Scarlet's Witch Page #4

Scarlet, can I come in?

No!

You can't look at me like this,

I'm not pretty anymore.

Okay, well I already know what

you look like, so, moving on.

What?

I figured it out after

you blew up that girl,

that was real subtle

by the way, that's not

gonna cause any

problems for anyone.

- Greg, I didn't...

- Shut up.

You have a responsibility.

For what?

To keep the curse going,

you gotta keep it going.

Why do you care?

I have my reasons,

okay, boy did you

really screw this one up.

Tell me, or I'll kill you!

Okay that's cute, but we

both know that's useless,

so get that out of my

face, also, I already

got a stiff on my hands

thanks to you, appreciate it.

What are you talking about?

Some basket case you met

on one of your sabbaticals

went off on her meds and

then started screaming

about a witch in the town, where

the TV coverage is fantastic.

Megan.

Yeah, I know her name.

The whole town knows her name.

Then she hung herself

in her crappy apartment,

now I gotta put the

whole thing back.

She what?

Ignore me, I'm venting.

Who are you?

We all have secret lives, okay?

Please, stop this.

No, nothing's stopping,

okay, it's accelerating,

and I need Scarlet to come out of the woods

and explain to the

cops that she's okay.

Okay, I cannot have cops

inspecting this cottage.

I cannot have cops

inspecting the tree.

Just look at it, Scarlet.

Look at that incredible thing.

Megan is dead.

And you are jazzed about a tree?

Megan is nothing in the

grand scheme of things,

nobody will even remember after

we put this all to rights.

When did it happen?

Three days ago.

But it feels like

I just saw her today.

All days seem the

same in your position.

All runs together, am I right?

I don't know if

I've been this way

for a couple of weeks,

or a hundred years.

Well, it'll all be over soon,

as soon as you hand the

wand over to someone.

Why don't you take it?

I'm the high priest

of the frickin' tree,

alright, it's not

gonna work for me.

Did you read the book?

Well what's the

story with the police?

They think some

girl named Scarlet

is missing in the woods,

and yada yada yada,

Megan was not coherent.

Don't do that.

Don't be cruel.

I forget, you still

think I'm this guy.

Well, I'm not surprised

you wouldn't understand,

witches and the

tree have always had

a complex relationship.

Why are you protecting the tree?

This is the last of the

seven great trees, alright?

They've been falling one by one.

Three of them were

dead by the time

my family joined the society.

My grandfather was around

during the sixth one,

but that was in Dresden,

it was a long time ago.

Didn't last long.

Well what happens

when the last one falls?

Everything ends.

Everything.

Just ends.

All the magic in the world

is left in these trees.

Except I grant you the

teeny tiny bit in that wand.

Useful for parlor tricks

and a terrible curse.

When this tree falls, all

the magic in the world

will be lost, and then we

are in a boatload of trouble.

Chaos incarnate, I kid you not.

Well, what about the wand?

Julia said I can't

break the wand.

Well what if I just

break the wand?

That wand holds the

life force of everyone

who's ever used it,

you break it, you die.

Everyone who's

ever used it dies.

I don't want to pass

this curse on to anyone.

I thought you understood me.

Oh I do, babe.

You're a basket case who

couldn't find a friend

but a witch in the woods.

Greg, please.

Scarlet!

Scarlet!

Scarlet!

Scarlet!

Scarlet!

Scarlet!

Dad?

- Scarlet!

- I'm here, Dad!

Dad!

Scarlet!

Dad!

I'm right here, Dad!

Scarlet!

I'm right here, Dad!

Dad, I'm right here.

Dad, I'm right here.

Dad!

Dad!

Scarlet, please!

Dad!

Dad come back.

I'm here.

I'm right here.

Dad?

Scarlet?

Megan!

They said that you

were, that you...

But you're alright!

You're alive.

Sure I am.

The priest, the high

priest said that you...

Scarlet.

What happened to you?

Nothing.

It's just that...

Nothing ever changes.

Sure it does.

If you do something about it.

You're absolutely right.

The wand.

What about it?

It's a trick, isn't it?

An old trick.

You were gonna trick me!

I'm your only friend!

What other choice did I have?

I don't go and talk

to random people!

It doesn't feel right.

You'd better go.

I'm about to make

someone very angry.

I'm coming back tomorrow.

With help.

Just go!

You're really

doing a terrible job.

I'm sorry you feel that way.

Our very existence

is on the line.

I understand.

She's trying to

break it, you know.

What do you mean?

Right now, she's about to.

Should I go?

What do you think, dumbass?

Sir, I just don't

think she has it in her.

Do you?

No.

But I'm not about

to take that chance.

Go.

Now!

Scarlet, Scarlet,

Scarlet, Scarlet,

what are you doing?

Nothing, I just don't

want to keep this up.

Okay, you break

that, and it's over.

Don't question who

decides on what will be.

And who decided everything

else, let her come,

I don't care, I'm

not scared of her.

Scarlet.

What?

You can't go

changing things, okay?

There's an order to things,

do you want to get us all killed?

I've had enough, Greg.

I am done with all of it.

With you, and Julia, with

the tree, everything.

We are all moving in circles, and I

just want this whole thing to be over!

Okay, you break that

wand and it's over.

It's more over than

you'll ever know.

And in that moment,

Scarlet realized that the

world could never change,

that she would have to pass on the curse,

that she...

Stop, talking.

Scarlet, please...

No, Greg!

No more lies!

You think you can actually change things,

it's already been written.

- Scarlet!

- What?

You are a very

scared little girl.

Do I look little to you?

Yes, you're confused

and you're about

to make the biggest

mistake ever!

I can't live like this.

Look, once you pass

it on, you can get

back with me, whatever you want.

I just don't want

to be scared anymore.

Well guess what?

This scares me.

The little girl

who was scared of everything

had sacrificed herself.

She was no longer afraid.

The end.

Hi, I'm Scarlet,

I just started here.

Hi, I'm Megan.

- It's nice to meet you.

- Nice to meet you, too.

- Hi.

- I like your shoes.

I need to invest in

something besides slip-on.

What's your major?

Uh, English literature.

I want to be a writer.

Oh, cool, okay.

So you like, write for fun?

And stuff, like fiction?

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