CONSTRUCTION SITE

A cloud covered moon pans to a billboard advertising the building of new homes. "ONCE UPON A TIME .... " in big letters, with a subtitle: "All homes were built this well" Below are descriptions of "3 & 4 bedroom luxury homes, 2 & 3 bedroom townhomes, etc. Available this Spring"

MAPLE SPRINGS, NEW YORK

Three heavy-set men are having a conversation in the distance.

"Yeah, me too."

"Come on guys, let's get it together. You're on brick."

"Yeah, I know, but I —"

"You're the brick guy and I'm the wood guy. That's the way it's always been."

"All I asked I just wanted someone to pick the color of bricks!"

"Okay, then you know what, it's gotta be you."

"not my responsibility!"

Close up on the three guys amidst construction equipment and supplies.

A growling sound is heard.

"Hey, what was that?" Kyle Asks

"I don't know, a dog maybe?" Emmet Says

"That's a hell of a dog." Kyle Says

"Okay, we got a crew coming in the morning. Look at this wood, huh?! Look at it, it's crap! Where'd you order it from?" Jack Says

"Same place as always." Emmet Says

"Shoulda used the cinder block, like I wanted." Kyle Says

"You know what? Here we go again. You are not in charge." Jack Says

"Hey, you're a bunch of girls. Look, it comes down to this, okay? One gust of wind and the whole place is gonna blow over!" Kyle Says

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever." Emmet Says As Th Growing Continues

"Did you hear that?" Kyle Asks

"Hear what?" Jack Says As They walk off to a wood podium. Kyle hangs back and moves in the direction of the noise. Kyle peers around a digger. There's nothing there. Kyle shakes his head, literally snorting like a pig.

"Kyle, c'mon let's go." Emmett Says

"Kay man I'll go warm up the truck." Jack Says
As Kyle closes on Emmett. They watch as Jack is suddenly dragged behind a stack of piping. Emmett screams and pulls over a floodlight. We hear growling as the light falls. Blood sprays up on the driver's door of the truck. Kyle runs.

"Jack!" Emmett Says As Kyle hunkers down and hides behind a stack of concrete blocks. Something jumps out and attacks Emmett. Blood sprays across plans at the podium.

Kyle continues to hide. No sounds. Kyle moves around the concrete blocks and sees Emmett lying on the ground, a blood pool from his mouth. He's dead. Kyle hears the growling begin again, and footsteps, and turns his head; something attacks Kyle he then screams.

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HIGHWAY

Crickets chirping. A bullfrog sits on the highway. It croaks.

Dean's Impala races along. It hits a puddle spraying water as the frog hops out of the way, just in time.

IMPALA

"I don't understand, Dean. Why not?" Sam Asks

"Because I said so." Dean Says

"We got the Colt now!" Sam Says

" Sam..." Dean Says

"We can summon the Crossroads Demon,..." Sam Says

They shout over each other's words, getting louder each time.

"We're not summoning anything." Dean Says

" ...pull the gun on her, and force her to let you out of the deal!" Sam Says

"We don't even know if that'll work!" Dean Says

"Well then we'll just shoot her! If she dies then the deal goes away!" Sam Says

"We don't know if that'll work either, Sam! All you're pitching me right now is a bunch of "ifs" and "maybes" and that's not good enough, because if we screw with this deal, you die!" Dean Says

"And if we don't screw with it, you die!" Sam Says

"Sam, enough! I am not going to have this conversation." Dean Says

"Why, because you said so?" Sam Asks

"YES, BECAUSE I SAID SO!" Dean Says

"Well you're not Dad!" Sam Says As he and Dean silently stare at each other.

"No, but I am the oldest. raising his voice, And I'm doing what's best. And you're going to let this go, you understand me?" Dean Says As He and Sam stare at each other angrily. Sam turns away and looks out the window. He looks angry but isn't saying anything.

"Tell me about the psychotic killer. C'mon, Sam, tell me about the psychotic killer." Dean Says Sam grabs a paper from his lap and reads monotonously.

"Psychotic killer... rips victims apart with brute-like ferocity." Sam Says

"Okay, any mention of his razor sharp teeth or his four-inch claws? Animal eyes?" Dean Asks

"No. But the lunar cycle's right. Look, if it is a werewolf we don't have long, moon's full this Friday and that's the last time it changes for a month." Sam Says

"Two days, no sweat." Dean Says

"By The Way Elena Is On Her Thought She Could help" Sam Says

"Oh Okay, Tell Her To Don't be late" Dean Says

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KYLE'S HOSPITAL ROOM

Dean holds a fake badge with his photo. Dean, Sam and Elena close their badges and return them to their suit pockets. Kyle lies in a hospital bed with bandages and scrapes.

