Society of the Treasure Trackers
[The episode starts with April, Molly, and Sally walking through the forest. They are deep inside of it, so light hardly peers through except small breaks and clearings from up above. The sound of crickets and other insects create an ambient noise, punctuated by the steps of the girls. A main source of light is April's earrings, which are made of cyan glowsticks. Sally is excited, by the other girls are skeptical.]
Sally: Come'on girls, it's this way!
Molly: Sally, yeah know I told you not ta pull me away from work, right?
April: Weren't you just telling me about a duodozen customers annoying you throughout the day?
Molly: Y-yeah, but--
Sally: I promise that it's gonna be awesome.
April: Well, where is it?
[Sally pushes away a fern bush and it reveals a giant hollow log going through a bunch of rocks.]
Molly: Sally, I ain't goin' through there. There's probably ants or spiders or other creepy-crawlies.
Sally: I promise!
April: Then I suppose I'll go first--
[April ducks down and starts crawling through the log. Inside, she turns around and looks to Molly.]
April: Oh, and Molly dear, there's one of those creepy-crawlies on your shoulder.
[Molly freaks out]
Molly: Get it off me! Get it off me!
[April giggles, and Sally joins her. Molly realizes that she's been had.]
Molly: Very funny, April.
Sally: Come'on, come'on!
April: Sally, I'm sure that your secret whatmazoo is going to be there no matter how long we take.
Sally: Yeah, but I might not be. The excitement is gonna make me explode!
Sally: Come'on girls, it's this way!
Molly: Sally, yeah know I told you not ta pull me away from work, right?
April: Weren't you just telling me about a duodozen customers annoying you throughout the day?
Molly: Y-yeah, but--
Sally: I promise that it's gonna be awesome.
April: Well, where is it?
[Sally pushes away a fern bush and it reveals a giant hollow log going through a bunch of rocks.]
Molly: Sally, I ain't goin' through there. There's probably ants or spiders or other creepy-crawlies.
Sally: I promise!
April: Then I suppose I'll go first--
[April ducks down and starts crawling through the log. Inside, she turns around and looks to Molly.]
April: Oh, and Molly dear, there's one of those creepy-crawlies on your shoulder.
[Molly freaks out]
Molly: Get it off me! Get it off me!
[April giggles, and Sally joins her. Molly realizes that she's been had.]
Molly: Very funny, April.
Sally: Come'on, come'on!
April: Sally, I'm sure that your secret whatmazoo is going to be there no matter how long we take.
Sally: Yeah, but I might not be. The excitement is gonna make me explode!
[Cut to April, Sally, and Molly crawling through the log - April in front, Molly in back. April's earrings are the only light source. Sally's face is illuminated brightly, and Molly's is cast full of shadows. The three of them crawl. Molly puts her hand on a centipede by accident and recoils.]
Molly: Ew! Ew! Gross! Gross!
April: Don't you spend all day with grease and grime and such, Molly?
Molly: Grease and grime don't move.
April: Ah, but the wriggling and the struggle, that's what makes the taste so satisfying.
[Molly gets a little green around the face as she hears that.]
Molly: You don't really--
April: Come to my house for dinner some day--
[April turns towards Molly and shoots her a menacing stare.]
April: If you want to chance it.
Sally: Come on, come one! We're almost there!
Molly: Ew! Ew! Gross! Gross!
April: Don't you spend all day with grease and grime and such, Molly?
Molly: Grease and grime don't move.
April: Ah, but the wriggling and the struggle, that's what makes the taste so satisfying.
[Molly gets a little green around the face as she hears that.]
Molly: You don't really--
April: Come to my house for dinner some day--
[April turns towards Molly and shoots her a menacing stare.]
April: If you want to chance it.
Sally: Come on, come one! We're almost there!
[Cut to the other end of the log. April pulls herself out first, and starts brushing herself off.]
April: Sally, I don't see the-
[April looks behind her and her face lights up with surprise.]
April: I see what you were talking about.
[Sally crawls out of the log.]
Sally: See, it's awesome isn't it!?
Molly: What are yeah--
[Molly pulls herself out of the log.]
Molly: Woah.
[The camera reverse shots to showcase a three-story wooden mansion, almost reminiscent of a stereotypical haunted house. The fence in the front yard is old and beat up, and many parts of the house are in clear disrepair. it's also hidden under the brush of the forest, giving it a constant twilit look.]
Sally: Isn't it cool? I haven't been inside yet because I wanted to explore it with you two.
Molly: How'd yeah find somethin' like this?
Sally: I have... a lot of time while you two are at work.
April: Do you think that it's haunted by a ghost or spectrum or perhaps something worse?
Sally: Ooooh, I hope so! That'll be a story!
Molly: Sorry teh disappoint you, but ghosts don't exist.
Sally: How do you know?
Molly: You ain't never seen one, have you?
Sally: Of course not, ghosts are invisible, duh.
[The three of them push through the front gate.]
Molly: As much as the sound o' a haunting is cool, I don't think that we're supposed to be here.
[April looks to a sign on the ground, covered in moss and dirt and rust. Most of the letters are missing.]
April: According to Kid Code 475, if a building is abandoned it is open for public exploration.
Sally: I mean, if I was never goin' back to my house, I'd want someone else to see all of my cool stuff.
Molly: What if it ain't abandoned?
April: Then whoever lives here needs a major sense of redecoration.
April: Sally, I don't see the-
[April looks behind her and her face lights up with surprise.]
April: I see what you were talking about.
[Sally crawls out of the log.]
Sally: See, it's awesome isn't it!?
Molly: What are yeah--
[Molly pulls herself out of the log.]
Molly: Woah.
