The Fountain of Fair Fortune

Characters
Asha
Altheda
Amata
Sir Luckless
Healer
Evil Sorcerer
Ex-boyfriend
Guards
Teacher
Students

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TEACHER: Alright everyone, lets start the lesson! Sit down please! Today were going to continue
reading the Tales of Beedle the Bard. Who can tell me what kind of tales they are?
STUDENT: Fairy tales!
TEACHER: Good, and why are these special?
STUDENT: Because they have a good message?
TEACHER: Yes, excellent, these tales have a positive message for us to learn. Now, this one is
called The Fountain of Fair Fortune. Lets see Lights down Good.
High on a hill, in an enchanted garden, protected by strong magic and tall walls, was the
Fountain of Fair Fortune.
STUDENT: Once a year, between sunrise and sunset, one unfortunate person was given the
chance to fight their way to the Fountain, bathe in it, and receive Fair Fortune for evermore.
STUDENT: Hundreds of people travelled from all over the kingdom to get there before dawn. Men
and women, rich and poor, magical or not, they all wanted to be chosen.
STUDENT: Three witches met outside and told each other their sorrows.

ASHA: (coughing) Hello, Im Asha, how do you do?

AMATA: (in a sad voice) Hello, Im Amata.
ALTHEDA: My names Altheda, nice to meet you! So, why are you here?
ASHA: Well

ASHA: Healer, whats wrong with me? I feel terrible all the time, sometimes I can hardly walk
HEALER: Im sorry, Asha. Theres no cure for your illness. All we can do is try to make you feel
better. Here, take this

AMATA: Oh, Im so sorry!

ALTHEDA: Thats terrible!
ASHA: Thank you. I hope the Fountain can cure me What about you?
ALTHEDA: I have a powerful enemy
EVIL SORCERER: You have defeated me for the last time, Altheda! Mwahahaha! I have taken
your gold, and now Bombarda!
ALTHEDA: Nooooo! My house
EVIL SORCERER: Expelliarmus!

ALTHEDA: He took my wand and disappeared. Now Im poor and I cant defeat him. I want the
Fountain to give me a way of getting my powers back.
AMATA: Wow, thats awful!
ALTHEDA: Yes, I hate him. What about you, Amata?
AMATA: Me? Its not as bad as your stories, but Im so sad (cries)

BOYFRIEND: Im going away, Amata, I dont love you anymore.

AMATA: No, please, I dont understand I can change! Ill do anything you want!

AMATA: I still love him, and I want the Fountain to make me forget him.
ASHA: Im sorry, thats really sad
ALTHEDA: Okay, I have a plan. If one of us is chosen, well grab each other and try to get the three
of us inside. What do you think?
ASHA: Yes! We can help each other on the way to the Fountain.
AMATA: And then we can decide who gets to bathe in it
EXTRA: The sun is rising!
EXTRA: Here come the creepers!

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STUDENT: The creepers snake through the crowd. Finally, they grab the first witch, Asha.
STUDENT: Asha grabs Altheda, and Altheda grabs Amata. And Amatas clothes get caught in the
armour of a poor knight, and the four of them are brought into the garden.

ALTHEDA: What did you do, Amata? Why did you bring this knight inside?
ASHA: Its going to be difficult enough to decide which one of us will bathe in the Fountain
AMATA: Im sorry, it was an accident!
SIR LUCKLESS: Listen, listen, dear ladies! I see you are all witches, and Im definitely not magical,
so Ill just go back outside and
AMATA: (interrupting) No, youre a knight, you should help us!
SIR LUCKLESS: Oh, I would, but Im a terrible knight
ASHA: Why?
SIR LUCKLESS: Well, Im horrible at riding a horse, and fighting with a sword or with my hands,
and I hate running
AMATA: Well, I still say you should come with us, be brave! Whats your name, good knight?
SIR LUCKLESS: Im Sir Luckless. (bows)

STUDENT: The knight agrees to help the witches, and the four of them start walking through the
garden.

ALTHEDA: Wow, look at all these strange flowers and plants! Ive never seen some of these
ASHA: Me neither, and Ive seen a lot of rare plants, looking for medicines to cure my illness
AMATA: Girls, thats all very nice, but look! Theres the hill, lets go!
ASHA: Wait for me! (They all exit)

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ALTHEDA: Merlins beard, the hill is so high!

ASHA: I dont think I can make it up there
AMATA: Courage, friend! Well help you!
SIR LUCKLESS: The kind lady is right, I will carry you if I have to not running of courseI hate
running.
ASHA: Okay, thank you. Any ideas for how we are going to get through that wall? I dont see an
entrance
SIR LUCKLESS: Maybe its on the other side? We could go around the base of the hill
ALTHEDA: No, that would take us forever, even with magic, and we only have until the sun goes
down.
SIR LUCKLESS: So use your magic then! It should be easy for you, right?
ASHA: Im not so sure, but its our best option. Stand back! Reducto!

STUDENT: Nothing happened. Before Amata could try, someone appeared suddenly, leaning on
the wall.

GUARDIAN: Pay me the proof of your pain.

ALTHEDA: What? Pay what?
SIR LUCKLESS: The proof of your pain, I believe it said.
AMATA: We dont have time for riddles. Bombarda!
GUARDIAN: You can keep trying, but you wont take down this wall. Pay me the proof of your pain.

STUDENT: The two witches used every spell they could think of, and the wall was still standing.
Finally, Asha fell to the ground, exhausted.

ASHA: Its impossible! Were never going to get to the Fountain! (Cries)
GUARDIAN: (Walks up to Asha, catches a tear with a finger and drinks it) The price is paid. You
may go through.
ALTHEDA, AMATA, SIR LUCKLESS: Yes! Brilliant!
ASHA: Okay, that was weird.
AMATA: The wall has an opening now, come on! Let me help you up (She and Sir Luckless help
Asha, Amata runs to the opening and exits)
SIR LUCKLESS: Hey, wait for us! Why does she always have to run?

