KAYLEY- Come on (to her father and mother on horseback)
KAYLEY - Father (as she jumps into his arms they roll down a sandy bank)
KAYLEY - father do you really have to go?
SIR LIONEL - I’m afraid I must Kayley. The knights will be here soon
KAYLEY - tell me again why you became a knight
LADY JULIANA - But Kayley, you’ve heard it a thousand times!
SIR LIONEL - Oh, but it’s fine dear…… well my daughter, before you were born the land was dark and treacherous. The people stood divided, brother against brother. The only hope for peace was in the legend of Excalibur, for it was said that only the true king could pull the magical sword from it’s stone and unite the people. Many tried, all failed….then, on the very day you were born, an unexpected hero stepped forward, his name was Arthur, and he was that true king. With Excalibur at his side he led us out of the darkness and together we built the greatest kingdom on earth… and everyone rejoiced
KAYLEY - Camelot!
SIR LIONEL - and so these three rings (on his shield) represent the unity of our people. As a knight I took an oath to protect Camelot, King Arthur, and Excalibur
KAYLEY - The knights are here!
SIR LIONEL - I must go now Kayley, Arthur has summoned his knights for a special day in Camelot (Sir Lionel and Lady Juliana kiss over Kayley’s horse and Sir Lionel goes to ride off)
KAYLEY - I’m coming with you daddy!
SIR LIONEL - Yes, when you are old enough Kayley. I will take you to Camelot. I love you Kayley.
KAYLEY - One day I will be a knight, like father. (as she watches the knights ride off)
-Song "United We Stand"- moves from the country home to Camelot
RUBER - Charming sing along, now let’s get down to business. What about my new land? I’ve waited a long time for this
ARTHUR - Sir Ruber, always thinking of yourself. As knights of the round table our obligation is to the people, not to ourselves. The land will be divided according to each person’s needs
RUBER - Then I need more than everyone. I wouldn’t have supported you all these years if I thought you were weak and charitable
SIR LIONEL - the king has spoken
RUBER - Then it’s time for a new king, and I vote for me
SIR LIONEL - I will not serve a false king
RUBER - Then you will serve a dead one…
- Ruber runs at Arthur, as a mass of knights jump up to protect the king
Sir Lionel is hit in the head, and killed
Arthur uses Excalibur to protect himself, and the magic of the sword hurls Ruber across the room, wounding his arm
RUBER - one day that sword will be in my hands and all will be mine
KNIGHTS AND ARTHUR - Sir Lionel…….
-from Camelot to the home
KAYLEY - Mother, listen, father!
-Kayley runs to meet him, dodging in and out of the horses, until she sees his body being pulled by oxen
KAYLEY - no
ARTHUR - Your husband died saving my life, saving Camelot. Lady Juliana, the gates of Camelot will always be open to you. Sir Lionel was my most trusted knight and my dear, dear friend. We will always remember how he bravely upheld the ideals of Camelot. (swords)
-On My father’s Wings- time goes until Kayley is a young woman
-Camelot
ARTHUR - In the ten years since Sir Lionel death, equality and freedom have spread throughout the land. Excalibur has given as the power to stand against all injustice. Camelot has prospered beyond our greatest dreams
a griffin smashes the ceiling in
KNIGHT - It’s a griffin
the griffin steals the sword from Arthur, and wounds him in the process
ARTHUR - never mind me, find Merlin, and go after the sword
KNIGHT - Send word across the land Excalibur’s been stolen!
MERLIN - Silver Wings protect the sword!
Ayden, attacks the griffin, making him drop the sword
The knights ride out after the sword as word is sent around the kingdom
MAN - Excalibur’s been stolen!
-The country house, Kayley hears of the theft
LADY JULIANA - no, absolutely not!
KAYLEY - but mother, Excalibur’s been stolen, I must go after it.
LADY JULIANA - that’s a job for the knights, not a young girl
KAYLEY - but I want to be a knight, go on grand adventures, rescuing damsels in distress. What is a damsel anyway?
