The Little Mermaid (2018) Movie Script
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(PIANO MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Once,
long ago, in the
deep blue below,
there was a kingdom, a king,
a queen, and six sisters,
princesses of the sea.
The ocean realm was
theirs, and the princesses
were free to go
wherever they wished,
except for one place.
The Surface.
Each princess on
her 15th birthday
was allowed to venture to the
above, but only for one day.
Finally, the time came.
The littlest mermaid's
15th birthday.
And what she saw above would
alter her existence forever.
A prince.
A true love.
When the prince fell the
little mermaid found herself
so drawn to him.
Despite stories she
had heard of the dangers
above she had to save him.
She lingered over the
prince, gazing at him.
She wondered what
this feeling was.
What would it be like
to be with him?
To actually have legs?
She had never
felt this way before.
As another human approached,
she gave the prince
one last look
before descending back
into the sea.
She watched from behind a
rock as the prince awoke.
He opened his eyes, thinking
that the one
who stood before him
had saved his life.
The little mermaid was so sad.
She had left her heart above,
and wondered if a mermaid
could ever be with a human.
She swam into the
darkest depths of the sea
where there lived a wizard.
And she told the wizard
of her love and her
desperation for legs like
those who lived above.
The cunning wizard made
her an offer.
He said he would grant her a
wish in exchange for one thing,
her soul.
But if she were to go above
and not be able to find love,
her soul would be his
until true love came.
The little mermaid agreed.
The promise was forged,
the bond made.
But upon finding her
prince she found his heart
still belonged to the
woman on the shore.
The little mermaid was
visited by the wizard
who had come to collect
on their agreement.
She pleaded with the
wizard, but it was too late.
Above the sea the wizard
would keep her locked away
ensuring she would never
find true love,
and her power would
be his forever.
If I told you a secret,
would you be able to keep it?
Really, truly you would keep it?
Yes, yes, I would keep
my secret.
Well, I don't remember
the story exactly like that.
Don't be silly, Grandmother,
everybody knows there's
no such thing as mermaids.
You wouldn't say that
if you had met one.
You've met a mermaid?
Yes.
But you don't believe, so,
so why should I tell
you the story?
You wanna hear it?
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
This begins with a little,
little girl.
And she believed in
mermaids and in fairies,
and in leprechauns, and
all magical creatures.
And,
her name was Elle.
(CHILDREN SINGING FAINTLY)
My fair lady
CAM: Dear Dr. Malcolm.
Thank you for your
preliminary diagnosis
of my niece, Elle.
Life has been difficult following
the loss of her parents
Yet, somehow her
spirits remain high,
mostly due to her imaginative
belief that she is somehow
a mermaid, and that being
the reason for her condition.
But no doctor anywhere seems
to know what truly ails her,
and now that her
breathing patterns worsen,
I fear her life may
be in danger.
I will continue to search
in hopes that one day
the mystery behind her
condition is revealed,
and a cure is found.
Breathe, breathe!
CAM: Hopefully yours, Cam.
Cam, hurry, it's Elle!
It's OK, just breathe.
Elle, it's OK, it's OK,
I've got you.
It's OK, it's OK,
(ELLE GASPING AND COUGHING)
It's OK, you OK?
You can't push yourself
that hard, I've told you.
I know.
It's just that everybody
else was...
Playing?
We're gonna find a cure,
I promise.
But until then you have
to be more careful.
(SOFT AND TENDER THEME)
Did you see that?
What is it?
MARGARET: Good morning,
Mr. Harrison.
Good morning, Margaret,
any calls for me?
They're on your desk.
Good morning, young man!
Good morning, sir.
How's the story going?
Great.
Yeah.
Well, I want it to stop,
look, this just came in.
I want it to take priority.
It's a cure all sweeping
the region.
Water from Mississippi said
to have healing powers.
Really, healing water?
We've followed stories
like this before,
wood witches, awoken mummies,
they never lead anywhere.
No, not like this, hundreds
of people are testifying.
But, I...
But nothing!
Alright, maybe it's true,
maybe it's not,
but there's definitely
a story here.
And possibly a cure for her.
Look, Cam, I know it
can't be easy
coming from, how do you
say, across the pond.
It's already settled,
travel and accommodations.
Don't just sit there, get
going, pack your bags.
Thank you, sir.
Oh, don't thank me,
thank, Jimmy.
Dr. Locke's Miracle
Mermaid Elixir.
Right.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(CAR HORN HONKING BRIEFLY)
They're here, Elle!
What's taking so long?
We'll only be gone
for a few weeks.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
I know you'll miss her,
but it won't be for long.
Do you promise?
I promise.
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLARING)
A long journey from home.
Elle seems to have turned
her intrepidness
for our little adventure
into joyful excitement.
Seeing a smile on her face
only makes me want to believe.
My logical skepticism runs
high on this Dr. Locke
and his magic mermaid water.
If only life were as simple
as a made up fairy tale.
(ADVENTUROUS THEME MUSIC)
(ADVENTUROUS THEME MUSIC)
88 Wood Street.
This must be it.
Welcome to Mississippi!
Oh, let me help you with that.
Oh, let me take this,
take this from ya.
Cameron it is, right?
Journalistically speaking,
yes, but you can call me Cam.
LORENE: And who's this
little darling?
I'm Elle.
LORENE: Oh, aren't you
just a precious little thing!
Thank you!
And polite too, come on
now, let me show y'all inside.
CAM: You have a beautiful
home, Lorene.
My family's owned
this home for years.
Let me show you around.
Over here is the living area.
And straight through
here, this is the kitchen.
I already baked these
for ya, help yourself.
Thank you!
Thank you so much,
thank you, thank you.
Now come on let me show
you the rest of the house.
This is the sleeping quarters.
Now it ain't much, but
it's a bed and a roof.
CAM: It's perfect, Lorene,
thank you.
You're welcome, be kinda
nice to have some company.
Why, I think we're going
to like it here, Elle.
Oh, I forgot, I haven't
shown you guys the garden.
Even has a treehouse.
(LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC)
Elle!
Elle!
Elle, be careful!
Wow!
Isn't this kingdom beautiful?
A princess should
be more careful.
(BELL TOLLING FAINTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING SOFTLY)
C'mon here.
Peggy Gene!
Cam, I want you to meet
Peggy Gene.
Hi!
Peggy Gene's one of
my closest friends!
It's very nice to meet you,
Peggy Gene.
And it's very, very
nice to meet you too.
Oh, and who's
this little nugget?
I'm Elle.
Elle, aren't you the sweetest
little apricot in the land!
Look at you, those little
cheeks and you're so cute.
You're like a bug in a rug!
You have to excuse Peggy Gene
Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't
been around many people lately.
But ever since that
healing water fixed my leg,
I'm just flittin' around like
a little social butterfly.
- Healing water?
- Mm-hmm.
I'd love to talk to
you about that.
Why sure, Lorene knows
where to find me,
but I will be at the church all
day long
and I will talk, talk,
talk to you boo
all about that healing water,
and if you like I can
invite some other people
'cause I understand you're
making a story.
Hey, Peggy Gene, Peggy Gene.
I'll see you tomorrow
at the church.
Yes, yes, I'll see you
tomorrow at the church, OK.
See folks, I'll see
you tomorrow.
OK, now you take care now,
alright.
