Power Cut The Story of Tracy Beaker

# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through

# It doesn't matter What may come my way

# Believe me now I will win some day. #

-Tracy, I was watching that!

-But it's Busted!

-I want to see the end...

-No! We're all watching this!

I was here first.

< SHOUTING

-Hi, Shelley!

-Girls?

-I invited Louise over.

-Good, but keep the noise down.

I've got work to do.

My foster-dad says all work and no play makes a dull person very dull.

I mean...a normal person... you know.

Come on, Louise!

< SHOUTING

-Sounds like they're arguing over the TV.

-Shelley can sort it out.

I'm not leaving this cake.

Five more minutes and it will be cooked to perfection.

Another masterpiece, eh, Duke?

# But you said no!

# The world was watching... #

-Give it here, Tracy!

-Or what, Jackie?

I can't take it a second longer!

Busted and you two singing. Don't torture me.

-Get lost.

-My foster-dad says I've got a lovely voice.

Love is blind. It's deaf, too.

Yeah! Busted!

-What's happened?

-I don't believe it.

-What's going on?

-We're missing Busted.

-What a pity(!) ..Ow! Tracy!

-What?

No-o-o-o-o!

Ruined!

-Louise is a good singer!

-It's OK, everybody.

It's a power cut. The whole street's out.

It's typical of this dump.

-Jackie?!

-What?

It's for Marco!

Why is he wearing the shower curtain?

It's my invisibility cloak.

Of course, how silly of me(!)

-When's the light coming back on?

-Are you scared?

-No, I love the dark.

-I can't play the computer.

-What about Busted?

-Oh!

There's nothing we can do but wait.

This is going to be so boring.

My foster-dad says we can have fun without TV or computers.

Yeah, like in the good old days(!) 600 years ago.

No, he's right. And I've got just the thing.

Snap! Go, Shelley! Go, Shelley!

-I don't want to play this any more.

-I'm bored.

I'll see if there's any news.

Right, what's next? Charades?

ALL: Boring!

-Can't we have a picnic in the dark?

-Yeah!

-OK, good idea.

Got any ghost stories? Let's scare each other.

My foster-dad says scary stories aren't good for our development.

Enough about your foster-dad.

-Yeah. You've got one, we haven't. No need to rub it in.

-I wasn't.

-I was just...

-Well, just don't.

Louise's dad is right. Scary stories is a bad idea.

Don't be such a wimp, Jackie!

-She's scared.

-I'm not!

-Chicken! Chicken!

-Shut up, Michael!

It was a dark and stormy night,

and a little boy called...Marco

was lost in the woods, all alone and pitch black.

He didn't know that a werewolf was watching him

in the shadows.

And poor little Marco was never seen again.

I didn't like that story.

See? Told you. You're frightening Marco.

No. Werewolves are pants.

I like stories about vampires, sucking out your blood.

So she scared everyone, by walking around town with no head, no arms

AND NO LEGS!

How did she walk?

You're just not getting the point, Marco!

OK, my turn.

The cellar was dark and cold.

A rat scurried across the creaking floorboard.

The little girl shivered with fear

as she heard a drip, drip, drip...

Was it blood?

Or just a leaking pipe?

But then suddenly,

there was a tap, tap, tap again.

It was coming from behind her. She sensed she wasn't alone.

She gasped as a cold, bony hand...

reached out and grabbed her!

-Jackie!

-Who screamed?

-She shouldn't have grabbed me.

-Tracy's telling scary stories.

-Time for a different game.

-And something to eat.

-Disgusting!

-Peanut butter and tuna?!

It's very dark in that kitchen!

I'll count to 100, then, ready or not, I'm coming. OK?

One elephant, two elephants,

three elephants, four elephants,

five elephants, six elephants,

seven elephants, eight elephants...

42 elephants, 43 elephants,

44 elephants, 45 elephants,

46 elephants,

47 elephants, 48 elephants,

49 elephants...

Ow! Get out!

I can't find a place to hide!

Some advice - keep looking!

Get real.

Ready or not, here I come!

Marco, why aren't you hiding?

Marco?

(I'm invisible!)

Goodness! Marco will be impossible to find

if he's using his amazing invisibility cloak.

My powers have returned.

Hey, Louise, Shelley will never find us here.

Louise?

Louise, where are you?

WAILING

Argh!

You gave me the fright of my life.

-It's not funny.

-You're scared of the dark!

-I'm not scared of anything. Leave me alone.

-Fine. Stay on your own.

Don't go. I mean, I don't mind if you stay.

OK, it's true. I AM scared of the dark. Especially since I came here.

It wasn't so bad when I lived with Grandpa.

He'd read me stories till I fell asleep.

Woo-oo-oo-ooh!

There, I admitted it. Go and tell the others. I don't care.

I'm not going to tell anyone!

-You're not?

-Especially not Justine. She'd never shut up.

-Thanks.

Darkness has a lot of potential.

-Potential for what?

-Mucking about, stuff like that.

There's a few things we need from the attic.

The attic? But...it's really dark up there.

Food, food! Yum-yum-yum!

-Argh!

-Where did you get that lot?

(Ssh! Come on.)

Ow!

How did you know I was here?

I'm psychic.

WIND HOWLS

DOORS RATTLE

Tracy, I'm going to go up on my own.

But you can't!

It's too spooky!

It's OK. I want to do this,

prove something to myself.

Anyway, I can run really fast. Nothing's going to catch me.

Good luck.

Thanks.

You do know what to get, don't you?

You can do it, you can do it. You can...

Come on, Jackie! You can do it!

I did it! That was so scary. I don't believe it!

I really did it!

I wouldn't have. It's so creepy.

CREAKING

FOOTSTEPS

-What's that?

-A headless skeleton.

A blood-sucking vampire.

PFFRT!

ALL: Oh!

Bad vampire!

-Louise!

-I should have stayed off the tuna and peanut butter sandwiches!

Oh!

-It's very quiet.

-Wonderful, isn't it?

-We could sit down and wait till they get bored.

-We could.

Well, they are enjoying themselves.

Argh!

SCREAMING

What's going on?

Is it a vampire?

Well, who did it?

-Not me!

-It wasn't us!

You never know what's lurking in the dark, ready to get you.

# I can make my world come true All my dreams will see me through

# And the fight won't get me down

# My dreams will turn things All around

# With a smile upon my face I can see a better place

# It doesn't matter what may come my way, I will win some day. #