Harper: Here. I made you some porridge.

(She sniffs it as she looks at the bowl she exclaims in a nasty manner)

Hilda: Eew I hate porridge.

Harper: I know. But you have to eat it.

Hilda: I don't want to eat that. You know how much I despise it.

(He shakes his head)

Harper: Alright,fine. No porridge. How about some oatmeal I'll throw In some blueberries. How does that sound?

Hilda: How about real food?

Harper: You can't have real food,Hilda. Wendell and Wenda said no real food until you're able to recover.

Hilda: Hmph!

Harper: Ugh. You're older than me, yet you act like a child. You're very stubborn.

(She rolls her eyes and scowls at him)

Harper: Just eat it. Plug up your nose if you have to.

(She continues to scowl at him)

You're so hard to negotiate with.

(She takes the bowl and with a little pinch of her finger she tastes it)

Hilda: Hmm...I was wrong...it doesn't taste that bad...

Harper: See? I put some ingredient inside it so you won't taste something bad.

Hilda: What'd you put?

Harper: That's a secret. Now eat.

(She mocks him while eating the porridge) 

Hilda: Did you eat breakfast?

Harper: Not really. I've been so busy I haven't had time to eat. Theres alot going on, it's all too much.

Hilda: You need to eat Harper.

Harper: I know. Don't worry, I will. Besides enough about me, you should worry about yourself for right now. Focus on getting better.

Hilda: I can't help it. I'm just so worried about Bea.

(He smiles)

Harper: That's the thing about you, you think too much of others. I find it a good thing.

(She looks down at the bowl)

Hilda: What else am I supposed to think about?

Harper: Staying occupied.

(She shakes her head)

Hilda: Yeah right.

Transition back to Tristan talking to his father

Tristan: Were doing everything we can, father, to look for Bea.

Yzair: You're not doing enough, son. Don't you see your mother hurting? I cant get her to say one word. She keeps staying inside her room. She doesn't wanna see anyone.

Tristan: I know. I can't get her to say one word to me.

Yzair: What other resources do we have?

Tristan: We're doing the best we can. But so far, no references.

Yzair: Then get to it. (Pause) Let me ask you something, why are you so calm? Aren't you upset about your sister?

Tristan: Of course I am, sire. But now's not the time for devastation, my knights and I are doing everything they can to search for her.

Yzair: It looks like you can care less about her.

Tristan: I couldn't care less? I'm trying father! You're just not seeing me do anything trying to get her home. Instead of you sitting here doing absolutely nothing, you could help us get her back instead of being under sudden loss!

(Yzair looks at Tristan all quiet in a sudden lossa and looking sad)

Tristan: My apologies, sire. I don't know where that came from. No one is thinking straight. And I admit I am very stressed and tense. You may not see it, but I am. Believe it or not.

Yzair: No. You're right. I do need to help participate to get her home. Just tell me what to do and I'll do it.

Tristan: No you're fine. You have too much to deal with right now. Just focus on the castle and the needs of the workers and I'll use teeth to bite down hard to track her down, make sure her pursuers pay for what they did, and make sure to get her home, safe.

(Harper comes over to Tristan)

Harper: Liege, the knights summon you.

Tristan: Very well. I'll be right there.

(Harper leaves)

(A few days pass by for Hilda she stretches and comes down for breakfast on the main hall she goes over to grab a tray for her daily breakfast she sees Harper serving in the kitchen)

Harper: I told you i was going to get you some breakfast.

Hilda: Its alright. I'm feeling some exercise today.

Harper: You shouldn't strain yourself.

Hilda: I'm a quick healer it'll be fine.

(Harper nods he grabs some breakfast soup from the ladel and puts it in Hilda's tray)

Harper: You want some bread and cheese?

Hilda: Yes, please.

(He hands her the bread and cheese)

Harper: Here you go. Hilda: Thanks.

(She takes the tray over to the tables Harper beckons other workers to come over)

Harper: Next.

(Hilda sees where she can sit down and start to eat her daily breakfast Wenda comes over to her)

Wenda: How are you doing?

Hilda: I'm good. My wounds are patched so I should heal up within weeks.

Wenda: You look good, very much better it seems.

Hilda: It still hurts but not too much.

(She smiles sadly)

Wenda: What?

Hilda: I'm not used to not seeing Bea. I'm worried about her.

Wenda: Well, all we can do is hope she's okay somewhere.

