02x01 - I Say Magic (Part 1)

[bunniefuu]

A WORK BY CRIS MORENA

MARGARITA
MAKE YOUR STORY COUNT

[Margarita] Margarita. [chuckles]

-["Oh La La" playing]
-♪ Oh la la, how I want to laugh ♪

♪ Oh la la la, and feel love's caress ♪

♪ Oh la la, chante avec moi ♪

♪ Hello, oh la la ♪

♪ Oh la la, what rhythm will be? ♪

♪ Oh la la la, dance and sing with me ♪

♪ Oh la la, chante avec moi ♪

-♪ Hello ♪
-[group] ♪ Hello ♪

-♪ Oh la la! ♪
-[group] ♪ Oh la la! ♪

[song concludes]

[briefcase clasps click]

[suspenseful music playing]

-[muffled crowd cheering]
-[footsteps echoing]

[cheering grows louder]

[Delfina] Being a queen
is all about charm.

And it's all fine.

[rock music playing]

-Welcome to Reina!
-[crowd cheering]

WELCOME TO REINA!!!

A groundbreaking channel

where you'll find the best news
and the best content,

every day, around the clock,
and 365 days a year!

Of course you'll see your favorite couple.

Since there's no queen without a princess,

ours will have a very special place
up to her standards!

-Whoo! What a crowd!
-[crowd cheering]

Thank you. Thank you!

[crowd cheering]

I have a surprise for you.

Join me?

I won't hold back!

["Yo Digo Magia" playing]

♪ I say partner ♪

♪ I like friend ♪

♪ I think it's funny ♪

-♪ I feel joy ♪
-♪ From crimson ♪

♪ To ruby red ♪

♪ In my own palace ♪

♪ I choose the street ♪

-♪ I love jewels ♪
-♪ I love flowers ♪

-♪ I love money ♪
-♪ I love colors ♪

-♪ I love control ♪
-♪ And I love children ♪

-♪ I love power ♪
-♪ I love growing ♪

♪ I speak of magic and start to shout ♪

♪ I will conquer the whole world ♪

♪ I speak of magic and dream in color ♪

♪ My whole world fills me with love ♪

♪ My magic is power ♪

♪ My magic is belief ♪

♪ Your magic doesn't exist ♪

♪ My magic is to keep ♪

♪ I want to let go ♪

♪ I want to hold tight ♪

♪ I want to feel ♪

♪ And I want to make them kneel ♪

[both] ♪ Your magic and mine
Will never unite ♪

[song concludes]

I SAY MAGIC - PART ONE

[tense music playing]

What will you do? k*ll me?

[Delfina] That's not a bad idea.

Take her!

[sobbing] No, no, no, no! Please!

-♪ Someone's in trouble ♪
-[Margarita sobbing]

-No! [sobs]
-[laughs]

[sobbing] No…

Yeah, I know. You must wonder
how we went from this to this.

-[playful music playing]
-Delf, just look at you!

I look like a pumpkin next to you.

-What? You're gorgeous.
-[chuckles]

[groans] You'd better get comfy,
it's a long story.

-[in English] Are you ready?
-[tape rewinding]

[in Spanish] Hi, Margarita.
I am your brother.

-[Margarita] No, let's go back a bit more.
-[tape rewinding]

-[dramatic music playing]
-[gunmen shouting indistinctly]

[indistinct clamoring]

Of course, I'm not surprised, scumbag!

Here he is. It all went downhill.
See you soon.

[Margarita] You guys remember
Severino the Severe

had captured the joyful Fach
and his troupe.

So, you may wonder,
why is Fach so calm?

Well, we'll have to go back even more.

[suspenseful music playing]

[Margarita] Don't think we went
to the Middle Ages, though.

Kubrai. Haizo.

[Margarita] Esmaraj.

[Federico] As prince and heir
of the kingdom of Krikoragán,

I name you knight
of the League of Three Princes.

-[speaks Krikon]
-[Margarita speaks Krikon]

Welcome.

