OPENING SCENE: MISS HOOVER'S CLASS. SHE IS SEATED AT HER DESK READING AN "US WEEKLY" MAGAZINE AND IS DULLY ADDRESSING THE CLASS AS A MALE STUDENT IS STANDING BEFORE EVERYONE.
MISS HOOVER:
Class, this is Edmund and I won't even bother trying to pronounce his last name because I don't want another discrimination lawsuit. He's a transplant from Boston.
EDMOND WAVES TO THE CLASS AND LISA IS SMITTEN BY HIS CLEAN-CUT, BORDERLINE 'PREP' ATTIRE.
LISA: (Thinking)
Wow! He's the first second-grader I've to not have a jelly-belly and he appears to actually know how to come his hair without having chunks of hair missing from his head.
EDMUND SMILES.
LISA: (Thinking)
Ohhh....he's got teeth that's actually not the same color as his skin. (giddy) I've got to sit next to him at lunch!
EDMUND:
Well, class...There's not much to say, but at my old school, I was a junior polo champion and I took care of ponies for my grandfather's estate back in Europe.
OFF-SCREEN, LISA LET'S OUT AN 'AHHH' AND THE SOUND OF A 'THUD' IS HEARD.
CUT TO THE LUNCHROOM. LISA IS SITTING ACROSS FROM EDMUND WITH A BAG OF ICE ON HER FOREHEAD. SHE REMOVES IT, REVEALING A LUMP.
EDMUND:
Quite a nasty bump you took...what was your name again?
LISA:
It's Lisa. So, uh...you like books and, uh, stuff?
EDMUND:
Yes, actually I do. Back at my house, I have the complete works of Shakespeare, all first edition. Plus thousands of books that haven't seen the light of day outside of the villages they were printed in back in the 17th century.
LISA:
That's amazing, Edmund! (rubs her bumped forehead) Oh, this thing will be here forever!
EDMUND REACHES OVER AND PUTS HIS HAND ON THE LUMP. LISA LET'S OUT A GASP AS A WEIRD, COLD RUSH HITS HER.
LISA:
Oh, god, your hand felt colder than the ice pack! (touches forehead) It's gone! How did you--
EDMUND:
Lisa, can you take a walk with me?
CUT TO LISA AND EDMUND AS THEY WALK IN A DESERTED PART OF THE SCHOOLYARD. THE COLD, FALL BREEZE STIRS UP THE LEAVES AS THE TWO STAND FACE TO FACE.
EDMUND:
Lisa, you seem like a nice girl and there's something I should tell you before we--
SUDDENLY NELSON AND KEARNEY COME RUNNING OVER FROM THE MONKEY BARS.
NELSON: (Knocks the books out of Edmund's hands)
Hey Lisa! Who's the dork you're dating this week? I'm willing to bet the only reason he likes you is he's trying pass some lame-o test.
EDMUND:
Apologize to Lisa. I'll give you one chance.
NELSON:
Okay, jerk. Lisa, I'm sorry I had to beat your 'boyfriend' up.
NELSON TAKES A SWING AT EDMUND, BUT EDMUND, WITH A BORED LOOK ON HIS FACE, CATCHES NELSON'S FIST AND WITH HIS OTHER FREE HAND, EDMUND LIFTS NELSON UP AND TOSSES HIM ABOUT TEN FEET BACK AND NELSON LANDS ON HIS UPPER BACK AND THE MOMENTUM CAUSES HIM TO ROLL AND LAND ON HIS STOMACH.
KEARNY: (runs off)
I forgot, I have to set my tivo to Dr. Phil so I can improve my relationships at home!
CUT TO LISA AND EDMUND AS EDMUND LOOKS DOWN AT NELSON. SUDDENLY, EDMUND'S EYES GLOW RED AND HIS TWO FANGS BECOME VERY NOTICEABLE.
LISA:
Y-You're a vampire!? But it's daytime AND you're going to drink Nelson's blood!?
