Chapter 1
ACT 1: SCENE 1
(THE WHISPER)
SOMEWHERE IN THE SPACE
Darkness.
Silence.
An unknown voice speaks.
Well...
How long hath it been?
A century?
A thousand years?
Nah.
Long enough.
(Long pause.)
Behold the Earth.
So small.
So fragile.
And for that insignificant world...
I was cast into darkness.
(Evil chuckle.)
The Gods preached unity.
The Gods preached mercy.
The Gods preached kindness.
Yet they feared me.
They feared what I could become.
And thus they forged my prison.
But where are they now?
Gone?
Dust among the stars?
(Evil laughter.)
Yet I remain.
And soon...
The Stones shall be mine once more.
The barrier shall break.
The Codex shall be found.
And when that day arrives...
Humanity shall learn the meaning of fear.
I am coming.
The age of silence is over now.
(Evil laughter echoes.)
Darkness returns.
The Voice Disappears………
SCENE ENDS……
SCENE:2
(THE UNKNOWN PARCEL)
THIS SCENE TAKES PALCE IN THE 17 GLENNWALK STREET, ENGLAND AT (WALKER RESIDANCE).
ENTER: JAMES WALKER WITH HIS MOTHER AND FATHER.
A cold winter morning of Wednesday,
Knock at the door,
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Coming!
(door opens)
A parcel?
For whom?
James?
Mother: James, you got a parcel, come here.
Coming mum.
(THUD! THUD! THUD!)
Father: easy son! Nothing to hurry and good morning.
James: good morning dad.
Mother: good morning sweetheart have your breakfast.
James: what’s in the breakfast?
Mother: umm, cereals with fruits
James: yuck!
Father: Hey! What happen? You should be thankful to god
For your daily meals whatever you are getting to eat show some respect okay?
James: I know dad but….
Mother: Okay! Okay! Now have your breakfast.
Father: Darling! Bring that parcel for James.
James: parcel? What parcel?
Mother: actually son! We don’t know about it. Who send us but at the morning it was there at the door someone who kept this parcel at our door and knocked three times and when I opened the door there was no one except this parcel and over there it was written your name and our address.
Father: what do you think?who could be?
Mother: no idea Hon!
Father: open it
James: wait! What? You mean I have to open this unknown parcel? I don’t even know who send me this parcel at all what if something terrible inside?
Father: what? Are you serious? What are you saying?
Mother: stop watching horror content for late nights
This is the reason you are talking rubbis, last night also you are watching those contents I saw you.
James: sorry mum!
Father: open it.
He opened the parcel
Mother: what’s inside?
James: A old bell.
Father: bell?
Mother: A bell?
James: yeah! Look at this.
Father: well! Is it some kind of prank?
Mother: today is not April fool’s day so I don’t think it’s a prank.
Father: is something else there?
James: umm, a letter?
Father: a letter? Show me.
Father reads the letter.
“THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OF ARTS
To Mr. James Walker,
We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted as a First-Year Student at the Elementary School of Arts.
Enclosed with this letter you shall find a Founders’ Brass Bell, an artifact entrusted to every student chosen to begin their journey at our academy.
IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS
1.Keep the Brass Bell in your possession at all times.
2.Do not attempt to damage, dismantle, or alter the Bell.
3.Do not lend the Bell to another individual.
4.Await the Bell’s Call.
5.Upon hearing the Bell ring, immediately hold it in your hand and follow the instructions that shall appear.
6.Failure to answer the Bell’s Call may result in the forfeiture of your admission. The Bell shall ring only when the time has come for your journey to begin.
Further details regarding your arrival, studies, and residence shall be provided upon your acceptance of the Bell’s Call.
We congratulate you on your selection and welcome you to a tradition that has endured for over a thousand years.
May your path be guided by wisdom.
By Order of the Founders,
Office of Admissions
The Elementary School of Arts
The Mistvale Hills
Scottish Highlands.”
James: what the heck!
Mother: Hey! Mind your words.
Father: elementary school?
Mother: do you know something Hon?
