- ♪
♪ Na na na na
na na na ♪
- Arc, I've been looking for you.
- Oh, did I make honor roll?
- [chuckling]
No.
I noticed that you are the only student
who hasn't taken the mandatory art elective.
- I took The Art of Being Cool.
I got an "A."
- Yeah, you did.
[quietly] He got a "C."
- The only elective left is the Balloon Arts.
- Ooh, that's the second hardest one
after Swim Dancing With Mermaids.
- Turn in your balloon work in three days
and make it "pop."
[chuckles] A little balloon humor.
- [trumpet fanfare]
- Hear ye, hear ye, my fellow Astorians!
We have a national emergency.
- CROWD: [mixed comments]
- My daughter has no friends.
- This isn't happening.
- It's happening-- and it's amazing.
- I've been told most teenagers
have people over to hang,
but my sweet Princess
just sits alone in her room.
I love her, but she's pathetic.
- Wait, that's not true.
It's just my excuse
for when I sneak off to knight school.
- Quiet. I'm enjoying this.
- So, you are cordially invited to
the Princess needs a friend party--
starting now.
- [upbeat party music playing]
- Guards, fetch the Princess
from her chamber of sadness.
- This is so exciting.
We get to party with the Princess.
- Actually, I can't stay. I'm...
getting my wisdom teeth taken out.
- You got them taken out last week.
- I meant I'm getting them put back in.
[laughs]
I hate having to blow off Prudy to be the Princess.
My secret makes me feel like
I'm being a 50 percent bestie.
- [balloon snaps]
- Okay, look, I have a very serious balloon assignment.
I don't have time for friend math today.
- Prudy, I'm so psyched!
Today's the day me and the Princess fall in love.
- Oh, yeah, forgot.
No boys allowed.
- Prudy, tell the Princess I can do ten push-ups.
- [trumpet fanfare]
- Oh! Go make friends.
I know you can do it, sweet'ums.
- Oh, sorry. [gasps]
Your Highness,
I almost knocked you down with my giant strength.
- No problem, Prudy.
Which I'd assumed your name is.
- It is! [laughing]
Although, the giant pronunciation is...
[roaring] - [balloons popping]
- Anyway, this party's nice.
There are so many new friends to choose from.
- Wait a minute.
I do get to choose my friends.
And I can choose you.
Why have I never thought of this before?
- Because we just met four seconds ago.
- Has it been four seconds already?
Let's celebrate!
Burger tray?
- It's like you know me.
- [magic whooshing]
- [squeals] I'm so excited to read
the final book in the "Hag High" series.
Ooh, I wonder what they're gonna wear to Hag prom?
[giggling]
- Probably glitter and seaweed.
[clears throat]
Not that I have put lots and lots of thought into it.
- At least you didn't put as much
thought into it as this dude.
Check out his costume.
- Thanks! My mom made it.
- WARWICK: Oh!
- Uh, Sir Gareth... [laughs]
I knew you liked "Hag High," but...
maybe you shouldn't.
- Next! - Oh!
- Sage, it's the Ocean Hag from the Waxbury Cup.
- You write these books?
- Well, a hag's gotta make a living.
[laughs]
- Wow! Wow! Wow!
It's amazing already!
- Excuse me?
Where are the other copies of "Hag High 8:
Hags To Riches"?
- I'm sorry. [laughs]
That guy got the last one.
- Oh, Hagatha, no! Don't take that potion!
It'll change everything!
- Sir Gareth, you're gonna spoil this for us
like you did with every other "Hag High" book.
- Do I do that? - Yes!
You told us the ending to "Teenage Mutant Ninja Hags."
- And "Hag to the Future."
- And "Haggy Potter."
- Oh, I guess I do have a problem.
But I give you my word
I will not ruin this book for you.
- SAGE: [clears throat]
- Okay, now he's far away
and we can't hear his voice.
- SIR GARETH: Hagnes, don't trust that octopus!
- We can still hear you!
- SIR GARETH: Oh? Sorry! I didn't know.
- [magic whooshing]
- Okay, throw the jellybeans
on one, two, three!
- [chairs "popping"]
- Triple beanbag score! I win!
- For someone who's never played this game before,
you're crushing it.
- Oh, this is so much fun,
but I have to go do Princess stuff.
- Well, I hope we can hang out again.
- That's what friends do, right?
They hang out together.
New friend handshake?
- BOTH: ♪ Friends
- See you soon.
Sooner than you think.
- Hmmm...
