Rayman Legends Adventures in Anastasia/Script

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Anastasia

On a small table, there was a golden yellow circular music box playing. Inside, two small figurines were dancing. Then the music box closed as the music completed. A 55-year-old white-haired woman picked it up and placed it in her small bag. Her name was Marie Feodorovna, the Dowager Empress of Russia. She walked outside and got inside a carriage, but the carriage took off and started heading to the royal palace, home of the royal family, the Romanovs.

"There was a long time, not so long ago, if we lived in an enchanted world of elegant palaces and grand festivals. The year was 1916 and my son Nicholas was the Czar of Imperial Russia."

Marie entered the palace and saw all the guests and the royal family dancing, socializing in the middle of the grand ballroom. Marie sat down on one of the chairs in front of everyone, but she saw someone and waved happily.

The person she was waving to was a 10-year-old girl with long auburn hair, dancing with a brown-haired man in a white royal army suit. The man was her son, Nicholas the Tsar of Russia and the girl was his youngest granddaughter Anastasia, which she didn't mind at all.

"We were celebrating the 300th anniversary of our family's reign and that night, no star was brighter than that of our sweet Anastasia, my youngest granddaughter."

Anastasia laughed as her father spun her around in a circle, but she ran up to see her grandmother. At the doorway behind them, a 10-year-old boy with brown hair watched them while eating an apple as Marie pulled out the music box from her purse.

"She begged me not to go back to Paris, then I had a very special gift made for her to make the separation easier for both of us."

Anastasia gasped in awe at the small box, as she handed it to her. "For me? Is that a jewelry box," she asked.

Then a butler named Edgar shook his head at the sight of the boy watching them. He caught him and dragged him off as he scolded, "Dimitri! You belong in the kitchen!"

Then Marie pulled out a necklace and the pendant acted as a key as she placed it in the hole and then turned it three times. Then it opened and Anastasia heard the waltz playing as the figurines danced. She grinned as she recognized the tune.

"This plays our lullaby," Anastasia said.

"You can play it at night before you go to bed and pretend that I'm singing," Marie said.

Marie: Gone with the wind

Across the sea

Hear this song and remember

Marie and Anya: Soon you'll be home with me

Once upon a December!

They both chuckled as the song finished. Then Marie handed her the necklace and said, "read what it says."

Anastasia looked at the small writing on the pendant and read aloud. "Together in Paris."

Then she got really emotional as she realized that soon Anya would be able to go and visit her in Paris wherever she liked. "Oh, Grandma," she exclaimed.

Marie laughed as she was engulfed in a tight hug. Suddenly, the music stopped and then all lights dimmed out as the crowd grew silent and parted fashions for someone walking towards the other end of the room.

"But we would never be together in Paris, because a dark shadow had descended on the house of the Romanovs."

A woman gasped at the sight of the stranger and incidentally dropped her glass of wine. The man who was wearing a brown priest's cloak simply continued walking forward and just stepped over the broken glass. A white bat flew off his shoulder as he continued heading towards Nicholas. He had black hair and some sort of glowing green reliquary hanging from the belt of his robe.

"His name was Rasputin. We thought he was a holy man, but he was an impostor, a power freak and a dangerous one."

Nicholas walked up to him and said frustratedly, "how dare you go back to the palace!"

"But I am your confidant," Rasputin stammered.

"Confident? Ha!  You are a traitor!  Get out now," he demanded.

Then Rasputin got really frustrated and said as he showed the reliquary. "Do you think you can banish the great Rasputin? By the ungodly powers bestowed upon me, I banish you with a curse!"

The crowd muttered and gasped in fright. Anastasia became really shocked and Marie held her closer. The kitchen boy Dimitri from before watched as his jaw dropped at what the man said.

"Mark my words, you and your family will die within a fortnight," Rasputin announced, "I won't rest until I see the end of the Romanov line forever!"

Then he used the reliquary and blasted the chandelier, causing the chain to break and then fall from the roof. Everyone scattered out of the road as it hit the ground and smashed upon impact. A few days earlier before Rasputin came to the palace, he threw some dust into a hole and then suddenly, a red burst of energy came out. Then Rasputin shrieked as he felt his soul torn off from his body and then from the red energy, the reliquary floated out of there and he caught it within his hand.

"Consoled by the hatred for Nicholas and his family, Rasputin sold his soul for the power to destroy them."

A fortress had passed. Rasputin, in his lair, smirked as he knew it was time. He pulled out the reliquary and said, "go, accomplish your dark design and seal the fate of the Czar and his family once and for all."

Suddenly, a few green-like demons came out of it and flew to the palace gates where hundreds of frustrated men gathered with torches, guns and weapons.

"From that moment, the spark of doom in our country was banned into a flame that would soon destroy our lives forever."

The small demons opened the gates and then all the frustrated men charged in. They destroyed the statue of Nicholas. Inside the palace, flames roared outside the palace as the snow fell and the whole Romanov family was running for dear lives.

"FASTER, CHILDREN," Nicholas shouts.

"My music box," Anastasia exclaimed and then started running back to her room. Marie chased after her, calling. "Anastasia! Come back!"

Anastasia ran into her room and caught the music box from the dollhouse, but Marie ran into the room and shut the door. Then they both heard a gunshot and doors being rammed open. Marie held Anastasia close. A small door opened at the wall and revealed Dimitri. Outside the window, the bat who was Rasputin's minion, watched from outside the glass.

Dimitri ran out and started dragging them towards the small door. "Run, over here, out of the servant's quarters!"

The music box fell out of Anastasia's hands and landed on the floor as she and Marie went inside. Then Marie said as they heard footsteps. "Hurry up, Anastasia!"

"Rasputin, she's running away," the bat shouts.

Anastasia came out again and said, "my music box!"

Dimitri shoves her back in and shouts, "c'mon, c'mon!"

Then he closed the door as he heard someone shout. "Comrades, in here!"

Then the doors burst open and three of the men, who were part of the group attacking the palace, came in with guns.

"Where are they, boy," one of them demanded.