"I'm Detective Plant, this is Detective Page and Brooks, we're with the County Sheriff's Department." Dean Says

"Yeah, uh, I've been expecting you." Kyle Says

"You have?" Dean Asks

"All morning. You are the sketch artists, right?" Kyle Says

"...uh." Sam Says

"Absolutely." Dean Says

"Yeah." Elena Says

"Yeah. That is exactly who my partner is. The things he can do with a pen...." Dean Says then he laughs

Sam glares at Dean.

"But listen before we get started on that, I wanted to ask you, uh, how'd you get away?" Dean Asks

"I– I have no idea. I was hiding, and he found me. He was coming right for me and then he just ... stopped. Staring at me with this blank look. And after that he just took off running." Kyle Says

"Kay. He sighs, Um, I'm going to need as much physical detail as you can remember." Sam Says
As he pulls a small notebook and pen from his pocket and starts sketching.

"Uh yeah. Uh, he's about six feet tall..." Kyle Says

"Six feet..." Sam Says

"Dark hair ..." Kyle Says As Dean and Elena peeks at Sam's sketch.

"Uhm, what, what about his eyes, what color eyes did he have?" Elena Asks

"Maybe....blue?" Kyle Says

"Blue?" Sam Says

"It was dark." Kyle Says

"Did they seem... he clears his throat.Uh, animal-ish?" Dean Asks

"Excuse me?" Kyle Says

"What about his teeth? You notice anything ... strange about 'em?" Elena Asks

"No, they were just teeth." Kyle Says

"Teeth, okay" Sam Says

"How about his fingernails?" Dean Asks

"OK look he- he's just a- a normal guy, with normal eyes a-a-a-and teeth and fingernails!" Kyle Says

"Look sir, it's okay if-" Sam Says

"No. No. Those were my brothers. This guy, he- he killed my brothers. How would you feel?" Kyle Asks

"Can't imagine anything worse." Sam Says As Dean glances at Sam and nods minutely.

"I know this isn't easy but if you could remember any more details... ." Elena Says

"Th-there was one more thing he had a- a tattoo on his arm of a cartoon character. Umm... it's, uh, it's the guy who's chasing the Roadrunner—" Kyle Says

"Wile E. Coyote!" Dean Says

"Yeah, that's it." Kyle Says

"Kyle?" Dr,Garrison

"Dr. Garrison." Kyle Says

"How you holding up?" Dr,Garrison Asks

"Okay, considering." Kyle Says

"You're Kyle's Doctor?" Dean Asks

"Yes?" Dr,Garrison Says As Dean holds up his badge.

"Can I just ask you a few questions?" Dean Says

"Sure." Dr, Garrison Says As He and Dr.Garrison leave the room leaving Sam and Elena with Kyle. Kyle points at Sam's notebook.

"Don't I get to see it?" Kyle Asks

"yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Uhm, yeah, it's a, you know... work in progress." Sam Says As He hands his notebook over to Kyle. On it is a badly drawn stick figure of a man, like a child's drawing.

"Hm. It— it's really... huh." Kyle Says

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A bullfrog sits at the forefront. Sam, Elena and Dean walk, while Dean looks at Sam's drawing.

"Boy, this is a piece of, uh, art. Really." Dean Says
Sam snatches back the notebook from Dean

"Yeah, like you could've done any better. So what did the Doc have to say about Kyle's brothers?" Sam Asks

"Not much, they were D.O.A. at the scene. He did give me the lowdown on the coroner's report."
Dean Says

"Lemme guess, their hearts were missing." Elena Says

"Nope. He sighs, But chunks of their kidneys, lungs and intestines." Dean Says

"That's just gross." Elena Says

"Yeah, also definitely not werewolf behavior." Dean Says

"So, what? Demon? Attacker could've been possessed." Says

"Why would a Demon stop halfway through an attack?" Dean Says

"I think that, uh.. Could've... Yeah, I got nothing." Elena Says

"Me neither." Dean Says

WOODS

Julie and Ken are hike through the woods. Ken searches his backpack.

