The Fairy Queen Rocket's Island

Why don't you READ this?

He's told everyone I can't read or write!

I haven't, mate. But you just did.

Come on!

Mum says I can't hang out at yours any more,

not whilst Brandon's there.

He's going to do something bad, Rocket. I know he is.

Just...let me know when he's gone.

DEEP RUMBLING STARTS

DOG BARKS

What was that?!

I don't know,

but we weren't the only ones who felt it!

Where's Brandon?

Brandon! Brandon!

What?

Are you OK?!

-Why wouldn't I be?

-Didn't you feel the tremor?

Everywhere shook like an earthquake or something!

Well, I never felt nothing. You probably just imagined it.

-How could we all imagine the same thing?

-You always do!

Nothing happened, cos nothing out the ordinary ever does.

You lot just pretend otherwise, that's all.

# Goodbye to the fairies!

# What about goodbye to the fairies? #

If we're imagining that, looks like you are too.

Spectacular!

Speak later then.

Was a landslip. That's what we felt.

Mary Mac's lucky they got to her when they did.

Lucky?!

I was fine

till those beetle-headed barnacles barged in

and dragged me out!

SHEEP BLEATS

Exactly!

Super news!

Your son's coming over from the mainland,

-and take you back to live with him.

-He is not!

-Sorry?

I have absolutely no intention of leaving Dirgelmor.

I just want to go back home.

It isn't going to be safe enough for anyone to live there ever again.

PHONE RINGS

Yello.

Yes.

Yeah, I'll get her.

Jade, it's your dad.

It's you, isn't it?

I suppose I should've expected to see you

but I had no idea.

I just think you're getting a bit confused, Mary.

Jade's not from round here.

She's just staying for the weekend, that's it.

Why were you shouting, "Goodbye to the fairies,"

when they were carrying you across the field?

That's my favourite song.

When the house started to shake, I didn't try and get out.

I just went and put the old record onto the gramophone.

Just bring me back that record, will you?

I can't leave the island without ever listening to it again.

One more time'll do.

We'll get it! We'll go!

No! That house could collapse at any moment.

No-one goes anywhere near it.

Your son can't get here until tomorrow

but I'll find somewhere for you to stay tonight.

You don't have to. She can stay here!

We've never had a foster granny before!

No, no. I'm sorry but that's not going to be possible, no.

Of course it can! Rocket, show Mary her room!

I'm not confused at all! I know it's you.

You won't believe it at first - I didn't either -

but you'll be a good one. I can tell.

Where did you get that?

Mum got it for me when I was little.

She reckons it's magic.

And more than likely she's right!

Bravo, young lady! Bravo!

We might not be able to get your fairy record back Mary,

but I've got something else I think you'll love.

Eggs for breakfast tomorrow!

You'll be lucky. More than likely they've stopped laying

and that's why the battery farm doesn't want them any more.

Brandon, do you want to try putting them in there for me?

How?!

Rocket?

OK, so grab the tail-feather, then grip them with both hands,

covering their wings, and lift!

Pssst!

-Thought you were bringing me something?

-I was. My music box.

-But it's gone!

-Vanished? Into thin air?

-Yeah!

This is wonderful news!

No, it isn't! It's the worst news ever!

-Thought you were nice.

-Don't you know what it means?

Yeah, I do. I haven't got a single thing of my mum's any more.

Means much more than that, little 'un!

I thought you'd know, with it being you.

It means...they are here.

Who?

Why, the fairies, of course!

Arrgh!

No!

No, no, no! What do you think you're doing?!

-He pecked me!

-So?

What's the point in having a chicken that doesn't lay eggs anyway?

Why do you want them here?!

I hate this place! You're all freaks!

In the days of long ago, they used to roam the isle in their hundreds!

Then cameras came along, and ruined everything.

How?

A photograph of a fairy'd make a man a fortune!

There wasn't the bottom of a garden in the whole of Dirgelmor

that went unrifled.

The little people were desperate.

What happened?

I invited them to come and live with me

and that's where they've been ever since.

Are you being serious or are you messing?

They gave it to me.

Fairies always have a human queen -

someone they can turn to for help.

And when they came to stay, they chose me.

When I went to put the record on, I told them it was time for them to

go and I prepared to wave goodbye in the long-established fairy manner.

Fairies exist to do good!

When you lose something, then you find it again,

that's a fairy doing it's job.

Fairies like to find a way to make things better.

But the little one that followed me here

is so upset, he's doing quite the opposite.

You think a fairy's taken my music box?

You don't believe me, do you?

-That's OK. You will by the end of tomorrow.

-Why?

We, my girl, are going fairy hunting!

What is she wearing?

Well, I said she could help herself to anything from the airing cupboard

but that is not the combination I was expecting.

-If you want to catch a mouse, what do you need?

-A mousetrap.

Exactly! So if you want to catch a fairy, what do you use?

-A fairytrap?

-No!

Badminton rackets!

That's almost exactly the sound a fairy makes.

Sometimes a bit of swishing can trick them

into coming in search of one of their own.

Genius!

Thank you.

It's been in development some time.

When a fairy does show up, though, it's terribly difficult to spot.

Why?

Moment they flap their wings, they become invisible to the human eye!

How do you know they're there then?!

The flapping makes them tinkle, see. Works a treat!

And next up...

Squeeze it somewhere you think they might hang around

and see if any little footprints appear

and last...

but not least.

Magnifying glasses I get, but sunglasses?!

An optical necessity!

Fairies are like little balls of sunshine.

When you get close, you'll notice it getting brighter,

so be sure to put these on quick.

But even if there are footprints in the paint,

the wind chimes are tinkling,

and it's shining bright, how do you know exactly where they are?

