The Kingdom Fractures”
CALLARIA – at the ROYAL CITY WALLS
Smoke curling from a distant mountaintops. Magic crackles unnaturally in the air, The once-beauty kingdom of Callaria looks bruised. A war horn echoes
Soldiers rush along the ramparts. Enchanted arrows fly overhead. Spells flash in the distance.
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WAR COUNCIL CHAMBER – ROYAL PALACE – SAME TIME
The room is filled with tension. The Noble men argue. Magical maps flicker with instability. The Queen, regal and exhausted, listens.
Princess ELARA (20s, tall, fierce, battle-worn) bursts through the doors in cracked armor. Her eyes are blazing, but her movements are precise and disciplined.
ELARA:You called a council without me?
QUEEN (coldly):You were missing for two days.
ELARA:I was defending the border you all forgot existed.
A tense beat. The council quiets. The GENERAL clears his throat.
GENERAL:The High Priest is gone. His magic... did not stay with us. There's no successor. No balance.
MAGICIAN ADVISOR:And the eastern gate—it collapsed this morning. The realms are unraveling and Gravity bends.
COUNCILWOMAN:The realm needs stability. We must choose a new priesthood.
No! Elara said,They all turn.
You don't choose magic. It chooses you. And it already did..all we need so is find the chosen one
A hushed murmur passes around the room.
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Elara walks towards an altar, kneels before the broken altar. She noticed a hidden scroll beneath the floor tiles.
It glows faintly in her hands with a HANDWRITTEN TEXT
> "Should balance ever fall, seek the child born under the whispering sky."
There is a sketch of a baby wrapped in wind, a sigil of two worlds crossing.
She holds up the, scroll in her hand. Her voice cuts through and there was silence.
ELARA:He left us a path. A child—born far from here. The magic found her.
COUNCILMAN
A girl? In another world? How do we even begin —
ELARA: we'll need a witch, the map,she holds it up in the air, and what remains of him.
Later that night ---
Soft music. Quiet footsteps. Elara unlocks a sacred case. Inside: a necklace once worn by the High Priest, and a small vial of blood preserved in crystal bottle.
She steps outsiide the castle through the bush determined to restore balance to her kingdom and stop the war
She headed to the witch shrine hanging beads and glowing symbols, staring at her
A woman sits inside—a WITCH, ageless, her eyes like fog and fire.she sits by a well
Of blue bubbling water
WITCH:I felt the priest's death before the clouds turned. And I felt her waking.
ELARA:You can find her?
WITCH (smiling):With the right blood moon. Yes.
She places the vial, the necklace, and a map of realms marked with ancient lines on a table of bone and crystal. Symbols begin to glow and leave direction as the blood of the priest touches it
The witch began chanting
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Elara kept her eye on the map curious strikes her, armed with knowledge. And her eyes burn with purpose.
ELARA
We don't need a new priest. We need her.
A beat.
And I'm going to find her.
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FLASH TO: THE FOREST NEAR RAE'S FARM – EARTH – NIGHT
A flash of light. The trees shudder. Energy spreads like breath.
---RAE'S CABIN – NIGHT
Nyra,sits on the windowsill. Her eyes glow softly.
NYRA (to Rae)
Something sacred just crossed the veil.
Rae's eyes open. The wind answers her fear with a low howl.
Rae tosses in her bed from side to side. Her fingers twitch. A faint hum pulses through her—magic, unsteady and restless.
NYRA (softly)
You won't sleep tonight. The veil is thinning.
RAE:You're cryptic when I need you to be helpful.
NYRA:you should take a Walk and Let the wind lead you.
Rae sighs, pulls on a coat, and slips out the door
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SMALL TOWN STREETS – SAME NIGHT
Elara walks stiffly under flickering street lamps. She's still in royal armor, her crown tucked under her arm, sword strapped across her back. People starring at her .
PASSERBY:Nice cosplay, Joan of Arc!
ELARA (to herself):What is a "cosplay?"
She turns into an alley, weary and out of place. A group of drunk men stumble after her, laughing.
DRUNK MAN:Hey, lady knight! Where's your castle, huh?
DRUNK MAN 2:Bet she's got a dagger in her boot and a dragon tattoo. Hahaha
They surround her, mocking and closing in on her .
ELARA (calmly):Back away!!
DRUNK MAN 3:Or what? You'll joust us?
She sighs. Steps back. Then pulls out her sword.the Steel sings. Magic hums faintly around her. And The wind began to shifts.
– SAME TIME
Rae walks quietly, hugging her coat tighter to her body. The air shifts. She stops—eyes wide.
RAE
What the... fuck was that?
The wind began move in a specific direction. Her fingertips begins to glow. Nyra's voice echoes faintly in her head.She's close.
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ALLEYWAY --
Elara holds her ground, sword steady. The drunk men hesitate now. One laughs nervously—
Then Rae's voice cuts through:
RAE:You might wanna rethink this.
Everyone turns. Rae steps into view, her eyes faintly glowing. Her presence... changes the air.
DRUNK MAN 1
Who the hell—
BOOM—a gust of wind slams through the alley. Trash cans rattle. Lights flicker. And The men stumble back,.
DRUNK MAN 2
Screw this, man! Is this the Devil
Scared at the faintly glowing Rae They all run. Silence falls. Rae and Elara stare at each other, breathless.
ELARA (softly):It's you.
RAE (defensive): me who? Okay, no. You don't get to be weird and recognize me.
ELARA:You felt it too. Didn't you?
A pause. Rae lowers her shoulders slightly. The wind settles. Nyra slips into the alley behind her, watching quietly.
RAE:Who are you?
Elara looks at her like a prayer finally answered.
ELARA:Someone who's been looking for you...I came from outside Earth to find you
RAE: woooo slow down, came to find me ?
I don't even know you, what do u want from me?
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