I'd better eat all these beanbag chairs
before Ciara sees them.
- [magic chiming]
- Hey, Prudy.
- Hey, Ciara. [laughs]
Where did you come from?
- [laughs] I know, right?
So...how was the Princess party?
Did you love it? Did you love her?
Tell me everything.
- Uh, it was fine.
But I didn't get to meet the Princess.
- I know. She's amazing.
Wait. What?
You didn't meet the Princess?
- [laughing]
Pretty crazy because...
[laughing] ...she was...
and then...
Well, you get it. Bye!
- Okay.
I'll just be right here...
wondering why my best friend is lying to me.
- ♪
- ARC: Do you wanna know a secret?
- CIARA: I'm a princess whose father
won't let her become a knight.
Please let me go to Knight School, Daddy!
Please, please, please!
So I use a magic ring and secretly train as Ciara.
Yes!
- ARC: And I'm Arc, a charming thief,
who has the same dream.
I'm destined to become a knight.
- CIARA: But people from outside the kingdom aren't allowed
in Knight School.
- ARC: So I'm pretending I belong here.
- CIARA: Now, we protect each other's secrets.
- ARC: So we can achieve our dream of becoming knights.
- ♪ We are the Knight Squad ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
- ♪
♪ Hey
♪ Oh oh oh
♪ Hey
- Arc, I need your help with Prudy.
- Sorry, I'm really busy.
- See? I knew you'd understand.
So, Prudy and the Princess hung out yesterday.
I was finally 100 percent her bestie.
- So, what's the problem?
- When I asked Prudy how the party was,
she said she never even met the Princess.
- [gasps] No, she didn't!
- Oh, yes, she did!
So, I need you to talk to Prudy
and find out why she lied.
So, put down that...
rope with a knot in it?
- It's a worm kissing a worm.
How could you not see that?
- If you don't help me,
I'll be forced to talk to you about every feeling I have.
[sobbing] And there are a lot of feelings, Arc.
- I'm not your dad. Crying won't work on me.
- [sobbing continues]
- I was wrong. It'll work. I'll help you.
- BOTH: [sobbing]
- [magic whooshing]
- BOTH: [grunts of combat]
- [chuckling]
Holy Hag, don't eat that starfish!
- Okay, I've searched everywhere,
but I couldn't find a single copy of "Hag High."
- But did you find three copies?
- Sir Gareth's about to ruin that book for us.
Can't you use your magic to fix this?
- Wait, there is a spell.
I can cast it on our ears,
so whenever Sir Gareth talks to us,
it'll sound like he's saying nonsense.
- Sounds helpful--
and hilarious. Do it.
- First, a little luck for the magic makers.
[kissing wrists]
Thought that would look a lot cooler.
Earsy hearsy, mumbo jumbo!
- [magic chiming]
- SAGE: What? Did it work?
- Yabba gabba mimo. Clingy bo bot.
- It worked.
He sounds like an angry baby.
- Just nod and smile like you understand what he's saying.
- Oh, so do what I always do.
[giggles] Got it.
- Cling dorf eep, koo goo gah.
- ALL: Mmm!
- Sa na ka ra.
- Got it.
- Well said, sir.
- Did you see how he was waving that book around?
He totally spoiled it.
But we didn't hear a word.
- I was just telling those three
that tomorrow's class is cancelled.
An Astorian man-eating spider
will be migrating right through the training yard.
So, get outta here before you get eaten by a spider.
That's how we lost Grasshopper Squad!
- [magic whooshing]
- Okay, Prudy's coming.
Find out why she lied, but be cool.
- Don't worry, she won't suspect a thing.
So, Prudy, Princess party--
did you lie about it?
- Oh, I'm so glad you asked.
I've been dying to tell someone
how much fun it was.
And the Princess is amazing.
She's like no one I've ever met before.
- But Ciara said you didn't even meet the Princess.
Explain yourself,
loudly, so I could hear you,
even if I were standing behind the fireplace.
- I feel awful about lying.
I just don't think Ciara would understand
why I'd want to be friends with the Princess.
I don't want things to get weird
because we've always been so close.
- She is close to you--
really...
really close.
- Anyway, I just came to grab my wallet.
I'm getting me and the Princess
tickets to the baby dragon petting zoo.
They burn your hands, but warm your heart.
- Okay, this is bad.
- She's getting tickets early,
which means you'll get to pet all the good dragons.
- No. Not only is Prudy lying to me,
she's making secret plans with someone else.
[gasps]
Prudy likes the Princess better than me!
