Finally, another installment of Primeval Preschool! Hope you all enjoy this one. Some of you said you wanted a school play one, so here it is!
Lester looked over the kids as they waited eagerly for the performance to start. This school play, Lester knew, was going to be interesting at the very least. Jenny tugged on her dress.
"When do I get to go on?" she asked, looking up at Lester.
"Soon. You're only a baby now, remember?"
Jenny nodded. Lester smiled, then headed out on the stage.
"Hello everyone," he said to the audience of parents "The kids have been very excited about this, so let's not waste any more time. We hope you all enjoy our tale of Sleeping Beauty."
The parents clapped, and Lester walked off stage. He gestured for the first lot of kids to go on. He was nearly trampled by Danny.
"I'm the king!" Danny said when he was on stage. He grinned as he held up the plastic doll in his hands "This is my new baby. Her name's Beauty."
Lester nodded to Abby, Sarah and Connor. The little boy at the end was still pouting, but followed the girls onto the stage, fixing his fairy wings as he went.
"I'm the pretty fairy!" Sarah squealed as she danced up to Danny, wand in hand "I'm gonna give the baby a present!"
"Me too!" Abby grinned, then looked at Connor expectantly.
"Me too," he said grudgingly.
Sarah tapped the doll on the head with her wand.
"Now she'll always be pretty like me," she said as she flounced off, letting Abby take her place. Abby touched the baby with her wand.
"Now she's always gonna be friends with animals," she said, ducking out of the way to let Connor walk up. He quickly touched his fairy wand to the doll's head.
"Now she's always gonna be nice," he said.
Danny was still grinning, which put a smile on Connor's face. Lester nodded to Helen, who raced on, almost tripping on her black dress.
"Mwahaha!" she cackled as she waved her black wand "I'm the evil witch!"
"No!" cried Danny (rather convincingly, Lester thought).
"Yes! I'm gonna cast an evil spell! She's gonna touch a needle when she's big and she's gonna die!"
Helen waved her wand as she cast her evil spell. The three fairies watched, trying to hide smiles and look scared.
"Ha ha!" Helen said as she ran off stage.
"Save her!" Danny said, turning to the fairies.
"I'll do it!" Connor butted in before Sarah could say anything "I'll change the spell!"
He almost took Abby's eye out as he waved his wand and said, "Now she's just gonna fall asleep, until the prince comes to wake her up!"
The three fairies made their way off stage, followed by Danny. There was applause as they left, and when they met up with Lester, there were grins plastered on their faces.
"You did great!" Lester smiled.
"I wanna go on!" Jenny said, tugging on Lester's sleeve.
"It's your turn now."
Jenny ran onto the stage, almost falling over as she stood on her dress.
"I'm Beauty," Jenny said to the audience with a grin "I'm a beautiful princess. I live in a big castle with my Daddy."
Behind her, Helen snuck on, and sat in the corner. Jenny turned and gasped in surprise.
"Who are you!" she asked.
"I'm just fixing stuff," Helen said, showing her the cloth she was holding in her hand, and the needle poking out of it "Have a go!"
"Okay!"
Jenny went over and grabbed the needle. As she touched it, she tumbled backwards, falling with a thump. She lay on her back, faking a faint.
"No!"
Jenny closed her eyes and stayed still. Helen did her best evil laugh.
"Mwahahahaha! Now the princess is dead!" she cackled as she ran off stage.
Danny entered the stage again and ran over to Jenny.
"No! Now I have to find a prince to wake her up!"
He ran away again, and Lester walked out to narrate.
"The princess slept for a hundred years. The prince didn't come, and Beauty never woke up. But then one day..."
He walked off again, signalling Nick to walk on. He did so with a grin, cardboard sword in his hand.
"I'm the Prince! There's a princess here I have to rescue!" he said, puffing out his chest.
From the other side of the stage, Becker and Stephen were waiting eagerly. The moment they heard Nick speak, they raced out. They were dressed in baggy green clothes, draped with black and green tissue paper and cellophane.
"Not if we can stop you!" they sniggered.
"Oh no, trolls!" Nick cried.
"We're not trolls," Stephen said, looking hurt.
Becker explained, "We're goblins!"
"Oh no, goblins!"
Nick dashed at them with his sword. He hit Stephen in the chest and the boy fell to the ground with a thump and a squeal before dying. Beside him, Jenny stifled a giggle.
Becker and Nick fought bravely, each trying to hit each other. Nick slashed with his sword and Becker poked Nick any chance he got. At last, Nick stabbed the tip of the sword into Becker's chest. The boy collapsed with a realistic groan.
"Ha! Now I can save the princess!"
"No way!"
Helen danced onto the stage, cackling evilly. Nick brandished his sword.
"I'll save her!"
Helen jumped on Nick, and Lester sighed, running a hand through his hair. Helen had been attacking Nick all through the practices, and Lester had had to keep telling her off. He'd hoped she wouldn't do it in the actual show, but it looked like she hadn't listened to a word he'd said.
Nick and Helen wrestled on the floor, until Nick pushed her off and poked his now-mangled sword into her chest. Helen jerked and died (Lester thought she did pretty well, actually). Nick dropped the battered piece of cardboard and ran to Jenny.
"I'll wake you up!" he said, leaning down. He kissed her on the cheek quickly, and Jenny giggled. She opened her eyes and stood up.
"You saved me!" she said.
Nick beamed. Then the pair turned to the audience and bowed to mark the end. The rest of the kids off stage rushed on, nearly trampling Lester in the process. Becker, Stephen and Helen jumped up from the floor to join their friends in a bow as the audience clapped enthusiastically. Lester followed the kids on stage.
"And so the Prince and Princess fell in love and lived..."
The kids beat him to it.
"HAPPILY EVERY AFTER!"
