Int. Hanley's resident-Butterfly's house. Day


We see a window, a simple normal clean glass window. A
butterfly just landed right at the middle of It. the
butterfly is beautiful and colourful. He rests on the glass,
moving his wings slowly, gently, and delicately.
A Few seconds later a hand presses the butterfly against the
window. The little creature dies slowly.


Int. Hanley's resident-Butterfly's house. Day


Sherry Hanley is a beautiful woman in her 40's. She sits by
the mirror observing her face. She has smooth skin,
mesmerising blue eyes and long dark black hair. She looks
tired and unsatisfied with what she sees. She takes a
picture that stands beside her, we see a picture of hers
when she was in her 20's at some beauty pageant, smiling and
waving, wearing a crown and holding a bouquet of flowers.
She puts the picture back and stares at herself again in the
mirror.
She gets up and starts walking around her house. She has a
beautiful organised Victorian styled house. She's checking
everything is in its place.
She gets to the kitchen and sees her daughter Butterfly- a 9
years old, lovely girl with curly brown hair and green eyes-
doesn't look a bit like her mother, sitting by the dinning
table near the kitchen and drawing a picture.
Sherry stares at her angrily.

Sherry
What are you doing?

Butterfly
I'm painting.

Sherry
I can see that, but why does it have to be on my table?

Butterfly's not responding, keeps painting a little bit
faster.

Sherry
You're getting it dirty with your colours and crayons.

Butterfly
I'm not using any crayons.

Sherry
I don't care, I want you to stop doing it right now.

Butterfly keeps painting, ignoring her mom.

Sherry
Butterfly? Did you hear what I said?

Butterfly's not answering, painting faster then before.
Sherry gets really angry, goes to the table, and takes the
picture out of her hands and rips it off to pieces In front
of Butterfly, who's looking at her and at her picture, gets
torn.

Sherry
Go to your room.

Butterfly keeps sitting there, staring at her mom.

Sherry
What are you deaf? I said go to your room.

Butterfly
I made that for you.

Sherry
Too bad, I didn't ask for it, did I?

Butterfly
I... I know, b... but I wanted to make you something
beautiful.

Sherry looks at the ripped picture.

Sherry
You call that thing beautiful? What is that supposed to be
anyway?

Butterfly
A flower.

Sherry
Well it looks like a piece of garbage to me, god Butterfly
you can't even paint straight, what are you? Retarded?

Butterfly
I... I'm sorry

Sherry
You should be, look at all the mess you made, look at my
beautiful table... It's ruined because of you.

Butterfly looks down at the floor, a long shameful look.

Sherry
Just go to your room.

Butterfly gets up, takes the ripped picture from the floor
and exits the room.
Sherry takes a wet towel and start scrubbing the table
aggressively.


Ext. the Hanley's backyard. Day.


Butterfly is at the backyard of her house. She walks a few
steps forward, picks a place in the ground and starts
digging a hole in it.
She puts the torn picture in the hole and covers it back
with dirt.


Int. Butterfly's elementary school. Morning.


The school Butterfly goes to is a normal elementary school-
neither too big nor too small.
Butterfly walks through the hallway. The other kids stare at
her and whisper behind her. Butterfly ignores them and keeps
on walking until someone puts his leg In front of her and
makes her fall on her face and hit the floor.
All the kids are laughing at her, she's not responding, she
gets up slowly, just to see a 9 years old boy In front of
her, looking at her with an evil grin.
The boy's name Is Tommy.

Tommy
Hey freak, didn't your mom teach you how to walk?

Some kid from the crowed
Don't you mean her crazy mom?

Everyone's laughing. Butterfly keeps quiet, doesn't have any
expression on her face.

Tommy
What is your problem? I asked you a question.

Kim
Leave her alone.

Everyone gets silent, shocked with the new development.
Tommy sees Kim coming at them from the crowed.
Kim is also a 9 years old girl, a beautiful blonde haired
with angelic face.
Tommy looks at her amazed with his mouth shut.

