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THE SETTING IS IN A FOREST. IT'S GETTING TO BE DARKER OUT ON A FAIRLY NICE FALL DAY. TWO TEENAGE GIRLS ARE WALKING ALONG THE PATH FOR THEIR USUAL EVENING STROLL

Mystiqua: (sense something) (stop) (look around) Shh.
Vareea: (look at her) What?
Mystiqua: Get back.
Vareea: (climb a tree and watch)
THERE IS A LOUD SHRILLY ROAR
Vareea: (gasp) It's an Orcy! Mystiqua, don't!
Mystiqua: (gesture like "I'll be fine") (pull out sword)
Vareea: Mystiqua, you don't have the skill! Don't! No!
ORCASIE COMES RUNNING OUT OF THE TREES
Mystiqua: (back up a little but stand your ground) (slash sword when he's
	        close to you) Yah!
Orcasie: (block it with gauntlet) 
Mystiqua: (spin back) (go at him again) (he blocks it with his sword and 
	        your sword flies out of your hands behind you) Ah! (look back 
	        quickly) (try to kick him square in the chest)
Orcasie: (catch her foot) (spin her around)
Mystiqua: (twirl and land hard on stomach) (cough)
Orcasie: (try to stomp on her)
Mystiqua: (roll out of the way) (jump up) (finally hit him a few times with 
	        punches)
Orcasie: (roar) (push her away) 
Mystiqua: (fly back and land hard)
Vareea: (jump out of tree sprawled like a flying squirrel) Eeeee! (land on his 
	   back) (cover his eyes and yank on his head)
Orcasie: (roar and flip her off your back)
Vareea: (land on your feet)
Mystiqua: (get up by her)
Mystiqua and Vareea: (back to back) (ready to fight)
Orcasie: (utter something similar to "Bring it on")
Mystiqua and Vareea: (smile) (do a jump-spin-kick from opposite 
			      directions)
Orcasie: (get hit and roar) (swing sword at them)
Both: (duck and spin-trip him)
Orcasie: (fall)
Mystiqua: (to Vareea) Take it!
Vareea: (smile) (run at him)
Orcasie: (try to grab her on ground)
Vareea: (jump when he tries) (land on his side)
Orcasie: (flip her off)
Mystiqua: (catch her) (run at him with sword)
Orcasie: (already up)
Mystiqua and Orcasie: (start sword fighting for a little while) 
Orcasie: (push Mystiqua away)
Mystiqua: (spin back) (as you spin, your necklace comes out) (face him)
Orcasie: (see necklace) (gape at it)
Mystiqua: (think he's looking at your chest) (cover them up) (feel necklace)
	        look at it)
Orcasie: (run away scared)
Mystiqua and Vareea: (look at each other) 
CUT
IT IS NOW NIGHT TIME. THE GIRLS ARE JUST GETTING BACK FROM THE WALK AND GO INTO THEIR SMALL SHACK
Mystiqua: (throw off coat) Ugh. Orcies. They are so annoying! (relax)
Vareea: (lean on pillows) Well, now he's afraid of you.
Mystiqua: How?
Vareea: Your Ocarina, probably.
Mystiqua: Oh, come on. You have one too, you know.
Vareea: Yeah? Well mine doesn't pop out of my shirt like yours does.
Mystiqua: You hardly wear yours.
Vareea: (take it personally) Hey! Don't you ever say that again! Ever! It's not 
	   my fault this was the only thing my mother gave me.
Mystiqua: (sad) Sorry. I know what you feel like. Those Animals. Their tribe
	        seemed so good.
Vareea: That's what we get for living in a tribe of both male and female.
Mystiqua: Yeah. The Amazons would be better.
Vareea: We were even born in the Animal Tribe. But then, they died.
Mystiqua: (sad and mad) Yeah, died! They don't like homeless people, those 
	        Animals. Well, that's their problem! You'd think someone would 
Mystiqua: at least take us in since we had been there for so long.
Vareea: I know, really!
Mystiqua: And me, I'm one of the strongest types. Feline. You can't beat 
	        Feline. If I were still there, I would probably be on the Hunting 
	        Team if not the Defense Team already.
Vareea: Yeah. They rarely give up felines. They must have felt really 
	   threatened by you after your mom died.
Mystiqua: You think?
Vareea: (nod) Maybe they were afraid of you or what you could become. 
	   Can't imagine why they wouldn't keep you and try to change you, 
	   though.
Mystiqua: Change me from what?
Vareea: Don't you get it? You're probably some kind of superhuman,
	   super powerful being! 
Mystiqua: Oh, yeah right. Vareea, I can't even fight an Orcy by myself.
Vareea: You could have if I wouldn't have been in the way. You could have 
	   kicked his butt if it wasn't for me.
Mystiqua: Don't sell yourself short. Admit it, we work better as a team.
Vareea: (smile) All right. You got me there. Your moves were great!
Mystiqua: I could say the same for you. We need to expand our moves. 
	        Don't you think?
Vareea: Yeah. But how? We don't know any others.