Come on let's get some of this
nice fruit I told you about.
Well, howdy Eugene!
Howdy, Lorene!
Ha, alright!
Ms. Elle, you say you
like them oranges.
CAM: So you really do
know everyone in town, huh?
LORENE: Pretty much.
Well outside of those
that are come here
about that healing water.
I understand that's why
you did too.
You ready?
Let's go.
Come on!
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
(CHILDREN GIGGLING HAPPILY)
(CHILDREN GIGGLING HAPPILY)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Hello.
Hi.
What's your name?
I'm Elle.
Elle.
Can you read mine?
Of course, child.
You are special in
all the world.
There's a powerful
magic in you.
A spirit of the ocean.
You should keep these.
Thank you.
And what about you,
you don't believe
in all this magic, do you?
I'm skeptical.
Come, see!
There is some magic
that is real.
And some that is illusion.
Wow.
Beware of the one who
will try and take
your most precious treasure.
You must not let him.
Well, the show is
about to start.
You don't want to miss this.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Bye!
This place is very strange.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Step right up, step right up!
Come and witness the
magic, witness the wonder!
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
come one, come all,
to the shop of art!
Feast your eyes on that
which you have never seen.
It is said that they are
pure myth, pure legend.
But, my dear friends, let me
introduce you to your dreams.
Alive!
Breathing and swimming!
The Little Mermaid
of the Mississippi!
(CROWD GASPING IN SHOCK)
Elle, Elle.
Elle!
(CROWD GASPING)
(AUDIENCE CHATTERING SOFTLY)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(CROWD CLAMORING)
She was real.
Just cheap tricks, Elle.
There are no cheap
parlor tricks here.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
Fairy Floss!
One please.
Thank you.
The fairies worked
really hard to make this!
I'm sure they did.
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
(RAPID KNOCKING)
What?
Sorry to bother you.
I was just wondering if I
could buy some...
Can you read, sold out!
What!
It's just, sold out 'til when?
'Til further notice!
Well, he was polite.
(ELLE GIGGLING HAPPILY)
Can I ride, please?
I don't think you're
big enough.
Am so!
(WHIMSICAL THEME MUSIC)
Man, I'm 10 times stronger
than the Strong Man!
I mean, have you seen these?
Bam, bam!
Whoo, well!
MALE ATTENDEE: Well,
look at this!
I've never seen a
freak so pretty!
MALE ATTENDEE: Oh, she
isn't a freak, she's a fake!
Whatever she is,
she sure is sweet.
Hey, leave her alone!
What ya gonna do about it?
MALE ATTENDEE: Better take a
step back!
SECOND ATTENDEE: Pretty
scared, boy!
LOCKE: We'll take it
from here.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(FAINT WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Did you see me,
how high I got?
Your such a big girl now.
Come on, let's go.
So, Elle believed the
mermaid was real?
She knew it was real.
I know too.
And what about Cam?
Cam, like most grown-ups,
needed more proof
of the impossible.
And that's the thing
about what you believe.
There's a whole other
world out there to see.
And Cam just had to
figure that out.
I still can't believe
I saw an actual mermaid.
She was so beautiful,
and I know she was real.
Can I see her again tomorrow?
Can I meet her?
Elle, we talked about that.
What you saw was just a trick.
You believe what you want,
and I'll believe what I want.
And I believe she was real,
Alright, good night.
Sleep well.
ELLE: Cam?
Yes?
I wish Mom and Dad
could have seen her.
Me too.
But wait!
How can the mermaid live
if she's not in the sea?
Have you ever heard
of a Sea Lamprey?
Well, it's a fish that can
live in both river and sea.
Let's you know that
nothing's impossible.
Especially here in Erie,
Mississippi.
It has that certain
magic about it.
That's a good one.
You both are gonna
enjoy that one.
(LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC)
So, what happened after
you drank the water?
Well, I'm not crazy anymore.
I was as deaf as can be
before I drank the water.
Have you been experiencing
any side effects?
I can do this.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
CAM: What happened
after you drank the water?
Well, I was having migraines,
but now I just get headaches.
It's real magic, I think.
Ooh!
Magic!
Magic!
Magic, huh?
Believe it or not I was
done near bald
before I took the water.
I never thought I'd
find love again.
Now I seem to love everyone.
What do you think
about the magician?
Oh, I think he's wonderful.
So dark and mysterious,
and handsome too.
I prefer the mermaid.
Sorry, what, what
was the question?
CAM: Probability, hoax.
(EERIE ORGAN MUSIC)
Hello?
Cam Harrison.
Thank you for seeing me
on such short notice.
Please, have a seat.
Thank you.
So, Mr. Locke, is it?
Firstly, I want to ask you
about the healing water.
Can you tell me what it
does for people?
By now you must have
asked my customers.
What did they tell you?
They have some unusual
stories, yes, but...
You do not believe.
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
Where is it from, how
do you make it?
The first rule of
magic is to never reveal
the How or the Why.
But it's not magic is it?
Surely if it works, there
must be some medical formula.
You do not believe,
then why are you here?
Apologies if I have
offended you.
I'm just writing for my readers.
Let's try some other questions.
Can you tell me about
the mermaid?
It appears your time is
up, Cam Harrison, please.
(EERIE MUSIC)
The blue fairy makes
the blue flower.
The pink fairy makes
the pink flower.
The white fairy makes
the white flower.
- And the Yellow Fairy
- And the Yellow Fairy
- makes the yellow flower.
- Makes the yellow flower.
Yes, I know, I know.
We really shouldn't be out
here much longer, Elle.
I don't think it's a good idea.
Lorene's gonna be looking for us
and I, and I don't want
to get stuck out
in the middle of the woods.
(EERIE MUSIC)
Wait, Elle!
Hey, hey you!
You're,
you, you're
the mermaid!
I am.
But how do have legs?
Well, mermaids get
their legs every low tide.
But, ssh, it's a secret.
I won't tell.
You know where I come
from we have a fairy tale
about a little girl born on land
blessed with the heart
of a mermaid.
Right, uh,
what were you doing
in the woods?
Am I not allowed to go
for a walk in the woods?
- So, how...
- What's your name?
Elizabeth.
I'm Elle.
This is Cam, he's my uncle.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Sorry, I have to go.
See, I told you she was real.
(WHIP CRACKING SHARPLY)
(SID SHOUTING LOUDLY)
I told you, you do what I say!
(WHIP CRACKING SHARPLY)
Stop!
Stay outta this!
Strike me then.
As you wish, darling.
Enough!
That is enough for today.
But I cannot promise
what tomorrow may bring.
As for you, do not meddle
in my affairs.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(ANIMAL GROWLING SOFTLY)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
It's OK, girl.
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
Why're you so afraid?
It's OK.
(ELEPHANT BREATHING DEEPLY)
I don't know what she
is, but she is special.
(DISTANT CHATTERING)
SID: What'd ya see?
LOCKE: Something I
haven't seen
in a very long time.
She may be the one
we are searching for.
SID: What are we gonna do?
LOCKE: We wait, now leave me.
(OMINOUS ORCHESTRAL)
(OMINOUS ORGAN MUSIC)
(OMINOUS ORCHESTRAL)
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING SOFTLY)
It's so enchanting
I'm trapped and drowning
Here for everyone to see
They don't notice
How far away I am
From everyone and everything
Silly to have gambled with
my heart out on the line
I guess that's just the
way it goes
But I'm holding on
I know a day will come
when I can be myself again
And I hope someone
will love me
When this story ends
Round in circles
Hello?