Kim
Why can't you go picking someone your own size?

Tommy
Why can't you stay out of my business?

Kim
You know Tommy, your chances ending up in jail next to your
father keeps growing everyday.

All the kids are laughing at Tommy now.
Kim takes Butterfly by the hand and pulls her out of there.
They keep walking in the hallway leaving the other kids and
Tommy behind.

Kim
Don't mind him, Tommy is a loser. I'm Kim by the way, what's
your name?


Butterfly
You're beautiful.

Kim laughs and holds Butterfly's hand in hers. Butterfly
smiles back at her.


Int. Matheson's resident. Day.


The front door is opened - Kim and Butterfly enter the
house. Kim is holding a flower and Butterfly looks all
around her, checking the house with excitement. The house
looks completely different from her house. It's very
unorganised, very unstyled, pretty messy but very warm and
cosy.
KIm's mother - OlIvIa - a pretty woman in her 40's, she's a
bit large but seems very nice and sympathetic being, yells
from upstairs.

Olivia
Kim sweetie? Is that you?

Kim
Yes mom.

Olivia comes downstairs, sees Kim and Butterfly and she
kisses Kim on her forehead.

Olivia
I see you brought a guest.

Kim
Mom Butterfly, Butterfly mom.

Olivia
Butterfly? What a unique name.

Butterfly (with shyness)
Thank you Mrs. Matheson.

Olivia
Oh and a polite one (she smiles at Butterfly) but you can
call me Olivia honey.

Kim
Oh mom, look what I found in our backyard?

She hands her the flower.

Olivia
Oh Kimmy, that is beautiful.

Butterfly
Aren't you mad?

Olivia
About what?

Butterfly
She ruined your garden.

Olivia looks at her puzzled.

Olivia
Sh... Should I be mad?

Butterfly
My mom would.

Olivia smiles uncomfortably.

Kim
I'm sure she wouldn't, If you gave the flower to her as a
present.

Butterfly smiles at them, not responding.

Olivia
So how was school today?

Kim
It was fine. I'm hungry.

Olivia
Your dad will be home soon, you think you can hold yourself
a little bit?

Kim
I guess.

Olivia
So how did you girls meet?

Butterfly
Kim's beautiful.


Olivia
She Is, Isn't she?

She touches her daughter's hair softly.

Olivia
We're lucky to have such a beautiful and a good girl.

Butterfly stares at Kim and her mom hugging and laughing.
She smiles.


Int. Hanley's resident. Night.


Butterfly enters the house with her bag on her back and goes
straight to the living room. She sees her mom sitting on the
couch, watching television.

Butterfly
HI mom.

No response.

Butterfly
I'm sorry I'm late, I was at a friend's house.

Sherry
What friend? You don't have any friends.

Butterfly
Now I have, her name Is Kim, and she's beautiful, you'll
love her.

Sherry continues watching television. Butterfly goes and
sits next to her, putting her head on her lap. Sherry
doesn't touch her.

Butterfly
Mom, do you think I'm pretty?

Sherry
Unfortunately, you got your father's genes.

Butterfly
I'm sorry I can't be beautiful for you.

Sherry ignores her.



Butterfly
Mom, I got you something I think you'll like. I didn't ruin
anything for it either.

She opens her bag and starts searching for something In It.
she gets a little brown box out of it and hands it to
Sherry.
Sherry takes the box and opens It. she sees a dead squished
butterfly In It. she screams and drops the box to the
floor.

Sherry (screaming)
Oh my god, are you out of your mind?

Butterfly
Do you like it?

Sherry
No, I hate It, It's disgusting. Take that thing out of my
house right now!

Butterfly
But... but I didn't ruin anything for It...

Sherry
I don't care!

Butterfly
I just... I just wanted to bring you something beautiful...

Sherry
I don't want your beautiful things, keep them to yourself
and out of my house.

