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      THE POP RING

                          Written by

              Kylene “Ethelburt” Watts

              “THE POP RING” IS NOT TO BE
        CHANGED WITHOUT CONSULTING THE
     SUPERVISING OR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS.

               SECOND DRAFT

                 ETHELBURT FILMS
                        © 2003
                 ETHELBURT FILMS
All Rights Reserved

THE POP RING
                        ACT 1
FADE IN:

Background music begins when it is black and the movie starts with someone taking Dr. Pepper off of a truck and then loading it on the shelves while opening credits roll. Someone lifts a can of Dr. Pepper up off a desk and creates a pop ring around the title.

Cloriece takes a drink of the Dr. Pepper that was lifted off the desk and then sets it back down as her friend pops up on a messenger.

Laura: Hello!
Cloriece: Yodel! XD
Laura: I found this awesome website it’s www.feardotcom.net!!!

Cloriece clicks on the link and it takes her to a website. She skims over the red font and clicks on a link that allows her to watch a movie on RealOne player.

The camera focuses in to the movie playing.

Animal feces are the first thing shot, larva inside it, the camera zooms out and a mill is seen. Then a woman’s reflection in a mirror, camera zooms out to see the lady looking in the mirror carefully putting on lipstick in circles on her face. Then she visibly ages and turns into an old lady, still putting on lipstick. The woman turns around and reaches out for the camera until the screen fades into a swirly blackness and then a man is shown biting a dog’s leg. The man looks up with weird eyes that change color, camera shot switches to Cloriece then back to him and continued that twice until the movie ends.

[Phone rings]

CLORIECE
He-hello? (frightened)

VOICE
You have seven days to find your Dr. Pepper or you die. (creepy)

CLORIECE
[glances at the desk and sees the ring] Who-who is this? (even more frightened)

[Dial tone]

Cloriece quickly opens the messenger:

Cloriece: Laura? Can you come over?
Laura: Sure, what’s wrong?
Cloriece: I’ll explain when you get over here.

             DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece jumping into Laura’s car.

LAURA
What’s the matter Cloriece?

CLORIECE
I-I-I c-c-clicked on that….that site you g-gave me and….and…

LAURA
Well spit it out! (aggravated)

CLORIECE
I watched this movie and…. (hesitantly)

LAURA
And? (impatiently)

CLORIECE
[bursts into tears] I got a phone call!

LAURA
And? (trying not to laugh)

CLORIECE
And someone on the other end said that if I didn’t find my Dr. Pepper in a week then I was going to die!

LAURA
[laughs]

CLORIECE
And what is so funny, Laura? (snappy)

LAURA
Are you serious?! (chuckling)

CLORIECE
YES! It was creepy, Laura! The creep called me and told me that I would die if I don’t find my Dr. Pepper!

LAURA
Why don’t we see if we can’t just get you a Dr. Pepper at the store then. I’ll take you.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece dragged Laura into the store quickly and they go straight to the pop coolers on the side of the store. Where the Dr. Pepper usually sat there was none.

CLORIECE
Hey, Vicky.

VICKY
[reading paper] Yes?

CLORIECE
Where is the Dr. Pepper? I don’t see any here….

VICKY
Didn’t you hear? All the Dr. Pepper was stolen by Queen Kong! Well at least that’s what people that stop by the store have been saying.

LAURA
Who’s Queen Kong?

VICKY
[looks up from the paper she’s reading] You haven’t heard? Queen Kong’s an ape-ess that is out to take over the world one soft drink at a time. The soft drinks disappear from the face of the Earth--never to be seen again--That’s what happened to NEHI.

CLORIECE
NEHI? What’s that?

VICKY
It’s a soft drink that used to be on the shelves in the…seventies I think.

LAURA
Thanks, Vicky. [grabbed Cloriece’s arm and dragged her out to the porch of the store] So you really weren’t kidding then, were you?

CLORIECE
No! I told you that I was telling the truth! You’ll have to believe me now because you just spent an hour on the rest of my life--thank-you! (maddened and sarcastic)

LAURA
Sorry--I didn’t know you were telling the truth.

CLORIECE
[sigh] Oh it’s alright. Just help me live!

[Pastor Bill walks up the steps]

PASTOR BILL
Hidey Ho neighbors!

CLORIECE
[false smile] Hello, Pastor Bill.

PASTOR BILL
What’s up?

CLORIECE
Do you really want to know?

PASTOR BILL
[skeptical look] Yes.

CLORIECE
Welllll……Queen Kong stole my Dr. Pepper and told me I only had seven days to live.

PASTOR BILL
Tough break.

CLORIECE
And I don’t know what to do!! Neither does Laura!!

PASTOR BILL
Well you could always pray to God. I know that he would help his little lamb through a storm. Ask him what to do.

CLORIECE
But how am I going to get to the church?

PASTOR BILL
I can take you. I’m going as soon as I get my Dr. Pepper but now that’s impossible isn’t it? [sigh] Well lets go then.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Pastor Bill’s car pulling into the church parking lot, Cloriece and Pastor Bill both get out of the car.

PASTOR BILL
Go ahead in and pray, my dear. I’ll be in in a few minutes but first I have to check into the office. [disappears in schoolhouse office]

Cloriece goes straight into the church and to the chapel, dropping to her knees at the steps and praying out loud.

CLORIECE
Oh God, can you help me find my Dr. Pepper? I need to find it. I want to live to be sixteen!

VOICE
If thou wish-eth for thy Dr. Pepper
Though shall look for an old rickety house
There thou shall find an elderly woman
And her elderly spouse
To get an answer knock three times
For she will be able to read thou’s mind
Quickly go! And find thy Dr. Pepper!

Cloriece looks up and searches the church, with her eyes, she then runs out into the entry of the church and is met there by Pastor Bill.

PASTOR BILL
Hey, what’s the rush?

CLORIECE
Pastor Bill, I need to-to go! May I use your phone? (frightened)

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece is in Laura’s car, driving back to Chatfield.

LAURA
So you heard a voice? Like was it audible or are you hearing voices in your head again?

CLORIECE
I was never hearing voices before!!! And yes this was an audible voice!

LAURA
And you told me the whole riddle, right?

CLORIECE
Yes.

LAURA
If thou wish-eth for thy Dr. Pepper
Though shall look for an old rickety house
There thou shall find an elderly woman
And her elderly spouse
To get an answer knock three times
For she will be able to read thou’s mind
Quickly go! And find thy Dr. Pepper! (pensively)

Hmmm…..(facial features lighten up) OH! I know what it’s talking about!

Drives to an old abandoned house.  Camera goes over the house.

LAURA
Well what are you waiting for?

CLORIECE
What do you mean, aren’t you coming with me?

LAURA
Ummm….

CLORIECE
Laura!

LAURA
Ok, fine, I’ll come with you. Don’t have a cow.

Both get out and walk up to the front door of the house. Cloriece knocks on the door three times, an elderly woman and her husband open the door.

