The Dark Horse Page #5

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- Two!

- That's all I'm asking is just one week.

A week!

I'm just asking, why can't you give him

one more week?

'Cause I ain't got one

more f***in' week!

You f***in' blind, bro?

What are you talking about?

Just get out.

'There's nothing for him out there.

They have nothing for him out there.

The world doesn't want you.

It doesn't want me.

You gonna raise him?

You gonna feed him?

That's what you gonna do?

'Cause I haven't got a week."

Why can't you give him a week?"

"I haven't got a week."

Why can't you just give him one week?

We're just talking about a week."

"Yeah, just go on. Get out. Get out.

Told ya to just get out. Just get out."

Got to stay positive.

Got to stay positive.

Just get it together.

Say something.

Say something positive.

There is nothing positive.

Only positive.

Get it together, boy.

Positive.

Come on, now. Come on.

You can do this. You got it.

You got it. You got it.

You can do it.

You can.

Think of something positive.

Into the darkness. It's

just the darkness.

When the darkness comes the light,

then there's another.

There's another day.

There's another day every day.

Every day's a learning day, boy.

Every day's a teaming day.

Where is everyone?

Where you been sleeping, Gen?

Rip's been pulled out.

Rip's mum said you'd been sleeping

up at the monument.

Gen!

Kia or a. Are you Rip's mother?

Hi, my name is Genesis Potini.

I'm his chess coach.

And I implore you to allow him

to stay in the club, please.

Don't make him leave the club.

- Just let him stay...

- I've seen you.

You've been sleeping up on Kaiti Hill.

You just got out of a mental home,

didn't you?

Well, yes,

but please don't do this to him.

You shouldn't be anywhere

near those kids.

Come on. "You shouldn't be anywhere

near those kids.

Shouldn't be anywhere

near those kids," eh?

You shouldn't be.

Shouldn't be anywhere

near those kids."

No, you shouldn't be any...

"You shouldn't be

anywhere near those kids."

Hey, you want to play?

Want to play a game? Come on.

Come on, play a game.

Yeah. Let's have a game. Come on.

You want to...

Don't be frightened of me. Come on.

You can play. You can all play.

Everybody's welcome to play.

Doesn't matter what they tell you.

You're all welcome.

Everybody's welcome here.

Yeah, that's right.

Yeah, doesn't matter if you're a pawn or a

king or a queen or a knight or a bishop.

You're all welcome to

play on this board.

Come on, I can teach

you a thing or two.

Don't be frightened of me.

I'm not gonna bite you.

Look, it's a beautiful day.

It's a beautiful learning day.

We can all learn, can't we?

Every day's a learning day.

Come on. Come down here.

Come on, here.

You want a game?

What's your name? You want to play?

You fellas, too, come on.

Doesn't matter how old you are,

how young you are,

who you are, where you're from.

It doesn't matter what they tell you.

Jesus!

What a Pi!-

Sorry, Gen.

My friend, who is also the most disgusting

person on the Earth, lives here.

He's working in Christchurch

for the next three months,

so you can have it till then.

It's better than a hill, right?

There's a key to a van out the back.

It doesn't have a warrant,

but he said that you can use it

as long as you don't get it ticketed.

My number.

There's milk, eggs, bread.

This is the best thing

that has ever happened to those kids.

I better get you cleaned up

for this fundraiser tomorrow, yeah?

Kia or a, everyone.

My name's Michael Manihera.

This is my family, the Eastern Knights.

We're fundraising here today

for our chess club

so we can go to Auckland

and compete in the national champs.

We've got our bucket down here,

so put money in it if you can.

And if you can't, then

you can just f*** off.

Hey, Michael!

Nah, just kidding.

Is Mana coming?

I don't know.

Kia or a.

This is something I learned

with my friends, Rip and Mana.

Nana chose it (or

Genesis, our chess coach.

They were gonna act it out,

but they couldn't make it.

It's called The tohunga and the boy."

Once there was a

tohunga, an old priest,

"who lived up on a cliff.

"In the past, his village

had gone to him for guidance.

"But now they just thought

he was old and crazy.

"One night, he had a dream

of a huge taniwha coming

and destroying everything

and only one boy

being able to stand up to it.

"He tried to warn everyone,

but they wouldn't listen.

Then he saw the boy from his dream.

"He convinced him to be brave enough

to talk to them all.

"That night, the boy nervously stood

in front of the whole village,

"told them that once

the tohunga had been respected,

"and they should listen to him now.

Feeling bad,

the people decided

to bring the tohunga some food

up on his cliff.

Like the old days, he was happy again.

Then the earthquake hit.

"As they all watched,

the entire village was flattened,

ail their houses destroyed.

"But because they was up

on the tohungis cliff,

not one of them was hurt.

They hailed the boy and the tohunga

for saving them.

"The boy became their leader,

helping them rebuild the village.

"And when the tohunga

finally left to the spirit world,

"his wisdom and magic remained alive

through the boy

"to be carried on in the future

for the village."

Thank you.

F*** that guy, bro.

Tried to get up on my way out the door.

You f***in' stay down,

you motherf***er."

We are the descendants

of Maui Tikitiki a Taranga

The descendants of Porourangi

Porouariki

Maui's Canoe

The East Coast

The rising of the sun

We're going to Auckland!

Left-hand drive. Awesome!

You good?

You bunch of screaming midgets!

We're going to Auckland!

Bye, Gisborne.

We'll be back soon!

- Bye, Rachel!

- Bye, Brendan!

- Bye, Dave!

- Look, there's Rachel!

- Bye!

- I see Jenny, too!

- Bye!

'BYE. Mom!

BYE, Dad!

Nobes, we need to make a stop.

What? Gen, what?

We need to make a stop.

Nana'?

Nana'?

I was trying to think

what Maui would do if he was me.

But I couldn't remember.

Couldn't remember

what you told me any more.

It's all right. It's all right.

I talked to Ariki.

He wants you to come with us now.

Come on.

We need our king.

Come on.

- Where did you go, Gen?

- Where did you go?

- Come on, hop in, boy.

- Hi, Mana.

- 'Sup, Mana?

- Hey, Mana.

Let's hit the road!

Yup?

Yup.

Wake up!

We're nearly there. Look!

Come on. Rangimarie, come on.

- What's that?

- Rusty, Rusty, come on. Quick, quick!

Look-see, look-see! Over there.

Look at all the lights.

Come on, Piripi.

Come on.

Just stand on top of Jedi.

That's the way.

We're here.

Come on, come on!

Inside, inside. We're late.

Murray! Murray!

Hello. We are the Eastern Knights.

- Eastern Knights.

- Yes.

Well, they need to wear these

while competing.

- Great.

- Mana.

Yeah, Murray, that's yours.

You got yours, as well?

Who's got Piripi?

I've got Piripi here.

Thank you.

I'll go check it out. Bring the kids.

All right, Piripi, table three.

Mana, table 10.

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