The Goblin Curse Rocket's Island

He's an animal, Rocket, we know he's done something terrible before.

I don't think you're meant to read that.

Look, what happened before you came here,

it doesn't matter. We all make mistakes.

Well, I didn't. I did it on purpose. And I'll do it again, too.

You just wait.

Is it food related?

Because the last time your mum had a surprise for us it was that

casserole, do you remember?

That were well bad.

I don't think it's food related.

What you doing?

You have to bow.

Why?

The goblin.

They say he travels by shadow

and he knows all your biggest secrets,

things you'd never tell anyone.

And if you don't bow you'll be cursed for ever.

"A goblin curse, there's nothing worse.

"All around you face the hearse."

What's a hearse?

A long car that carries coffins.

So just bow. It's tradition.

All right.

Wa-hey! There you go, goblin!

Brandon! You are so asking for trouble.

He'll have to come and get me first.

Last one home's a goblin bogey!

Sorry about him.

No peaking.

OK, now you can open.

Whoa!

What's this?

-Presents from the mainland.

-What for?

Well, it turns out that my birth mum left me some money in her will

and I couldn't think of a better way to spend it than on you lot.

What, all of it?

Are you going to open them up or not?

Awesome!

Oh, wicked!

No way!

Wow! Thanks, Mum.

You're welcome.

Dinner first, please. Can you go and tell your dad it's ready?

I'll go.

What is it?

Casserole!

EERIE MUSIC PLAYS

Lunch.

There you go.

Thank you.

OK, lunchtime, no playing in class.

PHONE RINGS

Hello. Oh, yes. Jade, it's your dad again.

Rocket, you're going to be late.

Have you seen my PE bag?

Hanging on the back of your door?

Trainers. Hey, you've got sports today, haven't you?

I don't want to wreck 'em.

That's all right.

I bought them for you to wear, not sit in a box.

You shouldn't have bothered.

Who's rattled his cage?

He's been cursed by a goblin.

Oh, right. That'll explain it.

Rocket, five more seconds and they're going without you.

You all right, mate? How are you doing?

Fine, I'll admit he's being weird,

but that doesn't mean he's cursed. No-one's been hurt.

Yet.

You want to wait for one of them

coffin cars to turn up before we do something?

If you're going to talk about me, at least do it behind my back.

We were doing it behind your back.

We're doomed.

You two, take the banner.

All right, I know, but the parade is this weekend and everything in here

still has to be done, so consider it your service to the community.

Girls, can you finish the bunting?

The ducks still need hooks, you two, please.

How lame is this?

Totally.

Sorry about earlier, with Tyler.

When you waved at me.

No, I didn't.

Yeah, you did. I smiled at you and you waved.

No...

Alli, Lucas, do you want to finish splat the rat?

BELL RINGS

She's only gone and told everyone that she dumped me.

I just think we should speak to him before, you know,

things get out of hand.

I specifically said the words, "I've decided to stay single."

We're in real danger here and, to be honest, you don't

seem to be taking it very seriously.

And she said, "You can't dump me!" That's actually what she said.

In those exact words.

I mean it. That light could have caved our heads in!

That lamp's been hanging off there for ages.

Are you even listening to me?

She thinks Brandon's been cursed by goblins.

Brandon has been cursed by a goblin.

And we're the ones who are going to suffer.

You're seriously having this conversation

when I'm trying to talk to you about my woman trouble.

You seriously expect everyone to believe you, Dibber,

dumped the most popular girl in Year 7 and 8?

I did! Rocket, you believe me, don't you?

Can you both just...

BELL RINGS

All I want is to get through the rest of this day without

anything bad or dangerous happening and then we'll know...

there is no curse.

He's choking!

Come on, Rocket.

HE GASPS

Come on.

HE COUGHS UP OBJECT

What you looking at me for? I didn't do it.

It wasn't me!

I'll talk to Brandon.

This is literally all I hear about at home.

Parade this, parade that.

Bethany practising her Daughter of Dirgelmor song.

