MODERN MONARCHY:
“THE CAVEMAN KING PART I”
Written by Shemar James
Genres: Action/Adventure,Fantasy
LOGLINE: When they defeat the sinister Caveman King who tries to overthrow their prehistoric kingdom, an unwedded, duty-bound princess and her friends must unite an uneasy alliance between primitive and modern people to defend their home against his vengeful son who vows to destroy them, only to discover that he is an estranged crush from her adolescent past. MODERN MONARCHY: THE CAVEMAN KING
Written by Shemar James
1 FLASHBACK:
BLACK SCREEN:13 YEARS AGO
(Dramatic, suspenseful music begins)
A young and concerned PRINCESS EVE(10),skulks barefoot through the castle halls cautiously in a cheetah-print garment and a short skirt of the same pattern. Her hair is shoulder-length and golden much like the uniquely crafted tiara on her head that resembles the shape of leaves at the front. Around her neck is an elegant bone necklace from the remains of a FIERCE jungle beast her father killed with his bare hands while just a young prince and gifted to her.
BOOM! BANG! BANG! THUD!
It’s coming from downstairs. Outside!
Princess Eve pauses.
LOUD footfalls sound from around the corner of an adjacent hall. She can hear the GOLDLEAF SENTRIES,yell from a distance. Their voices get LOUDER and CLOSER.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY A Find the princess!
Two Goldleaf Sentries, young, well-built cavemen who wear red smock-like garments made of animal skin and held up by a shoulder strap on one side, turn the corner and survey both directions. They spot Princess Eve. One runs toward her as the other walks briskly behind.They both have swords and bow and arrows strapped to their backs.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY A Princess! You must get to safety! NOW!
The GOLDLEAF SENTRY picks Princess Eve up from the ground and rushes to her room. He sets her down and puts his hands on her shoulders.The room is expansive with magenta concrete floor and walls and elegant oil lamps hung all around the place.
2 GOLDLEAF SENTRY A Stay here!
PRINCESS EVE nods.
He locks the room door from the outside.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY A (to the other guard) I’ll guard this door. Find the prince!
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B On it!
SHOUTS and CLAMOR sounds from outside. More and more intense!
Princess Eve shuffles over to the silk curtains of her room. She slowly peeks her head through and steps onto the small balcony at the side of the castle. She watches from above.
The Goldleaf Sentries are in the midst of a vicious combat with the SILVERSTONE CAVEMEN, considerably larger in size, brawn, and aggression battle barefoot, dressed in tiger print, multi-colored tunics.
Another INVASION of the kingdom!
GOLDLEAF SENTRY 1 They’ve got us surrounded!
GOLDLEAF SENTRY 2 Protect the palace! Don’t let them get inside!
The Goldleaf Sentries wrestle with the Silverstone Cavemen in barbaric hand-to-hand combat,fire arrows, wield swords,swing clubs,and launch massive boulders from catapults. Men from both sides become injured, clothes torn and muddied from grappling in the mud, bruised and scarred,some beaten, some unconscious, and some dead.The Silverstone Cavemen appear to get the upper hand as they push back the Goldleaf Sentries closer to the entrance of the Goldleaf Castle.
3 CAPTAIN IVAN(19),head of the Goldleaf Sentries,taller and stronger than his subordinates, has a military hard hat over his copper hair and wears a brown garment,stands mightily behind the frontlines.
CAPTAIN IVAN Hold your ground!
The CAVEMAN KING, ruler of the Silverstone Cavemen and twice the size of his men, steps forth from the trees of the surrounding forest valiantly in a lion fur tunic, his unkempt dirty blond hair down to his shoulders, with cold brown eyes that burn with a sinister fire, raises his first mightily in the air.
CAVEMAN KING Onward, my savages! This kingdom, too, will soon be ours. Show no mercy!
The Silverstone Caveman lasso long tree vines from the jungle and cast them alongside the castle walls, latch onto the rooftop rails, and begin to scale it effortlessly.
CAPTAIN IVAN Secure the rooftop! Don’t let them get to the top!
The Goldleaf Sentries are now strategically positioned on the roof and balconies around the castle and began to fire their arrows at the Silverstone Cavemen. The rival savages are struck and fall a long way down. The Goldleaf Sentries continue to fire an overwhelming shower of arrows and force the Silverstone Cavemen to a shameful retreat. Other Silverstone Cavemen who avoided the darts shot at them, vines are severed by the swords of Goldleaf Sentries at top and they, too, fall to the dirt below. Princess Eve, sees a few Silverstone Caveman slowly climb up to her balcony.She staggers backward in terror. They have their eyes locked on her. Only a few feet below.
SILVERSTONE CAVEMAN A Oh, Princess. You have visitors! (snickers) There’s nowhere to run!
4 Princess Eve swallows heavily. She thinks. She rushes back in her room, bends down, and reaches under bed. She frantically searches until her hand discovers something. There it is! A small blade twinkles in her hand. She runs back to the balcony. A few Silverstone Cavemen are just about to climb over the railing. SILVERSTONE CAVEMAN B Time's up! Just come quietly. We won’t bite.
PRINCESS EVE Well I do!
Princess Eve charges at one of the Silverstone Cavemen, his hairy, sweaty palms clutch the top of the rails as he attempts to climb over onto the balcony. She bites his hand viciously and sinks her teeth deep into his fingers.
SILVERSTONE CAVEMAN B Ah!!!
He stumbles back and falls a few feet down but catches hold of the vine he mounted before he completely plunges.
SILVERSTONE CAVEMAN B You little bug! I’ll crush you!
PRINCESS EVE Get away from home, you monsters!
Quickly, she cuts all of the vines with a fierce slash of her knife. They all wail and plummet to their demise.
The Caveman King’s men are completely overtaken and surrounded. Goldleaf Sentries on the ground and from the castle roof and balconies all have their arrows and swords pointed in their direction.
KING ANDREW Halt!
KING ANDREW,a herculean man of jet black hair, in a royal blue leopard print tunic and neck collar of the same design with shiny rhinestones and sequin trim and matching pair of
5 wristbands,ambles through a crowd of his Goldleaf Sentries until he arrives at the frontline of the battle. He stands before the Caveman King bold and upright, his face of strongly chiseled features and green eyes rich in color and confidence.
A TENSE stare off.
KING ANDREW You’ve failed again,king. These invasion attempts are pointless.You will never add this kingdom to your list of conquests.You are no match for my formidable army. Retreat NOW!Next time, I will not be merciful.
The Caveman King growls bitterly.
CAVEMAN KING You may have won this battle but the war is far from over! You won’t have the upper hand for much longer.Your military has gotten weaker at every clash.
The Caveman King meticulously eyes each one of the Goldleaf Sentries who stare back at him with disdain. He inhales dramatically,finishes his survey of the opposing army, and locks eyes back with King Andrew.
CAVEMAN KING(CONT’D) I can smell your defeat. The fall of the Goldleaf Kingdom is near. And I and my son shall rule it!
A young, timid PRINCE CHAD,(12),shaggy blond hair, blue eyes,yellow tunic, faux fur sash, and jewel-encrusted crown planted firmly on his head, emerges from behind the Caveman King, anxious, his eyes glued to the ground.
Princess Eve, still observes from her balcony, notices him and gasps in disbelief.
6 PRINCESS EVE (whispers to herself) CHAD?
PRINCE CHAD’s eyes lift from the ground gradually and float up to meet PRINCESS EVE’s. He partially smiles, awkwardly. PRINCESS EVE forces an uneasy smile back and quickly looks away.
KING ANDREW I will never allow you to take this kingdom as long as there is breath in my body.
CAVEMAN KING (laughs) Well, I wouldn’t count on that for too long.
The Caveman King turns to walk away with Prince Chad and the remaining Silverstone Caveman at his side.
CAVEMAN KING(CONT’D) We shall return again for what is rightfully ours!
Prince Chad turns to look over his shoulder to meet Princess Eve’s eyes one last time. She looks hurt.
PRINCESS EVE (V.O.) The night of the failed invasion of my kingdom made everything clear to me as a child. I understood now.Chad and I could never be friends because of the war between our family kingdoms. We were both caught in a world of warfare that neither of us asked to be a part of. I thought for sure this would be the last I would see him. (beat) I was wrong.
7 END FLASHBACK
BLACKSCREEN: 13 YEARS LATER - PRESENT DAY
An aerial view of a modern town.
Clear Sky. Beautiful summer day.
UPBEAT music.
Contemporary automobiles are bumper-to-bumper in heavy traffic. Pedestrians go about their business. Schools, parks, and upscale apartment buildings are seen for miles across the skyscraper metropolis. Well-developed rail systems and freshly-paved highways have been built from one side of the city to the other. NOTHING out of the ORDINARY.
A large sign on the outskirts of the town is titled: WELCOME TO CONE CITY.
EVE (V.O.) This is my world. But this isn’t my town...but these ARE my people. Well I consider them my people at least..but I learned very quickly that they didn’t see me the same Way...See US the same way.
Camera slowly turns away from the CONE CITY sign and accelerates rapidly down a gravel pathway between lofty, maple leaf trees and makes a sudden halt at a large wooden archway, bold letters engraved at the top: GOLDLEAF KINGDOM.
Music cue: PREHISTORIC drumbeat.
EVE(V.O.) This is my home. The Goldleaf Kingdom.
MONTAGE:
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) We have different kinds of creatures.
