Adora
Here, I'll take that tray to the others.
Adora picks up another tray and walks
out. In the mean time, Duncan notices that Broom is ill at ease
Duncan
Broom, what's
wrong?
Broom still very nervous
Nothing, it was
an accident, could of happened to anyone, I'll be much more careful!
Duncan sternly
Broom,
something is wrong, have you told Madame?
Broom in a desperate voice
No, I can't
tell her.
Duncan is puzzled.
Duncan
Then why don't
you tell me about it?
Broom considers this.
Broom almost in a whisper but still very
scared.
Promise me that
you won't tell Madame
Duncan
You have my
word.
Broom looks around nervously, Duncan
senses that this will be a long talk so he takes their supper and they find a
secluded spot in Whispering Woods to talk.
Duncan
Something tells
me that this is to do with Graydon.
Broom clearly quite frightened
How do you know
him?
Duncan
Adora and the
others rescued him from some horde troopers this afternoon. He has been so
helpful and very kind, they are very fond of him and he is fantastic with the
children, telling them…
Duncan's voice fades away as he notices
Broom's expression is very distant and sad but anger is shows through very
strongly.
Broom very quietly, trying to hide his hatred
It's all a
fake.
Duncan very surprise and also quite worried
What! How do
you know?
Broom with a pained look across his face, with the hints anger and hatred
still in his voice. He paces around for a bit..
It was, well, I
er..
Duncan
Take a deep
breath and tell me in your own time.
Broom he takes a deep breath
Madame and I
have only known each other for eleven years. I've had masters before her. The
first was called Lill…
Flashback,
we see Broom as he is now just after, he has been finished being carved. And
then we see the people and events that he narrates.
The wood I am made of comes from the Fassian
tree, it is very rare and highly prized because when branches are cut from it,
they take on a life of its own, this is how magic instruments and other talking
wooden object are from. Anyway, I was made into a Broomstick, which is one of
the hardest things to do, and it requires special magic to fly.
The first master I had, as I have already
said, was called Lill Oltry, a female wizard. Her area of expertise was
training new Broomsticks to fly. When she had finished training me, she sold me
to a Warlock called Tiat Yonmer. Tiat was a very lazy man, he never really
bothered to go out much so I was bored most of the time as there was little to
do. Tiat was very fond of betting but he was no good at it. He wasn't any
better at flying.
Duncan
I thought you
said that it was you who had to be trained to fly!
Broom
What I meant by
that is that a Broom is taught to finely tune its master's magic to enable it
to fly. The person wishing to fly has to be able to use the flows of magic
correctly which very few people can do.
Anyway, as I was saying, Tiat used me in a
bet and lost and so it was that I had a new master…
Duncan
Graydon.
Broom his voice sounding very sad and pained as before.
Yes, Graydon.
Broom seems to be choked up as he
reflects on his past. He resumes (as does the flashback) a little choked.
Graydon was… well from day one; I could see
what type of a monster he was. He always wanted to be right, and if anyone said
or did differently, he would make their life miserable. He was cruel, lazy and
selfish. Graydon was obsessed with the idea that because I was made of wood, I
didn't need looking after and that I could work continually. His idea of
letting me rest was to lock me up in a cold damp and cramped up cupboard. I
soon developed wood rot but he didn't care. He made me do most of the chores in
his home and if I forgot to do something or if it wasn't to his satisfaction,
he made me do it again and again and then he would think up punishments that…
Broom's voice trails off as he becomes too choked to
continue. Man at arms tries to comfort him. Broom takes some deep breathes and
continues his story.
I became very ill, but he drove me on
and on. He couldn't fly at all, his flows were completely wrong and as I grew
weaker and weaker, we crashed more often and he would blame me for it.
Flying also depends on trust as well as the
flows of magic.
It finally got to the point where I
couldn't continue. For I long time, I'd wish that I had never been made and
that he would me end soon. The wood rot was now beyond control but he still
managed to sell me in a market place and forced me to put on a brave show so
that he would get a good price even though he had rendered me unusable.
I was bought by, what I thought then, was a
very unusual looking women, she was very small and fat, had purple skin, yellow
eyes and white hair. Her little son, Sprocket, in fact bought me to her
attention. I was so ill, that I couldn't hear everything that she was saying, I
only heard snatches of information. I could tell that she was very excited that
she had found me and that I wasn't to be used for her needs, but that I had in
fact been bought as present for someone
else.
We reached our destination. By this time I
felt so dizzy that I fell unconscious,
but as everything was blacking out, I heard a gasp from a stranger who had
walked in…
Voice in shock
Oh dearie my!
Blackout
Broom resumes his story.
