Episode 2
Princess Nova
Noelle:
(looking at creature) Where did
you come from? I mean, did you come from
some sort of planet? This is so strange
to me. First I get this weird box from
an even weirder kid. Then, I find this
glowing ring and you fall from the sky.
What is going on??? (looks on ground to find a star locket) Now, where did this come from? And why…does it look familiar? (Noelle opens the locket to find there is
enough space to put the key. She places
the key in it and closes it.) Don’t know
if that’s the whole purpose of this locket; to hold my
key. But it works. (Noelle puts the locket on) Now what’s happening? (she is glowing and
can feel that something is happening to her)
My clothes! (she
is no longer in her nightgown but in a lavender blouse with a blue jean skirt;
groaning) Ug! This is so ugly! Where did my clothes go? (hears a strange
laughter) Who’s there?
Voice:
Princess Nova! How you can’t remember anything. There is so much you need to know. (sees a strange, yet familiar girl with long, blue, triangle
shaped hair. She’s wearing a plain pink
blouse, blue jean skirt, and has a strange silver star with 5 points on her
forehead)
Noelle (Nova): Who…who…who
are you?
Girl:
An old friend of yours. I’ve been looking for you for a long
time. I was afraid you would have lost
your memory when you came to Earth. Lucky
for me, when I came to Earth, I had some memory of the past. Of Twilight and the war and
all that. (pulls
out a mirror) Here, take a look at
yourself. Perhaps you’ll start to
remember your past so what I have to say won’t sound so strange to you. (Noelle takes the mirror)
Noelle (Nova): My
hair…(notices she has two green strands longer than
the rest of her usual short brown hair.
She also notices that the top of her hair is purple. The rest of her hair is brown)…it’s so
different…(pulls bangs aside to see she has a gold
star on her forehead)…oh! I have that
same star…please, tell me, why did you call me
Princess Nova? Was I a princess?
Girl:
(sighs) Well, that didn’t work out too
well. Yes you were a princess. You still are. You’re just on Earth…to fight.
Noelle (Nova): I
can remember something…Twilight is a star, right?
Girl:
Oh, good! I’m glad you can remember at least that! Can you remember me?
Noelle (Nova): You said you were
a friend…a friend from Twilight?
Girl:
Yes, yes! A very good friend, which is
why I’m here. My name is
Tsuki. Do you remember?
Nova:
Tsuki? Yes, I remember you! We use to see each other every day behind the
palace.
Tsuki:
Good! But is that all you can remember?
Nova:
Yes. That’s about it.
Tsuki:
Well, I was hoping you would
remember more…I’m going to show you your last days of Twilight through your
mind. This is the last thing I can do to
help you remember, so hopefully this will work.
(Tsuki puts her hand on Nova’s star)
Close your eyes. (Nova closes her
eyes and can see an old life that had been long forgotten)
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(Nova
is 12 years old. She is sitting in a
field of flowers with a rainbow unicorn Pegasus creature lying by her side;
Nova also has fairy like wings. Tsuki is
also there with her creature. The two
girls are laughing and talking and making flower crowns. Her mother comes out, in a silver gown (Nova
is in the same clothes she was in when she just transformed earlier))
Mother:
Nova! I need to talk to you for a second. Come quickly!
(Nova gets up and walks to her mother)
Nova:
What’s wrong, Mom?
Mother:
(quietly to Nova) You have to be careful!
I’ve just heard that Dark Star is making his way here!
Nova:
(shocked) But I thought
Father was taking care of him. I thought
he blocked off most of Dark Star’s powers so he wouldn’t be able to not only
leave Twilight but come to our kingdom as well?
Mother:
Somehow, he managed to get
though your Father’s power. He has
bigger plans...he wants to take over a planet.
Earth.
But he can’t get there unless he destroys our kingdom and escape from
Twilight.
Nova:
So what am I going to do?
Mother:
Take your Rainbowjewel and
split it into 7 different rings. I’m
going to talk to your father. Nova, you
are no longer to be with your friends. It
is good for everyone’s safety. Do as I
told you. (she
leaves)
Nova:
But why can’t I talk to
them? Mother! (Mother leaves. Nova walks back to Tsuki)
Tsuki:
What’s wrong, Nova?
Nova:
It’s Dark Star. He might attack our kingdom.
Tsuki:
Dark Star? I thought his power was history! (Nova says nothing) Well, what are we going to do? Shouldn’t we tell Wakusei, Mukashi, and
Orosh?
Nova: No. You can’t tell anyone! Until Dark Star is gone, you and everyone
else have to stay away from me! (she takes off; crying)
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Nova:
(Nova’s Rainbowjewel, the
unicorn/Pegasus creature she was with earlier, is gone. She is now holding 7 rings in her hand; same
rings as in her jewelry box. She is
staring at them; sad and puzzled. She
walks past the palace room where her father’s throne is. She hears odd voices as she walks by and
looks over to where her father would be sitting. To her shocked surprise, he is dead and there
are a bunch of strange men wandering through the room)
One man:
We have to keep
looking. It is Lord Dark Star’s orders
that we find the Queen and Princess and kill them as well.
Another man: If
we find them and kill them, we will be greatly awarded!
Yet another man: And Dark Star
promised while he was at Earth, we would be in control of Twilight! (all laugh. Nova gasps.
