"Queen"
Queen Iana
Veida, do you not get it? You must learn to control your storytelling powers and face the pirates. You invented them, so you can eradicate them!
Veida
Your Majesty, all due respect, but I don’t think you get it. I can’t control my powers. I mess up everything that I get involved with. (To herself) You wouldn’t understand.
Queen Iana
I think I do.
They tell my story through all the seven seas
But there is another part known only to the ocean breeze.
It all began when I was 22,
And I realized a tyrant ruled the ocean blue.
I uncovered all his plots and dethroned him for all his schemes.
There I saw my opening and offered myself as queen.
But I was told I couldn’t. I was told, “You can’t.”
“You are a mermaid and you’ve gotta be a merman.”
I started wond’ring “Am I strong enough?”
Didn’t know if I could be tough,
But I proved I had the stuff that you’ve gotta be made of,
To be a queen.
Mermaids
Queen!
Queen Iana
Of the mermaid scene
Mermaids
Scene!
Queen Iana
And every sea in between, I rose up to my power.
And just look at where I am now.
Do your thing.
Mermaids
Thing!
Queen Iana
And just stop listening,
Mermaids
Listening!
Queen Iana
To the voices telling you,
You cannot be anything.
Yes, you can because you are a queen.
Mermaid 1
Now that Iana is queen, our kingdom is so much better.
Mermaid 2
Yeah! We’ve got better fincare, affordable clam shells...
Mermaid 3
And equal pay for mermaids and mermen alike!
Mermaid 4
All it took was for her to step up and accept the challenge.
Veida
Can I believe?
Queen Iana
So be a queen!
Mermaids and Veida
Queen!
Queen Iana
Of the hero scene
Mermaids and Veida
Scene!
Queen Iana
And everything in between.
You’ll rise up to your power and save us in our final hour.
Do your thing.
Mermaids and Veida
Thing!
Queen Iana
And just stop listening.
Mermaids and Veida
Listening!
Queen Iana
To the voices telling you,
You cannot be anything.
Yes, you can because you are a queen.
(Veida begins to use her storytelling powers to transport herself to the pirate ship. a glittery, rainbow‐colored whirlpool forms around her.)
Queen Iana
Of the hero scene,
And everything in between.
You’ll rise up to your power,
And save us in our final hour,
Do your thing and just stop listening To the voices telling you.
You cannot be anything.
Yes, you can because you are a queen.
All
Queen!
Mermaids
You are strong, you are bold. Let your stories unfold.
You’ve got it right, put up a fight.
You’re a queen, do your thing. Lift up your hands and sing. We know you’re strong. Where you belong.