8 A large pterodactyl flies high over the trees and screeches.It’s cry echoes across the land.
A sizable ogre spins a dead,oversized swordfish on a wooden rotisserie over a roasting stone fire.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) We play hard and we work even harder.
Cavechildren play near a pond and splash each other with the warm, spring water. Other cavemen gather metal containers of water and haul them overhead back to their homes. The mud trails they amble take them out of the trees and to an open residential expanse of stone huts, wooden cabins, and a few cement edificies.
A town just as busy.
People of slightly rougher features share the same uniformed fashion of animal print tunics and mostly tread barefoot on the sand trails, through the tall grasses, and on the stone pathways.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) We have modes of transportation and our own businesses.
Some ride carriages pulled by horses and others hitch a ride on the back of tamed dinosaurs, but most travel on foot. Some carry spears for hunting, others host pop-up farmer’s markets with fresh produce and poultry for sale.
MARIA(22)Long,shiny brown hair,soft brown eyes,curvaceous,wears a brown and yellow leopard print blouse and skirt has a hat that says “Tour Guide” and leads a group of folks from the modern town down the side of a trail who gaze and snap photos of the primitive life around them.Very few cave people are kind enough to wave back to the visitors,but most grimace and appear annoyed by the flashes of the cameras.
MARIA Please not too many photos out of respect for the residents.
9 Many of the tourists disregard her request.
Maria’s eyes slowly drift away to the sight of the Cone City skyscrapers far off in the distance. A gaze of wonder and curiosity. She prefers to be there.
TOURIST Excuse me? Excuse me, miss?
A tall, jovial man with a camera strapped around his neck taps Maria on the shoulder. She snaps out of it.
MARIA Yes?
TOURIST Would you mind taking a photo of me and my family? It would be great to capture this moment before we go back to the city.
Maria forces a smile and takes the camera from him.
MARIA Sure!
The man, his wife, and two kids huddle together. The backdrop of the city is behind them.
MARIA Okay, big smiles! One, two, three!
She snaps the photo and returns the camera.
TOURIST Great, thank you! We appreciate it!
MARIA Of course! Alright, everyone let’s continue to move this way!
Maria starts to walk backwards slowly and signals the
10 crowd to follow her again. She slightly bumps into a pair of Goldleaf Sentries as they march past her and go the other direction.
MARIA Whoops, sorry.
One of them, noticeably handsome, flashes a smile and waves back at her.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY No worries, Maria!
Her heart flutters. She continues to pace backwards, her eyes still fixated on the cute guard.
MARIA Now everyone, please be careful as we continue and please make sure to watch -
She stumbles over the edge of the path, and plummets several feet until she lands in a bundle of bushes below. The tourists, other cave people, and the Goldleaf Sentries all rush over to the edge of the path and look below at Maria. She is entangled in vines and branches, and her hair messy with leaves.The tourists quickly snap photos of her embarrassment.
Maria spits a leaf from her mouth and groans.
MARIA --your step.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) We have art.
Elderly cavewomen sit near the market and weave baskets, design crystal and bone necklaces, and carve intricate stone art.
JENNY,soft brown eyes,long curly brown hair,outfitted in a pink cheetah print tunic and fine jewelry has a clothing line made of jungle vine tied between two trees nearby. Upon it are a collection of different colorful tunics of unique patterns,prints,and stripes available for sale. A large group of
11 clients have gathered to buy them and push each other frantically to get to the front of the line.
JENNY Okay, okay! One at a time everyone! No need to push. I’ll be here all day.
Jenny proceeds to ring up each customer. They exchange a few shiny coins for their clothing items and hurry along. She easily breezes through a dozen buyers within a minute. She’s a natural entrepreneur and her business is booming as usual. She’s clearly thriving in her element.
MS.CHEAPSTONE,a tiny, wrinkled and plump woman budges her way to the front of the line with a sparkly black tunic in her possession. A one of a kind design.
MS.CHEAPSTONE Any discount on this one today, darling?
JENNY Ms.Cheapstone, I’ve given you a discount each week for the past month!
MS.CHEAPSTONE So what’s one more time gonna hurt?
JENNY Sorry, not today.
MS.CHEAPSTONE (sighs) I thought after all those times I watched your precious littler brother, Riley, you’d be able to return the favor.
JENNY And I appreciate it. But today you need to pay full price like everyone
12 else.
Ms.Cheapstone grimaces, unsatisfied. A devious thought has popped into her mind. She spins around and tears the fabric of the tunic slightly and presents it to Jenny, eagerly.
MS. CHEAPSTONE Oh, look! It’s damaged. How about now?
JENNY (exhales) I saw that! And I’m charging you extra for that little stunt you pulled. That was an original.
MS.CHEAPSTONE Fine, fine!
Ms.Cheapstone slaps down several gold coins and takes off irately.
MS.CHEAPSTONE You, drive a hard bargain! See ya tomorrow.
TODD(26),a young muscular caveman of intimidating stature dressed in a yellow tunic, waltzes up to Jenny. His eyes are big, blue and cold and hair red, wild, and spiky. He’s emotionally charged as usual...and as usual, Jenny pays him no mind.
Todd frowns.
TODD Jenny, don’t act like you don’t see me standing here.
JENNY I don’t have anything to say to you, Todd.
TODD You can’t keep ignoring me.
13 Todd grabs Jenny’s hand forcefully.
You have to talk to me at some point.
JENNY Let me go!
Jenny smacks his hand away.
TODD It’s not wise to try and resist me! I won’t be nice forever.
JENNY I told you it’s over! I saw you with her. There’s nothing between us anymore!
TODD I told you already. It was nothing! Now get over it!
A few Goldleaf Sentries pass by and notice the commotion. The same ones that Maria bumped into earlier.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY Hey, Jenny? You okay over there?
JENNY (sighs) Yes...everything’s fine.
TODD (aggressively) Hey, why don’t you punks mind your own business?
The Goldleaf Sentries glare at Todd and slowly walk off.
JENNY And why don’t you let me mind mine?
14 TODD No! Not until you talk to me.
JENNY (rolls here eyes) Fine. Then you can tend to it.
TODD What?!
Jenny removes a stunning tunic with rhinestones from the rack. One of a kind and exclusive. The customers' eyes are in awe of the exquisite garment.
JENNY (yells) Exclusive tunic on sale for 50% off!
Jenny throws the tunic on Todd’s head.
TODD Hey! What do you think you’re -
Another frenzy breaks out amongst the buyers. They all tackle Todd to the ground and wrestle for the tunic. Todd screams in agony as a cloud of dust rises from the spot where he has been overtaken. Jenny smirks and sashays away.
TODD Get off me! Get off me, you worms! Hey! This isn’t over Jenny! JENNY!
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) And we, of course, have sports.
A set of onlookers gather at another location in the desert to witness the great boulder toss competition. Several herculean cavemen stand behind a line, lift incredibly large boulders overhead ten times their size, and launch them mightily through the air as they disappear a few miles off into the distance of the sandy dunes. Common sports.
15 PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) We’re just as functional and civilized as those in the modern towns.
A relatively large coliseum is semi-filled with a boisterous crowd that cheers on two barbarians wrestling intensely for their amusement.
MARCO,(24)medium-length indigo hair,dull blue eyes,sinewy,wears a cheetah print tunic,is beaten up badly,with bruises all over his body and clothes torn. He stands dizzied and struggles to catch his balance. His opponent, a robust, hairy,CAVEMAN, twice his size, with a long, twisted ponytail to the ground, slowly inches toward him, his eyes fixed and unforgiving.
The crowd chants in a boisterous uproar.
CROWD Finish him! Finish him!
MARCO You heard the people. Is that all you got big guy?
CAVEMAN (laughs) You got a lot of mouth, kid, for someone who’s about to lose.
MARCO It’s not over yet.
The caveman charges at Marco rapidly and tackles him to the ground. Marco is lifted overhead by his opponent and tossed out of the ring and lands face first into the mud.A THUNDEROUS applause erupts amongst the onlookers.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) Well...most of us at least.
Captain Ivan observes from the audience. He’s disappointed again.
16 CAPTAIN IVAN (sighs) Come on, Marco.
Marco slowly lifts his face from the mud and groans in pain. A group of females pass by and snicker.
MARCO Dang it. Not again.
He drops his face in defeat back into the mud.
END OF MONTAGE
CUT TO:
An enormous white Medieval-type castle of tremendous size and fortitude.Goldleaf Caste Sentires stand guard at the entry of the fortress and on all different levels of the compound, barefoot and armed with bow and arrows.
MONTAGE:
EVE(23)observes the outlook from the castle rooftop.She has grown into full womanhood wears a sparkling gold cheetah-print garment and a short skirt of the same pattern. Her hair is shoulder-length and golden much like the uniquely crafted tiara on her head that resembles the shape of leaves at the front. The boots on her feet are tall and of thick fur.She still has the elegant bone necklace around her neck gifted from her father.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) My family rules the monarchy here. My brother, Adam, and I are heirs to the throne.
PRINCE ADAM(23)short black hair and brawny wears a royal blue animal print garment like his father,large leather belt,gold crown similar in design to Eve’s,leather cuffs,and is barefoot with a skull bracelet on his left ankle.
17 He observes two Goldleaf Sentries in training who wrestle each other to the ground in intense hand-to-hand combat.They struggle to pin each other down, each one holding his own.
PRINCE ADAM Nice work. Hold your ground!
Eventually one gets the upper hand and holds his opponent down for a few seconds. The loser taps out.
PRINCE ADAM (CONT’D) Very good. Alright, next! Let’s keep going, men.