All 3 turn around. Nova quickly
puts her hand over her mouth, hoping they didn’t hear)
Man: Someone heard.
Another man: It’s the
princess! She’s over there! (Nova runs for her life. She can hear the men thundering behind
her. Tears fall down her terrified face
as she runs down a hallway decorated with paintings. Her mother is standing by one of the
paintings)
Mother:
(pulling Nova’s arm) Over here! (she pulls Nova
through the painting. The two fall into
a small, secret room)
Nova:
Where are we?
Mother:
It’s a secret room built
through the painting. There is another
way of entering; a trap door in the wine cellar, so we can’t stay here for
long. Did you do as I asked?
Nova:
Mom! I saw Father!
He’s dead!!!
Mother:
(stares at Nova shocked) No. (starts to cry, but quickly catchers herself) I mustn’t cry. Now is not the time to let emotions get in
the way. (turns
to Nova with tears in her eyes) Listen, there is much
I have to tell you and little time for me to speak. Nova, I know there is a lot
of terrible things going on now.
I found a way to send you to Earth.
You must protect it for when Dark Star shall come and attack. The only problem is that I could only find
one way to send you to Earth and that is to have you reborn. You will have a new family and no memory of
this life.
Nova:
(hysterical) No memory! How am I suppose to
fight Dark Star when I’m 4 months old with no memory?
Mother:
That is why I told you to
put your Rainbowjewel into 7 different rings.
(pulls out a jewelry box from a bag.) I shall put all 7 of these rings into this
box. This box will protect the rings. (locks box with
key) When you are of 5 years, this key
shall appear before you. You should not
remember this, but of that age, you might realize of its importance. When you open up the jewelry box, Dark Star
will be able to find you quickly and will try steel the rings. The rings powers won’t be released all at
once. A different ring shall glow on the
7th of each month. After 7
months, you will have all 7 of your Butterjewels. This will also give you some time to gain
power and defeat Dark Star. Oh, and one
more thing. (pulls
out a star locket). This is to keep your
key in. It is also used to change your
Earth self into your Twilight self. It
shall appear when you put on your first ring.
Nova:
How old shall I be when I
first open the box? What if the day I
open it is on the 5th of the month?
Mother:
Don’t worry. Time will answer those questions. Now you better get going Nova.
Nova:
How? Where am I suppose
to go?
Mother:
Hide in that closet over
there. Stay there and I’ll take care of everything.
Voice:
There’s a secret door and I
hear voices on the other side! (she mutters something under her breath. She disappears as the jewelry box falls to
the floor. The door bursts opened and 4
men come in along with Dark Star; the same man Nova saw after she put on her
first ring)
A Man:
There’s…there’s no one
here. But I sworn I heard voices, my
Lord! I don’t lie!
Dark Star: (picks
up jewelry box; to men) Yes, I’m sure you heard voices. Clever woman she is. She’s obviously sending Nova to Earth, and
this box has all of Nova’s powers, all right here. This simple, little jewelry box is the key to
finding Nova. When she opens it, I can
kill her easily and without any worries.
(laughs evilly.) Perhaps it shouldn’t be too hard for me to conquer
Earth after all.
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(Tsuki
takes her hand off of Nova’s head who is calm and sad)
Nova:
(quietly) I remember that day. I remember as I sat
in that closet how scared I was of not knowing what would happen next. (sighs sadly) I can
still taste the tears from my eyes…Dark Star must have come to Earth…but I can’t
remember anymore.
Tsuki:
Yes, he did come to Earth. When he discovered out that your mother sent
you here to defeat him, he found a similar spell your mother overlooked when
finding a way to send you to Earth; one that would let him keep his memory.
Nova:
Could Dark Star be the same
age as me?
Tsuki:
More than likely. Yes.
Nova:
Then…I know who he is!
Tsuki:
Don’t tell me. It is better that I do not know who Dark
Star’s Earth form is. If I did, our
secret may be let out. Imagine what
people would do if they found out that we are people from a star!
Nova:
Oh. So I guess you can’t tell me who you really
are.
Tsuki:
No, I can’t.
Nova:
Will we ever figure it out
some day?
Tsuki:
Yes, but hopefully by then
we’ll understand our powers more and we will be able to defeat Dark Star before
anyone finds out our secret.
Nova:
So you are going to help me?
Tsuki:
Of coarse! After you disappeared from Twilight and I
heard that the king was killed, I found a spell, similar to Dark Star’s. It allowed me
to go to Earth, with some memory, and I hoped that I could find you and help
you someday. Unlike you, I have a heart
locket. Plus, I do not have a
Butterjewel. I have one ring and one
jewel, my Unijewel. (Tsuki snaps her
fingers and a different jewel appears before Nova and her Butterjewel) I must get going now. Are you ready, Nova, for the challenges that
await us?
Nova:
I hope so. (Tsuki gets on her Unijewel, her magical
creature similar to Nova’s, and gallops off, disappearing into the night. Nova takes off her locket to find she is
Noelle again, in her same nightgown, and is leaning on an ordinary, gray
horse. Holds locket in hand, thinking to
herself. She
speaks quietly to the horse)
I know an adventure is about to begin for us. I don’t know what will happen next, but at
least I am ready. (pets
the creature’s muzzle and stares quietly at the sky to see a shooting star.)