, I RUBBED MY THUMBS ACROSS HER EYES, SO THOSE SELFISH, INFANTILE LITTLE TEARS WERE ERASED FROM HER FACE!'''

* Cinderella gasps again*

Cinderella (indignant): How could you do this to your OWN DAUGHTER?!

Lady Tremaine: '''BECAUSE YOU AND ANASTASIA JUST HAD TO WEAPONIZE THIS PARASITE CALLED LOVE! AND YOUR KINGDOM ISN'T SAFE, EITHER, YOUR MAJESTY; I DON'T EVEN NEED TO BE RELATED TO YOU; I HAVE MAGIC; THE ULTIMATE POWER, SO I CAN STILL RULE THIS KINGDOM!'''

Cinderella: So that's the only reason you married Anastasia and Drizella's father in the first place, isn't it?!

'''Lady Tremaine: YES IT IS, CINDERELLA! GREED, AMBITION, ANGER AND LUST! YOU ALL UNDERESTIMATE THOSE TRAITS! AND...MIGHT I ADD...MY OWN PARENTS TAUGHT ME THAT!'''

Anastasia: You were *brought up* to believe in those horrible traits?!

'''Lady Tremaine: ABSOLUTELY, AND ONCE I WAS IN MY EARLY 20'S, I DECIDED TO BREAK OFF TIES WITH THEM TO MARRY A RICH ARISTOCRAT IN THE FORM OF YOUR FATHER, ANASTASIA, BECAUSE THEIR TEACHINGS HAD TAKEN TOO BIG A TOLL ON US FINANCIALLY, SO ALL I COULD DO WAS DITCH THEM! I MUSTERED ALL THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES I HAD LEFT TO MARRY HIM SO I COULD KEEP MY AMBITIONS ALIVE!'''

Cinderella: A lust for power, and a desire to ruin the lives of your own daughters, along with the fact that you killed all our other parents; that's enough to drive anyone insane. But it's WORSE than that! You're worse than even your own parents, Lady Tremaine!

Lady Tremaine: IF I AM, THEN I'M PROUD OF IT!

Cinderella: So your promise of me having a mother's love after I lost my biological mother, and Anastasia having true love and beauty...It's all been a PACK OF LIES!

'Lady Tremaine: OF COURSE'' IT HAS! LYING AND DECEIT ALWAYS WORKS WONDERS! *lowers her voice to an ominous whisper* And as for you, Drizella... *after a brief pause, she continuous screaming at the top of her lungs* ...I DON'T NEED YOU ANYMORE! BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI-BOO!'''

* Lady Tremaine turns Drizella into a toad, and Cinderella and Anastasia can only watch in horror, unable to intervene as Lady Tremaine's face begins glowing white with rage. The rage-induced magic spills out through the Chapel entrance and bell tower and into the sky and starts a violent thunderstorm, as panic breaks out in the nearby village*

Anastasia: Drizella, NO!

'''Lady Tremaine: SHE WASN'T WORTH BRINGING ALONG ANYWAY; SHE ISN'T AS PATHETICALLY LOVESICK AS YOU ARE, ANASTASIA! AND THERE'S A FEW OTHER USELESS BEINGS I NO LONGER NEED!'''

* Lady Tremaine uses the wand to teleport Lucifer out of the woods and into the chapel, before doing the same to Cinderella's other mouse and bird friends, along with her dog Bruno and her horse Major, and then uses the wand to seal the entrance to the chapel*

Anastasia: Lucifer?!

Cinderella: Bruno?! Major?! What have you done to them?!

'''Lady Tremaine: NO-ONE IS LEAVING THIS WEDDING! AND JUST TO SEE THIS THROUGH COMPLETELY, I'VE DECIDED TO FINISH OFF YOUR STUPID LITTLE ANIMAL FRIENDS; BECAUSE I KNOW HOW USEFUL THEY WERE TO YOU FINDING YOUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER AND SLOWING ME DOWN, AND I NOW REALIZE THAT EVERYONE IS USELESS TO ME!'''

Cinderella: So this has all been to seize this Kingdom...All these years? Even before your OWN DAUGHTERS were born? It's all been about YOU, Lady Tremaine? Frankly, I can't even call you 'STEP-mother' anymore, let alone 'MOTHER'.

Lady Tremaine (smugly): INDEED. You finding Fairy Godmother's wand was a VERY happy mistake for me, Anastasia...Or, at least I thought it was, anyway!

