A Wrinkle in Time Page #3

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- What was that?

- Who said that?

CHARLES WALLACE:
Not Who.

Which. Mrs. Which.

She's the final piece

of the puzzle.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Come on, Mrs. Which,

show yourself.

How's this?

Is this good?

(MRS. WHO CLAPPING)

Great. Perfect.

Wonderful!

You're the wrong size,

Mrs. Which.

Is there such thing

as the wrong size?

No, no. Never.

And... And might I say

how honored I am

to be on this,

my very first mission.

I was chosen

for my great verbalizing

and materializing skills.

What are you?

I am a part of the universe.

Just like you, Meg.

What... What do you

want with us?

MRS. WHATSIT:
I don't know

about her, Charles Wallace.

But I have a very good vibe

from this Calvin kid.

Let's focus, shall we?

We heard a call,

out in the universe.

A human call.

A desperate one.

We couldn't tell

where it was coming from...

so we followed it here,

to its destination.

It brought them here, Meg.

To our house.

The call

must have been Daddy's.

My father's alive?

MRS. WHICH:

We believe he is.

Your father has done

an extraordinary thing.

No human has ever traveled

so far out in the universe.

But he may be in danger.

And we're here

to help you find him.

(STAMMERS) Why would you

wanna do that?

Because that's what we do.

We're warriors who serve

the good and light

in the universe.

Sometimes we rescue,

sometimes we guide.

Think of us

as big-hearted.

MRS. WHICH:
Indeed.

Listen, Meg. We must find him

as soon as we can.

Are you up for it?

I bet she says no.

What?

Hmm?

No.

Hmm. No.

No, yes. No.

Yes, I'm going.

Of course, I am.

And we know I'm up for it.

And Calvin already said

he'd come.

I did?

I did.

Then let's go!

Mom. Wait.

We gotta get Mom.

MRS. WHATSIT:
We'll get

your mother later. I promise.

Don't worry, Meg.

Tessering is almost nearly

perfectly natural.

Tessering?

"Almost"?

MEG:
What's happening?

Wait. No, no. Charles Wallace,

don't go over there.

CHARLES WALLACE:

No time to waste, Meg.

Come on, Mrs. Whatsit!

MRS. WHICH:
You just have

to find the right frequency...

and have faith

in who you are.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Let's find your father.

Shall we?

(SOFTLY) Tessering.

Tessering.

(GASPS)

(BREATH TREMBLING)

Is this really happening?

We did it, Meg. We actually,

really, very much so tessered!

(WHIMPERS)

Why does my whole body hurt?

We were in your backyard

and now...

(MEG GROANING)

It's real.

MRS. WHICH:
Let's make sure

she's all right.

- (THUDS)

- Ow!

Yes, she's fine.

Whatsit,

we don't kick people.

Oh, I didn't know.

"The foot feels the foot

when it feels the ground."

Buddha, Nepali.

(GROANING SOFTLY)

(ETHEREAL MUSIC PLAYING)

CHARLES WALLACE:

New word for the day.

Luminous.

This is my favorite planet

in the entire galaxy.

They call it Uriel.

We think your father

tessered here.

Don't be shy.

Go ahead, look around.

Yes!

(MRS. WHATSIT LAUGHS)

(CHEERFUL MUSIC PLAYING)

- (LAUGHING)

- (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

MRS. WHATSIT:
Come on, Meg.

Go ahead.

(WHOOPING AND EXCLAIMING)

(SCREAMS AND LAUGHS)

(LAUGHS)

(FLOWERS CHATTERING)

Whoa.

You should talk to them.

Everyone knows that flowers

are the best gossipers

in the entire universe.

You should show them

a picture of your father

and ask them

if they've seen him.

How are we gonna

understand each other?

At least try.

Seriously, Charles Wallace,

I'm underwhelmed.

CHARLES WALLACE:

Keep the faith, Mrs. Whatsit.

See, I told you

this was too hard for her.

I don't know why we brought

her in the first place.

Whatsit, she can hear you.

Oh.

Oh, man.