Father: But wait, there’s something written on the bell it’s a kind of symbol. Oh no Holy Jesus Christ.
Mother: What happen?
Father: It can’t be true.
James: what dad? please tell me.
Father: Mary?
Mother: Yes! Listening.
Father: Remember I told you earlier about a school on the top of the hills?
Mother: Y-Yeah but that’s a complete fantasy story told by your father?
Father: Yes that’s the thing it isn’t friction its’s actually there and our son was chosen for the school.
Mother: Oh my! That means our son will become a sorcerer soon. I am very happy to hear that news.
Father: me too.
James: Excuse me? What are you guys are talking about?
Father: Son you didn’t even know how lucky you are?
James: Oh! Really? You mean it?
Father: Yeah! Ofcourse you are a lucky boy to be chosen by that school you should be proud of yourself.
James: Proud for what? for joining that school? You didn’t even know it actually exists or not?
Father: No son it’s true.
James: No dad it’s not, it’s a prank someone had pranked us.
Father: No it’s not prank my boy you are chosen to be a part of that school.
James: Do you guys mean that I have to go that school now?
Father: yah!
James: well! I must leave now.
Mother: hey! Hey! Come here I said, James? James?
(James left the scene)
Father: Leave him hon! He is completely scared, it’s natural.
Mother: I think you should talk to him.
Father: Yes! I do.
(They both leave the scene)
Later that day at night in the Jame’s room.
Enter: Father.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
James: com in.
James: Oh! hi dad.
Father: hey bud is everything alright?
James: well sorry for the morning dad a-actually I-I was scared and panicked too.
Father: I completely agree with you my son.
James: you mean it?
Father: yeah.
James: wait! What’s that? In your hand?
Father: Ah! That’s a diary.
James: A dairy?
Father: Yeah! It belongs to my father, he had left for you he told me to give it to you when the letter comes home.
James: Dad I don’t want to go to that school at any cost.
Father: Right now I want you to listen my words carefully and after that you just go through the diary. I hope you will get all your answers.
James: okay.
Father: son when I was at your age my father used to told me a story of a school which was massive, old and It was situated at the top of hills always surrounded by mist.it was a such kind of school where students learned about something unique i don’t know actually but something different from other schools. So one day I saw my father’s door was opened so I entered the room there was no one from there I found this diary and in the cover page there was the same logo as it was there on the bell that you have got today.
James: That means grandpa know about the school?
Father: I-I don’t know maybe or not. But it is true that my father used to hide something from us. But you know what when I saw that bell I remembered that once I also saw a bell in my father’s room.
James: That means he was a student of that school?
Father: umm maybe.
James: But why me? Why they had chosen me?
Father: Look I am unaware about these stuffs but one thing I will say that maybe you are special or maybe you have something that other don’t.
James: I don’t know dad but I don’t want to leave you and mum.
Father: I know son but you have to do it don’t leave this opportunity.
James: But dad everything is going fine here my school my friends everything.
Father: there also you will make some new friends don’t worry. Just remember one thing me and your mum always proud of you and we are blessed to have a son like you so never feel alone we are always with you.
James: I know dad I know,
Father: Son so what have you decided will you join the school? It’s a great opportunity for you.
James: well I need time to decide.
Father: Oh! okay take your time, it’s already late now go to bed.
James: yeah! Good night dad.
Father: good night.
(he leaves),
Scene ends..
SCENE: 3
(THE ECHOES OF THE PAST)
THIS SCENE TAKE PLACE IN THE SAME NIGHT IN JAME’S ROOM AFTER FATHER LEFT THE ROOM HE OPENED THE DIARY.
ENTER: JAMES
James: “This diary belongs to Arthur James Walker.”
Page turned,
James: “void may return, it will be the end.”
More pages turned,
What’s rubbish things were written in this diary who is void? Well there are many symbols and some kind of patterns are drawn. Why grandpa left this dairy for me?
What is the relation of that school with grandpa?
Why he left this dairy for me only?
Why I had been chosen?
Am I special?
Ah! So confusing. I think I need sleep now that would be better.
