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EATEN

Written by

Ryan P. Stark

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EXT. HIGH SCHOOL - DAY

A BELL rings loudly signifying that the end of the school dayhas arrived.

Teenagers sprint from the doors of the school, anxious to get

home.

One student doesnt run as fast as the others. MAISIE GRANT,14, a small girl with pale skin and flowing red hair. Shewears a bright red hoodie.

She looks around at her classmates, none of whom she likes,with a scoff, she puts in earbuds and walks the oppositedirection toward the football field.

EXT. FOOTBALL FIELD - DAY

Maisie approaches the edge of the field, ahead is a thickwooded area, dark and ominous. She enters.

EXT. WOODS - DAY

The sunlight is almost completely drowned out by the toweringtrees, making the path she is following dark in some areas.

Maisie approaches a fork in the path and stops briefly.Something catches her attention off the path. She takes outher earbuds.

A MAN stands up from behind a fallen tree, just as alarmed asMaisie. With dark hair and a bushy beard, he buttons a brownUPS shirt with the name tag B. WOLCOTT hanging from it. Healso wears mismatched bright orange pants.

B. WOLCOTTOh, hello there.

MAISIEUh, hi.

B. WOLCOTTIm sorry, you caught me taking aquick break.

B. Wolcott looks down behind the fallen tree anxiously.

MAISIEYou deliver many packages to thewoods?

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B. WOLCOTTNo. Not many.

MAISIEOkay then.

Maisie starts to walk away.

B. WOLCOTTHold on.

Maisie stops while B. Wolcott picks up a package from behindthe tree.

B. WOLCOTT (CONTD)Think you could point me in theright direction?

B. Wolcott approaches Maisie, with each step Maisie gets more

nervous.

He shows her the shipping label.

MAISIEOh, thats my Grandmother. I cantake it to her, Im heading therenow.

B. Wolcott pulls the package away from her. Maisie notices ared streak on the other side of the package.

B. WOLCOTT

Oh, well I really need hersignature.(beat)Yeah, I need to deliver this inperson, must be medication orsomething. I could just follow youthere.

Maisie doesnt like that idea, she quickly thinks of anexcuse.

MAISIEI forgot I actually have to meet myfriends before I go. If you followthat path, it will take you to herhouse.

Maisie points toward the opposite path.

B. Wolcott looks frustrated, but keeps up the guise.

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B. WOLCOTTAlright. I wouldnt stay in thesewoods for long if I were you. Itllbe dark soon and you never knowwhat big, bad creatures lurk outhere at night.

Maisie begins to walk down the path to the left as quickly asshe can.

B. WOLCOTT (CONTD)Who knows, this may be a presentfor you?!

EXT. WOODED PATH - DAY - CONTINUOUS

Maisie continues to walk at a brisk pace until B. Wolcott isout of sight. Then, she runs as fast as she can, feeling his

presence right behind her.

She weaves in and out of trees, breathing heavily, almost intears.

She slides down an embankment and jumps into an opening ofthorns and small trees, a hiding spot she knows well.

INT. HIDING SPOT

Out of breath, she plops down onto the ground and buries herhead in her hands.

LATER

Maisie wakes up in shock, not realizing she had fallenasleep, with no idea how long it has been.

She looks at her phone-- dead.

EXT. WOODS - NIGHT

Maisie crawls out of her hiding spot to see that darkness hasovertaken the woods.

A nervous wreck, she crawls up the hill and back onto thepath.

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Blood covers the sheets as a body lies in between them thatisnt entirely her Grandmother.

The figure moves to the side of the bed and stands. Bits offlesh fall from the torso.

Maisie screams as she looks at the face of the figure. HerGrandmothers face oozes off, sliding down the face ofanother: B. Wolcott.

Maisie looks around the room, her eyes now adjusted, seeingthe horror of the cottage: Body parts strewn all over, aclump of bones and muscle sitting by the fire, partiallyeaten ligaments sit beside the bed.

B. Wolcott smiles, bits of flesh still stuck in his bushybeard.

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