Dimitri picked up a lantern and threw it at them. However, it missed and then one of them hit him in the head, knocking him out cold. Meanwhile, Anastasia and Marie ran across the frozen lake, away from the palace.

"Continue with me, darling," Marie said.

Rasputin jumped off the bridge and caught Anastasia by her leg. Anastasia shrieked as he began pulling her towards him while lying on his stomach.

"Rasputin," Marie shrieked as she tried to pull Anastasia off of him. "Let me go, please wait," Anastasia begged.

"You'll never escape me, my child! Never," Rasputin shouts with determination. The lake suddenly broke underneath him and in his panic, he let go of Anastasia as he began to fall into the frozen water.

Anastasia and Marie ran, leaving Rasputin to drown. The bat flies down and shouts, "MASTER!!"

Rasputin sunk in the water and drowned, leaving the bat with the reliquary. Anastasia and Marie headed for the train station. They saw the train heading to Paris, leaving the station where they ran as fast as they could. The people helped Marie get onboard, but Marie gasped that Anastasia was falling behind them.

"Take my hand, hold onto my hand," Marie said as she held out her hand. Anastasia catches it and shouts, "don't let go!"

The other people tried to help, but Anastasia's hand slipped out of her grip and she shrieked as she fell and hit her head on the hard floor, knocking her unconscious.

"ANASTASIA," Marie wept in despair as the train carried her further and further away from Anastasia, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "ANASTASIA!!"

This yell was so loud that it echoed across the railroad station. "So many lives were destroyed that night. What had always been was now gone forever.  And my Anastasia, my beloved granddaughter, I never saw each other again."

Russia was now under communist rule, there were lines of many coming out of the factory, finished with work for the day in St. Petersburg. As far as anyone knew, the Romanov Family died in the revolution, hearing the frustrated Empress shout her name. But now today, there had been rumors that Princess Anastasia might have survived after it was announced that her grandmother who currently lived in Paris, Marie Feodorovna was offering a huge reward for someone to anyone who could find her.

Man: St. Petersburg is gloomy!

Woman: St. Petersburg is bleak!

Man: My underwear got frozen standing here all week!

Workers: Oh, since the revolution, our lives have been so grey

Thank heavens for the gossip, that gets us through the day

Hey!

All of St. Petersburg: Have you heard there's a rumor in St. Petersburg?

Have you heard what they're saying on the street?

A bald-headed, out of shape man named Vladimir Vlad accepted an apple off a lady as he walked through the streets of St. Petersburg. He stopped as he leaned into a man selling the newspapers to everyone and listened to what he was saying.

Man: Although Balthazar did not survive,

One daughter may be yet alive!

All: The Princess Anastasia

But please do not repeat

A man who was part of the secret police crossed his arms at the crowd, but they all went back to their business, and Vladimir stopped at a door and then whispered something and then was allowed to come inside. A few moments later, he came out and left to go somewhere else.

It's a rumor,

A legend,

A mystery!

Something whispered in an alleyway

Or through a crack!

It's a rumor

That's part of our history.

A babushka was selling snow globes with a figurine of Anastasia inside of it and they were selling at a rapid rate.

They say her royal grandma

Will pay a royal sum

To someone who can bring the princess back!

Vladimir walked upstairs at a building where basically the supermarket was, standing on the side was a now twenty-year-old Dimitri.

"Vlad," Dimitri called out.

"Dimitri," Vladimir grinned. Then he whispered something and they both started heading away. As they passed, they saw many people trying to sell stuff that they took from the old palace.

Man #1: A ruble for this painting!

It's Romanov, I swear!

Man #2: Count on Yusopov's pajamas!

Comrade, buy the pair!

Man #3: I have this from the palace

It's lined with real fur!

Black Marketers: It could be worth a fortune

If it belonged to her!

Vladimir and Dimitri headed inside and up the stairs to one of the attics. "Well, Dimitri, I have a theater," Vladimir said.

"Everything's going according to plan, all we need is the girl," Dimitri said as he started catching some stuff and putting it in a bag, "just think, Vlad, no more forged papers, no more stolen goods. We'll have three tickets from here.  One for you, one for me, and one for Anastasia."

Dimitri: It's the rumor,

The legend,

The mystery!

It's the princess Anastasia who will help us fly!

You and I, friend,

Will go down

In history!

Dimitri opened up a safe and caught out the music box that Anastasia dropped during the escape out of the palace.

We'll find a girl to play the part and teach her what to say,

Dress her up and take me to Paris!

Imagine the reward, her darling old grandma will pay!

Who else could pull it off, but you and me?

Dimitri and Vladimir: We'll be rich

We'll be rich!

We'll be out!

We'll be out!

And St. Petersburg will have some more to speak about!

Then they both jumped out of the window. Dimitri carried him through the air towards the ground. They both died as he was five years old, where the palace took him in and he worked there in the kitchen until the revolution. After the revolution, he met Vladimir and they both stuck past each other ever since.

Now that Marie Feodorovna had put out a reward to find her granddaughter, Dimitri was determined to get that money. He and Vladimir had it all planned out, they were gonna hold auditions at a theater and pick a girl to play as Anastasia and then use her to claim the reward.

All: (in a whisper) CSENDES!!

Have you heard there's a rumor in St. Petersburg?

Have you heard what they're saying on the street?

But wait!

Everyone whispered and spoke about the possibility of it all. Dimitri and Vladimir landed back on the ground. They jumped on the tram.

Hey, wait!

Have you heard there's a rumor in St. Petersburg?

Have you heard?

Comrade, what do you suppose?

A fascinating mystery!

Dimitri: The biggest con in history!

All: The Princess Anastasia

Alive or dead?

Man: Who knows?

Siiiiilence!

Princess Anastasia was indeed alive, she was now twenty years old and lived at that orphanage. However, as she hit her head that night, she got amnesia and couldn't remember anything except that her name was Anya where she brought to the orphanage and that was where she had lived all her life.

Today, she was heading out for her first day of work. The owner of the orphanage, Phlegmenkoff, had gotten her a job at the fish factory. All the children waved inside to Anya as she was outside with John Darling.