A new pair of Goldleaf Sentries walk up, face each other, and assume a fighting stance.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) Our prehistoric kingdom rules over several modern towns like Cone City. However, there would have never been a need for the modern towns if the prehistoric exodus never occurred.
CUT TO:
A large group of cave people from the prehistoric world. They leave their shacks and huts in the distance with a few personal belongings in their possession.
EVE (V.O.) Centuries ago, people from The prehistoric kingdoms became curious of the outside world beyond the dinosaurs and barren badlands.They itched for innovation.For change. Something not welcomed here.So they left and created something new. A new world of advancement, technology, and science. They left the cave world behind. They left US behind.Since then there have been boiling tensions
18 between the modern cities and prehistoric kingdoms.
CUT TO FLASHBACK: FEW MONTHS AGO
EXT. CONE CITY AND GOLDLEAF KINGDOM BORDER - DAY
Princess Eve and the Goldleaf Sentries travel from the outskirts of Cone City back to the Goldleaf Kingdom. She sits on a golden throne carried on the shoulders of four of the Goldleaf Sentries. Two additional Goldleaf Sentries walk ahead of the group and two more at the rear.
EVELYN, a little girl at a nearby bus stop from the city sees Princess Eve’s entourage and is awestruck. Elated, she scurries away from her mother’s side and approaches them.
EVELYN Princess Eve!
The girl waves to Princess Eve joyfully.She FINALLY gets to see the princess up close after hearing about her for so long on the TV.
Princess Eve motions the Goldleaf Sentries to halt and they let her down. Princess Eve kneels down to greet the enthusiastic child.
PRINCESS EVE Hi, sweetie. What’s your name?
Evelyn looks down timidly and slowly looks up and smiles.
EVELYN Evelyn.
EVELYN Well, Evelyn, that's a beautiful name.
LITTLE GIRL One day I wanna be a princess like you.
Princess Eve puts a hand on EVELYN’s shoulder tenderly.
19 EVELYN I’m sure you’ll be a great princess.
Evelyn smiles. Her heart is filled with warmth.
Evelyn’s mother, a short, fiery WOMAN, runs towards Princess Eve and Evelyn. The Goldleaf Sentries brace themselves.
WOMAN Stay away from my daughter!
Princess Eve steps back appalled.
The woman grabs Evelyn by the hand furiously. She drags her away and scolds her.
WOMAN(CONT’D) (to Evelyn) I told you never to converse with those people!
Evelyn begins to ball.
A small crowd of men from the modern town begin to crowd together across the street. They begin to throw rocks at Princess Eve and the Goldleaf Sentries.
MAN 1 Get out of our town! Cave scum!
A rock pelts Princess Eve in the head. The Goldleaf Sentries form a wall in front of her and prepare to fire the bow and arrows.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY Get back Your Highness!
The men continue to throw rocks.
MAN 2 Leave! We don’t want you here! Go back where you came from.
20 A Goldleaf Sentry fires an arrow into the leg of one of the men. The injured man wails and falls to the floor.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY 2 Stand down! NOW!
All Goldleaf Sentries have their bow and arrows READY and AIMED.
MAN 3 You’re savages! All of you. We’re not afraid of you!
CAPTAIN IVAN(32),who has become much more strapping over the years,takes a step forward from the wall they have formed and aims his weapon furiously at the crowd. EYES LOCKED. PERFECT STANCE.
CAPTAIN IVAN Prepare to fire on my command! READY!AIM! FI-
Princess Eve runs out in front of them with her hands out.
PRINCESS EVE No! Don’t!
The Goldleaf Sentries freeze confused.
CAPTAIN IVAN But Your Majesty, they’ve assaulted you. They must pay for their crimes!
PRINCESS EVE Not like this. We have to be better than they are. Prove that were not like them.
CAPTAIN IVAN (beat) Your father would have had them punished.
21 PRINCESS EVE I’m not like him either.
CAPTAIN IVAN At least let us arrest them.
PRINCESS EVE Not this time.
CAPTAIN IVAN (nods) As you wish.Men,stand down.
The Goldleaf Sentries tensely stare off with the men armed with rocks. The Goldleaf Sentries slowly put down their weapons. The opposing crowd drop their rocks and disperse.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) There were tensions between the modern AND prehistoric worlds AND between prehistoric kingdoms themselves. I understood this as a little girl. At Evelyn’s age...but I am older now.23 years of age to be exact. And it’s time to move on. I have many responsibilities in the kingdom now.Like planning for the big-send off event for my parents tomorrow.
CUT TO PRESENT DAY:
EXT. GOLDLEAF KINGDOM BEACH SHORES - NIGHT
A quiet night and clear sky.The full moon shines brightly like a shining marble in the darkness above. The waves of the sea splash softly against the shore.
The shore is decorated festively across the sand. Stone tables and chairs are situated neatly in rows. Tiki torches are planted in the sand along with large neon-colored beach umbrellas titled on a 45 degree angle. Multicolored, shiny pebbles line a pathway
22 from the forest to the water. A large sailboat remains stationary at the edge of the shore dock.
A dozen Goldleaf Sentries are hard at work about the place and complete the final touches of the decor. They appear slightly exhausted and have worked up quite a sweat.
Marco bursts through the bushes from the surrounding forest abruptly and struggles to carry a thick 15-foot flagpole with a flag of a white background and Goldleaf symbol in the middle. He grunts,as his feet scramble widely about the sand.Marco nearly loses his balance, as he stumbles clumsily to the left and right.Typical Marco,always biting off more than he can chew. Always trying to prove a point.
MARCO WHOA! WH-WHOA!Can I uh - get A little help here? This things -
Marco finally falls face first in the sand and the pole falls on top of him. He slowly lifts his face from the ground and spits out a mouthful of sand.
MARCO(CONT’D) ...Kinda heavy.
Maria sits on a boulder under the shade of a pine tree, feet kicked up,sips water out of a coconut, and reads her issued magazine, CONE CITY TIMES. She seems fascinated about the stories of the modern world and looks irritated at Marco, her older brother, who just can’t seem to get it together.
MARIA Marco, quit playing around! We don’t have all night for your shenanigans.
Marco squirms around and grunts as he tries to get loose from the crushing weight of the flagpole. No luck.
MARCO Me? At least I’m trying to help. What are you doing besides critiquing and reading
23 that dumb newspaper?
MARIA Oh hush up. Someone has to supervise here.You should leave the heavy lifting to the castle guards. Their well more equipped to get the job done.
A Goldleaf Sentry has a large picnic table hoisted above his head. He places it a few yards away from Maria. She watches him lustfully as he slowly puts it down. He makes brief eye contact with her and she smiles and waves at him flirtatiously. His face reddens. He smirks, quickly waves, and goes back to work.
Another Goldleaf Sentry picks the flagpole up off of MARCO easily and walks away. He plants it firmly in the ground and ties it down with the help of a few other guards. The flag dances gently in the peaceful wind. A different Goldleaf Sentry helps Marco to his feet.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY A You okay?
Marco dusts himself off angrily.
MARCO Yeah! I’m fine!Hands must still be slippery from all those sharks I wrestled earlier today.
Goldleaf Sentry A chuckles,shakes his head,playfully pats Marco on the shoulder,and walks away. Marco nearly falls over again and catches his balance.
MARCO Hey, what’s so funny? They were huge! With big teeth! I don’t see you muscleheads taking on any ocean monsters! (beat) (mumbles to himself)
24 Showoffs.
A quiet shuffle sounds in the bushes behind Maria. She slowly turns around to see no one in the darkness of the forest behind her and suspects it’s nothing.
SOMEONE IS WATCHING THEM.
Princess Eve stands in the middle of the beach shore. She observes the set up as the Goldleaf Sentries put together her extraordinary vision for the decor of her parent’s event: KING ANDREW and QUEEN EDITH’S Send Off Event tomorrow morning. Her eyes are red. She hasn’t properly rested in days with all her planning, preparation,and anticipation for the big day. Everything looked good. But something was still off. Something was ALWAYS off. ALWAYS wrong.
PRINCESS EVE Something’s missing… but what?
Princess Eve reviews the decor again as if she intends to find fault with something.
Goldleaf Sentry B approaches her.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B Princess, we’ve inspected the ship and it is all clear for tomorrow’s departure.
PRINCESS EVE (anxiously) Can you check it one more time please?
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B (sighs) No disrespect, Your Highness, but we’ve already checked four times.
PRINCESS EVE I know but can you please
25 just check again? Everything must be perfect tomorrow.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B (nods) Okay,I understand.
Princess Eve observes the flag that has just been erected. She stops Goldleaf Sentry C in his tracks as he is about to walk pass her.
PRINCESS EVE Does the flag look off to you? Like on an angle?
GOLDLEAF SENTRY C (frowns) No...uh I don’t think so, Your Majesty.
Maria shakes her head and rolls her eyes. She’s had enough of Princess Eve’s O.C.D.
MARIA Oh, for the love of baby dinosaurs!
Maria gets up from where she is and walks up to Princess Eve.
MARIA (CONT’D) Will you give it a rest already?Everything’s fine. You need to relax! Stop worrying. If I didn’t know any better, I’d say you are being O.C.D. about this.
PRINCESS EVE What’s that?
MARIA Something the modern people always say.It just means you need to chill out.
26 Maria takes Princess Eve’s hands into hers.
PRINCESS EVE There you go being the encyclopedia of the contemporary world again. (beat) (sighs) I’m sorry. I just want my parents to be pleased tomorrow.