Anastasia: And I'm afraid YOU were wrong, mother! I turned her into a statue myself, Cinderella. It was just an accident though, and I only took it because I wanted love!

Cinderella: *turns to Anastasia* Oh, Anastasia...I'm sorry to hear that. *turns back to Lady Tremaine* Anastasia taking the wand probably wasn't the best thought-out decision on her end, *lowers her voice to a more heated undertone* but we both know who's REALLY responsible for all of this.

Lady Tremaine: Indeed, you do. *returns to screaming* 'AND EVEN IF YOU HADN'T'' WANDERED OFF FROM DOING YOUR CHORES LIKE YOU DID BEFORE I TRIED TO UNRAVEL ALL MY TROUBLES, ANASTASIA, I CAN ASSURE YOU, AND YOU, CINDERELLA, THAT I WOULD HAVE EVENTUALLY GONE LOOKING FOR THIS WAND *MYSELF*! FROM THE MOMENT I DISCOVERED YOU WERE THE MYSTERIOUS PRINCESS AT THE BALL, I KNEW THAT MAGIC WAS ONE OF THE POSSIBLE CAUSES OF YOU BEING ABLE TO THRUST THIS YEAR OF HINDRANCE UPON ME, CINDERELLA, NOT TO MENTION YOU, ANASTASIA, DARING TO DISOBEY ME NOW! AND YOU TAKING THE WAND YOURSELF WAS JUST ANOTHER HINDRANCE! YOU MANAGED TO DECEIVE ME INTO THINKING YOU COULD TRULY HELP ME...WHEN ALL YOUR LOVESICKNESS HAS REALLY DONE IS SLOW ME DOWN EVEN MORE, WHEN I COULD HAVE JUST SOUGHT OUT THIS WAND AND FINISHED THE JOB MYSELF!'''

Cinderella: So if you'd found my Fairy Godmother's wand first, you wouldn't have needed to turn back the hands of time..

Anastasia: ...Nor would you have needed to lull Cinderella and her father into your trap...

Cinderella: ...And nor would you have EVEN needed to marry to give birth to Anastasia and Drizella?!

Lady Tremaine (nearing the apex of her rage): ABSOLUTELY NOT!!

Cinderella: So, I was right...All you wanted WAS power...You gave birth to your two daughters and raised them as lambs for slaughter, and then lulled my poor father and I into your plan, JUST so you could seize this humble Kingdom for your own terrible wishes! And now all of that is pointless to you, because all you would've needed to take the throne, if you'd only thought of it first, was MAGIC! *burst of anger* THAT'S ALL YOU'VE EVER WANTED FROM THE VERY BEGINNING!

'''Lady Tremaine: YOU ARE SADLY RIGHT! AND I DON'T NEED ANY OF YOU ANYMORE; *turns to look down at Lucifer* NOT EVEN YOU, LUCIFER! *turns Lucifer into a statue and turns to Cinderella and her animal friends* AND YOU POOR LITTLE CREATURES ARE NO LONGER NEEDED, EITHER! I CAN RULE THIS KINGDOM ALONE! YOU WILL ALL PERISH *TOGETHER*, AND THERE'S NOTHING ANYONE CAN, OR COULD HAVE DONE TO STOP ME! POWER, RICHES, AND REVENGE, I SHALL CLAIM ALL OF THEM!!!'''

Cinderella: *takes a deep breath to regain her composure* Well, maybe one thing *can* still stop you. *turns to Kit* Kit, I need that sword.

Kit: Cinderella, are you sure you can deal with her alone? You may need me.

Cinderella: Thank you, Kit, but I have to do this myself.

* Kit nods in agreement and gives Cinderella his sword. She then stands in front of the other four captives to protect them*

Cinderella (keeping her anger in check): Go on then, Lady Tremaine; try and turn us into toads! Let's see if your greed, and ambition, and hatred are really as powerful as you think they are! Let's see if your parents really were right!

* Lady Tremaine finally reaches the very apex of her wrath. Her face is now glowing white, and her eyes glowing bright orange with hatred and lust*

'''Lady Tremaine: ALRIGHT, THEN! YOU ASKED FOR IT, CINDERELLA! I AM GOING TO FINISH THIS ONCE AND FOR ALL!'''