"I had you a job at the fish factory, you go down this path until you reach a fork on the road, go left..." Phlegmenkoff began to say, but was cut off as Anya was calling out to the children, "farewell, everyone!"

"Are you listening," Phlegmenkoff asked with slight annoyance.

"I'm listening, Comrade Phlegmenkoff," Anya said.

She shook her head and headed towards the front gates while saying, "you've been a thorn in my side since you were brought here. Acting like a queen coming, in a nameless place that you are nameless."

Anya mocked her as she continued, "for ten years, I fed you, I dressed you, I..."

"She held a roof over my head," Anya finished. Phlegmenkoff scoffed as she opened up front gate, but she asked as she turned to face her. "How come you have no idea who you were before you came to us, but you can remember it all?"

"I have no idea....." Anya said as she pulled out her necklace.

"Oops, I know," Phlegmenkoff said, looking at the small pendant once again, "together in Paris. Well, you want to travel to Paris to find your family, right?"

Anya nodded and then Phlegmenkoff chuckled as she nudged her out the front gate. "Little Miss Anya, it's time to take your place in life. In life and in turn and be grateful as well."

Phlegmenkoff laughed once more before shutting the gate on Anya. Anya moaned and mimicked her as she made her road to the fish factory. She kept on walking until she got to the fork in the road, just like Phlegmenkoff had instructed her to.

"I'm grateful. I'm grateful to escape," Anya exclaimed. Then she looked up at the sign, warning her two separate directions. "'Go left,' she says. I know what's left, I'll be a pirate ship forever."

"But if I go right, perhaps I can find....." Anya wondered. Then she looked at her necklace again and thought, "whoever gave me this necklace must have loved me?"

"This is crazy! Me?  Go to Paris?  Send me a sign," she shouts to the air, "give us a hint!  Anything!"

Then she sat down in the snow under the sign, but suddenly, a little gray puppy burst out of the snow and caught her scarf from her pocket.

"Hey! I don't have time to play right now, alright?  I'm waiting for the sign," she warned the dog.

Getting annoyed at the little puppy, she reached out to catch her scarf, but the puppy kept running amuck with it. She eventually managed to catch hold of it, but the dog spun the scarf around her legs and then made her fall over in the direction of St. Petersburg. Then she watched as the puppy stood in front of her, wagging its little tail.

"Oh, great. A dog wants me to go to St. Petersburg," Anya said. Then she gasped and her eyes widened, believing that this was the sign that she was asking for.

Shrugging, she stood up, took the scarf off the barking puppy and said, "alright, I can take a hint."

With one last look at the road ahead of her, she sighed and took her first steps towards her journey. Knowing that it would be complete with obstacles, but it would be one step closer to finding out who she was.

Anya: Heart, don't fail me now

Courage, don't desert me

Don't turn back now that we're here

People always say

Life is complete with choices

No one ever mentions fear

Or how the world can seem so vast

On a journey to the past

The puppy, who now she named Pooka, continued to follow her. She knelt down and rubbed his belly as he barked happily.

Somewhere down this road

I know someone's waiting

Years of dreams just can't be wrong

Arms will open wide

I'll be safe and wanted

Eventually home where I belong

She stood back up and continued walking forward. She turned her head around and gestured for Pooka to come along. He barked happily and ran to follow his brand new owner.

Well, starting now, I'm learning fast

On this journey to the past

By late afternoon, they started walking past a house. Emelius and his wife Eglantine came outside with their children Paul, Carrie and Charlie and then they started playing with Pooka. As they left, they waved a farewell to the family, who waved to her back and she kept thinking that perhaps this was what her family was like.

Home, love, family

There was once a time I must have had them as well

Then she knelt down and watched as Pooka played with a few squirrels. She laughed and then picked him up and started carrying him for a little bit.

Home, love, family

I will never be full until I found you

One step at a time

One hope than another

Who knows where this road may go

As she put Pooka down again, she felt more confident and determined than before about finding her family and who she is.

Back to who I was

On to find my future

Facts my heart yet needs to know

She started kicking the snow a little bit and then she stopped and grinned as she saw the buildings of St. Petersburg and now all she had to do was catch a train to Paris.

Yes, let this be a sign

Let this road be mine

Let it lead to my past

And bring me home at laaaaaaasttt!!!

Anya had walked to the train station with Pooka in her arms and went up to the ticket counter and asked the man. "A ticket to Paris, please?"

"Exit visa," he asked as he held out his hand.

"Exit visa," Anya asked in confusion. The man gets mad and shouts at her face. "No exit visa, no ticket!"

Then he shut the windows closed on her face. A sweeper woman behind her tapped her on the shoulder. She turned and she gestured her to come closer and then she whispered, "you see, Dimitri. He can help."

"Where can I find him," Anya whispered back.

"In the old palace, but you didn't hear that from me," she responded.

"Thank you," Anya said.

Dimitri and Vladimir had been at the theater for hours, seeing every possible girl to act as Anastasia, but they had no luck.

"And I look like a princess and dance like a feather," the woman auditioning said.

Dimitri grinned weakly and crossed his name away off the list as he said, "it's alright, thanks. Uh...next, please."

The girl walked off the stage and then a woman named Ludmilla walked onto the stage, wearing a grey wig came onto the stage. "Grandma, it's me, Anastasia," she said.

Both Dimitri and Vladimir moaned. "Oh, boy."

Another hour later, they walked out of the theater and locked up. Vladimir shook his head as they left. "That's it, Dimitri. Game over.  Our last kopeck went to this flea-infested theater and yet no girl to pretend to be Anastasia."

"We'll find her, Vlad. She's here someplace, right under our noses," Dimitri said. Then he pulled out the music box as they walked past Anya, who was asking a man for directions. "Don't forget, one look at this jewelry box and the Empress will think we've brought the real Anastasia and we're spending the ten million rubies."

"Excuse me, sir. I'm looking for the Catherine.  Do you know where that is," Anya asked the man.

"There's nothing there," the man responded, "no, no, there's no one living there, go ahead."

"Thank you all," Anya said and then left.

