The Haunted Dollhouse/Transcript

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The Haunted Dollhouse	Gallery	Transcript

Speaker	Dialogue
(The episode starts with Craig and his friends are in the clover garden. Kelsey sighs).
Kelsey	I don’t know if we’re going to find any magic four-leaf clovers out here, you guys. Anything with actual magic only grows in witch gardens.
J.P.	Kelsey, the real magic is having a good attitude. Ah! Voilà!
(J.P. picks up a sock).
J.P.	A four-leaf clover… but not quite.
Craig	Come on, guys. Get serious. We have to find a four-leaf clover if we want to have a chance at winning at the baby casino. Huh?
(Craig saws a mysterious dollhouse).
Craig	Is that a dollhouse?
(Craig, Kelsey and J.P. come to the dollhouse).
Craig	That’s weird. What’s a dollhouse doing out here in the creek? Hello?! Anybody drop a dollhouse?!
Kelsey	It looks old-timey but fancy.
J.P.	Dang. Soup spoons and teaspoons? This house has stuff even my house doesn’t have.
Craig	Wow, there’s even a little guy in here. Looks like he was trying to paint a picture.
(Craig sighs).
Craig	Artist block. I’ve been there.
(Craig touch the doll).
Craig	Keep trying, little guy.
Kelsey	Well, this place has a lot of fancy stuff, but one thing it doesn’t have is a four-leaf clover. Let’s keep looking.
J.P.	What if we look for two two-leaf clovers, huh? Math? You know?
(Later, a doll is looking. Later that day, the Stump Kids are walking).
Craig	Well, that was a bust. We almost had to leave the baby casino in diapers.
Kelsey	I found like way out of diapers, and I’m never going back.
(Kelsey and J.P. bump into Craig).
Kelsey	Oop! Oof! Craig, what –
Craig	It’s the dollhouse.
(A dollhouse approaches at the Stump Tree).
Craig	Did either of you bring this back here?
Kelsey	No.
J.P.	Nuh-unh.
Craig	Then how did it get here?
J.P.	Maybe someone saw us by it and thought it was ours?
Kelsey	I don’t know. That field was empty. This is a little weird.
J.P.	This painting is also little and weird.
(A painting next to the doll, has Craig on it. The Stump Kids screaming, running to the bush).
Craig	Okay, okay, okay.
(Craig freak out).
Craig	Aah! This is crazy. I mean, there has to be an explanation for that painting, right?
J.P.	Yeah. It looks amazing.
Kelsey	He must practice.
Craig	No, an explanation that doesn’t involve a doll being alive. Come on! This has got to be some sort of prank.
Kelsey	Guys, look! In the window.
(A doll in the window, the Stump Kids screaming and running. At the Smoothie Groovy, the Witches are discussing).
Tabitha	So, seriously, what are we gonna do when you shift ends?
Courtney	We could go to Connor’s DJ night.
Tabitha	Uh, no. First of all, he’s deejaying at a barbeque buffet. And second, Connor is not goth. He’s just sad.
Courtney	Ugh, I wish we were into more stuff.
Tabitha	No way. We have stuff. That’s our thing.
Courtney	Oh, right. Well, I like you.
Tabitha	Yeah, yeah. I like you, too, but this town is so boring. We need something to do.
(The door opens, bell dings, it was Craig and his friends).
Craig	Witches, we need help! We – We – We found a dollhouse, and i-i-it has a doll. And we – we – It’s following us.
Tabitha	What are you talking about?
Courtney	Here, kid. Drink this. It’s a, um, calming elixir.
(Courtney brought a smoothie for Craig, drinks and J.P. drinks it, too).
Kelsey	Thank you, kind mystics. What’s in it?
Courtney	Celery, kale, ginger –
Tabitha	And bat’s blood.
(J.P. blow it from his nose).
Courtney	There’s no bat blood.
Craig	Okay, so we found this old dollhouse, and it followed us back to our stump. And then the doll inside of it painted a picture of me, and it was really scary.
