Act 4
Scene 2
~ Curtain Opens ~
The enchanted island's port village square.
[ Freddie's yacht sits on the dark, stormy sea in the
distance. All her passengers are coming ashore. The village is deserted and
beset with wind and rain.]
Enter YOLANDA, OWEN, EMEYLE and all the PASSENGERS/WEDDING
GUESTS from FREDDIE'S yacht, all rushing from the dock to the shelter of the
hotel.
YOLANDA
( SHOUTING over the HOWLING WIND)
If the village is abandoned, are you quite sure we should stay
here?
EARL
(SHOUTING)
There's no turning back now. We can't make it back to the
yacht.
[EMEYLE runs out of the hotel, back into the rain. EARL
grabs her and forces her back towards the hotel.]
EMEYLE
(Hysterical)
He's not in the hotel! Owen's gone missing.
EARL
(Sternly, dragging her back into the hotel)
He'll be very upset when he returns to the hotel and finds
you're not there.
[EARL and YOLANDA drag EMEYLE into the hotel.]
ENTER the fairies, SEWDEW, SEAMINT and SEABEAN. They flit
about in the wind until they spy what they are looking for in the window flower
box of TOOT'S SWEETS BAKERY.
(SEADEW flickers over and snatches the bag off the window
box. It is so heavy that she falls to the ground with it.)
SEADEW
(Dazed)
I didn't expect it would be full.
(SEAMINT and SEABEAN gather round and watch as SEADEW opens
the sack.)
SEAMINT
Not one coin has been delivered!
[SEAMINT puts his hands on his hips and taps his foot
impatiently.]
SEABEAN
What kind of tooth fairy is this!?
[SEABEAN scratches his head.]
[SEADEW rises and points to the window display. There lies
the TOOTH FAIRY/BIZZ BAFF THE BISCUIT BASHER, sleeping on her back, her legs
propped up on a wedding cake and her head resting in a bed donuts. She has
biscuits in her hands resting over her heart.]
SEADEW
The kind with a sweet tooth!
SEAMINT
Bizz Baff The Biscuit Basher!
[SEAMINT and SEABEAN buzz into the shop, lift up the
sleeping BIZZ BAFF and carry her outside. They place her next to SEADEW beneath
the flower box. BIZZ BAFF has donuts and cupcakes sticking to her hair and
wings.]
SEADEW
Wake up, sweet Bizz Baff! Thou art in a sugared sleep. Rowan
commands thee to return. Gather ye teeth another night.
[BIZZ BAFF yawns, stretches, realizes she has biscuits in
her hands, bites one and speaks with her mouth full.]
BIZZ BAFF
(With mouth full of cookies)
This order provokes me to unact heavy deeds.
SEAMINT
What deeds undo? Uneat and unsleep? Not one coin has been
traded for one tooth!
SEABEAN
This heavy sack speaks for thee!
BIZZ BAFF
And THIS sack has teeth enough to bite thy tongue!
[BIZZ BAFF produces a huge sack of baby teeth. SEABEAN,
SEAMINT and SEADEW look into sack and are amazed and puzzled.]
BIZZ BAFF
Under pillows, under heads,
In nearby and far away beds,
Well served I the Fairy Queen,
Trading each tooth lost tonight,
With sapphires blue and emeralds green,
Rubies red and diamonds bright!
Thus every tooth looser did I reach!
With treasure I gathered from yonder beach.
[SEABEAN, SEAMINT and SEADEW all cover their faces and
groan.]
SEAMINT
That same beach was tonight visited by the Groach who scatters
her enchanted jewels in the sand so that she may eat those who find them.
SEABEAN
Hurry! Rowan will tell us how we may yet save the children!
SEABEAN, SEAMINT, SEADEW and BIZ BAFF exit in a
hurry
~ Curtain Closes
~
~ To Be Continued ~
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