The Dragon

A Screenplay by DarrinReay

A recent screenplay that i've just wrote. It's only a short one but i hope you enjoy it!

BLACKNESS. The sounds of swords hitting shields, arrows

hitting bodies. The sound of a very loud scream. Everything

goes silent... the sound of footsteps.

TORTURER (V.O.)

And this one? What do you want done

with him?

SKULLTHORN (V.O.)

Wait a minute, turn him over!

A grunt as he turns him over.

SKULLTHORN (V.O.)

I know him! Round him up for

judgement, get him in the back.

Grunting. Banging. Silence.

TORTURER (V.O.)

This fellow is going to be out for

a while.

SKULLTHORN

Don't let him go anywhere. I want

payback against this son of a

b***h!

Words appear on screen:

THE DRAGON

FADE IN:

Snow is falling from white skies. It looks beautiful as we

fly over snow covered trees and snow covered mountains. We

zoom down into a large set of trees... onto a snow covered

dirt track and we see a wagon.

There are three prisoners in the back, all bound and gagged,

the look of fear in their eyes. There is a man unconscious

next to them- he slowly begins to open his eyes.

It is blurry. The attempt to open up his eyes is painful. One

of the prisoners turns to the man.

PRISONER

Good, now that you are awake you

can tell us why they were so

interested in you. What did you do

that was so bad?

Nothing. The man blinks hard, trying to keep himself from

falling back unconscious.

PRISONER (CONT'D)

I am the Grey Fox. You have heard

of me, right?

The man nods his head, a blank expression on his face-

exhaling as his eyes begin to lose focus from sheer pain.

GREY FOX

Good. Now answer my question or i

promise you, i will do a hell of a

lot worse to you than these

soldiers are going to do.

The man is drifting back into unconsciousness, he just

manages to squeeze out his name.

MAN

I'm... I'm Wilson V!

He falls unconscious. All of the prisoners turn and face him,

a shocked look on their faces. The Grey Fox laughs.

GREY FOX

If it isn't the infamous V. The

murderer. The assassin. He's

supposed to be dead but no.. Here

he is. Alive and in person. The

most wanted man in all of Remnant.

EXT. VILLAGE - LATER

Wilson wakes back up as the wagon enters through a large

archway leading into a beautiful village. Archers are lined

up on the rooftops of the buildings and soldiers are lined up

along the streets of the village, carrying swords and

shields.

The wagon comes to a complete stop. The driver of the

carriage exits and opens up the back of it. He is wearing a

black mask; has rotten teeth and in his hand there is a

massive steel axe. This is Torturer.

TORTURER

Off. Now.

The prisoners stand to their feet, Grey Fox helps Wilson

stand up to his and they all jump off of the back of the

carriage. They line up in single file. Wilson has trouble but

he manages.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

I will call out your name. When you

do, you will step forward and your

judgement will commence.

Torturer takes out a sheet of paper from his pocket, he scans

through it.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

Mason Sandyland.

Mason steps forward, shaking from fear. Torturer punches him

in his stomach, he slumps down and then Torturer smacks him

on the back of his head, causing him to fall into a kneeling

position.

More than thirty citizens line up, surrounded the prisoners

and the carriage. One man is still sat inside of the wagon,

he is happy and smiling.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

Mason Sandyland is appealing his

case of the death penalty to change

it to exile and by the laws of

Remnant, set by our King, he has

the right to do so. I will now read

out thus charges and sentencing

shall be given.

(pause)

Sandyland has been accused of

twenty four counts of murder, seven

counts of rape and conspiracy to

commit treason.

(to Citizens)

What say you, the people of

Remnant?

CITIZEN 1 (O.S.)

EXILE!

CITIZEN 2 (O.S.)

DEATH!

More and more citizens begin to chant death. Torturer smiles.

TORTURER

Death it is.

Torturer kicks Mason down face first into the cold snow, he

kicks his stomach, stamps on his legs and he breaks them

both.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

Do i have any volunteers?

Hands from the citizens begin to rise, all shouting out to be

picked. Torturer turns to the second prisoner, pointing.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

You there...

He looks back, taken aback.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

You will kill this man. You will

carry out the death sentence on

Mason Sandyland and your judgement

will commence afterwards.

The prisoner steps forward, taking the axe from Torturers

hand as he passes him it.

TORTURER (CONT'D)

Execute him.

Prisoner slowly raises his axe up high into the air- keeping

his eyes fixed on Torturer. He brings it down but halfway he

swings it around... beheading Torturer.

