Princess!
What're you going to do now?
She won't find her way out of the forest.
- She can't have come this far... - Let's try north!
Go Robin, find her!
I want her killed!
I want her to stop the curse.
Their death is our victory!
Stupid girl... should have stayed where you were.
Robin!
This way!
Oh... Wolf!
Quickly! Can you find the way home?
That demon dog can't protect you forever!
Now that be Miss Maria home, sir.
Uncle Benjamin... Miss Heliotrop!
I'm really sorry!
Where are your... where are...
Miss Heliotrop!
I'm perfectly alright... yes.
But what happened to your clothes, my dear one?
How dare you come home in this manner and at this hour?
I'm sorry but you don't know what happened, I was...
I was... in the forest and...
In the forest?
Didn't I expressively forbid you to go to the forest?
Yes.
But... listen, I've so much to tell you!
Go upstairs this instance and tidy yourself up!
But...
Just do as you're told!
You're not my father!
Maria!
Maria, open this door!
Listen...
It maybe possible... that I was... a little rough earlier.
The point is you were gone for such a long time.
I mean you didn't even tell us!
I...
We!
Miss Heliotrop was beside herself with worry.
Maria...
I know that...
given that women and I normally don't see eye to eye...
It wouldn't be untrue to say...
I'm glad that you're back.
Who put this back on the wall?!
Digweed? Digweed! Come and take this away!
Seems that there won't be any stars left tonight, Serena.
The Moon is getting closer and closer.
What're we going to do?
How could you leave me like that?!
In the forest.
This belongs to the first ever Moon Princess.
Forgive me?
Fits you like a glove!
Oh Loveday, this is all hopeless.
What?
I'm as far away from actually finding the pearls as ever.
Perhaps it's here somewhere... hidden.
Come on, come with me.
Where?
Downstairs? Oh no no, I'm not going downstairs.
Isn't it bad luck for the groom to see the dress?
I wanted you to see me just as I am before the wedding.
And what does that mean?
Benjamin.
I have to tell you something.
Something I should've told you a long, long time ago.
My darling... what ever is it?... Hmm?
I am not who you think I am.
I'm a De Noir.
A De Noir?
I was brought up to despise the Merryweathers,
but later then I met you and that changed everything.
You tricked me!
No!
You pretended to love me!
No!
And all these times you were plotting behind my back,
trying to find those ridiculous pearls.
It was your father that sent you, wasn't it?
No.
By marrying you, I lost his love forever.
But Benjamin, don't you see?
Our love could bring our families back together!
Can put an end to this dreadful curse!
Curse. No, don't give me that nonsense!
And you filled this house with your De Noir flowers!
No no please... you don't understand.
Doesn't love change everything?
No... my dear...
but hate does.
So...
you missed your chance to bring the families together.
He broke my heart.
I think he broke his heart too.
But he let me be lost forever.
It must have been quite a shock for him.
I mean,
maybe if you've waited for him to calm down.
Perhaps apologize?
Oh, me apologize?!
You don't understand, do you?
I'm starting to understand one thing.
The real curse of this valley...
is pride!
Digweed, stop!
But that'll be the master wishes! I'll be back.
Exactly!
Miss Maria, tell me more about this curse!
There she is.
Each time when a new Moon Princess arrives,
so does this picture.
But look at it... look at it!
Digweed... you can move now...
Oh... thank goodness!
Can't you see?!
There, look!
She's showing us!
She took the pearls!
Maria...
are you telling us...
that the Moon Princess herself took the Moon pearls?!
Yes!
Yes, and she's showing me where she hid them!
But where? Where did she put them?
They're in the trees somewhere... out in the forest.
Well, that's a help.
No, I saw that it was nearby.
I think I'll know it again if I saw it.
Hmm, what?
What?
There's only one person who has walked the woods his whole life.
Someone who has it in his blood.
Robin?!
Impossible!
He's an arrogant so and so!
I never ever want to see him again!
It's a point of honor.
It's a matter of...
Pride?!
Good luck, little Princess!
Bye!
Wait... wait...
No, Miss Heliotrop.
No, you won't stop me!
This is my home and I'm going to fight for it!
No, no no... I know you've got to do this.
I'm beginning to understand a little.
I believe in you!
- Bye... - Bye, Miss.
But be careful!
I will!
That will be the post, sir...
Loveday?
Princess!
Giving yourself up?! How good of you?
The grand trapper... trapped!
Let me down, you little witch!
Certainly...
No no no, no don't you dare!
Oh... my foot.
Thank you darling Serena.
Off you go.
Please!
Wait!
I'm really swelling, I can feel my head hurting!
Oh no... it was like that before...
- I would let you down if you do one thing for me. - What?
Just promise you'll listen!
Say "I promise"!
Just say it!
I promise!
Alright, you beat me, let me down!
Very well...
What about him?
You're a De Noir...
he very probably will hurt you.
I'm listening.
Miss De Noir.
Sir Benjamin.
- Well... - Well...
Benjamin?
I'm here.
- I believe apologies are in order. - Yes, they are.
After all, one's behaviour have not been... as it might.
That's right.
I'm sorry.