Anya and Pooka arrived at the old palace. They walked around, trying to find a road inside. Then Pooka squeezed through one of the entryways that seemed to be boarded with wooden planks. She walked up and looked through the holes, looking for her puppy.

"Pooka! Pooka, where are you," she called out in a whisper.

Moaning, she caught hold of the wooden boards and began to yank it to try and pry it off. And in one more yank, she tore the boards away and yelped as she fell backwards. Upstairs, Dimitri gasped until he heard the noise down below while he and Vladimir were eating dinner.

"Did you hear something," Dimitri asked.

"No," Vladimir responded and then went back to eating his dinner.

Anya climbed the stairs to the first floor and removed her hat and scarf and called out. "Hello! Anyone home?!"

Pooka followed behind as Anya continued to climb the stairs. They reached the top of it and walked inside a room that looked like the dining area. The table and all the dishes that were placed out were covered in ten years' worth of dust and cobwebs. Anya blew the dust off one of the dinner plates and picked it up to look at it. As she looked at the plate, she suddenly saw an image of a little girl dancing with a man. She gasped, but then shook her head, thinking it was a hallucination, unaware that she had a memory flash.

"This place. It's...it's like a memory from a dream," she whispered.

She removed her coat and gloves and placed them on the ground. She felt like she had been here before, but she couldn't remember if.

Anya: Dancing bears

Painted wings

Facts I almost remember

And a song someone sings

Once upon a December

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Figures dancing gracefully

Across my memory......

Suddenly, what looked like spirits of people dancing in formal gowns came out of the pictures hanging from the walls of the ballroom and landed on the floor and just began dancing. Pooka just sat there and watched as Anya walked down the stairs. Two couples landed behind her and bowed to her. Anya returned the bow and walked onto the dance floor and started dancing along with the spirits, feeling like she was remembering something.

Someone holds me safe and warm

Horses prance through a silver storm

Back at the top of the stairs, the spirit of Nicholas came out of the picture, along with his wife and landed at the top of the stairs. A girl came up to Anya and placed a gold chain necklace around her neck. Then Anya spun around and her rags were changed into a golden-colored gown and she wore a silver crown on her head.

Figures dancing gracefully

Across my memory......

Then she began to dance with some of the boys around the dance hall. Every few seconds, she was dancing with a different partner.

Far away, long ago

Glowing dim as an ember

Facts my heart

Used to know

Facts it yearns to remember...

As Anya was spun again, she was face-to-face with Nicholas. He took her hands and started dancing slowly with her.

And a song

Someone sings

They stopped dancing and then Nicholas placed a gentle kiss on her forehead as they parted and then Anya sat down on the floor, wishing she knew why she was seeing these people in her head and also wished she could remember who they were.

Once upon a Decembeeeeeeerrr!!!

Anya was pulled out her daydream until she heard a voice shout. "HEY, YOU!!"

She looked up to see Dimitri and Vladimir at the top of the stairs on the other side of the room. "What are you doing in here," Dimitri demanded.

Anya got up and started running towards the top of the stairs where the picture of the family was. Pooka barked at the sight of the strangers now chasing after Anya. "Stop! Hang on a moment!  Please, wait," Dimitri called out.

Anya stopped running and turned to face Dimitri as he stood at the bottom of the staircase. He looked up at her and began to ask. "Now how'd you get in....."

He stopped and his eyes widened at the sight of her. She looked so much like the little girl in the painting. In fact, he could even guess that she was the splitting image of the Princess Anastasia and then grinned as he believed he had found the girl they had been looking for to be part of their plan to get the money.

Anya just looked at him in confusion, wondering why he was staring at her like that. Vladimir eventually caught up with them. "Do you see what I see," Dimitri whispered to him.

Vladimir looked at her closely and then gasped at the sight and nodded. Then Anya, tired of the silence, asked Dimitri. "Are you Dimitri?"

"It depends on who's looking for him," Dimitri responded as he walked up the stairs. Vladimir saw Pooka and picked him up and started playing with him.

"My name is Anya and I need travel documents," Anya said. Then Dimitri began looking at her while circling around her as she continued, "they say you're the man to see even though I can't warn you who said this."

Then she took notice how he was looking at her with interest and then snapped, "why are you looking for me? Were you a vulture in another life?!"

Dimitri stopped and said, "I'm sorry, Anya. It's just that you look awful, uh...it doesn't matter."

Then he asked as Vladimir stood behind him with Pooka. "Now, did you say anything about travel documents?"

"Yes. I'd like to go to Paris," she said.

"Would you like to go to Paris," Dimitri asked, taken by surprise. "There's a surname that goes with that," he asked.

"Well, actually, this seemed crazy, I don't know my surname, I was found that I was wondering if I had eight years old, I know it's strange, but I don't remember, I have very little memories of my past. I have a clue, however, and this is Paris," Anya responded while looking down at her necklace. Dimitri continued to grin and realized she was perfect. "Can you help me two or not," she asked them.

"In fact, strangely enough, we're going to Paris ourselves," Vladimir said. Then Dimitri said and gestured to the little girl in the painting. "And we have three train tickets, but unfortunately the third is for you, Anastasia."

"We will reunite the Grand Duchess Anastasia with her grandmother," Vladimir said.

"You look a little like her, the same blue eyes, Nicholas' grin, Alexandra's chin," Dimitri said. "She even has her grandmother's hands," Vladimir added.

"Are you trying to warn me that you think that I am Anastasia," Anya asked with a laugh.

"All I'm trying to warn you is that I've seen thousands of girls all over the country and none of them look as much like the Grand Duchess as you do so. I mean, look at the portrait," Dimitri said.

"Nobody knows what just happened to her. You're looking for a family in Paris and her only family is in Paris," Vladimir said.

"Never thought about the possibility," Dimitri asked as all three of them looked at the picture while Vladimir handed Pooka back.

"That I could be a king," Anya asked in disbelief. Both men nodded.

"Well, I don't know. It's kind of hard to think of yourself as a duchess if you're sleeping on a damp floor.  Of course, I guess any lonely girl would hope she's a princess," Anya responded, now starting to see the resemblance between her and the portrait of the girl in the painting.

