ARIA storms out of the house, dragging her trunk behind her, looking furious, with NAIDA running after her.

NAIDA
Aria! What did you do that for?
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY NOW
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY HOW YOU�VE RUINED YOUR LIFE FOREVER
I HOPE YOU THINK YOU�RE CLEVER

ARIA
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY TOO
I HOPE YOU�RE PROUD HOW YOU WOULD BOW TO ONE SO LOATHSOME
I THOUGHT YOU�D NEVER SUCCUMB

BOTH
SO THOUGH I CAN�T IMAGINE HOW
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY
RIGHT NOW

NAIDA
ARIA�JUST SAY YOU�RE SORRY
YOU CAN STILL BE PART OF OUR FAMILY
DON�T DO THIS, I IMPLORE
WE�LL LEAVE, AS SOON AS CAN BE

ARIA
I know.
BUT I DON�T WANT TO
No. I CAN�T WANT TO ANYMORE

SOMETHING HAS CHANGED WITHIN ME
SOMETHING IS NOT THE SAME
I�M THROUGH WITH PLAYING BY
THE RULES OF SOMEONE ELSE�S GAME
TOO LATE FOR SECOND GUESSES
TOO LATE TO BACK TO SLEEP
IT�S TIME TO TRUST MY INSTINCTS
CLOSE MY EYES, AND LEAP

FOR I HAVE SEEN THE PHOENIX RISING
O�ER FLAMES OF TRUE FREEDOM HE�S FLYING
AND I CAN�T TURN THAT DOWN

NAIDA
CAN�T I MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND?
YOU�RE HAVING DELUSIONS OF GRANDEUR

ARIA
I�M THROUGH ACCEPTING LIMITS
�COS SOMEONE SAYS THEY�RE SO
SOME THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE
BUT �TILL I TRY, I�LL NEVER KNOW
TOO LONG I�VE BEEN AFRAID OF
TELLING THE WORLD WHAT I LOST
BUT LOOK WHERE IT TOOK ME -
IT�S MUCH TOO HIGH A COST!

FOR I HAVE SEEN THE PHOENIX RISING
O�ER FLAMES OF TRUE FREEDOM HE�S FLYING
AND I CAN�T TURN THAT DOWN

Naida, come with me. Think of what we could do. Together.
UNLIMITED, TOGETHER WE�RE UNLIMITED
TOGETHER WE�LL BE THE GREATEST TEAM THERE�S EVER BEEN
NAIDA, DREAMS THE WAY WE PLANNED �EM

NAIDA
IF WE WORK IN TANDEM

BOTH
WE�LL MAKE IT THROUGH WHAT LIES AHEAD

FOR WE HAVE SEEN THE PHOENIX RISING
O�ER FLAMES OF SISTERHOOD HE�S FLYING

ARIA
AND WE CAN�T TURN THAT DOWN
Well, are you coming?

NAIDA
(backing away, unsure)
I HOPE YOU�RE HAPPY
NOW THAT YOU�RE CHOOSING THIS

ARIA
You too.
I HOPE IT BRINGS YOU BLISS

BOTH
I REALLY HOPE YOU GET IT
AND YOU DON�T LIVE TO REGRET IT
I HOPE THE NOTES OF PHOENIX SONG
WILL HELP YOU TELL RIGHT FROM WRONG

ARIA
SO IF YOU CARE TO FIND ME
FOLLOW THE BRIGHT NORTH STAR
IN THE SKY WHERE THE PHOENIX ROSE
IS WHERE MY HOPES CURRENTLY ARE
AND IF I�M FLYING SOLO
AT LEAST I�M FLYING FREE
TO THOSE WHO�D GROUND ME
TAKE A MESSAGE BACK FROM ME

FOR IF THEY�D SEEN THE PHOENIX RISING
THEN THEY�D KNOW OVER WHAT HE�S FLYING
AND THAT HE�S PASSED THEM IN RENOWN
NOW I KNOW WHAT I MUST DO
AND SO AT LAST I SAY ADIEU
FREEDOM I CAN�T TURN DOWN!

As her parents run out of the house, Aria clambers onto her broom, waves her wand so that her trunk hovers beside her, and takes off into the sky.