Mystiqua: We could make up our own. You know, personalize our moves so 
	        they're easier to do. We can make really cool ones that will make 
	        everyone jealous. Especially the Animals.
Vareea: Ah-ha! I knew it! You are planning to do something to them!
Mystiqua: Vareea, no I'm not! Besides, I'm too nice to seek revenge.
Vareea: (not believing her) Right... (start moving towards ladder) Well, 
	   Whatever you decide, I want you to know I'll stand by you no 
	   matter what your choice is. (pat her shoulder) (climb up ladder)
Mystiqua: (not sure what she meant) (sit there) (Vareea's getting situated)
	        (smile) Good night, monkey butt!
Vareea: (on top bunk) Goodnight, fur brain!
Mystiqua: (smile) (shake head)
CUT
MYSTIQUA IS IN BED. SHE IS RESTLESS
Mystiqua: (lying on your side) (eyes open) (thinking back) (voices can be 
	        heard in your head)
FLASHBACK:
Y. Mystiqua: (sitting on bed)
Mystiqua's Mom: (walk in with a necklace) Mystiqua, I have something for 
		          you.
Y. Mystiqua: (smile) What is it? (rush over to her)
Mystiqua's Mom: As you know, this is the year of giving. It only happens 
		         once in 150 years. For the rest of the week, you and every 
		         one you're age, will be receiving one gift a day by a warrior 
		         for the rest of the week. I am your chosen warrior.
Mystiqua: (nodding impatiently)
Mystiqua's Mom: (smile) Your first gift: In honor of the Great Dolphin, and 
		          my husband, your father, may he rest in peace, I give you 
		          this: (put a necklace with a dolphin in shell on her)
THE FLASHBACK STARTS FADING INTO MYSTIQUA'S SCENE
Y. Mystiqua: (smile) (marvel it and play with it) Thank you, Mommy! (hug 
		 her)
BACK IN NORMAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (smile sadly) (hold on to necklace) (the words "Your welcome" 
	        echo in your head) (turn on your back)
FLASHBACK:
Y. Mystiqua and Y. Vareea: (walking through the village)
Y. Mystiqua: See what my mommy gave me yesterday? (show her the 
		 necklace)
Y. Vareea: It's pretty. I didn't get anything.
Y. Mystiqua: Why not?
Y. Vareea: My mommy was at the tavern all night.
Y. Mystiqua: Oh. Well maybe you'll get something tonight.
Y. Vareea: Yeah. I hope.
ANOTHER FLASHBACK:
Vareea's Mom: Girls, come here.
Both Young Girls: (walk into room)
Mystiqua's Mom: Sit down.
Both Girls: (sit down on bed)
Vareea's Mom: As you know we, the mothers, have been friends for a very 
		    long time now. In turn, you were destined to become best 
		    friends like us. We once needed something to hold our 
		    friendship together because of our species and to prove it to 
    the world, but now, it doesn't matter. We are passing our 
    friendship objects to you.
Mystiqua's Mom: (take Ocarina's out of a box) (give one to Vareea's mom) 
	       	          (put box down) (hold onto another)
Both Girls: (look at each other)
Both Moms: To symbolize friendship. (put necklaces on the girls)
Both Girls: (smile)
Vareea's Mom: (kneel down by her) I am so sorry about yesterday. I promise 
		     I'll make it up to you. Please don't think I'm not a good 
		     mother. I'm really not. Alas, this is the only thing I've ever 
		     given you, but I promise you, tomorrow, I will give you two 
		     things.
Y. Vareea: I still love you, Mommy. I think you're good.
Vareea's Mom: (smile)
Y. Mystiqua: What do these do?
Mystiqua's Mom: They make music. Just blow into it.
Y. Mystiqua: (blow into it) (startled by the noise) (laugh) Thanks, Mom.
Y. Vareea: Yeah. Thanks.
IN REAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (look at Ocarina hanging above and beside you) (it starts 
	        (swinging very gently and slightly) (close eyes)
FLASHBACK:
Both: (by river)
Y. Mystiqua: I can't wait to get another present today.
Y. Vareea: Me neither. And I'm gonna get two! I want tonight to hurry. It's 
	        boring out here now.
Y. Mystiqua: Yeah. (eyes light up) Let's go now!
Y. Vareea: Yeah! Maybe we can get them now!
Both: (run to village) (freeze when you see the attackers)
REAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (eyes still closed) (Ocarina swings faster)
FLASHBACK:
Both: (scared) (run in village) (your mothers are fighting)
REAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (Ocarina swings faster)
FLASHBACK:
Mystiqua's Mom: Girls, get back!
Both: (hide behind a bush)
REAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (Ocarina swings faster yet)
FLASHBACK:
Both: (watching scared) 
THE ACTION IS SHOWN IN SHADOWS ON A BUILDING BESIDE THEM. 
One Mother: (fall)
Warrior: (laugh evilly and stab her)
REAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (Ocarina swings out of control)
FLASHBACK:
Other Mother: Noo!! (run to them)
Warrior: (slice at her)
THERE IS A SLICE. IN THE SHADOWS, WE SEE A BODY BECOME HEADLESS. THERE'S A SMALL THUMP OF THE HEAD THEN A LOUD PLOP OF THE BODY FALLING.
