Fluttercup’s School for Unicorns

By Steve Cleverley/Sanj Sen

Do you love unicorns? Well, Gigi is a cute little mule who simply adores them… so much so, she tries to look like one… So cosy up and close your eyes, as I tell you all about her visit to a very special place… 

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Gigi is a Moshling, a friendly little mule

Who’s always dreamt of studying at Fluttercup’s Unicorn School

See, even though she looks and acts just like a unicorn

It’s only ‘cos she paints her mane and wears a glued-on horn

Gigi wishes she could be as elegant and sleek…

As the unicorns she sometimes spots before she goes to sleep

They gallop past her stable, then leap into the sky

(For the unicorns that Gigi loves are magic ones that fly)

Gigi thinks that it would be the ultimate in cool 

If she could somehow fly away to see the unicorn school

Cos Fluttercup’s is magical, a legendary place

That’s said to lie beyond a rainbow, somewhere up in space

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Gigi snuggles on a bed of hay inside her stable

And reads her book about the school (which some say’s just a fable)

Apparently the school is where all unicorns must come

To learn good grace and manners, but most of all have fun

As Gigi starts to drift to sleep, she hears the twinkly sound

Of swishing harps combined with clipclops, on the moonlit ground

She peeks above her stable door by standing on a stool 

And there outside is Fluttercup, the owner of the school

Fluttercup’s magnificent, majestic in her movement

And Gigi knows immediately she’d love to be her student

“Hello, my name’s Gigi” she whispers in delight

“Can I come to school with you, just for once, tonight?”

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Fluttercup looks down at Gigi, “May I ask you why?

My school is meant for unicorns, what’s more, it’s in the sky”

Gigi says, “I’ve always dreamt of being a unicorn”

“So I see” laughs Fluttercup, nodding at her horn

Gigi seems embarrassed, so Fluttercup takes pity

“You know there’s more to unicorns than looking cute and pretty”

“No, but you can teach me” says Gigi with a grin

“Very well” says Fluttercup, “I’ll try to fit you in”

Fluttercup explains to Gigi, “Trust in me you must”

Then shakes her mane, sprinkling Gigi’s hooves with magic dust

Gigi feels all tingly as she starts to slowly rise  

And before she has a chance to speak, she’s soaring through the skies

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Gigi gallops through the heavens, chasing Fluttercup

But unicorns are nimble, and she struggles to keep up

As luck would have it, Fluttercup leaves sparkling vapour trails

That Gigi follows closely like a twilight train on rails

Gigi sees a pinkish cloud, then Fluttercup veers right

Up towards the most astounding multicoloured light

They fly across a rainbow, till they reach its very end

Then through a haze of golden mist, they gradually descend

Fluttercup finally touches down, upon a glittery cloud

Beside a glowing sign that reads, ‘Only unicorns allowed’

“Don’t worry, you’re with me,” she whispers, “I can bend the rules…

Especially when I’m chaperoning little Moshling mules”

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Fluttercup and Gigi stroll towards a heart-shaped gate

Fluttercup’s unruffled but Gigi cannot wait

“Welcome to my school” says Fluttercup, as they step inside

But Gigi’s lost for words because her smile is ten miles wide

The grounds are filled with unicorns, everywhere she looks

Some are learning how to fly, some are reading books…

Some are dancing, some are studying ballet on the grass

Others laugh and gossip as they trot to their next class

Beneath a plum tree, unicorns are learning special powers

Singing sleepy lullabies that summon glitter showers

The school itself’s a dome that’s made from rainbows stuck together

And Gigi starts to wish that she could hang out here forever

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Many hours pass and Gigi has a wondrous time

Fluttercup shows her how to prance, and speak in soothing rhyme

She shows her round the classrooms, introducing her to teachers

Who tell her tales involving other legendary creatures

They trot into the gardens, towards a wishing well

Past unicorns revolving on a fairground carousel

Gigi says to Fluttercup, “This place is so enchanted…

I can’t thank you enough, it’s every humble mule’s wish granted”

Gazing into the wishing well, Fluttercup then speaks

“You know Gigi I’ve been hoping to talk to you for weeks…

I’ve seen how you love unicorns and want to be one too

But you are just as special, I hope you know that’s true?”

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Fluttercup goes on to give her new friend more advice

“You’ll never be a unicorn, so you must realise…

That even little mules like you are magic and unique

And sometimes if you search your soul, you’ll find the thing you seek”

Gigi thinks for ages, staring down the wishing well

Then waves her mane as if she’s trying to cast a magic spell

Rainbow rain begins to fall and Fluttercup’s transfixed

It seems that Gigi’s time here’s helped her learn some magic tricks

Gigi turns to Fluttercup and says, “I think you’re right…

Though thanks to you, I’ve learnt some magic coming here tonight

I’m just a mule and not so cool, but yes, I’m special too

So from now I will be myself, instead of copying you”

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

Fluttercup is very proud that Gigi’s learned a lesson

You never get a second chance to make a first impression

And longing to be legendary isn’t such a crime

Cos everybody wants to be a unicorn sometime

Fluttercup and Gigi say goodbye as dearest friends

But a fond farewell upon a cloud’s not where our story ends

For one thing, Gigi’s journey home is filled with sheer delight

As she gallops back through rainbows, beneath the pale moonlight

Back inside her stable, she starts to snooze and wonder

If her trip to school was real, or a spell that she fell under?

But then she hears a harp swish and a scroll plops through the door

And unrolling it she reads some words she’s dreamt about before

‘Fluttercup’s School for Unicorns’  is written at the top

And as Gigi reads the words beneath, she think her heart might pop:

“This is a certificate, to make sure you remember…

Our evening at my unicorn school, where you’re an honorary member”

Way beyond a rainbow

Somewhere in our dreams

There’s a place where we’ll go

You and me

Everybody, everybody dreams (everyone, everywhere)

Everybody dreams, everybody dreams, everybody dreams

Of being a unicorn

The certificate is stamped and signed by Fluttercup herself

And Gigi thinks “I’ll frame this, and display it on a shelf”

She snuggles on her bed of hay and dreams of unicorns…

Of rainbow manes, majestic names and pointy magic horns…

… Of flights through clouds and hazy shrouds, of pink and blue and gold

And lands beyond her wildest dreams, and stories still untold

She drifts into a deeper sleep as pictures start to form

Of countless worlds beyond her own, all filled with unicorns

She know that she can visit them at any given time

She simply needs to close her eyes and drift there in her mind

But mostly, Gigi’s dreams tonight are of Fluttercup and her school

And how she learnt that she’s unique, a very… special… mule

Goodnight…