"Man I am starving. Hey, where are all the Power Bars?" Ken Asks

"You ate them all. And we're lost." Julie Says

"We're not lost! The path is... right here." Julie Says

Ken and Julie walk on. At a break in the trees they suddenly spy a quaint house. Smoke rises from the chimney.

"Look, there." Ken Says

"Oh, civilization." Julie Says

"Yeah." Ken Says

"Thank God!" Julie Says As She and Ken walk toward the house along a wide path. The front door opens and a cheerful Old Lady steps out with a cane.

"Are you two doing okay?" The Old Lady Says

"Hi! Actually, we're, uh—" Ken Says

"Lost." Julie Says

"Oh it happens. The trail gets twisty and my house is the only one left up here. Um, I could point you in the right direction, but I'm afraid it'll take a while to get back." The Old Lady Says As ken spots a pie cooling at the open window. He stares at it avidly.
You're really deep into the woods."

"Nice work, Ken." Julie Says

"Would you like to come in and rest a bit?" The Old Lady Asks

"Um, yeah." Ken Says

"Thanks, but we should head back." Julie Says

"Oh come on honey, she offered. She's a harmless old lady. What could happen?" Ken Says

Ken goes inside. Julie looks unconvinced but the old lady smiles sweetly and Julie follows.

OLD LADY'S HOME

Ken, Julie and the Old lady sit at the kitchen table. Ken eats pie.

"You sure you don't want more?" The Old Lady Asks

"No, thank you it's, uh, uhm..." Ken Says As his stomach growls. He looks uncomfortable.I'm full."

"We should go." Julie Says

"Mm-hm." Ken Says

"We really can't thank you enough." Julie Says As Ken gets up from the table, grabs the chair and falls to the floor in pain, gasping, Ken?"

"Ju- Julie!" Ken Says As Julie stands up, then doubles over in pain as well.

"Ah! Ah-Ah! What's going on?!" Julie Says

"Julie!" Ken Says As The Old Lady blurs in Julies vision.

"Did you... drug us?" Julie Asks Then The Old Lady gets up from the table and takes a large carving knife from the drainer. She begins checking its sharpness with her thumb, smiling. Julie and Ken whimper in the background.

"Julie, run!" Ken Says The Old Lady walks over to the pair. Ken is propped against a padded chair.

"Stop. Please, you have to stop." Julie Says

"Don't worry. Everything's fine. You just hold still now dear." The Old Lady Says As The Old Lady slashes at Ken with the knife. Julie gets splattered with blood and screams. The Old Lady laughs, changes grip on the knife and leisurely stabs Ken repeatedly. Julie continues screaming.

"NO! STOP! STOP! PLEASE STOP! WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?! NO!" Julie Says As A little girl with long black hair in a white dress, red sash and red headband appears outside the window, watching. Observing. The Old Lady continues to stab Ken.
NOOOOOO!!!! NOOOOOO!!!"

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HOSPITAL NURSES STATION

Hospital activity around a nurses' station. Sam, Elena and Dean, in suits, approach the station. Two Sheriff's deputies exit a patient's room.

The deputies pass by. They turn and continue down the corridor to the room where the deputies exited.

JULIE'S HOSPITAL ROOM

"Please, please." Julie Says

"Shh. Hey, we need to observe you while the drugs still might be in your system." Dr.Garrison Says

"I have to go. I have things to do, arrangements I need to make!" Julie Says

" It can wait. Now you need to rest. Stay. I'll be back in a few minutes." Dr.Garrison Says Then He walks toward Sam, Elena and Dean, who are standing in the doorway.

"Detectives." Dr.Garrison Says

" Dr. Garrison." Dean Says

"What the hell is going on here? My whole town is going insane." Dr.Garrison Says

"We'll let you know as soon as we do." Sam Says
As Dr. Garrison leaves. Sam, Elena and Dean move into the room.

"Miss Watson? Hi. We just need to ask you a few questions." Dean Says As They Show their badges.

"Do we have to go over this again? Now?" Julie Asks

"We'll try to be brief. Miss Watson, can you tell us how you got away?" Sam Asks As She nods.