REAL SCENE:
Mystiqua: (open eyes shocked and sit up quickly) (right as she opens them, 
	        the Ocarina stops swinging entirely) (gasping quietly) (move 
	        around a little more) (try to relax again)
THE LAST FLASHBACK:
Both Young Girls: (sitting in the royal hut scared, sad, and alone)
Leader: War. A sad thing. Many people can benefit from war. Yet most do 
	   not. It is a tragedy to have war in our tribe. But we have people to 
	   deal with it. They are devoted to fighting. Both your mothers were 
	   warriors. Did you know that?
Both: (nod)
Leader: Then you understand the risks that they were giving themselves?
Both: (nod again)
Leader: They believed that they were the best. That no one could stop them. 
	   But these risks overcame them. Now they are gone. You two are 
	   parentless, (pause) motherless, (pause) and, (long pause) (in a harsh 
	   whisper) homeless!
Both: (really down and upset and miserable)
Leader: We don't accept homeless people, do we?
Both: (shake head)
Leader: The usual consequence of homelessness is death,-
Both: (look down)
Leader: -but, since your mothers died of such an honorable death, we will 
	   spare you of that. Your sentence is exile.
Both: (look up like "No!")
Leader: You may never come back here again. If you do, we will sentence you 
	   to death. Now pack up your stuff and leave. If you are still here by 
Leader: sunset, we will kill you. Do you understand me?
Both: (nod) Yes.
Leader: Good. Then leave!
Both: (jump and run out of hut)
REAL SCENE:
Mysiqua: (sad) (let out a shaky sigh) (turn to side)
Vareea: (hand head down through the entrance to the top bunk and look 
	   down) Can't sleep?
Mystiqua: (turn over) I'm sorry, did I wake you?
Vareea: Oh, not really. (flip out head first onto bed) (sit by her) You seemed 
	   very deep in thought. What's up?
Mystiqua: Just remembering.
Vareea: Mystiqua, I didn't really mean what I said earlier today. Well, maybe
	   that stand by you part. Kind of. Mostly. If that started screwing up 
	   your mind, sorry.
Mystiqua: No, it wasn't that. I just haven't been able to sleep lately.
Vareea: Ha. You and me both, sister! But you should try. That's what I do. I 
	   manage to get at least one hour of sleep.
Mystiqua: Yeah.
Vareea: Good night again, fur brain. (climb up ladder)
Mystiqua: Monkey butt!
Vareea: (shake butt at her)
Mystiqua: (laugh)
CUT
IT IS STILL NIGHTTIME. DRAYCON IS IN HIS FORTRESS. HE IS SITTING IN HIS THRONE IN FRONT OF A TABLE WITH MAPS, A QUILL, A FEW SCROLLS, A CUP OF BREW, AND A DAGGER
Soldier: (walk in) Master?
Draycon: Yes?
Soldier: Orcasie would like to speak with you.
Draycon: Would he now? Is it about his conquers? 
Soldier: I believe so.
Draycon: Bring him in.
Orcasie: (walk in)
Draycon: What have you to report on your conquests? Any new territory for 
	      me?
Orcasie: (ashamed and scared) I... I ran into trouble on the way.
Draycon: Oh? Who?
Orcasie: Two people. 
Draycon: Just two?
Orcasie: Yes.
Draycon: Who were they? People I could add to my army?
Orcasie: Um, no. I don't think so...
Draycon: Well?
Orcasie: They were females.
Draycon: (start getting crazed) 
Orcasie: Young females.
Draycon: (sputtering furious) What?! 
Orcasie: (scared) (jump)
Draycon: (jump out of throne and pound fist on the table) I gave you this job 
because I figured you would be able to scare, attack and defeat   anyone that gets in your way! But now I see that even little girls can beat you up! (grab dagger off table) (hold it out to him) I gave 
you this job because you are an Orcy! Fearless!
Orcasie: (cowering) But... but... they had the Mystical Ocarinas. 
Draycon: (freeze) What?
Orcasie: (look up)
Draycon: What did you say?
Orcasie: They had the-
Draycon: I heard what you said! (sit down) (pondering it over) (playing 
with dagger) The Ocarinas. The one thing Orcies hate the most.   
The one thing they fear. The one thing that could put those girls in 
control of the whole Orcy nation if... (smile) if they knew the 
power. I don't believe they do. (to Orcasie) How many other types 
of species are afraid of the Ocarinas or believe that they have a very 
strong power?
Orcasie: That I know of... Orcies, Vanques, the tribes out west, and... 
     Amazons. Amazons really believe in the power.
Draycon: (raise eyebrows) Amazons?
Orcasie: Yes. 
Draycon: (whisper evilly) Amazons. (smile evilly) Get those girls. Make sure 
      they have the Ocarinas.
Orcasie: Yes. (bow and leave)
Draycon: (still smiling) The Amazons won't know what hit them. (laugh 
      evilly) (throw dagger at map) (it hits Amazon territory)
CUT
IT IS NOW THE MORNING. MYSTIQUA IS PRACTICING MOVES WITH HER SWORD DOWN BY THE RIVER.