[Margarita] Fach forms a secret society
to meet the heir princes.

-[air brakes hissing]
-[screams]

[suspenseful music continues]

Now! [grunts]

[goon 1 grunts]

-[grunts]
-[goon 1 grunts]

-[screams]
-[grunts]

[Ada] Quickly!

Let's go!

-[screams]
-[Federico grunts] Maika!

-[whimpers]
-[chuckles]

What, no hug for me?

-[Ada screams]
-Saber!

Let's go!

-Lower your swords.
-What?

-Lower them.
-[music fades]

-[grunts]
-[Ada screams]

-[grunts]
-[sword clinking]

-[both grunt]
-[dramatic music playing]

-[both grunt]
-[Ada screams]

[screams]

-Come on!
-Let's go!

-[Federico grunts]
-[Ada whimpers]

-[grunts]
-[goon 2 groans]

[Margarita] While my friends ran
for their lives,

Delfina inched closer

-to her golden dream.
-[music concludes]

-[camera shutter clicks]
-[chuckles softly]

-So? How's it look?
-[mutters indistinctly]

-Excellent. The award suits you!
-[mutters indistinctly]

-[kisses]
-Beautiful. So what's up?

-What is it?
-Cheer up.

Another reason to party,
that ship has sailed…

Whatever. I don't want to hear it.

-Please, thank you. Please.
-You're right.

-Let's celebrate.
-Just celebrate.

[brooding music playing]

-[screams]
-What? What is it?

-I don't know. Just go!
-I'm not leaving you here!

[g*ons shouting indistinctly]

-[Ada] Go!
-[Federico] No!

Look after Margarita and Daisy!

-Go! [groans]
-There's no time!

[g*ons shouting indistinctly]

[air brakes hissing]

[Ada] Don't touch me!

Unhand me, you b*stards!

[cell phone ringing]

-One moment.
-What is it now?

-[goon] Boss, we lost them.
-What?

-[goon] We lost them. We only have Ada.
-What?

-What is it?
-No.

If it's bad news, then shut up!

I just won the Patron of the Future.
It's my night. Don't blow it.

-What happened? Nothing?
-Nothing.

The world is a chunk of good news to you.

-[wolf howling]
-[dramatic electronic music playing]

-My friend.
-Cami…

Álvaro will take you somewhere safe.

It's very important that, for some time,
you stay off the grid.

Thank you. Thanks for the assist.

Sorry about what you guys went through.

-Look after her.
-Leave it to me.

It was Ulysses, he's following Margarita.

-And? [sighs]
-That's bad. Let's go.

-[rock music playing]
-[engines revving]

The ship sailed a while back,
but I'm watching.

Álvaro got you this boat
so you can catch up.

Go, don't waste time.

[Margarita] Well…

now we've reached the point
you already know.

-When he said, "I am your brother."
-[Federico] I am your brother.

[music fades]

Come on, Mar, it's cold.

Halt! No more.

Do you think I was born yesterday?

You think you can throw
a super b*mb at me,

and I'll just believe like that?
After you tricked me so much?

I'll explain later, we have to leave.

Later my butt! Explain it now!

Would you rather stay a prisoner?

You think you're here because Delfina
took you around the world?

No. Look, let's clear things up.

I know Delfina's intentions very well.
I don't know your intentions.

[soft upbeat music playing]

What did you expect? A hug?

Now I want a hug.

If you were my brother,
I'd hug you tightly!

But how can I be sure?
Do you have ID or a DNA test?

I have proof.
But not now, later. Let's go.

-[Margarita gasps]
-[tense rock music playing]

[Margarita] Besides,
you won't believe what's going on.

KRIKORAGÁN PALACE

-[classical music playing]
-[birds chirping]

-[Merlin chuckles]
-You're such a sweet couple. [chuckles]

My godfather is luxurious!

I found a place. It's all underway.

Thank you, my friend. Really.

-At your orders, Mr. Merlin.
-[music fades]

And you, future Highness, relax.
The bachelor sendoff will be fine.