OLD WOMAN
What do you want? (cranky)

CLORIECE
We…we--

OLD WOMAN
Never mind! I know what you want! I was suppose to give you a message! (glare)
I was the first thing you saw in the video
You will not find me just anywhere
You will find me at an abandon mill
I am not a pleasant thing but I have a message
Look closely at me and you will see
A message that will help you find
Your desired Dr. Pepper.
[pause and then a wide creepy grin] Would you like to come in for some cookies, my dears?

CLORIECE
That’s ok, ma’am. I think we’ll be going. [grabs Laura’s arm and drags her back to the car]

*Back in the car*

CLORIECE
That lady was creepy!

LAURA
No she wasn’t, she was a nice old woman! She was going to invite us in and give us cookies.

CLORIECE
You’ve got to be kidding me.

LAURA
What? Why?

CLORIECE
That woman had that--evil look! She probably would have ate you or something. She looked like she could be cannibal…or a head hunter-

LAURA
You read too much.

CLORIECE
[rolls eyes] Riiiight well lets go.

LAURA
Where?

CLORIECE
Well…let me think…I was the first thing you saw in the video…

LAURA
Huh?

CLORIECE
I’m reciting the riddle….well the first thing I think I saw in the video was…..animal crap and a mill…
[they near the same mill]
Laura! It’s the mill!

Laura puts the car in reverse and pulls into the alley way and then into the mill parking lot as soon as she stops Cloriece jumps out of the car and Laura follows. Cloriece then walks to the mill, looking up at the building and not paying attention to anything until she steps in some animal feces.

CLORIECE
What the--[lifts foot up] Ick. That’s just disgusting.

LAURA
[big grin]

Cloriece steps away from the feces and they form words, camera zooms in.

CLORIECE
It’s not funny, it’s really gross.

LAURA
[grins]….[points] Look!
If you wish to live to be sixteen…Figure this out..

CLORIECE
You will find your next clue…

LAURA
Where gobs of flowers dwell…

CLORIECE
This place is infamous…for…selling plants…

LAURA
You will find it in Chatfield…

CLORIECE
Where the fishes dance? [the fescues move back to where they were]
Fish dance? [looks at Laura]

LAURA
[shrug] Maybe you should just give your mind a rest and try tomorrow. I’ll take you home.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Laura and Cloriece walk down an alley, then into a flowered archway into a yard that was full of beautiful gardens and flower beds. They walk up to a small pond where big goldfish were swimming in and Cloriece’s alarm clock goes off and she slams her fist down on the snooze button.
    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece and Laura walking across the street.

LAURA
So you think that the riddle was talking about Gene Tourney’s Garden?

CLORIECE
Yeah, I had a dream last night…

LAURA
And you’re going to believe it?

Queen Kong’s head, wearing a hat of fake leaves, pops up from the bush they pass.

CLORIECE
Sure. I have no other leads.

[they get to the garden and walk around until they find the pond]

GENE TOURNEY
What are you ladies up to?

LAURA
We were--

GENE TOURNEY
Cloriece?

CLORIECE
Yes?

GENE TOURNEY
I got this letter in the mail today. [pulls a letter out of the many in his hands] It’s for you. [hands it to Cloriece]

CLORIECE
[examines the letter] Err…thanks. Well we’ve got to go. Talk to you later! Bye! [walking away from the garden Cloriece opens the letter]

LAURA
What’s it say?

CLORIECE
You only have six more days to live
Unless you find that pop
Your heart will surely stop
The next place you are to find
Is a beautiful mansion
Don’t even bother to leave this town
Remember…only five and a half more days.

LAURA
That was creepy. How did they know you’d open it at noon?

CLORIECE
[shrug] I don’t know….The next place you are to find is a beautiful mansion, don’t even bother to leave this town…

LAURA
That’s easy! They’re talking about the mansion on route four. Do you wunna go there or catch some lunch?

CLORIECE
[looks at Laura blankly] Yes, Laura, I want to go get lunch and waist precious moments of what I have left of my life.

LAURA
[sigh] Alright, lets go see that mansion.

    DISSOLVED TO:

When they approach the house Cheral Frencklestein (owner of the mansion) was just getting into his car that was parked in front of it. In the back seat lay Queen Kong’s costume

CLORIECE
Wait!!! Wait!!

CHERAL
[looks up and doesn’t get into her car] Do I know you?

LAURA
Err--no but we need your help.

CHERAL
For…? I don’t do charities.

CLORIECE
Well we aren’t collecting for a charity. Have you got any weird riddles?

CHERAL
No…Why?

CLORIECE
Because I need to find the Dr. Pepper or I’ll die!

CHERAL
You’ve got to be joking me.

CLORIECE
Nope, I’m not.

LAURA
Are you sure you don’t know of anything that someone told you to say?

CHERAL
Nope.

LAURA
Are you sure?

CHERAL
No, I’ve got a message for you. (sarcastically)

LAURA
Really? What is it?

CHERAL
[looks at the letter in Cloriece’s hand] You’ve got mail. [she gets in the car and takes off]

LAURA
He really helped. (sarcastically)
[looks at Cloriece] Hello? Are you still there?

CLORIECE
[pensive] You’ve got mail….OH! OH! OH! I’VE GOT IT!

LAURA
Got what?

CLORIECE
Mail!! E-mail!!

LAURA
That’s more important than your life?

CLORIECE
[takes out a Star Trek teleport-er thing and teleports herself and Laura to the living room of her house]

LAURA
What are we doing?

CLORIECE
Checking e-mail. [checking e-mail]

LAURA
What?

CLORIECE
HERE IT IS!!

LAURA
Here what is?

CLORIECE
Shh! Let me read it to you!
If you desire that stupid pop
I suggest you give my house a stop
I live in Chatfield, yes I do
I have some signs….just a few
This hideout I’m talking about is an innocent little place
You will never find me, not in your wildest dreams
Your precious Dr. Pepper will turn into nothing and so will you.
[looks at Laura, saddened] I’m never going to find it! Never! I’ll just die and turn into nothing!

LAURA
You may die but you wont turn into nothing.

CLORIECE
Gee thanks. (sarcastic)

LAURA
Want to go for a walk?

CLORIECE
[sigh] Sure, maybe we’ll be lucky enough to find Queen Kong’s lair.

LAURA
When we went to see the flower guy I saw some signs that said QUEEN KONG’S LAIR THAT WAY, with an arrow.

CLORIECE
You’ve got to be kidding me.

LAURA
I’m not.

CLORIECE
Then why didn’t you tell me earlier!?

LAURA
You seemed busy so I thought I’d wait. Plus I forgot the Dr. Pepper kidnapper’s name.

CLORIECE
[shakes head] Well lets go. Where did you see the signs?
           DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece and Laura walk down the sidewalk following tons of signs that say “Queen Kong’s Lair this way à” or “Beware! Queen Kong lives this way à”. They follow the signs to a house and then knock on the door. The door opens by itself and they both (hesitantly) go into the house and find a note. Laura picks up the note and reads it out loud.