"I didn't eat as much as Ken did, so I wasn't as out of it. And, when the old woman was... carving up Ken, I shoved her, and she fell. Cracked her head on the stove. ....She's dead, right? I- I killed her?" Julie Says

"D'you have any idea why she'd do this to you?"Elena Asks

"No! One minute she was a sweet old lady and the next she was, like, a monster." Julie Says

"Can you remember anything else?" Sam Asks

"Um, yeah. Did you find a little girl there, by any chance?" Julie Asks

"A ... little girl? At the house?" Sam Says

"I thought I saw her outside the window. She, she just disappeared. Just vanished, into thin air." Julie Says As Sam, Elena and Dean look at each other.It m-must've been the drugs."

"This disappearing girl — what, what'd what did she look like?" Dean Asks

"Does it matter?" Julie Says

"Yes. Every detail matters." Elena Says

"She had this dark, dark hair and really pale skin. She was around eight. She was a beautiful child. It was... odd to see her in the middle of something so horrible." Julie Says

OLD LADY'S HOME

The Impala is parked outside.

"Well, there's no sulfur anywhere. How about the EMF?" Dean Asks

"Yeah, it's going nuts. When I went over here by the window .... There's definitely a spirit here." Sam Says

"Who stood outside the crime scene and watched." Dean says

"Looks like." Sam Says

"What the hell do you make of that?" Elena Asks

"Actually I do have a theory. Uh, sort of." Sam Says

"Hit me." Dean Says

"Well, thinkin' about fairy tales." Sam Says

"Oh that's — that's nice. You think about fairy tales often?" Dean Says

"No, Dean, I'm talking about the murders. A guy and a girl? Hiking through the woods, an old lady tries to eat 'em? That's Hansel and Gretel. And then we got three brothers, arguing over how to build houses, attacked by the Big Bad Wolf." Sam Says

"Three Little Pigs." Dean Says

"Yeah." Sam Says

"Actually those guys were a little chubby. Well, wait, I thought those things ended with, uh, everybody living happily ever after?" Dean Says

"No, no. Not the originals. See the Grimm Brothers' stuff was kinda the folklore of its day, full of sex, violence, cannibalism. Now, it got sanitized over the years, turned into Disney flicks and bedtime stories." Sam Says

"So you think the murders are uh, what? A re-enactment? That's a little crazy." Elena Says

"Crazy as what? Every day of our lives?" Sam Says

"Touché, How's the creepy ghost girl involved?" Dean Asks

"Uhm ... Well, she must've been here for a reason. I'm willing to bet you top dollar she was at the construction site too." Sam Says

"We gotta do research now, don't we?" Dean Asks
As Sam shrugs, Dean closes his eyes Elena pats his shoulder

CUMBERLAND COUNTY CENTRAL LIBRARY

Dean exits, not looking happy.

"So?" Elena Asks

"Checked every record they had. Found the usual amount of violent childhood deaths for a town this size." Dean Says As They walk across the road toward a park.

"Okay." Sam Says

"Wanna know how many how many were little girls with black hair and pale skin?" Dean Asks

"Zero." Sam Says As They enter the park.

"Zero! You wanna know how many how many little girls with black hair and pale skin that have gone missing? Right again. Zip. zilch, nada, Tell me you've got something good 'cause I've totally wasted the last six hours." Dean Says

"Well you ever hear of Lillian Bailey? She was a British medium from the 1930s." Elena Says

"She got a thing for fairy tales?" Dean Asks

"Nah, trances. See she'd go into these unconscious states where, uhm, get this, her thoughts and actions were completely controlled by spirits." Elena Says

"A ghost puppet master." Dean Says

"Yeah." Elena Says

"Think that's what this kid is doing? Sending wolfboy and grandma into trances, making them go kill-crazy?" Dean Asks

"Could be. You know, kinda like uh, uh, spirit hypnosis or somethin'." Sam Says

"Trances I get, but fairy tale trances? That's bizarre even for us." Dean Says They stop walking. They look down. A bullfrog sits in their path, croaking.

"Yeah, you're right. That's completely normal." Elena Says As The bullfrog croaks again and again.

"All right, maybe it is fairy tales. Totally messed-up fairy tales. I tell you one thing, there's no way I'm kissing a damn frog." Dean Says

"Hey. Check that out." Sam Says As He points to a house opposite. A pumpkin sits on the porch.

"Yeah? It's close to Halloween." Dean Says

"You remember Cinderella? With the pumpkin that turns into a coach, and the mice that become horses?" Sam Says as Dean Looks at him

"Dude, could you be more gay?" Dean Says As Sam and Elena looks at Him, Sam is speechless  for a moment,Don't answer that."