You'd best behave.

I have concubines at every corner.
They're my eyes and ears.

[pensive electronic music playing]

[ship horn blaring]

-[shouting] No! Let us go!
-[Margarita sobbing]

-[shouting] No!
-[sobbing] Please, no!

-[screams]
-[Federico] No!

-[screams]
-[screams]

-All done!
-No! What does "all done" mean to you?

-Last time you said that…
-All done!

Don't you wonder how Fach
got in that boat, right in the ocean?

[sighs] Enjoy, baby! Just relax!

-There are no more problems! Chill!
-[scoffs]

What's this award for?
Your happiness lasted a week.

-It can't be! Relax!
-So what? I won. I don't want to relax.

-Why?
-I can't!

There are too many loose ends!

[judge] In light of the crimes attributed,

I order you to be transferred
to Juvenile 23.

[Delfina] Pipe is under control.

And Ada?

I have other plans for her.

-Listen very closely, now.
-[pensive music playing]

You love Daisy, you care about Margarita,
and became attached to filthy Pipe.

They're only alive because you look better
with your mouth shut.

-So why not k*ll me?
-I am not a m*rder*r!

Or am I? [laughs]

A tough thing,
explaining to the Krikoragán court

how Ada disappeared

with the insufferable Daisy
asking questions.

I'm in no mood for that.
But look, just take a look around you.

You'll be monitored at all times. So…

a single word added or omitted,
a single gesture added or omitted…

♪ And someone will be in danger ♪

[cackles] Move. Let's go.

[Margarita] She always wants
to be the queen of it all!

-Let's come back to this awful moment.
-[tense music playing]

-[shouting] No!
-[sobbing] Please, no!

-[screams]
-No!

-[music stops abruptly]
-[record scratch]

-Is everything okay?
-[quirky music playing]

-[Margarita] Yeah, I know.
-[camera shutter clicks]

[Margarita] We have to go back a bit
to understand that one.

Don't get sick,
even if we're on high seas.

-[tape rewinding]
-[ship horn blaring]

-[playful music playing]
-I need to trust life,

something will give us a sign.

Do you think we'll make it out with magic?

Yes. If we hope to leave,
then we need magic.

[sighs]

Why not enjoy our time? [chuckles]

You know they could come
and k*ll us any second?

That's exactly why. Tell me your story.

If I'm leaving this world,
I want to know my brother.

-All right.
-[giggles]

My story begins like yours,
in the same place.

-Quick, please! Hurry!
-[ominous music playing]

[Federico] When Pio Pietro took power,
they deported and separated us.

-Hans took care of me.
-[Hans] Go further.

GERMANY

-[Federico] A friend of Daddy's.
-You're dragging your feet, Federico.

-En garde.
-[Federico] Hans shaped me,

trained me
into a prince without my knowing it.

Until I turned ten, and then,
everything changed.

That's enough, Federico.
Come closer. You're big now.

I believe if you can wield a rapier,
you can know your history,

and that of your parents.

So this Hans of yours…

-is like my Anieta.
-[soft music playing]

-[Margarita chuckles softly]
-Yes.

Perhaps a bit tougher
than your Anieta, I think.

-[chuckles]
-But yes, he was my guardian.

He told me that I had two other siblings
somewhere around the world,

and that we were destined
to be the rulers of Krikoragán.

[chuckles] He knew where I was.

He must know where our other brother is!

Assuming we're siblings,
which we'll soon see.

Only one person knew their whereabouts.

Alfons Ducayán,
guardian of the king's secrets.

-[gasps, chuckles]
-He's imprisoned in Krikoragán.

And Daisy?

-She was with Delfina at the time.
-Mm-hmm.

So Hans should've known
of Margarita's whereabouts.

Yes. Yes.

But he suspected something,
so I went to Buenos Aires.

I bugged Delfina's house
with cameras and mics.

If something was wrong, I'd know.