LADY JULIANA - now Kayley Kayley stand still and try on your new dress
KAYLEY - Mother! I don’t want a new dress, I want to save Camelot! If you’d just let me I know I could find Excalibur all by myself
LADY JULIANA - The knights will find the sword and they’ll do it by working together!
KAYLEY - While I’m working here, doing the chores, fetching the eggs, taking care of the house, boring. Where’s the glory in that?
LADY JULIANA - Kayley, one day you will find out what Camelot stands for, until then you’ll stay here with me.
KAYLEY - oh, all right (she runs upstairs)
LADY JULIANA - What would you do? (she says to a picture of Sir Lionel)
KAYLEY - How am I ever going to do great things if I’m stuck here with these silly chickens?
-a shadow falls across the wall, and Kayley drops an egg in fright
RUBER - Knock Knock (he has a mask on)
LADY JULIANA - who, who are you?….. (takes his mask off)…..Ruber
RUBER - Juliana, I was in the neighborhood, and I thought I’d invade. How about a little kiss? I hear your still single…..
LADY JULIANA - Impertinent pig!
RUBER - is that a no?
LADY JULIANA - I demand you leave immediately!
RUBER - so rude, and after I came all this way just to see you.
LADY JULIANA - what do you want?
RUBER - Camelot
beginning of Ruber’s song
LADY JULIANA - you’re mad
RUBER - I’m so glad you noticed, I’ve been working on it for years!…..and pretty Juliana your going to help me ( as he cuts up the picture of Kayley)
LADY JULIANA - I’d sooner die
RUBER - I think you’ll find that you won’t be able to resist! (he slices the picture of Kayley at the neck, that recalls Kayley herself held by Ruber's servants)
LADY JULIANA - don’t you dare harm her! (she is grabbed by Ruber’s servant)
KAYLEY - mother (struggling)
RUBER -Follow my plan (Kayley swings a weapon at his head, and he turns around and stops her) and she won’t be hurt
- More of Ruber's song
Blade beak created
Kayley Slips away from her guard
LADY JULAINA - Kayley, go to Camelot, warn Arthur.
KAYLEY - I won’t leave you here
LADY JULIANA - Kayley, Ruber will be at Camelot in three days. Take the main road, get there first
KAYLEY - But mother….
LADY JULIANA - go, while you still have the chance….go Kayley your our only hope…….be careful dear (as Kayley slips away)
RUBER - To the Wagons! Next Stop Camelot!
-griffin lands on a bridge that Kayley is under and hears the conversation between the griffin and Ruber
RUBER - Ahh my faithful pet, how was the flight?…….. Peril sweeps across the land
GRIFFIN - precisely
RUBER - My plan is perfect
GRIFFIN - precisely
RUBER - Without the sword Arthur is vulnerable
GRIFFIN - precisely
RUBER - And now Excalibur is mine
GRIFFEN - here is where we enter into a gray area
RUBER - Excuse me, you lost Excalibur! How?
GRIFFEN - I was attacked by a falcon
RUBER - What? My magnificent beast outmatched by a puny little pigeon?!
GRIFFIN - It wasn’t a pigeon it was a falcon! With silver wings.
RUBER - silver wings, ooo scary, you stupid animal! Where is the sword now?
GRIFFIN - in a place of untold danger
RUBER - the forbidden forest?
GRIFFIN - precisely master
RUBER - have I told you today how magnificent and totally worthless you are? (rips off eyelid)
GRIFFIN - *roars* (Kayley runs for her horse)
RUBER - Excalibur is the one thing that can keep me from my conquest of Camelot! O, ah, o that girl…You, You and you, fancy feet.. after her and bring her back! (to griffin) And you are going to lead me to Excalibur
-Lady Juliana’s Song "The Prayer," Kayley is chased to the forbidden forest
KAYLEY - the forbidden forest
BLADE BEAK - hey we’re not goin’ in there are we?