“He kept the dairy on the table. But something fell from the diary on the floor.”
James: what’s that?
A letter?
Another letter?
It’s kind of a message.
It’s grandpa’s message for me.
“He opened that paper and start reading”
“To,
James Walker,
If you are reading this letter that means you are selected by Elementary school of arts. Here in this school you will be able to know something that may change your life forever or this can be a threat for your life also, so make sure you are ready. But son remember one thing don’t try to know something that is forbidden and do not make the same mistake that I have done it can destroy you.
By,
Arthur James Walker”
James: sigh. Take deep breath,
I don’t know what happen to you grandpa?
But there’s something happened to you earlier.
And I need to find that
I have to go to that school to know what happened to you what forbidden thing you were aware?
What kind of threat?
I need to know everything,
(He leaved the scene),
Scene end.
SCENE: 4
(ANOTHER LETTER?)
THIS SCENE TAKES PLACE ONE WEEK AFTER JAMES RECEIVED THE FIRST PARCEL INCLUDING BELL.
IN THE MORNING, AT WALKER’S RESIDENCE.
ENTER: MOTHER, FATHER, JAMES.
(AT DINNING TABLE)
Mother: A week past but nothing happens, don’t you
think something is wrong? I mean we never hear about that school we also don’t know either it exists. Just think about it how strange it was that when we received that strange parcel and we got a bell including a letter from that school and then you figured out that it was from such type of school which’s story was told you by your father when you were a kid?
Father: Remain silent.
Mother: Are you listening to me? How we will enrolled our James into that school? We are already on credits, and what about this present school and what will we say to our neighbours where did he gone, how we will make them believe this? Are you still listening to me?
Father: Hmm.
Mother: I think that the school is not probably likenormal convent school just like our St. Madona.At the beginning I was excited for that latter but now its really a issue don’t you think? Are you listening to me?
Father: Hey! Do you know yesterday night at 16th street a girl was found missing neighbours claimed that at night they saw some strange people who are in strange costumes seems like they are related to occultism and they took her for any kind of ritual practice they took that girl with them. It was probably claimed by a lady who was “Shelly Maddock” when she was closing the window then she saw that girl from her second floor, girl name was”Becky Hamilton” around 12 to 14 years old, 16th street of Glennwalk, reported time of her kidnapped was nearly 1:30am.
Mother: How awful that was she was nearly our james age whether this incident is related to our james’s new school?
Father: I don’t think so it is related.
Mother: whatever stop reading this kind of new at the very morning aren’t you getting late?
Father: Don’t worry darling! Micky will come to pick me.call James it’s already half past eight in the clock.
Mother: James, James?
THUD! THUD! THUD! (coming downstairs)
Coming mom,
James: Good morning.
Father: Morning.
James: what’s for breakfast?
Mother: boiled eggs, bread and butter. Take your seat and have your meal.
James: my cocoa?
Mother: coming.
Father: Hey! son have you found anything from that diary I have given to you?
Mother: which diary?
Father: Well it’s our little secret. Right?
James: yeah!
Sudden door knock!
KNOCK! KNOCK!
Father: son go and check it out might be some postcards.
James: Dad? Mum?
Mother: What happen?
James: Another one (sighs)
Father: open it open it
Mother: read it son.
He started reading the letter….
“To Mr. James Walker,
We are hereby to inform you that your first year in Elementary School of Arts are going to be started soon, you are requested to reach the school before it’s too late. Although you are instructed to carry the Founder’s bell which we had sent you earlier and come to the backside of the St. Peter’s church and ring the bell thrice and you must carry your belonging in this upcoming Saturday.
May your path be guided by wisdom.
By Order of the Founders,
Office of Admissions
The Elementary School of Arts
The Mistvale Hills
Scottish Highlands.
Silence,
Father: Is it?
James: Yeah that mean I have only one day to prepare myself.
Mother: is it true?
Father: Yes it is now help him in packaging, we have only one day and many things to do so better we start from now. Now I am going to call Micky and ask him where is he now as we have to buy many stuffs for our son so before I leave I can help you guys.
