01x01 - Welcome to Charmswell

[bunniefuu]

[opening theme song playing]

♪ I was a girl in the village
doing all right ♪

♪ Then I became a princess overnight ♪

♪ Now I gotta figure out
how to get it right with my whole family ♪

♪ Learning new powers
for all my friends to see ♪

♪ At a school for magic royalty ♪

♪ A whole enchanted world
is waiting for me ♪

♪ I'm so excited to be ♪

♪ Sofia the First ♪

♪ Still finding out what
being royal's all about ♪

♪ Sofia the First ♪

♪ Making my way
It's an adventure every day ♪

♪ Sofia ♪

♪ It's gonna be my time ♪

-♪ Sofia ♪
-♪ To show them all that I'm ♪

♪ Sofia the First ♪

[Sofia] "Welcome to Charmswell".

-[whooshes]
-[all yelp]

What's the rush, Sofia?

It's the first day of school, Mom,

and I don't want to be late.

We wouldn't have
to rush at all if you were going

to the EverRealm Academy
with James and me.

That would have been fun, Amber,

but when Miss Nettle opened
the Charmswell School for Royal Magic,

I knew that was the school for me.

Well, you are the most
magical princess I know.

Aw, thanks, Dad.

Hmm?

-And you are the most queenly, Amber.
-Hmm.

It's cool, Dad.
I know I'm secretly your favorite.

Very funny, James.

So, what exactly do you
learn at a school for royal magic, Sofia?

I don't know,
but I can't wait to find out.

♪ This is the day I've been
dreaming of all summer ♪

♪ I'm heading off
on adventure once again ♪

♪ I've got my wand
and my amulet to guide me ♪

♪ I'm not sure what's in store ♪

♪ But I'm ready to begin ♪

♪ So much to learn, so much to prove ♪

♪ Gotta be my best, gotta find my groove ♪

♪ To make it through
this brand-new school ♪

♪ I'll have to sparkle like a jewel ♪

♪ It's my time to shine ♪

♪ Got tingles up my spine
Gotta put it on the line ♪

♪ My time to shine ♪

♪ Time to shine ♪

[in sing-song voice]
Make way for Miss Nettle.

[clears throat]

♪ Welcome to school
for your royal magic training ♪

♪ It'll be tough, but no need
to be concerned ♪

♪ I'm in charge so
it'll be quite entertaining ♪

♪ Here's a sneak little peek
of what you're all about to learn ♪

♪ Potions, charms and sorcery ♪

♪ How to wave your wands more forcefully ♪

♪ To make it through
the Charmswell School ♪

♪ You'll have to sparkle like a jewel ♪

♪ 'Cause it's your time to shine ♪

♪ Gotta put it on the line ♪

♪ And you better be divine 'cause it's ♪

♪ Time to shine ♪

♪ Your time to shine ♪

Now, I'm placing you all
in mini-castle-clubhouses

named after my favorite fellow fairies.

Flora, Fauna and Merryweather.

Check the color of your backpacks
to see which castle you're in.

♪ This might be hard because
I wasn't always royal ♪

♪ I really hope that I can
make some friends today ♪

♪ Just be yourself ♪

♪ And your bravery will guide you ♪

♪ Good luck, sister dear ♪

♪ Now let's fly or we'll be late ♪

♪ So much to learn, so much to prove ♪

[all] ♪ Gotta be our best
Gotta find our groove ♪

♪ To make it through
this brand-new school ♪

[all] ♪ We'll have to sparkle
like a jewel ♪

♪ It's gonna be so cool ♪

♪ 'Cause it's our time to shine ♪

♪ Time to shine ♪

[all] ♪ Gotta put it on the line
Gonna make the moment mine ♪

♪ Our time to shine ♪

♪ Time to shine ♪

[all] ♪ We must be brave and kind
'cause we better be divine ♪

♪ With a bit of royal sorcery
we'll be fine ♪

♪ Just let the magic flow
and it'll blow your mind ♪

♪ We're putting it all on the line ♪

♪ 'Cause it's our time to shine ♪

[sighs]

Okay, Sofia, time to meet
the other kids in your castle.

[strumming mandolin]

Hi there. I'm Princess Sofia of Enchancia.

Pleased to meet you.

Prince Zane of Gloomshire.

And I'm Princess Layla of Mezzouk.

Was my curtsy okay?
Because I can do it again.

It was perfect.

