Act One: Scene Six

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Songs: Neverseen Introduction

Characters: Bronte, Sophie, Emery, Grady, Edaline, Keefe, Kenric, Fitz, Alden, Dex, Alvar, Gisela, Ruy, Gethen, Fintan, Trix, Umber, Glimmer, Vespera

## Current draft

*(Immediate segue from scene 5.)*

**BRONTE:** Look, kid. I don’t think you understand whats going on here.

**SOPHIE:** Excuse me?

**EMERY:** We’ve been looking for a second Alicorn for centuries. Without her the species could go extinct.

**BRONTE:** We must have the Alicorn moved to the Sanctuary immediately.

**SOPHIE:** The what?

**GRADY:** The Sanctuary is where all the important animals in our world live. It's one of the most secure places in the Lost Cities.

**EDALINE:** But Silveny hasn't been rehabilitated yet?

**BRONTE:** Yeah, well, she’s already a vegetarian and that's all that matters. We can't risk anything happening to her.

**SOPHIE:** She’s not ready to move! She’s barely able to breathe the same air as elves without having a panic attack, let alone move to some random place who knows where with people she doesn’t know!

**KEEFE:** Yeah, I agree with Foster here. Silveny’s pretty panicky right now.

**EMERY:** The Sanctuary is the safest place for her, we can’t risk anything happening.

**KENRIC:** He’s right, Sophie. We can’t risk the Black Swan getting ahold of her.

**FITZ:** Yeah, especially after the note.

**ALDEN:** Note? What note?

**FITZ:** The Black Swan gave Sophie a note in her box of Prattles.

**Everyone but SOPHIE and FITZ:** What?!

**SOPHIE:** It’s really not a big deal, guys.

**ALDEN:** What did it say? Was it a threat?

**SOPHIE:** No, It just said [insert whatever the note said]

**GRADY:** How dare they come near my daughter!

**EDALINE:** Grady--

**GRADY:** I hope they all go to hell!

**SOPHIE:** What are you talking about? It was just a harmless note!

**GRADY:** Harmless?! HARMLESS?! No! Nothing about the Black Swan is ever harmless!

**EMERY:** Here we go again.

**GRADY:** The Black Swan are evil and need to be destroyed!

**SOPHIE:** But they haven’t done anything!

**GRADY:** No, they’ve done plenty. Including murdering my daughter!

**SOPHIE, FITZ, KEEFE, DEX:** What?

*(The COUNCIL members sigh, exasperated.)*

**GRADY:** Yes! And none of you will believe me. The Black Swan murdered Jolie!

**EDALINE:** Grady!

**SOPHIE:** What do you mean? That's not possible! Jolie’s death was an accident!

**GRADY:** It was no accident. I got notes, threats that if I didn’t join them they would do something drastic! But I never thought they’d go so far to set my daughter's house on fire and watch her burn to a husk!

**SOPHIE:** But-

**GRADY:** The Black Swan is evil, and if the council is stupid enough to let anything related to them stay standing, they’re idiots.

**BRONTE:** That’s enough, Grady.

**GRADY:** They should be stamping everything affiliated with the Black Swan to dust, not just standing around!

**ORALIE, KENRIC, EDALINE, ALDEN:** Grady!

**SOPHIE:** But... the Black Swan made me…

**KEEFE:** Foster, you're-

*(SOPHIE runs away from the group, bursting into tears. She runs into one of the shoreside caves. DEX follows her.)*

**DEX:** Sophie, wait! *(He runs to SOPHIE's side and wraps his arms around her.)* He didn’t mean you! You're not even close to evil! You're-

**SOPHIE:** *(throwing DEX's arms off of her)* Go away, Delilah!

**DEX:** ...It's Dex.

**SOPHIE:** Get out! I want to be alone!

**ALVAR** *(offscreen)***:** Too late for that!

**DEX:** Who said that?!

**GISELA:** *(offscreen, whispering to ALVAR)* You idiot, you're ruining my dramatic entrance.

**SOPHIE:** Who's there?

*(Beat. The NEVERSEEN emerge from the shadows.)*

**GISELA:** Well, well, well. Look who we have here.

*(Begin NEVERSEEN INTRODUCTION.)*

**SOPHIE:** What's going on?

**GISELA:** *You really do not know?*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Do not know?*

*(FINTAN strikes some piano chords.)*

**GISELA:** *Black as a nightmare,*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Nightmare!*

*(TRIX, UMBER, and GLIMMER waggle their fingers.)*

**GISELA:** *Giving you the greatest scare!*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Greatest scare!*

*(TRIX, UMBER, and GLIMMER make scary hand motions.)*

**GISELA:** *Haunting your every dream!*

**VESPERA:** Gisela, don't be too extreme.

**GISELA:** *I really must take the time to say*

*This world is really going to pay*

*Look out, I mean*

*For…*

**NEVERSEEN:** *WE'RE. THE. NEVERSEEN!*

*(TRIX, UMBER, and GLIMMER begin dancing around, lip syncing GISELA and parading around everything.)*

**RUY and GETHEN:** Neverseen! Neverseen! Neverseen!

**BRANT:** Burn burn burn!

**GISELA:** *Don't worry about the Black Swan*

*They're not the bad guys, just a boring yawn*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Boring yawn*

**GISELA:** *You've really just got to admit*

*For rebels, we make the split*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Make the split!*

**GISELA:** *We've got the greatest plan*

**ALVAR:** *(on electric guitar) And boy can we really jam!*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Really jam!*

**GISELA:** *The greatest villains, we set the score*

*To rule the world forevermore!*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Forevermore!*

**NEVERSEEN:** NEVERSEEN! NEVERSEEN! NEVERSEEN!

*(TRIX, UMBER, and GLIMMER conga line over FINTAN’s piano.)*

**GISELA:** *Just to add some quick compliments*

*Here's a list of our accomplishments!*

**VESPERA:** *Remember I always make the big decisions!*

**GISELA:** *Built a prison*

**RUY and GETHEN:** Prison!

**GISELA:** *Did some torture*

**RUY and GETHEN:** Torture!

**GISELA:** *Lit a f–*

**FINTAN:** Man was it a scorcher!

**BRANT:** Burn burn burn!

**GISELA:** *Started an epic plague*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Epic plague!*

**GISELA:** *Offed anyone who was a drag! (kicks ALVAR over)*

**RUY and GETHEN:** *Was a drag! (begin tying up SOPHIE and DEX)*

**SOPHIE:** Please…

**GISELA:** *Oh my darling no need to scream*

**VESPERA:** *We will not be too obscene*

**GISELA:** *Will scars and legacies galore*

**FINTAN:** *And worlds to rule forevermore!*

**GISELA:** *Open your eyes, it's not a dream!*

**NEVERSEEN:** *For we're the Neverseen!*

*(Dramatic piano chords thanks to FINTAN, the screen goes black as SOPHIE’s blindfold is tied on. End Neverseen Introduction.)*

**ALVAR:** Hey, I think you're holding her upside down. *(Crashing sound.)* Owww....

*draft written by @Starlit.Bookshelves, Neverseen Introduction by @JL Spellweaver*