Mystiqua: (swish the sword back and forth) (spin and hit a tree with it) 
	        (hit the tree a few times) Ya! (turn around and act like you're 
	        blocking a sword) (turn back around and slice off two low 
Mystiqua: branches on each side of the tree) (stab the tree) Ha! (stop) (look 
	        around) (sigh) (look up at the sky) (sense something) (flip in 
        catlike position and look behind you) (stand there looking over 
        the woods) (eyes widen) (pull sword out of tree and run)
CUT
Vareea: (sitting out side of the house humming and cleaning your morning 
   star)
Mystiqua: (run up)
Vareea: (look up)
Mystiqua: Vareea! Get what you need now! We gotta get out of here!
Vareea: What?
Mystiqua: Grab only what you can carry freely!
Vareea: (get up) What are you talking about?
Mystiqua: Go! (run into house) (come out with a pack of stuff) The Orcy. I 
	        sensed him. He's coming after us.
Vareea: Why?
Mystiqua: I'm not sure. But this time, he isn't backing down.
Vareea: (run in house)
Mystiqua: (follow)
IN HOUSE
Vareea: What should I bring?
Mystiqua: Clothes, food,-
Vareea: (pack them)
Mystiqua: Don't forget your weapon boots!
Vareea: Oh yeah. (pick one up) (make sure the dagger is ok) (make it spring 
	   out) (put it back in) (pack them both quickly)
Mystiqua: Hurry! (run out)
Vareea: (follow) (at the last minute, grab your staff with your Ocarina on it 
   by the door) 
OUTSIDE
Vareea: (climb tall tree quickly and look around)
Mystiqua: (sniff the air)
Both: East.
Vareea: (climb down)
Both: (start running west)
Mystiqua: We'll double back when we're far enough out.
Vareea: (nod)
CUT
MYSTIQUA AND VAREEA ARE IN A TALL TREE.
Vareea: Mystiqua, aren't there cannibal tribes out West?
Mystiqua: Yes. We'll head South once we're far enough out. There's a small 
	        village called Cyreus over there.
Vareea: (look towards your house) (see smoke) (gasp) Mystiqua, smoke!
Mystiqua: (look)
Vareea: He burnt our home!
Mystiqua: (look away) 
Vareea: No!
Mystiqua: Well, then, we'll just have to get even with him now, won't we? 
	        (look at her)
Vareea: (smile)
Both: (throw packs down on a branch)
Mystiqua: (take bracelets off and switch them with gauntlets)
Vareea: (put morning star in its "traveling case")
Mystiqua: (clip it on her back) (polish sword) (put it in scabbard)
Vareea: (put blowgun and darts on your belt)
Mystiqua: (take off all jewelry except the dolphin necklace)
Vareea: (test weapon boots) (kick the tree with the blade out) (get stuck) 
	   Ah! (try to pull it out) (fall back)
Mystiqua: (catch her)
Both: (start laughing)
Mystiqua: (test gauntlet daggers)
Vareea: (put on spiked armbands)
Both: (pull out tails) (smile)
ORCASIE WALKS DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH THEM
Mystiqua: (jump off tree and land on his back) (gauntlet daggers come out)
Orcasie: (flip her off)
Mystiqua: (flip and land on feet) See? I've been practicing.
Orcasie: (growl) (start coming at her)
Mystiqua: Wait!
Orcasie: (stop)
Vareea: (start moving through trees with Mystiqua's and your pack)     
Mystiqua: Why do you hate me, Mr. Orcy?
Orcasie: Is this a stall?
Mystiqua: (act innocent) (shrug)
Orcasie: (look up)
Vareea: (freeze)
Orcasie: (look back)
Mystiqua: (raise eyebrows)
Orcasie: This is a stall.
Mystiqua: Oh please. But if you really want to fight me, just answer me this 
	        question:-
Vareea: (start moving again) 
Orcasie- How about this? I'll answer your question if you answer mine.
Mystiqua: (think) Ok. You first. (grab his collar and pull him towards you) 
	        Why are you following us and trying to kill us?!
Orcasie: (free yourself of her grasp) You have something my master needs.
Mystiqua: Your master? Let me guess, Draycon.
Orcasie: ( amazed that she knew)
Mystiqua: Your wearing his colors.
Orcasie: (look like "oh yeah")
Mystiqua: (roll eyes)
Vareea: (stop) (thumbs up to Mystiqua)
Orcasie: Very well, it's him. Now answer mine... Is this a stall?
Mystiqua: (pause) (look up)
Vareea: (nod)
Mystiqua: Well, if you don't want it to be, then it won't be. But if you really 
         want it to be, than it can be.
Orcasie: (confused)
Mystiqua: (roll eyes) You Orcies aren't very metaphorical, are you? Let's put 
	        it like this: I'll give you one guess.
Orcasie: (get it) I knew it!
