DOWN IN THE WOODS by Minoli De Silva

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FADE IN: INT. BEDROOM - NIGHTTIME We see ALLY (16) is sitting the room is messy. Her face emotionless and her hair is her face is heavily scarred savagely attacked. in bed, the bed is unmade and is pale, blank and down and tangled. One side of it looks as if she was

Her mobile phone is lying on top of the covers, and we see it ringing. ALLY ignores it there are several missed calls from DARREN (16) and MEL (17). We then see a framed photo of ALLY with her boyfriend TYLER (17) surrounded by their friends: MEL, DARREN, ASH (17), RORY (17) and KAREN (16). FLASHBACK TO: EXT. FOREST DAYTIME We see the friends from the photo walking in the forest, they are all laughing and joking. Ally is seen, she looks happy, smiling and walking hand in hand with TYLER. TYLER notices that ALLY is cold, and gives her his hoodie to wear. DARREN turns and notices the exchange and the group begins laughing good-naturedly. The group carry on walking as TYLER and ALLY hug, but over their shoulder a figure (the DEMON) can be seen in the distance. It watches them for a while before, it starts to flicker eventually disappearing altogether. CUT TO: INT. BEDROOM DAYTIME We see ALLY holding the same hoodie, you can see the difference between the girl in the flashback and hollow shell before us now. She starts to cry, silently. FLASHBACK TO: EXT. FOREST DAYTIME TYLER and ALLY are still in their embrace, the rest of the group has walked off leaving the couple alone together. 1

TYLER notices something over ALLYs shoulder and gestures with his head: TYLER: Whats that? ALLY turns and we see a necklace hanging from a branch. She turns back TYLER, smiling. Laughing he moves to retrieve the necklace. CUT TO: INT. BEDROOM DAYTIME ALLY is still in bed, her phone chimes again signalling she has received a text message. We see a message from DARREN, it reads: Al, why arent you picking up?????? Please you need to call me or Mel. She ignores the text, closing her eyes. FLASHBACK TO: EXT. FOREST DAYTIME TYLER is now standing behind ALLY as he fastens the necklace around her neck. We see them from a different angle, half-hidden behind a tree (the DEMONs POV). Suddenly, TYLER stumbles back (something is pulling him backwards) causing him to choke ALLY as he retains his grip on the necklace. Realising hes hurting her, he lets the necklace go, and it falls to the floor. ALLY, gasping, flies forward, almost falling over. TYLER turns around, frantically searching for whatever it was that pulled him back but it has disappeared. TYLER is somewhat still in shock, but ALLY is furious. ALLY: What the hell?! TYLER: ALLY it wasnt me! Something was pulling me back andALLY: Oh god TYLER you are such an idiot! This sort of shit isnt funny, no matter how much you and your stupid friends seem to think so!! 2

TYLER: ALLY, babe! It wasnt me!! She storms off, refusing to hear what TYLER has to say. She stops walking when she hears TYLER say: TYLER: What the fuck? Turning, she sees the DEMON standing in front of TYLER he is perfectly still, with his head down. Abruptly, he begins running towards TYLER, but flickering in and out of existence. Suddenly, he materialises behind TYLER and before ALLY can warn him, the DEMON slashes TYLERs legs, causing him to crumple to the floor. ALLY is horrified at the sight of her boyfriend being slaughtered before her eyes. Almost without thinking, she begins to back away running towards her friends, crying for help. ALLY: DARREN!! MEL!! ASH!! Somebody, please, oh my god somebody please help me!! Before she can make her escape, she trips over a branch and falls to the floor. Wincing in pain, she tries to get up, but the DEMON suddenly materialises next to her so he is standing over her. ALLY is frozen in fear and before she can say anything, the DEMON suddenly pounces on her and savagely attacks her. FADE TO: INT. BEDROOM DAYTIME ALLY is now lying in bed, her expression the same as it was at the end of the previous scene. She traces the scars on her face. Her phone rings once more, sighing she finally reaches for it. As she does we see a shadowy figure standing in her doorway: the DEMON has come for her. FADE OUT: