(ARDE WAKES UP WITH A SMILE ON HER FACE)
NARRATOR: THE TIME EVENTUALLY CAME AND YOUNG ARDEVELLA ANOV WAS MORE EXCITED THAN EVER. TODAY WAS THE DAY SHE COULD CELEBRATE ANOTHER YEAR OF LIFE ON THIS PLANET.
(ARDE IS DRESSED AND LOOKS AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR)
NARRATOR: AND IT WAS ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL IN SWEET ARDE'S EYES.
(TIME PASSES AND ARDE IS GATHERED WITH HER FAMILY IN THE AFTERNOON)
MS. ANOV: HAPPY BIRTHDAY ARDE, I HOPE YOU LIKE EVERYTHING.
ARDE: OH, I DO, BELIEVE ME!
(ARDE EATS WHILE HER MOM MUTTERS TO HERSELF)
MS. ANOV: I WISH THERE WAS A WAY TO CELEBRATE WITHOUT SPENDING MONEY...
(ARDE GATHERS THE SMALL NUMBER OF PRESENTS SHE OPENED)
ARDE: WELL, THANKS FOR EVERYTHING. I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
MS. ANOV: YOU'RE WELCOME. OH, ACTUALLY...
(MS. ANOV WALKS AWAY FOR A BIT AND RETURNS WITH A SMALL WHITE BOX)
MS. ANOV: YOUR FRIEND WANTED ME TO GIVE YOU THIS.
(ARDE SMILES AND TAKES THE BOX)
ARDE: THANK YOU.
(ARDE OPENS THE BOX AND SEES A NOTE. THE NOTE READS:)
THE NOTE (IN AL'S VOICE): DEAR ANGEL ARDE, HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I HOPE YOUR DAY IS GOING ABSOLUTELY PERFECT LIKE YOU HAVE HOPED. IF YOU ARE HAPPY, I AM HAPPY AS WELL. I LOOK BACK ON EVERY LITTLE THING WE DID AND I CHERISH IT ALL, THE GOOD AND THE BAD. I KNOW YOU DIDN'T ASK FOR A SPECIFIC PRESENT, BUT I HOPE YOU WOULD LIKE THIS. I REMEMBERED OUR CONVERSATION AT THE PARK WHEN YOU SAID HOW MUCH YOU ADMIRE THE PAST AND HOW YOU WOULD LOVE TO BE IN IT, SO IT REMINDED ME OF YOU. I HOPE YOUR BIRTHDAY WILL BE A DAY YOU WILL REMEMBER FOR YEARS AND YEARS TO COME. YOU WILL ALWAYS BE MY BEST FRIEND, DON'T EVER FORGET THAT!
ARDE: LOVE, AL.
(ARDE SMILES AND TAKES OUT A GOLDEN HEART-SHAPED LOCKET AND ADMIRES IT FOR A WHILE BEFORE PUTTING IT ON. SHE RUNS TO HER ROOM AND SPINS IN FRONT OF HER MIRROR.)
(TIME PASSES ONCE AGAIN, AND ARDE IS IN HER NIGHTWEAR. SHE STARES AT HERSELF IN THE MIRROR AND THEN LOOKS AT HER LOCKET. SHE OPENS IT AND NOTICES A SMALL ENGRAVING OF THE NUMBER "1966")
ARDE: NOW WHAT COULD THAT MEAN...?
(ARDE'S MOM WALKS IN)
MS. ANOV: READY FOR BED?
(ARDE LOOKS AT HER MOM AND NODS)
ARDE: YEAH.
(MS. ANOV HUGS ARDE)
MS. ANOV: HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ARDE.
ARDE: I HAD A GREAT TIME.
MS. ANOV: THAT'S GOOD TO HEAR. WELL.... GOODNIGHT.
(MS. ANOV WALKS OUT OF ARDE'S ROOM AND ARDE CRAWLS INTO BED)
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Locket Angel (Screenplay)
خيال (فانتازيا)When 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.