[The camera reverse shots to showcase a three-story wooden mansion, almost reminiscent of a stereotypical haunted house. The fence in the front yard is old and beat up, and many parts of the house are in clear disrepair. it's also hidden under the brush of the forest, giving it a constant twilit look.]
Sally: Isn't it cool? I haven't been inside yet because I wanted to explore it with you two.
Molly: How'd yeah find somethin' like this?
Sally: I have... a lot of time while you two are at work.
April: Do you think that it's haunted by a ghost or spectrum or perhaps something worse?
Sally: Ooooh, I hope so! That'll be a story!
Molly: Sorry teh disappoint you, but ghosts don't exist.
Sally: How do you know?
Molly: You ain't never seen one, have you?
Sally: Of course not, ghosts are invisible, duh.
[The three of them push through the front gate.]
Molly: As much as the sound o' a haunting is cool, I don't think that we're supposed to be here.
[April looks to a sign on the ground, covered in moss and dirt and rust. Most of the letters are missing.]
April: According to Kid Code 475, if a building is abandoned it is open for public exploration.
Sally: I mean, if I was never goin' back to my house, I'd want someone else to see all of my cool stuff.
Molly: What if it ain't abandoned?
April: Then whoever lives here needs a major sense of redecoration.
[Cut to Sally reaching for the doorknob to the mansion. Before she reaches it, it creaks open revealing a long entrance hallway. The hallway is filled with roting old tables and desks. There are finger paintings held on the wall in ornate frames that have gone yellow with age. A chandelier hangs from up above, covered in cobwebs.]
Molly: Alright, we seen the mansion, can we please go now? This is all givin' me the creeps.
Sally: Haven't you seen the Clue Crew before? We gotta explore the place. It's our duty as kids.
Molly: I... guess you'e right.
Sally: Awesome! I get upstairs!
[Sally starts climbing the stairs, but she ends up falling through and landing in a cartoonish daze.]
Sally: Wow, I coulda gotten hurt!
[A beam falls from above and clonks Sally on the head.]
Sally: Wow, I doulda blotten burt!
April: Dear, perhaps we should stick together. It would make our tour a bit more streamlined.
Molly: Yeah, that's what I'd prefer.
Molly: Alright, we seen the mansion, can we please go now? This is all givin' me the creeps.
Sally: Haven't you seen the Clue Crew before? We gotta explore the place. It's our duty as kids.
Molly: I... guess you'e right.
Sally: Awesome! I get upstairs!
[Sally starts climbing the stairs, but she ends up falling through and landing in a cartoonish daze.]
Sally: Wow, I coulda gotten hurt!
[A beam falls from above and clonks Sally on the head.]
Sally: Wow, I doulda blotten burt!
April: Dear, perhaps we should stick together. It would make our tour a bit more streamlined.
Molly: Yeah, that's what I'd prefer.
[Cut to a door creaking open. Molly shines a flashlight through.]
April: Do you have to bring that everywhere?
Molly: What are you complainin' about?
Sally: Oooh, what's this room? It looks like a dining room.
[The camera pans through the room. There's a very large table with a dusty old table cloth. However, in each chair there's a doll or a teddy bear sitting there. In front of them are chipped old china - teacups, saucers, plates, etc.]
April: I think that it's a tea party room.
Sally: What I would give to have one in a place like this.
[April tries sitting in one of the chairs, but it breaks the second she does.]
Molly: I think these chairs are for toys only, like these cookies.
[Molly picks up what appears to be a toy cookie]
April: No, I think that those cookies are edible. Or were at one point at least.
[Molly quickly drops it.]
Molly: Gross.
Sally: Huh... who'd leave all their toys here in the woods and never come back for them?
[Sally picks up one of the dolls.]
Sally: Toys shouldn't be treated like this.
[Sally rocks it back and forth.]
Sally: They're meant to be played with, forever and ever.
[Sally looks at the door]
Sally: Who's your mommy, little dolly?
Molly (off-screen): AAAAH! A monster!
[Cut to April wearing a very odd, creepy mask. She takes it off and starts laughing]
April: So ghosts don't exist, but monsters do?
Molly: That's not funny!
April: I found a whole room of costumes. Perhaps we should--
[Sally dashes by her in a cartoonish cloud of dust, making April spin around.]
April: Do you have to bring that everywhere?
Molly: What are you complainin' about?
Sally: Oooh, what's this room? It looks like a dining room.
[The camera pans through the room. There's a very large table with a dusty old table cloth. However, in each chair there's a doll or a teddy bear sitting there. In front of them are chipped old china - teacups, saucers, plates, etc.]
April: I think that it's a tea party room.
Sally: What I would give to have one in a place like this.
[April tries sitting in one of the chairs, but it breaks the second she does.]
Molly: I think these chairs are for toys only, like these cookies.
[Molly picks up what appears to be a toy cookie]
April: No, I think that those cookies are edible. Or were at one point at least.
[Molly quickly drops it.]
Molly: Gross.
Sally: Huh... who'd leave all their toys here in the woods and never come back for them?
[Sally picks up one of the dolls.]
Sally: Toys shouldn't be treated like this.
[Sally rocks it back and forth.]
Sally: They're meant to be played with, forever and ever.
[Sally looks at the door]
Sally: Who's your mommy, little dolly?
Molly (off-screen): AAAAH! A monster!
[Cut to April wearing a very odd, creepy mask. She takes it off and starts laughing]
April: So ghosts don't exist, but monsters do?
Molly: That's not funny!
April: I found a whole room of costumes. Perhaps we should--
[Sally dashes by her in a cartoonish cloud of dust, making April spin around.]