Mystiqua: (stand back) 
Vareea: (hanging off branch with tail) (start shooting darts at him)
Orcasie: (look up at her) (get hit in the chest) (shocked) Ah! (look down at 
     it) (look at Mystiqua) (get hit in the side) (collapse)
Mystiqua: (sit there watching him) (back up a little)
Vareea: (flip down) (walk over to him) This is for burning my home! (kick 
	   him a few times) 
Mystiqua: (shocked by her action)
Vareea: And this is for destroying my only memories! (make blades spring 
   up on the boots)
Mystiqua: Vareea!
Vareea: (look up)
Mystiqua: No. Don't kill him. 
Vareea: Wha-? Then I'll just wound him! (cut his shoulder with dagger)
Mystiqua: (turn away) 
Vareea: (mad) (spit on him) (walk to Mystiqua) (give her pack) 
Mystiqua: We'll head West 'til we hit the first cannibal tribe. Then we'll go 
	        South to Cyreus. We can stock up there.
Vareea: How I wish we had horses.
THEY LEAVE ORCASIE LYING THERE UNCONSCIOUS AND BLOODY.
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DRAYCON'S HORSEMEN FIND ORCASIE.
Leader: (jump of horse) (check his pulse) 
Horseman: Is he alive?
Leader: Yes. (pull dart out of his chest) (smell it) Bay root. It numbs your 
	   nerves so you end up falling unconscious. He should be out for a 
	   few more hours. (see caked blood around his wound) Hmm. He 
	   was down. It's obvious someone wanted him dead. Why didn't they 
	   finish the job when they had the chance?
Horseman: Ransom?
Leader: If they were going to hold him for ransom, they would have taken 
	   him, you fool!
Horseman: (jump)
Leader: (get up) No. This is the work of someone with self-control. Someone 
	   who may have a dark past, but can control it. (turn to horsemen) 
	   Know anyone like that?
Horseman: Xena?
Leader: Xena is dead you incompetent fool! And she is obviously bound to 
   stay dead! We would have been a wonderful team if she had allied 
   with me.
Horseman: What about him?
Leader: (get on horse) Aside from the pain he'll experience in his shoulder, 
	   He'll most likely be fine. He'll be dazed when he wakes up, but that 
	   should be it. Of course, that is, if the vultures don't get him first. 
	   (look at sky where vultures are circling) (laugh evilly) (ride off with 
	   the horsemen following)
CUT
MYSTIQUA AND VAREEA ARE WALKING
Vareea: You know, I don't like this whole thing at all. It's stupid.
Mystiqua: What is?
Vareea: Well, here we are, running away-
Mystiqua: If we would have stayed, we would have been killed. 
Vareea: I wasn't done.
Mystiqua: Sorry.
Vareea: We're running away from something that I could have killed, and 
	   Heading towards a cannibal village, when, when-
Mystiqua: When?
Vareea: Well, when we could have been building a home! Where are we 
	   gonna stay?
Mystiqua: Wherever we are. Just hope it doesn't rain.
Vareea: (sigh) You've already thought this over, haven't you?
Mystiqua: Completely.
Vareea: (purse lips) Why didn't you let me kill him?
Mystiqua: If we'd have killed him, there would be Orcies at our throats. It's 
	        enough that Draycon is out to get us. It's good to keep our 
	        distance, but that Orcy won't stop. He's following orders. 
	        Draycon will never stop. He really wants us.
Vareea: But why?
Mystiqua: That I do not know.
Vareea: Myst, can we just start traveling South now? We need to screw 
	   with their minds a little.
Mystiqua: I know, but there is a direct path to Cyreus if we keep going. 
Vareea: What about the cannibals? I don't want to get that close to them. 
	   Word is they are extremely tough. They're like barbarians.
Mystiqua: They are barbarians. We won't get close enough to them for them 
	        to get us. Trust me.
Vareea: All right. Where do we go after Cyreus?
Mystiqua: We'll find a place. Maybe head more south.
Vareea: Why don't we find a place in Cyreus and settle down there?
Mystiqua: Nah.
Vareea: Why not?
Mystiqua: We're too young. We would most likely be shunned.
Vareea: This isn't like the Animal Tribe.
Mystiqua: I know.
HORSES NEIGH IN THE DISTANCE
Mystiqua: Draycon's men! Hide your weapons! (take off gauntlets and 
        sword and bury them in leaves behind a rock)
Vareea: (follow with blowgun, armbands, and morning star)
Horsemen: (ride up)
Both Girls: (act really little girlish)
Leader: Hello.
Both: (look at each other unsure and back up)
Leader: Do not be frightened, little ones. I will not harm you.
Both: (stifle laughs)
Leader: (know that something is up) Tell me, from which way have you 
	   been traveling?
Both: (look at each other)
Mystiqua: North.
Leader: North, really?
Both: (nod)
Mystiqua: We are traveling to the east. 
Leader: Is that so? Where are your parents?
Mystiqua: We were to meet them at the rivers.
Leader: (lying) We just came from the rivers. There is no one else there. 
	   (smile evilly)
Both: (look at each other unsure)
Vareea: (pretend to bawl) (hold on to Mystiqua) (whisper) Think fast!