MARIA They will be. You’ve worked for months on their departure event. And they know that. Very soon, they’ll sail off on their journey at sea for a few months and leave you and Adam in charge.
Camera cuts to a far shot behind Princess Eve and Maria from the same bushes that rustled before.OMINOUS MUSIC rises. Maria has shared priceless information.
PRINCE ADAM Did someone say my name?
Prince Adam enters the shore from the forest with a few logs of firewood over his shoulder. He drops the logs onto an existing pile of wood.
PRINCE ADAM(CONT’D) Got some more fuel for the fire!
Camera cuts to a far shot behind PRINCE ADAM. Footsteps. Slowly advancing towards him. Faster. Heavier. Now right behind him. He’s tackled to the ground.It’s just MARCO! Marco has Adam pinned to the ground.
MARCO HA! Got you now!
They grapple intensely.MARCO struggles to keep him down.
27 PRINCE ADAM You think so?
Prince Adam,to no surprise, gets the upper hand and pushes Marco off him. They roll around in the sand until Prince Adam puts Marco into an unbreakable chokehold while he still pins his body to the floor. Marco struggles briefly and taps out.
PRINCESS EVE Adam, that’s enough! You’ve proved your point. Let him go!
MARCO (struggling to breathe) Okay! I submit.
Prince Adam releases his grasp.Marco gasps for air and coughs mildly. Prince Adam offers him a hand up and puts a hand on his shoulder.
PRINCE ADAM Thought you had me didn’t you?
Marco continues to cough.
PRINCE ADAM (concerned) You okay, man? Didn’t mean to hurt you.
MARCO Yeah. (coughs) I-I’m good. Dang, lost again.
Prince Adam pats Marco on the head.
PRINCE ADAM It was a good effort. (to everyone) Alright, I’m gonna make one more trip back for some more wood.
Prince Adam begins to amble back into the dark forest.
28 MARIA Don’t be too long. We’re heading back to the castle soon.
PRINCE ADAM Don’t wait up! I’ll catch up with you all later!
GOLDLEAF SENTRY D Wait, let us come wi -
Prince Adam disappears into the trees.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY D(CONT’D) -th you!It’s dangerous to be out this late alone.
MARCO Don’t worry. If anyone can handle themselves, it’s Adam.
Goldleaf Sentry D glares at Marco judgmentally.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY D (snickers) Yeah. Clearly. He sure handled you.
Goldleaf Sentry D walks off.
MARCO (offended) Hey, what’s that supposed to mean? You wanna go, too?
Marco throws up two clenched fists and plants a fighting stance.
MARCO(CONT’D) Right here, right now! Come on, Don’t be a wuss!
Goldleaf Sentry D pauses in his steps and turns around, tensely. Marco is pushing it.
29 MARCO (chuckles nervously) I’m kidding. I’m kidding! Geez!
Goldleaf Sentry D grimaces annoyed and walks away.
CUT TO DEEP INSIDE THE DARK FOREST NIGHT:
A distracted Prince Adam gathers logs together on the forest floor.
PRINCE ADAM Okay, there we go. That should be good for tomorrow. (smiles) See, Eve. You’re not the only one who can get the job done around here.
Camera cuts to a far shot from behind PRINCE ADAM.
A faint shuffle sounds from trees behind. OMINOUS MUSIC rises.
Prince Adam pauses. He slowly turns around and canvasses the area. No one is there. An eerie wind blows.
PRINCE ADAM Hello? Anyone there?
No one responds.
PRINCE ADAM Marco, do you really wanna go for a second round that badly?
No one responds. An Owl coos in the branches which startles him.
He slowly turns back around.
PRINCE ADAM Okay...well don’t say I didn’t try and save you from embarrassment.
30 He continues to collect the wood.
Eerie music starts again.
Footsteps. Slowly advancing towards him. Faster. Heavier. Now right behind him. Large shadows emerge.
Prince Adam spins around again. His eyes widen in horror. It’s NOT MACRO this time. His faint scream rings out about the forest before it is silenced.
CUT TO THE BEACH SHORE:
Marco is fast asleep snoring in a hammock tied between two trees.
Most of the Goldleaf Sentries stand watch about the shore and some workout as they bench press custom-made barbells (wooden sticks with concrete blocks at both ends)while others do a series of one-finger pushups.
Princess Eve and Maria sit on a wall of stones on the end of the beach.
PRINCESS EVE Adam still isn’t back yet. Do you think we should be worried?
MARIA Nah. He’s probably feeding some lost, baby pterodactyl or going for another nature walk.
PRINCESS EVE (laughs) You’re probably right.
Princess Eve returns solemn. Maria can tell she’s still uneasy.
31 They both look over at a crowd of Goldleaf Sentries conversing loudly. They gather around a determined Marco, as he attempts to bench the barbell everyone else has easily lifted. He strains. Teeth clenched. Face beet red. Huffing and puffing. It’s no use. He’s embarrassing himself. His arms wobble and give out. The barbell falls on top of him, sending him crashing to the floor. The surrounding Goldleaf Sentries burst out laughing in a hysterical uproar. Marco groans in pain and humiliation.
MARIA (sighs) Other than those boys being idiots, everything else will be fine.
Princess Eve smiles. She and Maria look up at the full moon and stars. The camera pans up to the beautiful night sky. It slowly fades into a clear blue morning sky and bright shining sun. The camera pans down to a celebratory beach party, crowded with Goldleaf citizens.
People congregate in small and large groups taking part in food and drink and others dance and play games.A trio of cavemen musicians play something traditionally festive, one on a wooden flute, one on steel drums, and the other on a colorful xylophone.
Princess Eve stands at the edge of the shore with KING ANDREW and QUEEN EDITH, a tall, beautiful woman with long shiny hair, rosy cheeks, and an elegant leopard print gown,looked pleased with the event.
QUEEN EDITH What a fascinating display you all have prepared today. Adam, did a great job with the special attention to detail.
Princess Eve frowns.
PRINCESS EVE I did the decorations, mother.
Queen Edith pauses a moment and grimaces as if her opinion has been suddenly impacted.
32 QUEEN EDITH Oh...well then...I suppose it’s satisfactory.
Princess Eve rolls her eyes in frustration. Why can’t her mother just compliment her for ONCE.
KING ANDREW (to the Queen) Oh,stop it my love. (beat) (to EVE) Everything looks great.Wonderful job, my dear.
Princess Eve smiles. It was normal for her father to be supportive of her.Her mother, not so much.
PRINCESS EVE Thank you, father.
Captain Ivan approaches them with two Goldleaf Sentries dressed in white smocks, and golden sashes from their shoulders across their bodies, and armed with polished swords.
CAPTAIN IVAN Your Highness, the ship is prepared and ready to go at your direction.
KING ANDREW Very good, Captain. Well I suppose that’s our cue. (to the Queen) Shall we, my lady?
Queen Edith smiles and they lock arms. She is about to step away with the king when she just remembers something and turns back to Princess Eve.
QUEEN EDITH Before we go. Eve,let’s see how much detail you’ve given to this. What is your status on finding a
33 prince to marry?
Both Princess Eve and King Andrew share a sigh. Queen Edith cannot go one week without asking this.
PRINCESS EVE (irritated) Mother!
QUEEN EDITH Don’t mother me! The hands of time are more than against you.A prince on your arm is long overdue.You must find someone soon.
PRINCESS EVE Mother, you’re embarrassing me! I don’t need a man to help me run this kingdom. I’m more than capable of handling things on my own.
Queen Edith scoffs and looks up at the sky.
QUEEN EDITH There she goes again with her non-traditional thinking.
KING ANDREW Honey,enough of this. Let her figure things out on her own. Love is complicated enough at her age.You don’t want to push her to marry the wrong guy.
QUEEN EDITH Oh rubbish. There are plenty of nice, handsome guys in this kingdom. What about Captain Ivan?
Captain Ivan’s face goes red. He exchanges a very awkward look with Princess Eve and then looks away.Princess Eve shakes her head and groans.
34 QUEEN EDITH What? She needs to pick someone or I’ll pick for her.
KING ANDREW Edith, please! (to Captain Ivan) Ivan, will you please have our men board the ship and prepare for departure?
Captain Ivan bows. CAPTAIN IVAN Yes, sir.I also must warn you that our intelligence officers have reported an uptick of pirate raids of vulnerable ships on the sea carried out by some man who calls himself Captain Crush.
KING ANDREW Thank you, Captain. Good to know.
Captain Ivan nods and briskly leaves his presence.
KING ANDREW Speaking of reports,Eve please promise us you’ll be careful in our absence. News of kidnappings near the kingdom have resurfaced again.
PRINCESS EVE I’ll be okay father. You know all Adam and I know how to be is careful.
QUEEN DITH Where is your brother by the way?
Queen Edith examines the attendees of the party. No sign of Prince Adam.
PRINCESS EVE I’m not sure. He was supposed to be
35 here awhile ago.
King Andrew exhales.
KING ANDREW That boy is always daydreaming.
QUEEN EDITH Don’t be so hard on him. (laughs lightly) I’m sure he’s nursing some sick bird back to health.
KING ANDREW (mumbles) Yes, that’s what I’m afraid of.
QUEEN EDITH Are you sure you can handle this, Eve? Three months is a long time to have us away from the kingdom.
PRINCESS EVE For the last time, yes. I’ve got this. You both, go enjoy your voyage and meet with the other royals of the cave worlds.