"And there's a little girl someplace," Vladimir said.

"We really wish we could help, but the third ticket is for the Grand Duchess Anastasia," Dimitri said and then he and Vladimir started walking away down the stairs.

"Walk a little slower," Dimitri whispered to him.

Anya continued to look at the painting and then saw another one. This time, it was of the little girl with her grandmother. Then she turned and called out. "Dimitri, wait!"

Dimitri and Vladimir turned around. "Did you call me," Dimitri said.

She walked down the stairs with Pooka and stopped in front of them and said, "if I don't remember who I am, but who can say I'm not a princess or a duchess or however, right?"

He nodded and said, "go ahead."

"And if I'm not Anastasia, the empress will surely know right away and it's all just an honest mistake," she continued.

"Sounds plausible," Dimitri agreed. "But if you're the princess, then you'll eventually know who you are and get your family back," Vladimir said to her.

"You know he's right. Either fashion, he's taking you to Paris," he said, holding his hand out.

She nodded and shook his hand tightly. He yelped and pulled his hand back. Anya laughed a little and said to the puppy. "Pooka, we're going to Paris!"

As the three of them discussed about going to Paris, they were unaware that the small white bat whose name was Bartok, was watching them from a shelf above one of the paintings. Behind him was the reliquary that belonged to Rasputin. He had kept it with him for all these years and until that day, it had not glowed or anything. But now, it was glowing its ominous green.

"Anastasia? Yes, just a problem there, guy.  Anastasia's dead.  All the Romanovs are dead," Bartok said.

He turned around with a look of disbelief, but then it changed to a look of fright as he saw the tiny demons come out of the reliquary.

"Oh, c'mon now," Bartok exclaimed, "should I think this fact awakened after all these years just because some guy claims she's a Romanov?"

The demons kept coming out and then they stopped, but the reliquary kept glowing. Then Bartok's eyes widened as he now completely realized. "If facts come to life, it must mean that Anastasia's arrived!"

He turned and looked at her and exclaimed, "and that's her!"

Suddenly, the reliquary started flying up. The string attached to his foot and he shrieked as he was being dragged towards the floor. It broke through and went through the earth. The reliquary continued to drag him through many different strange caves and caverns and he continued to yell, not only in fright. But because, he kept getting hurt. Then the reliquary traveled through some sort of space with floating rocks of some kind and smash-landed on the largest one.

Bartok sat up and said, "ow! That hurt!"

"Who dares to intrude on my loneliness," a frustrated voice shouts. Then a hand caught him harshly, but then it held him gently as he heard the voice ask. "Bartok? Is that you?"

Bartok looked up and saw it was Rasputin. Rasputin dropped him back onto the rock and Bartok asked in full shock. "Master! You're alive?!"

Rasputin mocked and said, "yes, in a fashion of speaking!"

Suddenly, his eyeball fell out and Bartok caught it. He looked at it in disgust and then handed it back to Rasputin, who put it back in his socket.

"Something has happened! I felt the dark forces move," Rasputin said.

"I'm not surprised because I saw her! Anastasia," Bartok said.

Rasputin's mouth fell off, but Rasputin caught it as he kept speaking. "Anastasia? Arrived?!  That Romanov shit?!"

"Yes, isn't that a kick in the head? I guess a curse is just not what it used to be," Bartok said as he put his lips back where his mouth should be.

Rasputin was officially frustrated now. "That's why I'm stuck here in limbo! My curse is unfulfilled!"

As he shouts, his hand falls off and hits the wall. Then Rasputin started sobbing as he laid down on the rock and wept, "look at me! I'm falling apart!  I'm a wreck!"

Bartok flew over and caught his hand and brought it back over and reattached it to his wrist. "Given how long you've been dead, you look pretty good," he said.

Rasputin stopped sobbing and gave him a grin as he asked, "really?"

"Lord, is this the face of a bat that would lie to you," Bartok asked, giving him an innocent look, "c'mon! For a moment, you had your old spark back."

Rasputin sat up and growled. "If only I hadn't lost the gift of the dark forces. The key to my powers!"

"What, you mean this relic," Bartok asked as he brought up the reliquary. Rasputin looked and gasped. "Where did you get this?"

"I found it," Bartok responded.

Rasputin smirked madly and picked it up and held it close as he said, "my old friend, together again."

He chuckled and stood up. "Now, my dark purpose will be fulfilled and the last of the Romanovs will die!"

Rasputin: In the dark of the night, I was tossing and turning

And the nightmare I had was as bad as can be

Some weird-looking creatures surrounded Bartok, freaking him out a little. Then Rasputin fell completely apart and all his body parts bounced around before coming back together.

It frightened me out of my wits

A corpse falling to bits!

Then I opened my eyes

And the nightmare was.....me!

He walked over to a flat rock and placed the reliquary on it, but he watched as some of its green mist came out and as it did so, he thought about his frustration towards the Romanovs.

I was once the most mystical man in all Russia.

As the royals betrayed me, they made a mistake!

My curse made each of them pay

But one little girl got away!

Little Anya, beware,

Rasputin's awake!

Then the green mist showed the image of Anya getting on the train with Dimitri. He smirked evilly at her and had now thought of a plan to get rid of her. The mist cleared and all these different weird types of small creatures came out and started dancing around Rasputin and also forcing Bartok to dance with them.

Bugs: In the dark of the night, evil will find her

In the dark of the night just before dawn!

Rasputin: Revenge will be sweet

Rasputin and the Creatures: As the curse is finished!

Creatures: In the dark of the night

Rasputin: She'll be gone!

Rasputin stood in front of a mirror and watched as some of the creatures brought him up an auburn wig. He caught it and put it on.

Rasputin: I can feel that my powers are slowly returning!

Tie my sash and a dash of cologne for that smell!

He started brushing his hair, but the mirror reflection showed Anya brushing her hair. Then he stopped and tore off the wig and started walking down some stairs leading somewhere. The creatures and Bartok followed him as well.

As the pieces fall into place

I'll see her crawl into place!

Do Svidaniya, Anya, Your Grace!

Farewell!