MONSTER GUY - Chicken
BLADE BEAK - But I got a wife and three eggs at home….. hey hey don’t leave me here
-Kayley is chased until she falls down a cliff into a lake
GARRETT - hey, that’s my net
Garrett kicks some butt
KAYLEY - Wow, that was incredible. How you smashed those creatures how you avoided that that thing. Your amazing, you’re incredible…..
GARRETT - hmm, hmmm humph
KAYLEY - You're not even listening to me….
GARRETT - great. It took me six weeks to make this net
KAYLEY - the net? You saved my life. Thank you.
GARRETT - Well, anyone can make a mistake
KAYLEY - Oh, hahaha, I get it. This is where king Arthur sends all his unfunny jesters right?
GARRETT - *chuckling* and now I’ll thank you.
KAYLEY - for what?
GARRETT - for reminding me why I’m a hermit. Good day!
KAYLEY - But wait what’s your name?
GARRETT - It’s Garrett
KAYLEY - I’m Kayley……Garrett why won’t you look at me when I’m talking to you? Ohhh, I didn’t realize you were…
GARRETT - What? Tall, rugged, handsome?
KAYLEY - blind
GARRETT - You know I always forget that one…… (Ayden chirps a lot)
KAYLEY - Hey look your falcon has silver wings
GARRETT - Really? I’ll have to take your word on that.
KAYLEY - oh, no I’m sorry it means he knows where Excalibur is
GARRETT - sure he does. In Camelot. You know, big castle, lot’s of flags
KAYLEY - No, it’s somewhere in the forest. Ruber has stolen it and he’s taken my mother hostage. That’s why I’m here! I must find the sword and return it to Arthur or Camelot and my mother are doomed.
AYDEN - chirp (in agreement)
GARRETT - what? The sword is here? (Ayden chirps in agreement) Right, were going after it!
KAYLEY - great
GARRETT - Not you. Me and Ayden. We work alone.
KAYLEY - Why I don’t see any reason why I can’t come along
-Garrett sings song "I Stand Alone"
KAYLEY - I stand alone too (Ayden lands on her shoulder)
GARRETT - Ayden!
KAYLEY - I just need your help this once
GARRETT - Oh, all right! But don’t give me any trouble…….(in the woods later) Ohh it’s a fine mess you’ve gotten us into Ayden.
KAYLEY - This isn’t so bad……I don’t know why you made such a fuss……I’ve had a tougher time collecting eggs! (whole all this time Garrett was saving Kayley from peril)
GARRETT - trouble, trouble, trouble, with a capital T!
RUBER - You wretched mythological moron, WHERE DID YOU DROP THE SWORD?!
GRIFFIN - It just looks so different from down here.
RUBER - you report
BLADE BEAK - ahhh, well, um, the girl and the blind warrior are following a silver wing falcon who knows where Excalibur is….
RUBER - they’ll lead us right after it……we’re goin after them
BLADE BEAK - you lookin at me (to weeds with eyes) you lookin at me? (gun shape with hand) grahh
-Camelot
KNIGHT - Come on men we must repair this tower!
ARTHUR - Merlin, is there any news? Have the knights found Excalibur?
MERLIN -No, I’m afraid not
ARTHUR - then I’ll go after it myself
MERLIN - No, you need to regain your strength
ARTHUR - is there anything your magic can do?
MERLIN - you must rely on the courage of your people….. - forbidden forest
KAYLEY -(Garrett sniffing) have you got a cold?
GARRETT - shhhh, we’re in dragon country
KAYLEY - ohhh, *sniff sniff *right……are you SURE this is dragon country? I mean shouldn’t there be a sign or something? It could say "Welcome to Dragon Country"……you don’t think we’ll see any do you?…….. Is a group of dragon’s a pack or a flock….. is it a gaggle or a pride… is it a ….
GARRETT - quiet
KAYLEY - do you hear something?
GARRETT - no, I just want you to be quiet
KAYLEY -(she gets separated from Garrett and is scared and then sees a dragon flying above her) GARRETT!!
