“Fangs”

Lucy……Your typical, average, every-day scary goth girl.

Alice……Her friend, still goth, but less ‘into’ it.

Bonnie.…..Why is this girl hanging out with them? (She tries, though.)

Lucy’s Mom.……Lucy’s mom.

Antonio……Vampire (Think Banderas in Interview with the Vampire.)

Samuel……His sidekick (Think Gollum in LOTR.)

Ella……”I was a teenage Vampire”.

Todd……Bonnie’s boyfriend.

(The girls are sitting in a circle, legs crossed, around a dark blanket with a white pentagram on it. Around the pentagram are various candles, rose petals, smoking incense burners, a wooden stake, scary-looking books, and assorted sharp metal objects. On the wall is a small crucifix. The girls are humming softly, eyes closed, while LUCY lights the candles/burns flash paper.)

LUCY: (Humming) BONNIE? What is that noise?

BONNIE: I dunno, I’ll got check. (She gets up, runs to another room, opens the window, and sticks her head out.) Todd! What the hell are you doing here?!

TODD: (Playfully) But soft, what light through yonder window shines?

BONNIE: If Lucy’s mom hears you, we’re DEAD! Shush!

TODD: That’s it, I’m coming up. (Begins to climb up wall.)

BONNIE: No, don’t! You’re gonna fall and like, die or something!

TODD: (Climbs through window and hugs her.) I brought you a movie. (Hands her a disk.)

BONNIE: Aw, thanks! I love Clueless! (Kisses him on the cheek.)

(LUCY walks in, and leers at Todd with complete disgust.)

LUCY: (To Todd) Well, well, well, look what the cat dragged in. What are you doing here?

TODD: (Obviously intimidated.) I, well, I was um…leaving?

(BONNIE gives LUCY a pathetic “One more minute, pleeeeeeeeeease “ look, but LUCY scoffs, rolls her eyes, and gives a authoritative glare of disapproval.)

LUCY’S MOM: (Voice) Lucy! Is that a boy I hear up there?

LUCY: (Shouts) No, Mom! It’s just the TV.!

LUCY’S MOM: (Voice) Alright, fine. I’ll be back later, okay?

LUCY: OK!!! Bye!!! (Turns to Todd.) Out! Get out!

TODD: Fine. (Walks out)

BONNIE: Bye!! Bye, hon! Bye! See you Monday!! Love you! Byyyyyyyyyyyye! (Giggles, then sighs dreamily while LUCY looks on, disgusted.)

ALICE: (Jokingly, from other room.) Um, you guys? I’m getting lonely…

LUCY: C’mon, Bonnie, let’s go…NOW! (Jerks her away.)

ALICE: Jeez, what took you so long?

LUCY: Shut up. (Glares at her. ALICE flinches, and she and BONNIE crack up.)

ALICE: (Mockingly, she “collects” herself, with much waving of the hands and tossing of the head, then turns to LUCY.) Alright, continue.

LUCY: (Lights another candle and burns a little more flash paper.) A sua maldade será posta para descansar. Ha! Now Little Miss I’m-too-perfect-to-realize-I’m-just-another-generic-Kelly-Clarkson-worshipping-Barbie-doll-clone Stacy Sharon Roberts will get what’s coming to her. (Smirks)

BONNIE: (Confused, cocks her head to the side.) What’s wrong with Kelly Clarkson?

(Tense silence while both ALICE and LUCY glare at BONNIE.)

ALICE: (Breaking the silence.) Um…How about I…get some…sodas?

BONNIE: M’kay.

LUCY: (Sighs) If you must.

(ALICE stands up, leaves the room, descends the stairs, and arrives in the kitchen. There she grabs a plastic cup, and begins to fill it with ice. Suddenly, there is a vein-y, light bluish-gray hand on her shoulder. The fingernails have been filed to sharp points. The area around the cuticles is black. She turns, gasps, and drops the cup, ice spreading across the floor.)

(Cut to: LUCY and BONNIE The two are ‘debating’ whether or not Kelly Clarkson sucks. LUCY is winning.)

BONNIE: But what about “Breakaway”? That was a great song!

