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INT. GARAGE - DAY
A shaggy haired man in his thirties is on bended knees,
screwing in a knot at the side of a family sized plane. A
seven year old girl creeps up on him and pounces at his
back, playfully biting him all over. They wrestle on the
floor.
DAD
(Laughing)
Firecracker. It's not play time
yet.
(Hands her a screw driver)
Come, screw this nut for me.
You'll see love, this plane is
going to make me super popular.
VERAQUEEN
You mean us! We're a team!
They high five each other.
DAD
(Laughs)
Hahaha! Yes Firecracker. Us.
(SH_01)
Show Dad, mom and Vera driving back home from the failed
presentation. Everyone is tensed and when they arrive home,
Mom spins around to face dad.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
Things were not the same between
Mom and dad after that. Mom began
to pick fights with him everyday.
MOM
You silly man! You spent years
working on that stupid invention!
Now you're a failure! You should
crawl up a hole and stay there!
(SH_03)
Dad sinks to his knees, and Vera rushes to console him, but
mom grabs her hand and drags her away. Show on the TV the
scene of dad presenting the plane and people laughing.
VERAQUEEN (V.O.) To
make things worse, Dad's
invention that failed him was
all over the news. It broke his
heart,and Mom wouldn't even let
me comfort him.
MOM
You poor thing, must have been
hard with dad forcing you to work
on that plane with him.
VERAQUEEN
He didn't force me! I loved
working with him!(SH_04)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
It didn't help that mom also began
to act like she doesn't remember I
exist. Sometimes she would go to
work without dropping me off at
school, or forget to keep
something for me to eat. She was
terrible!(SH_06)
4.
FRIEND
She's so pretty! What's her name
again!?
MOM
Um...her name is...sweetie, what's
that your name again?
VERAQUEEN
(Angrily)
Is that a serious question!? Real
mom's don't forget their
children's names! Ever!
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) But on
getting home, all the anger
melted away at the sight of my
favorite thing in the world.
VERAQUEEN
5.
(Melodramatic)
The baby that would take me
places.
Vera pulls off her top and wearing her singlet and pants
only, she slides under the plane with a toolbox.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
I missed my dad so much, and even
though mom was against it, I hoped
that if I fixed the plane, he
would come out of hiding and be a
proud engineer again.(SH_08)
VERAQUEEN
Mom, just a few minutes.
MOM
I've told you to stop wasting time
with that plane. Your dad wouldn't
listen too, until it failed him!
MOM
Sounds like a fancy way of saying,
you want to be a failure like dad.
You will never touch that plane
again! Or--
6.
VERAQUEEN
(Snaps)
Or what!? You will make me go away
like you did dad!?
(MORE)
VERAQUEEN (CONT'D)
What do you even care!? You
can't even remember my name!
MOM
(Grits teeth)
Get out or I'll set that plane on
fire.(SH_09)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) At her
threat, I left the garage like the
devil was after me, because I
couldn't bear the thought of dads
hard work going to waste like
that.(SH_10)
MOM
(Singing)
Happy birthday to you. Happy
birthday to you...
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
It warmed my heart but...
VERAQUEEN
I turned 16 five days ago mom.
MOM
I know sweetie I just remembered.
I am so sorry I forgot.
7.
VERAQUEEN
Well...I can't reject this yummy
looking cake.
MOM
Then take a bite!(SH_11)
Vera takes a cut from the cake, eats some of it, and her
face begins to swell and go red.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
The moment I swallowed a few
bites, I began to choke!
VERAQUEEN
(Frantic)
Mom! Did you put peanut butter in
this!?
MOM
Yeah, why?
VERAQUEEN
How could you!? I'm allergic to
peanut! I--
VERAQUEEN
I see your plan to kill me failed.
MOM
Oh Vera please don't say that! I
completely forgot you have a
strong allergy to peanut butter! I
swear!
8.
VERAQUEEN
You're a big liar. Unless you're
sick in the head or something, how
can you forget your own child's
allergy!?
MOM
Please let me make it up to you,
let me take you on a trip to
Barbados.
MOM
He will be watching over you, at
home and in school.
VERAQUEEN
Wait. You got me a nanny!? Why!?
MOM
Don't question me! look, he even
has a cute dog!
SMOKE
His name is Bruno.
VERAQUEEN
You just want to make sure I don't
go near that plane don't you!? You
9.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I
went to bed fuming, I couldn't
stand a stranger looking over
my shoulder!
VERAQUEEN
Oh, so you're my mummy now.
SMOKE
Look Vera, your mom is not in a
very good place right now...
VERAQUEEN
(Angry)
Who are you to tell me about my
mom!? Leave! I am not hungry!
(SH_15)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) Smoke
kept the food on the floor
before he left, and I devoured
every thing in seconds.
VERAQUEEN (V.O.)
(CONT'D) Despite my best efforts Mom
refused to budge on making Smoke
leave, and I had almost given up
when I noticed something that made
me decide to take matters into my
hand.(SH_16)
10.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
I could clearly see it in his eyes
whenever he was talking to her!