Mystiqua: Oh, um, uh, she loves our parents so dearly! She depends on them 
        so! They're her rock. And if they're not there, then that could only 
	        mean one thing. How can she go on without her rock? (pretend 
	        to cry) I can't take care of her by myself! They were my rock too! 
	        (sniffles) What do we do now? We can't go on! Wah!!
Vareea: Wahh!
Leader: (speechless) Uh, um, uh... (look at the horsemen) (they shrug) Um, 
	   well, goodbye! 
Horsemen: (start passing them) 
Leader: (under breath) And we haven't even been there. Honestly.
Both: (watch them leave) (when they're gone, start laughing)
Vareea: Hahahahaa!!
Mystiqua: Whoo-hoo! Can you believe they fell for it?
Vareea: I don't think we look like "little ones". 
Both: (laugh) (high five) (grab weapons, put them back on)
Vareea: We still goin' west?
Mystiqua: The plans haven't changed yet.
Both: (laugh) (start walking)
CUT
IN DRAYCON'S FORTRESS
Draycon: (sitting on throne listening to Orcasie) You got beat up again? 
	      Why are you having such a hard time taking out two little girls?! 
Orcasie: (head bowed) They are not little girls, Master. They are animals.
Draycon: (freeze)
Orcasie: I saw the tails.
Draycon: Animals?
Orcasie: (look up) Yes, Master.
Draycon: (slowly smile) I want them. I want them and their Ocarinas. I need 
	      them.
Orcasie: You're not gonna send me after them again, are you?
Draycon: No. You'd just get hurt again anyways.
Orcasie: (look at wound)
Draycon: No. I have a better plan. One that involves me along with my entire 
	      Militia. A plan no one would ever see coming. (smile) (drink)
CUT
MYSTIQUA AND VAREEA ARE WALKING. THEY ARE IN THEIR NORMAL GEAR. CANNIBALS ARE WATCHING FROM TREES AND BRUSH AND STUFF
Vareea: (slightly out of it) (spinning staff) Cannibals, cannibals, cannibals. 
	   (keep saying)
Mystiqua: (get sick of it) (begin playing Ocarina)
Cannibals: (gasp and draw back)
Vareea: (look at her) (join in)
Cannibals: (look at each other fearfully and retreat)
Both: (still playing)
Vareea: (stop playing and begin dancing) (smiling and laughing)
Mystiqua: (still playing) (smiling)
Both: (continue until the song is over) (laugh) (reach a cannibal village) 
           (freeze) (look around)
Vareea: It looks deserted.
Mystiqua: (walk into it and look around)
Vareea: (follow)
Mystiqua: There's no one here.
Vareea: Why would they leave? Something isn't right.
Mystiqua: Cannibals don't abandon their homes. Their nation is too strong. 
Vareea: (look at her) This is freaky. (start leaving)
Mystiqua: Vareea! 
Vareea: (turn to her)
Mystiqua: Get on your warrior gear. I sense trouble.
Vareea: (look at her worried)
CUT
MYSTIQUA AND VAREEA REACH CYREUS. THERE IS A MOB OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM BEING HELD AT DAGGER POINT BY DRAYCON'S MILITIA. THE MEN ARE ON A PLATFORM WITH NOOSES AROUND THEIR NECKS PREPARED TO BE HUNG.
Both: (slow down)
Mystiqua: What the-
Vareea: Uh-oh.
Draycon: (shouts from behind the mob) Part it! Let me through!
THE MOB PARTS
Both: (scared) (look at each other) (back up closer to each other)
Draycon: (walk through the part all high and mighty)
Both: (scared) (slightly huddling together)
Mystiqua: Uh... Um. You must be Draycon. (smile)
Draycon: (snarl)
Mystiqua: Is that a yes or no? (gulp) O..k. Uh, what are you doing here in 
	        Cyreus? It seems so small compared to your kingdom.
Draycon: Cyreus is my kingdom.
Mystiqua: Oh. Well, I guess we learn something everyday, huh?
Draycon: (growl)
Mystiqua: (back up) Well, listen, before you start the whole hissy fit mode, 
	        uh, what's up with the people?
Draycon: I'm glad you brought that up. Seize them!
SIX SOLDIERS WALK OVER TO THEM. TWO OF THEM GRAB MYSTIQUA, TWO GRAB VAREEA, ONE STANDS BEHIND HIM, AND ONE STANDS BESIDE HIM.
Draycon: You see all these people? The men?
Both: (look over at them)
Draycon: Well, I'm ready to use them. I'm going to use them to get you.
Mystiqua: What do you mean?
Draycon: I know what you are, girls. Animals. I've heard the legends. Now I 
	      know they're true.
Mystiqua: (glare)
Draycon: Hahaha. It's perfect. (pull Mystiqua's tail)
Mystiqua: (scream/yowl) (hiss) (lunge at him)
Soldier One: (hold her back with hair)
Mystiqua: Ah!