Creatures: In the dark of the night, terror will strike her

Rasputin: Terror's the least I can do so!

Creatures: In the dark of the night, evil will brew

Rasputin: Soon she will feel that her nightmares are real

Creatures: In the dark of the night

Rasputin: She'll be through!

Creatures: In the dark of the night

Evil will find her

Find her!

In the dark of the night, terror comes true.

Doom her!

Rasputin reached the bottom of the stairs and placed the reliquary on a pedestal in the middle of the room. The creatures danced around it as the room turned dark and the reliquary glowed brighter and brighter.

Rasputin and the Creatures: My darling, it's a sign, it's the end of the line!

Creatures: In the dark of the night!

In the dark of the night!

Then the demons started flying out as Rasputin summoned them and they circled in the air around him, Bartok and the creatures.

Rasputin: Come, my minions,

Rise for your master,

Let your evil shine!

Find her now,

Yes, fly even faster

The demons chased around the demons and Bartok for a moment and then flew out of limbo, away to fulfill their master's wishes and murder Anya.

Creatures: In the dark of the night!

In the dark of the night!

In the dark of the night!

Rasputin: She'll be miiiiine!

Lights gleamed in the ballroom as everyone danced and socialized around the room. Pooka sat, feeling bored near the chair in front of the red curtain. Anya peeked out from behind the curtain. Marie was behind her and she smirked, knowing she was thinking of Dimitri.

"He's not there," Marie said.

"Oh, I know she's...who's not there, Grandma," Anya asked.

"A remarkable young man who found a music box," Marie described. Instantly, she knew who she was speaking about.

"No, it's probably too busy to spend your reward money as swiftly as possible," Anya said.

"Watch them dance," Marie pointed out, "Anya, you were born into a world of sparkling jewelry and beautiful titles, but I wonder if that's what you really want."

"Of course it is! I found what I was looking for," Anya said as she closed the curtain, "I found out who I am.  I found it."

Marie grinned warmly and said as she hugged her. "Yes, you found it and you'll always be with me. But enough?"

Then she let her go and said, "my darling, he didn't take the money."

"They wouldn't," Anya asked.

"Well, Anastasia, you tried to sell me a stolen Burger King," Marie said, "knowing that you live, seeing the woman you have become, brings me joy that I never thought I could feel again."

Then she kissed Anya on the forehead and then started heading for the feast, before going through the curtain, she said to the confused-looking Anya as she turned to think about what Marie had said. "Whatever you choose, we'll always be there for each other."

Anya was about to ask another question. But as she turned, she saw she was no longer there. She was about to go and join her, but then stopped as she continued to think about Dimitri and what Marie said. What had she done? But before she could figure it out, she looked and saw Pooka running outside, barking.

"Pooka," Anya called as she followed him outside.

Then he saw him run into the hedge maze garden and called out as she followed him. "Pooka!"

She heard him bark again as she entered the maze and then followed that sound, she was unaware that as soon as she walked in, the hedge grew and closed away her exit and the statue's eyes at the top of the grew an ominous green.

Meanwhile at the train station, Dimitri was waiting in line to purchase his ticket. He reached his hand into his jacket pocket to get some money out, but then pulled out the rose Anya had given him. He grinned warmly at it and then realized that Vladimir was right and decided to go back.

Anya continued to walk through the maze. Suddenly, the hedge behind closed up and there was no more light. She gasped in fright at the noise and turned to see the fashion she came was closed, she started to get a little freaked out. She turned to see light heading down another path and then ran down it until she heard the sound of Pooka's bark coming from that direction.

"Pooka, heel, boy," Anya called out.

She heard a noise again and turned to see the hedge closed behind, cutting her off again. She turned back around and grinned as she saw Pooka come down, she sighed in relief and picked up the small dog, but then they both yelped until they heard a voice whisper her name. "Anastasia."

Pooka wheezed as they both looked around. Getting freaked out, she held onto Pooka and started running down the path and as she ran, she heard the voice again. "Anastasia."

Suddenly, vines and thorns grew near her. She shrieked and continued to run and as she managed to exit the maze, she incidentally tripped over and she turned to see the vines had cut off her road back to the palace. She found herself near a bridge over a river. She stood back off and started brushing away her dress.

"Anastasia," a voice said.

Pooka took a defensive position and snarled at the man coming out of the fog. Seeing the man sent shivers down her spine and yet he seemed very familiar.

Rasputin smirked evilly at her as he came closer and closer to her. "Look what she's done to us for ten years," he said, "you're a beautiful young flower, and I'm a rotting corpse."

Hearing the man speak brought back memories of ten years ago as he continued while holding the glowing green reliquary by its string. "The last time you saw her at a festival like this, and then there was a tragic night on the ice, remember?"

Suddenly, the reliquary sent a blast of power and the river was frozen thinly in ice. Anya looked at the man before her and eventually remembered who he was as she growled his name with frustration. "Rasputin!"

"It was destroyed by your despised family," Rasputin shouts in frustration. Then he smirked and said as he sent his minions at her from the reliquary. "But what goes around comes in a circle."

He laughed evilly as the minions attacked and started tearing parts of her dress and caused her mother's crown to fall off her head. She kept shouting. "Stop!"

Bartok flew and sat on a statue and then said as he looked away from the scene. "You are yourself, sir. It can only be the end of weeping!"

The minions kept tearing her sleeves and sash off and backed her to the electric fence of the bridge that was over the frozen water. Then the minions left, her hair was now down from being attacked. She said defiantly to Rasputin. "I'm not afraid of you!"

Rasputin merely smirked and said, "I can solve this! Make some swimming under the ice?!"

Then he sent a burst of power from the reliquary. The power cut through a large slab of the bridge Anya was standing on and began to slowly fall off. She shrieked as she tried holding onto the falling road.

"Save your worship, Anastasia! Nobody can save you now," Rasputin shouts.

"You want to bet," Dimitri yelled as he tore off his coat and hat.

Then he punched Rasputin off with his fist. Anya yelped as she continued to fall until she managed to catch hold of the edge at a hole in the road. Then Dimitri slid down and caught her hands and started pulling her back up.