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AMATA: Can we stop to rest for a while? Asha looks very tired
ALTHEDA: Yes, but only for a bit. We must be halfway up, but its past noon already.
SIR LUCKLESS: Whew! Im going to see if I can find something for us to eat, I only brought water.
AMATA: Ill go with him, make sure he doesnt pick anything poisonous. (Giving Asha her cloak)
Here Asha, make yourself comfortable.
ALTHEDA: Asha, how are you feeling? Can I get you anything?
ASHA: No, thank you, I just needed to lie down a little.
AMATA: Altheda, Asha, you have to come! Look what we found!
ALTHEDA: Were coming! (She helps Asha up)
ASHA: What is it?
SIR LUCKLESS: Do you see that? I think thats another guard, like the one at the bottom of the hill.
ASHA: Great, I hope it doesnt want more of my tears.
GUARD: Pay me the fruit of your labours.
AMATA: The fruit of our labours?
SIR LUCKLESS: Here, this is all the money I have got. (He gives the guard a coin)
GUARD: (Throwing the coin away) No. Pay me the fruit of your labours.
ALTHEDA: Oh, come on, lets continue climbing. We really dont have time for riddles.

STUDENT: Although they walked for hours, somehow the guard was always in front of them. And
even worse, they didnt seem to be advancing at all.

AMATA: Im pretty sure were stuck. This is pointless.

ASHA: Yes, Im sure that tree hasnt moved closer to us all this time. And I feel so tired.
SIR LUCKLESS: Shall I carry you, dear lady?
ASHA: Thank you, but I still have some strength. I just want to rest
ALTHEDA: Come, friends! We shall not be defeated now that we are so close. Lets keep pushing!
(She wipes sweat off her brow)
Guard: (Runs up to Althea, catches a bead of sweat) The price is paid. You may continue. (They all
celebrate)
ALTHEDA: Okay, that was weird.
ASHA: At least this one didnt drink anything.
ALTHEDA: Yes But never mind that, we are so close now! Lets go!
AMATA: I can see the Fountain! We made it! (She celebrates with the witches)
SIR LUCKLESS: (Interrupting) Do you hear that? It sounds like running water.
AMATA: Oh no, it must be another obstacle
ALTHEDA: Yes, look! Its a stream. This shouldnt be too difficult Oh no. Another guard.
GUARD: Pay me the treasure of your past.
ASHA: Not again
SIR LUCKLESS: I am fed up with these riddles! (Tries to float on his shield, but sinks) Help! I cant
swim!
ASHA: It isnt that deep, you can walk out
SIR LUCKLESS: No, something is pulling me! Help!
AMATA: Wingardium Leviosa! (SL jumps out and floats in the air for a second, then lands on the
ground)
SIR LUCKLESS: Wow. That was thank you, kind lady.
ALTHEDA: So, if something was pulling you, that means we cant walk through it.
ASHA: And going by our previous experience, magic wont help us either (She sits down)
AMATA: Lets think then. What did it ask for this time?
SIR LUCKLESS: The treasure of your past.
AMATA: (After thinking for a minute) I think Ive got it! (She puts her wand to her temple and draws
something silver, dropping it in the stream. She repeats this a few times.)
SIR LUCKLESS: What is she doing?
ALTHEDA: Shes taking her memories
AMATA: All the happy moments with my former boyfriend. There, done.
GUARD: The price is paid. You may cross.
ASHA: (Weakly) Yes Finally! (The others help her cross the stream)

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ALTHEDA: Well, were here! How are we going to decide who bathes in the Fountain?
AMATA: I dont thinkAsha, are you alright?
ASHA: I cantIm in so much pain, and so tired Just
AMATA: Well take you to the Fountain, right? (The others nod)
SIR LUCKLESS: Ill carry you
ASHA: No! Please, dont move me, it hurts!
ALTHEDA: Okay, okay. Amata, stay with her, Im going to make a potion.
AMATA: Do you even know what you need to make? Asha said there was no cure.
ALTHEDA: Not really, but some of these strange plants have to help. I just have to try! (She starts
picking up leaves and flowers, and mixes them in the knights gourd of water.) Here, drink this,
Asha.
ASHA: (Opening her eyes and sitting up) Merlins beard, the pain is gone! Altheda, youre a genius,
thank you! You should bathe in the Fountain!
ALTHEDA: (Picking up more leaves and flowers) I dont need it, if I can cure your illness, Ill get
rich selling this medicine, and I can get a wand again and finally defeat my enemy! Amata should
bathe!
AMATA: Actually, what I was going to say is that I dont need the Fountain either. When I put the
memories in the stream, all the sadness I felt went away Im much better off without him, really.
So, Sir Luckless, you can stop calling yourself that right now.
SIR LUCKLESS: I cant believe it
ASHA: Go, before the sun goes down! (SL gets in)
ALTHEDA: So? How do you feel?
SIR LUCKLESS: (After coming out of the Fountain) I feel invincible! I am the luckiest man in the
world!

STUDENT: Sir Luckless fell to his knees in front of Amata, who had been so kind, and asked for
her hand and her heart. Amata accepted.
STUDENT: The four of them went down the hill together, and led long and happy lives, and none of
them ever knew that the Fountains waters carried no magic at all.

TEACHER: The end. Did you like it?

STUDENTS: Yes!
TEACHER: We will discuss the moral of the story later, because now we have to go to the next
story
STUDENT: The Tale of the Three Brothers?
TEACHER: Yes, my favourite one.