Emily and friends, who are attending school at Shrewsbury High,
have clearly decided their future ambitions.
The upcoming dance party?
That's right.
Who is it?
Well you know... it's a secret.
You've already decided on a partner?
How lucky.
What if nobody asks me out?
A dance party is such a wonderful thing, isn't it?
I don't give two hoots for it.
Oh, I'm just excited at the prospect of being invited.
Really?
I think it's a chore to have to dance with someone you don't even like.
But the dance might be a chance for love to grow.
Not a chance.
Also, the dance will be a splendid topic for my diary entry.
And it's nothing but the truth, too.
Now that sounds good!
What if you write about being invited by a hundred boys?
That's impossible.
The entire school doesn't even have a hundred boys.
I'd be satisfied with just ten.
Yeah, that's true.
Well, to me, even if nine others were to invite me,
the tenth person, the one I want to go with, probably wouldn't.
There's someone you like?
I-I'm just stating an example!
Who will you be going with?
Teddy? Perry?
I don't know.
I don't even know if they'll come and ask me.
Perry will. I'm sure of it.
Is that so?
Hey, the list of the top students is out!
So it's Perry.
It's Perry.
Perry is number one?
It's Perry Miller.
What's going on?
Perry, you're the top student.
I am?
Well done.
Thanks.
You're amazing.
Emily!
Emily.
I did it.
Great job, Perry. Congratulations.
Thanks.
You act like it's a given.
Did you already expect it?
A given? Of course not.
Well, I do feel like I've achieved something.
How admirable.
Perry studied really hard after all.
Right.
How annoying.
Especially that giddy look on your face when you heard that you're going to Shrewsbury.
I'm starting to find you unpleasant.
Perry. Perry Miller.
Oh, it's the Principal.
Coming, sir!
A job well done, Perry.
Mister Hardy seems fond of him.
Perry!
What are you doing here at this hour?
And why are you dressed like that?
I saw your lamp was on when I was passing by.
There'll be trouble if Aunt Ruth sees you.
Emily, I'm hungry.
Is there anything to eat?
There's only some leftover bread.
Thanks.
I went to Professor Morgan's seminar.
Professor Morgan? That famous one?
Yeah, he's really famous so I was a little nervous.
Welcome.
Pleased to meet you, miss.
I'm Perry Miller.
Umm...
Perry, you don't need to shake hands with the maidservants.
Oh! Pardon me.
You wanted to shake hands with a maid?
That's not the end of it.
I slipped on the floor.
Before I realised, my hand was in my pocket again.
And my whistling habit.
I got caught doing all those.
I ate without any reservations.
When I was talking to Professor Morgan, I leaned on his bookshelf and it fell over.
Perry, I'm glad I wasn't there.
You know... my results are good, but I fail at etiquette.
I have to study that so I shan't be an embarrassment to you, Emily.
To me? Why?
I want to be with you, always...
And I... that is to say...
I want to marry you!
That again? It's the sixth time you've said that.
Why don't you give it-
I'm serious!
It may have sounded like a joke...
but I've always been fond of you.
I've thought about marrying you since the first day we met.
I never even considered that we might get married.
I shall become a man who will be a match for you.
For that, I shall become a well-known congressman.
That's why I would like you to marry me.
I can't.
I have to go to bed now.
There'll be trouble if Aunt Ruth wakes up.
About the dance party...
Could I invite you to dance with me?
I shan't be dancing with you, sorry.
Why the hell not?
Perry.
You look awful.
Did you see a ghost last night?
Or did you eat something bad?
Leave me alone.
Did she reject you again?
So I was right!
How many times does this make?
You're like a stubborn old boar.
You just keep going at it again and-
Shut up!
Go away!
Perry, we better hurry back to New Moon.
It looks like a snowstorm is coming.
It's getting heavier.
What do you think? Should we turn back?
I think so.
But the moon's already out.
We should be fine.
We still have to cross the mountain pass.
What do you think, Perry?
We shall manage. We've already come so far.
Turning back is quite a distance too.
I guess we should go on since the road is still clear.
Yeah.
Okay then.
We can't go in this weather.
It's a lot worse than before.
Maybe we should have turned back.
It's too late for regrets.
So what now? Do we camp?
Do we hibernate like bears?
Hey, Perry! Say something, will you?
Stop shouting!
There's an old wooden house near here.
You're right, but I'm not sure if we can walk there.
Anything beats sitting down here.
I shall pull the horse.
Emily and Ilse, walk behind me.
Are you all right, Ilse?
Let's hold hands.
There are candles and matches.
A little fire brings relief.
I put the horse in the barn.
Perry, we found towels.
You can use this one.
We shall have to spend the night here.
I'm sure the storm will blow over by morning.
Then we shan't take too long to reach Blair Water.