Oh, good, because my father
was just crowned king last week,

so all this princess stuff is brand new,
and I want to make sure I do it right.

I know that feeling.

I was just a girl in the village
until my mom married King Roland.

But don't worry,
you'll get the hang of it.

I don't know. I've been
a prince my whole life,

and I'm still getting the hang of it.

But if you like
magical music, I'm your guy.

-[strumming mandolin]
-[laughter]

-Did your mandolin make us laugh?
-Sort of.

If I play a happy tune,
everyone feels happy.

-Uh-oh.
-[gasps]

-[yelps] Whoa!
-[both] I got you.

[all groan]

Thanks for catching me.

I'm Princess Camila of Maralinda.

Is this Charmswell?

-It sure is.
-Oh, good.

My here-to-there spell worked,
more or less.

How'd you jump so high?

My amulet must have given me
a new leaping power.

You have a magical amulet?

Nice!

But I guess I still
have to figure out how to land.

[scoffs] I'll say.

Devin, I can't believe
we're both at Charmswell.

It's Prince Devin of Thistlebury.

And of course, I'd be coming here.

I've been doing magic my whole life.

[snaps fingers]

Are you in our castle?

[chuckles] I'm in Castle Flora.

What castle am I in? Oh.

You are in our castle.

That figures.

Eyes on me, everyone.

To help you get to know the school better,

we're going to have a little welcome race.

Each castle team must guide
their pedal-powered carriage

across the school, looking for
the three pieces of your castle banner.

Put the pieces together
and hang your banner by your castle door.

The first team to do it

wins a fabulous prize.

First choice of castle pet. A griffin,

a dragon, or a unicorn

can be yours if you're first
to reach your castle doors.

-[all gasp]
-I've always wanted a unicorn.

That's too bad, because our castle
is totally going to win it.

Don't listen to him.

It doesn't matter
whether they listen or not.

From what I've seen so far,
your team barely has what it takes

to even be at this school.

We totally belong here,

and you'll see that when we win the race,

and the unicorn.

Mmm...

What's wrong?

Just one teeny tiny thing.

I've never won a race.

I think the main problem is
I'm not very fast...

-if I had to guess.
-Everyone to the starting line.

My mom says that you never know what you
can do until you try your best to do it.

So the first thing we have to do is try.

-I'm in.
-Me too.

-Uh...
-You get a unicorn if we win.

Which way is the starting line?

Is everyone ready to pedal
their little hearts out?

I hope so, because the race starts now.

[upbeat music playing]

[carriage] Greetings, young royals.

The first stop on your adventure
is the Magical Creature Corral.

Just follow the golden path on the map.

Start pedaling, everyone.

[all straining]

Excuse me, Zane, can you pedal any faster?

Probably not. But I'll give it a try.

[all groaning]

We better hurry.

[puppercorns barking]

[all gasp]

We need to go up to the loft
to get our banner piece.

But how are we gonna make it
past the puppercorns?

Are you kidding? How are those
little cuties going to stop us?

Because puppercorns
are super-fast and love causing trouble.

See how they're not
letting anyone up the stairs?

[barking continues]

[grunts]

Argh.

So, what do we do?

Hmm...

We're at a school for magic.

Maybe we can use magic to get past them.

What kind of magic?

Come on. I'll show you.

[barking continues]

What now?

I'll ask them nicely to let us by.

Looky here. More royals to play with.

-I'd love to play...
-[gasps]

...but we're in the middle
of an important race.

Hold up. You know what I'm saying?

-Sure do.
-[gasps]

You can talk to animals?

Thanks to my amulet.

My name's Sofia and I'd
really appreciate it if you'd let us by.

Well, my name is Pepper,

and since you asked so nicely,

absolutely not.

Let's play, puppercorns!

[all] Play! Play! Play!

Whatever you said, didn't work.

Camila, use your here-to-there
spell to get past them.

[gasps] Transposia.

Hey, where'd your friend go?

No way!

Way.

Puppercorns! Stop that princess!

[all] Chase! Chase! Chase!

-Chase!
-Transposia!

[whimpering]

You did it!

Let's go!

We can use magic.

That was some crafty conjuring.

You're like a prin-sorceress.

[carriage] Welcome back, young royals.

Your next stop
is the Enchanted Greenhouse.

I want to come to.

Oh. Why?

Because one, you can speak to me.

You heard the other puppercorns.

They're not exactly big talkers.

And two, this looks like a ton of fun!