Princess Eve exchanges a brief, uneasy hug with Queen Edith and embraces King Andrew longer.
KING ANDREW Take good care.We love you.
PRINCESS EVE Love you, too.
QUEEN EDITH Don’t forget what I said.
PRINCESS EVE GOODBYE, mother.
CUT TO:
36 KING ANDREW AND QUEEN EDITH walk down the middle of Goldleaf Sentries who form two lines that face each other and stand at attention. The Goldleaf Sentries play a ceremonious tune on gold trumpets as King Andrew and Queen Edith board the boat. As the royals board the boat, they wave back at the gathered crowd on the shore who also wave back emotionally. The Goldleaf Sentries lower their trumpets, walk single file, and board the ship as it set sails off to sea.
Maria joins Princess Eve as they wave at her parents. The boat slowly disappears from view and eventually out of sight.
MARIA Whew! I thought they’d never leave. Time to really start this party!
PRINCESS EVE What do you mean?
Maria puts a friendly arm around PRINCESS EVE.
MARIA Come on, it’s time to for you to have some fun. Three whole months to be exact! You gotta make the most of your parents being gone. Another chance like this may never come!
Maria pulls out a long scroll. She presents a list of fun ideas scribbled in a neat, black cursive. Princess Eve reads them aloud.
PRINCESS EVE Deep sea diving? A trip to the forbidden caves? A shopping spree in the modern town? An unsupervised castle party? A journey through the Dinosaur desert?Hot stone massages? ...wait, why is that one last?
MARIA For when we get tired from living
37 life on the edge.
PRINCESS EVE Oh,no,no,no!We are not doing any of these shenanigans.My parents would kill me...if one of these things on this breakneck bucket list doesn’t first.Besides we don’t even have hot stone massages.
MARIA Not YET! But it’s something you can implement.And I know exactly who can give them.
Maria sets a gaze at something passed Princess Eve.Princess Eve follows her wandering eyes to a pair of Goldleaf Sentries across the shore.
PRINCESS EVE I’m going to pretend I didn’t hear that...you may as well throw away that scroll unless you want both of us to be exiled forever.
MARIA Okay, okay! Dang, I really gotta work on my elevator pitches.Let’s start with baby steps.How about we just for a walk? Just me and you and the quiet nature. No guards. I know a really cool place.
PRINCESS EVE (thinks) Maria, I don’t know. I really sh-
MARIA Come on, it’ll be quick. I promise. No one has to know.
PRINCESS EVE Okay, but it has to be fast. Nothing crazy.
38 MARIA YAY! You won’t regret it.
Maria canvasses the shore quickly and notices all Goldleaf Sentries have their eyes off them. She pulls Princess Eve along toward the forest.
MARIA(CONT’D) We gotta move before anyone sees.
They power walk towards the trees but are immediately confronted by a group of Goldleaf Sentries, sparked with suspicion and concern.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY A Princess! Did you need us to walk you somewhere?
PRINCESS EVE Um...no, we’re just going for a quick walk alone.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B I’m sorry, Your Highness but you know the rules.
MARIA Look, she doesn’t need a babysitter.
PRINCESS EVE I understand your concern...but can’t you at least provide me five minutes of reprieve.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY C I’m sorry. We can’t.Your father would have our heads on a platter if something happened to you.
MARIA (mumbles) Well, that’s just gonna be a sacrifice we’re gonna have to take.
39 GOLDLEAF SENTRY A Excuse me?
Maria sighs dramatically. She’s tired of this back and forth.She screams hysterically and points at the sea behind them.
MARIA Oh my goodness! There’s a vicious water dragon coming near shore!
The Goldleaf Sentries clench their weapons tightly and spin around READY FOR DEFENSE.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B WHERE?
The Goldleaf Sentries observe a benign scene in the crystal clear waters,a few children splash and play in the shallow end.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY C Hey...there’s no -
The Goldleaf Sentries slowly turn back around. Princess Eve and Maria are gone.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY C(CONT’D) Princess Eve?
GOLDLEAF SENTRY A Ugh! We should’ve seen that coming.
GOLDLEAF SENTRY B We are so dead.
EXT. GOLDLEAF KINGDOM FOREST, OFF THE GRID LOCATION - DAY
A cool and secluded green area blanketed with the shade of tall and massive trees with purple leaves and bark striped with different shades of brown. A few feet away is a cliff overlooking a beautiful waterfall, the splashing of the spring water sounds peaceful from up above.Colorful birds sing and fly overhead. Princess Eve and Maria sit against one of the trees and soak in the nature around them. Princess Eve finally looks RELAXED.
40 PRINCESS EVE Wow. As much as I hate to admit it. You were right. This is nice.
MARIA See! I told you. I come here all the time to soak in the nature.I even take my guests from the modern world here on their tours of the prehistoric kingdoms.It’s a great touristy spot to snap a photo, too.
PRINCESS EVE You take your visitors here? But it’s completely off the map. I’m pretty sure that’s against the rules.
MARIA (sighs) When are you going to learn that rules are meant to be broken.
PRINCESS EVE Maybe in your world. But in my world there are nothing but rules. And pressure. And expectations. (beat) Like finding a prince.
MARIA (chuckles) Sounds like a good problem to me. What about that Chad guy you used to see when you were younger. Is he still around?
PRINCESS EVE Him? I-I don’t know. I haven’t seen him since we were children.
Princess Eve looks off into the distance of the waterfall in deep reflection.
41 CUT TO FLASHBACK:
BLACKSCREEN: 13 Years Ago - A Few Days Before The Invasion
EXT. GOLDLEAF KINGDOM FOREST - DAY
A young Princess Eve(10),wanders through the bushes of the forest anxiously.
Her mother calls from a distance, flustered.
QUEEN EDITH Eve! Where are you? Get back here this instant!
Princess Eve jumps startled. SHE'S HIDING. She stumbles over the edge of a steep pathway and tumbles down until she crashes head first into the old tree trunk of an enormous tree of gold leaves. She is covered in dust and her left knee scraped.
Upon impact of her collision, a large beehive housed in the branches above descends, hits the ground before her, and erupts into pieces.The bees are FURIOUS and fly off agitated in different directions.
A young Prince Chad,(12),watches concerned from behind the bushes. He peeks closer. Focused.
The QUEEN BEE emerges from the crowd of bees. The Queen Bee hovers over Princess Eve’s head and takes a liking to her glistening crown. Princess Eve swats the Queen Bee, afraid. The Queen Bee stings her right leg and flies away.
PRINCESS EVE OUCH!
Princess Eve holds her leg in pain and spots a clear river several yards away. She limps towards the water and fights to hold back tears.
She slowly places her stung leg into the fresh water and soaks it. It stings and she hesitates. Her reflection is clear in the water. She stares back at herself as sees a deeper pain in her eyes.She removes the crown from her head and sets it next to
42 her. Somehow this feels freeing.She immediately bursts into tears and repeatedly wipes the tears from her face.
Prince Chad steps out from hiding in the bushes and slowly approaches from behind.
Princess Eve continues to sob until she sees the reflection of him in the water next to hers. She stops crying and turns to look at him.
He looks at her empathetically, his face reddened. He crouches down next to her and hands her a blue plant with brown sap coming out of it.
PRINCE CHAD This should help your leg.
Princess Eve takes the plant from him and rubs the sap on her leg.INSTANTLY better. The pain is gone.
PRINCESS EVE Wow, it worked! (beat) Thank you.
Prince Chad smiles at her and she smiles back. He holds out his hand.
PRINCE CHAD (confidently) I’m Prince Chad.
She shakes his hand.Prince Chad gets to his feet and gives her a hand up.
PRINCESS EVE Eve. Pleasure to meet you.
Prince Chad grimaces. He notices Princess Eve’s crown on the ground. He picks it up and places it back on her head.
PRINCE CHAD Don’t you mean Princess Eve?
43 PRINCESS EVE (embarrassed) Um...yes.
PRINCE CHAD You should always know your title. or else those beneath you will never respect you.
Princess Eve looks at him confused and offended.
PRINCESS EVE No one’s beneath me.
PRINCE CHAD Whatever. Now that I saved you. Be my princess!
Prince Chad holds out his hand as if signaling Princess Eve to take it. She smacks it away.
PRINCE CHAD Ow! Hey, what’s the matter with you?
PRINCESS EVE It’s gonna take a lot more than a bee sting for you to be worthy of me and my kingdom!
Prince Chad looks perplexed.
QUEEN EDITH EVE! There you are! Why are you lollygagging? Your late for your royal etiquette lessons!
Queen Edith stands there irate with two Goldleaf Sentries by her side. Queen Edith sees Prince Chad and is appalled.
PRINCESS EVE Mother, I -
QUEEN EDITH
44 What do you think you’re doing?
Queen Edith pulls Princess Eve away from Prince Chad.
QUEEN EDITH(CONT’D) You are not to be talking to that boy! He’s from the rival kingdom! You know better than that!
Prince Chad frowns. He’s hurt.
QUEEN EDITH(CONT’D) Now, come,come! We have much to go over!
Queen Edith drags Princess Eve away with the two Goldleaf Sentries close behind.
PRINCESS EVE But, mother, he was trying to help me.
QUEEN EDITH He can’t help you! Now, I don’t want to see you with him again? Are we clear?
Princess Eve looks over her shoulder and makes eye contact with Prince Chad one last time. She sees he is sad.
PRINCESS EVE(V.O.) I thought that would be the last time I saw Prince Chad.My mother called him a rival. I knew rivals were bad but how could Chad be one of them? He was a kid like me. Although,rough around the edges, he was innocent...but then it all made sense a few nights later when the invasion happened.