* Cinderella steadies herself to deflect the bolt of magic Lady Tremaine is about to launch, as the latter begins violently waving the wand around before finally releasing all her hatred and lust upon the Kingdom*

Lady Tremaine (screaming the loudest she's ever screamed in her life): BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI...BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI...BIBBIDI-BOBBIDI...BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

* Lady Tremaine fires a bolt of magic at her captives in a final vengeful act of greed and cruelty. Cinderella manages to deflect the magic blast and it bounces of the sword and back to Lady Tremaine and Drizella, causing the vortex to suck them away, along with Lucifer. It then begins to whirl around much more violently as the thunderstorm intensifies over the Kingdom; a culmination of all Lady Tremaine's devilish traits*

Cinderella: Cover your eyes, everyone!

* Everyone covers their eyes as the tempest continues for at least another 15 seconds, and panic continues across the Kingdom. After one final flash of light and one last mighty clap of thunder, the vortex finally fades away and sends Lady Tremaine and Drizella to the cellar, with them both turned into toads, while Lucifer, still in his cat form, finds himself outside the closed Palace gates. Cinderella and the other four captives breathe a sigh of relief at having finally freed the Kingdom from Lady Tremaine's devilish decades-long plot. The crowd in attendance along with the rest of the Kingdom also rejoices*

Kit: Thank you so much, Cinderella.

Cinderella: Of course, Kit. *turns to check on Anastasia, the King and the Grand Duke* Is everyone alright?

Anastasia (looking like she doesn't deserve Cinderella's protection): Yes, I'm fine.

King: Yes, we're all still in one piece.

Why should I forgive myself?
* Anastasia takes Cinderella and Kit's hands and puts them both together*

Anastasia: This is the real Cinderella, your one true love.

* Cinderella and Kit look at each other lovingly, before they embrace*

Cinderella: Hello, Kit.

Kit: It's such a relief to see you, Cinderella.

* Anastasia sadly walks away. She then looks down on the wand and crouches down, while twitching her eyes even harder, trying desperately to hold back her tears*

Anastasia: Cinderella? *Cinderella and the Prince turn to Anastasia* I've got to use this wand. I just want to show everyone what a...terrible person I really am.

Cinderella: It's fine, Anastasia, go ahead.

* Anastasia shakingly picks up the wand and places it on her chest*

Anastasia: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo.

* Anastasia uses the wand to transform back to her normal plain-looking self. She then throws the wand over to Cinderella and walks away*

Anastasia: Just take the wand.

Cinderella: Anastasia...what's wrong?

* Anastasia walks up to the King and tries to give the seashell back to him*

Anastasia: Your Majesty, I don't deserve this.

* The King tries to close Anastasia's hand back over the seashell*

King: Everyone deserves true love.

Anastasia (in a heated undertone): No, Sire. That is a LIE. Only one of us can have true love, me OR Cinderella, and I cannot have it; I tried to take it away from her. I therefore must let Cinderella have that love, and make sure I never have it at all.

King (shocked): Alright, then...If you truly believe you are unworthy of love, then you may shut it out.

* The King reluctantly takes his seashell back, clearly dismayed by Anastasia's adamance*

Cinderella (in her head): Why can only *one* of us have true love, Anastasia?

* Anastasia turns back to Cinderella*

Anastasia: There, Cinderella. You've got your true love. I'm leaving you; I've got no choice.

* Anastasia turns around and begins to leave the Chapel*

Cinderella: Wait!

* Anastasia turns around*

Cinderella: You don't have to leave me, Anastasia. I forgive you, and you should forgive yourself, because I know you were only doing this because you were under your mother's influence. You don't need to hold a grudge against yourself like this.

Anastasia (breaking down): I can't forgive myself.

Cinderella (shuddered): But...But, why not?!

Anastasia: Why should I stay, and why should I forgive myself? And...And why should you forgive me? I've caused you more than enough trouble; I've treated you horribly since my mother killed your father, and tried to take the Prince away from you. I'm sorry for everything, and I promise I will stay out of your life forever.

* Anastasia finally become angry and begins screaming at Cinderella at the top of her lungs, as her eye twitch wears off, and tears begin to well up in her eyes*

Anastasia (furiously): I DON'T DESERVE YOUR FORGIVENESS, CINDERELLA, LET ALONE TRUE LOVE! I DON'T DESERVE A SMIDGEN...AN IOTA...A KERNEL OF YOUR FORGIVENESS!

* Anastasia begins to tear up her own dress*

Anastasia: YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TRIED TO PROTECT ME! YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST LET MY MOTHER TURN ME INTO A TOAD AND LET KIT PROTECT YOU, FOR GOD'S SAKE, AND I SHOULD HAVE EITHER LET TREMAINE USE MAGIC ON ME, OR JUST RAN AWAY AS FAST AS I COULD AND HID MYSELF AWAY FROM YOU AND KIT! I WOULD NO LONGER BE OF ANY CONCERN TO EITHER OF YOU HAD I DONE THAT! I DIDN'T DESERVE YOUR PROTECTION, GIVEN ALL THE PAIN I'VE PUT YOU THROUGH!