What's he saying?

-He wants to come with us.
-Funsies.

If we want to stay in the lead,
we should probably start pedaling.

Right.

[all straining]

So, how does this race work anyway?

We follow the path on the map
to the next piece of our castle banner.

Oh, look. Here come the other teams.

-Hello!
-[whooshes]

We have to pedal faster.

Oh, this is so exciting.
You were first, and now you're last.

What is gonna happen next?

Good luck in there.

You'll need it.

[Sofia] There's the next banner piece.

Well, that looks easy enough.

I'll go get it.

[gasps] No, Zane, stop!

That's a Cuddling Crocus.

A what?

[yelps] It's a man-hugging flower!

Oh, that is not good.

Once it gets ahold of you,
it cuddles you forever.

I like a good hug, but not forever.

[sighs]

There must be some way to free him.

Oh, there is one way.

I've done a lot of enchanted gardening
and Cuddling Crocuses

love bright light.

They'll let go of whatever
they're cuddling to reach for it.

But where are we going
to get a bright light?

-[barks]
-There. That's a Moon Lily.

It glows brightly when it's watered.

Okay, I'll water it
while one of you grab Zane.

Wait! I should leap over them
and get the banner piece first.

Okay, amulet, let's leap better this time.

Whoa!

This isn't better!

[Sofia thuds]

Are you okay?

I'd be better if I landed on my feet.

Get ready to run, Zane.

-If I must.
-Water the lily now.

[Sofia] It worked.

Nice rescue.

Sorry for slowing us down.

It's okay. There's still time
to catch up to the others.

[carriage] Only one more
banner piece to go.

Your final stop is the royal ballroom.

[Pepper] Wait for me!

Pepper.

Oopsie. My bad. Puppercorns are fast
as can be, but fun fact,

we don't see all that well.

-[sighs]
-How do we find the ballroom

if we don't have the map?

Um, Mr. Enchanted Carriage,

can you tell us which way the ballroom is?

[carriage] Oh, I'm sorry.
That's what the map was for.

But I'm rooting for you.

Okay.

Hmm.

If I was a royal ballroom,
where would I be?

Do you hear that?

Hear what?

I may not be great at racing,

but I can hear dance music
from a mile away.

And where there's dance music,
there's usually a ballroom.

Good thinking, Zane.

-Really?
-[carriage] I'm impressed.

To the ballroom.

[Zane] The music is coming from in there.

[carriage] Welcome
to your team's final test.

You must cross the room before the rest.

But making it past the enchanted thrones
may prove too difficult on your own.

On the bright side,
we caught up to the other teams.

Which means we can still win
the race and get that unicorn.

Wait, the prize for this race
is a unicorn?

Yes. The winning team
gets first choice of castle pet.

Then you should be choosing me.

I'm way more fun than a unicorn.

All right.
I say we all take off at the same time.

That way, it'll be harder
for the thrones to go after all of us.

-Oh, yeah.
-Good idea.

Okay, let's go.

I think I might actually
be able to do this.

Whoa. Whoa.

-Whoa.
-[thuds]

Or not.

[panting]

[yelps]

[chuckles nervously]
I'll just head back now.

[Sofia] Whoa.

I think Sofia's gonna make it.

[yelps]

That's okay.
I'm sure we'll get past them this time.

Come on.

[all yelping]

Floatisimo.

Mm-hmm.

Come on. We have to finish
the race as a team.

Camila and I can use magic to get across.

But what about us?

Maybe Layla can outrun
those thrones, but I definitely can't.

I couldn't even outrun a flower.

Okay, then leap over them with me.

I guess we can try that.

[yelps]

[both yelp]

[both groan]

[sighs] Maybe Devin is right.

Maybe we don't belong here.

What are you just sitting around for?

I thought you were trying to win a race.

I was, but I'm not sure we can do it.

Sofia, I've been watching you
and your friends ace this race all day.

You even got past the wildest pack
of puppercorns ever assembled.

Can't you see
how good at this you all are?

Now I do, but they don't.

Zane, wait.

You belong here.

We all do.

Zane, we wouldn't have
found the ballroom if it wasn't for you.

And, Layla, the only reason
we saved Zane from that Cuddling Crocus

was because you know so much
about enchanted gardening.

And it was your here-to-there spell

that got us our first
banner piece, Camila.

-You make us all sound pretty amazing.
-Because you are.