LUCY: (Exasperated.) Kid, you have a lot to learn.

BONNE: What’s that supposed to mean?

LUCY: (Rolls eyes.) Nothing, Bonnie, nothing.

BONNIE: Why are you like that?

LUCY: Like what?

BONNIE: You’re always meaner to me than you are to Alice.

LUCY: (Defensive.) No, I’m not. What are you talking about?

BONNIE: Well, sometimes I kinda think you…treat her better.

LUCY: (Still defensive.) Well,…I…know her better.

BONNIE: I think you like her better.

LUCY: I never thought about it that way.

(ALICE slowly opens her eyes in a darkly-lit room. Here and there are tall candles on old candlesticks. The lighting is dim; green, blue, red, or blacklight. She is laying down, but she sits up quickly, and looks around, scared.)

ALICE: (Timidly, softly.) Wh-where am I?

(ANTONIO enters from the shadows, followed by SAMUEL and ELLA. ALICE is afraid. Antonio smiles wickedly, showing his two sharp, pointed teeth.)

ANTONIO: I am Antonio, the vampire.

SAMUEL: And I am Samuel, the vampire. (Cackles comically until ANTONIO whacks him in the back of the head, and then is immediately silent. ANTONIO opens his mouth to continue, but is cut off by ALICE.)

ALICE: (Falls on her knees at his feet.) Oh lord, please d-don’t kill me! I’m too young to die! Please! I’ll do anything you want me to do, just don’t kill me! (Tears are welling in her eyes.) Please. (In a final attempt, she grabs ANTONIO’S hand and holds it tight.) Please, don’t kill me. (Whispers) P-please.

ANOTNIO: (Jerks back his hand, offended.) Foolish little girl. I’m not going to kill you. I’m going to-

ALICE: Oh, thank God! Sir, I will be eternally grateful! Thank you! Thank you! (Carries on until ANTONIO snaps his fingers, and SAMUEL slaps her. She is quiet.)

SAMUEL: You shan’t interrupt my master, no, no you shan’t, no, no, no.

ANTONIO: Silence, cretin! (Sighs) Now, what I was going to say before I was so rudely interrupted was: I will not kill you. However, you will die. You are to be a vampire. A beautiful, thriving, creature of the night. You would make a wonderful vampire. Believe me, I’ve been…watching you. So, what do you say? (Chuckles) Well, it’s not like you’ve got a choice. Ella didn’t.

ALICE: Ella?

(ELLA steps forward. She is about ALICE’S age.)

ANTONIO: I made Ella before I made you. She seemed the perfect candidate, but little did I know that, beyond her flawless exterior, she was weak. She is a weak, sentimental fool, and a disgrace.

SAMUEL: If I had the chance, I‘d probably kill her while she slept. (Everyone stares at him. He twitches.)

ANTONIO: So, any questions?

ALICE: Yeah. What’s in it for me?

ANTONIO: Erm, eh, eternal life? The chance to feast upon blood?

(ALICE stares at him with a “You gotta be kidding me” look. ELLA walks over, kneels by the ear, and whispers something to her. ALICE’S face lights up.)

ALICE: Okay! Let’s get it started!

ANTONIO: One moment. (Pulls ELLA aside.) What did you tell her?

ELLA: Well, I just told her about how it clears up your complexion instantly, how her parents won’t ever get mad at her for missing a curfew, and how it makes your hair virtually immune to humidity. You know, the important stuff.

ANTONIO: Alright. I’ll accept that.

ALICE: I’m ready when you are! (ANTONIO dramatically sweeps toward her, when she suddenly sit up, alert.) Wait a sec, is this gonna hurt?

ELLA: About as much as a piercing.

ALICE: Oh, ok!

(ANTONIO swoops down on her again and sinks his teeth into her neck. ALICE screams.)

Cut to: Bonnie and Lucy

(The two are rocking out to ‘Since U Been Gone’. They are laughing and having a great time.)

BONNIE: Where the heck is Alice? I am suffering from Dr. Pepper withdrawal!!

LUCY: I dunno, let’s go check. (The two walk out of the room, and into the kitchen. LUCY picks up the spilled cup of ice, now melted.)

