Young Writers Society

this is a screenplay, but I am writing it in the format of a novel. And, to answer all of your questions, the reason I have written it like this is because I prefer novels to screenplays and they're easier to read and/or write.

Also: the bolded part(s) are the voice over from the charachters- just a side note.

A book opens on a pedestal. It's in a cavern, the typical stereotypical ones you find in the fantasy things. Dramatic music plays in the background. A girl and a boy stare at the book with wide eyes. The girl has dark brown hair in a messy bun, and is wearing a black dress. The boy has black hair and is wearing a black shirt and jeans.

The girl stares at the book for a moment before saying, "Elmer, we did it."  

"Mineva.... are you okay?" Elmer asks. Mineva glares at him before saying, "Well, I haven't had any flashbacks lately, so we should be okay, I suppose. What do we do?"

"Well, what the mayor of the city said. We're taking this." Mineva nods, and leans over to grab the book, before the room visibly spins. She groans and her head hits the book hard. 

The screen goes black, before showing a graveyard, the entire shot containing a purple tint. Mineva is hiding behind a gravestone and breathing hard. A bolt of lightning hits the sky, and Mineva's eyes begin to glow. 

Now, switch shot to a classic cliff above an ocean, with rocks everywhere, gray sky, you know the drill. Mineva is staring at a person on the edge of a cliff, and lighting once again flashed against the sky. The person on the edge of the cliff turns around to Mineva, and says, "Great to see you, it's been a while."

Mineva turns around and runs the other way as fast as she can. The person just stands there, and suddenly Mineva turns around and the person there falls off the cliff. Mineva runs to the cliff, and the person sinks into the mist. 

"We jinxed it, I think." Mineva shoots up off the pedestal, groaning and panting. 

"How much was it?" asks Elmer, concerned. 

"Only half." says Mineva. "It's starting to let up now, I think." 

She grabs the book and starts speed walking out of the cavern. "Let's do this fast." She says, before screaming and collapsing again.

This time, she sees not her flashbacks, but someone else's. She sees  shot of a girl with short black hair falling off a building in an unfamiliar place. Lightning strikes again, and she sees a suspicious man standing at the scene of the crime. The camera circles around him, now showing Mineva standing behind him.

"Good, you made it. It's a good thing I pulled you out of your flashbacks, finally, into another one." the man says, back turned to Mineva, soaking wet in the downpour.

"H-what?" Mineva asks, and the man turns his head to her, saying, "Everyone knows who you are... witch."

Mineva gasps, and the man grabs her by the shoulders and throws her off the building. Mineva flails around, her dress fanning around her, before the shot changes around her, and she's back on the cavern floor.

"Two at once? This has to be a new record." says Elmer, staring at her.

"How'd he know I'm a witch?" Mineva mutters. She gets herself gathered, and walks out of the cave into a large field with mountains in the distance. Elmer is close at her heels, carrying the book and stumbling.

"Wait- what? We're supposed to keeps this a secret!" He cries. Mineva fast-walks away, saying, "I know."

"But, he knows-"

"I know." Mineva pauses and glares at Elmer. "We have to get to the nearest train to Non-crazyland. We need to get out of fantasyland before the giant Lizard catches up."

"This is a problem!" Elmer yells, exasperated. "A huge problem!"

Mineva glares at Elmer. "That wasn't my vision. Whoever fell off that building... she's important. I can tell. WE need to find her." 

"WE?"

"WE." Mineva walks toward some train tracks, where suddenly a locomotive passes by. She and Elmer grab two handrails and speed off into the distance.

"Why do WE need to find her?!" Elmer yells, pushing himself against the walls of the train. Minerva groans.

"It's... complicated, but that man is clearly bad. We have to sort this out, stat." Minerva says.

The train begins to fade off into the distance while Gangnam Style begins to play in background. 

Rain falls down in a murky city while umbrellas fly away. Mineva and Elmer walk down a street quickly, before getting to a wall.

opan Gangnam style!

 The two stop at the wall, before walking through it quickly. They get to a city in the middle of a huge force field.

"Finally," says Mineva, before suddenly a soft shing echoes around them, and Minerva pauses.

"What was that?" she asks.

Suddenly, she falls face-forwards into the mud, unmoving, and the book follows suit, but it falls open.

This isn't a vision.

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