When I came to,
I noticed that it was deep winter, I had been sold in very early spring. I
tried to move, but I felt stiff and it found it very painful. I looked down,
and all the wood rot had been carefully and painstakingly scraped away. I felt
so much better; I almost thought that I was brand new.
Voice
You had me
worried there.
Broom turns around, sitting beside him
watching him carefully is Madame Razz.
Broom
What happened,
where am I?
Madame Razz
My friend
bought you from a wizard in the market. I have never seen a Broom that has been
so badly treated before. You were very lucky, I was able to stop the wood rot
just in the nick time.
Broom telling the story with the flashback
For the first
time since Lill, I was with some one who knew how to treat a Broom right. I was
already so grateful to her. It had in fact, taken her two years to remove all
the dead wood and rot from me, and it had been done so well, I thought I was in
a dream world.
She noticed that I had been shivering and
so wrapped me up so I would be warm. She spent the rest of the winter trying to
clean my bristles as a whole and by spring, I was ready to be put through me
paces again. However, my bristle had more dirt and damage to them as previously
thought and the only way of dealing with that is to treat each one, one by one,
as it is not possible to get new.
She gave me a choice, I had never been
offered a choice before and so I was rather taken back, I could remain
conscious while she dealt with my bristles or she could send me to sleep. I
chose the first.
It takes three days to do one bristle, they
need to be soaked individually in a special oil for a day, and then worked on
using careful skills. It took over three years to do and in that time, the
twiggets taught me how to play games and I learnt about the Horde. Madame and I
used to chat and she joined in the games when she took a break.
I can't tell you how wonderful it felt to
be treated like a person not as an object or a slave, and for the first time, I
was even able to answer back and argue without fear. She gave back my dignity
and gave me my personality as well as my strength and health. And I know she
paid a high price for it. The oil was not cheap and with the war, the price
shot up. She used to wear a silver necklace that had a pendent shape of a spider around her neck. One day I
saw her gazing at it longingly, I think that that necklace was of great
sentimental value to her, later on that evening, I discovered that she had sold
it to buy more oil. To this day I have vowed that somehow, I will repay her and
buy back the necklace.
Duncan
So why is it
that you two keep crash landing if Madame knows so much about Broomsticks.
Broom
Ah, well, after
my bristles were finish, she had to purge Graydon's bad magic out of me, which
took as long time, and then I had to be retaught how to fly. Altogether, it
took eight years for me to make a full recovery. And then there was the trust
aspect of flying which to this day I am unable to do fully. Also, I believe
that Madame sometimes does it deliberately. That and it is very difficult to
land in a forest anyway.
Duncan
But why can't
you tell Madame about Graydon?
Broom very sad
Because I am
still terrified of him. He is a expert liar and I'm afraid what he will do to
me and what he will say to Madame. I don't want her involved, she has done so
much for me already and I have heard a funny feeling that her past is no better
then mine.
Please, don't
tell anyone what I have said to you, especially not her.
Duncan
I promise not
to mention you, but from what you said, if Graydon is acting then I suspect…
Teela's voice can be heard calling for
Duncan, sounds of a battle can also be heard. Teela finally finds her father.
Teela
Some troopers
have attacked, it's not that large but they have taken Bow and several other
hostages and taken them to the Fright Zone.
Duncan gets ready for battle, Broom joins
them. The reach the battle but Graydon is there trying to help, Broom is too
frightened to face him and so runs. She-Ra is finishing off some horde troopers
led by Catra.
She-Ra
That's takes
care of them for now. But they still have Bow and some others. I suspect that
Hordak will make Bow say where the power source is.
Duncan
Then you and
Adora evacuate the area, Teela and I will go to the Fright Zone to rescue Bow.
Scene 5
In the dungeons of the Fright Zone,
Hordak confronts the prisoners about the defense barrier.
Hordak menacingly
I am tired of
this game Bow, you will tell me where the power source is.
Bow defiantly
What makes you
think that I will reveal the location.
Hordak
If you don't
tell me now, then I will use more persuasive methods to make you speak!
Bow looks around at the other prisoner.
They are all watching him expectantly. Bow sighs.
Bow bracing himself
Then do you
worst. I will not tell you a thing
Scene 6
Teela and Duncan have crept into the
Fright Zone and have made their way to the dungeons. They see Hordak fuming
with anger, coming out of a cell. They wait for him to go before taking out the
guards and blowing off the lock. They go inside. The rebels are gathered round
Bow, who, to their horror, has been badly hurt and is moaning in pain. His leg
is broken and he is covered in bruises and cuts, he also has a black eye.
Duncan bends over to examine him. Duncan looks up.
Duncan
What happened
to him?
First Rebel with admiration in his voice
He refused to
tell Hordak where the power source for the barrier was.