Courtney	Hmm, this dollhouse sounds haunted.
Tabitha	Yep, this is a pretty typical case of a dollhouse haunting.
(The Stump Kids gasp).
Craig	But why is it following us?
Courtney	Probably because it wants something. You see, ghosts are kind of like this glob of peanut butter. They aren’t ready to leave this mortal coil, so they attack themselves to objects from their past and haunt the living until they get what they want… or get put this through the dishwasher.
Craig	Oh, no. We’re the living!
Courtney	For now. But, yeah, that ghost is gonna keep haunting you until they get what they want.
J.P.	Just like ringworm.
Kelsey	Scriggith protect us.
Craig	Can’t use your magics to get the ghost to tell us what it wants?
Tabitha	Uh, communicating with the spirit world is, like, complicated. There are a lot of ghosts out there, and you can’t just go sliding into people’s DMs, you know, spiritually speaking.
Courtney	We’d have to know exactly which ghost you’re looking for. Otherwise, it’d be a waste of our powers.
(Craig sighs. Back at the Creek, Craig puts the dollhouse somewhere else).
Craig	Now, stay put and wait for some other kid to find you and get freaked out.
(The Stump Kids leave. The next day).
Craig	See? We don’t need magic to –
(Craig gasps).
Craig	No, no, no, no, no, no!
(The doll is staring. The Stump Kids screaming, running to the bush. Craig breathing heavily).
Craig	If we ever want to hang out at the stump again without screaming, we need to figure out who this ghost is.
J.P.	Without screaming?! But how?!
Kelsey	Hmm, I think I know a place we can find some info on this ghost.
(At the Herkleton Library).
Kelsey	Thanks for helping us out, Stacks.
Stacks	No problems, Kels. I love a good ghost story and research. Now let us enter the Herkleton Library’s reference section.
(Stacks open the door full of computers).
Kelsey	What is this ancient machine?
Stacks	It’s a microfilm reader. It lets you look at old newspaper articles stored on strips of film. If there’s some info about this ghost, it’ll be here. We’ll start at the beginning – 1902.
(Stacks look at the film).
Stacks	Let’s see. Someone brought an ox. Um, it rained for a bit. Aw, someone’s horse got stuck in a hole.
J.P.	Man, a lot happened back in the day.
Kelsey	This was Herkleton? There’s, like, nothing here.
Craig	Man, it must have been boring to be a kid back then. Who would you hang out with?
J.P.	Oxen?
Craig	Wait. What’s that?
(Craig look at the film).
Craig	It looks just like the dollhouse.
Stacks	Hmm, it’s an article about a family – Mr. And Mrs. Rawley and their son, Arthur. Their home was destroyed in a storm, and nothing was left except a dollhouse.
(The Stump Kids gasp. Back at the Smoothie Groovy, Courtney switch the sign from “Open” to “Closed”).
Tabitha	Ugh, we are not seriously going to this DJ night, are we?
Courtney	Tabitha, I spend all day hawking smoothies to normie gym dads. I need to do something.
(The Stump Kids comes to the Witches).
Craig	We have a name! The ghost’s name is Arthur Rawley. He used to live in Herkleton until –
J.P.	Until he got ghosted!
Kelsey	But literally!
Craig	Witches of the Creek, now that we have a name, can you please use your powerful powers to help us communicate with the spirit?
Tabitha	Scaring these kids will be way more fun that Connor’s dumb DJ night.
Courtney	Yeah, Connor can kick rocks. Okay, we shall use our powers to conduct a séance.
Tabitha	But harnessing such powerful magic will require some sacrifices.
J.P.	M-Me?
(Tabitha laughs evilly).
Courtney	No.
Tabitha	Aww.
J.P.	Oh.
(At night, the Stump Kids show the Witches the dollhouse).
Tabitha	Whoa, that is creepy.
Courtney	Tabby, I think I hate this.
Tabitha	I think I hate these kids.
(The Witches pack their stuffs).
