Like A Princess In The Castle.

FADE IN: TITLE: 3 DAYS AFTER FISH INCIDENT - BEFORE GRADUATIONINT. BOYS' QUARTERS - NIGHTAlex floating 3 stones, trying to control. One drops. Bella watches, amazed, filming on phone. BELLA Do again! My t****k will blow up! #MyWitchBF ALEX Bella! No phones! Mama said no!He makes phone float out of her hand. She grabs it. BELLA You're such a Spider-Man. "No one can know!" ALEX It's not a joke. If Pastor finds-- BELLA (serious now) That pastor is fake. My dad paid him 2 million to scare Mukisa. I heard him.Alex looks at her. ALEX Then why is he still here?PAGE 32EXT. MANSION - DAY - PASTOR KIZITO RETURNSPastor Kizito (50s, big suit, fake accent) with TWO YOUNG MEN - "cleansers". They carry buckets of "holy water", chicken. PASTOR KIZITO (loud) The spirit is strong here! It steals! It makes things fly!Mukisa watching from boys' quarters window, terrified. MUKISA (whisper to Alex) He knows. Your Jjajja... they killed him like this. Called him witch, took his land. ALEX (V.O.) In Homecoming, Peter had to stop Vulture without Iron Man. I had to stop pastor without powers. Or with them. I didn't know.PAGE 33-35INT. SCHOOL - HEADMASTER'S OFFICE - DAYHeadmaster, Mr. Ssentamu, Pastor, Alex, Bella. HEADMASTER Alex, books have been disappearing. And Bella's necklace was found in your bag.Alex shocked - frame job. ALEX I didn't-- PASTOR KIZITO The boy's eyes! Look! White!Bella stands up, slams table - full queen mode. BELLA Enough! You put it there! I saw your boy near his bag at lunch! MR. SSENTAMU Bella! Sit! BELLA No! You bring fake pastor to our house to fire Mukisa because you lost money! You sell me to London boy because you lost money! Everything is money! Not truth!Silence. Headmaster uncomfortable. BELLA (cont'd) (to Alex, soft) Let's go.She grabs Alex's hand - SPARK - visible to all. Pastor jumps back. PASTOR KIZITO You saw! Witchcraft!PAGE 36-38EXT. OWAINO MARKET - NIGHT - HIDEOUTAlex and Bella hiding after school suspension. Eating Rolex.Bella's phone: 20 missed calls from Dad. BELLA I've never disobeyed him before today. ALEX Why did you? BELLA Because for first time, I wasn't scared to be nothing. Because nothing with you felt like something.Alex touches her hand - tries to show her how to hear memories. ALEX Close eyes. Listen.She closes. He touches her temple.FLASH - Bella age 10, dancing alone in big living room, Mukisa clapping for her - only person clapping.Bella opens eyes, tears. BELLA Mukisa was always there. ALEX Yeah. 15 years.PAGE 39-42INT. BOYS' QUARTERS - NIGHT - RAIDPastor and his men RAID the boys' quarters. Throw things. Pour holy water on mattress.Mukisa on floor praying.Alex enters - sees this.His power EXPLODES - not controlled - all buckets FLY and hit wall. Holy water splashes pastor. PASTOR KIZITO (screaming) Demon!Alex's eyes FULL WHITE - first time fully losing control. Wind howls inside small room. MUKISA (shouting) ALEX! NO! Stop! You'll become what they say!Alex breathes - stops. Eyes back to normal. He collapses.Pastor runs out - "I will tell Ssentamu!" MUKISA (holding Alex) You have to go. Tonight. Both of you. ALEX Mama-- MUKISA If they take you, they will take me too. Go to your auntie in Katanga. One night.PAGE 43-45EXT. KATANGA - AUNTIE'S HOUSE - NIGHTSmall, poor, but warm. Auntie NAKU (Mukisa's sister, also witch) looks at Alex's eyes. AUNTIE NAKU Ah. Jjajja's blood is awake. Your mother hid you in a mansion, but blood remembers.She teaches him - not to hide - to BEND. AUNTIE NAKU (cont'd) You think power is to make things fly. No. Power is to make people see what they already know. Your Mr. Ssentamu knows he is failing. Show him.Bella outside, watching, trying to make stone float - fails. Falls on butt in mud. BELLA How do you do it?! AUNTIE NAKU You don't do. You feel. What do you feel for him?Bella looks at Alex inside - whispers: BELLA Like... like if he leaves, rain will never stop.The stone in her hand - LIFTS - 1 inch.Bella