Fairy dust!

If they flap in one place for any length of time,

their wings start to crumble, and they leave a bit behind.

Find the dust, find the fairy!

And then hold your hand out,

palm up...

..and let it hop on!

All right, you two?

Never better! Thanks, Pedro!

Not doing anything, really, Pete. Just...

Staying cool and so forth.

Ready?

Gardyloo!

Gardyloo!

-KNOCK ON DOOR

-Brandon?

There's someone who wants to say sorry.

-You can't do that on there!

-Best place!

Won't that hurt it?

Not if you know what you're doing. Bit like cutting your nails!

We don't want them flying off, do we?

This is their home now. They'll be safe here.

-I can hear something!

-I can't.

-Quiet!

WINGS FLAP

I heard that!

It was in there.

Gadzooks!

What did I tell you?

Stay back!

It's OK, little one.

Time to come out, and fly away.

HEN CLUCKS

Oh!

Why've you let that in here?!

We didn't!

You are in big trouble, young lady!

-I haven't done anything!

-No?

So who poured paint all over your dressing table then?!

Just get it cleaned up,

please!

(We'll try again later.)

Where's that picture of me and my foster mum gone?

The fairy! It really is here!

Jade, this isn't funny!

I'm being serious, that's what we've been doing,

fairy hunting!

Mum,

where's my badge?!

See?

Mary Mac told me.

A fairy followed her here, and we're going to find it!

She says it's the fairy that's been taking things,

even though it's not meant to.

Well, yeah.

Yeah, it could be.

Or...it could just be her.

Mary Mac wouldn't take my music box!

I think she did.

And I'm going to prove it.

Move over!

My leg's already sticking out!

Can't believe she stole my badge.

She didn't, it was the naughty little fairy!

Jade, I believe in lots of things, but fairies aren't one of them.

This isn't a fairy story, it's a thieving old lady story!

Why are you here?

Why aren't you with your dad?

Cos I can't be!

We needed money,

and he did something he shouldn't have to get it.

And he got my brother to help.

And now they're both locked up!

BELLS JINGLE

DOOR OPENS

Put it back!

You're not going anywhere till we get everything you've taken.

These aren't just things, you know, Brandon.

They've got memories attached to them. Special memories.

You want them back?

Course we do!

Here.

-Nooo!

-Not my photo, not my photo.

No! Stop it!

I haven't got no good memories or nothing,

so why should you?

Dibber was right about you.

Go on. Phone Kim, I don't care!

As the fairy flapped his wings, he got faster and faster,

till at first he was a blur.

Then, he disappeared entirely.

HEN CLUCKS

Hey! I'm your friend!

Fairy dust!

Found it upstairs!

Just because the fairy wasn't taking things, doesn't mean it isn't here.

Does mean that Brandon's horrible though, doesn't it?

When that chicken pecked you, why didn't you get angry?

Why didn't you hurt her back?

She can't help it, can she?

She's a battery chicken,

bet no-one's ever been kind to her in her life,

so being angry won't help.

Why isn't it the same for Brandon, then?

What would a fairy do for him?

Thanks, Kim.

Yeah.

Yeah, that'd be good.

Wait!

I think the expression I'm looking for is,

see ya!

Wouldn't want to be ya!

Brandon!

What you giving me these for?

If you don't want us to have them,

then we won't.

And you'd better break these too.

Dibber got me this

when I was seven.

That's when I knew he was my best friend.

Tyler got me this.

It was Mary Mac, gave me the idea.

If fairies really did exist,

this is what they'd do.

That's not Kim, Brandon. It's Mary Mac's son.

You're going nowhere.

We're not giving up on you, even if you want us to.

Jade,

why don't you go and tell Mary Mac that he's here.

Brandon?!

Dibber!

Mary Mac!

DOOR CREAKS

WOOD CREAKS

WOOD SPLINTERS

Where's Mary Mac?

Left before her son even got here!

"Gone to say goodbye to Ballabungie.

"Mary, Q of the F.

"X."

-Queen of the Fairies!

-He's gone to look for her,

and then they're heading straight for the ferry.

What do you care anyway? You just ran off!

Only to get this.

You giving me your favourite things of yours, made me think of hers.

You went in her house?!

It could've fallen down on your head!

She said she wanted to hear it one last time, didn't she?

What was it like in there? Did you see anything else?

No.

Thought we could play it for her one last time. Before she left.

But it's too late now, though, innit?

Never!

So, you need to tune your radio in,

and turn the volume right up,

then open your windows as wide as they'll go!

Well,

I suppose it was only a matter of time.

What've you done?

Nothing!

We just need your help, that's all.

'..And I've got a request now from Officer Beddoe,

'and the children of the Knot Farm.

'They say this is a special song, for a special lady,

'and it's coming to you live from Ballabungie Police Station.'

MUSIC PLAYS

I can hear it.

Oh, Mum.

I can hear my song!

It's coming from the village.

Oh, yeah!

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

You're the Queen now.

I can't be,

I'm going tomorrow!

No, you're not.

I didn't ring Kim about Brandon, I rang about you.

It's not just him that's staying,

you both are.

Knew it was you, the moment I saw you.

It was always going to be you.

He puts one foot out of line, and I'll hold you all responsible.

Every one of you.

Gardylooooooooo!

Gardyloo!

GENTLE TUNE PLAYS

Fairy wings!

CHIMES TINKLE

You're here, aren't you?

Time for you to go now too. It's OK.

Go on.

Fly.

Goodbye, little fairy.

Goodbye.

This is the egg of a very rare shearwater.

What are you doing with that?

What's going on?

We've had a report of a possible egg theft.

Why have you got an egg?

In case she needs someone to talk to later?!