There is a loud gasp. Murmurs can be heard coming from the

crowd of people as Torturer's body slumps into the snow and

blood squirts out, dyeing the snow red.

The prisoner begins to run away, jumping over fences...

dodging attacks from the soldiers and heading towards the

gates of the village. He spins around and his eyes widen.

We pan around to see: HUNDREDS OF ARROWS IN THE AIR.

They come down, all hitting prisoner, killing him.

A guard walks up to Mason, stabs him through his back-

puncturing his heart.

The man from the carriage rises up, staggering over to the

Grey Fox and Wilson. This is Skullthorn.

He stares at Grey Fox, then at Wilson. A look of disgust is

in his eyes.

SKULLTHORN

The great Grey Fox and the infamous

Wilson V.

He grabs Wilson's face.

SKULLTHORN (CONT'D)

You remember me, don't you? I am

going to bring hell down onto you,

like you have brought hell onto my

family but i promise, your hell

will be a lot worse.

INSERT CUT - INT. HOUSE - NIGHT

Wilson is fighting with security mean, dodging strikes from

the swords and dominating them all. Slicing their throats,

chopping off limbs. Killing them all.

Skullthorn runs over, kicking mason straight into a wooden

chair, knocking him over. Wilson kicks the chair off of

Skullthorn, knocking him into a wall.

Wilson stands up, they both trade looks. Wilson takes the bow

from his back and loads it with an arrow.

SKULLTHORN

You need to give up, V. You can't

run all of your life.

WILSON

I don't need too. The death of you

will bring the freedom of me and

guess what? Tonight I stop running.

Wilson fires the arrow... Skullthorn catches it in his hands-

inches away from his eye. He snaps the arrowhead off. He

throws it at Wilson who dodges it.

Wilson quickly reloads another, this time Skullthorn moves to

the side, just skimming his nose.

A scream and a thud can be heard.

Skullthorn turns around, his eyes widening as he stares at a

women pinned against the wall. An arrow through her head.

Skullthorn turns around in anger, swinging his word around

like lightening, almost impossible to see because of the

speed. Wilson however dodges them all. Skullthorn kicks,

knocking Wilson out of the window.

Wilson stands up, sprinting deep into the woods as guards

begin to chase him.

Skullthorn turns around, crying as he approaches the pinned

woman.

CUT BACK TO:

EXT. VILLAGE - MORNING

Skullthorn still has a hold of Wilson's face. They trade

looks. He kicks Wilson in the back of his legs, causing him

to fall to his knees.

He draws his bow, aiming it at his head.

SKULLTHORN

This is for my wife, you son of a

b***h!

Wilson's eyes widen. But not because of the bow. Something in

the distance can be seen flying. Large. Black. Fearless.

It is a DRAGON.

It flies down towards the village, landing on a rooftop and

killing all the archers which shoot at it.

Skullthorn spins around, fear in his eyes as he begins to

retreat.

Wilson kicks Skullthorn in his legs, causing him to fall to

the ground. He wraps his legs around his neck, snapping it.

He grabs the short sword from Skullthorn's belt and cuts off

the rope which bounds him. He cuts the rope from Grey Fox

too.

GREY FOX

I know a way out of here. Follow

me!

But before they can run... the dragon swoops down and takes

Grey Fox off of his feet... lifting him up into the air and

dropping him. Grey Fox smashes to the ground!

Wilson runs... heading towards the gates of the village.

BANG! The dragon drops in front of him. Wilson looks

horrified.

The dragon opens up its mouth, a red glow can be seen forming

inside of it. Fire breaths out of its mouth and we -

FADE TO BLACK:

Screaming can be heard.

FADE OUT.

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DrD	Well, the drama and action is there. This is not my favorite genre but I will watch where it's going. Posted 11 Years Ago Well, the drama and action is there. This is not my favorite genre but I will watch where it's going. Rating /100

C.C. Marx

Ohhh man s**t just went downnnnn! Lol I like the fact I can picture this all in my mind fairly easily (that means your details were quite good with my slow flu-weakened mind) and it was violent. Ehhh a good dose of violence is good for every story.....nice job!!

Posted 11 Years Ago

♋ Iris ♋

woah~! I have a pretty good imagination and i could see all of this playing out pretty well~! A very great write. If I actors who would be willing to do this, i would love to direct XDD not like that would happen tho. anyway a great write and hope to read more of these screenplays. ^_^