And we just need to be
amazing one more time

in order to win this race,

and show the rest of them
what I already know...

that we belong at Charmswell.

That's odd.

The thrones aren't spinning...

they're dancing to the music.

Oh, I see it now.

They move pretty well for furniture.

How does that help us again?

Because now we know
how they're going to move.

So all we have to do
is dance like the thrones,

and we can waltz right past them.

That's brilliant, Zane.

It is! Except, I'm not the best dancer.

You don't need to be.
Just take my hand and follow my lead.

Let's dance.

♪ 'Cause it's our time
Our time, our time ♪

♪ To shine ♪

[Zane] One, two, three. One, two, three.

One, two, three, waltz.

♪ Our time to shine ♪

Zane, you totally figured it out.

You're a genius.

♪ With a bit of royal sorcery
we'll be fine ♪

♪ Just let the magic flow
and it'll blow your mind ♪

We made it. I can't believe it.

-I can.
-[Zane] See you later, Devin.

Now we just need
to get back to the castle.

Let's pedal.

Floatisimo!

Oh, look, the other teams
are catching up again.

Do you think you can pedal any faster?

You know what? I think I can.

[straining]

-Bye-bye.
-They're passing us.

[Devin] We're almost there.

All that matters is that
we beat them to the door.

So whoever's fastest
should take the banner and run.

Puppercorns are super-fast. I'll do it.

Thanks, Pepper,
but it has to be someone on the team.

Layla, get ready to hook
the banner on my tail.

-Your what?
-I wish to be a puppercorn.

-[all gasp]
-How many powers does that thing have?

Yes! You're one of us now.

One of us!

Oh, no, you don't.

Barricado!

Leap.

-Who was first?
-[Layla] I don't know.

It was too close.

Now, that's how you kick off
the first day of school. Am I right?

I suppose you all want to know who won?

By the flicker of a fairy wing,

the winner of the welcome race is...

Castle Merryweather.

-We won?
-[Pepper barking]

-We won!
-This is the first time I've won anything.

It is so group hug time!

Make room for Pepper. [barking]

As the winner of the race,

you get to choose your pet first.

I hope they don't expect me
to play with them or anything. Ew.

I told you, no fun, but go ahead.

Get your unicorn.

[gasps]

[whispering]

Oh, yeah, for sure.

[whispering]

Miss Nettle, would it be all right
if we choose Pepper as our castle pet?

Really? You want me?

If you want us.

Oh! More than anything!

All right, then. Castle Merryweather
chooses the puppercorn.

Who just got upgraded
from a barn to a castle?

This puppercorn right here.

Looks like we belong here
after all, Devin.

Perhaps. We'll take the unicorn.


Obviously.

[snorts]

I know we just met, but I can
already tell we're gonna be best friends.

Me too.

[barking]

[clink]

Huh?

[gasps] Rapunzel?

Hi, Sofia.

It's good to see you again.

Did my amulet bring you here?

Not this time.

[Maximus gasps]

You came here all the way from Corona?

I know it was a long ride, Maximus,
but it was important to see you in person.

I'm not sure if you know this,
but there's a Council of Princesses.

You know, it's just a group of us who meet
every once in a while to discuss, well,

princess things.

Cinderella and Ariel say hi by the way.

Anyway, Cinderella's fairy godmother
told us something you need to know.

You, Sofia,

have become the most
magical princess in the EverRealm.

-Me? How?
-The Amulet of Avalor is how.

The more you wear it,

the more powers it gives you,
the more magical you become.

And there are villains out there
who will want that magic for themselves.

So it's up to you, Sofia,
to master your magic

in order to keep your family, friends,
and all of our kingdoms safe.

[chuckles softly]

Then I guess it's a good thing
I'm at a school for royal magic.

Just learn as much as you can
and you'll be fine.

But if you ever get into a real jam,
you can always use this.

Thanks, Rapunzel. I'll do my best.

You always do.

[neighs]

Yes, you can take a nap
before we head back, Maximus.

[snoring]

[sighs in relief]

-Are you ready?
-[Layla] Oh, yeah.

-[Sofia] Yes.
-[Zane] Here we go.

♪ 'Cause it's our time to shine ♪

♪ Gonna make the moment mine ♪

♪ With a bit of royal sorcery
we'll be fine ♪

♪ Just let the magic flow
and it'll blow your mind ♪

♪ We're putting it all on the line ♪

♪ 'Cause it's our time to shine ♪