[Cut to Sally dressed up as a dinosaur, looking through a box of costmes. Even Molly is in on the fun, dressed up in cracked sunglasses, a large floppy hat, a tutu, and many festival beads, with a ring on each finger.]
Molly: No autographs, please.
[April is dressed exactly the same as she was entering the building]
April: Autographs? Oh please. That is so last season's fashion.
[April takes out a magazine that has Molly's exact costume outfit on the cover.]
Molly: And you make fun of me for carrying around a flashlight.
April: I need this magazine. You never know when inspiration needs a bit of a pick-me-up.
Sally: Hey guys, look at what I found!
[Sally shows them a tarnished golden skeleton key.]
April: A key?
Sally: Yeah, and I think it's real.
Molly: Where do you think it goes to?
April: Perhaps somewhere in the house.
Sally: Well, let's go find it!
Molly: No autographs, please.
[April is dressed exactly the same as she was entering the building]
April: Autographs? Oh please. That is so last season's fashion.
[April takes out a magazine that has Molly's exact costume outfit on the cover.]
Molly: And you make fun of me for carrying around a flashlight.
April: I need this magazine. You never know when inspiration needs a bit of a pick-me-up.
Sally: Hey guys, look at what I found!
[Sally shows them a tarnished golden skeleton key.]
April: A key?
Sally: Yeah, and I think it's real.
Molly: Where do you think it goes to?
April: Perhaps somewhere in the house.
Sally: Well, let's go find it!
[Cut to April, Sally, and Molly at a very olden door with a skeleton key lock doorknob.]
April: It's got to be this one. It's the only door left in the whole house.
Sally: On the count of three, all of us open the door together.
[The three of them hold on to the key together]
Molly: One.
April: Two.
Sally: Three!
[The key goes into the lock and turns. There's a click and the door opens.]
[Cut to a very large room. The most notable feature of the room is a large circular table in the center. It's got many olden papers on it with childish scribblings. Some are papers with writing on them. And some are treasure maps. A house plant is in the back corner of the room, dead. Several papers are taped to the wall. There's a line of shelves, and while there some toys and such, there are actual bits of treasure.]
[Molly walks up to it and pulls out a sapphire necklace.]
Molly: I-is this for real?
April: Lemme see it.
Molly: No! I found it!
[April snatches it, leaving Molly slight annoyed. April examines it, then she licks her finger and slides it across the gemstone.]
April: Yeah, it's real.
[April tosses the necklace back to Molly]
April: Shame too. Plastic is a lot more comfortable to wear.
Molly: How'd all of this get here?
Sally: Hey, look at this!
[Sally looks to a large piece of paper taped to the wall, entitled "Society of the Treasure Trackers."]
April: Society of the... Treasure Trackers. On this date--it's a bit blurry--we agree to form an inseparable bond of friendship, sparked by the hunt for treasure. Not just in the jewels we find, but the experiences we create.
Molly: (Chuckles) A little corny, huh?
Sally: Signed Janet Miller, Sabrina Young, and Eliza Fisher... what do you think happened to them?
April: Well it's obvious isn't it? They spent so much time arguing over the necklace that Molly is wearing right now that their friendship fell apart.
Molly: That's a hoot. We'd never break our friendship because of some jewels.
April: Then give the necklace to Sally.
Molly: No! It's mine!
[Beat as April stares at Molly]
Sally: Quit it, you two. I don't want any jewels. I wanna know what happened here.
April: Well you do that, I have a nighttime photo shoot to get to.
Molly: Yeah, and my dad and I were gonna go to the movies.
Sally: Come'on guys, this will be fun! Solving mysteries like the Clue Crew!
April: Maybe some other time. This place will still be here when we get back.
Molly: Judging from the structural integrity, I'm not too sure that's true.
[Molly puts the necklace back on the shelf.]
Sally: And you're leaving the necklace behind! We coulda had some serious drama going on as we fought over it.
Molly: Yeah, but I just remembered that I can't wear jewelry to work...
[Molly and April head for the exit.]
Sally: You're not working all the time.
[Sally turns back towards the document hanging on the wall. She takes a photograph of it.]
Sally: Now we solve the mystery of who owns this club house.
April: It's got to be this one. It's the only door left in the whole house.
Sally: On the count of three, all of us open the door together.
[The three of them hold on to the key together]
Molly: One.
April: Two.
Sally: Three!
[The key goes into the lock and turns. There's a click and the door opens.]
[Cut to a very large room. The most notable feature of the room is a large circular table in the center. It's got many olden papers on it with childish scribblings. Some are papers with writing on them. And some are treasure maps. A house plant is in the back corner of the room, dead. Several papers are taped to the wall. There's a line of shelves, and while there some toys and such, there are actual bits of treasure.]
[Molly walks up to it and pulls out a sapphire necklace.]
Molly: I-is this for real?
April: Lemme see it.
Molly: No! I found it!
[April snatches it, leaving Molly slight annoyed. April examines it, then she licks her finger and slides it across the gemstone.]
April: Yeah, it's real.
[April tosses the necklace back to Molly]
April: Shame too. Plastic is a lot more comfortable to wear.
Molly: How'd all of this get here?
Sally: Hey, look at this!
[Sally looks to a large piece of paper taped to the wall, entitled "Society of the Treasure Trackers."]
April: Society of the... Treasure Trackers. On this date--it's a bit blurry--we agree to form an inseparable bond of friendship, sparked by the hunt for treasure. Not just in the jewels we find, but the experiences we create.
Molly: (Chuckles) A little corny, huh?
Sally: Signed Janet Miller, Sabrina Young, and Eliza Fisher... what do you think happened to them?
April: Well it's obvious isn't it? They spent so much time arguing over the necklace that Molly is wearing right now that their friendship fell apart.
Molly: That's a hoot. We'd never break our friendship because of some jewels.
April: Then give the necklace to Sally.
Molly: No! It's mine!
[Beat as April stares at Molly]
Sally: Quit it, you two. I don't want any jewels. I wanna know what happened here.
April: Well you do that, I have a nighttime photo shoot to get to.
Molly: Yeah, and my dad and I were gonna go to the movies.
Sally: Come'on guys, this will be fun! Solving mysteries like the Clue Crew!
April: Maybe some other time. This place will still be here when we get back.
Molly: Judging from the structural integrity, I'm not too sure that's true.
[Molly puts the necklace back on the shelf.]
Sally: And you're leaving the necklace behind! We coulda had some serious drama going on as we fought over it.
Molly: Yeah, but I just remembered that I can't wear jewelry to work...
[Molly and April head for the exit.]
Sally: You're not working all the time.
[Sally turns back towards the document hanging on the wall. She takes a photograph of it.]
Sally: Now we solve the mystery of who owns this club house.
[Jump cut to Sally back at her home in her kitchen. Janet is standing there.]
Janet: Oh hey, you found my old club house.
Sally: What!?
Janet: Yeah, Miller's my maiden name. The Society of the Treasure Trackers. That really takes me back.
Sally: To the time when you and your friends were torn apart by your greed over the cursed sapphire necklace!?
Janet: The sapphire necklace? That's just old costume jewelry. It's not even real sapphire. I honestly don't know why we split up. It was such a long time ago, before I met your mother even.
Sally: Oh yeah, that reminds me.
[Sally peeks through the kitchen door to see Autumn reading a book.]
Sally: Autumn, did you do your homework?
Autumn: [Flatly] No.
Sally: Well Janet is here, so do your homework.
Janet: Oh hey, you found my old club house.
Sally: What!?
Janet: Yeah, Miller's my maiden name. The Society of the Treasure Trackers. That really takes me back.
Sally: To the time when you and your friends were torn apart by your greed over the cursed sapphire necklace!?
Janet: The sapphire necklace? That's just old costume jewelry. It's not even real sapphire. I honestly don't know why we split up. It was such a long time ago, before I met your mother even.
Sally: Oh yeah, that reminds me.
[Sally peeks through the kitchen door to see Autumn reading a book.]
Sally: Autumn, did you do your homework?
Autumn: [Flatly] No.
Sally: Well Janet is here, so do your homework.
[Cut to Sally walking down the street with Niall next to her.]
Niall: And here you can find the home of Sabrina Bhatt, maiden name Young.
Sally: Thanks Niall. Maybe you're not so bad after all. I don't know how you track some of these people down.
Niall: Well, there's a funny story about this one.
Sally: Yeah?
Niall: She's my mom.
[Beat]
Sally: Oh.
Niall: And if I may ask you a question--
Sally: NO I AM STILL NOT AN ALIEN!
Niall: And here you can find the home of Sabrina Bhatt, maiden name Young.
Sally: Thanks Niall. Maybe you're not so bad after all. I don't know how you track some of these people down.
Niall: Well, there's a funny story about this one.
Sally: Yeah?
Niall: She's my mom.
[Beat]
Sally: Oh.
Niall: And if I may ask you a question--
Sally: NO I AM STILL NOT AN ALIEN!
[Cut to Sally sitting down in Niall's living room. It's oddly neat. All of the furniture is covered in plastic wrap. Niall's mother is sitting down, and she seems a little more happy than most would expect her to be.]
Sally: I didn't expect Niall's house to be so neat and clean.
Niall: Gotta keep a clean house. Germs are no laughing matter.
Sabrina: So, you're one of Niall's friends that he's always playing games with, I heard.
Sally: Well, that's uh... one way of putting it.
Niall: [Suspiciously] Can I get you... hot chocolate?
Sally: Uh... no thanks.
[Niall just moves in closer, as if he's trying to eye Sally's true intentions.]
[Sabrina whispers in Sally's ears.]
Sabrina: [Whispers] Just say yes. It'll get him out of the room for a bit.
Sally: Uh yeah... sure. Hot chocolate sounds great.
[Niall nods and he goes into the kitchen.]
Sabrina: He can be a handful at times, but he does have a good heart.
Sally: So I've heard.
Sabrina: So what brings you here?
Sally: What do you know about the Society of the Treasure Trackers?
Sabrina: Oh, I haven't heard that name in ages!
Sally: So you were friends with Janet and... what was her name?
Sabrina: Eliza. We are all the best of friends back then.
Sally: What happened?
Sabrina: What do you mean?
Sally: What caused you guys to hate each other?
Sabrina: Hate each other? What on earth would give you that idea?
Sally: That you three had a cool clubhouse that you stopped going to all of a sudden.
Sabrina: I stopped going to the clubhouse because I had moved to Electric City.
Sally: I didn't expect Niall's house to be so neat and clean.
Niall: Gotta keep a clean house. Germs are no laughing matter.
Sabrina: So, you're one of Niall's friends that he's always playing games with, I heard.
Sally: Well, that's uh... one way of putting it.
Niall: [Suspiciously] Can I get you... hot chocolate?
Sally: Uh... no thanks.
[Niall just moves in closer, as if he's trying to eye Sally's true intentions.]
[Sabrina whispers in Sally's ears.]
Sabrina: [Whispers] Just say yes. It'll get him out of the room for a bit.
Sally: Uh yeah... sure. Hot chocolate sounds great.
[Niall nods and he goes into the kitchen.]
Sabrina: He can be a handful at times, but he does have a good heart.