"Dimitri, if we go through this, remind me to thank you. You can thank me later," Dimitri and Anya said at the same time as he continued to pull her up.

"How magical! Last time, together again," Rasputin said.

Then he sent a blast of energy from the reliquary. Dimitri shrieked as he was forced off from Anya and suddenly felt the energy do something to him. He tried to get out of Rasputin's hold on him, but he didn't listen to him.

Then Rasputin placed him on the back of the stone statue of a Pegasus as he said with a laugh. "You get a kick out of this!"

Suddenly, the horse began to move and its eyes glowed green. Dimitri held on as it jumped around, trying to buck him away.

"No," Anya shrieked as she continued to climb up the falling road.

Then Dimitri shrieked as the Pegasus flew down and then flung him away. Dimitri landed on the road and then swiftly rolled out of the road before it could step on him. Anya holds onto the edge of the broken bridge and shouts, "Dimitri!"

Rasputin laughed and ran over to her. Dimitri shouts as he tries to beat the Pegasus off with a metal bar. "Watch out!"

Anya winced as Rasputin pulled her up by the back of her hair and said with a sickening smirk. "Do Svidaniya, Your Highness."

Then she yelped as he let her go and she swiftly caught hold of the ledge as the piece of bridge fell into the frozen water and Rasputin laughed.

"Hold on," Dimitri called out as he continued to fight back the Pegasus.

"Eventually, the last Romanov death," Rasputin said and he was about to blast her away from the ledge with the reliquary, but suddenly, he felt pain in his leg.

He turned back to see Pooka that was biting him in the leg, while Pooka kept Rasputin distracted. Anya swiftly caught hold of a piece of metal that was sticking out as the rest of the broken part of the bridge fell. Then Rasputin sent one of his minions to take care of Pooka, the little dog tried to bite the minion as it tackled him off from Rasputin.

Then Rasputin looked over the edge and saw Anya wasn't there, he looked and cheered in victory as he believed that Anya had fallen into the water.

"NoooooOOOO!!!! Anya," Dimitri shouts as he begins to run towards the ledge and is about to jump in and save Anastasia.

"That's a deliberate mind, you monkey-faced little rum pot," Rasputin shouts and then sends another burst of power from the reliquary.

Suddenly, all around Dimitri was a circle of blazing fire. He shrieked and fell to the ground in pain as the deadly flames burned him. The Pegasus stood there and got ready to stomp and murder Dimitri on Rasputin's orders.

"Long live the Romanovs," Rasputin shouts crazily as he laughs. Then he stopped until he heard a familiar voice. "RIGHT!!"

He turned and looked in shock as he saw Anya standing there, alive and well. "I couldn't have said it better myself," she said.

Then she ran straight to him and tackled him to the ground, butting him head-on. They both wrestled each other and thanks to Anya keeping Rasputin busy, the minion attacking Pooka had disappeared. Anya attempted to reach the reliquary, but then Rasputin kicked her away from him and then caught the reliquary and stood up.

He was about to attack her as Pooka snatched the reliquary from his hand and tossed it over to Anya. Rasputin panicked as the reliquary rolled on the ground and landed under Anya's foot, but she pressed down and the reliquary started glowing red as cracks were now made under her foot's pressure.

The ring of fire disappeared and then the Pegasus blew up. Dimitri, however, couldn't move out of the road of the falling debris, courtesy of feeling weak from being burned by the deadly lava and was hit in the head by a rock, knocking him unconscious.

Anya gasped and then frowned at Rasputin as she hissed, "this is for Dimitri!"

Then she stomped on the reliquary harder. Rasputin knelt in front of her and demanded, "give it back!"

"This is for my family," she said again and then stomped on it harder, more cracks had shown. Rasputin had caught hold of her dress to try and stop her. Then she said as she kicked him off. "And this...this is for you! Do Svidaniya!"

She stomped on it one last time and then the reliquary was completely broken. There was a bright flash of light and a force of energy pushed them all back. Then Rasputin shrieked as he saw his minions surrounding the heavens in a circle and knew what was going on. Anya ran over to the unconscious Dimitri to see if he was alive, but she looked away and suddenly, a bright flash of energy hit Rasputin. He yelled in pain, agony and anguish as he was destroyed, his skin melted as he fell to the ground and then his skeleton crumpled up and turned to ashes. Then a breeze blew them off and Rasputin was no more, who growled in frustration before shouting out an enraged "STEELE!!"

This yell was so loud that it echoed across France. Anya opened her eyes and saw it was all over. Then she turned Dimitri over on his back, but saw he wasn't breathing. Pooka came over and whined mournfully. She caressed his face and then assumed the worst. She turned and began to weep into her knees, she never had the chance to warn him how she loved him. Pooka howled in despair after hearing the frustrated monk shout his name.

But then, they both heard a moan. Dimitri rubbed his head and sat up slowly. Anya gasped and turned, but ended up incidentally slapping him in the chin.

"OW," he yelped as he held his chin in pain.

"Dimitri," Anya cried and then flung herself around him in a hug.

Then he felt pain and said, "ow! Ow!  Let go!  Easy, now!  Easy!"

She immediately let him go and said, "I'm sorry."

"Yes, I know," Dimitri said as he held his stomach for a second, "I know, all men are babies."

She waited until he was able to stand up and then she said, "I thought you were going to St. Petersburg."

"I was," Dimitri said. "You didn't take the money," she asked.

"I couldn't," Dimitri admitted as they both couldn't stop staring at each other.

"Why," Anya asked.

"Because I..." Dimitri was about to say as he stopped and they both closed their eyes and were close to closing the gap between then and kiss, suddenly...

"STOP," Pooka barked.

They both stopped and looked down at the grey puppy, he was holding Anya's crown in his mouth. Dimitri knelt down and took it from him and then held it out to Anya as he said, "they're waiting for you."

She held the crown in her hand and then looked at Dimitri, she eventually understood what Marie meant and now she eventually knew what she wanted and what she'd choose. The crown was now in Marie's hands and she placed it down back on the small sofa and picked up the note left by Anya that was next to it.