Vareea: (try to break free)
Draycon: (push her back with hand on her throat) Feisty, aren't they? I 
	      Could use them... if I could housebreak them! (take hand away)
Soldiers: (laugh)
Mystiqua: (glaring)
Vareea: (worried)
Draycon: Let's have a look-see at these weapons, first. (take out Mystiqua's 
	      sword) (look over it) Mmm. Very nice blade. (hand it to weapon 
Draycon: soldier) (pull out Vareea's morning star) (swing it around) Oo! 
	      Naughty! (throw it on ground)
Weapon Soldier: (pick it up)
Draycon: (take off Vareea's spiked armbands) This is new.
Mystiqua: Draycon, what do you want?
Draycon: Well, now I want a set or two of these... (prick finger on spike) 
      (frown) They are indeed sharp. (throw it through the air like a 
      Frisbee) (it embeds deep into a tree) (throw the other one by it)
Weapon Soldier:  (start going to tree)
Draycon: Don't bother. Those can stay. You'd have an awfully hard time 
      getting them out, anyway.
Weapon Soldier: (nod/bow and go back to place)
Draycon: I applaud you on your weapon choices, Animals. Perfect for me. 
	      But what I really came here for are... these! (pull off Ocarinas)
Mystiqua: Hey!
Vareea: No! (outraged) No! Give it back! Rah! (lunge out) Not that! Don't 
	   take my memories!
Mystiqua: (sympathetic towards Vareea)
Draycon: Now we know what turns her on, huh?
Soldiers: (laugh) 
Draycon: (tease her by holding it out in front of her where she can't grab it)
Vareea: (frustrated) 
Soldiers: (having a good time)
Mystiqua: Hey! Knock it off!
Draycon: (freeze) (turn to her) What did you say?
Mystiqua: You heard me.
Draycon: Do you think you can talk back to me?
Mystiqua: I am right now.
Draycon: (slap her across face) Well stop it!
Mystiqua: What do you want with us? We're nothing. 
Draycon: On the contrary, you're everything I need.
Mystiqua: (uneasy) What do you mean?
Draycon: Have you forgotten you're Animals?
Mystiqua: No we're not!
Draycon: (half laugh) Really? Then what's up with the tails?
Mystiqua: Right. We were born Animals, but we're not.
Draycon: Why?
Vareea: We didn't want to be with them anymore.
Mystiqua: (nod) What are you? Our therapist now?
Draycon: (mad) I'm not the one being held prisoner.
Mystiqua: (glare) What are you going to do to the village?
Draycon: Like I said, I am going to use this village to my every whim.
Mystiqua: Meaning..?
Draycon: (annoyed) I need you to fulfill what I desire to do the most. 
Vareea: Why?
Draycon: Haven't you been listening? With your strength, (Weapon Soldier
Draycon: hands you their weapons) your weapons, and your Ocarinas, I 
	      rule what I most desire. I could rule the world!
Mystiqua: (to Vareea) Didn't Caesar try this?
Vareea: And look what happened to him.
Draycon: You have two options: You can come with me without a fight, 
	      and I will spare the lives of these pathetic villagers, or you put up a 
	      fight, and I hang the men, decapitate the women and children, 
	      burn the village, and take you anyway.
Vareea: (look amazed at Mystiqua) (whisper) Nasty!
Mystiqua: We'll choose option number three. As in the one where we beat 
	         snot out of you scumbags, free the villagers, and leave here alone, 
	         together, and unscathed. (daggers pop out of gauntlets) (stab the 
	         soldiers holding onto you) (they let go and fall on top of Soldier 
         Five) (punch Soldier Three in the shoulder)
Soldier Three: (hold shoulder) Ah!
Mystiqua: (kick him back)
Soldier Four: (let go of Vareea and pull out sword)
Vareea: (dive/roll out of the way)
Mystiqua: (smile) (he starts swinging at you) (block it with daggers)
Vareea: (scurry into brush)
Draycon: (watching Mystiqua and Soldier Four mad/flabbergasted) (finally 
	      utter) No!
Mystiqua: (kick Soldier Four's sword) (it twists and falls to the ground)
Soldier Four: (look at it) Huh?
Mystiqua: (jump/spin/kick him)
Soldier Four: (fly back)
Soldier Five: (get up)
Vareea: (pounce on Draycon from behind) (the weapons fly away from him) 
	   (do a pressure point on his spine to keep him from moving) (sit on 
	   his back like a monkey)
Draycon: (try to get up)
Vareea: (push his face into the ground)
Draycon: (in ground) Raah!
Vareea: (put morning star case on back) (slam the morning star an inch 
Vareea: from his face) Yeah, you're so powerful, you know? You're really 
	   gonna rule the world. (laugh) (grab Ocarinas) I'll take these. (get off 
	   his back) (go to tree and grab armbands) (throw Mystiqua's sword
	   to her) Mystiqua, sword!
Mystiqua: (you're blocking Soldier Five's sword with your feet in a 
	        handstand-like position) (the sword comes at you) (kick him 
	        back, catch sword, and land standing up) (turn around and split 
        his sword in half)
Soldier Five: (look at it)
Mystiqua: (spin/kick him) (to Vareea) Free the villagers!
