int.Court room witch trial- Day- year 1620
a 12 year old girl(Kate) sitting down in front of the judge. everyone stares at her with fear and anger.
Kate
(screaming bloody murder)
PLEASE I SWEAR I'M HUMAN, PLEASE LISTEN TO ME
Judge
SILENCE! So your the mother and a witness of the witch?
Mother
staring at her child, afraid she'll jump at her but feels safe with her daughter having a breakdown and showing weakness.
(with a very little shaky voice)
yes... I've seen everything
Ext. backyard of home- day- flashback
Kate and the mother are standing by the grave of their dead family pet pig named Sullivan that died 2 hours ago. its hot outside and the mother just finished burying the Sullivan
kate
hugging her mother with her left hand and wiping the tears of her face with her right,
( her voice gets very shaky)
Mom, why did he have to die? you said if i loved him enough he'd live forever
Mother
Gets down to Kate's level
(very calmly)
sweety no, it's not like that. Your love was perfect. he got sick. That's why when he died he promised to watch over you.
Kate
her eyes red and wiping the last tear on her face
(with her voice a bit clearer)
maybe i could bring him back
Mother
Kate that's not possible...
int.Court room witch trial- Day- year 1620 #2
the judge cuts off as the mother was talking
judge
JUST GET TO THE POINT!
MOTHER
I'm sorry. that next day
Ext. backyard of home- day- flashback #2
the other is outside doing laundry with a water bucket, she looks at Sullivan's grave to notice that the grave has been opened.
Mother
walk up to the grave and see Sullivan's body but not his head
(in shock)
uh..Kate sweetie?
Kate (o.s)
inside the house
good catch Sullivan
mother
runs in the house into the house
int. kate's room
Mother
looks at Kate.
who are you talking to
Kate
walks to her desk and grabs the pig underneath the table with stitches on the pigs neck and still able to move and speak with blood dripping
(very happily)
mommy look its Sullivan, i brought him back.
mother
looks at the stitches on the pig's neck.
wha..what did you do?
slaps Kate
(scared for her life)
GET OUT, GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU? GET THE HELL OUT
int.Court room witch trial- Day- year 1620 #2
Kate
NO ITS NOT TRUE I SWEAR, PLEASE SOMEONE LISTEN TO ME
Judge
SILENCE... THERE IS NO DENYING WITH A STORY LIKE THAT THAT YOU ARE A WITCH. Let's begin shall we, in fact we have something new we'd like to try. BRING IN… THE IRON MAIDEN
2 guards walk in with iron maiden
Kate
NO, NO, NO, PLEASE SOMEONE HELP
the 2 guards grab her arms
judge
SILENCE. Now place her in the iron maiden
guards places her in iron maiden
Kate, you are guilty for being a witch and your punishment is Death. Is there anything you'd like to say?
Kate
(very shaky)
i love you mom
Mother
GO TO HELL
judge
you may close the iron maiden
In the courtroom seats 2 boys one 16, bane and the other one 10 years old, chris speak to each other
Bane
(whispering in Chris's ear)
I bet you couldn't notice it
Chris
Notice what? they killed the witch didn't they
Bane
No, notice how there isn't blood coming out the iron maiden. I think the real witch is the mother and she started this trial to protect herself
Chris
Then what did they kill?
Bane
those are called Homunculi. the daughter is artificial life. She must've had her "daughter" for many years to make it look like she's a normal human but one day tried doing something that got her caught and raised suspicion that the mother could be a possible witch, as soon as she found out she knew she could pin it on her daughter and be known as the woman afraid of witches. What are the chances of someone being a witch if they fear witches?
Chris
so what are we gonna do?
Bane
well
Bane stands on the seat grabbing the attention
(starts yelling)
WELL I CAN SHOW YOU WHAT WE CAN DO!!
Bane pulls out his fathers old gun from his pocket and immediately shoots the mother in the face
chris
(very angerly)
WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?
EVERYONE IN THE JURY IS IN SHOCK
BANE
(IN A VERY COCKY TONE)
Well simple, if I shot her in the heart shed die instantly and we wont know if she's human or not, see look at her face its healing right now
the witches face (mother) begins to heal.
welp that confirmed it
he attempts to make another shot
oh shit, uh hey Chris you wouldn't happen to have anymore bullets on you right?
mother
NO NO NO NO ALL OF YOU GET AWAY FROM ME
the guards grab their guns to shoot the witch but the guns stop working immediately. she takes control of a guards arm to shoot another guard
Bane starts running to the woman as soon as she's concentrated on the guard
bane
Don't use guns they wont work for this situation, you need to use a knife
bane pulls out a knife and stabs the witch and she collapses on the floor.
so Chris this is how you witch hunt, still wanna be a witch hunter?
chris
(sitting quietly in the same spot like nothing happened)
yes
ext. court room outside 20 minutes later
witch hunter cheif (their father,brandon)
is everyone safe?
bane
one is dead
brandon
goddamn it Bane. your not good with hunting in the city your better off fighting ones in the wilderness
Bane
bullshit I'm a rank-S hunter I'm nearly as good as you
brandon
watch the mouth. don't consider yourself good until people stop dying from your conflicts; but there are more important things I need to tell you about, you have a very important mission. not from me but from the city mayor, its extremely confidential. I don't know anything about it but he said he needed YOU and your team of course, notify them as soon as you can. i just hope whatever your doing it isn't in the city.
Bane
oh alright. Chris ill see you as soon as I finish
brandon
oh Chris, we can head on home I'm sure your brother would be back soon
chris
alright. see you soon bane
5 years later (present day)
int. of family home
chris
runs downstairs very loudly as his mother and father are in the kitchen. the mother (Jessica) is making breakfast and his father is sleep at the kitchen table
(with excitement)
hey mom! did he write back yet?
jessica
honey he hasn't wrote back in years, i know you want him to know your a witch hunter now