Sally: So I've heard.
Sabrina: So what brings you here?
Sally: What do you know about the Society of the Treasure Trackers?
Sabrina: Oh, I haven't heard that name in ages!
Sally: So you were friends with Janet and... what was her name?
Sabrina: Eliza. We are all the best of friends back then.
Sally: What happened?
Sabrina: What do you mean?
Sally: What caused you guys to hate each other?
Sabrina: Hate each other? What on earth would give you that idea?
Sally: That you three had a cool clubhouse that you stopped going to all of a sudden.
Sabrina: I stopped going to the clubhouse because I had moved to Electric City.
[Cut to the Treasure Tracker mansion, back when it was pristine. The name "Society of the Treasure Trackers" is even fully written on a sign hanging above the gate. A much younger Sabrina runs up to the gate. The trees haven't grown as much, so bright sunlight surrounds the mansion.]
[Cut to inside the mansion, Janet is playing with the dolls and another child - Eliza - in the tea party room. Both of them are dressed up in costumes from the costume room. Sabrina enters holding a letter. Eliza speaks with a British accent.]
Sabrina: Girls! Girls! I did it!
Janet: You got the job?
Sabrina: Yup!
Eliza: Wow, that's so cool!
[Sabrina takes a look at the letter]
Sabrina: I even get to move to Electric City!
Eliza: [Dreamlike] The biggest city in all of Americandy. What I wouldn't give to be able to go there!
[Sabrina falster for a moment.]
Sabrina: Oh yeah... you two aren't coming with me. Well that puts a damper on everything.
Janet: Don't worry, we got telephones.
Sally (voice over): Telephones were invented back then?
Sabrina (voice over): Yes, we're not that old. Now please don't interrupted the story.
Sally (voice over): Oh sorry.
Eliza: And we could always send letters.
Janet: And you know we'll always be--
Eliza/Janet/Sabrina: Treasure Trackers forever!
Eliza: Find some treasure there for the rest of us, will you?
[Sabrina nods and this is used as a transition back to the modern day.]
[Cut to inside the mansion, Janet is playing with the dolls and another child - Eliza - in the tea party room. Both of them are dressed up in costumes from the costume room. Sabrina enters holding a letter. Eliza speaks with a British accent.]
Sabrina: Girls! Girls! I did it!
Janet: You got the job?
Sabrina: Yup!
Eliza: Wow, that's so cool!
[Sabrina takes a look at the letter]
Sabrina: I even get to move to Electric City!
Eliza: [Dreamlike] The biggest city in all of Americandy. What I wouldn't give to be able to go there!
[Sabrina falster for a moment.]
Sabrina: Oh yeah... you two aren't coming with me. Well that puts a damper on everything.
Janet: Don't worry, we got telephones.
Sally (voice over): Telephones were invented back then?
Sabrina (voice over): Yes, we're not that old. Now please don't interrupted the story.
Sally (voice over): Oh sorry.
Eliza: And we could always send letters.
Janet: And you know we'll always be--
Eliza/Janet/Sabrina: Treasure Trackers forever!
Eliza: Find some treasure there for the rest of us, will you?
[Sabrina nods and this is used as a transition back to the modern day.]
Sally: So... no falling out? Nothing!?
Sabrina: We tried to keep in touch. At first, we called every single night and that first night, I kept 'em up all night talking and talking about the city and the people and the excitement.
[Beat.]
Sabrina: But as time went on and on, there was less to talk about. The city stayed the way it was, and Summerway didn't change much either. Sure, there was news once in awhile, but even that became largely the same. The calls became less and less, and before long I found my own treasure - Niall's father.
Sally: You were the one who wrote the paper on the wall, weren't you?
Sabrina: Yes, why?
Sally: Uh... just a guess. But seriously, you just... lost touch?
Sabrina: That's just what happens sometimes.
Sally: I thought you were best friends!
Sabrina: We were
[Niall enters the room with hot chocolate.]
Niall: So, are you staying for dinner? We're having dhokla.
[Sally looks at her phone. She swipes to a picture of her, April, and Molly.]
Sally: I uh... gotta go.
Niall: It's vegetarian.
Sally: What? Oh, no. I just... got some thinking to do.
[Sally gets up and runs out of the house.]
Niall: Why do they always do that?
Sabrina: Do you think that she's in on the Martian Jellybeans conspiracy?
Niall: Perhaps. We'll have to keep our ears to the ground.
Sabrina: We tried to keep in touch. At first, we called every single night and that first night, I kept 'em up all night talking and talking about the city and the people and the excitement.
[Beat.]
Sabrina: But as time went on and on, there was less to talk about. The city stayed the way it was, and Summerway didn't change much either. Sure, there was news once in awhile, but even that became largely the same. The calls became less and less, and before long I found my own treasure - Niall's father.
Sally: You were the one who wrote the paper on the wall, weren't you?
Sabrina: Yes, why?
Sally: Uh... just a guess. But seriously, you just... lost touch?
Sabrina: That's just what happens sometimes.
Sally: I thought you were best friends!
Sabrina: We were
[Niall enters the room with hot chocolate.]
Niall: So, are you staying for dinner? We're having dhokla.
[Sally looks at her phone. She swipes to a picture of her, April, and Molly.]
Sally: I uh... gotta go.
Niall: It's vegetarian.
Sally: What? Oh, no. I just... got some thinking to do.
[Sally gets up and runs out of the house.]
Niall: Why do they always do that?
Sabrina: Do you think that she's in on the Martian Jellybeans conspiracy?
Niall: Perhaps. We'll have to keep our ears to the ground.