GARRETT - (pulls her in an eggshell) shhhh
KAYLEY - (sees Devon) DRAGONS!!!!!! (screams at Devon and he screams back)
DEVON - where? I don’t see any dragons!
KAYLEY - but your dragons.
DEVON - oh for heavens sake someone’s found our hiding place!
CORNWALL - shut up, let me handle this! We are dragons-- ferocious hungry dragons! So go away before we eat you! Roarrr (while making a shadow on the wall like a beast)
DEVON - good show Corny. Here let me have a go. Dadadadadada dadadadadada daum (bunny hop on wall) (GARRETT taps on the egg Devon and Cornwall are in)
DEVON - please don’t hurt us!
GARRETT - I thought you were ferocious dragons
CORNWALL - well, not exactly, the real ferocious ones are those fire breathing bullies out there!
DEVON - yeah, there always picking on us, pushing us around, calling us names, I hate them!
GARRETT - (pokes with a stick)
CORNWALL - hey hey buddy easy with the stick.
GARRETT - what are you?
DEVON - frankly, we’re the reason cousin’s shouldn’t marry……… (sees Kayley) oh, on shont te mademoiselle…. I’m Devon, and this growth on my neck is Cornwall
CORNWALL - but you can call me corny for short
DEVON - yes, short on wit manners and charm, everything I hold dear
CORNWALL - hoe ‘bout holdin’ your breath?
GARRETT - come on Kayley, let’s go
CORNWALL - hey we’re are you going?
KAYLEY - to save Camelot
DEVON - ahh, Camelot, the restaurants the theaters
CORNWAL L- the waitresses the actresses
DEVON - the dragons
DEVON AND CORNWALL - the dragons!!!! (they are all chased by the dragons until they hit of pool of acid)
KAYLEY - wait what is this?
DEVON - don’t worry it’s perfectly safe!
GARRETT - safe (burns staff)
CORNWAL L- so long as you don’t step in it
they jump across but Garrett has trouble
GARRETT - Ayden (as Ayden helps him)
KAYLEY - Garrett hurry!
GARRETT - you think this is easy? (a dragon comes out of the acid, making Garrett "wash to shore" they run until they are chased into a corner)
CORNWALL - It’s another dragon!
KAYLEY - that’s not a dragon, it’s a griffin….. and Ruber, they’ve found us!
CORNWALL - down here (jumps in a hole)
the rest follow
Ruber and dragons battle
KAYLEY - are you sure we’re safe down here?
CORNWALL - it’s a lot safer down here than it is up there
DEVON - We know all the best escape routes
CORNWALL - we’ve been dodging those bullies since we were two hundred years old
DEVON - were we ever that young?
CORNWALL - of course we were you moron
DEVON - I’m not a moron
CORNWALL - yes you are
DEVON - no, I’m not!
GARRETT - with all that bickering I’m surprised you haven’t fried each other
DEVON - fry? We can’t even simmer.
CORNWALL - yeah, you see unlike most dragons he can’t breathe fire or fly, sad really
DEVON - Oh, excuse moi Mr. Self denial, you mean we can’t breathe fire or fly.
CORNWALL - only cause your holding me back. If I didn’t have you I could do a lot of things.
song "If I didn’t have you"
KAYLEY- (Claps) Come on Garret
CORNWALL- You don’t need him now honey, you’ve got cornwall keepin an eye on ya
GARRETT- Well the good news id this is we’re out of Dragon country, the better news is this is where we say goodbye.
DEVON- you can’t leave us here. If we try to go back, we’ll be banished, ostrised, exiled….
CORNWALL- not to mention kicked out
KAYLEY- why?
CORNWALL- we just broke the dragons cardinal rule
DEVON- what? Never wear brown shoes with a blue suit?
CORNWALL- no you moron, never help a human.
GARRETT- come on Kayley, we must make camp before dark.
DEVON- camp
KAYLEY- Garret, let’s take them with us. Please
GARRETT- oh all right. But no more singing.
DEVON- how do you feel about interpretive dance?
