Hi! Here is part II (aka Scene VII)!!! Enjoy!

:-) WellxWisher

Lost and Found

(Melinda appears in a swirl of lights in the back corner of what appears to be a sophisticated day-care center. She runs and crouches behind a nearby plant. A ways away, a group of children are playing. She looks to the other side of the room. Almost out of sight from the rest of the kids, a little boy, Warren, the same one from the park in the first scene, is all by himself, standing on his toes, reaching with all his might for a toy on a high shelf. He starts levitating to the ceiling. Melinda gasps, runs over and tugs him down, pulling him behind a row of cubbies.)

Warren: Ow! What did you do that for?

Melinda: You were doing magic in front of everybody! You can't do that!

Warren: I wasn't doing magic!

Melinda: You were! You were floating!

Warren: I wasn't floating! I was…I was hopping!

Melinda: It's okay, I know about magic. I just didn't want you to "risk 'sposure."

Warren: (stunned) You know about magic?

Melinda: Yeah! I know everything about magic.

Warren: But…but how?

Melinda: (confidential tone) Can you keep a secret?

Warren: Yes!

Melinda: (whispers) Okay…I'm a witch. My whole family-almost-are witches.

Warren: Really??

Melinda: (nodding) Uh huh. That's how I came here. I cast a spell from the Book of Shadows— (it dawns on her) to find a lost friend! (she claps excitedly) Oh my gosh! You're my lost friend!

Warren: (skeptically) I don't even knows you. Are you sure?

Melinda: (solemnly) The Book NEVER lies.

Warren: (brightening) Cool!

Melinda: (smiles, extends hand) I'm Melinda.

Warren: (shakes hand) I'm Warren (freezes) Oops! I mean, I'm Philip.

Melinda: Huh?

Warren: My daddy calls me Warren at home, but he calls me Philip everywhere else, and I'm 'posed to say my name is Philip when I meets new people.

Melinda: Do your friends get to call you Warren?

Warren: (looks at the floor sadly) I don't have a lot of friends.

Melinda: Your brothers and sisters?

Warren: I don't have any.

Melinda: Well, what does your mommy call you?

Warren: (bites lip) I…I don't have a mommy.

Melinda: (astounded) You don't have a mommy?

Warren: No mommy.

Melinda: But…you have a daddy, why don't you have a mommy, too? (a horrible thought occurs to her) Oh my gosh! Did…did your mommy… (barely whispers) die?!

Warren: I don't know! All Daddy says is that's there was a big fight with lots of bad magic and when its was over we couldn't be with mommy no more…

(tears well up in his eyes, and Melinda hugs him)

Melinda: Warren, please don't cry… (inspiration) I'm going to make everything okay! (she pats his shoulder) My mommy doesn't have any other kids 'sides me…maybe she can be a mommy to you!

Warren: (hopefully through his sniffles) R-really?

Melinda: I do. I'll share my mommy with you, and you can play magic games with me and my cousins, and eat dinner—Auntie Piper makes the best dinners! (grabs his hand) C'mon. I'll magic you to the house.

Warren: (eagerly) Okay! (thinks) Wait. (he points to a blond woman supervising the other children) Miss Mann'll notice I'm nots here.

Melinda: (smiles) Watch this. (she steps out and whispers a spell)

"While Warren's gone, make her think that nothing's wrong."

(the room lights up briefly, then returns to normal. None of the other children or the teacher notices.)

Melinda: All fixed!

Warren: Awesome!

(Melinda takes his hand, and they heart out.)

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