Courtney	Okay, babies, gather around and make a circle.
(The Stump Kids make the circle with the Witches).
Tabitha	Now present your sacrifices.
(The Stump Kids brought their toys).
Spikey Spectre	I’m ready to kick your booooo-ty.
Tabitha	Place them within the circle.
(The toys are in the circle. The Stump Kids whimpering).
Courtney	To the spirit of Arthur Rawley we must speak, so we begin this séance in the creek.
Tabitha	Oh, evil doll –
Courtney	Hey, don’t be judgy. We don’t know for sure if it’s evil.
Tabitha	Oh, you’re right. Oh, morally ambiguous creepy doll, speak to us if you are so inclined.
Courtney	If not, a simple knock will do. “No” is one and “yes” is two.
Tabitha	Oh, spirit, are you the one they call Arthur Rawley?
(The knocking twice. J.P. gasps).
Craig	That means yes.
Tabitha	Arthur, tell us, is this your dollhouse?
(The knocking twice. Kelsey whimpers. The Witches chuckling).
Courtney	Wait. I got a good one. Oh, spirit, we beseech thee. Tell us. When you become a ghost, are you stuck in one pair of clothing, or can you change outfits?
(Tabitha snickers).
Tabitha	Okay, wait. Wait. Listen to mine. Spirit, am I the most beautiful witch in the creek?
Craig	No!
Tabitha	Hey.
Craig	We’re here to find out what this ghost wants. Arthur, please just tell us why you’re haunting us.
The ghost	I want to play. I want to play.
(All of them screaming).
Witches	Are you doing this? No!
(The Witches cling).
Craig	You want to play? Of course. This dollhouse must have been your only friend. When you were a kid, Herkleton was just a couple houses and an ox. You must have had no one around to play with.
(Craig is getting close to the dollhouse).
Kelsey	Craig, no!
J.P.	Don’t do it!
(The door open, reveal the doll. The light goes black).
Tabitha	What the – What happened to the flashlights?
(The light blinks, Craig saw the doll named Arthur Rawley, is now a ghost. All of them screaming).
Arthur	Uh, I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.
J.P.	Well, you went about that terribly!
Arthur	I’m sorry. I’m just really shy. You helped the doll when you found my dollhouse yesterday, and you all seemed so nice. I was just hoping to play with you.
Kelsey	It’s okay, but you could have just told us. We love playing.
J.P.	Yeah, we’re huge play-heads.
Arthur	Really? Most kids don’t like playing with dolls.
Craig	No way. We’d love to play dolls with you.
Arthur	Aw, gee. That sounds swell. Would you like to come play in my house?
J.P.	Oh-ho-ho, yeah. My Ben doll has always wanted to be a homemaker.
Tabitha	Wait, so, like, is that kid a ghost or not?
J.P.	Hope you guys worked up an appetite, because Ben is gonna cook up some grub in the kitchen.
(J.P. used the doll to break the kitchen).
J.P.	Uh-oh.
Kelsey	And Obsidian’s gonna play some harp. Oops.
(Kelsey used the doll to break the harp).
Craig	Kelsey, you got to be more careful playing.
Spectre Spike	Spectre spike.
(Craig’s action figure shoot spikes at the window).
Craig	O-Oh, my gosh. I’m so sorry, dude.
J.P.	Uh-oh, uh, Ben doll started a grease fire again.
(Arthur growling softly, his eyes roll up and the light goes black).
Craig	Aah! Who turned out the lights?
(The lights went back on).
J.P.	Hey, where are our dolls?
Craig	And where’d the dollhouse go?
Kelsey	That kid is gone, too.
(The Witches share their kiss).
Courtney	Oh, hey. Where’d that other kid go?
Craig	I don’t know. Maybe he was actually a ghost.
J.P.	Or we’re just really annoying to play with.
Craig	I guess we’ll never know.
(Tabitha laughs evilly).
Tabitha	You kids need a ride home or what?
(The episode ends).