LAURA
Dear Cloriece,
How are you doing? Still ticking I’m guessing seeing how it hasn’t been seven days yet. Well anyways I’m in the backyard if you need me. --Love, Queen Kong. (the one who stole all the Dr. Pepper)
[stares at the note not noticing Cloriece going into the backyard]
What the heck?

[Cloriece wanders around the background]

QUEEN KONG
[is right behind her in the ‘garden’ ] Ahhhhh, Clorieeccccce. (talks like Gollum)

CLORIECE
[turns around quickly] Who-who are you? (frightened)

QUEEN KONG
[tosses garden hoe aside and it lands in a tree] Sshhhhhhall we tell Clorieccce who we aresssss preccccciousssss?

CLORIECE
Who are you? (false confidence)

QUEEN KONG
We bezzz Queen Kong, Clorieccccccccce. But you can callzzz usssss Fran.

CLORIECE
Fran?

QUEEN KONG
It issssss my firssssss name, Clorieccccce. Have you come for your preccccciousssss Dr. Pepperssssssss?

CLORIECE
Ye-yes! Where have you got it?!

QUEEN KONG
Sssssssshhhhaaaaall we tell her preccccioussssss? Ssssshhhhall we tell Cloriecccce? Precccciousssssss sssssssaysssss no, Cloriecccce. Mussssst not give it up that eassssssssy. Cloriecccce mussssst play gamesssss with ussssss, precccccioussssss.

CLORIECE
What game?

QUEEN KONG
Did you hear that, preccccccciousssss? Sssshhhe assssssskssss ussssss what game. What game precccccciousssssss? Sssssolitaire? No. Not ssssolitaire. Not ssssolitaire. We will play checkersssss.

CLORIECE
Checkers?

QUEEN KONG
Yessss checkerssssssss are you ssssscared?

CLORIECE
No! I’m good at checkers.

QUEEN KONG
We’ll sssssee about thatsss. Algore, get the board!

ALGORE
[limps over to Queen Kong with a checkers board and the pieces] Here you are master. (deep throated voice)

QUEEN KONG
Thanksssssss, Algorrrre. Ssssshhhhhall weee? [sets up her side of the board]

CLORIECE
[sets up her side of the board] [nods] Ready. [takes first move]

    DISSOLVED TO:
[Queen Kong jumping Cloriece’s last guy]

CLORIECE
You cheated!! I call for a rematch!

QUEEN KONG
Ssshhheeee acusssed ussssss of cheating, Precccioussssss and sshhhee wissshhhessss for a rematch? We wont give her a rematch, precccccioussss. We wont giver her one. We will give her another chanccccce though, Precccccciousssssss. We will give her another chancccce though Preccccciousssssss. We will have a challenge for her tomorrow, Precccccciousssssss. We will think of sssssomething ssshhhhe’ll fail doing again. We musssst think now. Cloriecccce mussst leave now. Cloriecccce musssst go.

[Cloriece gave her a strange look and then left]

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece walked into the backyard where Queen Kong was once again, four chairs (each a different color) were set in front of Queen Kong’s throne.

QUEEN KONG
Ahhh, Cloriecccce, have a ssssseat in the sssssscarlet chair. Algorrrrrre, bring in the otherssssssss.

ALGORE
[limps back into the house and brings along three children with him] Here you are, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Mussssst remind Preccccciousssssss to let Algore walk tooonighttt.
[Queen Kong eyes the children as they sit down in the multicolored chairs]
Nowwwwww letssssss begin the sssssspelling bee. Which chair goessssss firssssst, Algore?

ALGORE
[draws a piece of paper out of his chest pocket] Blue goes first, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Ahhh the young girl goessssssss firssssssst then. Ssstand up!

BROWN HEADED GIRL
[stands up] G-go-go first? Go first f-for what?

QUEEN KONG
Sssspelling, young girl. Ssspelling! Ssspell immediately.

BROWN HEADED GIRL
Immediately? O-ok. Immediately. I. M. M. I. D. I. A. T. L. E. Y. Immediately.

QUEEN KONG
[Buzzer sound] Wrong! What do we have for her, Algore?

ALGORE
[excited evil Igor laugh] AMISH PEOPLE!
[he pulls open a hatch to a very large box]

AMISH PEOPLE
[run out of the box and grab the brown headed girl, carrying her out of camera view]

QUEEN KONG
Who’sssssss nexxxxxt, Algore?

ALGORE
[draws another piece of paper out of his chest pocket] Orange is next, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Verrry well, Algore. Orange sssstep uppp.

BLACK HAIRED BOY
[stands up]

QUEEN KONG
Ssspell…phosssphoric acccccid.

BLACK HAIRED BOY
That’s an easy one! P. H. O. S. P. H. O. R. I. C. A. C. I. D.! Phosphoric acid!

QUEEN KONG
[leans forward in chair] WRONG!

BLACK HAIRED BOY
NO IT WASN’T!!!

QUEEN KONG
Yessssss it wassss you forgot to sssssspaccccce.  [claps hands] [misfit monsters run out and take the boy away (boy screaming)]

CLORIECE
Hey! That wasn’t fair!

QUEEN KONG
Who sssssssssssaid I play fair, Clorieccce? [glare towards Cloriece] Who issss nexxxt, Algore?

ALGORE
[draws another piece of paper out of his chest pocket] It is green’s turn, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Very well, Bruccce it isssss your turn.

BRUCE
[stands up]

QUEEN KONG
Sssspell Benzoate, Brucccce.

BRUCE
B. E. N. Z. O. A. T. E.

QUEEN KONG
Verrrry good, Brucccce, take a  sssseat. Cloriecccce it’sssss your turn.

CLORIECE
[stands up]

QUEEN KONG
Ssssspell….Mythology.

CLORIECE
M. I. T. H. O. L. O. G. Y.

QUEEN KONG
Wrong!!! Bruccccce, it’ssssss your turn again! Sssspell mythology correctly and you will win.

BRUCE
M. Y. T. H. O. L. O. G. Y. (hesitantly)

QUEEN KONG
He sssssspelled it correctly, Preccccciousssss. What sssshhhall we do now, Preccccioussss? Let him go? Yesssss we’ll let him go. We don’t want him anywayssssss. [Bruce leaves] Ssssshhhall we give Cloriecccce another chancccce, Precccccccioussssss? Yessssssss we sssssssshhhhall. We will let her go and guessssss our middle name, Preccccccccioussssssss. Then tomorrow we will ssssssee if ssssssshhhe livesssss or diesssss.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece walks up to a house, knocks on the door and a man answers it.

CLORIECE
Do  you know Queen Kong’s middle name?

MAN
Fred? George--

CLORIECE
Queen Kong.

