FADE IN. MORNING IN A VALLEY. ALEK wanders down the slope of the mountain, the wind whipping snow in his eyes. The dragon in his pack shrieking at every misstep or almost fall ALEK had. He stumbles into the old shack that NEWKIRK and DERYN stayed in just hours before. He falls through the door hanging on its hinges, visible exhausted. He sits down and rests his head on the back wall. Out of the corner of his eye, ALEK notices the cast aside crumpled piece of paper with his drawing on it. The dragon crawled out of ALEK's pack and stretched its neck out towards the paper, thinking it was food. ALEK pulled it away from its mouth. It squawked in protest.
ALEK(muttering)
What do dragons eat anyway?
ALEK looked around some more and spotted the supplies that were left behind when DERYN and NEWKIRK had been captured. The dragon nipped at his fingers. He pulled them back and inhaled sharply. The dragon loped across the floor and began investigating the food that had spilled out of the mouth of one of the abandoned backpacks. ALEK scrambled after it. By now, he was getting the idea that something had gone terribly wrong. ALEK notices that there are two too many footprints on the dirt and snow covered floor. He ran to the back window and looked outside, then quickly ran back, grabbed his pack and the dragon, which squealed in surprise, and charged out into the snow.
CUT TO SNOW COVERED ROAD. DERYN and NEWKIRK are tied together with a short piece of rope. One of the soldiers is walking ahead; the other is behind, keeping an eye on their prisoners.
NEWKIRK(leaning over to DERYN and whispering)
Do you know where they're taking us?
DERYN (risking a glance over her shoulder)
Austria, I think.
NEWKIRK (letting his voice rise above a whisper accidentally)
They're going to walk us to bloody Austria?!
The soldier walking behind them hits NEWKIRK on the back of his head, hard, making NEWKIRK shout out in surprise. The soldier in front turns around and glares at them both. Everyone proceeds forward. Silence hangs in the air for a while until the sound of an engine cuts through it. An army car rounds the corner and stops just in front of them. DERYN and NEWKIRK are violently pushed forward and into the back of the car.
DERYN(whispering to NEWKIRK)
Looks like we're taking a car to Austria.
NEWKIRK
How courteous of them.
This small joke earns NEWKIRK a half-hearted smile from DERYN. The car starts up its engine again and makes a U-turn. The soldiers argue in German, FADE OUT.
hi, thanks for reading, sorry about the non-regularity of the tenses. that is all.