[Cut to Sally sitting in a tree in her backyard. She's got her head in her lap as she's watching the sun set in the background over the city of Summerway. She looks at the pictures on her phone, looking at happy and silly moments between the three friends - Sally, April, and Molly. Then she gets to the picture of the "Treasure Trackers" paper.]
Sally: What chance do we stand?
[Sally debates throwing her phone, but she holds firmly. A ringtone goes off.]
April (voice over): Hey Sally, what's up?
[Sally looks at her phone with surprise. She's unsure of what to do.]
April (voice over): Sally, are you there?
[Sally puts the phone to her ear.]
Sally: Yeah
April (voice over): Is something amiss? You sound dismeveled.
Sally: I was just... wondering if you wanted to come over to my house for dinner tomorrow.
April (voice over): Oh no, I can't. I have to make a business trip to Electric City.
[Sally's eyes open wide with shock.]
Sally: You didn't say anything about Electric City!
April (voice over): Because if I told you every time I was going out-of-state, it's all we'd ever talk about. Are you sure you're doing okay Sally?
Sally: I... yeah, sure.
April (voice over): Well, either way. I'll be back by Friday.
Sally: That's FOREVER! You might totally forget about me by then, and twenty years later you're even going to forget why we were friends in the first place!
[April laughs]
April (voice over): Sally, you are quite the delight. I gotta go, my phone battery is dying.
[Sally looks at her phone, with a "call ended" on the screen.]
Sally: What chance do we stand?
[Sally debates throwing her phone, but she holds firmly. A ringtone goes off.]
April (voice over): Hey Sally, what's up?
[Sally looks at her phone with surprise. She's unsure of what to do.]
April (voice over): Sally, are you there?
[Sally puts the phone to her ear.]
Sally: Yeah
April (voice over): Is something amiss? You sound dismeveled.
Sally: I was just... wondering if you wanted to come over to my house for dinner tomorrow.
April (voice over): Oh no, I can't. I have to make a business trip to Electric City.
[Sally's eyes open wide with shock.]
Sally: You didn't say anything about Electric City!
April (voice over): Because if I told you every time I was going out-of-state, it's all we'd ever talk about. Are you sure you're doing okay Sally?
Sally: I... yeah, sure.
April (voice over): Well, either way. I'll be back by Friday.
Sally: That's FOREVER! You might totally forget about me by then, and twenty years later you're even going to forget why we were friends in the first place!
[April laughs]
April (voice over): Sally, you are quite the delight. I gotta go, my phone battery is dying.
[Sally looks at her phone, with a "call ended" on the screen.]
[Cut to an establishing shot - the sun rising over Molly's garage. Birds fly happily through the air. Cut to inside the garage. Molly is working on a car. She reaches into the engine and pulls out a football. Then she pulls out a rubber duck. And finally she pulls out a small dog that happily barks.]
Molly: How many times do I gotta tell kids that the engine ain't an extra trunk!
[The camera pans to show Sally standing in the doorway, awkward and sad.]
Sally: Hey Molly--
Molly: [Annoyed] Oh, hey Sally. What's up? Car trouble again?
Sally: Wanna go get some ice cream or...
Molly: Sally, you know I'm workin' right?
Sally: Can't you just take the day off once in awhile.
Molly: Yeah, which is why I went to that old house with you, yesterday. You feelin' okay?
Sally: [Sarcastically] Yeah, I'm feeling just great.
[Molly looks to turn to her.]
Molly: Look, Sally, we can't do things every single day. I got all weekend off and we can do whatever then. Right now, I got work to do.
Sally: You always have work!
Molly: Yup, that's kinda in the job description... of well, havin' a job. Seriously, you feelin' alright?
Sally: No! Because you're gonna forget about me by Friday!
[Sally runs out of the room, slamming the door behind her.]
Molly: Like anyone's ever forgettin' about Sally.
Molly: How many times do I gotta tell kids that the engine ain't an extra trunk!
[The camera pans to show Sally standing in the doorway, awkward and sad.]
Sally: Hey Molly--
Molly: [Annoyed] Oh, hey Sally. What's up? Car trouble again?
Sally: Wanna go get some ice cream or...
Molly: Sally, you know I'm workin' right?
Sally: Can't you just take the day off once in awhile.
Molly: Yeah, which is why I went to that old house with you, yesterday. You feelin' okay?
Sally: [Sarcastically] Yeah, I'm feeling just great.
[Molly looks to turn to her.]
Molly: Look, Sally, we can't do things every single day. I got all weekend off and we can do whatever then. Right now, I got work to do.
Sally: You always have work!
Molly: Yup, that's kinda in the job description... of well, havin' a job. Seriously, you feelin' alright?
Sally: No! Because you're gonna forget about me by Friday!
[Sally runs out of the room, slamming the door behind her.]
Molly: Like anyone's ever forgettin' about Sally.
[Cut to April walking outside the fence to her family's land. She checks her camera, and places it in the passenger seat of her car. She boredly drinks from a thermos of hot chocolate, walks around the car and sits in the driver's seat. She turns to see Sally sitting in the passenger's seat, holding her camera and giving the biggest smile that she can.]
Sally: So, best friend, when are we gonna get started on that road trip? I brought the Eternity Forever CD's!
April: Road Trip? Sally, you know that you can't come with me, right?
Sally: But it's always been my dream to go with my best friend to Electric City. I mean, you ARE my best friend, right?
April: Sally, you're starting to worry me a bit.
Sally: Worry!? [Sally laughs maniacally] That's a funny joke. A really good one! I promise I'll be good!
April: Does Max know you're here?
[Sally quickly takes out her phone and dials up a number and hers it to her head.]
Sally: HiMaxGoingtoElectricCitySeeYouFridayBye!