MAN
Oooh. Queen Kong! I thought you meant King Kong! Let’s see…..Michelle?

CLORIECE
Naw it’s probably something weird.

MAN
Oooh. True. True. [pensive moment] Coraline? Shelonda? Zodianterice? Beatrice? Etheylmiscerentum?

            CUT TO:

Cloriece standing at a door in front of a woman.

WOMAN
Shminkle? Rimplestien?

            CUT TO:
TEEN GIRL
Frankenstein? Velpanion? Velpainion? Sheldieron?

    DISSOLVED TO:
Queen Kong on her throne holding a long piece of parchment and Cloriece standing nervously in front of her.

QUEEN KONG
[looks amused] Rimplesssssstien? Frankenssssstein? Etheylmisssggcerentum? [evil cackle] Ssshhhe’sssss verrrry creativvve, Precccciousssssss, but sshhhe doessssn’t have our middle namesssssss yettt.

CLORIECE
What? None of them are right?

QUEEN KONG
No, Cloriecccce, none of them are rightttttt.

CLORIECE
Can I have one more guess?

QUEEN KONG
[whispers to self] Sssshhall we, Precccccioussssss? Ssshhhall we give her another guesssss? Sssshhhe wont get it anyway, Precccccioussss. Sssshhhe will guessssss wrong. Ssshhhe will never guessss Micccccchhhele, Precccioussssss. We will give her another try. [raises voice and looks at Cloriece] You sssssshhhall guesssss again, Cloriecccce. Guesssss again what my middle name issss.

CLORIECE
Is it…..Michele?

QUEEN KONG
Hssssssss! How do you know? You cheater! Sshhhe cheated, Preccccioussssss. Ssshhe cheated! Ssshhe ssshhall get a different challenge now that sssshhe cheated!

CLORIECE
How did I cheat?

QUEEN KONG
Ssshhhe heard ussss talk, Preccccccccioussss. Sshhhe sssshhhall get a different tassssk. Clorieccccce sssshhhhall get me the ring, Precccccioussss. Ssshhe ssshhall get it for me. The ring that will help me change formsss. Change formsss, Precccciousssss. Clorieccce ssssshhhall go get me the ring that letssss me change formsssss.

CLORIECE
Where will I find this ring?

    DISSOLVE TO:

Cloriece is standing at Frondo Bangdids door, knocks on it.

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[looks through eyehole] Who’s there?

CLORIECE
Cloriece Hibbard, sir!

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[opens the door] May I help you with something?

CLORIECE
Yes, sir. Do you have the ring that turns you into different forms?

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[eyes her distrustfully] Why do you ask?

CLORIECE
I need it! My life depends on it! Please, please, may I have it or borrow it?

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[pauses looking absorbed in thought] Alright. You may borrow it. Do not put it on, young worrier, or you will turn into a flesh eating spider that will soon lead all the other little spiders to take over the world. [gets ring out of pocket and hands it to her] And handle it carefully.

CLORIECE
I will try my best, thank-you so much!

    DISSOLVED TO:

QUEEN KONG
Do you have the ring, Cloriecccccce?

CLORIECE
Yes! Yes! But you’ll have to give it back, it’s borrowed.

QUEEN KONG
[rips the ring out of her hands] Thanksssss sssssssoo much for your help, Clorieccccce.

CLORIECE
Now you have to give me my Dr. Pepper!

QUEEN KONG
It’ssssss not going to happen issss it, Preccccioussssssss. We aren’t going to give her preccccccioussssss Dr. Pepper back!

CLORIECE
What? That’s not fair! You mean I did all this for nothing?

QUEEN KONG
Exxxactttly. [admires the ring]

CLORIECE
[sees a giant pumpkin in the garden with a sword protruding in it] [runs to it and pulls out the sword] ON GUARD!

QUEEN KONG
[gets up on her feet and pulls out her sword]

They sword fight [sparks fly] and then Queen Kong gets Cloriece’s sword and tosses both of them aside and they fist fight in slow motion. A misfit monster throws a light saber to Cloriece and Algore throws a light saber to Queen Kong. They sword fight with them in slow motion while in the back ground people are walking fast backwards and children are playing ‘kick the shoe over the telephone wire’ in normal speed. One kicks the shoe so far that it hits Queen Kong in the head, making her fall to the ground (it was a wooden shoe from Sweden). Another shoe hits Queen Kong in the head (this time it was a thick healed shoe) and Queen Kong pulls Cloriece down so she’s kneeling next to her.

QUEEN KONG
[cough] Cloriecccce take off my massssk.

CLORIECE
What?

QUEEN KONG
Take off my massssk.

CLORIECE
[slips off the mask] [gasps at the real Queen Kong]

QUEEN KONG
[coughs up blood] Cloriecccce…….I am your mother. [dies]

CLORIECE
So? Dude, where’s my Dr. Pepper?

QUEEN KONG
[magically comes alive] Around the corner. [dies again]

CLORIECE
Thanks. [walks around the corner and finds that every pop is Diet Dr. Pepper] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    DISSOLVED TO:

Camera is zoomed in close to a tape recorder recording and then zooms out to show Cloriece in an asylum room and is pacing by the barred window while a doctor is sitting on a folding chair. Along side him is a cup of water sitting on a small wooden table.

DOCTOR
Cloriece, do you know why you’re here today?

CLORIECE
Yes. [pause] You want to know if I killed Queen Kong.

DOCTOR
[takes a sip of water] Queen Kong, you say?

CLORIECE
Yes. Well her real name was Cheral Frencklestein. She’s my mother, you know.

DOCTOR
Really? I know you were with foster parents-

CLORIECE
Yes but she was my mother. I understand her plan now.

DOCTOR
What plan?

CLORIECE
The plan! She wanted us to meet again. One last time.

DOCTOR
Have you met before that night? [takes another sip and sets it back down]

CLORIECE
Yes, we’ve met. I never knew she was my mother.

DOCTOR
What makes you certain she is your mother?

CLORIECE
She told me. [pause and stares out window]  Last year while sitting in my chair, I had a Dr. Pepper that wasn’t there. It wasn’t there again Tuesday. I wish, I wish it would come back today.

DOCTOR
Where did you get that from?

CLORIECE
I wrote it.

DOCTOR
Did you? When?

CLORIECE
Yesterday. There’s nothing here to do anyway.

DOCTOR
I’m going now, Cloriece but I’ll be back tomorrow to talk with you more.

CLORIECE
Good-bye.

DOCTOR
[leaves the room and takes his water with him then locks door]

CLORIECE
[sits down in the folding chair the doctor had occupied not too long ago and looks up almost like she’s possessed at the camera and then looks down at the ring of water and begins to trace it with her right index finger while humming the tune of the Dr. Pepper song (lightly)]

DRAMATIC MUSIC AND FADE OUT TO ENDING CREDITS.