Yes, you should be.
Beg your pardon?
It shall be easy to forgive you, but...
Forgive me?!
What on earth are you talking about?
Don't play games with me, Benjamin Merryweather!
You asked me here!
- It was you who asked to see me! - What!
Maria.
Where the devil is that girl?
- Goodbye! - Robin, please!
I promised I'll listen to you,
and I have!
Robin, you've to help me, you have to!
You are a Merryweather!
- Right now I want to kill you. - Kill me and the whole valley dies with me.
You and I can solve it and we only have until moon rise.
Tonight!
I'm still listening.
She's back in the forest,
and this time...
she won't be leaving.
They are armed men out there whose express aim it is to do her harm!
I would have never agreed.
I didn't know, you see.
I must go to her.
Oh, don't be a fool. I'll go. I know the forest.
Wait!
If you'll forgive me...
I believe I know exactly where Maria will be.
- You do? - How do you?
I'm a superb chef, madame,
it follows that I should possess a truly superb nose.
In my youth, when I would roam those woods,
I could track anything that moved.
Plus she told me where she was going.
What was that?
False trails...
What were you doing with one of my ribbons in your pocket?
There are in the trees, that is very distinctive...
It has massive roots twisting around a big dark color.
I know where that is.
Suppose for a moment, I do this to help you out.
And suppose we actually manage to find the pearls... what then?
Well... we...
return the pearls to the sea and then we go.
You know my father is coming after you?
It's just a matter of finding them before he finds me.
Miss De Noir, it's highly dangerous out there,
this is no mission for a woman!
Perhaps you should have told that to Maria.
As a matter of fact I did.
Frequently...
Wait!
That will be another female for the party.
Madame... you're not required on this expedition.
Oh... that's better!
- That'll be your wind... - Enough... Digweed...
I've been taking care of Maria since she was a baby.
And I intend to protect her now!
I know which way to go!
Come on!
Marmaduke?
Marmaduke, you blithering ex-hunter, what are you doing?
Sorry, sir...
It appears... my power's out here... are not what they are in the kitchen.
Just show us where to go, would you?!
I notice the house is falling down.
Sad to see the place is in such a state of disrepair.
If you're so fond of it, why did you run away from it?
You took everything I held dearly and ripped it away from me.
How could I stay?
Run far, did you?
No, not very far...
But then you never came to look for me, did you?
He spent months on horseback, scouted the entire county, searching for you.
Marmaduke?
- Are you leading this expedition or not? - Yes, sir. Yes.
Hum... strawberry.
This way!
I think we might have a greater chance of finding her
if we divide and spread the arc a little wider.
It should be clear over the next hill... we're not far now.
Wolf!
Wolf?
Robin?
Robin?!
Wolf?
Wolf...
Wolf!
Let's go boy!
Oh, this is pretty.
Isn't it enough for one member of my family to betray me.
Now I find the half-brother is a traitor too?
I will take care of this Princess... myself... once and for all!
Wolf?
This is the place!
Where are the pearls?!
Listen! The moon will kill us all!
Wolf, we have to find Maria!
Wolf!
You! How could you betray me like that?!
I will not let you take her, father.
Put the knife down, boy.
Father, please, you have to listen to what Maria has to say!
Traitor! You're nothing to me now.
Go!
I know where to find you again!
Back to where it all began.
In here.
Where did they go?
Robin, look at this!
Where are they?
It's her. It must be.
Where... where did you put them?
The pearls!
Open the door!
Robin, let's go!
It's so dark here.
Moon pearls... we need your power now... show us the way!
Suddenly seems... very quiet...
That will be the absence of the ladies then, sir.
Sir Benjamin!
We're lost!
Maria!
Robin, come on!
Don't you see?
She's showing us the way!
De Noir!
Merryweather!
Good evening!
Your niece has failed!
If you harm, hurt her... in any way...
Stop!
- Uncle, No! No! - Father, we got them!
Look!
Give me the pearls!
Those damn pearls! They brought nothing but harm and grief!
No, Uncle... it's not the pearls but the greed in our heart which brings us such misery.
Father!
Why do you have so much hatred in your heart?
My daughter!
Don't you want to be free of this darkness imprisoning you?
It is he! It is he!
Father!
Benjamin!
Look!
The 5,000th moon. The curse is coming true!
If you can sacrifice your pride, we can save our families.
We can save the valley!
You first.
No, no... after you.
I must do this myself!
At the 5,000th moon,
I,
Maria Merryweather, Moon Princess of Moonacre...
do remove the curse that has darkened this valley.
Take back what is yours!
No!
Maria!
Oh, my sweet child... you're alive!
Uncle!
Were you worried, Robin?
No... I could've done that.
You're the true Moon Princess!
Oh... nasty!
That will be a black lion male, sir...
It's alright, Uncle.
It's just a Wolf.
Please forgive my stubborn pride!
Loveday.
- Stop right there! I'll finish her right now! - No, stop... you idiot!
Maria! I'm here!
I've come to save you!
Is there...
going to be a wedding?
Oh, my...
Mr. Digweed?!
Well, there we are then...
nothing to be done!