I wanted to be Daughter of Dirgelmor in Year 7.

Awww. They should have picked you.

You were ten times prettier than any other girl in our year.

Well, then. Now, nah...

Oh, yeah, very mature.

No way! Where did you get these?

Do you know how much these cost?

They're mine.

Yeah, all right, I was only looking.

Wasted on you.

You do believe me, don't you, Rocket? Rocket?

-Rocket?

-What?! Why do you even care what I think?

As soon as you got a date with her you basically said you didn't

want anything to do with me any more.

Look, I'm sorry about that.

It's just, I was the one who got you that date

and you didn't even say thank you.

You were all like, "I'm one of the cool kids now."

"Goodbye, Rocket."

I didn't mean it.

What and then you just suddenly decided you didn't want to go

out with her any more? As if.

I didn't just suddenly decide. I told you, after the recorder...

Dibber! I don't care!

I've actually got more important things to

worry about than your non-existent love life.

Like what?

-CHILDREN:

-Fight, fight, fight!!

-Brandon!

Fight, fight, fight!

Get off! Get off me!

What you doing?

I didn't ask for them, I don't want them!

All right, move along. Nothing to see here.

Go on.

What's your problem?

My problem?

You must have said something, Healey?

We shouldn't have to watch every single thing

we say just in case he kicks off.

Thought you said he was chilling out a bit.

He is.

Yeah, looks like it.

He nearly killed me!

You should have seen him, it was like he was possessed or something.

What are we going to do?

I don't know, but I think you're right.

Something really seriously bad's going to happen

unless we find a way to break that curse.

Listen up, people!

Mr White has gone home ill.

So I am here!

And I am here to exercise!

This is how we did it in police training

and this is how we're going to do it today!

And you're going to wish you had never been born!

This is it...this...is what's going to finish me off.

Since when do policemen even teach PE?

He says Mr White's not here.

He was in first thing this morning, we saw him talking to...

Brandon! The curse got Mr White!

Brandon!

Brandon, wait!

Brandon, will you just stop a minute?

You need to apologise.

I'm not apologising to him, he started it.

No, no, not Healey.

The goblin.

When are you two ever going to grow up?

There's nothing special about this island.

You're not Queen of the Fairies.

And goblin curses are just something people made up to scare little kids.

We need help.

Oi! Give him that back.

Now.

I'm not joking. Give him back his medicine, or else...

Or else what?

Thought so.

HE GASPS

HE INHALES

Someone really needs to do something about him.

Oh, no, you don't want to fall foul of a goblin curse.

Happened to me once. Only once, mind.

It's not the sort of mistake you repeat.

You know, when it gets cold, my knee still buckles...

Yeah, that's great. How do you stop it?

Because we tried to get Brandon to apologise before

and he just didn't listen.

It's too late for apologies. The damage has been done.

But it can be undone, can't it?

I mean, if you've done it before then surely...

Me? Oh, no, not me! I was powerless!

No mere mortal can go up against the goblin and live to tell the tale.

If Mary Mac hadn't been there...

Wait. Mary Mac?

That's the Queen of the Fairies!

She traded her emerald fairy necklace in exchange

for breaking the curse.

Of course, she won it back a few years later in a game of Blackjack.

He's never forgiven her for it.

Goblins prize emeralds more than anything.

What?

The necklace...

Did it look like this?

No. No way.

Jade!

No, Rocket.

This is the best, most precious thing I ever got.

Mary Mac gave it to me because she trusted me.

But the curse...

That's Brandon's problem.

No, it's everyone's problem!

If I give up this necklace,

I'm giving up being the Queen of the Fairies, don't you get that?

But Mary Mac did it for The Oldest Man.

And she got it back again!

No.

If Brandon had just done the right thing at the start

we wouldn't be in this mess.

He can sort it out.

Are you sure I've got it all off?

Yeah, you're fine.

I like your hair, by the way. You've done something different.

Thanks.

Have you done that research project for Mr Harris yet?

Me neither.

I've got a free period after lunch,

I was thinking I might have a look at it.