Let's just concentrate

on finding her father.

(MEG SIGHS)

(FLOWERS CONTINUE CHATTERING)

This is our father.

(FLOWERS CHATTERING)

Can you help us

find him, please?

Please.

(FLOWERS CHATTERING)

CALVIN:
I can't tell

what they're saying.

MRS. WHATSIT:
I can.

They speak color.

Oh, he did?

(LAUGHS) Really?

Oh. You don't say.

(FLOWERS CONTINUE CHATTERING)

Yep! He was here!

They saw him tesser here.

But he continued to explore,

they say.

Somewhere in that direction.

Let's go!

I'll get changed.

MEG:
Changed?

CALVIN:
Do you, uh,

need some privacy?

(CHUCKLES)

No, this is fine.

(MUSIC PLAYING)

Whoa, Mrs. Whatsit,

humans don't just get naked.

Patience, sir.

I'm not finished yet.

"Dang."

Tucker, American.

(CHUCKLES)

(ALL GRUNT)

BOTH:
Whoa.

No!

Wow!

(FLOWERS CHATTERING)

(CALVIN YELLS)

(KIDS SCREAM AND WHOOP)

- (MEG SCREAMS)

- CALVIN:
This is wild!

MEG:
Whoo!

One, two, three.

Whoa! (WHOOPING)

I'm flying!

(MEG AND CHARLES WALLACE

WHOOPING)

MEG:
Put your arms out!

(LAUGHS)

CALVIN:
How are we actually

flying right now?

MEG:
Well, it's a phenomenon

associated with

continuum fluid mechanics.

It's called lift! (LAUGHS)

(RUMBLING AND GROWLING)

(VOICES WHISPER INDISTINCTLY)

MEG:
What is that?

CALVIN:
Whoa!

(CALVIN SCREAMING)

Calvin!

(CONTINUES SCREAMING)

MRS. WHICH:

My friends of light,

please assist

our young friend.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CONTINUES SCREAMING)

(FLOWERS CHATTERING)

(CHATTERING CONTINUES)

CALVIN:
I'm all right.

- BOTH:
Calvin!

- CALVIN:
I'm sorry.

I'm okay.

(CHARLES WALLACE GRUNTS)

MRS. WHICH:
Whatsit,

those from Earth

need more help than most.

You know this...

You could have

prepared them better.

We must help them

stay focused on light

when darkness is present.

I mean, I'm trying.

But they're human.

They're very limited.

MRS. WHICH:

Well, tell me you at least

found something up there.

MRS. WHATSIT:

Unfortunately, no.

Their father's moved on.

And that thing

got in our way.

It's spreading fast,

Mrs. Which.

What is that thing?

It's called Camazotz.

(FAINT GROWLING)

Home to a purely evil energy.

Known simply as The IT.

Evil?

But, like,

what kind of evil?

How many kinds of evil

- do you need?

- MRS. WHICH:
Whatsit.

(MOUTHING) Okay.

An evil

that's actively spreading

throughout the universe.

So, as we continue on...

we must avoid it

at all costs...

and focus

on finding your father.

But we don't know

where he's gone.

What do we do?

"Love looks not with the

eyes but with the mind."

Shakespeare, British.

Oh, yes, a seer!

We should go visit

one of the seers.

They'll narrow

the search for us.

What's a seer?

A moderate visionary.

An occasional motivator

of insight. Hit or miss.

But I know

a very cute one.

I mean a good one.

That sounds

sort of promising.

Misses, grab a child.

Our journey continues.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MEG GROANING SOFTLY)

She's intact.

She's fine.

Fine? After that

beautiful tesser?

She should be glorious.

Everyone else is glorious.

She makes

absolutely no sense.

I absolutely do not understand

that girl whatsoever.

Okay, it's over here.

Wait till you see it.

It's so cool.

CALVIN:
The seer lives here?

MEG:
Wow. You're our size.

The three of you...

are beautiful.

Thank you.

And so are you.

Where are we?

Orion.

Home of the Happy Medium.

CHARLES WALLACE:
So this guy

is your boyfriend?

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