There are two candles, which should last us until the morning.
Come on guys, it'll be warmer if we huddle together.
What is it?
There are some books.
Am I in love with Teddy?
Why is my heart pounding so hard?
A Legend of Abegweit.
This poem!
What's with you? What are you so grumpy about?
Will you stop this already?
It's making everyone feel bad!
Why do you have to behave like that just because Emily rejected you again?
Always pining away.
That's why you got jilted!
Stop it!
You studied for Emily's sake and got to the top of the class.
But you're just a fool who got jilted.
Shut up, Ilse.
Oh, saying that felt good.
Ilse!
Let go of me!
You..! You...!
You...
I've always...
always...
loved...
loved you, Perry!
A stormy night has passed.
But it looks like another storm is brewing.
Say, did you hear?
Emily and her friends spent a night in the old house up the mountain pass.
Evelyn saw them.
The four of them riding a sleigh up there.
They didn't come back until morning.
I hear people are talking about it all over Blair Water too.
Spending the night in an old house together...
I heard that they were drunk and rowdy too.
Really?
How terrible.
What? There's such a rumour?
So it seems. The entire class can't stop talking about it.
Why do people start things like that?
How should I know?
Someone may have claimed to have seen us, but it's true that the four of us spent the night in that old house.
Stop taking this so lightly!
We were there to seek shelter!
Emily, what are you so upset about?
We shouldn't pay attention to the rumours as long as we've done no wrong.
That may be so, but a rumour like this smears our reputation.
Emily!
It seems like there's a nasty rumour going around.
Before I knew it, it got blown out of proportion.
It seriously ticks me off!
That's why I'm telling you not to listen to those rumours.
We can't just leave it.
Those four have been suspended.
I hear it was decided, yesterday.
Suspended, I see.
Not only that, you also drank alcohol and had fun with the boys.
Aunt Ruth, we never did anything like that.
We were just taking shelter.
And the Principal would send a letter for just that?
Mister Hardy listened to the rumours.
That man always had poor judgment.
You couldn't have done something like that.
Well, let me put it this way, Em'ly:
while your daily conduct can hardly be called exemplary,
I believe a Murray would never do the things they said.
Jim Hardy is still the fool he's always been.
You mean the Principal?
His father worked for a long time under my grandfather.
I used to bully him a lot and made him cry.
It's been a long while since I've had to put him in his place.
Are you going to see him now?
Of course. It concerns the reputation of the Murray family.
I'm going to do whatever it takes to restore our family's good name.
I was really surprised.
I didn't expect Aunt Ruth would confront the Principal to clear my name.
It seems that Mister Hardy is indebted to her family from long before.
I feel now that Aunt Ruth can be relied upon at times.
Seriously, that Jim Hardy gave in completely, just like that. How pathetic.
The source of the rumour seems to be from some girl who has won some award, though I don't know who she is.
A person who cooks up rumours can't be anything decent.
I should tell you, when you're young...
Is there something you need?
I wonder why your suspension was lifted.
But the rumours aren't going to go away.
There's something I'd like you to see, Evelyn.
This "Legend of Abegweit" seems very similar to the one which won you the poetry competition.
In fact, there's not a single differing word.
So?
That book was printed over twenty years ago.
I don't think anyone will believe you thought of the poem first.
What are you going to do with that?
Nothing at all.
Don't tell me... you're going to hand that to the Principal and shame me before the entire school?
Because of the rumour you spread, not only I, but Ilse, Perry and Teddy were all hurt by it.
But I was so envious of you!
Your poems are too good!
Even though I write so many myself!
Yet...
I beg you, don't tell everyone!
I shall have no face left to stay in this school or this town!
My father will be furious!
I beg of you!
I shan't tell anyone.
Really?
In exchange, I want you to promise to never do the same thing again.
All right?
Thank you, Emily.
I know. I shall never do it again.
On the next day, Evelyn went around telling everyone that the rumour was untrue.
A rumour spread won't simply go away...
but at least other people stopped giving us strange looks.
I'm just glad for that.
Emily.
Don't I look weird?
You're beautiful!
Very beautiful, Ilse.
All the boys will be falling head over heels for you.
You think so?
Come on, Ilse.
What a beauty!
Is there such a pretty girl in our school?
Ilse!
Umm...
I almost couldn't recognise you!
Would you care to dance?
You can dance?
No worse than you.
Emily, may I have the pleasure?
Yes.
The tenth boy came for you.
From the chrysalis...
From the chrysalis, the butterfly gains new life.
Could you give me a minute?
Her inspiration must be here.
From the chrysalis, the butterfly gains new life!
My works never get picked.
Perry, Ilse, and even Teddy...
they've all started working towards their dreams.
On the next episode of Emily of New Moon:
Departing Heart.
Watch for it!