END FLASHBACK
45 PRINCESS EVE The two of us are worlds apart. We’re not destined to be together.
MARIA No distance is stopping me from my true love.One day I’ll move to the modern city and find a charming guy who fights crime as a hobby.
PRINCESS EVE That’s oddly specific. Isn’t Cone City dangerous?
MARIA Which is why my guy will fight crime, duh!
PRINCESS EVE (sighs) Must be nice to be you. To dream so freely.
MARIA Don’t worry you’ll find your perfect prince and you and I will go on a spectacular double date!
An uneasy wind blows through the forest and brings a chill to both of the girls.
Camera cuts to a far shot from behind Princess Eve and Maria.
A faint shuffle sounds from trees behind. OMINOUS MUSIC rises.
SOMEONE is watching them.
Princess Eve surveys the forest with a growing suspicion.She senses something.
PRINCESS EVE Okay, this was nice but we should head back now.
46 MARIA Oh, come on. We just got here. And I didn’t get to show you the secret cave behind the waterfall.
PRINCESS EVE Something’s off. We should go.
MARIA Okay,fine but don’t say I didn’t try to help you relax a little.
FOOTFALLS.Slowly advancing towards them. Faster. Heavier. Now right behind them. Large shadows emerge.
Princess Eve and Maria are seized by two Silverstone Cavemen. One CAVEMAN, a burly,redhead with layered and way hair and a blue tiger cloth tunic picks up Princess Eve and hoists her over his shoulder. The other CAVEMAN,beefy,wavy chestnut brown hair in a yellow tiger cloth tunic grabs Maria in a reverse bearhug, lifts her off the ground, and hauls her away. Princess Eve and Maria scream in terror and attempt to break free from the clutches of the brutes.
CAVEMAN 1 (snickers deviously) Got’cha princess! Pretty dumb of you to be wandering off the grid! But you made our job a lot easier! HAHAHAHA!
PRINCESS EVE Let go of me, you filthy animal! Put me down!
Princess Eve bangs helplessly on the back of the Caveman.It’s no use.
Maria struggles frantically, her feet flailing wildly above the ground and tries to pry open the arms her kidnapper has fastened around her waist tight. She’s helpless.
47 MARIA Get your hands off me! Who are you?!
CAVEMAN 2 (grunts) Quit fighting back!
PRINCESS EVE/MARIA HELP!!!
CUT TO: A lost Marco. He wanders the forest confused and frustrated.
MARCO I have no idea where I am. I’ve been circling this same area for hours. (sighs) The party’s probably over by now.
Marco’s stomach grumbles. He hasn’t eaten all morning. He leans his head against a tree, defeated.
MARCO Man, I was really looking forward to that roasted squid platter.
He hears the faint cries of Princess Eve and Maria and is startled.
MARCO What was that?! Hello? Is anyone there?
EXT. SILVERSTONE KINGDOM - THE CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - DAY
A black stone fortress deep within the prehistoric jungle. Surrounded by overgrown weed fields and piranha infested swamplands.An eerie mist floats about the tall grassess and large catapults are positioned about the landscape. An overwhelming amount of skulls and bones are littered about the expanse. Silverstone Cavemen patrol the outside perimeter of the castle armed with wooden clubs, while others watch from the rooftop with binoculars. On top of the formidable castle, is a
48 large black flag that flaps in the wind imprinted with a grey stone in the center.
INT. THE CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - THRONE ROOM - DAY
Princess Eve and Maria are forced into a dark,expansive room of mud floors and stone walls. Aside from the row of wall candles that poorly light the room and reveal grotesque insects of a jurassic size running about, the rest of the space appears pitchblack.
MARIA (shrieks) Eww!This place is disgusting!
Maria’s eyes widen in terror at the size of the bugs.
PRINCESS EVE (to the SILVERSTONE CAVEMEN) Where are we? What is this place?
The Silverstone Cavemen offer up no response.
A sinister bellow sounds from the darkness.The CAVEMAN KING slowly steps out of the shadows and reveals himself. He looks the same as he did 13 years ago.
CAVEMAN KING After all these years. Greetings, Princess Eve. It’s a pleasure to finally meet you.
PRINCESS EVE Well, this isn’t a very pleasant welcome! Who are you?
CAVEMAN KING You insult my reputation. (beat) But I suppose I haven’t visited your kingdom in over a decade so it is understandable why your memory is cloudy...I AM THE CAVEMAN KING!
49 PRINCESS EVE’s pupils explode in horror.Now she remembers!
CUT TO FLASHBACK:13 YEARS AGO - GOLDLEAF KINGDOM INVASION
CAVEMAN KING You may have one this battle but the war is far from over! You won’t have the upper hand for much longer.Your military has gotten weaker at every clash.
The Caveman King meticulously eyes each one of the Goldleaf Sentries who stare back at him with disdain. He inhales dramatically,finishes his survey of the opposing army, and locks eyes back with King Andrew.
CAVEMAN KING(CONT’D) I can smell your defeat. The fall of the Goldleaf Kingdom is near. And I and my son shall rule it!
The Caveman King turns to walk away with Prince Chad and the remaining Silverstone Cavemen at his side.
CAVEMAN KING(CONT’D) We shall return again for what is rightfully ours!
END FLASHBACK
MARIA Caveman King? I’ve never heard of you.You sure that’s validated?
CAVEMAN KING (hotly) SILENCE! I require no validation from anyone!
50 PRINCESS EVE (thinking) That’s cause it’s been 13 years Since he last attempted to overthrow our kingdom. (beat) To this day to be exact.
CAVEMAN KING Ah, right you are, princess. I see your memory now revists you. And now it is time for me to revisit what I’ve started. Soon your entire kingdom will be mine. With the queen and king absent, your home is now crippled with vulnerability.
PRINCESS EVE Not without a fight you won’t! My brother and I will never let you take this kingdom!
CAVEMAN KING Your brother? (scoffs) It was even easier to remove him from the picture than it was you. You fool! I’m already ten stone skips ahead of you.There’s nothing any of you can do to stop me! (laughs sinisterly)
PRINCESS EVE My brother?! What have you done to him? You monster! I swear if you hurt him I’ll -
Princess Eve gets worked up and Cavemen 1 holds her still.
CAVEMAN KING Take them away!
Princess Eve and Maria are hauled away by the Silvertstone Cavemen.
51 PRINCESS EVE Hey! You won’t get away with this!
INT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - PRISON CELL - DAY
Princess Eve and Maria are forced into a small dark detention cell,the only crack of light seeps in from the open door to the hallway. CAVEMAN 2 Make yourselves at home! (laughs)
Caveman 2 steps back into the hallway.
MARIA We have to get out of here!
INT. THE CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - THRONE ROOM - DAY
The Caveman King stands before three of his henchmen who stand shoulder to shoulder at attention.
CAVEMAN KING Search for any witnesses in the area! No one can know of our agenda.
The Silverstone Cavemen nod in obedience and exit the room.
EXT. GOLDLEAF KINGDOM FOREST, OFF THE GRID LOCATION - DAY
The Silverstone Cavemen search the forest meticulously.
CAVEMAN 3,shaggy dark brown hair and cold brown eyes, wears a light brown tunic and leads the pack on their walk.
CAVEMAN 3 Be on the lookout, guys. We can’t let any of those Goldleaf bugs know of the invasion coming.
Marco stands on a branch of a tall tree up high and watches from below.
52 MARCO (whispers to himself) Oh no, I gotta warn the others before it’s too late.
Marco’s stomach rumbles loudly enough for the Silverstone Cavemen to hear. Marco holds his stomach in fright and attempts to suppress the sound. They immediately set their gazes all about the place. Caveman 3 sets his eyes up in the direction of where Marco is. Marco ducks down behind the leaves before he is spotted.
MARCO(V.O.) Dang,I should’ve eaten breakfast this morning. Come on stomach. Don’t do this to me now!
CAVEMAN 3 Did you hear that?
The Silverstone Cavemen pause for a moment.Their eyes float about suspiciously. NOTHING.
CAVEMEN 2 Must be one of the animals in the trees. Let’s head back to the castle.
They all turn to head back in the direction they came from.
MARCO (sighs relieved) (whispers to himself) Whew! That was a close one!
Marco steps back clumsily and loses his balance.He falls to the ground and crashes with a loud THUD!He had to slip up eventually.He lays on his back and holds his throbbing head in pain. His vision is blurred and slowly comes back to focus only to see the Silverstone Cavemen who stand in a semi-circle around him. His heart skips a beat and he swallows nervously.
CAVEMAN 1 Looks, like we got ourselves a
53 little fly on the wall.
MARCO (laughs uneasily) Uh..hey fellas. (beat) Pretty nice day today, huh? Hehe.
The Silverstone Cavemen don’t appreciate his humor.
CAVEMEN 3 You’re coming with us, kid!
They each grab hold of Marco’s arms and legs and carry him away.
MARCO No, no! Wait! Please, I wasn’t spying! HELP! HELP! Let me go!
INT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - PRISON CELL - DAY
Caveman 1, shoves Marco into the room.Caveman 1 steps back into the hallway to rejoin Caveman 2.
Princess Eve and Maria are relieved to see Marco.
CAVEMAN 1 Is it even worth locking the door?
CAVEMAN 2 Don’t bother. These fools are too weak to try and escape.
They both chuckle and walk away.
