Enchanted Page #3

Nathaniel:
No, miss. Just in time.

Giselle:
Oh, thank goodness.

(Pip runs out of the carriage as well)

Pip:
Hey, honey, wait up! We ain't done with you yet.

(The animals rush out of the carriage and trample Nathaniel)

Nathaniel:
Oy!

(A sash of white ribbon is tied by rabbits around Giselle's waist as she walks up a flight of steps. The bluebirds place a tiara on her head.)

Giselle:
Oh! Thank you.

Bluebirds:
You're welcome, Giselle.

Animals:
You're getting married!

(Giselle heads into the castle, but Nathaniel shuts the doors on the animals before they can follow)

Pip:
(angered) Oh, and what do we look like, garbage?!? Close the door on me!

(In the castle garden)

Nathaniel:
If you'll allow me...

Giselle:
To think that in a few moments that Edward and I...

Nathaniel:
Yes, yes.

Giselle:
That he and me... That we...

(An old hag cuts her path)

Giselle:
Oh, my.

Hag:
Oh, what a lovely bride.

Giselle:
That's very kind of you, but I really...

Hag:
No, no! Granny has a wedding gift for you.

Giselle:
Thank you. But I really should be going. You see, I'm going...

(The hag pulls Giselle towards a fountain)

Hag:
'Tis a wishing well, dear.

Giselle:
Oh! But all my wishes are about to come true.

Pip:
If I ever see that fat mook's face again, I'm gonna... huh?

Giselle:
I really do have to go.

Hag:
Oh, but a wish on your wedding day. That's the most magical of all. Just close your eyes, my darling, and make your wish. That's right. That's right. Lean in close. Are you wishing for something?

Giselle:
Yes, I am.

(whispering) And they both lived happily ever aft...

(The hag SHOVES Giselle into the fountain, and she screams)

Pip:
(terrified) Help! Edward! Prince Edward, we need help!

Hag:
Speciosus, formosus, praeclarus!

(The hag drops her disguise and reveals herself to be Narissa.)

Nathaniel:
Where, my most adored queen, where did you send her?

Narissa:
To a place where there are no "happily ever afters."

(Giselle continues to plummet down the well and splashes into the galaxy-like water at the bottom.

She is suspended in a sea of brilliant particles. One hits her)

Giselle:
What is this?

(More particles surge towards her, covering every last inch of her body and dress, creating a shining white blob in the sky. The blob explodes and Giselle is hurdled as a glowing comet and thrown down onto a metal surface.)

(No longer a cartoon character, the live-action Giselle looks about the darkened place in confusion. Narrow shafts of light beam from holes in a circular and dented metal plate, sitting snuggly in the ground she's lying on. Giselle sits up. She studies her hands, glances down at her body, and looks at her long orange hair, then gently touches one of the beams of light. The ground begins to tilt upwards. She places her hands on the sides of the metal plates and peers through one of the tiny holes. An ornate flower pattern decorates the top of the metal plate. It's a manhole cover. Giselle pushes it to one side. She looks around and slowly pokes her head out of the manhole. She gazes open mouthed at the real world in front of her. It's nighttime in Time Square, its many billboards illuminating the busy streets. New Yorkers stare at Giselle, still in her poofy wedding dress, as she stands half out of the manhole. Self-conscious, she tries to climb out of it.)

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