Butterfly
What If I'll bring you Kim? She's beautiful... I promise...
I swear you'll like her...

Sherry
What are you talking about? Who the fuck is Kim? Butterfly
go to your room, you annoy me.

Butterfly
Mom, when is daddy coming back?

Sherry
Go to your room Butterfly.

Butterfly
I just... I just wanna know...

Sherry
Go to your fucking room!

Butterfly takes the box from the floor and exits the room
quietly.


Ext. the Hanley's backyard. Night.


Butterfly digs the hole she made earlier and puts the brown
box with the dead butterfly In It among the torn painting.
She covers it back with dirt.


Ext. the Matheson's backyard. Day.


There's a torn newspaper on the floor with Kim's smiling
face on it and below her there's a ''MISSING'' written in
big black letters.
A leg is stepping right on Kim's face. We see the leg
belongs to Butterfly who walks round Kim's house. She stares
at a flower that grows in the ground. A single flower that
looks exactly like the flower that Kim gave her mom. She
sees the flower and rips it from the ground.
While we see that we hear a female reporter's voice over.

Reporter
It's been 3 days since 9 years old Kimberly Matheson
disappeared In the middle of the night. There are still no
leads on what happened to the little girl and her
condition.

Butterfly goes closer to the house and watches from the
window Olivia sitting in her kitchen and crying. Her husband
enters, sees his wife in tears and starts hugging her from
behind, comforting her, trying to make her stop crying.


Reporter
Here are some of the hard things that were said in the
conference meeting that was held yesterday by Kimberly's
parents.

Olivia (crying)
We beg you, whoever took our daughter, please bring her
back. She is such a sweet beautiful and innocent child.
Please don't hurt her... we're ready to pay any price for
her... she is the light in our life... without her the house
is in a complete darkness.

Butterfly keeps watching the Matheson's couple hugging and
crying. Her face shows no emotions at all.


Int. Hanley's resident. Day.

Sherry is sitting by the mirror, watching herself with
disgust, touching her face.
Suddenly she realises that Butterfly stands behind her,
stares at her.
Sherry doesn't turn around.

Sherry
What now?

Butterfly
I want dad.

Sherry
Too bad. We can't have what we want.

Butterfly
Why not?

Sherry
Because life sucks, that's why.

Butterfly
I want dad.

Sherry
Good luck finding him... I'm not stopping you.


Butterfly
When will he come back?

Sherry
He's not coming back, ever.

Butterfly
Why not?

Sherry
Because he hates you, he couldn't stand looking at you.

Butterfly
You're lying.

Sherry
Am I?

Butterfly
He loves me, he told me. He thinks I'm beautiful.

Sherry
Yeah, he loves you, right... he loves you so much and he ran
away from you.

Butterfly
May... maybe he ran away from you.

Sherry
Really? And why would he do that?

Butterfly
May... maybe... May...

Sherry
Maybe, maybe what?

Butterfly
Maybe... maybe...

Sherry (shouts)
Speak goddamn it, stop mumbling.

Butterfly (screams)
Maybe because he found something more beautiful than you.

Sherry gets quiet. A tear rolls down on her cheek. She gets
up, goes to her daughter and slaps her face hard. Butterfly
doesn't respond, she just stares at her.

Sherry (choked with tears)
Your dad is not coming back... now go to your room.


Int. Hanley's resident- Butterfly's room. Day


Butterfly enters her room, she goes straight to her bed, and
she bends over and pulls a picture from beneath the bed. She
looks at the picture, It's her dad holding her when she was
a baby, he is smiling at her, and they look very much alike.
She takes the picture and exits the room.


Ext. the Hanley's backyard. Day


Still holding the picture, she's outside, walks a few steps
and starts to dig the same hole she buried the dead
butterfly and the torn painting. Now we see that amongst her
buried things- lies the dead body of Kim and the flower she
ripped from the Matheson's backyard. She puts the picture in
the hole and starts to cover it with dirt until everything
turns black.

Fade out.