Act 2
Scene 3
(The lights go up and Durum is pale and motionless on the ground of the forest. A running horse is heard from offstage right. The horse comes on up-right stage. The horse has sheathed sais on its right side. Hyra, Aurora, and King Albert are on the horse. Hyra is in front and King Albert is in the back. Albert immediately jumps off the horse and rolls Durum's stiff body over onto his back. Hyra and Aurora follow. There is peaceful music throughout this scene. #17-"Lord of the Rings.")
King Albert: My son. You have fallen in battle. I am sure that you were honorable as always. I will always be proud of you. (Aurora strokes Durum's face with tears in her eyes.)
Hyra: Stand back. There is something that I have to do. (Aurora and Albert stand up and back up to upstage. Hyra faces the audience. She looks at Durum and holds her right hand over his face. Hyra closes her eyes. She guides her hands down to the tip of his toes. She whispers something while holding one hand just above Durum's slit throat and another hand over his chest. She lifts her hands up toward the sky and a blue light shines down on Durum. Aurora and Albert stare at it in amazement. An orange silhouette of Durum is seen coming from the ceiling to his body. Purple smoke is passing out of Durum and into Hyra. Hyra is getting weak and looks like she is about to pass out. The color in Durum's body is coming back and his body is loosening up from the stiffness. Hyra collapses when the blue light and purple smoke disappears. Albert and Aurora rush to her. Moments later, Durum slowly sits up. Aurora jumps to Durum and hugs him. Albert is shocked.)
Aurora: She brought you back!
Hyra: Durum?
Durum: Hyra! (Durum kneels by Hyra as Aurora and Albert stand beside her.)
Hyra: It was not you. I am so sorry that I did this to you and your father. My father tricked me. He lied to me. He said that you and your father are the ones that destroyed my face. I believed him for five years. Because of that I killed you and almost killed your father and Aurora. (Tears come to everyone's eyes.) My father is the one who planned it all out. He hired the Wizard to kill my mother and he is the one who tortured me so he could use me as a pawn in his evil scheme to become king. I am so sorry that I imprisoned you Albert. Aurora, if it was not for your perseverance and bravery, Albert, Little Wiz, Sir William, the knights, you, and Durum would be dead by my hand, and I never would have killed my father or the Wizard. Please forgive me, Durum. I do not hate you. Deep down inside, I never did. I was influenced so much by my father that I did not let it show. All I showed was that I listened to the wrong person. You are more important than I am. Brior Oak needs you. It needs Aurora and Albert. It needs a good leader. All of the terrible things that I did prepared me for what I had to do. I give my life to you. I love you, Durum, my cousin, the rightful king.
Durum: I love you too. (Durum and Hyra hug each other. After a few moments, Hyra's hands slip and she dies.) Rest in peace, daughter of Brior Oak. (Albert walks to Hyra's horse and takes the sais out of the sheathes.)
Aurora: Thank you for saving us.
Albert: I will miss you, my niece. (Albert hands the sais to Durum, who puts them in Hyra's hands in a criss-cross pattern across her chest.)
All: May your spirit live on. (The lights dim and go out.)
