The Flower Maiden

The Flower Maiden

The first five script pages for my short horror comic, 'The Flower Maiden.'

Page 1

            Poppy had always hated the way she looked.

Nose too big.

Eyes small, dull and mud-brown.

Hair limp and mousy.

She longed to make friends, but whenever she looked at those beautiful, shining, smiling girls, her confidence withered, and she shrunk back into her own little world.

Poppy would never be like them.

Page 2

During the summer, Poppy liked to explore the woods near her house. It was one of the few places she felt at ease, with nothing to fill her mind but the call of the birds, the scent of the flowers and the warm dapple of sunlight across her skin.

She thought she knew every inch of these woods, but one day… she came across something new.

A garden.

Page 3

Dazzled and envious of its beauty, in a moment of melancholy, she cupped a flower in her hands, and wished:

“I wish I could be as beautiful as one of you.”

At that… a figure emerged.

She looked like a pale, blonde young woman dressed all in white, but her face was completely covered by white flowers.

Page 4

Flower Maiden: If it’s beauty you want, beauty…

The Flower Maiden plucks a bud from the garden and hands it to Poppy.

Flower Maiden: … you shall get. Look after this flower, nourish it, nurture it, coax it to full bloom… and its beauty shall be yours for as long as you have it. Do we have a deal?

Poppy nods, and takes the flower home, planting it in a pot she keeps on her windowsill.

Page 5

The Flower Maiden’s words spoke true. As time went on and the flower blossomed, so too did Poppy. Her previously limp, mousy hair grew long, glossy and wavy, her dull, mud-brown eyes – always downcast – were now warm, gleaming and hazel, and as her transformation began, she positively glowed with confidence. Girls and boys she never even would’ve dreamed of speaking to before were slowly drawn to her, and her confidence bolstered, she soon became the shining belle of her village.