Pointless wandering
And the crowd lines up again
Give a smile girl
You make them happy
Bring your parents
bring a friend
Silly that a main attraction
Would long so much for love
I guess that's just the
way it goes
But I'm holding on
I know a day will come
When I can be myself again
And I hope someone
will love me
When this story ends
If someone could
Someone right for me
Finds a way to take
me home again
I believe it
One day I'll be home
Still I'm searching
Round in circles
While the crowd lines up
Again
Who's there?
You?
What are you doing here?
I'm sorry.
The place was closed,
and I, um...
You shouldn't be here,
he knows everything.
CAM: Who knows, what
are you talking about?
Cam Harrison.
I just have some further
questions about the show.
About the healing water.
I wish I could help you,
truly I do, but we are closed.
Now, if you do not mind.
I really hope not to find
you trespassing again.
(SOFT DRAMATIC THEME)
Stay away from her!
Who is he, and who is she?
It doesn't matter,
you shouldn't be here.
I know something
strange is happening
and whatever secret...
Just go.
Go.
ANNOUNCER: All aboard!
Now, this here is the
Pride of the Mississippi.
Well, you heard what the
man said, all aboard.
I wonder if we'll see
a mermaid in the river?
Keep your eyes posted!
You've got it, Captain!
Well, while you two
are mermaid watching,
I'll be in the study
doing some actual work.
Whatever you say, First Mate.
OK.
Mermaids
do not
exist.
(WHIMSICAL THEME MUSIC)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
What are you working on?
Nothing, uh,
it's just, just some story I...
I like stories.
I'm not sure that's such a
good idea.
Says you don't
believe in mermaids.
It's a work in progress.
I wasn't really expecting
someone to be,
to be rummaging through
my things.
Well, you're the one
who's always following me.
You know,
I'm surprised you're
on this boat at all.
But, then again, you must
get tired of the water.
Being an actual mermaid and all.
(ELIZABETH SCOFFING)
Well, water is a part of
me I guess,
a part of us all.
You know when I was little
my mother would swim with me,
deep into the ocean,
further than most would go.
I remember looking
through the water
and wondering what it must
be like on the other side.
Yeah.
When I was born,
my family would go
to the beach every summer.
I remember wishing we'd
get caught in a whirlpool
stuck in a time warp,
and summer would just,
just last forever.
It's my favorite memory of us.
Before Elle got sick,
and the accident happened.
Now I,
I just want to keep her safe.
My father was the same.
She's special.
She's strong.
I'll try and remember that.
She's all I have left.
The reason I'm here,
the healing water is,
is it real?
I believe in magic
and a lot of things.
Water being one of them.
But not his.
Not Locke's.
The dance is starting!
Elizabeth?
Come, dance with me!
(UPBEAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
PHOTOGRAPHER: Photo!
All together.
(UPBEAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
CAM: Peggy Gene, are you OK?
Yeah, I simply got hurt.
It fades.
What does?
The magic, it doesn't last.
You be careful of that
man, do you understand me?
Don't you let him
near the Apricot.
She will rot!
Don't you let that Apricot
rot, do you understand me?
Yeah.
(UPBEAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
Come here!
Here, let Cam show you.
I'm afraid I'm not a
very good dancer.
(SOFTER BAND MUSIC)
Sorry, I'm sorry!
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
The moon, come.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
Why are you always
staring at me like that?
'Cause I want to see you.
Don't you want me to see you?
It's not that,
it's just a little,
you know, intense.
Well if you don't look
then how do you see?
How do you really see a person?
We should be free to
open our eyes and look.
He can't take that away from us.
Who can't, Locke, you mean?
I'm, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to.
You know you don't have
to apologize all the time.
You're right, I'm I'm sorry,
I mean.
(ELIZABETH SOFTLY CHUCKLING)
Look, isn't it...
Beautiful.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(FAINT BUMPING)
Looks like the wheel is stuck.
We'll have to wait for
high tide.
High tide?
CAM: Yeah.
I'm sorry, I have to go.
Wait, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth!
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(SOARING ORCHESTRAL)
You're afraid.
They always are.
You're...
How can this be?
You won't understand.
I,
I want to.
It happened a long time ago.
I was free.
I lived with my family in
the sea, I was tricked.
He took a part of me
and he has it still.
So wherever he goes I must.
We're bonded.
Locke.
For years he's taken
me from town to town.
Selling the water I swim
in as healing water.
So that's where he gets it,
you.
Yes, but you shouldn't
get involved.
I think it's too
late for that.
Why can't you just run away,
escape him?
Because we're connected.
As long as he has part of me
with him there's no escape.
There has to be
something, a way somehow.
There is.
(ELIZABETH WINCING IN PAIN)
What's wrong?
It's Locke, he knows I'm
here, he's summoning me.
No, no, you can't go
back to him.
You don't understand,
I have to, I'm his.
No, no, Elizabeth!
I'm sorry, Cam!
LILY: So Cam believed now,
right?
He did, he had to
believe what his eyes saw.
Despite every logical bone in
his body,
he couldn't deny the truth.
And,
that kiss was still in his mind.
But, there was much that
he did not understand
especially when it
came to Locke.
Oh, thank God, I've had
half the town looking for you!
Why, what happened?
Well, I, I was wondering
what, what happened to you
and I left Elle in, in,
in the room playing.
What happened?
- And then, and then when I...
- Lorene, what happened?
And then, when I went back...
What happened, Lorene,
what happened?
She was gone and the window
was opened!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
Where is she?
I don't know.
(SOFT DRAMATIC THEME)
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
Why does he have you
trapped in here?
Did you do something wrong?
No.
He said I had the
heart of a mermaid.
And that was a powerful
kind of magic.
You do, I see it too.
But be careful.
He's not like you and I,
he's a bad man.
Do you understand?
When I was young I
was just like you.
And when I'm older I
want to be just like you.
(DOOR OPENING
AND SLAMMING SUDDENLY)
Oh, he's coming!
It'll be ok, just remember
what I said!
ELLE: OK.
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
Let her go!
I cannot.
You see she is the one
I've been searching for.
You don't need her,
you have me!
You?
I plan to rid you from this
earth, and take your powers.
Once and for all.
(DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
Go, go, go, go, go,
go find Elle!
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
(BELL RINGING GENTLY)
Elizabeth tells me
you wish to be like her.
Is this true?
What if I could make it so?
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
(WHIP CRACKING SWIFTLY)
(WHIP CRACKING SWIFTLY)
(SOFT APPLAUDING)
What if I could grant you
any wish you so desire?
In exchange for a simple thing.
Anything?
Anything you can dream of.
You won't trick me.
You're not like us.
You just want to
control everyone.
In time you will find that
I can be most persuasive.
(ROOM RUMBLING)
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
I know where she is.
It's alright, come with me.
I said you would come for me.
We're gonna get you
out of here.
Where do they put the keys?
The guard has them.
Over there.
It's alright, I'm gonna
get you out of here, OK?
(GUARD SNORING SOFTLY)
It's sold out.
(GUARD SNORING SOFTLY)
OK, let's go.
Locke knows Elizabeth
told you.
He won't stop coming,
not now!
