Barbie and the Three Musketeers Page #2

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Yes, Madame de BossÈ.

Then follow me.

Is that a speck of dust?

Goodness, HÈlÈne!

If you weren't the only one who knows

where everything is in this castle,

I'd have fired

you long ago.

Here, madame.

Thank you.

Phew!

Girls!

These are your late

and messy coworkers.

Viveca, Aramina,

RenÈe, meet Corinne.

I should fire

the whole lot of you,

but with the Prince's Masquerade

Ball coming up in a week,

I can't afford

to lose anyone else.

So instead you

will be working late.

Now get to work,

all of you!

Rose breaker!

You!

I'm so sorry. Really.

If there's anything I can

do to make it up to you...

She should wash all the

draperies in the ballroom.

No, she should dust

every book in the library.

Wait! I have the

perfect job for her!

You missed a spot!

No cats in the castle!

And stay out!

Well, good night.

Do you not have a place

to stay, Corinne?

No, but I'm sure Miette and

I will think of something.

We cannot allow this poor girl

to roam the streets at night

at the mercy

of strangers.

That would be most tragic.

I insist she stays with us.

I don't know...

Aw!

We do have an extra bed

now that Constance is gone.

Do you have

any money, Corinne?

One week.

Then it is settled.

You will stay with us. Come.

I need to take care

of something.

I'll meet up

with you later.

What do we know about

this Corinne, anyway?

Aramina, everyone

seems nice to you.

I don't trust her.

She's just another country girl

who won't last a week in the city.

I thought you might

need this, RenÈe.

Good night, Miette.

Corinne, I just

wanted to say...

Thank you.

Yes!

It flies!

And they said

it couldn't be done!

Philippe! Where

are you? It flies!

Oh!

Sorry.

It's all right.

Never speak to the Prince.

You do not exist!

Is he not

the dreamiest?

Aramina, you think

every boy is dreamy.

Louis, we need to talk.

Cousin! Did you see that?

I have developed a prototype balloon

that floats suspended in the air!

Just think how this discovery

will work for my flying machine!

Oh, Louis! You know man

will never be able to fly.

Not yet,

but it is my dream.

Future kings don't

have time for dreams.

We need to finish up the plans

for your birthday celebration.

Philippe, you're still regent

another few days until I'm 18,

so you're in charge

of the details.

My flying machine

can't wait.

We heard a crash!

Are you all right,

Your Highness?

This chandelier

barely missed the Prince!

I demand to know

what is going on here.

Check the rigging. There must be

a fault in the suspension cables.

Make sure this

doesn't happen again.

Yes, sir.

Girls, clean this mess!

"What light through

yonder window breaks?"

Is this not the most

beautiful thing?

A broken chandelier?

It does have a, je ne

sais, sparkle to it.

Hmm. Looks like

the rope's been cut.

Corinne, where did you

learn to move like that?

Promise not to say

anything to madame?

I've been training

to be a musketeer!

What?

So have I!

Me, too!

Ditto!

Why didn't you

say so before?

I thought you would laugh

at me. A girl musketeer?

Ever since I was a little girl,

I've dreamed of being a musketeer!

As have I.

Just think,

rescuing the Prince!

And musketeers

are so very chic!

And their blue tunics

are incredible.

Musketeers rock.

Come with me.

A secret passageway.

Why are we here?

Yeah. Where are

you taking us?

You ask too many questions.

We've arrived.

Wow!

What is this place?

This is the old

musketeers' training room,

from before they moved

to Treville's training ground.

It's been forgotten

but to a few.

Whoa!

You think you can

be musketeers?

Prove it.

Hmm.

You just need

the proper accessory!

What my dear friends lack

is a little grace.

Amateurs.

Teach me to do that!

Me, too!

And me!

Ditto!

Hmm. You have much to learn.

I will teach you, but only

if you do exactly as I say.

We will.

We begin.

Being a musketeer

is more than fighting.

It is a noble privilege

to protect the royal family.

I can teach you

the necessary skills,

but only a member of the royal

family can appoint you musketeers.

Take your positions!

Prime! Seconde! Tierce!

Quarte! Quinte! Sixte!

In my day, no one thought

a girl could be a musketeer.

People still think that.

You must prove them wrong.

Prime! Seconde! Tierce!

Quarte! Quinte! Sixte!

You will work

together as a team.

If one fails, you all fail. Begin again.

Forward! Back!

Forward! Back! Forward!

Good.

Are we musketeers yet?

Meet me here,

same time tomorrow.

I don't know what went wrong

with the chandelier, sir.

Accidents do happen.

But this accident was supposed to

finish the Prince once and for all!

I am sorry, sir.

Tell me.

Is it just that my dreamer

cousin is to be king,

while I am stuck

as next in line?

But with one

small accident,

I will take my rightful

place on the throne.

Tomorrow, Louis will be working

on his flying contraption.

See to it that he doesn't

make it to his coronation.

I will not fail you again,

Your Highness.

or the next "accident"

could be yours.

Just as in yesterday's test, the

hot air is inflating the balloon.

Today is the first

of many tests

to observe how this tethered hot

air balloon reacts to the elements.

And soon,

man will be able to fly.

His first flight

will be his last.

Everything appears

to be in order.

Remarkable.

I'm truly floating on air!

Hello,

Locustella fluviatilis!

Glorious day, isn't it?

This is fantastic.

Whoa! Whoa!

Phew!

This is a good time

for a graceful exit.

Your Highness!

Someone! Help!

Phew!

Hold on!

Do I have a choice?

Tree! Ascend!

How?

Try increasing

the heat, I think!

Why did you launch it if

you don't know how it works?

I didn't launch it!

Turn up the heat!

Oh!

Are you all right?

I think so.

Hmm.

To whom do

I owe my thanks?

Whoa.

Corinne...

Your Highness.

Since you just saved my life,

why don't you call me Louis?

I never thought I'd see

France from the clouds.

My whole life,

it's been my dream to fly.

Everyone told me

man couldn't fly,

but sometimes you must

pursue your dreams.

Even when everyone

else says it's impossible.

I could spend all of my time inventing,

but in a few days, that will be over.

Why?

Once I am king, there will

be no time for such fancy.

Just because you have

your feet firmly on the ground

doesn't mean you can't

keep reaching for the sky.

Look! There's the castle.

We're running out of fuel!

I'm going to have

to bring us down.

Do you know how

to land this thing?

There's a first time

for everything.

Too bad we can't

stay up here forever.

It's like anything

you wish could come true.

What is your

wish, Corinne?

I want to be a musketeer!

You can't be serious!

Girls can't be musketeers!

Let me go!

What's wrong?

How is it that a prince can

envision a man flying in the air,

but not a girl as a musketeer?

Huh?

Sire, are you all right?

It looks like I'll have to

take care of this matter myself.

Parry! Counter-parry!

It is a conversation

between the blades.

Again.

Girls can't

be musketeers.

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