EDMUND: (fangs retract and his eyes return to normal)
'sigh' Lisa, no, I'm not. I don't hunt people--I have not for almost 120 years. I've been trapped in this pre-teen body for almost an eternity and I since I was born a vampire, I'm not sure if I'll pass this stage in my development anytime soon.
LISA:
Oh, that's terrible. You're so handsomely different and I'm assuming people must judge you all the time.
EDMUND:
Lisa, you have a wisdom that goes beyond your 8 years, but I'm afraid it won't ever work out between us.
LISA:
But why?
EDMUND:
If you waited for me to grow into an adult, it could take another 100 years, and by then you'll have passed on, but if I 'changed' you, you'd be stuck at whatever age you were turned. You need to think about this.
LISA:
Edmund, it's so nice to meet a boy who is truly wise and isn't some burly bristler and is one who can hopefully tolerate the vegan lifestyle.
EDMUND:
Well Lisa, if you must know, I'm a vegan, too--I don't eat animals, I just drink their blood, plus I carry dental floss with me at all times just in case I get fur stuck in my teeth. I use minty flavored!
LISA:
Uh...Well, better safe than sorry. (nervous laughter) So, uh...you don't bite people much?
EDMUND:
No, me and my father had to quit because our family was gettting sued by the surviving relatives. The family castle in Romania wound up going on the auction block because we were so much in the red. Damn those lawyers--they're the REAL bloodsuckers!
CUT TO THE SIMPSONS HOUSE AT THE BREAKFAST TABLE
BART:
So, Lisa, how was your date last night with that goth dude?
LISA:
Bart, for the last time, he's a VAMPIRE!
BART:
Okay, how was your date with Batman?
LISA:
'sigh' Bart, he doesn't like being called that. He says it's a misrepresentation of his homeland's culture.
HOMER:
Culture-smulture! Lisa, I forbid you from seeing a boy who stays out all night and sleeps all day and drinks protein shakes for dinner!
MARGE:
But Kirsty Ally did all those things, Homer, and you idolized her!
HOMER:
Apples and oranges, Marge. Apples and oranges.
MARGE:
Hrmmmm....
BART:
Yeah, and Lisa....If you do 'change' and become a vampire, you'll be able to bodyslam me with your pinky finger and that wouldn't bode well for my self-esteem.
LISA:
Well, that makes being one of the undead even more inviting, even moreso than joining the Democratic party.
CUT TO EDMUND'S HOME, WHERE IT'S DARK IN THE LIVING ROOM AS EDMUND IS SITTING IN FRONT OF A 60 INCH FLATSCREEN TV AS HIS FATHER, DRACULA, ENTERS.
DRACULA:
Well, son. I've had visions that you and one Lisa Simpson are trying to be a couple. I really hope your not serioulsy pursuing her as in this family there's too many unwanted bitings.
EDMUND:
Father, this time it's different, she's pursuing ME!
DRAC:
Yes, yes, I'm sure she'll just trip and fall on your fangs.
EDMUND:
Father! Lisa is a very educated girl and has respect for our kind.
DRAC:
Uh, uh...that's what the humans all say, then they try to convert you christianty and when we say 'no' we get a cross usually burned into our foreheads.
EDMUND:
Father, you're stuck in the past. What once the humans considered freakish and bizzarre is now idolized for it's uniquness. Just look at this:
EDMUND TURNS THE TV ON AND A VIDEO WITH LADY GAGA IS PLAYING.
DRACULA WATCHES FOR A FEW SECONDS AND IS HORRIFIED.
DRAC:
Bah! Turn it off, and I never thought I'd see the day when a human could turn a vampire into something worse!
EDMUND:
Father, I just want to fit in for once and make friends with classmates before they pass away from old age and I want to have Lisa by my side as the decades fall way into the darkness.
DRAC:
Edmond, no! I cannot allow this 'mingling' with the mortals, regardless how much you want to 'hang out' and look cool.
tbc



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