* Anastasia continues angrily tearing up her dress as we begin to intercut between this scene and a re-animated scene from the first movie of Anastasia and Drizella tearing up Cinderella's first ballgown on Lady Tremaine's orders*

Cinderella: You don't deserve to be punished that way, Anastasia!

Anastasia: YOU'RE ONLY *HALF RIGHT!

Cinderella: Anastasia, please, just calm down!

* Anastasia throws her already damaged dress on the floor and begins trampling on it violently, as Cinderella and her animal friends become increasingly horrified at this even worse repeat of the very episode that almost drove her to breaking point the previous night*

Anastasia: I MAY NOT DESERVE TO HAVE MAGIC USED ON ME LIKE MOTHER TRIED TO DO TO US, BUT DEEP DOWN, YOU KNOW THAT I STILL DESERVE TO  BE PUNISHED, AND SURELY YOU KNOW THAT AS WELL, KIT!

Kit: That isn't true, Anastasia!

* The flashbacks between this scene and Cinderella's lament in the first movie become increasingly intense as Anastasia continues dealing even more damage to her dress, to the point that it becomes unwearable*

Anastasia: AND IT'S ONLY FAIR, ISN'T IT?! AFTER I TRIED TO STOP YOU FROM BEING WITH YOUR TRUE LOVE, I DESERVE TO SUFFER THE SAME FATE!

Cinderella: 'An eye for an eye?!'

Anastasia: ABSOLUTELY, CINDERELLA!

* As we continue intercutting between Anastasia's meltdown and Cinderella's first meeting with Fairy Godmother, Cinderella herself begins to break down*

Cinderella (growing increasingly horrified): But, what is that going to solve for me?!

Anastasia: IT MAY NOT MAKE YOU HAPPY, CINDERELLA, BUT AT LEAST I'LL HAVE PAID THE PRICE!

* Bruno desperately tries to intervene but Cinderella reluctantly stops him*

Cinderella: Bruno, just leave her! *Bruno dashes back over* I'm sorry Bruno, but I don't think there's anything you can do.

* As Anastasia finally finishes reducing her dress to a few pink and purple shreds that can't even be stitched back together, Cinderella sees more flashing images; this time of Lady Tremaine locking her in her room before she turned back the hands of time, and then of her asking Anastasia if she'd truly be happy marrying the Prince. Cinderella remembers that at least she had her mouse friends and her dog Bruno to save her, and now fears that nobody will be able to help Anastasia if she should impose these exact same punishments on herself. These flashbacks and as Anastasia begins breaking off the heels of her shoes; something she's never once done even to CINDERELLA*

Anastasia: AND THEREFORE, IF YOU WISH TO BANISH ME FROM THE KINGDOM, CINDERELLA, YOU MAY DO SO WITH MY BLESSING! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?!

Cinderella begins having yet another flashback, this time to Lady Tremaine having her banished from the Kingdom, and clearly doesn't want Anastasia to suffer the same punishment as she has yet to find any true love to save her from such a fate*

Cinderella (fighting back tears): Yes, Anastasia, but you honestly don't deserve to be punished. *takes a deep breath to compose herself* Before you go, why, Anastasia? That's all I want to know. Why must you punish yourself like this?

* Anastasia yanks the golden clip out of her hair and turns her hair into a disorganized mess*

Anastasia: ANYONE UNDER LADY TREMAINE'S INFLUENCE IN UNDOING YOUR HAPPILY EVER AFTER SHOULD BE CONSIDERED AN ENEMY OF THE KINGDOM, BECAUSE THEY TOOK AN ACTIVE PART IN DOING SO! I HAVE THEREFORE GOT TO FINISH THIS! I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO STAY OUT OF YOUR LIFE! MY DECISION IS FINAL!

* Anastasia turns around and races down the aisle*

Cinderella (breaking down): Anastasia, wait! Come back, please, I'm begging you!

* Anastasia refuses to listen to Cinderella and races outside as everyone watches helplessly. She then mounts Cinderella's horse and rides off into the night with angry determination to cut off all ties with Cinderella and the Royal Family. Anastasia then gallops away to an isolated area of the town. We then fade back to Cinderella breaking down in tears after Anastasia's outburst, even more so than when Lady Tremaine locked her in her room in the first movie*

Poor Anastasia...
Cinderella: Oh, poor Anastasia...