Duncan
I don't know
how we are going to get him out of here! He has several broken ribs and I am
worried about moving him.
There is some murmuring among the rebels.
Finally.
Second Rebel who is on crutches
You can use my
crutches as poles for a stretcher.
Third Rebel
And use my coat
to carry him on.
Duncan nods. The stretcher is made and
very carefully, Bow is lifted on it.
Fourth
Rebels
The guards are
coming!!
Teela
We've got to
get him out of here quickly! You two, carry the stretcher, my father and I will
hold them off.
The rebels make their escape with the
stretcher, Duncan and Teela follow them.
Scene 7
Other in the rebellion are gathered,
Adora knows that moving the supplies in time is hopeless and is beginning to
despair.
Adora desperately
We're not going
to do it in time!
Teela and the others run in.
Duncan
Adora, get
She-Ra quickly!
Kowl very concerned and close to tears.
Bow! Bow!
Adora runs off. The stretcher is put
down. She-Ra appears.
She-Ra
What has
happened? BOW!
She looks down at her friend who is quite
clearly in agony.
Hordak will pay
for this.
She places her hand on his head. Bow
winces in pain
Easy Bow, take
it easy, you'll be all right, I'm here now.
She puts her other hand on his chest and
heals him. Bow tries to sit up but She-Ra stops him.
Rest.
Bow nods, he is still in some pain.
Teela
He didn't say
anything to Hordak.
She looks around
By the way,
where's Adora?
She-Ra
She's getting a
bed ready for him.
The rebels relax, as the supplies are
safe.
She-Ra goes off and hurries to the
medical tents where she prepares everything before turning back into Adora.
Teela and Duncan enter the tent carrying
the stretcher.
Adora
Bow, are you
all right?
Bow very weakly
I will be.
Adora gives him a kiss on the forehead.
Bow weakly
Mmm, with a
magic kiss like that I'll be up in no time.
Duncan motions for the other to leave and
let Bow rest.
Scene 8
The rebels are discussing how it was that
Hordak knew that Bow and none of the other rebels, knew the location of the
power source.
Adora
When I find out
who told Hordak that Bow was one of four people who knew the location, I'll
make them wish they had never been born!
Teela
It could have
been anyone. Plenty of people knew.
Graydon
I'm sure that
we can find out who it was.
Broom has found out what has happened to
Bow and has been listening to what has been said, he is unable to hold back any
longer.
Broom furiously
It was YOU! I
know you work for the horde because with you, it is all an act, being nice, you
couldn't even look after me.
Graydon his disguise dropped.
YOU! I should
have thrown you on to the fire when I had the chance, you miserable excuses for
a broomstick. You can't even fly properly.
Broom is now terrified. Graydon is
hurling magic at him and is snarling and cursing him. He zaps the others so
they are helpless to do anything.
Graydon
I'll deal with
the rest of you rebels later.
Graydon manages to get hold of Broom and
takes him over to where an axe and block is. He raises the axe and is about to
send it crashing down on Broom when Madame Razz (who hasn't been seen at all in the day) comes up behind him and
catches his arm in mid swing.
Madame Razz who is quite angry but still manages to keep her voice soft
I really
wouldn't if I were you.
Graydon quite surprised but very annoyed
Who are you?
Madame Razz
Broom's witch
and friend, the one who healed him after a certain wizard cruelly mistreated
him.
Graydon releasing the axe, gives Madame an evil smile
Then you are an
idiot.
He tries to attack her with magic but
Razz ducks behind him, puts her hands on his head, closes her eyes, and sends
magic through him causing him to freeze. Graydon desperately tries to get away.
Eventually she releases him and opens her eyes.
Madame Razz menacingly
You have until
your spell wears off on the others, to get away.
Graydon looks around, the spell has
already worn off. Adora has her sword drawn and many of the rebels are
beginning to surround him.
Graydon
You'll pay for
that witch.
He vanishes.
Madame turns to look at Broom. Broom is
looking down unable to face her, still shaking.
Madame Razz very softly
Broom? Why
didn't you come to me? I would have made him pay for what he did to you. I
could have protected you!
Broom near to tears
Because you did
so much for me, I didn't want you to get involved because I was afraid he would
hurt you or convince you that I was worthless.
Madame Razz very softly and caringly
Oh dearie my
Broom. I knew he was the one who hurt you because his magic was the same magic
I had to flush out of you. I would do anything to protect you, you're the most
faithful friend I've ever had!
Broom sadly
I could have
stopped what happened to Bow.
Razz smiles at him and puts her arm round
him.
Madame Razz
What is done is
done.
Adora trying to make Broom feel better
Bow will be
fine. He is a very brave man and so are you.
Broom manages a weak smile but he still
looks sad.
END
