Episode 5: "Marked By Fate"
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INT. DETENTION HALL – EVENING
Kael, Lana, and Grayson all get detention after being caught sneaking into the staff archives.
GRAYSON
You know, for a secret magic club, we suck at being sneaky.
LANA
Speak for yourself. I blame Kael's loud boots.
KAEL
They're vintage.
They laugh. For a moment, things feel normal.
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INT. STAFF ARCHIVES – FLASHBACK
They'd discovered a scroll showing a cosmic chart. Two marked figures. One devours the world. The other seals it.
Rhea's name was written in blood. Lana's was faded but there.
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INT. DETENTION – CONTINUOUS
Kael stares at his palm. The mark pulses with a heartbeat.
KAEL
What if I'm the destroyer?
LANA
Then we'll rewrite fate.
She reaches out. Their fingers brush.
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EXT. BLACKTHORN WOODS – NIGHT
Rhea performs a solo ritual, chanting under the blood moon. The ground shakes.
Veil energy explodes outward—waking something ancient beneath the forest.
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INT. DREAMSCAPE – KAEL'S NIGHTMARE
Kael stands in the school, empty and burning. Shadows whisper his name.
He sees Lana dying. Then Rhea, covered in blood.
VOICE (V.O.)
Choose your tether. Or lose them both.
Kael wakes up screaming.
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INT. SHADOWBOUND GYM – MORNING
Kael storms in. Rhea stands beside Grayson and a hooded elder.
KAEL
You're hiding something.
RHEA
I'm protecting you.
KAEL
No. You're controlling me.
The elder steps forward.
ELDER
It is time the Key knew the whole truth.
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INT. LIBRARY – NIGHT
Lana finds a forgotten diary from a Marked ancestor. The last page is torn—but a symbol glows beneath her touch.
The same one from Kael's back.
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EXT. SCHOOL ROOFTOP – NIGHT
Kael and Lana talk beneath the stars. He's unraveling.
KAEL
What if I lose control?
LANA
Then I'll be your anchor.
They kiss—gentle, hesitant, but real.
Below, Rhea watches from the shadows, eyes filled with quiet fury.