Mary: What are we going to do?

Cinderella: I don't think Anastasia's EVER had true love in her life, and that's a genuinely sad thing to say. And because she's so...deeply remorseful for going along with her mother, she's decided she can never have true love, or even forgiveness for that matter. And I want to forgive Anastasia because I know she's suffered as well, but she seems unable to accept it, and she's just given up all faith in herself.

Gus: She must have been so scarred from being raised by stepmommy.

Cinderella: I've never seen Anastasia so angry before, and...I think that's the first time Anastasia has cried at least since Lady Tremaine killed her father...and the first time she's ever cried in front of me...And I now know where she got that awful eye twitch from.

Jaq: Eye twitch?!

Kit: She quite cruelly told Anastasia to stop crying when she found out that I didn't love her.

Cinderella: And she then rubbed her eyes painfully when she couldn't stop crying. And then she told her to grow up and marry Kit.

Gus: SHE REALLY DID THAT?!

Cinderella (breaking down even further and becoming angry): I'm afraid so, Gus. I'm...I'm so sorry... *wipes the tears away with a handkerchief* I'm just...So scared for Anastasia. Lady Tremaine never cared about ANY of us from the very beginning. She's used the three of us all our lives, JUST so she can seize control of the Kingdom...And I know that even if Anastasia *had* tried to stand up for me after we lost my father, and even if I had tried to do the same for her... *burst of anger directed at her Stepmother* Lady Tremaine would've just punished us BOTH, and found some other way to take the throne, like she tried to do tonight! *bigger burst of rage* BECAUSE THAT'S ALL SHE'S EVER CARED ABOUT FROM THE OUTSET!

Kit: Oh, God...

Cinderella: And I know all Anastasia wants is someone to love her...for HERSELF. What are we going to do for her?!

Kit: Oh, come here, Cinderella.

* Kit embraces Cinderella and comforts her, as she takes a deep breath to regain her composure*

Cinderella: I do apologize for this outburst, everyone. I know I shouldn't normally have cried *that* much. I'm honestly feeling even worse than I was last night, or this morning when Lady Tremaine tried to lock me away, and frankly...even more so than when she tried to have me banished, for that matter. I just can't even begin to tell you how afraid I am for Anastasia. I'm worried that we might lose her, and I really don't want that to happen, because she's not such a bad person on the inside.

* Cinderella begins singing a mournful rendition of 'Anastasia's Lament', one of three new songs written for the movie. The song eventually becomes more positive, however, as Kit and Cinderella's animal friends help her regain her confidence*

Kit: Anastasia's free from her mother's grasp now so she deserves our support.

Cinderella: Absolutely, Kit. I thin she's ALWAYS had a heart of gold deep inside.

King: If I may say something, Cinderella?

Cinderella: Yes, Your Majesty?

King: I hate to say this, but I honestly think maybe we should just leave her be; because we could all see how adamant she was that she's a goner. I know for a fact that we definitely shouldn't punish her, because she's doubtless been scarred from being raised by that...horrible woman.

Cinderella: *sighs* I'm afraid you're right there, Your Majesty. But, I don't think we should just leave her. It isn't too late to stop her from leaving.

* Cue a sad flashback to the scene of Cinderella pleading with the King not to punish Anastasia too severely*

Kit: It wasn't *our* choice for Anastasia to run away, was it?

Cinderella: No, it was definitely her choice, but it isn't too late to change her mind.

Kit: But just before I forget, I think we should complete the ceremony.

Cinderella: I agree, and then we'll look for Anastasia. Although there is one other thing.

Kit: Your Fairy Godmother?

Cinderella (giggling): I'm afraid so.

Kit: May I join you?

Cinderella: Absolutely, Kit.

(Cinderella points the wand to bring back Fairy Godmother from the stone state she was turned into before Lady Tremaine turned back time)

Cinderella and Kit (in unison): Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

* Cinderella and Kit restore Fairy Godmother from her stone state*

Cinderella (giving the wand back to Fairy Godmother): Welcome back.

Fairy Godmother: Why, thank you, Cinderella. If I may ask, where's Anastasia?

Cinderella: Well, I'm afraid things have gone even further south for her. She realized that she only wanted to be loved for who she is, and her mother finally turned on all of us to try and seize the Kingdom BY FORCE. But because she's feeling so angry with herself for everything she's done to me, she's decided to leave the Kingdom for good. And would you believe it; she's even torn up her OWN CLOTHING; even her shoes and her hair.