Vareea: (throw armband at the men lined up) (it slices through the ropes 
	   and embeds in a wall) Darn! (put on other armband)
THE MEN FREE THEMSELVES AND START FIGHTING WITH THE REST OF THE MILITIA.
Mystiqua: (knock Soldier Five out) (Soldiers One and Two begin to wake a
	        little) (slam them in stomachs with fists) (see Weapon Soldier 
	        hiding behind a bush) (start walking over) (madly) Here, kitty, 
        kitty, kitty!
Weapon Soldier: (get up) (try to run)
Mystiqua: (grab him by the collar) 
Vareea: (run to where your armband is through all the fighting) (look 
   around the square) (women and children are fleeing, men are 
   fighting and falling) (blow darts at the Militia people)
Mystiqua: (knee-kick Weapon Soldier) (spin around) (hit him in the back 
        with sword) (he collapses) Wuss!
Vareea: (get out of there) (take off pressure point on Draycon) A word of 
   advice? Don't mess around with wild Animals. (blow dart at him)
Man: (in the crowd) Retreat! Draycon is dead! Move out!
THE MILITIA MOVES OUT. THE VILLAGERS BEGIN CHEERING
Vareea: (go over to Mystiqua) (hand her her Ocarina)
Mystiqua: Thanks.
Both: (put them on)
THE VILLAGERS APPROACH THEM
Elder: Thank you so very much for saving us! You're only little girls.
Mystiqua: (smile) Oh, come on, we're older than that.
Elder: (smile kindly) We are greatly in your debt. What can we do to repay 
	you?
Vareea: Well, all we really came here for was to stock up. We kind of just 
	   ran into Draycon. 
Elder: Do you travel?
Mystiqua: We do now.
Vareea: He burnt down our home.
Elder: That's horrible!
Vareea: (look down) I know.
Elder: We have just built a new inn. You're welcome to stay there for as long 
as you want, free of charge.
Vareea: (smile)
Mystiqua: Thanks, but we would rather just get some supplies and move on.
Vareea: (look at her)
Elder: But where would you go?
Mystiqua: We'll find a better place. We want to go some place where we 
	        can start a new life.
Elder: (nod) I understand. We will give you all the supplies you need, free of 
	charge. But we will always keep an extra room in case you ever come 
	back. You girls are welcome here anytime. (to villagers) Get supplies. 
	Tell me, what are your names?
A FEW LEAVE
Mystiqua: Call me Myst.
Vareea: And me Vareea.
Elder: (smile) Beautiful names.
THE VILLAGERS COME BACK WITH SUPPLIES AND HAND THEM TO THE GIRLS
Woman: (give them some money) 
Mystiqua: We could never take this.
Woman: Think of it as a gift. My husband and son would have been dead
	      without you. Please. 
Mystiqua: Thank you so much.
Woman: (nod and go back to crowd)
Both Girls: (look at each other amazed with the kindness) 
Elder: That should be all you need. 
Mystiqua: It is. (shake wrists) Thank you, everyone!
Vareea: Yes, thank you!
Elder: What should we do about him?
Mystiqua: Block off the area. Then watch him wake up all dazed and 
        confused like a little puppy. But don't help him.
Elder: (smile) Ah. Ok.
Both Girls: (start leaving) 
THE VILLAGERS AND GIRLS EXCHANGE GOOD-BYES
OUT OF TOWN
Vareea: Well that was rather amazing.
Mystiqua: It was. But we have food now.
Vareea: And money.
Mystiqua: Wasn't that nice?
Vareea: And we could have had a home. 
Mystiqua: (a little guilty)
Vareea: Why didn't we?
Mystiqua: (not sure what to say) (looking around)
Vareea: Mystiqua?
Mystiqua: (look down) Well, to me, it wouldn't have really been a home.
Vareea: What do you mean?
Mystiqua: (shrug) I just think a home is something that is more than just a 
	        roof over your head. It should be a place that you can identify 
	        with. Like with your memories. I don't think a home has to even 
	        be a shelter. It can be wherever you feel most comfortable.
Vareea: (amazed at her philosophy)
Mystiqua: We don't need a house to have a home. They are two different 
	        things. And they always will be. Just spend a few nights outside. 
	        You'll see what I mean. We already have a home. I think it's in 
	        our hearts.
Vareea: (eyebrows raised) That was some use of words.
Mystiqua: You think? I just let my mouth move again. Gotta hate it when 
	        that happens.
Vareea: No, I think it's good. It makes you sound intelligent.
Mystiqua: Hey! (push her) Then maybe you should try it. 
Vareea: Hey! (push her) 
Both: (keep pushing and fighting) (laughing) 
Vareea: (tackle Mystiqua) 
Mystiqua: (scream) 
Both: (wrestle) (laughing too hard) (finally stop) (laying on ground)
Mystiqua: (look up at the sky) (the sun is beginning to set) Hey, look at 
	        that!
Vareea: Pretty. You know, suddenly I have grown very tired.
Mystiqua: (yawn) Me too. Looks like it's time to try out that philosophy of 
        mine. (close eyes)
Vareea: (smile) I guess so. (yawn) (close eyes) 
Both: (fall asleep right there)
FIN