Beautiful Creatures Page #4

That is such a mortal thing to say.

- God.

- Well, there is evil, Lena.

Yes, there are evil Casters, Ethan.

I mean, are you trying to say

that there are no evil mortals?

Only difference is, you all made up

somebody else to blame for it.

I'm just trying to figure this out.

So you have powers, okay?

What else can you do?

LENA:

I collect poetry.

I'm not meant to show a mortal any of this.

-It's okay.

- No, I shouldn't have.

You know, I just hate hiding all the time.

Feeling like everybody's

whispering about me.

Being afraid of people

finding out I'm this freak.

Sometimes, you just want to be normal.

[CHUCKLES]

What are you smiling at?

Lena, you're a miracle.

Why would you ever want to be normal?

You're not what I expected.

What do you mean?

Don't get mad,

but I've dreamt about you too.

I just didn't think you were real.

MACON:
Lena?

- Oh, it's Macon. You've gotta go.

Why didn't you tell me?

Scares me.

Doesn't it scare you?

You wanna go out with me?

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

Wait, am I going out the window?

Whoa, can you make anything grow?

MACON:
Lena?

- Get out.

- How about Friday, movies?

- Friday I can't, it's a holiday.

What holiday?

It's a harvest thing,

family coming from out of town.

- Okay, Saturday.

MACON:
Lena!

- I don't know, hurry up.

- Say yes.

Yes.

Can I see you tomorrow?

- I don't know. Get out of here.

- Okay.

[CHUCKLES]

LENA:

Ethan?

Yeah?

Promise me it'll be a really normal,

awkward teenager date.

I swear. I won't even call you after.

- Jerk.

- Witch.

- Jock.

- Heh.

See you tomorrow.

You could have made a ladder, you know.

Keep your distance.

MACON:
Thank you kindly

for your courteous welcome.

I felt something tonight.

Been feeling something every night

since you brought that girl.

It's the only place left I have to protect her.

So you bring darkness to this town.

I can feel it like a hand twisting my insides.

Well, that's not Lena.

Sarafine?

You said she was gone for good.

Yeah. Well, we--

We did have an agreement, but...

...she's been shadowing Lena

for the past year.

And there have been some accidents.

Macon, no danger better come

to that boy because of your kind.

Yeah, well, then, you keep him on a leash.

- What happened at Greenbrier?

- I don't know.

Lena was hysterical.

Boy was unconscious.

I brought him home, called you.

You're the seer, you tell me what happened.

This is the sacred place of my ancestors.

You hear?

You want some answers,

you show me some respect.

Yeah, I-- I apologize.

Ethan had some kind of charm.

It had a Duchannes power in it.

Well, that would be Sarafine.

Maybe she's using the charm

to get to Lena through the boy.

You tell them I have to know

what Sarafine's up to.

It wouldn't break your face to ask

for help instead of expecting it.

Like your family's been doing for too

many years. Don't roll your eyes at me.

Then please ask them kindly

what Sarafine is up to.

Brought your favorites, Uncle Abner.

Shrimp and grits.

Fried oysters.

And a coconut pie.

Hmm. No wonder he's no longer with us.

Pay no attention to him, uncle.

Uncle Abner,

we are in need of your intercession.

Along with Aunt Ida and Auntie May...

...I humbly call upon your spirits.

What are they saying?

Nothing. Nothing yet.

Tell them they have to help us stop Sarafine.

Some things cannot be stopped.

[SIREN WAILING]

LENA:
This is your favorite spot?

ETHAN:
It's all about the sign.

- You see up there?

- Mm-hm.

That's the road to freedom, heh.

My mama used to say,

"Get out of this town as soon as you can.

Go find out how other people live and think

before you find a place that's yours."

And I'd say, "Mom, I'm 9. How do I do that?"

Little Ethan.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

So that's when she took me to the library.

And, um, she said:

"Ethan, this is my church.

This is where my family goes

to celebrate what's holy:

Ideas?

Oh, wow, sorry. Ha, ha.

Don't know where that came from.

[SIGHS]

I wish I'd known her.

Let's get out of here. Let's go.

- Where?

- Anywhere.

Lena, most people spend their entire lives...

...waiting for a moment that's gonna change

everything. It never happens.

We can start our lives right now, okay?

We just gotta say yes,

we just gotta get in the car, and just go.

- I can't do that.

- Why?

When I turn 16, I might not even be

who I am now.

Why? What--?

What could happen

besides getting your first hangover?

[CHUCKLES]

When a female Caster turns 16,

we face what they call the Claiming.

My powers will be claimed

for either the Light or the Dark...

...depending on my true nature.

Whatever I'm destined to be.

That's-- That's why Macon brought me here.

Wait, what's Macon?

He's a Dark Caster, but he's choosing

to be Light for me now.

He can choose? Then why can't you?

They say that a female Caster's

true nature chooses for her.

I don't know why.

Back up, wait a minute.

You're worried that when you turn 16,

you're gonna be an evil...

...b*tch-- Witch Caster?

I have 75 days left, Ethan.

I don't know what I'll be.

I don't know who I really am inside.

Now, in the last year, Lena Duchannes

has been in three different schools...

...in three different towns.

I checked. And in every single one

of them schools, they had accidents...

...they had unnatural weather, they had...

Well, they even had deaths.

[MURMURING]

Now, I have a petition here...

...signed by over 300 Gatlin parents

who demand...

- Demand that Lena Duchannes be expelled...

MACON:
Excuse me.

...and furthermore that

the Ravenwood property--

Excuse me.

[MURMURING]

Oh, my God, Mama--

Excuse me for my untimely intervention.

Principal Herbert.

Mayor Snow.

And the Reverend Stephens, I believe.

- Yes, sir.

- Hmm.

Mrs. Lincoln.

How dare you enter the house of the Lord?

Since my family own the land it's built on.

And I understood this to be an occasion

for all members of the community.

Now, I'm sure y'all have better things

to do on such a beautiful day...

...so I'll be brief.

The accusations against my niece

are all spurious lies.

For, according to the Weather Channel,

and you can verify this on Google...

...there were unseasonably

strong gusts from the east...

...which caused untold destruction

up and down the South Carolina coast.

So my niece will go back to the institution...

...that Gatlin presumes to call educational.

And she will be persecuted no longer.

I thank you all for your cooperation.

MRS. LINCOLN:

You have no right to tell us what to do.

No matter how much money you have.

Oh, Mrs. Lincoln, you're right.

My wealth should offer me no advantage.

However, since my ancestors

founded Gatlin...

...my holdings do give me a little leverage.

For example, if I were to donate the old mill...

...to, say, a drug rehabilitation center?

[ALL GASP]

Oh, my God.

There again, I own the land

the Wayward Dog motel stands on.

Its closure would cause a little inconvenience

to one or two of you gentlemen. Heh.

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