-[computer beeping]
-[Federico] I investigated for months.

Until one day…

-["Por Que" playing]
-♪ Why do I feel mute? ♪

♪ Imprisoned in your memories? ♪

♪ Why's it all so distant?
Without you, there's no glory… ♪

Hans told me about Mom and her singing.

When I heard you sing
that song… [chuckles]

I don't know. [chuckles] I felt something.

Something magical, maybe.

One day I heard Delfina
when she was talking to Severino.

Does she know who she is?
That she is Margarita of Krikoragán?

-Then I learned the whole truth.
-[tense music playing]

Delfina is a fraud.

I just needed to confirm it.

Shall I trim the tips?

-Really?
-Yes, I swear.

-Give me the scissors!
-[chuckles]

[Federico sighs] So, I collected our DNA.

A few days later, I got the results.

Why didn't you come running
to hug your sister

once you confirmed it? Heartless.

-[chuckles]
-[sentimental music playing]

[music concludes]

Ah! But you're so lovely!

Delf, love has just put me
on a different wavelength.

They just send a message
and… [imitates popping sound]

-Like magic, it changes your whole day!
-[comical music playing]

I don't care about your magic,
Yamila! Wake up!

Can't you see what the brats are doing?

-Look!
-[Yamila] No. Yes.

We'll just keep raising our voices,

since it's impossible
for Mar to have lost it.

It's strange that she disappeared,

she hasn't responded
or shown any signs of life.

What I don't understand
is that I have a thousand hackers,

I have a thousand people working for me,
and these people are still at large.

We attacked that account a thousand times.
I don't know how they come back.

And no one's even watching,
they don't even have 50 viewers!

-I don't want anyone to see, okay?
-I'll handle this.

Meanwhile, why not figure out
our magazine's new issue?

This month, obviously,
should be the Patron of the Future!

Who cares about that? I sure don't.

They've already given it to me,
it's back home. What changes? Nothing.

I'm tired of the magazine, of everything.

I want something new.
Do you know what I want? This.

I want to be the queen of streaming!

-[elevator bell dings]
-[music concludes]

-[Daisy] Ada!
-[gasps]

[soft uplifting music playing]

[Daisy] Hi!

-[Ada] Daisy, hi!
-How are you?

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.

[Daisy] You disappeared during the move!

-Where were you?
-Show me your new room!

Enough, Ada! Stop treating me
like a silly little princess

no one tells anything to!

-No, honey…
-What's wrong?

You go, then come, then disappear,
and now you're all weird.

You said nothing about Pipe
and Margarita, they vanished!

-Have you seen Fach?
-[Daisy] No.

He ghosted me.
He's gone and won't respond.

Okay, perhaps something happened.

-What? What do you know, Ada?
-Daisy, honey.

-Tell her, Ada.
-[suspenseful music playing]

Tell her. Daisy is a grown-up now.

She doesn't need protection,
she's not made of glass.

Pipe is in
a juvenile correctional facility.

Our things have gone missing,
our neighbor's things too,

and that's too much.

-It can't be.
-Well, it is.

Well, Fach didn't ghost you,
like you said he did.

Fach is a cheater, a delinquent,
a conman, a hacker,

and I warned him never
to come near us again.

-And Margarita?
-Yeah! And Margarita?

-Exactly, and Margarita?
-Yeah.

And Margarita?

It's a surprise.
Come, I need to show you something.

-[music concludes]
-[objects clattering]

Calm down.

Don't do anything.
My people must be ready to move.

-[seagulls squawking]
-[Federico grunts]

Is that your people?

-I'll find a solution.
-[quirky music playing]

Bakaliaros!

Do you know what that is? [chuckles]

A Greek recipe! Delicious!

They're fish cakes.
And coincidentally, we end up here!

In the sea.

So, you know, infinite fish, all of which
I could cook spectacularly. [chuckles]

Why not try some
before we become shark food?

If you don't like it,
I'll just throw myself in. Deal?

No, you talk too much. Move.