[She hangs up the phone]
Sally: I left a message.
[Sally smiles and she starts sweating]
April: Sally... even if I took you to Electric City, which frankly I'm not doing, when I get there I am sololy going to be doing a job.
Sally: Please, come on, I thought we were friends!
[April rolls her eyes and begins driving]
Sally: So we're going!?
April: We're going... somewhere.
Sally: So, best friend, when are we gonna get started on that road trip? I brought the Eternity Forever CD's!
April: Road Trip? Sally, you know that you can't come with me, right?
Sally: But it's always been my dream to go with my best friend to Electric City. I mean, you ARE my best friend, right?
April: Sally, you're starting to worry me a bit.
Sally: Worry!? [Sally laughs maniacally] That's a funny joke. A really good one! I promise I'll be good!
April: Does Max know you're here?
[Sally quickly takes out her phone and dials up a number and hers it to her head.]
Sally: HiMaxGoingtoElectricCitySeeYouFridayBye!
[She hangs up the phone]
Sally: I left a message.
[Sally smiles and she starts sweating]
April: Sally... even if I took you to Electric City, which frankly I'm not doing, when I get there I am sololy going to be doing a job.
Sally: Please, come on, I thought we were friends!
[April rolls her eyes and begins driving]
Sally: So we're going!?
April: We're going... somewhere.
[Cut to April's car pulling up to Sally's house, where it rolls to a stop.]
Sally: You brought me--
April: Home, Sally.
[Sally gives April a saddened look.]
April: Sally, if there's something on your mind, you can tell me. If you don't want to, that's fine too. I will be back on Friday and then we can play all weekend, but now I do have a job to do.
Sally: [Teasingly] Can't work if you don't have your camera!
[Sally takes April's camera and runs out of the car.]
April: Sally! Sally! Get back here with that.
Sally: [Shouting] Gumdrops! Here boy!
[Gumdrops bursts out of the house, running, and Sally jumps on. She blows April a raspberry and rides off.]
April: She knows that I have more than one camera, right?
[Beat as April rolls her eyes]
April: I need to make sure she's okay, but I need to get going.
[April picks up her cellphone]
April: Molly, dear, I do believe something's up with Sally. Can you please make sure that she's okay while I'm at Electric City?
Sally: You brought me--
April: Home, Sally.
[Sally gives April a saddened look.]
April: Sally, if there's something on your mind, you can tell me. If you don't want to, that's fine too. I will be back on Friday and then we can play all weekend, but now I do have a job to do.
Sally: [Teasingly] Can't work if you don't have your camera!
[Sally takes April's camera and runs out of the car.]
April: Sally! Sally! Get back here with that.
Sally: [Shouting] Gumdrops! Here boy!
[Gumdrops bursts out of the house, running, and Sally jumps on. She blows April a raspberry and rides off.]
April: She knows that I have more than one camera, right?
[Beat as April rolls her eyes]
April: I need to make sure she's okay, but I need to get going.
[April picks up her cellphone]
April: Molly, dear, I do believe something's up with Sally. Can you please make sure that she's okay while I'm at Electric City?
[Cut to Sally dismounting Gumdrops at the log entrance to the Treasure Trackers' mansion.]
Sally: Okay boy, go home, and remember - don't tell anyone that I'm here.
[Gumdrops reluctantly nods and he runs off, while Sally starts crawling through the log.]
Sally: Let's see if April can do her job without her camera.
Sally: Okay boy, go home, and remember - don't tell anyone that I'm here.
[Gumdrops reluctantly nods and he runs off, while Sally starts crawling through the log.]
Sally: Let's see if April can do her job without her camera.
[Cut to Molly leading Robert, Autumn, and Janet through the woods.]
Autumn: Are you sure that Sally would come this far out into the woods?
[Gumdrops goes running by]
Molly: Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
Janet: She's going back to the old clubhouse isn't she?
Molly: I don't see where else she's goin'. I got no idea what's gotten into that girl.
Robert: Sally can take things pretty hard.
Janet: I think I know why she's acting like this. I should talk to her.
[They get to the log]
Molly: Good luck gettin' through there.
Janet: Oh cool, you found a second entrance to the clubhouse.
Molly: Second entrance?
Janet: Yeah, there's a gap in the rocks over that way. Even a grown-up could walk through there.
Autumn: Are you sure that Sally would come this far out into the woods?
[Gumdrops goes running by]
Molly: Yeah, I'm pretty sure.
Janet: She's going back to the old clubhouse isn't she?
Molly: I don't see where else she's goin'. I got no idea what's gotten into that girl.
Robert: Sally can take things pretty hard.
Janet: I think I know why she's acting like this. I should talk to her.
[They get to the log]
Molly: Good luck gettin' through there.
Janet: Oh cool, you found a second entrance to the clubhouse.
Molly: Second entrance?
Janet: Yeah, there's a gap in the rocks over that way. Even a grown-up could walk through there.
[Cut to Sally in the Treasure Tracker meeting room.]
Sally: Lots and lotsa pictures--
[There's a knock on the door.]
Sally: Oh April, back for your camera already?
[The door opens and both Janet and Molly come through.]
Sally: Molly? Where's April.
Molly: She's in Electric City.
Sally: But I--
Molly: Stole her camera.
Sally: Okay, I know that this looks bad, but I did what I had to!
[Janet looks around the room.]
Janet: Oh yeah, I remember this place.
[Janet looks at the Treasure Trackers wall paper.]
Janet: It's our old creed. Wow, Sabrina was... wordy.
Sally: What are you doing here?
Janet: Oh, I wanted to talk to you. I think you kind of got the wrong idea from all of this.