(SH_17)
MOM
(Coughs)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
Smoke flew to her like
freaking batman!
Vera stands and walks over to pat her mom's back but her
mom leans further into Smoke so he continues.
MOM
Thanks Smoke, you're doing it just
right.
11.
VERAQUEEN
Sup Bruno? I am gonna give you a
makeover! Hahahaha!
Vera reaches out to stroke him but some of his now orange
fur ends up in her hand. She recoils in shock, strokes him
again and ends up with the same result.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) But
when I made to stroke the dog,
some of his fur began to come off
and I was horrified!
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) While I
hid, my eyes fell on two
disconnected wires. I joined them
back and experimentally pressed
the remote! To my shock, after
years of trying to revive the
plane, it geared to life!
VERAQUEEN
(Excited)
It works!!!! I am gonna fly baby!
(SH_20)
She pales when she sees Smoke, and powers off the plane and
then rushes out of it to kneel at his feet.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I
shrank when I saw Smoke at the
window, with Bruno.
VERAQUEEN
(Apologetic)
I am so sorry! I just wanted to
change his color so you can get
mad enough to leave! I didn't know
it would make him shed his fur!
Forgive me!
SMOKE
Under one condition. You're coming
with your mom and I to Barbados
this coming holiday.
VERAQUEEN
Fine.(SH_21)
Smoke and Two pilots help load their luggages Into the
plane. The pilots shoulders are sagged and they are
dragging their feet as if they are sleepwalking. There are
bags under their eyes. Vera and mom are watching them.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) And
that was how I found myself
about to board a plane with
mom, Bruno, and Smoke.
VERAQUEEN
(To the pilots)
Is there a reason why two of you
look like you haven't slept in
ages?
They all board the plane. Vera sits across Mom and Smoke
who are gisting animatedly. Vera's eyes are fixed on the
cockpit enclosure where the pilots are.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) We
boarded the plane, and soon we
were up in the sky. While mom and
Smoke chatted like an old couple,
I was all by myself.
VERAQUEEN
Hey, Those pilots are sleeping! I
told you they looked extra droopy!
SMOKE
Really!? That means--
MOM
Don't listen to her, she just
wants to ruin this trip.
14.
VERAQUEEN
Mom I swear this is not a–
MOM
(Sternly)
Silence.(SH_23)
Mom and Smoke continues talking and Vera looks back toward
the cockpit in alarm. The plane suddenly starts spinning.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
Mom and Smoke continued talking
and I felt like weeping because
seconds later, our plane was
spinning in the air!
BRUNO
(Barks in fright)
Whoof!
MOM
(Angry)
You are idiot pilots!(SH_24)
Vera, Mom, and Smoke grabs parachutes from the compartment
above their chairs and straps it on.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I
hadn't used a parachute before
but from the movies I had
watched, it couldn't be so hard .
We all jumped out of the plane.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I woke
up to something licking my face.
VERAQUEEN
Bruno. Good boy.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) And
found myself tangled up in some
vines hanging from a tree. There
were so many trees!!?!
VERAQUEEN
Um... help!!! Mom! Smoke!? Sleepy
pilots!?
She unstraps the parachute and gets down from the tree with
Bruno and finds herself standing before a cluster of giant
eggs. Vera turns blue in fright.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
Gently, I got down from the tree
and gasped when I saw a cluster of
eggs half my height!
The size of the eggs was pointing
to a very giant beast around!
Vera takes a step back and opens her mouth to scream but
just then she sees a huge shadow of a dinosaur head coming
toward her.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
I opened my mouth to scream for
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VERAQUEEN
(Screams)
Dinosaur!!!!(SH_27)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
VERAQUEEN
Mom! It's you! Oh I am so happy!
Mom looks at her with no atom of recognition in her eyes.
MOM
(Confused)
Who are you?
VERAQUEEN You
must have hit your head
somewhere. It's me, Vera–
VERAQUEEN (V.O.)
(CONT'D) I made to follow but I
17.
VERAQUEEN
Ugh!
VERAQUEEN (CONT'D)
(Screams)
Arghh!!! Don't eat me! I swear I
am very bitter!!!
SMOKE
Eat you? What are you talking
about!?
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I
scrambled to my feet, and my jaw
dropped.
The dinosaur had a human body...
VERAQUEEN
Smoke!?
I don't know if it's evolution or
something, but You kind of have a
dinosaur head.
SMOKE
(Surprised)
What!? Oh!(SH_29)
SMOKE
(Shocked)
Oh no! We have to find them!
(SH_30)
They begin to make their way into the jungle. Show their
heads popping out here and there as they do.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) We
searched endlessly for hours,
and when it began to get dark,
I began to lose hope
SMOKE
(Gently)
You know, your mom doesn't forget
things about you because she wants
to.
VERAQUEEN
(Sniffs)
Yeah, it's because she doesn't
care.
SMOKE
No. She has early onset dementia,
forgetting things is part of it
and that's why she hired me. Not
to look after you, but her also. I
am her live in nurse.
VERAQUEEN
(Shocked)
Wait...all this while...she's just
been suffering from memory loss!?
She won't remember me again!??