Fairy Godmother: Oh, goodness...Can't get much worse than that, surely?

Cinderella: But I have seen the good in her heart, and I think that once we're married, we should try one last time to turn her back over; we don't want to lose her.

Fairy Godmother: I heartily agree, Cinderella, but before you two are married, I just need to give you a better outfit.

Cinderella (eagerly): Go for it!

Fairy Godmother: Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo!

* Fairy Godmother points the wand at Cinderella and repairs her wedding attire*

Cinderella: Aww, thank you so much.

Fairy Godmother: Would you like me to return you to your former life?

Cinderella: That one before Lady Tremaine used the wand to turn back the hands of time?

Fairy Godmother: Yes, absolutely. I honestly don't think Anastasia could've done it herself.

Cinderella: Uhm...No thanks. I'm sure Kit and I will have a much happier life ahead of us, and hopefully so will Anastasia. *Cue a sorrowful flashback sequence to Lady Tremaine's every attempt to seize the Kingdom* I know for a fact that it wasn't Anastasia who turned back the hands of time, because I don't believe she took the wand out of any kind of callousness at all. I believe she only took it because she just desperately wanted to escape from her mother and find her own true love; because I'm sure she could SEE how happy we must've been in that former timeline. My stepmother was ultimately responsible for all of this.

Fairy Godmother: And I just happened to unthinkingly drop the wand.

Cinderella: Don't worry; I know you didn't mean to. Needless to say, though, it's probably just as well that Lady Tremaine wasn't there; she could've done something even worse than turning back the hands of time if she'd found it first.

Kit: And even if Anastasia hadn't shirked her chores, Lady Tremaine would've eventually gone after that wand herself. She probably already knew magic was one possible reason for Cinderella being able to escape her in that old timeline.

Cinderella: And my stepmother tried absolutely everything; breaking my first glass slipper, bewitching the second one so it would fit Anastasia's foot, altering Kit's memory and trying to have me exiled, and even shape-shifting Anastasia into a duplicate of me! But Anastasia couldn't bear to live the rest of her life under those pretenses...and that was when Lady Tremaine decided her decades of scheming were now null and void, and tried to seize the Kingdom by FORCE. So I had to defend everyone before Lady Tremaine could finally take down the Kingdom's humble leadership...

Fairy Godmother: And I want you to know that I am aware that Lady Tremaine killed your parents, and Anastasia's father, and left her own parents to perish, but I don't think there's anything I could've done to stop her at all.

Cinderella: Oh, please don't worry, Fairy Godmother. I understand.

Kit: If anything, she probably would've worked around it fairly easily.

Cinderella: And Lady Tremaine knew that if she'd found your wand or some other form of magic, she'd probably just take any opportunity she could to set her plot back into motion, and she wouldn't have needed to do any of those other horrible things to enable herself to move into the Palace. Everything she's done has only been for HERSELF. It's always been about Lady Tremaine and her own terrible wishes.

Fairy Godmother: Well, all I can say is that I'm glad you've managed to bring her to justice.

Cinderella: Why, thank you, Fairy Godmother.

Fairy Godmother: And now, I will leave you both to enjoy your new life together.

Cinderella: Goodbye!

* Fairy Godmother dematerializes as Cinderella throws a wink at her*

King: Well, does anyone want to marry my son?

Cinderella: I do.

Priest: I now pronounce you as husband and wife!

* Cinderella and the Prince go for a kiss as the crowd cheers. A few moments later, Cinderella and Kit prepare to track down Anastasia before the wedding reception. It's here that we are introduced to the Baker from Cinderella II who is now called David (and voiced by Daniel Radcliffe)*

Cinderella: I'm afraid we're going to have to track down my stepsister Anastasia.

David: The girl who ran away a few minutes ago? If it is her, then I'm very worried for her.

Cinderella: I'm afraid so, David, but we'll be back as soon as we can. And Your Majesty, could you ask your guards to take my horse Major to the stables, and maybe give Bruno a nice, warm place to rest?

King: In fact, better than that; Maior can pull our carriage if he wants to, and Bruno can come with us as well!

Cinderella: Why thank you, Sire. That's very kind of you.

* A few voices are heard wishing Cinderella and Kit good luck in finding Anastasia. They then climb into one of the King's private carriages pulled by Major, accompanied by a small group of guards on horses, with the mice stowing away on the back of the carriage and Bruno and the bluebirds following closely behind*