How much did they pay for this?

-I'll triple it.
-[chuckles]

-[chuckles]
-[chuckles]

Yeah? And how will you pay?

Take my phone and look Hans up
in my contacts.

[playful rock music playing]

Send him a message, tell him, "Metis."

Right beside it, the codename
of some known bank account.

-What's Metis?
-Ancient Greek word.

It means "shrewdness."
Like Odysseus, the Shrewd.

[cell phone buzzing]

[chuckles]

If they release us,

Hans will pay much, much more.

[music concludes]

I'll have my own channel, Reina!

-[group chuckles]
-That's awesome, Delf!

But there are so many streaming platforms.

But none like this one!
It'll be the biggest on the planet,

because I'll be amazing,

impressive, spectacular!

You are the chosen ones, and together,

we'll make this dream come true!

-Delfina. One moment.
-Yes?

-Thank you.
-How sweet!

I won't be a part of this
after what happened with Margarita.

-Why?
-It was suspicious the way she lost.

I think explanations are in order.

[whimsical music playing]

-Explanations? From me?
-Yes, from you.

I'll tell you what I think.

I think you're still
in love with Margarita.

She doesn't even know who you are,
and that's the truth.

You paint yourself like a villain
that becomes a hero, for love.

Or something. You don't wear it well.
Because you're very ambitious.

You like fame, money, and power.

All that which you desire,
you can have with me at your side.

So be smart, think hard.

Don't let life's important opportunities
pass you by.

All your dreams, I could make come true.

Yamila!

["Alma de Ladrón" playing]

[Federico] ♪ You can't escape me ♪

♪ I am your worst enemy
And your worst song ♪

[both] ♪ I'm the voices in your head ♪

♪ I'm not bad, though I may look it ♪

♪ I'm different and can't cut you loose ♪

♪ Today I play pretend ♪

♪ I'm so good, but I'm so bad in the end ♪

♪ All your lies will fall ♪

♪ I'm not from here
Nor from there, okay? ♪

♪ I'm not like you ♪

♪ I'm a good guy with a thug's bad soul ♪

-[all cheer]
-[song concludes]

-[playful music playing]
-Why are you here?

[sighs] I came to see your new palace.

Since you're here, I came to ask
for allowance, money, cash.

You didn't have to come
all the way here, Malala.

There's this thing called
a "bank transfer."

[chuckles] Cool, but I like cash better.
I like touching it with my fingers.

I miss you, baby. It's like you forgot me.
Do you think I'm disposable?

[scoffs]

Yamila, if you've brought
nothing interesting,

-you can turn around and go.
-[music fades]

Really, this many doubts?

We started a digital campaign to ask
for Margarita to come back. Please…

You're wearing me out.

No one is looking at it!

Only 2,000 of the typical losers!
Forget it!

Yesterday, they were 50,
now they're 2,000!

Yamila, you're being a brat.

You think you figured something out,
and then…

[imitates expl*si*n]
…it all blows up in your face.

-So you mean Margarita… [gasps]
-Please, shut up.

Honey, please,
you're a woman riddled with problems.

But Mommy is here, baby,
to solve all your problems!

Yes, please, lay it on me.

-AI. [chuckles]
-[yells]

No, AI. Artificial intelligence.
That's what you lack.

-And then some.
-I'm in no mood for your tricks.

-What? No. Stop. I did not see that.
-[Malala] Because I blocked you, stupid.

-But when did you go there?
-[chuckles]

Never! I couldn't,
since you don't give me a single penny!

-But, well, I have fun anyway.
-[intriguing music playing]

Neon, make an image of Malala
getting some sun at Mykonos.

[fanfare plays over phone]

-[Yamila] Amazing!
-[Malala chuckles]

Sure, but it's horrendous.

Now make me 20 years younger
and make me curvier.

Voilà! There you go.

-[chuckles]
-The magic of technology.

You could even make some vids.

Yeah, baby! See how easy it is?

Margarita may no longer be with us,

but we'll bring her back to life
without causing any problems.