SMOKE
19.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) My
heart was in shreds for making
things difficult for my already
sick mom!
VERAQUEEN
What if I never see her again!?
Smoke hugs her and stands up, pulling Vera up too. He leads
her to a small clearing.
VERAQUEEN (CONT'D)
Smoke comforted me and asked we
rest in a small clearing.(SH_32)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) We had
just made a fire when the sound
of something snorting behind us
made us tremble.
VERAQUEEN (V.O.)
(CONT'D) Smoke was before me in
flash like freaking commando.
SMOKE
It's a wild boar! Run! I'll
distract it!
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I was
about to run but...the sight of a
20.
VERAQUEEN
(Funny Roar)
Roar!!! I am going to have pork
for dinner!
VERAQUEEN
Hahaha! How was that Roar!?
SMOKE
Dinosaurs...don't roar. (Smiles)
But thanks for saving my life.
VERAQUEEN
You wanted to save mine first. So…
thanks too.(SH_33)
Vera and Smoke sit back down by the fire, show them
talking, then they put off the fire and go to sleep.
Show the sun coming up in the sky, Vera and Smoke dust off
and continue their search in the jungle. She sees a trail
of orange floor on the grass.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
When morning came, we were ready
to look for mom again, but we
didn't know where to start! Then I
noticed some bright orange fur on
the grass.
VERAQUEEN
(Excitedly)
Look! That's Bruno's fur!
21.
SMOKE
It leaves a trail! Might lead to
your mom!(SH_34)
VERAQUEEN
Mom!
VERAQUEEN
I rushed to her and hugged her!
And Mom hugged me too!
VERAQUEEN (CONT'D)
(Teary)
Mom, I am so sorry for being mad
at you! You should have just told
me you were sick!
MOM
Oh dear. I didn't want you to
worry. But when I forgot your
allergy, I got scared and had to
call Smoke to help.
SMOKE
How do we get back home from here?
There's no signs of the plane or
the pilots anywhere.
VERAQUEEN
Maybe we can get a flight home?
MOM
22.
Vera takes out the planes remote control and presses the
power button.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) I took
out the remote for my plane and
pressed the power button.
VERAQUEEN
Just watch mom. Have faith and
pray.
Show them sitting on the grass when the Vera's plane lands
softly in the clearing, rolling to a halt.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
It took two hours, but like a
dream come through, my plane
landed in the clearing, without a
human pilot!
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
Mom and Smoke's jaw dropped to the
ground.
Mom, Smoke, and Vera enter the plane and the pilots from
earlier jump out of the jungle, rushing toward their plane.
PILOTS
Please! Please take us with you!
(SH_36)
Mom, Smoke, and Vera's heads get big and red with anger and
the yell something at them at once. The pilots enter the
plane looking a bit dejected and gloomy.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) We were
all mad at them for the trouble we
23.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) (CONT'D)
At home, our yard filled with
reporters and the police! They had
seen my plane fly off without a
pilot and everyone wanted to know
about it!
VERAQUEEN
Dad, if you're watching this, I
want you to see that I have proved
the world wrong. Your remote
controlled plane is not a joke.
Please, come back home.
VERAQUEEN
I was proud too, but sadly, Dad
didn't show up that day.(SH_38)
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) However,
thanks to my invention, after I
graduated highschool and I got a
scholarship to study aerospace
engineering at a big university
just as I dreamed! Smoke and mom
saw me off on my first day!
SMOKE
Don't worry, I will take care of
mom.
VERAQUEEN(V.O)
Smoke and mom were dating now, and
I couldn't have asked for a better
step dad to be.
VERAQUEEN (CONT'D)
I know you're Mr capable.
SMOKE
(Blushes)
Thanks.
VERAQUEEN
(Smirks and pets Bruno)
I was talking about Bruno!
SMOKE
What!? Hahahaha!(SH_39)
A beat up car slides in next to them, and Vera watches the
driver wind down his window. He has sunshades on, and a
beard that makes him look creepy. Vera looks at him and he
quickly wounds his window back up.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.)
Just then I saw a man staring at
us through his creepy shades. He
hid like an ostrich when I looked
his way.
Vera takes a selfie with mom, smoke and Bruno. She then
hugs mom.
VERAQUEEN (V.O.)
(CONT'D) I brushed it off, and
after taking some pictures with
mom and Smoke,
Smoke, Mom and Bruno get back into their fancy car and
drive away.
VERAQUEEN (V.O.)
(CONT'D) We bade each other
goodbye. As I was making my way to
25.
VERAQUEEN (V.O.) I
almost fainted when he pulled off
his shades!
DAD
My firecracker. you're still as
pretty and feisty as ever.
Vera's eyes fill with tears and she rushes in to hug him.
VERAQUEEN(V.O.) Dad had
a lot of explaining to do, but for
now I rushed into his arms.
VERAQUEEN
I knew you'd come back.
VERAQUEEN(V.O) (CONT'D)
My lesson from all this is treat
everyone with kindness because
just a little bit of goodness can
go a long way. What else did you
learn? Please share in the comment
section below! I will be reading!
(SH_40)