Sally: What's to talk about? My friends are gonna forget me and then I'm gonna be alone and my life will be over!
Molly: Sally, is that what's been eatin' you?
Sally: The only thing that's been eating me is the bugs. Seriously this place is crawling with them.
Molly: Yeah, I gathered that much.
[Beat]
Molly: Yeah know, April's been really hurt that you of all kids would take her camera just like that.
[Sally looks shocked, like she's not thinking rationally.]
Sally: This is it, isn't it? This is the moment where you tell me that April doesn't want to be my friend anymore!
Molly: No, she just wants her camera back.
Janet: Lemme try and talk.
Sally: What's to say!? You know how it is! One day you and Sabrina stopped talking and-- and-- and--
[Sally clutches onto the camera for dear life.]
Janet: Sally, it's not as bad as you think it is.
[Sally doesn't speak.]
Janet: Sally... sometimes people just kind of drift apart. It can even happen to the best of friends. We get new interests, move new places, and we meet new people.
Sally: New people?
Janet: Yeah, after Sabrina and Eliza moved away, I met your mom. And we're still friends, after fifteen, twenty years.
Molly: I'll tell yeah what isn't helping - actin' crazy and takin' April's stuff like that.
Sally: I don't want to lose... my friends.
Molly: Well stealin' April's camera ain't exactly helpin' now, is it?
[Sally thinks for a moment and then falters.]
Sally: No...
[Sally puts the camera on the table. Molly takes it. And then she smiles.]
Molly: Yeah should have told me that that's what yeah were goin' through, ya dolt.
Sally: What do you mean?
Molly: You don't think I knew some good people back home?
Sally: What happened?
Molly: I met this really weird girl named Sally Dunn.
[Beat, and then Sally laughs. Then Molly joins her, but then Sally stops.]
Sally: Do you keep in touch?
Molly: Some of 'em. But hey, I lost touch with some of them back before I moved.
[Sally bites her lip.]
Janet: As sad as it might be... you'll always meet new people Sally, and you'll always have the memories. The good times won't go away. Not really.
[Sally looks to Molly.]
Sally: But I can't stand to think that one day we might not be friends.
Molly: Then don't think about it. Just be friends. It makes yeah act less crazy that way.
Sally: A... alright. So do you wanna go hang out or something?
[Molly doesn't answer for a beat.]
Sally: I mean this weekend, when April gets back. You know, after I say sorry for takin her camera.
Molly: Yeah, I'd like nothin' more in the whole world.
[Fade out.]
Sally: Lots and lotsa pictures--
[There's a knock on the door.]
Sally: Oh April, back for your camera already?
[The door opens and both Janet and Molly come through.]
Sally: Molly? Where's April.
Molly: She's in Electric City.
Sally: But I--
Molly: Stole her camera.
Sally: Okay, I know that this looks bad, but I did what I had to!
[Janet looks around the room.]
Janet: Oh yeah, I remember this place.
[Janet looks at the Treasure Trackers wall paper.]
Janet: It's our old creed. Wow, Sabrina was... wordy.
Sally: What are you doing here?
Janet: Oh, I wanted to talk to you. I think you kind of got the wrong idea from all of this.
Sally: What's to talk about? My friends are gonna forget me and then I'm gonna be alone and my life will be over!
Molly: Sally, is that what's been eatin' you?
Sally: The only thing that's been eating me is the bugs. Seriously this place is crawling with them.
Molly: Yeah, I gathered that much.
[Beat]
Molly: Yeah know, April's been really hurt that you of all kids would take her camera just like that.
[Sally looks shocked, like she's not thinking rationally.]
Sally: This is it, isn't it? This is the moment where you tell me that April doesn't want to be my friend anymore!
Molly: No, she just wants her camera back.
Janet: Lemme try and talk.
Sally: What's to say!? You know how it is! One day you and Sabrina stopped talking and-- and-- and--
[Sally clutches onto the camera for dear life.]
Janet: Sally, it's not as bad as you think it is.
[Sally doesn't speak.]
Janet: Sally... sometimes people just kind of drift apart. It can even happen to the best of friends. We get new interests, move new places, and we meet new people.
Sally: New people?
Janet: Yeah, after Sabrina and Eliza moved away, I met your mom. And we're still friends, after fifteen, twenty years.
Molly: I'll tell yeah what isn't helping - actin' crazy and takin' April's stuff like that.
Sally: I don't want to lose... my friends.
Molly: Well stealin' April's camera ain't exactly helpin' now, is it?
[Sally thinks for a moment and then falters.]
Sally: No...
[Sally puts the camera on the table. Molly takes it. And then she smiles.]
Molly: Yeah should have told me that that's what yeah were goin' through, ya dolt.
Sally: What do you mean?
Molly: You don't think I knew some good people back home?
Sally: What happened?
Molly: I met this really weird girl named Sally Dunn.
[Beat, and then Sally laughs. Then Molly joins her, but then Sally stops.]
Sally: Do you keep in touch?
Molly: Some of 'em. But hey, I lost touch with some of them back before I moved.
[Sally bites her lip.]
Janet: As sad as it might be... you'll always meet new people Sally, and you'll always have the memories. The good times won't go away. Not really.
[Sally looks to Molly.]
Sally: But I can't stand to think that one day we might not be friends.
Molly: Then don't think about it. Just be friends. It makes yeah act less crazy that way.
Sally: A... alright. So do you wanna go hang out or something?
[Molly doesn't answer for a beat.]
Sally: I mean this weekend, when April gets back. You know, after I say sorry for takin her camera.
Molly: Yeah, I'd like nothin' more in the whole world.
[Fade out.]