LUCY: Weird. Uh, maybe she stopped at the bathroom or something, and we missed her…Let’s go back.

BONNIE: Yeah.

(They turn around, and start to walk towards the stair, but both stop simultaneously, their eyes glued to the figure walking down the stairs. It is ALICE, but she has transformed. Her hair, formerly up in a loose ponytail, is now flowing and framing her face. Her lips are dark, her skin is pale, and her eyes are smoky. Her lips part ever so slightly, and we catch a glimpse of two sharp, pointed teeth.)

BONNIE: Alice, are you alright?

ALICE: Very. In fact, I am better than I’ve ever been. I am a vampire now. (She slowly licks her lips.)

LUCY: C’mon, Alice, stop screwing around.

ALICE: My friend, I am not ‘screwing around’ I am a vampire, and I need blood. Now, it appears that we three are the only ones in the house. I am afraid that this is very bad news for you two. (She steps forward, and grabs LUCY’S shoulders. BONNIE gasps, but LUCY is too frightened to speak. ALICE draws her close, and sinks her teeth into her neck. LUCY screams, but it is cut short and changed into a gasp for breath. ALICE releases her, and she falls into a heap on the ground. BONNIE stares at the body of her friend. A trickle of blood runs from her mouth. LUCY is dead. BONNIE looks to ALCIE, who is now eyeing her with the same lust. BONNIE runs away, up the stairs.)

ALICE: (Softly) You cannot escape.

(BONNIE runs upstairs to the room where we first met the girls. She shuts the door and locks it. She looks around desperately. Meanwhile, we can hear ALICE trying to open the door. BONNIE jumps as she hears ALICE at the door. She stumbles, and then slides herself backwards, backing up into the wall. The crucifix falls down next to her, and she stares at it. Suddenly, the banging on the door stops. BONNIE grabs the crucifix and a wooden stake from a table and walks downstairs. When she is at the bottom step, she looks around timidly. ALICE is nowhere to be seen, so BONNIE sits on the bottom stair and begins to sob loudly. ALICE then appears from the shadows and swoops down upon her, but she pulls out the crucifix and advances on her. Upon being approached by this holy symbol, ALICE recoils as if she had been burnt, and has no choice but to back up. As she does, BONNIE begins to speak to her, stammering and stuttering.)

BONNIE: Now, Alice, I really, really, don’t want to do this. I, I know that you don’t want to die, but I’m pretty damn sure that Lucy didn’t either. (Tears are welling up in her eyes.) I don’t know what will happen to me if I hurt you, but, bad things deserve to be punished. You killed somebody! She’s DEAD now! (ALICE backs up to a wall. She has nowhere to go. Tears are flowing freely down BONNIE’S face.) Alice, I’m so sorry that I have to do this, but after all, you killed her. Do you want to say anything?

ALICE: Yeah, yeah I do. You can’t touch me. You can’t do anything to me. You are weak. I am strong. You don’t stand a chance, bitch.

BONNIE: (Yelling.) You know what?!? (Now softly, darkly.) This is for Lucy. (She takes the stake, and plunges it deep into ALICE’S chest.) Who’s the bitch now? (ALICE lets loose a blood curdling scream, and slides down the wall, choking on the air. ALICE is dead. Then, BONNIE glances out the window and sees headlights. LUCY’S MOM is back! She glances at her friend’s corpses, and then runs into a bathroom. There she finds a bottle labeled ‘Aspirin’ she takes a handful of the pills, the proceeds to used the other medicines there: She takes a swig of ‘Cough Syrup’, a few ‘Pain Relievers’ even washes those down with a few gulps of Listerine. Retching and spitting, she collapses onto the sink and coughs up big, pearly drops of blood. They land in the sink, and she turns on the water to wash them down, only to cough up more. Finally, her arms will not support her over the sink, and her elbows buckle, sending her onto the floor. There, she begins to slip away.)

BONNIE:

I’ll spread my wings and I’ll learn how to fly,

I’ll do what it takes, ‘till I touch the sky, I’ll

Make a wish

Take a chance

Make a change

And Breakaway………Breakaway……Breakaway……

Fade out

The End