We have to save her, we
have to save Elizabeth.
We will, Elle.
She can't leave without her
soul, if she does, she dies.
Locke keeps it hidden
somewhere safe.
I don't know where it is.
I think I know
where that might be.
Come on.
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
(OMINOUS ORGAN MUSIC)
That's it.
Easy.
He's with us.
It's time.
We can trust him.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
let me introduce you
to your dreams.
We have to hurry, I can't
hold it for very long.
(SOFT ADVENTUROUS THEME)
Wow!
We have to hurry.
I can't.
How is it possible?
It won't last long,
it'll be high tide soon.
OK.
(SOFT DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
We must go.
Wait.
There's something we have to do.
(SOFT DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
She's free, let's go.
(SOFT DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
You OK?
So what now?
We have to get you
to the ocean.
How long do we have
before time begins again?
With Locke it's uncertain.
Then we need to move.
(TRAIN HORN BLARING)
The train, should be a
straight shot from the station.
All our trains run
towards the ocean, hurry!
Cam, wait!
Cam.
I'm too old to be
jumping on trains.
I'd just hold you back.
You're one of a kind,
Lorene, thank you.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Good luck, Cam,
take good care of her.
I will.
The train is picking up
pace, we have to hurry!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
We can make it!
(ELLE COUGHING REPEATEDLY)
It's OK, here.
Here.
I think this belongs to you.
(SOFT TENDER MUSIC)
Thank you.
Thank you all.
We had to do something.
17 years.
He found me when I was young.
Promised he could help me,
help me not be so different.
He promised me the same.
Found me trying to block
out all the world's
thoughts and said that
he could fix it.
I just listened to him.
There is nothing wrong with
who you are.
You must really
miss your families.
I'm glad you have this one.
(TIME RESUMING EFFECT)
Come one, come all, let me
introduce you to your dreams.
Alive, breathing, swimming.
The Little Mermaid
of the Mississippi!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING LOUDLY)
Elizabeth!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(OMINOUS ORGAN MUSIC)
Ah!
They have it, the soul!
They're on a train
headed for the ocean.
Boys are going after 'em
right now.
Stop them!
This time once and for all!
You got it, Boss!
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
They're here.
Stay back!
(MEN GRUNTING LOUDLY)
(ULYSSES GROWLING)
THORA: Elizabeth, look out.
It's OK!
(TRAIN WHEELS SCREECHING)
We have to go!
Now!
There's a truck close by.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
There are no keys.
We don't need keys.
(ENGINE STARTING MAGICALLY)
Stay with Elizabeth!
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(LOCKE GRUNTING)
(ELLE COUGHING REPEATEDLY)
Elle, Elle, it's OK, it's OK.
It's OK, I've got the
medication here.
It's not here, stop, we left
the medicine on the train!
Come on, let's go.
Elle, we're going, let's go!
No, I'm staying, I'm staying!
Come on, Elle, come
on, let's go, come on!
I'm staying, Elizabeth,
she's my friend.
Stop treating me like
a little girl.
I can make it further.
Just trust me.
This once.
Alright, Elle.
I trust you.
We have to go.
(ELLE COUGHING REPEATEDLY)
He's close.
(ULYSSES GROWLING SOFTLY)
Keep moving, I'll take
care of him!
No, you can't!
You don't have a choice,
now go.
Go!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
I've been waiting a
long time for this.
Man against monster.
Who's which?
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
There's nobody here to
save you now.
You neither!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
It's starting.
We have to hurry,
she's changing!
Wow.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
We have to get her to the ocean.
How much further?
Just past the trees.
CAM: We have to hurry!
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(ENGINE CHUGGING)
We're stuck.
Can you carry her?
Yeah.
(MAGICAL CHIMING)
You need to get to the ocean.
What about you?
I can take care of our old
friend here, buy you some time.
(MAGICAL CHIMING)
I had such great
hopes for you.
Such a disappointment!
You hoped that I would
be cruel, like you.
You know better than anyone
that no two souls are the same.
Indeed they aren't,
one is always darker.
You won't win this time.
Let it be light versus night.
(THORA GRUNTING)
There is no power
greater than love.
(THORA GASPING)
(ULYSSES ROARING LOUDLY)
(MAGICAL CHIMING)
She's free, she doesn't
belong to you!
Nothing in this world
is free, Cam Harrison.
It's alright, it's alright,
I won't let them take you.
(ELIZABETH MOANING SOFTLY)
She's good, she's not like you!
I won't let you have her!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(FAINT MAGICAL CHIMING)
Take it.
No, no.
Locke's powers grow
with it, so can yours.
No, no, you're too weak.
It's the only way.
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(LOCKE GROANING LOUDLY)
Her soul is mine!
Pity they must now die!
My powers are forever!
Not you or anyone else on
this planet can defeat me!
I believe.
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
What have they done to me?
Magic.
(LOCKE SCREAMING IN FEAR)
Now, he is a prisoner.
Elizabeth?
She needs water!
It's alright, it's alright.
(WORRYING ORCHESTRAL SCORE)
The vial.
(OBJECT CHIMING FAINTLY)
Elizabeth, please.
Come on!
(ELIZABETH GASPING SUDDENLY)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(ELLE COUGHING SUDDENLY)
Elle, Elle?
Elle, it's OK, your OK,
take a breath, breathe!
(ELLE COUGHING HEAVILY)
Ssh, ssh.
You OK?
Let me take her,
water can heal her.
You're OK.
Ssh, ssh.
You're OK.
(SOFT JOYFUL SCORE)
ELLE: Thank you.
(SOFT JOYFUL SCORE)
Deep water is magic,
just like her love.
Whenever she can't breathe,
all she need do is swim.
ELLE: I'll miss you.
(SOFT TENDER ORCHESTRAL)
I see you found your story.
CAM: Think anyone will
believe it?
All that matters is
that you do.
Come outside and play!
All the fairies are out
today, and they love mermaids.
Then we mustn't
keep them waiting.
No!
Come on!
All that matters is that
you do.
And she gave him
the biggest gift
a person could ever give
another, love.
Now from that time on,
no matter where he went
she was with him, mm-hmm.
Ah, that's another story, OK.
What happened to Elle?
(ELLE COUGHING SUDDENLY)
Are you OK, Grandmother?
Just time for a swim.
How'd the story end?
Let's go, I don't know.
Come on, let's go see.
Let's go, come on.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING SOFTLY)
- Grandmother?
- Grandmother?
(SOARING ORCHESTRAL)
( "THIS HEART OF MINE" BY
SOPHIA PIZZULO)
There must be so
much more out there
A bright new world that's
waiting just for me
A place that's filled with
hope and people singing
A place where you can
hold each dream you dream
I'll be on the waves
A brand new mystery awaits
So here's a chance that
I will have to take
All my life I followed
when they told me
Where to go and when
it's time to start
But I hear a song of
love and ever after
Now it's time
To listen to this
heart of mine
(PIANO MUSIC)
NARRATOR: Once,
long ago, in the
deep blue below,
there was a kingdom, a king,
a queen, and six sisters,
princesses of the sea.
The ocean realm was
theirs, and the princesses
were free to go
wherever they wished,
except for one place.
The Surface.
Each princess on
her 15th birthday
was allowed to venture to the
above, but only for one day.
Finally, the time came.
The littlest mermaid's
15th birthday.
And what she saw above would
alter her existence forever.
A prince.
A true love.
When the prince fell the
little mermaid found herself
so drawn to him.
Despite stories she
had heard of the dangers
above she had to save him.
She lingered over the
prince, gazing at him.
She wondered what
this feeling was.
What would it be like
to be with him?
To actually have legs?
She had never
felt this way before.
As another human approached,
she gave the prince
one last look
before descending back
into the sea.
She watched from behind a
rock as the prince awoke.
He opened his eyes, thinking
that the one
who stood before him
had saved his life.
The little mermaid was so sad.
She had left her heart above,
and wondered if a mermaid
could ever be with a human.
She swam into the
darkest depths of the sea
where there lived a wizard.
And she told the wizard
of her love and her
desperation for legs like
those who lived above.
The cunning wizard made
her an offer.
He said he would grant her a
wish in exchange for one thing,
her soul.
But if she were to go above
and not be able to find love,
her soul would be his
until true love came.
The little mermaid agreed.
The promise was forged,
the bond made.
But upon finding her
prince she found his heart
still belonged to the
woman on the shore.
The little mermaid was
visited by the wizard
who had come to collect
on their agreement.
She pleaded with the
wizard, but it was too late.
Above the sea the wizard
would keep her locked away
ensuring she would never
find true love,
and her power would
be his forever.
If I told you a secret,
would you be able to keep it?
Really, truly you would keep it?
Yes, yes, I would keep
my secret.
Well, I don't remember
the story exactly like that.
Don't be silly, Grandmother,
everybody knows there's
no such thing as mermaids.
You wouldn't say that
if you had met one.
You've met a mermaid?
Yes.
But you don't believe, so,
so why should I tell
you the story?
You wanna hear it?
Yes, yes, yes, yes,
yes, yes, yes, yes, yes!
This begins with a little,
little girl.
And she believed in
mermaids and in fairies,
and in leprechauns, and
all magical creatures.
And,
her name was Elle.
(CHILDREN SINGING FAINTLY)
My fair lady
CAM: Dear Dr. Malcolm.
Thank you for your
preliminary diagnosis
of my niece, Elle.
Life has been difficult following
the loss of her parents
Yet, somehow her
spirits remain high,
mostly due to her imaginative
belief that she is somehow
a mermaid, and that being
the reason for her condition.
But no doctor anywhere seems
to know what truly ails her,
and now that her
breathing patterns worsen,
I fear her life may
be in danger.
I will continue to search
in hopes that one day
the mystery behind her
condition is revealed,
and a cure is found.
Breathe, breathe!
CAM: Hopefully yours, Cam.
Cam, hurry, it's Elle!
It's OK, just breathe.
Elle, it's OK, it's OK,
I've got you.
It's OK, it's OK,
(ELLE GASPING AND COUGHING)
It's OK, you OK?
You can't push yourself
that hard, I've told you.
I know.
It's just that everybody
else was...
Playing?
We're gonna find a cure,
I promise.
But until then you have
to be more careful.
(SOFT AND TENDER THEME)
Did you see that?
What is it?
MARGARET: Good morning,
Mr. Harrison.
Good morning, Margaret,
any calls for me?
They're on your desk.
Good morning, young man!
Good morning, sir.
How's the story going?
Great.
Yeah.
Well, I want it to stop,
look, this just came in.
I want it to take priority.
It's a cure all sweeping
the region.
Water from Mississippi said
to have healing powers.
Really, healing water?
We've followed stories
like this before,
wood witches, awoken mummies,
they never lead anywhere.
No, not like this, hundreds
of people are testifying.
But, I...
But nothing!
Alright, maybe it's true,
maybe it's not,
but there's definitely
a story here.
And possibly a cure for her.
Look, Cam, I know it
can't be easy
coming from, how do you
say, across the pond.
It's already settled,
travel and accommodations.
Don't just sit there, get
going, pack your bags.
Thank you, sir.
Oh, don't thank me,
thank, Jimmy.
Dr. Locke's Miracle
Mermaid Elixir.
Right.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(CAR HORN HONKING BRIEFLY)
They're here, Elle!
What's taking so long?
We'll only be gone
for a few weeks.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
I know you'll miss her,
but it won't be for long.
Do you promise?
I promise.
(TRAIN WHISTLE BLARING)
A long journey from home.
Elle seems to have turned
her intrepidness
for our little adventure
into joyful excitement.
Seeing a smile on her face
only makes me want to believe.
My logical skepticism runs
high on this Dr. Locke
and his magic mermaid water.
If only life were as simple
as a made up fairy tale.
(ADVENTUROUS THEME MUSIC)
(ADVENTUROUS THEME MUSIC)
88 Wood Street.
This must be it.
Welcome to Mississippi!
Oh, let me help you with that.
Oh, let me take this,
take this from ya.
Cameron it is, right?
Journalistically speaking,
yes, but you can call me Cam.
LORENE: And who's this
little darling?
I'm Elle.
LORENE: Oh, aren't you
just a precious little thing!
Thank you!
And polite too, come on
now, let me show y'all inside.
CAM: You have a beautiful
home, Lorene.
My family's owned
this home for years.
Let me show you around.
Over here is the living area.
And straight through
here, this is the kitchen.
I already baked these
for ya, help yourself.
Thank you!
Thank you so much,
thank you, thank you.
Now come on let me show
you the rest of the house.
This is the sleeping quarters.
Now it ain't much, but
it's a bed and a roof.
CAM: It's perfect, Lorene,
thank you.
You're welcome, be kinda
nice to have some company.
Why, I think we're going
to like it here, Elle.
Oh, I forgot, I haven't
shown you guys the garden.
Even has a treehouse.
(LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC)
Elle!
Elle!
Elle, be careful!
Wow!
Isn't this kingdom beautiful?
A princess should
be more careful.
(BELL TOLLING FAINTLY)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING SOFTLY)
C'mon here.
Peggy Gene!
Cam, I want you to meet
Peggy Gene.
Hi!
Peggy Gene's one of
my closest friends!
It's very nice to meet you,
Peggy Gene.
And it's very, very
nice to meet you too.
Oh, and who's
this little nugget?
I'm Elle.
Elle, aren't you the sweetest
little apricot in the land!
Look at you, those little
cheeks and you're so cute.
You're like a bug in a rug!
You have to excuse Peggy Gene
Oh, I'm sorry, I haven't
been around many people lately.
But ever since that
healing water fixed my leg,
I'm just flittin' around like
a little social butterfly.
- Healing water?
- Mm-hmm.
I'd love to talk to
you about that.
Why sure, Lorene knows
where to find me,
but I will be at the church all
day long
and I will talk, talk,
talk to you boo
all about that healing water,
and if you like I can
invite some other people
'cause I understand you're
making a story.
Hey, Peggy Gene, Peggy Gene.
I'll see you tomorrow
at the church.
Yes, yes, I'll see you
tomorrow at the church, OK.
See folks, I'll see
you tomorrow.
OK, now you take care now,
alright.
Come on let's get some of this
nice fruit I told you about.
Well, howdy Eugene!
Howdy, Lorene!
Ha, alright!
Ms. Elle, you say you
like them oranges.
CAM: So you really do
know everyone in town, huh?
LORENE: Pretty much.
Well outside of those
that are come here
about that healing water.
I understand that's why
you did too.
You ready?
Let's go.
Come on!
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
(CHILDREN GIGGLING HAPPILY)
(CHILDREN GIGGLING HAPPILY)
(EERIE MUSIC)
Hello.
Hi.
What's your name?
I'm Elle.
Elle.
Can you read mine?
Of course, child.
You are special in
all the world.
There's a powerful
magic in you.
A spirit of the ocean.
You should keep these.
Thank you.
And what about you,
you don't believe
in all this magic, do you?
I'm skeptical.
Come, see!
There is some magic
that is real.
And some that is illusion.
Wow.
Beware of the one who
will try and take
your most precious treasure.
You must not let him.
Well, the show is
about to start.
You don't want to miss this.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
Bye!
This place is very strange.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Step right up, step right up!
Come and witness the
magic, witness the wonder!
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Ladies and Gentlemen,
come one, come all,
to the shop of art!
Feast your eyes on that
which you have never seen.
It is said that they are
pure myth, pure legend.
But, my dear friends, let me
introduce you to your dreams.
Alive!
Breathing and swimming!
The Little Mermaid
of the Mississippi!
(CROWD GASPING IN SHOCK)
Elle, Elle.
Elle!
(CROWD GASPING)
(AUDIENCE CHATTERING SOFTLY)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(CROWD CLAMORING)
She was real.
Just cheap tricks, Elle.
There are no cheap
parlor tricks here.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
Fairy Floss!
One please.
Thank you.
The fairies worked
really hard to make this!
I'm sure they did.
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
(RAPID KNOCKING)
What?
Sorry to bother you.
I was just wondering if I
could buy some...
Can you read, sold out!
What!
It's just, sold out 'til when?
'Til further notice!
Well, he was polite.
(ELLE GIGGLING HAPPILY)
Can I ride, please?
I don't think you're
big enough.
Am so!
(WHIMSICAL THEME MUSIC)
Man, I'm 10 times stronger
than the Strong Man!
I mean, have you seen these?
Bam, bam!
Whoo, well!
MALE ATTENDEE: Well,
look at this!
I've never seen a
freak so pretty!
MALE ATTENDEE: Oh, she
isn't a freak, she's a fake!
Whatever she is,
she sure is sweet.
Hey, leave her alone!
What ya gonna do about it?
MALE ATTENDEE: Better take a
step back!
SECOND ATTENDEE: Pretty
scared, boy!
LOCKE: We'll take it
from here.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(FAINT WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
Did you see me,
how high I got?
Your such a big girl now.
Come on, let's go.
So, Elle believed the
mermaid was real?
She knew it was real.
I know too.
And what about Cam?
Cam, like most grown-ups,
needed more proof
of the impossible.
And that's the thing
about what you believe.
There's a whole other
world out there to see.
And Cam just had to
figure that out.
I still can't believe
I saw an actual mermaid.
She was so beautiful,
and I know she was real.
Can I see her again tomorrow?
Can I meet her?
Elle, we talked about that.
What you saw was just a trick.
You believe what you want,
and I'll believe what I want.
And I believe she was real,
Alright, good night.
Sleep well.
ELLE: Cam?
Yes?
I wish Mom and Dad
could have seen her.
Me too.
But wait!
How can the mermaid live
if she's not in the sea?
Have you ever heard
of a Sea Lamprey?
Well, it's a fish that can
live in both river and sea.
Let's you know that
nothing's impossible.
Especially here in Erie,
Mississippi.
It has that certain
magic about it.
That's a good one.
You both are gonna
enjoy that one.
(LIGHTHEARTED MUSIC)
So, what happened after
you drank the water?
Well, I'm not crazy anymore.
I was as deaf as can be
before I drank the water.
Have you been experiencing
any side effects?
I can do this.
(WHIMSICAL MUSIC)
CAM: What happened
after you drank the water?
Well, I was having migraines,
but now I just get headaches.
It's real magic, I think.
Ooh!
Magic!
Magic!
Magic, huh?
Believe it or not I was
done near bald
before I took the water.
I never thought I'd
find love again.
Now I seem to love everyone.
What do you think
about the magician?
Oh, I think he's wonderful.
So dark and mysterious,
and handsome too.
I prefer the mermaid.
Sorry, what, what
was the question?
CAM: Probability, hoax.
(EERIE ORGAN MUSIC)
Hello?
Cam Harrison.
Thank you for seeing me
on such short notice.
Please, have a seat.
Thank you.
So, Mr. Locke, is it?
Firstly, I want to ask you
about the healing water.
Can you tell me what it
does for people?
By now you must have
asked my customers.
What did they tell you?
They have some unusual
stories, yes, but...
You do not believe.
That's what I wanted
to talk to you about.
Where is it from, how
do you make it?
The first rule of
magic is to never reveal
the How or the Why.
But it's not magic is it?
Surely if it works, there
must be some medical formula.
You do not believe,
then why are you here?
Apologies if I have
offended you.
I'm just writing for my readers.
Let's try some other questions.
Can you tell me about
the mermaid?
It appears your time is
up, Cam Harrison, please.
(EERIE MUSIC)
The blue fairy makes
the blue flower.
The pink fairy makes
the pink flower.
The white fairy makes
the white flower.
- And the Yellow Fairy
- And the Yellow Fairy
- makes the yellow flower.
- Makes the yellow flower.
Yes, I know, I know.
We really shouldn't be out
here much longer, Elle.
I don't think it's a good idea.
Lorene's gonna be looking for us
and I, and I don't want
to get stuck out
in the middle of the woods.
(EERIE MUSIC)
Wait, Elle!
Hey, hey you!
You're,
you, you're
the mermaid!
I am.
But how do have legs?
Well, mermaids get
their legs every low tide.
But, ssh, it's a secret.
I won't tell.
You know where I come
from we have a fairy tale
about a little girl born on land
blessed with the heart
of a mermaid.
Right, uh,
what were you doing
in the woods?
Am I not allowed to go
for a walk in the woods?
- So, how...
- What's your name?
Elizabeth.
I'm Elle.
This is Cam, he's my uncle.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
Sorry, I have to go.
See, I told you she was real.
(WHIP CRACKING SHARPLY)
(SID SHOUTING LOUDLY)
I told you, you do what I say!
(WHIP CRACKING SHARPLY)
Stop!
Stay outta this!
Strike me then.
As you wish, darling.
Enough!
That is enough for today.
But I cannot promise
what tomorrow may bring.
As for you, do not meddle
in my affairs.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(ANIMAL GROWLING SOFTLY)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
It's OK, girl.
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
Why're you so afraid?
It's OK.
(ELEPHANT BREATHING DEEPLY)
I don't know what she
is, but she is special.
(DISTANT CHATTERING)
SID: What'd ya see?
LOCKE: Something I
haven't seen
in a very long time.
She may be the one
we are searching for.
SID: What are we gonna do?
LOCKE: We wait, now leave me.
(OMINOUS ORCHESTRAL)
(OMINOUS ORGAN MUSIC)
(OMINOUS ORCHESTRAL)
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING SOFTLY)
It's so enchanting
I'm trapped and drowning
Here for everyone to see
They don't notice
How far away I am
From everyone and everything
Silly to have gambled with
my heart out on the line
I guess that's just the
way it goes
But I'm holding on
I know a day will come
when I can be myself again
And I hope someone
will love me
When this story ends
Round in circles
Hello?