FIN

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      BY ETHELBURT FILMS
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      THE POP RING

                          Written by

              Kylene “Ethelburt” Watts

              “THE POP RING” IS NOT TO BE
        CHANGED WITHOUT CONSULTING THE
     SUPERVISING OR EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS.

               SECOND DRAFT

                 ETHELBURT FILMS
                        © 2003
                 ETHELBURT FILMS
All Rights Reserved

THE POP RING
                        ACT 1
FADE IN:

Background music begins when it is black and the movie starts with someone taking Dr. Pepper off of a truck and then loading it on the shelves while opening credits roll. Someone lifts a can of Dr. Pepper up off a desk and creates a pop ring around the title.

Cloriece takes a drink of the Dr. Pepper that was lifted off the desk and then sets it back down as her friend pops up on a messenger.

Laura: Hello!
Cloriece: Yodel! XD
Laura: I found this awesome website it’s www.feardotcom.net!!!

Cloriece clicks on the link and it takes her to a website. She skims over the red font and clicks on a link that allows her to watch a movie on RealOne player.

The camera focuses in to the movie playing.

Animal feces are the first thing shot, larva inside it, the camera zooms out and a mill is seen. Then a woman’s reflection in a mirror, camera zooms out to see the lady looking in the mirror carefully putting on lipstick in circles on her face. Then she visibly ages and turns into an old lady, still putting on lipstick. The woman turns around and reaches out for the camera until the screen fades into a swirly blackness and then a man is shown biting a dog’s leg. The man looks up with weird eyes that change color, camera shot switches to Cloriece then back to him and continued that twice until the movie ends.

[Phone rings]

CLORIECE
He-hello? (frightened)

VOICE
You have seven days to find your Dr. Pepper or you die. (creepy)

CLORIECE
[glances at the desk and sees the ring] Who-who is this? (even more frightened)

[Dial tone]

Cloriece quickly opens the messenger:

Cloriece: Laura? Can you come over?
Laura: Sure, what’s wrong?
Cloriece: I’ll explain when you get over here.

             DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece jumping into Laura’s car.

LAURA
What’s the matter Cloriece?

CLORIECE
I-I-I c-c-clicked on that….that site you g-gave me and….and…

LAURA
Well spit it out! (aggravated)

CLORIECE
I watched this movie and…. (hesitantly)

LAURA
And? (impatiently)

CLORIECE
[bursts into tears] I got a phone call!

LAURA
And? (trying not to laugh)

CLORIECE
And someone on the other end said that if I didn’t find my Dr. Pepper in a week then I was going to die!

LAURA
[laughs]

CLORIECE
And what is so funny, Laura? (snappy)

LAURA
Are you serious?! (chuckling)

CLORIECE
YES! It was creepy, Laura! The creep called me and told me that I would die if I don’t find my Dr. Pepper!

LAURA
Why don’t we see if we can’t just get you a Dr. Pepper at the store then. I’ll take you.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece dragged Laura into the store quickly and they go straight to the pop coolers on the side of the store. Where the Dr. Pepper usually sat there was none.

CLORIECE
Hey, Vicky.

VICKY
[reading paper] Yes?

CLORIECE
Where is the Dr. Pepper? I don’t see any here….

VICKY
Didn’t you hear? All the Dr. Pepper was stolen by Queen Kong! Well at least that’s what people that stop by the store have been saying.

LAURA
Who’s Queen Kong?

VICKY
[looks up from the paper she’s reading] You haven’t heard? Queen Kong’s an ape-ess that is out to take over the world one soft drink at a time. The soft drinks disappear from the face of the Earth--never to be seen again--That’s what happened to NEHI.

CLORIECE
NEHI? What’s that?

VICKY
It’s a soft drink that used to be on the shelves in the…seventies I think.

LAURA
Thanks, Vicky. [grabbed Cloriece’s arm and dragged her out to the porch of the store] So you really weren’t kidding then, were you?

CLORIECE
No! I told you that I was telling the truth! You’ll have to believe me now because you just spent an hour on the rest of my life--thank-you! (maddened and sarcastic)

LAURA
Sorry--I didn’t know you were telling the truth.

CLORIECE
[sigh] Oh it’s alright. Just help me live!

[Pastor Bill walks up the steps]

PASTOR BILL
Hidey Ho neighbors!

CLORIECE
[false smile] Hello, Pastor Bill.

PASTOR BILL
What’s up?

CLORIECE
Do you really want to know?

PASTOR BILL
[skeptical look] Yes.

CLORIECE
Welllll……Queen Kong stole my Dr. Pepper and told me I only had seven days to live.

PASTOR BILL
Tough break.

CLORIECE
And I don’t know what to do!! Neither does Laura!!

PASTOR BILL
Well you could always pray to God. I know that he would help his little lamb through a storm. Ask him what to do.

CLORIECE
But how am I going to get to the church?

PASTOR BILL
I can take you. I’m going as soon as I get my Dr. Pepper but now that’s impossible isn’t it? [sigh] Well lets go then.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Pastor Bill’s car pulling into the church parking lot, Cloriece and Pastor Bill both get out of the car.

PASTOR BILL
Go ahead in and pray, my dear. I’ll be in in a few minutes but first I have to check into the office. [disappears in schoolhouse office]

Cloriece goes straight into the church and to the chapel, dropping to her knees at the steps and praying out loud.

CLORIECE
Oh God, can you help me find my Dr. Pepper? I need to find it. I want to live to be sixteen!

VOICE
If thou wish-eth for thy Dr. Pepper
Though shall look for an old rickety house
There thou shall find an elderly woman
And her elderly spouse
To get an answer knock three times
For she will be able to read thou’s mind
Quickly go! And find thy Dr. Pepper!

Cloriece looks up and searches the church, with her eyes, she then runs out into the entry of the church and is met there by Pastor Bill.

PASTOR BILL
Hey, what’s the rush?

CLORIECE
Pastor Bill, I need to-to go! May I use your phone? (frightened)

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece is in Laura’s car, driving back to Chatfield.

LAURA
So you heard a voice? Like was it audible or are you hearing voices in your head again?

CLORIECE
I was never hearing voices before!!! And yes this was an audible voice!

LAURA
And you told me the whole riddle, right?

CLORIECE
Yes.

LAURA
If thou wish-eth for thy Dr. Pepper
Though shall look for an old rickety house
There thou shall find an elderly woman
And her elderly spouse
To get an answer knock three times
For she will be able to read thou’s mind
Quickly go! And find thy Dr. Pepper! (pensively)

Hmmm…..(facial features lighten up) OH! I know what it’s talking about!

Drives to an old abandoned house.  Camera goes over the house.

LAURA
Well what are you waiting for?

CLORIECE
What do you mean, aren’t you coming with me?

LAURA
Ummm….

CLORIECE
Laura!

LAURA
Ok, fine, I’ll come with you. Don’t have a cow.

Both get out and walk up to the front door of the house. Cloriece knocks on the door three times, an elderly woman and her husband open the door.