-[chuckles]
-[upbeat rock music playing]

There are some cute crazies

who can't stop coming up
with conspiracy theories.

For all of you…

I have a surprise.

When we delivered the award,
I felt cold, too.

I was surprised.
It's nothing against you, Unica,

but the truth is
Margarita was everyone's favorite.

I don't know why,
mysteries of popular tastes.

But Margarita didn't win,
so I wanted to give her an award.

A consolation prize,
something up to her standards.

I sent her out as an ambassador
to creative projects worldwide.

-You're kidding! That's so sneaky!
-[Margarita] Let's say the verité.

Of course there was something
to that magical trip.

By the way,

-where are we? So I can get a cab.
-We're at Port Volker.

So this, on the map, is…

[all] Krikoragán.

[Margarita] I don't know about you,
but I think this could only be magic.

After so many tries…

-we're finally here.
-[soft upbeat music playing]

-We're home.
-I swear I still can't explain it.

Don't deny it!

If this isn't magic,

then what the deuce
kind of destiny is this

that would ditch us back
where it all began?

-[chuckles] I'm listening.
-I'm with you, curly. It's truka.

-"Magic" in Krikon.
-[gasps] I love it!

[exclaims] Truka!
Long live truka! Life is truka!

They might recognize you here.

-Come.
-"Where?" Said the count.

-Margarita.
-[Margarita chuckles]

[somber music playing]

I know it's not what you dreamt.

There are far greater things at stake
than my dreams, Mother.

Dad may come out of his coma.

Besides, I'm too old to be so rebellious.

The best that I can do
is be the best king I can be.

-[chuckles softly]
-You're a grown man, Merlin.

He's more than a man.

He's a Pietro.

There is the strength of stone
in your blood.

-Are you ready?
-[music concludes]

JUVENILE FACILITY 23

Daisy, I don't know what you've heard,

but I swear I did nothing
they accuse me of.

You don't need to explain, Pi.

-Even if you did, I'd understand.
-I swear it wasn't me.

Okay, I believe you.

Are you all right?

I'm coping, somehow.

I dodge the beatings, I hold in the tears,
I've no contact with anyone.

Have you heard from Mar?

Dai, what happened to Mar?

She went traveling.

-[melancholic music playing]
-That's not Margarita.

-[music concludes]
-They don't want us here.

They hate us, they want our heads.

Please, stay quiet, keep a low profile.

How silly. They love me!

-[crowd clamoring]
-No! They recognize me!

[indistinct clamor]

[grand orchestral music playing]

[crowd cheering]

[crowd cheering, applauding]

[speaking Krikon]

["Si Quieres Herirme" playing]

[Margarita] Maybe they're all right

when they say I'm naive
for believing in magic.

Sometimes, life is just a cruel trick,

cruel and sneaky.

[Merlin and Margarita]
♪ If you want to hurt me, bring it on ♪

♪ I can't defend myself
From someone like that ♪

♪ Who keeps secrets, lies, and stories ♪

♪ That make me suffer ♪

♪ If you want to hurt me, here I am
Come to me ♪

♪ Come to me ♪

[Merlin] ♪ I never meant to hurt you
Or cause you suffering ♪

♪ You are the princess of my dreams ♪

♪ I keep no more secrets ♪

♪ This is my truth ♪

♪ I hope to find you
So I can love you again ♪

[Margarita] ♪ This is not a game
And everything is real ♪

♪ I know I love you madly
And sometimes I can't move forward ♪

♪ I don't want to lose you
Or to make you cry ♪

♪ I dream awake of seeing you
And I dream that you will arrive ♪

[both] ♪ If you want to hurt me
Bring it on ♪

♪ I can't defend myself
From someone like that ♪

♪ Who keeps secrets, lies, and stories ♪

♪ That make me suffer ♪

♪ If you want to hurt me, here I am
Come to me ♪

♪ Come to me ♪

♪ Come to me ♪

[song concludes]