Pointless wandering
And the crowd lines up again
Give a smile girl
You make them happy
Bring your parents
bring a friend
Silly that a main attraction
Would long so much for love
I guess that's just the
way it goes
But I'm holding on
I know a day will come
When I can be myself again
And I hope someone
will love me
When this story ends
If someone could
Someone right for me
Finds a way to take
me home again
I believe it
One day I'll be home
Still I'm searching
Round in circles
While the crowd lines up
Again
Who's there?
You?
What are you doing here?
I'm sorry.
The place was closed,
and I, um...
You shouldn't be here,
he knows everything.
CAM: Who knows, what
are you talking about?
Cam Harrison.
I just have some further
questions about the show.
About the healing water.
I wish I could help you,
truly I do, but we are closed.
Now, if you do not mind.
I really hope not to find
you trespassing again.
(SOFT DRAMATIC THEME)
Stay away from her!
Who is he, and who is she?
It doesn't matter,
you shouldn't be here.
I know something
strange is happening
and whatever secret...
Just go.
Go.
ANNOUNCER: All aboard!
Now, this here is the
Pride of the Mississippi.
Well, you heard what the
man said, all aboard.
I wonder if we'll see
a mermaid in the river?
Keep your eyes posted!
You've got it, Captain!
Well, while you two
are mermaid watching,
I'll be in the study
doing some actual work.
Whatever you say, First Mate.
OK.
Mermaids
do not
exist.
(WHIMSICAL THEME MUSIC)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
What are you working on?
Nothing, uh,
it's just, just some story I...
I like stories.
I'm not sure that's such a
good idea.
Says you don't
believe in mermaids.
It's a work in progress.
I wasn't really expecting
someone to be,
to be rummaging through
my things.
Well, you're the one
who's always following me.
You know,
I'm surprised you're
on this boat at all.
But, then again, you must
get tired of the water.
Being an actual mermaid and all.
(ELIZABETH SCOFFING)
Well, water is a part of
me I guess,
a part of us all.
You know when I was little
my mother would swim with me,
deep into the ocean,
further than most would go.
I remember looking
through the water
and wondering what it must
be like on the other side.
Yeah.
When I was born,
my family would go
to the beach every summer.
I remember wishing we'd
get caught in a whirlpool
stuck in a time warp,
and summer would just,
just last forever.
It's my favorite memory of us.
Before Elle got sick,
and the accident happened.
Now I,
I just want to keep her safe.
My father was the same.
She's special.
She's strong.
I'll try and remember that.
She's all I have left.
The reason I'm here,
the healing water is,
is it real?
I believe in magic
and a lot of things.
Water being one of them.
But not his.
Not Locke's.
The dance is starting!
Elizabeth?
Come, dance with me!
(UPBEAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
PHOTOGRAPHER: Photo!
All together.
(UPBEAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
CAM: Peggy Gene, are you OK?
Yeah, I simply got hurt.
It fades.
What does?
The magic, it doesn't last.
You be careful of that
man, do you understand me?
Don't you let him
near the Apricot.
She will rot!
Don't you let that Apricot
rot, do you understand me?
Yeah.
(UPBEAT BLUEGRASS MUSIC)
Come here!
Here, let Cam show you.
I'm afraid I'm not a
very good dancer.
(SOFTER BAND MUSIC)
Sorry, I'm sorry!
Oh, I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
The moon, come.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
Why are you always
staring at me like that?
'Cause I want to see you.
Don't you want me to see you?
It's not that,
it's just a little,
you know, intense.
Well if you don't look
then how do you see?
How do you really see a person?
We should be free to
open our eyes and look.
He can't take that away from us.
Who can't, Locke, you mean?
I'm, I'm sorry,
I didn't mean to.
You know you don't have
to apologize all the time.
You're right, I'm I'm sorry,
I mean.
(ELIZABETH SOFTLY CHUCKLING)
Look, isn't it...
Beautiful.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(FAINT BUMPING)
Looks like the wheel is stuck.
We'll have to wait for
high tide.
High tide?
CAM: Yeah.
I'm sorry, I have to go.
Wait, Elizabeth.
Elizabeth!
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(SOARING ORCHESTRAL)
You're afraid.
They always are.
You're...
How can this be?
You won't understand.
I,
I want to.
It happened a long time ago.
I was free.
I lived with my family in
the sea, I was tricked.
He took a part of me
and he has it still.
So wherever he goes I must.
We're bonded.
Locke.
For years he's taken
me from town to town.
Selling the water I swim
in as healing water.
So that's where he gets it,
you.
Yes, but you shouldn't
get involved.
I think it's too
late for that.
Why can't you just run away,
escape him?
Because we're connected.
As long as he has part of me
with him there's no escape.
There has to be
something, a way somehow.
There is.
(ELIZABETH WINCING IN PAIN)
What's wrong?
It's Locke, he knows I'm
here, he's summoning me.
No, no, you can't go
back to him.
You don't understand,
I have to, I'm his.
No, no, Elizabeth!
I'm sorry, Cam!
LILY: So Cam believed now,
right?
He did, he had to
believe what his eyes saw.
Despite every logical bone in
his body,
he couldn't deny the truth.
And,
that kiss was still in his mind.
But, there was much that
he did not understand
especially when it
came to Locke.
Oh, thank God, I've had
half the town looking for you!
Why, what happened?
Well, I, I was wondering
what, what happened to you
and I left Elle in, in,
in the room playing.
What happened?
- And then, and then when I...
- Lorene, what happened?
And then, when I went back...
What happened, Lorene,
what happened?
She was gone and the window
was opened!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
Where is she?
I don't know.
(SOFT DRAMATIC THEME)
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
Why does he have you
trapped in here?
Did you do something wrong?
No.
He said I had the
heart of a mermaid.
And that was a powerful
kind of magic.
You do, I see it too.
But be careful.
He's not like you and I,
he's a bad man.
Do you understand?
When I was young I
was just like you.
And when I'm older I
want to be just like you.
(DOOR OPENING
AND SLAMMING SUDDENLY)
Oh, he's coming!
It'll be ok, just remember
what I said!
ELLE: OK.
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
Let her go!
I cannot.
You see she is the one
I've been searching for.
You don't need her,
you have me!
You?
I plan to rid you from this
earth, and take your powers.
Once and for all.
(DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
Go, go, go, go, go,
go find Elle!
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
(BELL RINGING GENTLY)
Elizabeth tells me
you wish to be like her.
Is this true?
What if I could make it so?
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
(WHIP CRACKING SWIFTLY)
(WHIP CRACKING SWIFTLY)
(SOFT APPLAUDING)
What if I could grant you
any wish you so desire?
In exchange for a simple thing.
Anything?
Anything you can dream of.
You won't trick me.
You're not like us.
You just want to
control everyone.
In time you will find that
I can be most persuasive.
(ROOM RUMBLING)
(WHIMSICAL CARNIVAL MUSIC)
I know where she is.
It's alright, come with me.
I said you would come for me.
We're gonna get you
out of here.
Where do they put the keys?
The guard has them.
Over there.
It's alright, I'm gonna
get you out of here, OK?
(GUARD SNORING SOFTLY)
It's sold out.
(GUARD SNORING SOFTLY)
OK, let's go.