OLD WOMAN
What do you want? (cranky)

CLORIECE
We…we--

OLD WOMAN
Never mind! I know what you want! I was suppose to give you a message! (glare)
I was the first thing you saw in the video
You will not find me just anywhere
You will find me at an abandon mill
I am not a pleasant thing but I have a message
Look closely at me and you will see
A message that will help you find
Your desired Dr. Pepper.
[pause and then a wide creepy grin] Would you like to come in for some cookies, my dears?

CLORIECE
That’s ok, ma’am. I think we’ll be going. [grabs Laura’s arm and drags her back to the car]

*Back in the car*

CLORIECE
That lady was creepy!

LAURA
No she wasn’t, she was a nice old woman! She was going to invite us in and give us cookies.

CLORIECE
You’ve got to be kidding me.

LAURA
What? Why?

CLORIECE
That woman had that--evil look! She probably would have ate you or something. She looked like she could be cannibal…or a head hunter-

LAURA
You read too much.

CLORIECE
[rolls eyes] Riiiight well lets go.

LAURA
Where?

CLORIECE
Well…let me think…I was the first thing you saw in the video…

LAURA
Huh?

CLORIECE
I’m reciting the riddle….well the first thing I think I saw in the video was…..animal crap and a mill…
[they near the same mill]
Laura! It’s the mill!

Laura puts the car in reverse and pulls into the alley way and then into the mill parking lot as soon as she stops Cloriece jumps out of the car and Laura follows. Cloriece then walks to the mill, looking up at the building and not paying attention to anything until she steps in some animal feces.

CLORIECE
What the--[lifts foot up] Ick. That’s just disgusting.

LAURA
[big grin]

Cloriece steps away from the feces and they form words, camera zooms in.

CLORIECE
It’s not funny, it’s really gross.

LAURA
[grins]….[points] Look!
If you wish to live to be sixteen…Figure this out..

CLORIECE
You will find your next clue…

LAURA
Where gobs of flowers dwell…

CLORIECE
This place is infamous…for…selling plants…

LAURA
You will find it in Chatfield…

CLORIECE
Where the fishes dance? [the fescues move back to where they were]
Fish dance? [looks at Laura]

LAURA
[shrug] Maybe you should just give your mind a rest and try tomorrow. I’ll take you home.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Laura and Cloriece walk down an alley, then into a flowered archway into a yard that was full of beautiful gardens and flower beds. They walk up to a small pond where big goldfish were swimming in and Cloriece’s alarm clock goes off and she slams her fist down on the snooze button.
    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece and Laura walking across the street.

LAURA
So you think that the riddle was talking about Gene Tourney’s Garden?

CLORIECE
Yeah, I had a dream last night…

LAURA
And you’re going to believe it?

Queen Kong’s head, wearing a hat of fake leaves, pops up from the bush they pass.

CLORIECE
Sure. I have no other leads.

[they get to the garden and walk around until they find the pond]

GENE TOURNEY
What are you ladies up to?

LAURA
We were--

GENE TOURNEY
Cloriece?

CLORIECE
Yes?

GENE TOURNEY
I got this letter in the mail today. [pulls a letter out of the many in his hands] It’s for you. [hands it to Cloriece]

CLORIECE
[examines the letter] Err…thanks. Well we’ve got to go. Talk to you later! Bye! [walking away from the garden Cloriece opens the letter]

LAURA
What’s it say?

CLORIECE
You only have six more days to live
Unless you find that pop
Your heart will surely stop
The next place you are to find
Is a beautiful mansion
Don’t even bother to leave this town
Remember…only five and a half more days.

LAURA
That was creepy. How did they know you’d open it at noon?

CLORIECE
[shrug] I don’t know….The next place you are to find is a beautiful mansion, don’t even bother to leave this town…

LAURA
That’s easy! They’re talking about the mansion on route four. Do you wunna go there or catch some lunch?

CLORIECE
[looks at Laura blankly] Yes, Laura, I want to go get lunch and waist precious moments of what I have left of my life.

LAURA
[sigh] Alright, lets go see that mansion.

    DISSOLVED TO:

When they approach the house Cheral Frencklestein (owner of the mansion) was just getting into his car that was parked in front of it. In the back seat lay Queen Kong’s costume

CLORIECE
Wait!!! Wait!!

CHERAL
[looks up and doesn’t get into her car] Do I know you?

LAURA
Err--no but we need your help.

CHERAL
For…? I don’t do charities.

CLORIECE
Well we aren’t collecting for a charity. Have you got any weird riddles?

CHERAL
No…Why?

CLORIECE
Because I need to find the Dr. Pepper or I’ll die!

CHERAL
You’ve got to be joking me.

CLORIECE
Nope, I’m not.

LAURA
Are you sure you don’t know of anything that someone told you to say?

CHERAL
Nope.

LAURA
Are you sure?

CHERAL
No, I’ve got a message for you. (sarcastically)

LAURA
Really? What is it?

CHERAL
[looks at the letter in Cloriece’s hand] You’ve got mail. [she gets in the car and takes off]

LAURA
He really helped. (sarcastically)
[looks at Cloriece] Hello? Are you still there?

CLORIECE
[pensive] You’ve got mail….OH! OH! OH! I’VE GOT IT!

LAURA
Got what?

CLORIECE
Mail!! E-mail!!

LAURA
That’s more important than your life?

CLORIECE
[takes out a Star Trek teleport-er thing and teleports herself and Laura to the living room of her house]

LAURA
What are we doing?

CLORIECE
Checking e-mail. [checking e-mail]

LAURA
What?

CLORIECE
HERE IT IS!!

LAURA
Here what is?

CLORIECE
Shh! Let me read it to you!
If you desire that stupid pop
I suggest you give my house a stop
I live in Chatfield, yes I do
I have some signs….just a few
This hideout I’m talking about is an innocent little place
You will never find me, not in your wildest dreams
Your precious Dr. Pepper will turn into nothing and so will you.
[looks at Laura, saddened] I’m never going to find it! Never! I’ll just die and turn into nothing!

LAURA
You may die but you wont turn into nothing.

CLORIECE
Gee thanks. (sarcastic)

LAURA
Want to go for a walk?

CLORIECE
[sigh] Sure, maybe we’ll be lucky enough to find Queen Kong’s lair.

LAURA
When we went to see the flower guy I saw some signs that said QUEEN KONG’S LAIR THAT WAY, with an arrow.

CLORIECE
You’ve got to be kidding me.

LAURA
I’m not.

CLORIECE
Then why didn’t you tell me earlier!?

LAURA
You seemed busy so I thought I’d wait. Plus I forgot the Dr. Pepper kidnapper’s name.

CLORIECE
[shakes head] Well lets go. Where did you see the signs?
           DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece and Laura walk down the sidewalk following tons of signs that say “Queen Kong’s Lair this way à” or “Beware! Queen Kong lives this way à”. They follow the signs to a house and then knock on the door. The door opens by itself and they both (hesitantly) go into the house and find a note. Laura picks up the note and reads it out loud.