Hilda: I just wish there was something I could do.

Wenda: Well I'm not one for gossip. But rumor has it, Prince Tristan is going to the forest today with the knights.

Hilda: What for?

Wenda: I have no idea.

(She looks at Wenda then looks away she gets up from the chair and leaves the table away from the main hall)

Wenda: where are you going?

Hilda: I'll see you later.

(She goes, and Wenda shakes her head she looks at one side of Hilda and looks at Harper, he looks too looks at Hilda leave and looks at Wenda shrugging and making a doubt face)

(Hilda runs up to the stairs to get to the little house climbing the side stairs on the left side gathering her things and instead of being dressed in her poor servant pajamas, she instead goes in her closet and puts on a red servant girl dress with long sleeves and three white buttons on the chest she goes downstairs from the side stairs to head out the door and goes back to the main hall, she sees Wenda talking to Harper who looks like hes on break she goes up to them)

Wenda: You can't go anywhere yet Hilda. You're not healed.

Hilda: I'll be fine really.

Harper: Hilda...

Hilda: Thanks, I'll be fine. If I get into trouble I'll know to come look for you. Seriously. You've done enough. I appreciate it. Thank you. I'll see you two.

(She goes over to the outside of where Tristan and the knights are readying their horses Hilda runs up to them)

Hilda: Where are you going?

Tristan: Were gonna go into the forest to investigate Bea's disappearance. Maybe some clues they left behind.

Hilda: I'm coming with you.

Tristan: I need you to stay here,Hilda. You're not fully recovered.

Hilda: Bea is not just someone I work for, shes my friend. I wanna help find her. I won't take no for an answer.

Tristan: You mustn't concern yourself with this.

Hilda: I already am involved Tristan. Take me with you.

(He looks at the other knights one of them nods while the others shrugs)

Tristan: Very well. You can go in my horse.

(He snaps his fingers)

Tristan: Men.

(Tristan has his two men get off their horses and two of them use their hands to boost Hilda upon Prince Tristan's horse in the back of him. She accepts the boost and goes in back)

Tristan: Alright men. Let's go. The sooner, we get this done, the sooner we can start our investigation.

(The horses gallop going fast into the forest horses going fast)

(In the forest; the horses slow down walking inside the forest, Tristan, Hilda, and the knights take precautions and be aware of their surroundings he instructs everyone to get off their horses, they do and they face him standing)

Tristan: Split up, men. Let's find any clues to my sister's whereabouts, you find anything come to me immediately. Stay in a group of no more than 3. do not go by yourself. Its very dangerous here. Do I make myself clear?

Knights in unision: Yes sir.

(He lets them lead themselves away, instead of heeding Tristan's warning, Hilda goes ahead by herself to do some investigating she looks on the floor and stumbles across a peculiar puddle, not thin, but not thick either. Somewhere in the medium side, she goes down to her knees to get a better look getting her feet off the small puddle)

(Hilda looks at the ground investigating it, she puts two fingers from her left hand to touch the blood rubbing two on her thumb and looks at it)

Tristan: Did you find anything?

Hilda: Theres blood.

(Tristan comes down on his knees to investigate) I don't know for certain but it could be either human or animal. Let's take it to Wenda. Maybe she can figure it out.

(Hilda takes out a small pre-roll tube and puts the blood inside closing it with a circular lid and putting it in one of her item pouches)

we better get back into town

(transition into Tristan and Hilda waiting outside of the castle chambers of Wenda and Wendell's bedroom/little house. Wenda comes out with her arms crossed.

Tristan: Well?

Wenda: Its human's.

(Hilda let's out a shaky breath)

Tristan: I was afraid you would say that.

Hilda: Do you know if its male or female's blood?

Wenda: I can't say for certain but when I tested it it didn't come back as female. Only male. So it must be a Male's blood. But don't be so sure because DNA can be wrong. For all we know it could be fabricated with. It may not be blood at all.

Tristan: Mayhaps they killed one of their men. Against the idea?

Hilda: Conjecture. Sounds like it, how to prove it, I have no idea.

Tristan: We'll just have to keep searching.

Hilda: Is there anyway, we can track down their footsteps? Have you done it?

Tristan: When we went into the forest the other day, we scattered the whole area. We couldn't find anything. Whoever they are, they're really good.

Hilda: I have a bad feeling about this.

Tristan: We'll just have to keep going.