Hello there! I was inspired to write about this one day when I was reading a Dark Shadows fanfic and thought it would be alot of fun. I hope you have seen the movie because I'm not going to rewrite the whole script just the songs I added in and parts from the movie. Thank you for taking the time to read and I hope you enjoy it the first Act!
Year 1760: A young Barnabas Collins is about to set sail on a ship to America with his parents. He and a young girl exchange glances with each other. She is then told to stop staring at him. When he arrives his father tells him that "family is the only real wealth" and he smiles. He and his father then take a walk throughout Collinsport as hid father starts to sing.
FAMILY IS THE ONLY REAL WEALTH
The day you were born
I knew that when it came to the business
You would never give up when things went wrong
You would never sit there and sob all day long
Would you watch the factory tumble down?
Mimic it's presence by growing weak?
No! You would feel no remorse because
Family is the only real wealth
When you're feeling blue
Family is there beside you
Through thick and thin
You can count on us then
Would you let someone destroy everything you love?
Or turn your hopes to grief?
Watch the dim of the light of the stars above?
Eternal happiness only to be brief?
Dear Barnabas you have us to guide you
Family is the only real wealth
There for celebrations, desperate times
Any occasion! Never forget it!
You'll always be loved, never not acknowledged
Look up to us, the Collin's family tree
As grow you, think back to this moment
Glance around at the town
This will all be yours, someday...
As Barnabas grows into an adult he has an affair with one of his female servants, named Angelique Bouchard. He spurned her, for he has found his one true love Josette DuPress, which made Angelique feel like a dagger sliced open her heart.
ANGELIQUE'S LAMENT
What did I do wrong?
Was I too affectionate?
Too demanding?
I practically gave him my heart
And all he did was watch as it decayed
I let him have the best years of my life
But what was it for?
To be spurned?
To be forgotten?
To be burned?!
To be rotten?!
Josette! That puiny two-a-penny thing!
What has she got that I don't?
Not much where it counts, if you get my drift!
Barnabas my love can you not see were meant to be?
My heart's true desire
And now he's gone
What was I this whole time?
Just someone to make him feel like a man
And then to be thrown away, to be no longer needed
Well I've got news, Monsieur
I'm a person with feelings, not made of stone!
I deserve love just as much as anyone!
I know what I must do!
I know what shall be done!
How will you cope without her
Around?!...
Angelique then placed a terrible curse upon Josette to make her fall off of Widow's Hill. Barnabas stood there not believeing in what he had just seen. He knew he couldn't bare it, life without Josette means nothing to him. He fell off the cliff to his death, then there stood Angelique cursing Barnabas to become a vampire. He has hated what he has become a "monster" he's often remark.
BURY THE MONSTER ALIVE
ANGELIQUE:
Once this town was a dream
Nice and quiet no sound of a scream
Where people would greet say "hello" and offered their seat
No worries, no cares, yes life was a treat
And now look what we've got
An atrocious monster prowling about
He's slaughtered more than two of us and now, who will be next?
It could be you Madame or you Monsieur!
And don't think twice that he'll show an ounce of mercy on our children! No!
We must bury the monster alive
yes you heard me right
Think of yourselves, the safety of your children
Bury this monster alive
Let him know we show no mercy!
ANGELIQUE AND THE TOWNSPEOPLE:
Make him rot in his dispair
Show him we have courage to bring him down
Make suffer, make him weak
Reflect the pain he's caused me!
The time is now and we will never stand down!
Bury the monster alive
Make this a living hell for him and make him pay
Well see to it that hell never see the light of day!
The light of day 5x
Ever again!...
Weeks later the townspeople invaded Collinwood and locked Barnabas up in a box and Angelique lead the angry mob to bury him for all eternity.
The construction workers find a huge iron box and unchain it. A mischievous creature attacks them. It is revealed to be Barnabas Collins. After he feeds he walks about the town and finds everything quite odd and unusual
MY BELOVED COLLINSPORT
What is this I see?
A change in humanity?
A change in my town?
Have I been away so long?
Alas I missed so much!
This feels very wrong
I've not been so lost in my life
My beloved Collinsport
What have they done to you?
It's a mistery to me
When did women start wearing trousers?
Aren't like any I've seen in my day
When did the men start allowing their lox to grow over their shoulders?
What a horrible sight!
Everything is so bright, it stings my eyes
And yet the sun is not out
All I can hear is the sound huge iron carriages move swiftly and the sound of strange music
Am I going mad? Am I going mad?!
My beloved Collinsport
So different from what I remember
So long since I've seen you
And I shall never go back
To the witch's devilish box
My beloved Collinsport
As God as my witness
I'll never let you out of my sight
Not ever again...
Elizabeth has a word with Barnabas in the drawing room, believing that he is a fraud.