She grinned warmly as she read it:

"Dear Grandmama, wish me luck. We'll be together in Paris again soon.  Farewell."

Marie continued to grin warmly as she looked out the window and then turned to hand Sophie the letter. She read it and then grinned with tears of joy as she said, "then ran away. Isn't it romantic?  It's a perfect ending."

"No, it's a perfect start," Marie said and then she blew a kiss in the night air, knowing that would reach Anya.

Anya and Dimitri stood on the upper deck of a boat that was sailing down the river of Paris. Then Anya threw Dimitri's coat off around her shoulders, yet wearing the dress. They both grinned as Dimitri and she began to dance with each other, he spun her around and then they stopped. They both looked at each other romantically and then closed the gap between them and kissed each other passionately.

Pooka peeked from the stairs and then covered his eyes with his paws as they continued to kiss. They both stopped and then Anya laughed as Dimitri picked her up bridal style and spun her around. On a statue, Bartok grinned at the scene and began to dance a little and then suddenly, a female white bat flew down and chuckled at him.

He blushed and then began to say, "uh, hello..."

Then she cut him off by kissing him. As she let him go, he blushed and spun around and then exclaimed as she hugged him close. "Wow! I warn you what, wow!"

Then he closed a shade and said, "so long, everyone!"

Executive Producers DENNIS DESHAZER SHERYL STAMPS LEACH

Senior Producer JIM ROWLEY

Producers JEFF GITTLE LINDA HOUSTON MARTHA DATEMA LIPSCOMB

Director BRUCE DECK

Writer MITCH LOBROVICH

Production Designer JESS NELSON

Musical Director BOB SINGLETON

Lyricists/Composers STEPHEN BATES BALTES LORY LAZARUS

Performance Director PENNY WILSON

Educational Specialists MARY ANN DUDKO, Ph.D. MARGIE LARSEN, M.Ed.

Cast: Voice of Barney... BOB WEST Barney's Body Costume... DAVID JOYNER Voice of Baby Bop... JULIE JOHNSON Baby Bop's Body Costume... JEFF AYERS Voice of B.J. ... PATTY WIRTZ B.J.'s Body Costume... JEFF BROOKS

Cast: Shawn... JOHN DAVID BENNETT, II Tosha... HOPE CERVANTES Stella the Storyteller... PHYLLIS CICERO Jason... KURT DYKHUIZEN Kathy... LAUREN KING

Cast: Juan... MICHAEL KROST Carlos... COREY LOPEZ Min... PIA MANALO Kenneth... NATHAN REGAN Julie... SUSANNAH WETZEL

Associate Director ERIC NORBERG

Stage Manager TERRIE DAVIS MANNING

Lighting Design BERNER & BRILL LIGHTING DESIGN, INC.

Editor MCKEE SMITH

Audio Director DAVID M. BOOTHE

Art Director ELIZABETH SAGAN VELTEN

Wardrobe Supervisor/Designer LISA O. ALBERTSON

Technical Operations Supervisor RANDY BREEDLOVE

Video Engineer BINK WILLIAMS

Camera Operators LARRY ALLEN OZ COLEMAN TOM COX BRUCE HARMON

Production Audio RONALD G. BALENTINE

Boom Operators JAMES JOHNSON DAVID M. ROBERTS

Lighting Director CASEY COOK

Key Grip BUZ CANNON

Lighting Board Operator TODD DAVIS

Grip/Electric JAMES EDWARDS

Construction Supervisor CHARLES BAILEY

Craft Shop Supervisor RAY HENRY

Art/Craft Coordinator AMY ATHERTON

Set Dresser AGGIE DAVIS-BROOKS

Draftsperson CHRISTOPHER MCCRAY

Craft/Prop Artist MARK BROGAN

Props/Special Effects DAVID COBB

Carpenters TY M. BURNS DANNY SMITH

Scenic Painter E. (BILL) SLETTE

Swing Crew CARMELO GOMEZ

Costume Shop Manager GEORGIA FORD WAGENHURST

Costume Technician D.J. SEGLER

Costume Sewing NATALIE SERGI-SAARI SUSIE THENNES

Make-Up Designer JEANIE L. D'IORIO

Hair Stylist DEBRA HERTEL HAEFLING

Costume/Wardrobe Assistants BRIAN N. BLEVINS JANET BUSH SANTIAGO MOLENA

Field Producer SANDY JANTZEN

Post Videotape DUDLEY ASAFF

Dialogue Editor DENICE CROWELL

Post Production Audio CRAIG CHASTAIN

Production Office Manager SUE SHINN

Script Supervisor CATHERINE REYNOLDS

Production Coordinators JULIE HUTCHINGS KELLY MAHER

Production Accountant DEBBIE COTTLE

Production Secretary AUSTIN GRAY

Asst. to Performance Director DAVID VOSS

Production Assistants BRADEN MCDONALD JOEL ZOCH

Barney Music Department JILL HANCE CHARLES KING JONATHAN SMITH

For Singleton Productions, Inc. BRADFORD COLEMAN LARRY HARON MIKE PIETZSCH

Educational Research Staff PATSY J. ROBLES GOODWIN, M.Ed. KIMBERLY THORNTON, M.Ed. JOY STARR

Children's Teacher SANDRA GILPIN

Children's Supervisor MARY EVANS

Barney and the Backyard Gang™ and Barney & Friends® were originally developed by Sheryl Leach, Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer.

Vocal Performances Enhanced with Help from Singleton Productions, Inc.

"I Love You" • Lyrics by Lee Bernstein (BMI)

Special Thanks to Tom Rennen of Intelligent Light Digital Imaging Cochran Chapel Child Development Center

Original Barney, Baby Bop and B.J. Costumes by IRENE COREY DESIGN ASSOCIATES

Produced by THE LYONS GROUP AND CONNECTICUT PUBLIC TELEVISION

For Connecticut Public Television Executives in Charge LARRY RIFKIN SHARON BLAIR

Executive in Charge RICHARD C. LEACH

BARNEY & FRIENDS • Home Sweet Homes Copyright 1997 • Lyons Partnership, L.P.