Rolling, rolling, rolling, keep these chapters rolling...I'm just going quickly now, because currently I have a lot of time on my hands. I won't once summer school starts Monday, though, so just be prepared for me going a lot slower then.

(I think you get the idea by now. Hamlet and co. are sitting in the balcony. Prospero is standing onstage. Miranda is knocked out onstage.)

Prospero: Okayyy, so now that that's all taken care of, I'm ready for my servant to approach! Approach, Ariel!

(An awkward silence is heard.)

Prospero: Ahem. I said, APPROACH, ARIEL!

(Puck runs out.)

Puck: Hello, master! What should I do for you? Should I get you a flower?

Ophelia (above): I love flowers!

Puck: Should I-

Prospero: I...don't think you're Ariel.

Puck: Er, hold on a second.

(Puck puts on a fake mustache.)

Puck: Anyway, hello, master! What can I do for you? Should I-

Prospero: Now I KNOW you're not Ariel. Ariel doesn't have a mustache.

Puck: So?

Prospero: So you're not Ariel. Ariel, get out here now!

(Finally, the real Ariel runs out.)

Prospero: There you are, Ariel! Did you do everything I told you? Who is this imposter?

Ariel: Yeah, I did. And...uh...that's Puck. Puck's just a friend. You know, we hang out on Fridays. Watch movies and stuff like that.

Prospero (to himself): I didn't know spirits watched movies. (out loud) Okay then. But I am going to ask you a very important question.

Ariel (quietly): It's finally happening.

Prospero: One that may change the course of your life.

Ariel (still quietly): He'll say, 'Ariel, do you want to be free?'

Prospero: Alright then, here goes.

Ariel (STILL quietly): And I'll say 'Heck yeah!'

Prospero: So my very important question is...Do spirits have genders?

Ariel (out loud-thank goodness.): Heck y-wait...WHAT?

Prospero: *sigh* Well, do spirits have genders? I mean, because in the older versions of this play, Ariel's portrayed as a male. But in more modern versions, Ariel's female. But I never even thought spirits HAD genders. So do they? And what gender are you?

Ariel: Er...I never really thought about this.

Prospero: Well, I'm sure you'll make up your mind eventually. Now I have a bunch of work for you to do.

Ariel: No way, José!

Prospero: You did not just say that.

Puck: Are you deaf, man? He-she-uh...Ariel did indeed just say that.

Ariel (annoyed): You're SO helpful, Puck. But yes, I did just say that. I've been working for you for twelve years, and I never even got a coffee break.

Prospero: Well, too bad! You're a spirit! Do you remember the torment you were in when I found you?

Ariel: Oh no. Please don't start the monologue again.

Hamlet (above): What's so bad about monologues?

Ariel: Nothing! Nothing at all! But hearing the same monologue over and over for the past twelve years tends to get pretty annoying.

Hamlet (above): Oh, ok. Good. Because I love monologues.

Ophelia (above also): And I love you, Hamlet!

Gertrude (above as well): And I love you, Claudius!

Hamlet (I think you realize he's above by now): *sigh* I really should not have said that.

Ariel: But Prospero, don't start the monologue. Here, I'll recap it for you. There was this witch named Sycorax. She was evil. She had a son, but he's not important until the next chapter. But so she got banished to live on this island. She put me in a pine tree for twelve years. It was boring. There wasn't even an iPod there or anything. Then she died, making her basically a useless filler character that never even actually appears in the play. Then you rescued me. And I've been working for you ever since, and personally I'm not sure if that's better or worse than being stuck in a pine tree. But that's the monologue.

Prospero: Wow. I'm impressed. I might just set you free for that.

Ariel and Puck: Yay!

Prospero: But first you have to do work for me.

Ariel and Puck: Aww.

Prospero: *stage whispers to Ariel*

Puck (while he's whispering): Well, this is kind of awkward. I come here to watch a movie and instead I end up watching Ariel deliver a monologue that Prospero was supposed to say originally. Oh well. At least this'll give me something useful to do.

Prospero (finishing his talk to Ariel): Disguise yourself as a sea nymph and make yourself invisible. Except don't make yourself invisible to me, because that'd just be awkward. Now go!

Ariel: Ok! (starts to leave) Wait! Can Puck come too?

Prospero: Uhh...I don't know...

Ariel and Puck: Pleeeeease?

Prospero: *sigh* All right. Fine.

Ariel and Puck: Yaaaay!

(They start skipping away, linking arms.)

Ariel and Puck (singing): We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of...the island!

(They skip offstage, still singing. Puck is still wearing the mustache.)

Prospero: Oh boy. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.

(Once more, pretend the curtains close.)

Again, this was tough because the real thing is just a monologue from Prospero (Ariel unfortunately can't stop him from talking in the real play.) and Ariel basically going, "I'm sorry! I will obey your every command!" So it was really hard to adapt also. Sorry about that.

Puck is from A Midsummer Night's Dream. When I first read A Midsummer Night's Dream, (I had read The Tempest first) Puck just really reminded me of Ariel. So it only seems natural that they would be friends.

Again, if you have any characters you'd like to see appear in upcoming scenes, please let me know! :) Reviews are very much appreciated. Thanks for reading! :D