- But you are the Princess.
- Prudy doesn't know that.
- Wait. Are you jealous of yourself?
- Of course, I'm jealous of myself.
I stole my best friend.
♪ Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh ♪
♪ Ah ah ah
- All right, Slobwick,
it took me all night, but I made...
an "X."
Let's see what you did.
- Ta-da!
- Oh, come on! You don't even have hands!
- [chuckling]
- No! No! Come back!
Teach me your ways!
- [sad flute music playing]
- Where's that music coming from?
- [flute music continues]
- You having a sad time behind Mr. Knight?
- Just saying goodbye to my bestie
with her favorite food song.
[sobbing] Prudy loved hot cross buns.
This tune goes out to you, Prudy.
- [sad flute music]
- That's a hot cross mess.
- So am I.
I was so worried about being a 50 percent bestie,
that I let the Princess 100 percent take my spot.
- I think you're overreacting.
Look, Prudy can never like anyone more than you.
- But how can I know that for sure?
- I have an idea that'll prove you're her favorite,
But, first... - [flute snaps]
- How does that help me?
- It helped me.
- [magic whooshing]
- Hey, don't we have class?
Where is everybody?
- Um, maybe they say you kissing your wrists,
and they're in the bathroom throwing up.
- [giggling]
The only thing I throw up is confetti.
[giggling]
Whee-e-e-e-e-e-e!
- I love that.
Let's leave.
- ALL: [gasping]
- A giant spider!
Somebody get a really big shoe!
- Run!
- [liquid squirts]
- That's an Astorian man-eating spider.
They react to movement, so stay perfectly still.
- Uh-oh, that's gonna be a problem.
Buttercup dances when she's nervous.
- Don't worry. I can hold it.
I can hold it!
Oh...
- [dramatic music]
- ALL: [gasping, screaming]
- Well, the good news is...
we still haven't heard a "Hag High" spoiler.
- That is good news. - And we never will.
Because the spider's coming back to eat us all.
- I love watching Prudy eat,
but how is this helping?
- My plan is gonna prove Prudence likes Ciara,
that's you,
more than she likes the Princess,
also you.
- [magic whooshing] - Ooh!
A singing spell-o-gram.
- Guess who's singing?
It's me.
- [classical music]
♪ To Prudence from the Princess ♪
♪
♪ I'm glad you're a friend that I've got ♪
♪ I need to talk
♪ So let's meet tonight in the courtyard at seven ♪
♪ Let's make it seven on the dot ♪
- You invited her to hang out with the Princess?
Why is everyone Team Princess?
- Oh, don't worry.
She's about to get a second invitation from Ciara,
so she'll be forced to choose and she will choose Ciara.
Still you.
- [magic whooshing] - Oh.
Another one?
- [country & western guitar music]
♪ Prudy, it's me Ciara
♪ I totally need to chat
♪ Meet me in the rec room at seven ♪
♪ That's all I'll say about that ♪
Love ya. Bye!
Yee-haw!
- That is the best spell-o-gram
I've ever gotten in my life.
And I've gotten two.
- Did you hear that?
She likes me better. - Yeah.
- Thanks, Arc.
- Oh, you're welcome, little lady.
- Okay, I'm gonna go get ready.
Yee-haw!
- Uh, Warlock, go ahead and put the food on my tab.
The name is Sir Gareth.
- Arc? - Prudy.
Did you just get here?
Because I definitely wasn't watching you.
- I just got the cutest country spell-o-gram from Ciara.
- Well, I bet it sang like an angel.
- Yeah, it was all right.
Anyway, I'm supposed to meet Ciara later,
but will you tell her I can't.
- What do you mean you can't?
- I have to meet the Princess.
But don't tell Ciara that part.
Thanks.
- Oh, man.
♪ That didn't go as expected ♪
♪ 'Cause Ciara just got rejected ♪
- ♪ Na na na na
- ♪
♪ Yeah yeah ah hey
- Oh, hey, Arc.
Just putting out a few of Prudy's favorite things--
deli meats, cheeses,
her BFF.
That's me!
- Oh, man.
Look how happy you are.
- I am beyond happy.
Now I know what Buttercup feels like.
[giggling]
- Okay, try to hold on to that feeling.
Prudence decided to hang out
with the Princess instead of you.
- What?!
- But, hey, I mean, she still picked
one version of you.
I mean, it's not what you wanted, but it's what happened.
Is this cheering you up?
- All I wanted to do was prove I was Prudy's bestie.