Marco dusts himself off and readjusts his tunic after being handled so roughly by the henchmen.
MARCO Hey, we heard that! Jerks! And I don’t appreciate being manhandled!
54 (mumbles) I swear, if I was just a bit bigger in size, I’d teach those clowns a lesson they wouldn’t forget.
Maria punches Marco in the shoulder.
MARCO Ow!
MARIA Marco! Where have you been? You missed the send-off event.
MARCO Sorry, I got lost on the way. I’ve been going in circles for hours.
Marco’s stomach growls again.
MARCO(CONT’D) (sighs) And worse, all on an empty stomach.
MARIA Ugh! You always get lost! And you’re always hungry!What else is new?
Maria smacks Marco upside the head.
MARIA(CONT’D) Now, look. You got yourself captured, too!
MARCO Will you stop hitting me? It hurts! I was on my way to get help when those behemoths whisked me away!
MARIA Here comes the excuses.
55 MARCO You know what -
PRINCESS EVE Okay, both of you, calm down. We need to work together to find a way out of here. They have Adam. We have to save him!
MARCO (confused) Adam’s here?
PRINCESS EVE Yes. It looks like they got to him before they got to us. It must have happened last night when we were all at the shore.
MARCO That explains why I haven’t seen him all day...alright, well if we’re gonna act we gotta do it now before those guys come back and finish us off.
MARIA Umm...hello. Yeah, I don’t know if you’ve noticed or anything but none of us stood a chance against those barbarians. They’d crush us like insects!Isn’t there another way?
MARCO What do you wanna do? Flirt with them and hope they fall in love with you?
Maria scowls at Marco.
MARCO I’m not gonna sit here and run out the clock ‘til we get murdered.It’s now or never.I’m not letting anyone push me around anymore! Let’s go!
Marco cautiously heads for the exit.
56 Maria and Princess Eve exchange impressed looks.Marco is finally stepping up for once.
MARIA What’s gotten into him?
INT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - HALLWAY - DAY
Marco, Princess Eve, and Maria sneak through the dark and wide passage of stone walls and mildewed floors. Marco ambles boldly ahead with his chest out while Princess Eve and Maria follow close behind him.
MARCO Alright, this place is huge and heavily guarded.You girls stay back. I’ll protect you from these savages.
Maria rolls her eyes. Princess Eve giggles.
Marco continues to walk toward the end of the hall and prepares to turn the corner.Princess Eve, much more observant, spots a large piece of sharp-edged glass a few steps ahead of him. She leaps ahead and pulls him back right before he steps on it.
MARCO Hey! Eve, What are you doing?
A pair of Silverstone Cavemen around the corner overhear them and slowly begin to walk in their direction.
Marco stumbles back and catches his balance. Princess Eve bends down and picks up the glass and shows him.
PRINCESS EVE You should be careful. You almost stepped on this.
MARIA (mumbles) Protect us...can’t even protect himself.
57 MARCO (scoffs) Look, that was just a fluke.
Marco walks away and is about to turn the corner.Princess Eve tugs him back by his tunic again. She shows him the Silverstone Cavemen in the reflection in the glass. They’re about to turn the corner.
PRINCESS EVE Two for two. That was close!
MARCO Okay, you’ve made your point.
Maria stares out one of the castle windows. Her eyes widen in disbelief. The ground is a LONG way down. They’re at least 100 feet up.
MARIA Well, doesn’t look like the window’s an option.
PRINCESS EVE Come on,let’s go through that door over there.
Princess Eve points to a brown door across the hall. They all hurry across the hall, run into the room, and shut the door behind them. The Silverstone Cavemen finally come around the corner and behold an empty corridor, puzzled.
Princess Eve,Marco,and Maria find themselves in a large storage room with tall cabinets, dusted shelves holding antiques and artifacts.
PRINCESS EVE What is this place?
Marco spots a water gorde on the shelf.
58 MARIA Do you even know what that is?
MARCO Ah! Finally, something to drink. I’m so thirsty!
Marco throws his head back and chugs the bottle. He pauses and feels a rumble in his stomach. Something’s off.
MARCO Whoa! I don’t feel so good.
MARIA I told you not to drink that! It could have been poison for all you know!
MARCO (chuckles) Well it was good poison for what is worth.
The room begins to quake.Objects on the shelves rattle, fall, and shatter on the ground.
PRINCESS EVE (looks around) Wha-what’s going on?
MARCO Whoa! What’s happening to me?
The surface beneath Marco’s feet cracks violently and he slowly grows taller and more muscular until he is about 30 feet tall.
MARIA Okay, what’s just happened? You’re a giant!
Marco examines his body and flexes his muscles.
MARCO (laughs)
59 What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger.This is awesome! I feel incredible!Now time to teach those ruffians a lesson!
INT. CAVEMAN KING - HALLWAY - DAY
Princess Eve and Maria step into a long hallway with two Silverstone Cavemen at the other end notice them immediately.
CAVEMAN 4 Hey! What do you girls think you’re doing? You shouldn’t be here!
Princess Eve and Maria exchange humorous smirks with each other and remain unbothered.They know they’ve got the upperhand. The Silverstone Cavemen growl impatiently and march over to them hotly.
CAVEMAN 4 HEY! You two deaf or someth’n?
CAVEMAN 5 Don’t make us repeat ourselves!
MARIA I wouldn’t go threatening us, if I was you.
Marco saunters around the corner at the TERROR of the Silverstone Cavemen.
MARCO Leave them alone!
Marco snatches up both of the henchmen and tosses them out of a nearby castle window. They scream horrifically as they descend far below.
MARCO (waves) Have a nice trip! (beat)
60 I could get used to this.
MONTAGE:
Cue: Exciting upbeat music
A Silverstone Caveman charges at Marco. Marco winds up his right foot and punts him away like a kickball.
Marco picks up two Silverstone Cavemen who attempt to attack him. He smashes their heads together and knocks both of them out. He drops them to the floor mercilessly.
Marco repeatedly slams a Silverstone Caveman to the ground like a ragdoll and throws him against the wall.
Marco spins a Silverstone Caveman overhead in a torture rack, drops him, slams his back on his knee, and throws him across the hall.
A group of three Silverstone Caveman charge at Marco with their clubs. He easily overtakes the first two. The third Silverstone Caveman stares off anxiously with him. Marco’s eyes burn with an unhealthy craving of strength. He can’t get enough of this. This feeds his ego. The third Silverstone Caveman looks intimidated. He eventually retreats back down the hall.
MARCO (scoffs) Yeah, that’s what I thought.
END OF MONTAGE
Princess Eve, Maria, and Marco move down another hallway, this one reveals several doors. Marco walks before them, still amped up from his previous fights.He mimics the movement of a boxer and bounces around the floor and punches invisible foes,and ducks blocks invisible attacks.
PRINCESS EVE (sighs) He just had to drink that magical growth potion. Now he’s getting a big head.
61 MARIA Trust me. He’s always had a big head. Unfortunately, there’s still not much inside it.
Marco overhears and ceases his antics.
MARCO Hey, I heard that! You know, a a little thank you would go along way from you ungrateful ladies.
MARIA Just keep it moving and worry about clearing our path. We still haven’t found Adam yet.And quit jumping all over the place like some deranged bunny rabbit!
MARCO I can’t! This is exhilarating! For once, I feel like I can take on an army of guys. I bet the rest of the guards went incognito when they heards the rumors of me kicking butt.
Marco begins to practice his combat moves again. A few jabs, uppercut, spin, and KICK! He kicks down the nearest door and reveals a tiny room with Prince Adam, who lays on his side, bound and gagged with thick, jungle vine.
MARCO Well...that worked out.
PRINCESS EVE ADAM! You’re okay!
MARIA (to MARCO) Finally, your stupidity paid off.
62 Princess Eve rushes into the room, unties Prince Adam, and helps him up to his feet.
PRINCE ADAM Eve!It’s good to see you! Thanks for rescuing me.
Prince Adam exchanges a brief hug with Princess Eve.
PRINCE ADAM(CONT’D) Those guys snuck up on me in the forest and dragged me back to this filthy citadel.
PRINCESS EVE They got to us, too. I’m just happy you’re alright.
MARCO Good to see you, bro! (chuckles) So you weren’t strong enough to fight those guys off either, huh?
PRINCE ADAM I was outnumbered.
MARCO (teasingly) Yeah...sure.
MARIA Don’t mind him. He’s just full of himself now that he’s a freakishly large titan.
PRINCE ADAM Right...and why is he a freakishly large titan?
MARCO Allow me to demonstrate!
63 Marco whips out the same water gorde from before. It’s still half full. He gives it to Prince Adam.
MARCO Here. Take a sip of this!
INT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - INVENTORY ROOM - DAY
Marco and Prince Adam, now a 30-foot giant as well, fight side-by-side as they take down a squad of Silverstone Caveman.The room is large and oval-shaped, with yellow walls and tall shelves of various weapons.
PRINCE ADAM Wow, you were right!This does feel incredible!This power feels unmatched!
MARCO Told you! These guys don’t stand a chance against us.
Several Silverstone Cavemen lay comatose on the ground all around them.
Princess Eve spots something out of the corner of her eye that glistens across the room on the shelves.
A pair of Silverstone Caveman slowly come back to their senses and lethargically get back to their feet. They grip their clubs and prepare to strike, an unaware Marco and Prince Adam from behind.
Princess Eve retrieves a magic wand tucked away behind a pile of dusty books. She blows the dust of the wooden stick and waves it around gently - awestruck by the shimmer and glitter that emulates off of it.
