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BARDOLPH:

Here, I'll guide you.

He approaches the Changeling, who places a hand on his

shoulder to be led to the stream.

EXT. PATH TO STREAM NEAR STONEHENGE - NIGHT

As they move down the path, the Changeling's hand turns into

a claw and he throttles Bardolph so quickly he's unable to

utter a sound. He tosses the body into the bushes and starts

to wipe his bloody hand on the grass - but stands as he

hears Colwyn coming down the path.

COLWYN:

Where is Bardolph, Brother?

CHANGELING:

He heard something and went to

investigate, Brother.

Colwyn starts to move past him to the stream.

CHANGELING:

(reaching out)

Lead me to the stream, Brother.

Colwyn stops and allows the Changeling to place a hand on

his shoulder. A close shot of the Changeling's hand shows it

still bloody, the blood running onto the cloth of Colwyn's

jacket.

EXT. STREAM NEAR STONEHENGE - INTERCUT - NIGHT

The Cyclops stands near the spot where the real Seer was

killed. He moves downstream a few yards - and suddenly sees

the Seer's body floating in the water, caught against the

rocks. He realizes immediately that the band is in great

danger; he races up the path toward the camp.

As Colwn leads the Changeling down the path, we see the hand

on his shoulder turn into a claw. The claw is moving toward

his neck when suddenly the Cyclops bursts from the trees in

front of them. Colwyn stares in disbelief as the Cyclops

hurls his trident straight at him. The weapon whistles past

his ear and slices off the Changeling's arm at the shoulder.

Colwyn spins, sees the red eyes, ducks backward as the

Changeling swipes at him with his other hand - now become a

claw. He draws his glaive as the Changeling reverts entirely

to bestial form, its hideous black body bursting the seams

of the emerald-green robe.

As the creature springs at Colwyn, we see, for an instant,

the horrible face: teeth flashing, eyes burning. Then

Colwyn's glaive strikes between the eyes. Slit by the

horizontal blades of the glaive, the eyes explode in a burst

of red and the thing dies with a scream.

Torquil, Ynyr, and others run up. The body of the creature

has already turned to ash, forming the characteristic Vortex

of the Dark Ones.

CYCLOPS:

(to Ynyr)

A Changeling.

YNYR:

Yes. It chose the Seer's form so it

wouldn't have to show its eyes.

COLWYN:

(to Cyclops)

How did you know?

CYCLOPS:

I found the body of the Seer in the

stream.

They all look up the path at Titch, who is rubbing his eyes

sleepily. Ergo goes up to him and puts an arm around his

shoulders.

EXT. STONEHENGE - NIGHT

The band stands beside a fresh grave, outlined by stone

markers. Colwyn is kneeling with his arms around Titch,

whose face is buried against his chest.

COLWYN:

If he had not agreed to help us,

they would not have killed him. He

gave his life for us.

TITCH:

He was my only family.

COLWYN:

We're your family now.

EXT. STONEHENGE - LATER THAT NIGHT

Colwyn, Ynyr, and Torquil sit by the fire while the others

sleep.

YNYR:

I must go to the widow. Perhaps she

will help.

TORQUIL:

The Widow of the Web?

YNYR:

Yes.

TORQUIL:

That creature helps no one. And none

who go there return.

YNYR:

She has the power of vision.

TORQUIL:

She has the power to kill.

YNYR:

Perhaps she will not kill me, for I

know her name.

TORQUIL:

Her name is Death.

YNYR:

She had another name once.

COLWYN:

(with finality)

No. We will find another way to

locate the Fortress.

YNYR:

There is no other way. You asked me

why the Beast had come this time.

COLWYN:

Yes.

YNYR:

He has come for Lyssa.

COLWYN:

Lyssa? Why?

YNYR:

Like you, she has extraordinary

powers. He would make her his Queen.

COLWYN:

Can she be forced?

YNYR:

No. She must agree of her own free

will.

COLWYN:

Never.

YNYR:

You are young. You don't understand

the attraction of great power, and

you forget the pain of long waiting.

COLWYN:

Then we must reach her before she

feels that pain.

YNYR:

Yes.

On the other side of the fire, Ergo lies awake, watching

Titch, who is asleep next to him, his face tear-stained. The

Cyclops sits nearby, leaning against a stone, one hand on

his trident. His eye is closed; he appears to be asleep.

Ergo sits up, takes his spellbook, and sneaks off behind a

stone. The Cyclops opens his eye and watches as Ergo thumbs

through the book, mumbles a spell, and disappears in a

gyrating white cloud. When the cloud disappears, Ergo has

transformed himself into a puppy. The puppy trots over to

the sleeping Titch and licks his face. The boy stirs, opens

his eyes, and hugs the puppy to his chest.

INT. ARM OF VORTEX - NIGHT

Red eyes press Lyssa and the leopard down the curving

passage-way until they emerge in the center of the vortex.

INT. CENTER OF VORTEX - NIGHT

The Arms open into the top of a huge bloodstone funnel, at

the bottom of which is the hole of the Beast. Lyssa and her

guardian are forced along a spiral walkway that curves down

the walls of the funnel to the dark hole at the bottom.

We hear a heavy, slithering sound, as of an enormous tail

being dragged across stone. A pair of huge red eyes appear

in the Beast's hole and we hear a husky whisper: the sound

is ominous, but also attractive, in the way that enormous

power is always attractive.

VOICE OF THE BEAST

Do not be afraid. You are safe here.

You are protected by my power.

Lyssa shrinks against the stone. The white leopard roars.

VOICE OF THE BEAST

I am not one of those trivial ones

who have been guarding you. They are

my slaves. They are to me as drops

to an ocean. I rule here.

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