I suppose I better make a start on mine.

It's a date then.

Meet you back here after lunch?

All right.

Have you had a bump on the head or what? Alli Boulsworth's a freak.

Don't say things like that.

Seriously, you actually like her?

Yeah. So? You liked her once.

Yeah, and then I came to my senses.

It shouldn't bother you if I go out with her then.

If you'd rather hang out with Alli Boulsworth than me

and Madison then that's your decision.

What? You thought we could just hang out together?

Are you coming for lunch?

You know, I think you really hurt Jade's feelings before.

Maybe you should have a word.

Fine. You know what? I give up. Whatever happens next is on you.

Where's he going?

I don't know.

Tyler?

You look nice.

Really?

Your hair's all...

Can we talk?

We are talking.

Yeah, I mean...

I've started seeing Madison.

Didn't want you to hear it from someone else and get upset.

Thanks, that's, erm, sweet of you to worry about me.

So, you're not upset?

Why would I be? You and Madison suit each other.

You'll be way better together than we ever were.

Right. Good then.

See you later.

By the way, Lucas asked me to tell you that he won't be meeting you.

Oh. Why not?

I don't know, maybe he wants to hang out with us, you know, his mates.

Wait, you didn't think that him and you were...

PHONE RINGS

-Hello?

-'Mrs Parks?'

-Oh, Mr White! How are you feeling?

'Not too well, I'm afraid.'

Oh, I'm sorry to hear that.

We have cover till the end of the...

EERIE MUSIC PLAYS

Is it hot in here?

COUGHING

ALARM BLARES

The curse!

I'm going to have to call you back.

ALARM CONTINUES

Put your things down, make your way to the door.

Single file, single file.

Oh!

COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING

Leave them, come on.

Hurry! Please!

WHISTLE BLOWS

Here, through here!

OK, out the back! This way! This way! Go!

My mum's in there!

I'll find her, Daniel. Go on.

Go!

THUMPING ON DOOR

-Wendy!

-Gerry! What are you still doing here?

I...I forgot to give you back your whistle.

The students!

It's all right, they're getting out. Come with me!

Stay low!

Rocket!

Everybody stay calm!

Get down on the ground, as low as you can!

Follow me!

COUGHING AND SPLUTTERING

SIRENS IN THE DISTANCE

SHOUTING

SIRENS AND ALARM BLARE

We've got to go.

What? Where?

The goblin hollow!

We can't leave.

What if this is just the start of things?

You need to give your necklace to the goblin before anything

else happens.

Come on!

Mum!

Daniel.

-BRANDON:

-Look, I don't know if you really exist or not.

Rocket!

And, I know it's too late now.

And I know just saying sorry isn't enough, but...I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for everything I've done.

I do want to be better.

Please, make the bad stuff stop.

I, Queen of the Fairies...

..offer this necklace as a mark

of our respect and to free Brandon from this curse.

I can't believe you did that for me.

Yeah, well...

I didn't do it for you, I did it for me.

I'm not being offed by a narky goblin.

Sorry. No offence.

You know, if Mary Mac was you, she would have done the same.

She would be really proud of you, Jade.

What I said earlier, on the run,

I didn't mean it.

About your mum an' all. I liked my trainers, but...

I just...

I can't do laces.

That's OK, Bran, we'll teach you!

Alli couldn't get the hang of her laces until she was 13.

Why do you think she's got so many wellies?

We better get back.

You won't believe what's happened.

The fire is out and no-one got hurt.

-CHEERING

-However!

What happened here today is very, very serious indeed.

My colleagues here at the fire department have informed me

the blaze started in the boys' changing rooms.

Specifically, the lost-property box.

Now...

..does anyone recognise these trainers?

They're Brandon Kelleher's!

We know what caused the fire, Brandon.

A pair of trainers in the lost-property box.

You know he didn't start the fire!

There are things about Brandon you aren't aware of, Rocket.

You go to the scene of the crime and recite the special rhyme.

Show me a liar.

Then, you open your eyes and the next person you see

is the guilty party.