NARRATOR: FOURTEEN. BEFORE FIFTEEN, AFTER THIRTEEN. ANOTHER YEAR OF YOUTH, ANOTHER BIRTHDAY.
TO MANY, TURNING FOURTEEN MEANT TAKING A STEP AWAY FROM CHILDHOOD AND CLOSER TO ADULTHOOD. THEY MAY NOTICE THAT THEIR LITTLE BASKET OF MEMORIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES HAS BECOME MUCH HEAVIER AS TIME GOES ON. THE INDIVIDUAL MAY REACT TO SUCH EVENTS IN ANY WAY THEY CHOOSE, FOR IT IS UP TO THEM.
WHATEVER IT BE, THE COMING OF AN AGE SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS A DISADVANTAGE TO THE INDIVIDUAL. IT SHOULD BE, RATHER, CELEBRATED AS IT SHOULD BE. LET THE WEIGHT OF THE BASKETS BE WHISKED AWAY AS WELL AS THE GENERALIZATION AND ALL THAT IS BAD AND WRONG IN THIS WORLD. LET US CELEBRATE REGARDLESS.
(ARDE WAKES UP AT 10 AM AND GETS OUT OF BED)
NARRATOR: WITH ALL TROUBLES ASIDE, LET US CELEBRATE THE COMING OF AGE EVENT OF TURNING FOURTEEN; SPECIFICALLY, IN THE HOUSE OF ANOV.
(ARDE GETS DRESSED AND PLAYS MUSIC IN THE BACKGROUND)
NARRATOR: A LOVER OF ALL THINGS OLD FASHIONED, A YOUNG GIRL BY THE NAME OF ARDEVELLA ANOV IS A QUIET FELLOW WITH NO SPECIFIC DESIRE THAN TO LIVE A HAPPIER AND MORE INTERESTING LIFE: A LIFE THAT WOULD BE THE INSPIRATION FOR MANY NOVELS, MOVIES, PLAYS, AND SUCH.
(ARDE HUMS TO HERSELF AS SHE LISTENS TO THE MUSIC PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE)
NARRATOR: SHE WISHES FOR SOME SPECIAL PERSON TO END ALL HER SORROWS. SHE WANTS SOMEONE TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT, SOMEONE WHO IS THE EMBODIMENT OF EVERYTHING SHE HAS EVER WANTED. AND OF COURSE, SHE HOPES HE WOULD FEEL THE SAME WAY, TOO.
(THE DOOR OPENS AND ARDE'S MOM OPENS THE DOOR, CAUSING ARDE TO JUMP AND LOOK)
MS. ANOV: TODAY, ARDE! COME ON!
ARDE: I'LL BE THERE IN A SECOND!
(ARDE FINISHES PUTTING ON MASCARA AND LEAVES HER ROOM)
NARRATOR: HOWEVER, HAVING SUCH WISHES IS FORBIDDEN IN THE ANOV HOUSEHOLD.
(TIME PASSES AND ARDE ENTERS HER ROOM WITH TEARS IN HER EYES AS THE FALLS TO HER BED)
NARRATOR: IF THE YOUNG GIRL'S MOTHER WERE TO FIND OUT ABOUT HER WISHES AND DREAMS, THERE WOULD COME A LONG LECTURE AND THE POOR GIRL WOULD BE FORCED TO CHANGE HERSELF FOR HER FAMILY AND SOCIETY. THEREFORE, SWEET ARDEVELLA KEEPS HER BIGGEST HOPES AND DREAMS A SECRET.
(ARDE GOES TO SLEEP)
NARRATOR: HOWEVER, FOR THIS SPECIAL DAY, SHE SETS ALL HER PROBLEMS ASIDE AND CELEBRATES HER FOURTEENTH BIRTHDAY AS SHE SHOULD.
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Locket Angel (Screenplay)
FantasyWhen sweet young Ardevella Anov turns fourteen, she is gifted by her truly old friend a locket with a year engraved inside. As she sleeps, her dream becomes reality and all is real.