LAURA
Dear Cloriece,
How are you doing? Still ticking I’m guessing seeing how it hasn’t been seven days yet. Well anyways I’m in the backyard if you need me. --Love, Queen Kong. (the one who stole all the Dr. Pepper)
[stares at the note not noticing Cloriece going into the backyard]
What the heck?

[Cloriece wanders around the background]

QUEEN KONG
[is right behind her in the ‘garden’ ] Ahhhhh, Clorieeccccce. (talks like Gollum)

CLORIECE
[turns around quickly] Who-who are you? (frightened)

QUEEN KONG
[tosses garden hoe aside and it lands in a tree] Sshhhhhhall we tell Clorieccce who we aresssss preccccciousssss?

CLORIECE
Who are you? (false confidence)

QUEEN KONG
We bezzz Queen Kong, Clorieccccccccce. But you can callzzz usssss Fran.

CLORIECE
Fran?

QUEEN KONG
It issssss my firssssss name, Clorieccccce. Have you come for your preccccciousssss Dr. Pepperssssssss?

CLORIECE
Ye-yes! Where have you got it?!

QUEEN KONG
Sssssssshhhhaaaaall we tell her preccccioussssss? Ssssshhhhall we tell Cloriecccce? Precccciousssssss sssssssaysssss no, Cloriecccce. Mussssst not give it up that eassssssssy. Cloriecccce mussssst play gamesssss with ussssss, precccccioussssss.

CLORIECE
What game?

QUEEN KONG
Did you hear that, preccccccciousssss? Sssshhhe assssssskssss ussssss what game. What game precccccciousssssss? Sssssolitaire? No. Not ssssolitaire. Not ssssolitaire. We will play checkersssss.

CLORIECE
Checkers?

QUEEN KONG
Yessss checkerssssssss are you ssssscared?

CLORIECE
No! I’m good at checkers.

QUEEN KONG
We’ll sssssee about thatsss. Algore, get the board!

ALGORE
[limps over to Queen Kong with a checkers board and the pieces] Here you are master. (deep throated voice)

QUEEN KONG
Thanksssssss, Algorrrre. Ssssshhhhhall weee? [sets up her side of the board]

CLORIECE
[sets up her side of the board] [nods] Ready. [takes first move]

    DISSOLVED TO:
[Queen Kong jumping Cloriece’s last guy]

CLORIECE
You cheated!! I call for a rematch!

QUEEN KONG
Ssshhheeee acusssed ussssss of cheating, Precccioussssss and sshhhee wissshhhessss for a rematch? We wont give her a rematch, precccccioussss. We wont giver her one. We will give her another chanccccce though, Precccccciousssssss. We will give her another chancccce though Preccccciousssssss. We will have a challenge for her tomorrow, Precccccciousssssss. We will think of sssssomething ssshhhhe’ll fail doing again. We musssst think now. Cloriecccce mussst leave now. Cloriecccce musssst go.

[Cloriece gave her a strange look and then left]

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece walked into the backyard where Queen Kong was once again, four chairs (each a different color) were set in front of Queen Kong’s throne.

QUEEN KONG
Ahhh, Cloriecccce, have a ssssseat in the sssssscarlet chair. Algorrrrrre, bring in the otherssssssss.

ALGORE
[limps back into the house and brings along three children with him] Here you are, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Mussssst remind Preccccciousssssss to let Algore walk tooonighttt.
[Queen Kong eyes the children as they sit down in the multicolored chairs]
Nowwwwww letssssss begin the sssssspelling bee. Which chair goessssss firssssst, Algore?

ALGORE
[draws a piece of paper out of his chest pocket] Blue goes first, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Ahhh the young girl goessssssss firssssssst then. Ssstand up!

BROWN HEADED GIRL
[stands up] G-go-go first? Go first f-for what?

QUEEN KONG
Sssspelling, young girl. Ssspelling! Ssspell immediately.

BROWN HEADED GIRL
Immediately? O-ok. Immediately. I. M. M. I. D. I. A. T. L. E. Y. Immediately.

QUEEN KONG
[Buzzer sound] Wrong! What do we have for her, Algore?

ALGORE
[excited evil Igor laugh] AMISH PEOPLE!
[he pulls open a hatch to a very large box]

AMISH PEOPLE
[run out of the box and grab the brown headed girl, carrying her out of camera view]

QUEEN KONG
Who’sssssss nexxxxxt, Algore?

ALGORE
[draws another piece of paper out of his chest pocket] Orange is next, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Verrry well, Algore. Orange sssstep uppp.

BLACK HAIRED BOY
[stands up]

QUEEN KONG
Ssspell…phosssphoric acccccid.

BLACK HAIRED BOY
That’s an easy one! P. H. O. S. P. H. O. R. I. C. A. C. I. D.! Phosphoric acid!

QUEEN KONG
[leans forward in chair] WRONG!

BLACK HAIRED BOY
NO IT WASN’T!!!

QUEEN KONG
Yessssss it wassss you forgot to sssssspaccccce.  [claps hands] [misfit monsters run out and take the boy away (boy screaming)]

CLORIECE
Hey! That wasn’t fair!

QUEEN KONG
Who sssssssssssaid I play fair, Clorieccce? [glare towards Cloriece] Who issss nexxxt, Algore?

ALGORE
[draws another piece of paper out of his chest pocket] It is green’s turn, Master.

QUEEN KONG
Very well, Bruccce it isssss your turn.

BRUCE
[stands up]

QUEEN KONG
Sssspell Benzoate, Brucccce.

BRUCE
B. E. N. Z. O. A. T. E.

QUEEN KONG
Verrrry good, Brucccce, take a  sssseat. Cloriecccce it’sssss your turn.

CLORIECE
[stands up]

QUEEN KONG
Ssssspell….Mythology.

CLORIECE
M. I. T. H. O. L. O. G. Y.

QUEEN KONG
Wrong!!! Bruccccce, it’ssssss your turn again! Sssspell mythology correctly and you will win.

BRUCE
M. Y. T. H. O. L. O. G. Y. (hesitantly)

QUEEN KONG
He sssssspelled it correctly, Preccccciousssss. What sssshhhall we do now, Preccccioussss? Let him go? Yesssss we’ll let him go. We don’t want him anywayssssss. [Bruce leaves] Ssssshhhall we give Cloriecccce another chancccce, Precccccccioussssss? Yessssssss we sssssssshhhhall. We will let her go and guessssss our middle name, Preccccccccioussssssss. Then tomorrow we will ssssssee if ssssssshhhe livesssss or diesssss.

    DISSOLVED TO:

Cloriece walks up to a house, knocks on the door and a man answers it.

CLORIECE
Do  you know Queen Kong’s middle name?

MAN
Fred? George--

CLORIECE
Queen Kong.

