Saturday, July 5, 2014

Episode 1: The phantom neurons

The typical 12-year old boy-craziness has reached it's peak. Two girls, silly with anticipation, have planned their wardrobe for the next day. Their plans to meet the boys down the street have been set in motion. But enemy neurons lurk, prepared for battle...

EXT. BEST FRIEND'S POOL
It is the night before April Fool's day and the girls go swimming in the heated pool. They talk about their plans to accidently run into the boys down the street. One boy is super cute. 

Eventually, they retreat from the pool.

INT. BEST FRIEND'S ROOM
They stay up until 2am, playing video games on the best friend's brother's Nintendo. They further discuss plans for tomorrow's adventure. Main character can't wait for the morning because the best friend's father always buys donuts. We learn the main characters priorities. 

INT. BEST FRIEND'S ROOM - APRIL FOOL'S DAY 2000
The girls wake up and start playing Lara Croft Tomb Raider on the Nintendo. Forever not remembered  by the main character, she gets up suddenly, collapses, and hits her head on the desk as the enemy neurons invade. 

Best friend screams and her donut-holding father appears in the doorway. He promptly calls 9-1-1. 

The main character comes to as the EMTs (she later remembers them as being in full firemen outfits, and even later as partially clad fire fighters) carry her to the ambulance outside. 

EXT. BEST FRIEND'S DRIVEWAY
Cute boy's mom runs toward the ambulance. The main character's parents stand nearby. The main character is mortified by her own nightshirt. She had picked out her regular clothes for that day so carefully! 

INT. AMBULANCE 
The paramedics ask the main character some questions to see if she is lucid. She responds appropriately. The main character thinks she is going to the hospital nearby. But they take her to a children's hospital. She is reminded of how people don't think she's old enough for anything. Her mind recedes into an epileptic fog. 

INT. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
A nurse thrusts a teddy bear into the main character's hands as they rush her to a room. (Director's note: the main character has since watched many episodes of hospital dramas so her memory is exaggerated.)

INT. HOSPITAL ROOM
The main character is fully conscious at this point. The rebel pharmaceuticals have temporarily restrained the enemy neurons. She still cannot comprehend the significance of the enemy neuron's attack. Her parents have brought her a Tiger Beat magazine with N'sync on the cover; her favorite band. They also snuck in a hamburger, a welcome diversion from the stale gram crackers and chocolate pudding. Children's hospitals and old-folks home are eerily similar.

INT. MAIN CHARACTER'S HOME
The main character has been released from the hospital. To her embarrassment, she is ordered to call family members and tell them about something they have never really heard of. She sleeps well that night, unaware that the enemy neurons are plotting their revenge.       

FADE OUT

THE END


side note: Dear Lucas, oh wait, I mean Disney, if I slightly alter a title is it still copyright infringement?  

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