GARRETT- (grumbles)
-Rubers clan
BLADE BEAK- allalalalalalalalalalala Dragon ala king….. It’s such a pleasant relief from chicken..
RUBER- I can’t believe I’m reduced to chasing a little girl, a blunt, and a pigeon (throws dragon in air and griffin catches it) Find them all and report back to me……Didn’t you hear me?!
GRIFFIN- Sorry master, my mouth was full
RUBER- typical, of all the evil creatures of the world I would find one with table manners. And no mistakes or I’ll make space on the spit for you……. Hey useless, go rendezvous with the wagons, tell them to press on….when I have excalibur, we’ll join them. And the kingdom will be mine.
CORNWALL- I’m starving, all these heroics have worked up my appitite…….hey, hey, something smells delicious.
DEVON- yes, I could whip up a little something.
GARRETT- here’s were we stop
KAYLEY- stop, but what about excalibur?
GARRETT- no one travels through the forbidden forest after dark
KAYLEY- well my father, Sir Lionel, would have
CORNWALL- (CORNWALL tries to light a fire) Come on baby light my fire…..
DEVON- you know there is nothing more pathetic than a flame-retarded dragon
CORNWALL- look DEVON you blew fire! No, my mistake just hot air!
GARRETT- KAYLEY, I must tell you, I knew your father
KAYLEY- you did?
GARRETT- I used to live in Camelot. I was a stable boy. How I used to dream of becoming a knight. Then, one evening there was a fire. I rushed to save the horses, well, but I was hurt. At first I could see shapes, then shadows, and finally my world went black. After I lost my sight your father was the only one who still believed in me. He taught me a knight's strength comes from his heart and loyalty to the oath of Camelot…….
SIR LIONEL- united we stand
SIR LIONEL and GARRETT- now and forever…….
GARRETT- any hope of becoming a knight died with him.
KAYLEY- I felt that way too….. but I knew he would never want me to give up. Oh, he wouldn’t want you to give up either, you're as good as any knight in Camelot…..
GARRETT- you really think so?
CORNWALL- come here stick
AYDEN- laughing
CORNWALL- I’ve only got three words for you birdie, dinner is served
CORNWALL swallows AYDEN, and AYDEN pops out of DEVON'S mouth
KAYLEY- and how did you find AYDEN?
GARRETT- I didn’t, AYDEN found me. He just appeared one day as if destiny were watching over me. He taught me all the secrets of the forest….what can hurt you, and what can heal you. With a as my eyes I can survive anything, see I’ll show you. I take my position, face my fears, and hold my ground until the last possible moment….waiting for a signal, to evade! See? Now you try.
KAYLEY- all right, no problem.
GARRETT- take your position
KAYLEY- take my position
GARRETT- face your fears
KAYLEY- face my fears
GARRETT- and hold your ground until the last possible moment
-KAYLEY is knocked into GARRETT
GARRETT- well, you moved to soon
KAYLEY- uhuh
DEVON and CORNWALL- mind your backs, comin through, move it!
CORNWALL- nice try buddy
DEVON- I say KAYLEY, do you have a light?
RUBER- when I get my hands on that girl! (holds hot coals in his hands)
-next morning
GARRETT- Ayden’s spotted Excalibur, it must be near! Come on let’s go!
KAYLEY- this must be from Excalibur, but where’s the sword?
GARRETT- someone must have taken it, or something.
KAYLEY- now well, never find Excalibur in time….
GARRETT- if we follow these tracks…
KAYLEY- well, this is all your fault!
GARRETT- my fault?!
KAYLEY- If we hadn’t stopped
GARRETT- quiet
KAYLEY- we should of kept going…..
GARRETT- shhh
KAYLEY- I have to save my mother…..
GARRETT- please I need to hear…. Argg (shot by an arrow)
KAYLEY- garrett!
RUBER- get them!
KAYLEY- no!
Kayley uses a moving tree to trap Ruber
LADY JULIANA- my brave daughter, please be safe
IRON MAN- no one can stop Ruber’s plan to take over Camelot….
LADY JULIANA- you don’t know my daughter….
- Kayley drags Garrett to a cave
KAYLEY- please don’t die, I can’t do this on my own. I’m sorry, It’s all my fault you were hurt. I was rattling on when I should have been quiet! I’m no help to anyone…
GARRETT- sh, shhh, shh, you’re wrong….
-song: "Looking Through Your Eyes."
GRIFFIN- well, master we lost them again
RUBER- ahhh, so that’s were they went (seeing tracks)
KAYLEY- uh oh
GARRETT- what is it?
KAYLEY- we’ve lost the tracks…..tell me that was your stomach
GARRETT- mim just the ogre
DEVON- OGRE!
CORNWALL- well see ya, have a nice life, or whatever is left of it
KAYLEY- what’s so scary about Ogres?
DEVON- they’re appetite
CORNWALL- (seeing dragon skeleton) oh no, I think it was uncle Yurich
DEVON- alas poor Yurick, I knew him well
GARRETT- quick, get out of the way! (Ogre tramps the skeleton into the ground as an object falls from the ogre)
KAYLEY- it’s the scaple from excalibur……. He does have the sword
GARRETT- ogres sleep in the day, we’ll wait for him to fall asleep, then grab the sword
DEVON- define we
GARRETT- shhh, the slightest noise and we’re finished
DEVON- charming place, I must get the name of his decorator
GARRETT- what’s he doing?
KAYLEY- I don’t see him
GARRETT- he’s here I can smell him
KAYLEY- your right, he is here
GARRETT- were is excalibur?
KAYLEY- he’s using it as a toothpick!
GARRETT- tell me when he falls asleep.
CORNWALL- let me guess he fell asleep (after a great earth shaking thud)
GARRETT- describe the layout
KAYLEY- there’s a ledge which hangs just above the sword, oh, but it must be a twenty foot drop!
GARRETT- humm, hu, hum, hum
KAYLEY- lower me down, more, more
IRON MAN- hey boss look it, tho…. (ruber slams a piece of metal in his mouth)
RUBER- I hate ogres, walk this way
DEVON- ohh no, it’s him!
GARRETT- hey
GRIFFIN- ah, ah, ah, chooo!
KAYLEY- uh, oh, naptimes over, quick, swing me back and forth….you are getting sleepy
GARRETT- can you reach it?
KAYLEY- I’ve got it!
RUBER and GRIFFIN- ahhhhhhhhh (fall, and are sat on also rubers followers are slammed into a wall)
IRON MEN- blink, blink, blink
RUBER- ohh, the ogers but
GRIFFIN- well, master, at least things can’t get any worse
RUBER- wanna bet?……seize them
GRIFFIN- yes master
CORNWALL- there’s no way out (looking over a steep cliff)
KAYLEY- there’s one way out, you’ll have to fly
DEVON- FLY?! We can’t fly! We explained that before our song
CORNWALL- Houston we have a problem!!!
RUBER- after them (iron men chase Kayley, garrett, devon, and cornwall)
DEVON- ladies and gentlemen please restore your seats to the upright position
CORNWALL- assume the crash position and hope you don’t smell you’re socks
DEVON- tray tables up
CORNWALL- and put away you’re sandwiches
DEVON- TURBULENCE!
CORNWALL- hold on gang, I think we’re goin in…..help!
DEVON- mayday, MAYDAY!….We know you have a choice so thank you for flying Dragon Air ouch, ow, ow
CORNWALL- tell you what, next time you try to fly, and we’ll hold on
KAYLEY- we did it! I can’t believe it
GARRETT- congratulations
KAYLEY- so this is excalibur
DEVON and CORNWALL- oh let me hold it; me; me; no me; me!
GARRETT- NO, excalibur only belongs in the hands of Arthur, come on Kayley
KAYLEY-Garrett, do you think my mother is safe?
GARRETT-If she’s anything like you I’m sure she’s fine. We must hurry, we don’t have much time.