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* [sticks the tip of her sword into the tapestry] I'll never be like you!
* I'd rather DIE than be like you!
* [excitedly] You're a WITCH!
* That's why the wisps led me here!
* [more excited] You'll change my fate!
* You see... It's my mother--
* A cake?
* Yes! I want it! Are you sure... if I give this to my Mum, it will change my fate?
* Mom? So, I…I’ll just tell them the wedding’s off then? [Merida hears a growling noise from where Elinor rolled of down the bed] Mom? [Merida walks round to see if Elinor is fine, she sees a giant shape under the blanket. It rises rise from the floor and the blanket falls off, revealing Elinor has transformed into a bear making Merida scream with terror] [pointing] BEAR!!!!!
* [after Queen Elinor unexpectedly turns into a bear] Mum? You're... You're a BEAR! Why a bear? OH! That scaffy witch gave me a gammy spell! [Bear Elinor glares at her, demanding to know what she meant] It's not my fault. I didn't ask her to change you into a bear! I just wanted her to change... [guilty] you.
* Sorry, I don't speak Bear.
* [looks at the black berries; to Bear Elinor] Find those by the creek, did you? [Bear Elinor nods and keeps eating the berries] They're nightshade berries. [Bear Elinor eats another one] They're poisonous.
* [to the men in the throne room] Legends are lessons. They ring with truths. Our kingdom is young; our stories are not yet legends, but in them, our bond was struck. Our clans were once enemies. But when we were threatened from the north, you joined together to defend our lands. You fought for each other. You risked everything for each other.
* [after realizing Bear Elinor isn't changing back into a human] No... No... I don't understand. [crying] Oh, Mum... I'm sorry. This is all my fault. I did this to you... to us. [hugs Bear Elinor] You've always been there for me. You've never given up on me. I just want you back. I want you back, Mummy. [murmurs] I love you.
* [closing narration] There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.
* [looks up and sees Elinor has changed back into a human] Mum! You're back! You changed!
* [closing narration] There are those who say fate is something beyond our command. That destiny is not our own, but I know better. Our fate lives within us. You only have to be brave enough to see it.
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