CHARACTER SIDES FOR HESPERA THE WITCH

©2009 ANGUS KITTLER REID

 

 

HESPERAÕS HOUSE

 

By the garden, a strange old woman sits.

 

                                    HESPERA

                        Come into my garden, boys. Come in, come in.

 

They stop at the entrance.

 

                                    JAMEY

Umm, we donÕt want to bother you. WeÕre just looking forÉ a princess? SheÕs supposed to be here?

 

                                    HESPERA

A princessÉ donÕt remember anything about that. Maybe there was onceÉ maybe still is. You can look around if you like.

 

She walks into her house. ItÕs much bigger on the inside than on the outside.

 

Wert looks scared, and hangs back. But Jamey tries to be brave.

 

                                    JAMEY

                        We said weÕd find Chari, didnÕt we?

 

Wet reluctantly nods, and they go inside.

 

INT. HESPERAÕS KITCHEN – DAY

A witchÕs kitchen- a cauldron sits over a fire, strange ingredients and apparatuses litter the tables. A tray with some evil-looking food is laid out on one small table.

 

                                    HESPERA

Would you boys like some food?

 

                                    JAMEY (very worried now)

Oh, you know, I think my brotherÕs allergic to foodÉ

 

            WERT (playing along, agreeing)

I break out!

 

            HESPERA

Oh, then weÕll just get rid of it.

 

From her robe, she produces a flashlight-like object, the darklight. It has a little crank on one side, which she quickly winds. A sound like a magical dynamo comes from it, increasing in pitch and volume as the darklight builds up power. From the lens end comes a beam, not of light, but of darkness. Hespera ŌshinesÕ the darkness at the food. It goes into the shadow of the beam, and when she moves the beam away, the food is gone. The beam and sound subside.

 

The boys are shocked.

 

                                    WERT

You made it disappear!

 

            HESPERA

Of course! We didnÕt want it, did we?

 

                                    JAMEY

WhereÕd it go?

 

            HESPERA

It went away. Where unwanted things go when you wish they were gone. With a strong enough wish, it can be like something never existed. But just a little one is enough for those cups.

 

She gives the darklight a quick wind, and vanishes some dirty cups sitting nearby.

 

                                    HESPERA (cont.)

That dust.

 

Some dustbunnies in a corner are vanished.

 

                                    HESPERA (cont.)

Even that knot!

 

Now she shines the darkness at a carefully knotted end of rope attached to a pulley on the wall. The knot disappears, and the rope slides swiftly through the pulley. The boys follow its progress, up the wall, across the ceiling, above their heads, andÉ

 

                                    JAMEY & WERT

Ahhh!

 

A cage falls around them. TheyÕre trapped!

 

                                    HESPERA

Now IÕll just get some water boiling. You boys may not be hungry, but I think IÕll have some soup.

 

                                    JAMEY & WERT

                        No! Let us out! Ahhhhhhh!