Sleeping Pup

The Curse

(In the woods. The fairies and Skye, with her head down, walk cautiously towards the castle. They get inside unnoticed into some room.)

Goodway: All right, in here, dear.

Everest: (closes the door and sighs)

Goodway: Lock the door, Everest! Katie, pull the drapes! And now, dear, if you'll just sit here. This one last gift, dear child for thee, the symbol of thy royalty. A crown to wear in grace and beauty, as is thy right, and royal duty.

(The fairies set the crown on her head. Skye again breaks into tears.)

Katie: Now, dear.

Goodway: Come, let her have a few moments alone. (they leave the room)

Everest: It's that boy she met.

Katie: Whatever are we going to do?

(Inside the room, the fire goes out, and out of a shadow, Sweetie shortly appears, then there's only a ball of light visible. Skye gets up in spell, and starts towards the light.)

Everest: I don't see why she has to marry any old prince.

Katie: Now, that's not for us to decide, dear.

(Inside, the mysterious light moves beyond the fireplace, where the wall opens.)

Katie: Maybe we should tell King Marshall about the boy.

Everest: Well, why don't we?

(They hear a faint sound from inside the room.)

Goodway: Listen! Sweetie!

Fairies: Skye, Skye!

(They open the door.)

Goodway: Oh why did we leave her alone?

Fairies: Skye, Skye!

(The fairies see Skye walking through the fireplace, but the wall reappears. Skye slowly walks up a staircase, following the light. The fairies try pushing the wall open, then Goodway uses her magic.)

Fairies: Skye, Skye! Where are you? Skye!

(There are multiple ways going off the fireplace. The fairies don't find the right way at once.)

Fairies: Skye!

(Skye follows the light into a room in the tower, where the light turns
into a spinning wheel. Skye starts to reach towards it with her left hand.)

Fairies: Skye! Don't touch anything!

(Skye holds back. Without seeing her, we hear Sweetie saying:)

Sweetie: Touch the spindle. Touch it I say!

(In a flash of light, Skye touches the spindle with the
middle finger. Just this moment, the fairies appear in the door.)

Fairies: Oh!

Sweetie: You poor simple fools. Thinking you could defeat me, me, the mistress of all evil. Well, here's your precious princess.

(Sweetie turns beside, revealing Skye laying face-down on the floor. Sweetie disappears, laughing.)

Katie: Skye!

Goodway: Oh Skye! Oh, I'll never forgive myself.

Katie: We're all to blame!

(They start crying over SKye's motionless body. The last rays of the setting sun shine in deep red)