Romeo and Juliet Act V (Alternate Ending)

By: BlueSoulKLH64

A Romeo and Juliet Fanfic

Genre: Drama/Angst

Rated: T for Teen

Disclaimer: I do not own any of Shakespeare's characters. I share the plot line with Ian Hamilton

Act V Scene V. The Street

CHORUS

By death do us part

Romeo has spoken to Juliet

As has he shown upon others

That if parting by death is the only way to go

Then death will part them

It is obvious that such a loving man

Could become such a horrendous one

Whether the moons have changed or not

It seems that our young Romeo has

And while the day grows old

Romeo is losing his common knowledge

And is becoming extremely apathetic

To those that cross his path

That he may be so towards himself

LADY MONTAGUE

Oh, Romeo, wilt thou please stop this madness?

We hast talked with the Capulets

And have found out the whole story through the Friar

Wilt thou please talk to us

CAPULET

We hast lost Paris to suicide in grief

Of the death of Juliet

When we found out that thou is our son

We will not want to lose you as well

ROMEO

You should have thought of that

Before you had me exiled

Now it's your turn

But instead of exiled

Thou shalt be executed!

[Romeo cuts the heads off of Lord and Lady Capulet and stabs the rest easily while Montague draws his sword

MONTAGUE

If thou wants to kill

Then he shall have a challenge

Try and beat your father, boy!

I'll cut your legs off

Before I even get a scratch

ROMEO

I am not afraid of you

If I can kill the whole town

Then t'would be nothing

To kill an old man as yourself

[a fight occurs

LADY MONTAGUE

Romeo, for my sake!

Please stop this madness!

ROMEO

Shut up and die!

[Romeo stabs Lady Montague and she dies

MONTAGUE

How dare you kill your mother?!?

[in a haste of distraction while Montague is looking onto his wife, Romeo comes from behind and slices off Montague's sword arm, head, and then stabs his sword in Montague's heart and doesn't pull it out.

ROMEO

You and the rest of your blood can burn in hell.

CHORUS (NARRATOR)

So you see our young Romeo

Has now gone on the deep side

While the only other person standing

Is his faithful servant

His faithful right-hand man

Balthasar

He is chuckling in the background, barely heard by Romeo

ROMEO

What makes this funny, my sir?

I fail to see any humor

BALTHASAR

Oh, my dear master

Close your eyes till the count of ten

[Romeo closes his eyes

One, two, no, I'm not done yet

Three, four, five, halfway there

ROMEO

What is the point of this idiocy?

Why should I close my eyes and count

I know how to count

BALTHASAR

Just wait and see, master [chuckle

Six, seven, eight, nine, almost there

And now ten.

Tell me, good sir, that when you open your eyes

What is it that you see?

CHORUS

As you can see,

Romeo is almost back to his old self

For when he opens his eyes, he does not see

What corruption he has made

But instead he sees

A world of guilt

A world of greed

And a world of death

And it's all pointing to him

It's all haunting him

And it finally opens his eyes at last

ROMEO

My dear servant

Tell me what it is I have done!

All this misery

Everything I have loved to love

Or loved to hate

Or hated to love

Or hated to hate

Is now gone

What should I do with myself?

What can I do with myself?

Oh, smart, generous, kind servant

Loyal Balthasar

What is it that I should do?

BALTHASAR

Here is my dagger

Do what you may with it

But I think you've found your heart

And I think it knows

What's best to do

ROMEO

You're right

I know what needs to be done

Oh happy dagger!

This is thy sheath;

There rust, and let me die!

[He stabs himself, stumbles and falls

CHORUS

So you see, it was Balthasar

Who was the real genius of the tale

I can tell you now as it has come to an end.

For he was leading Romeo here the whole time

Ever since he told Romeo not to bow to Juliet

Everything else was influenced

So what does he do?

He takes the dagger from Romeo's heart

He wipes it off on a handkerchief,

Kisses it

And puts it onto Romeo

He calls up his horse

For there is nothing left in this fallen town

He rides on for about an acre,

Dagger still in hand

When the horse rears because a fox

Has run right in front of said horse

Since Balthasar didn't have a good grip

He fell

And since the dagger was still in his hand

Once he fell his hand went straight to his forehead

The dagger went all the way through

Brain matter was going everywhere

So it's ironic

That the stupid died quickly and on purpose

But the smart died a slow and painful death

And on accident

Fin

[Complete Blackout, curtains close and house lights come up

DIRECTOR

Thank you for staying and watching, there are refreshments in the lobby and the cast members will be coming out to greet you momentarily. I hope you liked the show and come for next year's! Have a safe trip home and good night!

[Audience starts to get up and out

AUDIENCE MEMBER 1

Strange ending, I've never seen it like that before…

AUDIENCE MEMBER 2

Hey, that's showbiz!