But when she had a choice, she chose the Princess.
- Then we'll keep sending her spell-o-grams
until she chooses Ciara.
[Irish accent] We can use this little ditty.
♪ Go
♪ Prudy girl
♪ Ciara comes a-callin' ♪
- Stop!
Not even your high kicks can fix this.
This all started with a lie.
But if she knew my secret,
I'd be her 100 percent bestie.
- Wait. Are you saying what I think you're saying?
- [heavy sigh]
Yeah. I'm gonna tell Prudy I'm the Princess.
- [magic whooshing]
- SPIDER: [roaring]
- The spider's sounds are getting louder.
It'll be back soon.
- Ooh! I wonder if it's bringing treats.
- We are the treats!
- Slobby, do you know how dangerous is it
to come down here to get your Slobby snacks?
- ALL: Sir Gareth! - [gasps]
Flippity flop!
Walla walla, dinky doo!
- We don't understand you.
I cast a spell because we didn't trust you
not to spoil "Hag High."
- Oh, smoggle boo bah!
- I think he said a bad word.
- You need to cut us free, so Warwick can undo the spell.
- Yah! Yah!
- Hearsy earsy, magic quitters!
- [magic chiming]
- Snee bo bee bo!
So disappointed in you.
- [sighs] - We can hear you again!
- Bee bo snee bo. That's Warwick, right?
- You all should have trusted me not to spoil the book.
When a knight gives their word, they keep it.
Now let's get outta here before--
- SPIDER: [squealing]
- No, spider's back!
- SPIDER: [squealing]
- Slobwick, attack!
- Uh-oh!
- Sneaky coward!
- [squealing]
- Oh, no, I'm gonna nervous dance again.
- Sir Gareth, you have to fight her.
- I can't. They're endangered.
And I respect all man-eating creatures.
- What?
- Oh, but...
I can distract it while you run to safety.
[roar of effort]
- [dramatic music]
- SIR GARETH: [roar of effort]
Go! Go! Go!
[roar of effort]
- [dramatic music]
- Yes! I saved those kids
like Hagatha saved the day at Hag prom.
- You just spoiled the book!
- Oh, sorry. Thought you were gone.
- [magic whooshing]
- Sorry I'm late.
- Oh. No worries.
Your Dad gave me bubbly water--
and this random bar of gold.
- Just call me King Cool Dad.
- Can King Cool Dad give us some privacy?
- Totes me gotes.
Yeah, that was weird.
- This is gonna be difficult, but...
I've been keeping something from you.
- I've got something to tell you, too,
and it's absolutely killing me,
so, I have to go first.
- What is it?
- [heavy sigh]
I became your friend for the wrong reason.
I was trying to get you to like my squad mate Warwick.
- What?
- He has a big crush on you.
And he wanted me to tell you
that he can do ten push-ups.
But I couldn't do that.
It's just too big of a lie.
- So, you were just hanging out with me for Warwick?
- At first.
But once I got to know you, I realized you're great.
This is a big mess.
I was so ashamed, I even lied to my bestie,
Ciara, about meeting you.
- Wait, you just said "my bestie Ciara."
- Oh, yeah. Ciara's amazing.
And she never complained
whenever I'd high-five her into the next room.
- So, you don't think she's a 50 percent bestie?
- No. She's all in as my bestie.
I've never had a friend like her before.
The one thing is I think she's keeping a secret from me.
- Do you know what it is?
- I'm almost positive
it's that she has a big crush on Warwick.
- I don't think that's it.
- Well, whatever her secret is,
I'd never wanna pressure her into
telling me before she's ready.
I just hope she knows that I'm always here for her.
- Look, I bet if she was here right now, she'd say,
"you are the best bestie ever.
I love you so much."
- That is what she would say.
Hey, what did you want to tell me?
- Hearing you talk about this stranger Ciara
made me realize...
it can wait.
New friend handshake?
- BOTH: ♪ Friends
- Bye. - See ya.
- I heard everything.
It was beautiful.
- Prudy is such a great friend.
- Well, I guess we all learned that
friendship is a lot like balloon art.
- Oh.
- It's delicate
and there's a lot of twists and turns.
But if you can bend a little, without breaking,
you'll end up with something...
that'll help you pass your art elective!
- It looks like me and Prudy.
I have to go show her this.
- Yeah, you do.
Wait! That's my final project!
- ♪ Oh, oh, hey
- ♪
♪ Hey
♪
♪ Hey
♪
♪ Hey
♪
♪♪
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