Mother: I don’t know anything do whatever you want.
James: It’s really happening right? I am actually going to that school.
Mother: Don’t worry everything will be fine son, now finish your breakfast first.
James: okay mom.
Father: what is this behaviour hon? You are not happy?
Mother: I don’t know.
Father: Hey! What happen tell me?
Mother: nothing.
Father: please hon tell me what is bothering you? Please I-I know that everything is going very weird around you I completely understand your feeling.
Mother: No absolutely not, you are not bothered anymore have you even try to know is this school is real or not in this time have you? You are so desperate why? Hon I don’t know what’s wrong with you but I don’t let my son to follow a letter from a school that existence itself is a mystery.
Silence,
Father: well at first you please calm down I know why are you so frightened right now but try to understand it is important for our son to join that school trust me.
Mother: what? Why? I don’t think there is anything important for our son in that school full of abnormalities.
Father: yes there are some important reasons that it made me so desperate there are but at first you were also very excited but now what happened to you?
Mother: Well when you are in the dark and you are unaware of the current situation it becomes horrific.
Father: That’s true. But you need to understand one thing our son is going there for a reason I will tell you everything please for now trust me.
Mother: ok we are behind the time.
Father: (soft chuckles)
They leaves
THE SCENE SHIFTS TO THE NEXT DAY NIGHT WHEN JAMES WILL FINALLY RING THE BILL THE SCENE STARTS AT THE BACKSIDE OF THE CHURCH.
ENTER: JAMES, FATHER, MOTHER.
Father: well well well everything will be alright have you packed everything son?
James: yes
Father: And that diary? Remember son that diary is the key of all mysteries and you have to find it out all okay?
James: I know.
Mother: Take care of yourself and write letter to us and eat healthy and stay healthy okay?
James: I will mom.
Father: ofcourse he will right son?
James: yes
Father: Its already time. Ring the bell
James: (take a deep breath heavy sighs) ring the bill first time.
Nothing happens
Second ring,
Nothing happens
Third ring
Silence
Atmosphere becomes heavy and cold
The weather becomes dark and foggy
James: Mum Dad why there is so much fog here?
Mum dad are you there? Please reply? Mom dad?
Its too dark here can anyone here me?
Mom?
Where are you?
Is there anyone?
Hello?
“A strange deep voice appears from the fog”
“You are on time Mr. Walker”
James: W-Who are you? Show yourself
“You are scared aren’t you?
James: who are you?
“A tall old man came up from the darkness cracking the fog he was wearing a black long cotton coat which was looking poor and a cotton pant with leather boots holding a lantern in this hand”
“well kid my name is Albert Luther Flick” the gatekeeper.
James: my name is James Walker.
Mr flick: nice to see you.
James: how do you know my name? and where is this place? Where are my parents?
Mr flick: (he smells something in air turned to james)
Look ahead kid what do you see?
JAMES LOOK AHEAD BEHIND THE FOG HE FINALLY SAW A BIG CASTLE AND A LONG STAIRS
James: what is this place?
Mr flick: I think you have rang the bell right?
James: yes after that i found myself here.
Mr flick: this is the school
James: woah you mean that this is the elementary school?
Mr flick: have you got your letter?
James: yes I do
Mr flick: good
James: But you haven’t answer my question yet
Mr flick: which one?
James: how do you know my name?
Mr flick: Long time ago I was waiting for the students here and I met a student just like you full of curiosity in his eyes. This place itself is a great mystery so be careful kid.
James: what happened to that kid?
Mr flick: he vanished, be careful don’t enroll yourself in any kind of trouble kid. For now take this lantern and go ahead you and follow the lantern after these stairs your teacher and other students are waiting for you so move fast.
James: what about you are you not going with me?
Mr flick: No I can’t I am doing only what I was instructed my job is to guide students to the stairs. Well Alas! Kid.
Mr flick leaves..
James: Well I finally reached. Now lets do this
THIS SCENE ENDS HERE WITH JAMES
STAY TUNED FOR THE NEXT PART
THE END