Maria grabs a wooden club that hangs from the wall and strikes them fiercely in the head. They both are dizzied and collapse again.
Marco and Prince Adam turn around impressed.
64 MARIA Don’t celebrate too early.
Another pair of Silverstone Cavemen enter the room and prepare to seize Maria.
Princess Eve points the wand at the Silverstone Caveman and concentrates.
PRINCESS EVE MARIA! Look out!
Maria spins around to see two Silverstone Caveman, both husky and dressed in yellow tunics, one with long brown hair and the other short and white spiky hair and armed with an axe about to grab her.
A powerful beam shoots out of Princess Eve’s magic wand and creates a boulder a few feet above the Silverstone Caveman’s head. The minions look at the large stone above them bewildered.
CAVEMAN 6 What the - ?
The boulder falls on top of them and squashes them underneath.
MARIA Whoa! Nice one, Eve. Serves them right.
PRINCE ADAM Where’d you get the magic wand?
PRINCESS EVE It was just lying around on the shelf. It felt so natural wielding it.It’ll definitely come in handy.
MARCO Great. Magic definitely trumps being a giant. You just had to steal our shine.
MARIA Quick, make a handsome prince appear!
65 Marco rolls his eyes. Prince Adam is confused.
PRINCESS EVE (giggles) Maybe after we escape. (grips the wand tightly) (beat) I don’t know how much power this thing has but hopefully it’s enough to get us out of this place.
INT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - NARROW CORRIDOR - DAY
Prince Adam, Marco, Princess Eve, and Maria skulk down an endless barren hall that seems to go on forever.
MARIA (sighs) This hall just keeps going on and on. We’re never going to get out of this place at this rate.
PRINCE ADAM Yeah, and we haven’t seen any guards for a while. (beat) Guess I’m just going to have go back to beating up Marco.
Princess Eve and Maria laugh.
Marco glares over Prince Adam.
MARCO Haha...very funny.
They all turn a corner and see a large doorway ahead to a spacious room. FINALLY, a way out!
PRINCESS EVE Look! This might be our way out! Let’s hurry!
66 MARIA Finally! A ray of hope.
They all run down the hall and into an expansive space of dull lighting and high-ceilings.It appears to be a DUNGEON? A large pot of smoldering flames sits in the middle of the room and emits a thick smoke into the air.
INT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE - DUNGEON - DAY
MARCO Okay...this doesn’t look like a way out. (coughs and waves the smoke away)
MARCO(CONT’D) Someone must be cooking a really big dinner here. (swallows nervously) Unless, we’re the dinner.
MARIA Don’t be silly. There are a handful of cannibals in the prehistoric world but as primitive as the Caveman King appears to be, he never came off as the man-eater type.If he wanted to devour us,we’d be chopped into pieces and dissolving in his stomach acid by now.
PRINCESS EVE Although I didn’t need that visual, I I agree.
Princess Eve studies their surroundings carefully.
PRINCESS EVE(CONT’D) (beat) However, this does feel like a trap.
The Caveman King slowly emerges from the shadows of the room to their HORROR.
67 CAVEMAN KING Right you are, Princess Eve. Nothing seems to get passed you. How nice of you all to finally join me. Welcome to my dungeon.Your final destination of this castle.This is where your doom meets destiny. (beat) Fools,you thought you could move through my palace easily with that stolen growing potion, did you?
MARCO Uh...yeah. We’ve pulverized dozens of your guys already.They didn’t stand a chance! And you’re next! (turns to Adam) Come on, Adam. We should be able to take him together.
CAVEMAN KING (chuckles) Are you sure about that?
Caveman 1 and Caveman 2 walk into the room behind them.They are giants also, TRIPLE the size of Marco and Adam. Caveman 2 holds the water gorde that Marco once had in his possession.
ADAM Okay...I don’t think we can’t take them on.
MARIA Whoa! And I thought you guys were massive.
CAVEMAN 2 You shouldn’t have left your bottle unattended. (snickers)
MARCO Whoops...that was my bad.
68 Caveman 1 and Caveman 2 laugh and close in on them slowly. The ground quakes violently underneath their feet as the Goldleafers all stagger back in fright.
CUT TO:
Caveman 1 and Caveman 2 dangle the horrified Goldleafers over the burning pot of fire. The Caveman King stands near the pot ignited with anticipation to see their demise. The flames of the cauldron reflect ferociously in his eyes.
PRINCE ADAM Well, there goes our plan.
CAVEMAN KING (chuckles) This is the end! After you’re incinerated, your kingdom will be mine! Dump them!
Caveman 1 and Caveman 2 lower them towards the violent flames. Beads of sweat roll down their faces. Their eyes widen in horror.
CAVEMAN 2 Time to die!
CAVEMAN 1 In you go!
MARIA This can’t be happening! I can’t die before I find true love.
PRINCESS EVE Are you seriously still thinking about that? Even right now?!
MARCO I gotta say. I never thought it would end like this! Well it was fun while it lasted. Nice knowing you guys!
69 CAVEMAN KING Simple minded bugs! You should know that no one escapes this fortress, much less live to tell the tale!
PRINCE ADAM I can’t believe this is really happening!Eve, please tell me you can figure a way out of this!
They are right above the flames. Their bodies are hot from the blazing heat. The grasp of the henchmen loosens more and more.
PRINCESS EVE I - I don’t know. I’m sorry. I should have just followed the rules. This is all my fault. I let us down. I let the kingdom down.
PRINCE ADAM No, you didn’t. (beat) You never have.
Princess Eve smiles back emotionally at Prince Adam. She thinks for a second. That’s it! She reaches into her boot. It’s still there. Her MAGIC WAND!
PRINCESS EVE The wand! I almost forgot I had it!
CAVEMAN KING WHAT?! Where’d you find that?
PRINCE ADAM There ya go. I knew you’d think of something, sis!
MARCO (cheers) Alright, Eve!
70 They are dropped! They all scream as they hurtle to their deaths. Princess Eve focuses and waves her wand above her head. It begins to illuminate the entire room.
PRINCESS EVE It’s time to rearrange things!
CAVEMAN KING NOOO!
The Caveman King shields his eyes with his hands from the blinding light and turns his face away.
FLASH!
CUT TO:
A vengeful Marco and Prince Adam as 90-foot giants dangle Caveman 1 and Caveman 2 above the cauldron who are now a third of their size.
Princess Eve and Maria find themselves safely on the ground.
The Caveman King looks on in bewilderment at the warp in setting.
CAVEMAN 1 What happened? What’s going on? THIS CAN’T BE!!!
MARCO The tables have turned that’s what happened! Say goodbye!
Marco and Prince Adam drop them into the burning fire. Both cavemen scream as they are swallowed up by the flames below.
MARIA Whew! I am so glad that wasn’t us. That did not sound fun at all.
CAVEMAN KING NOO! What have you done?!
71 PRINCE ADAM Not to worry, Your Highness. You’re next in line!
Prince Adam and Marco seize the Caveman King and hoist him above their heads.
PRINCESS EVE This is the end for you! Your reign of terror is over!
CAVEMAN KING This ISN'T over! You will inherit a great deal of suffering for this! All of you! I WILL be avenged!
MARCO Yeah don’t count on it, buddy! Bye-bye!
Marco and Prince Adam dump the Caveman King in the burning cauldron. His cries ring loudly and then fade instantly as he disappears into the fire.
EXT. CAVEMAN KING’S CASTLE YARD - NIGHT
Prince Adam, Princess Eve, Marco,and Maria stand outside the Caveman King’s Castle. They are surrounded by eerie swamplands and an ominous jungle ahead. Various creature noises sound from near and afar.
MARCO Whew! That was a close one! As much fun as that was, let’s agree to never do that again!
MARIA For once, I agree with you. That place was a dump and complete death tramp.
Princess Eve glares at Maria.
72 PRINCESS EVE What’s the matter, Ms. Living Life on the Edge? Was that too much for you?
MARIA Okay...I admit. I may have pushed things a little too far.
PRINCESS EVE A little? We were almost burned to a crisp back there!
MARIA Yeah, but we didn’t. Thanks to you!
PRINCE ADAM She’s right, Eve. The quick thinking with your wand saved all our buts.
MARCO Yeah, I hate to say it but that last minute move beat anything Adam and I did back there.
PRINCESS EVE Thanks, it was nothing! (beat) Well, time for us to head back home.
They all look ahead to the dark woods ahead of them.
MARIA Any idea where home is from here?
PRINCE ADAM None.
END OF PILOT
73 TAG
EXT. SILVERSTONE KINGDOM FOREST - NIGHT
Deep inside the forest.
A large crowd of Silverstone cavemen stand shoulder-to-shoulder and beat conga drums in a synchronous ceremony.
A large, grey tombstone engraved with the words: THE CAVEMAN KING is planted firmly in the soil in the center of the commotion. His charred and slightly melted crown has been placed at the foot of the tombstone.
Behind the stone are the remnants of his tunic burning in a blazing campfire. The fire burns brightly as the only source of light for the night.
Prince Chad(25)well-built and fully grown into manhood,shaggy blond hair,blue eyes,yellow tunic, faux fur sash, and jewel-encrusted crown planted firmly on his head, stands erect a few feet away from the tombstone. His eyes are cold and the wild dance of fire reflects in them. They well up with tears he fights to hold back.
OMINOUS music rises.
He clenches his fists tightly.
A feeling of vengeance slowly sinks in.
END OF TAG
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