INT: prison cell night

Somber, sad, regretful. He feels regret pain and sadness.

protagonist

to my dearest love.

for weeks, I had been on the road.

(beat)

The rain soaking my path, as I journeyed north.

(beat)

my son had been taken, for infantry, by the king.

Close scene

EXT: forest night

Boy enters slightly timid.  

Hello.

 Cut to:

 INT: cell night

Protagonist sad emotional

That, was when I met him.

(beat)

At first, I disliked him. He looked so much like my son.

Cut to:

EXT: forest fire night

Protagonist

Who are you(slight anger in his voice)?

 Boy

I am came from the front lines.

 Protagonist

So you are a cowered?

Boy

 No. I left because we were over run.

Protagonist

What happened to the rest of your group?

Boy

They were killed I was the ONLY  survivor.  

Protagonist

Was Brenden with them?

 Boy

 …yes…

Protagonist

Here.

Hands him bread

(beat)

He was my son.

INT: cell night

(beat)

From that moment on I took him as my own.

EXT: forest day

They travel.

EXT: inn day.

 Bar tender

What will it be?

(beat)

Two? Or drown the your troubles in four

 Protagonist

 Just two.

 Bar tender

Two coming right up.

(beat)

Have you heard of the soldiers?

Protagonist

 What about um.

 Bar tender

They are all over, pulling people into the army.

I heard they are taking younglings.

Protagonist

 They took mine.

(beat)

 Bar tender

I am sorry. They go around picking on people. they think they are kings and princes

 Knights enter.

CAPTAIN KN

Move kid!

Smashes him down.

AAAH!

GLASS SHATERS

Fool. How dare you!

Boy are we going to have fun with you.

FIGHT SCENE

 Boy

 Whos the fool now?

Captain kn

How dare you, child

 Protagonist

Don’t! he is not worth it.

( slow painful) NOOOO!

Pulls him close.

 Protagonist

My son. ( tears pain sadness desperate he is losing his son again)

 Boy

 I am sorry I couldn’t..

 Protagonist.

 No you did amazing. You did what only a great man can do.

(beat)

You let him go.

(beat)

I am proud of you.

 Captain kn

 That bastard! I will kill him.

I wont him hung!

Whos that?

Soldier 1

 He is the lord captains son.

Captain kn

Perfect.

Lc son

Who are you and what is your purpose?

Captain kn

 What is my purpose? 

THIS!

 The man at the bar is the murderer. If any of you say otherwise

I will do you same.

INT: cell night

Protagonist

I was framed for the murder of the lord captains son.

EXT: grave night

I buried the boy, I dug it with the only tool I had with the blade taken for the soldiers.

That’s when they came.