MAN
Oooh. Queen Kong! I thought you meant King Kong! Let’s see…..Michelle?

CLORIECE
Naw it’s probably something weird.

MAN
Oooh. True. True. [pensive moment] Coraline? Shelonda? Zodianterice? Beatrice? Etheylmiscerentum?

            CUT TO:

Cloriece standing at a door in front of a woman.

WOMAN
Shminkle? Rimplestien?

            CUT TO:
TEEN GIRL
Frankenstein? Velpanion? Velpainion? Sheldieron?

    DISSOLVED TO:
Queen Kong on her throne holding a long piece of parchment and Cloriece standing nervously in front of her.

QUEEN KONG
[looks amused] Rimplesssssstien? Frankenssssstein? Etheylmisssggcerentum? [evil cackle] Ssshhhe’sssss verrrry creativvve, Precccciousssssss, but sshhhe doessssn’t have our middle namesssssss yettt.

CLORIECE
What? None of them are right?

QUEEN KONG
No, Cloriecccce, none of them are rightttttt.

CLORIECE
Can I have one more guess?

QUEEN KONG
[whispers to self] Sssshhall we, Precccccioussssss? Ssshhhall we give her another guesssss? Sssshhhe wont get it anyway, Precccccioussss. Sssshhhe will guessssss wrong. Ssshhhe will never guessss Micccccchhhele, Precccioussssss. We will give her another try. [raises voice and looks at Cloriece] You sssssshhhall guesssss again, Cloriecccce. Guesssss again what my middle name issss.

CLORIECE
Is it…..Michele?

QUEEN KONG
Hssssssss! How do you know? You cheater! Sshhhe cheated, Preccccioussssss. Ssshhe cheated! Ssshhe ssshhall get a different challenge now that sssshhe cheated!

CLORIECE
How did I cheat?

QUEEN KONG
Ssshhhe heard ussss talk, Preccccccccioussss. Sshhhe sssshhhall get a different tassssk. Clorieccccce sssshhhhall get me the ring, Precccccioussss. Ssshhe ssshhall get it for me. The ring that will help me change formsss. Change formsss, Precccciousssss. Clorieccce ssssshhhall go get me the ring that letssss me change formsssss.

CLORIECE
Where will I find this ring?

    DISSOLVE TO:

Cloriece is standing at Frondo Bangdids door, knocks on it.

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[looks through eyehole] Who’s there?

CLORIECE
Cloriece Hibbard, sir!

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[opens the door] May I help you with something?

CLORIECE
Yes, sir. Do you have the ring that turns you into different forms?

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[eyes her distrustfully] Why do you ask?

CLORIECE
I need it! My life depends on it! Please, please, may I have it or borrow it?

FRONDO BANGDIDS
[pauses looking absorbed in thought] Alright. You may borrow it. Do not put it on, young worrier, or you will turn into a flesh eating spider that will soon lead all the other little spiders to take over the world. [gets ring out of pocket and hands it to her] And handle it carefully.

CLORIECE
I will try my best, thank-you so much!

    DISSOLVED TO:

QUEEN KONG
Do you have the ring, Cloriecccccce?

CLORIECE
Yes! Yes! But you’ll have to give it back, it’s borrowed.

QUEEN KONG
[rips the ring out of her hands] Thanksssss sssssssoo much for your help, Clorieccccce.

CLORIECE
Now you have to give me my Dr. Pepper!

QUEEN KONG
It’ssssss not going to happen issss it, Preccccioussssssss. We aren’t going to give her preccccccioussssss Dr. Pepper back!

CLORIECE
What? That’s not fair! You mean I did all this for nothing?

QUEEN KONG
Exxxactttly. [admires the ring]

CLORIECE
[sees a giant pumpkin in the garden with a sword protruding in it] [runs to it and pulls out the sword] ON GUARD!

QUEEN KONG
[gets up on her feet and pulls out her sword]

They sword fight [sparks fly] and then Queen Kong gets Cloriece’s sword and tosses both of them aside and they fist fight in slow motion. A misfit monster throws a light saber to Cloriece and Algore throws a light saber to Queen Kong. They sword fight with them in slow motion while in the back ground people are walking fast backwards and children are playing ‘kick the shoe over the telephone wire’ in normal speed. One kicks the shoe so far that it hits Queen Kong in the head, making her fall to the ground (it was a wooden shoe from Sweden). Another shoe hits Queen Kong in the head (this time it was a thick healed shoe) and Queen Kong pulls Cloriece down so she’s kneeling next to her.

QUEEN KONG
[cough] Cloriecccce take off my massssk.

CLORIECE
What?

QUEEN KONG
Take off my massssk.

CLORIECE
[slips off the mask] [gasps at the real Queen Kong]

QUEEN KONG
[coughs up blood] Cloriecccce…….I am your mother. [dies]

CLORIECE
So? Dude, where’s my Dr. Pepper?

QUEEN KONG
[magically comes alive] Around the corner. [dies again]

CLORIECE
Thanks. [walks around the corner and finds that every pop is Diet Dr. Pepper] NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

    DISSOLVED TO:

Camera is zoomed in close to a tape recorder recording and then zooms out to show Cloriece in an asylum room and is pacing by the barred window while a doctor is sitting on a folding chair. Along side him is a cup of water sitting on a small wooden table.

DOCTOR
Cloriece, do you know why you’re here today?

CLORIECE
Yes. [pause] You want to know if I killed Queen Kong.

DOCTOR
[takes a sip of water] Queen Kong, you say?

CLORIECE
Yes. Well her real name was Cheral Frencklestein. She’s my mother, you know.

DOCTOR
Really? I know you were with foster parents-

CLORIECE
Yes but she was my mother. I understand her plan now.

DOCTOR
What plan?

CLORIECE
The plan! She wanted us to meet again. One last time.

DOCTOR
Have you met before that night? [takes another sip and sets it back down]

CLORIECE
Yes, we’ve met. I never knew she was my mother.

DOCTOR
What makes you certain she is your mother?

CLORIECE
She told me. [pause and stares out window]  Last year while sitting in my chair, I had a Dr. Pepper that wasn’t there. It wasn’t there again Tuesday. I wish, I wish it would come back today.

DOCTOR
Where did you get that from?

CLORIECE
I wrote it.

DOCTOR
Did you? When?

CLORIECE
Yesterday. There’s nothing here to do anyway.

DOCTOR
I’m going now, Cloriece but I’ll be back tomorrow to talk with you more.

CLORIECE
Good-bye.

DOCTOR
[leaves the room and takes his water with him then locks door]

CLORIECE
[sits down in the folding chair the doctor had occupied not too long ago and looks up almost like she’s possessed at the camera and then looks down at the ring of water and begins to trace it with her right index finger while humming the tune of the Dr. Pepper song (lightly)]

DRAMATIC MUSIC AND FADE OUT TO ENDING CREDITS.

FIN

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