Locke knows Elizabeth
told you.
He won't stop coming,
not now!
We have to save her, we
have to save Elizabeth.
We will, Elle.
She can't leave without her
soul, if she does, she dies.
Locke keeps it hidden
somewhere safe.
I don't know where it is.
I think I know
where that might be.
Come on.
(TENSE THEME MUSIC)
(OMINOUS ORGAN MUSIC)
That's it.
Easy.
He's with us.
It's time.
We can trust him.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
let me introduce you
to your dreams.
We have to hurry, I can't
hold it for very long.
(SOFT ADVENTUROUS THEME)
Wow!
We have to hurry.
I can't.
How is it possible?
It won't last long,
it'll be high tide soon.
OK.
(SOFT DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
We must go.
Wait.
There's something we have to do.
(SOFT DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
She's free, let's go.
(SOFT DRAMATIC ORCHESTRAL)
(ELEPHANT GROWLING SOFTLY)
You OK?
So what now?
We have to get you
to the ocean.
How long do we have
before time begins again?
With Locke it's uncertain.
Then we need to move.
(TRAIN HORN BLARING)
The train, should be a
straight shot from the station.
All our trains run
towards the ocean, hurry!
Cam, wait!
Cam.
I'm too old to be
jumping on trains.
I'd just hold you back.
You're one of a kind,
Lorene, thank you.
- Bye.
- Bye.
Good luck, Cam,
take good care of her.
I will.
The train is picking up
pace, we have to hurry!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
We can make it!
(ELLE COUGHING REPEATEDLY)
It's OK, here.
Here.
I think this belongs to you.
(SOFT TENDER MUSIC)
Thank you.
Thank you all.
We had to do something.
17 years.
He found me when I was young.
Promised he could help me,
help me not be so different.
He promised me the same.
Found me trying to block
out all the world's
thoughts and said that
he could fix it.
I just listened to him.
There is nothing wrong with
who you are.
You must really
miss your families.
I'm glad you have this one.
(TIME RESUMING EFFECT)
Come one, come all, let me
introduce you to your dreams.
Alive, breathing, swimming.
The Little Mermaid
of the Mississippi!
(AUDIENCE CHEERING LOUDLY)
Elizabeth!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(OMINOUS ORGAN MUSIC)
Ah!
They have it, the soul!
They're on a train
headed for the ocean.
Boys are going after 'em
right now.
Stop them!
This time once and for all!
You got it, Boss!
(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)
They're here.
Stay back!
(MEN GRUNTING LOUDLY)
(ULYSSES GROWLING)
THORA: Elizabeth, look out.
It's OK!
(TRAIN WHEELS SCREECHING)
We have to go!
Now!
There's a truck close by.
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
There are no keys.
We don't need keys.
(ENGINE STARTING MAGICALLY)
Stay with Elizabeth!
(OMINOUS MUSIC)
(LOCKE GRUNTING)
(ELLE COUGHING REPEATEDLY)
Elle, Elle, it's OK, it's OK.
It's OK, I've got the
medication here.
It's not here, stop, we left
the medicine on the train!
Come on, let's go.
Elle, we're going, let's go!
No, I'm staying, I'm staying!
Come on, Elle, come
on, let's go, come on!
I'm staying, Elizabeth,
she's my friend.
Stop treating me like
a little girl.
I can make it further.
Just trust me.
This once.
Alright, Elle.
I trust you.
We have to go.
(ELLE COUGHING REPEATEDLY)
He's close.
(ULYSSES GROWLING SOFTLY)
Keep moving, I'll take
care of him!
No, you can't!
You don't have a choice,
now go.
Go!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
I've been waiting a
long time for this.
Man against monster.
Who's which?
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
There's nobody here to
save you now.
You neither!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
It's starting.
We have to hurry,
she's changing!
Wow.
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
We have to get her to the ocean.
How much further?
Just past the trees.
CAM: We have to hurry!
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(ENGINE CHUGGING)
We're stuck.
Can you carry her?
Yeah.
(MAGICAL CHIMING)
You need to get to the ocean.
What about you?
I can take care of our old
friend here, buy you some time.
(MAGICAL CHIMING)
I had such great
hopes for you.
Such a disappointment!
You hoped that I would
be cruel, like you.
You know better than anyone
that no two souls are the same.
Indeed they aren't,
one is always darker.
You won't win this time.
Let it be light versus night.
(THORA GRUNTING)
There is no power
greater than love.
(THORA GASPING)
(ULYSSES ROARING LOUDLY)
(MAGICAL CHIMING)
She's free, she doesn't
belong to you!
Nothing in this world
is free, Cam Harrison.
It's alright, it's alright,
I won't let them take you.
(ELIZABETH MOANING SOFTLY)
She's good, she's not like you!
I won't let you have her!
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(FAINT MAGICAL CHIMING)
Take it.
No, no.
Locke's powers grow
with it, so can yours.
No, no, you're too weak.
It's the only way.
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
(LOCKE GROANING LOUDLY)
Her soul is mine!
Pity they must now die!
My powers are forever!
Not you or anyone else on
this planet can defeat me!
I believe.
(DRAMATIC THEME MUSIC)
What have they done to me?
Magic.
(LOCKE SCREAMING IN FEAR)
Now, he is a prisoner.
Elizabeth?
She needs water!
It's alright, it's alright.
(WORRYING ORCHESTRAL SCORE)
The vial.
(OBJECT CHIMING FAINTLY)
Elizabeth, please.
Come on!
(ELIZABETH GASPING SUDDENLY)
(SOFT ORCHESTRAL)
(ELLE COUGHING SUDDENLY)
Elle, Elle?
Elle, it's OK, your OK,
take a breath, breathe!
(ELLE COUGHING HEAVILY)
Ssh, ssh.
You OK?
Let me take her,
water can heal her.
You're OK.
Ssh, ssh.
You're OK.
(SOFT JOYFUL SCORE)
ELLE: Thank you.
(SOFT JOYFUL SCORE)
Deep water is magic,
just like her love.
Whenever she can't breathe,
all she need do is swim.
ELLE: I'll miss you.
(SOFT TENDER ORCHESTRAL)
I see you found your story.
CAM: Think anyone will
believe it?
All that matters is
that you do.
Come outside and play!
All the fairies are out
today, and they love mermaids.
Then we mustn't
keep them waiting.
No!
Come on!
All that matters is that
you do.
And she gave him
the biggest gift
a person could ever give
another, love.
Now from that time on,
no matter where he went
she was with him, mm-hmm.
Ah, that's another story, OK.
What happened to Elle?
(ELLE COUGHING SUDDENLY)
Are you OK, Grandmother?
Just time for a swim.
How'd the story end?
Let's go, I don't know.
Come on, let's go see.
Let's go, come on.
(MUSIC BOX PLAYING SOFTLY)
- Grandmother?
- Grandmother?
(SOARING ORCHESTRAL)
( "THIS HEART OF MINE" BY
SOPHIA PIZZULO)
There must be so
much more out there
A bright new world that's
waiting just for me
A place that's filled with
hope and people singing
A place where you can
hold each dream you dream
I'll be on the waves
A brand new mystery awaits
So here's a chance that
I will have to take
All my life I followed
when they told me
Where to go and when
it's time to start
But I hear a song of
love and ever after
Now it's time
To listen to this
heart of mine