ADAM AMANDA CALEB CAROLINE DAN DORA FRANKIE FRIEND ISSIE JULIA MITCH NATASHA RICHARD SAM STELLA TOM TOM Why are you trying to buy out my land? Right next to the forest, my stables. MITCH And my cottage. NATASHA What about the bore hole in the forest? JULIA We need to find a primary new water source for the expansion. DAN Here, look. DAN Hexronn’s moving into single use plastics. CALEB What do I say, hey everybody, I’m gay? ISSIE Yeah, when you’re ready. RICHARD Have you heard the name Marchetti? TOM Marchetti? FRANKIE Hi, I’m Frankie Pines. FRANKIE She’s registered to me, you just saw that. ISSIE Blaze is wild, you know she is. TOM She can’t be Issie. She’s chipped. FRANKIE You’ll never believe this, the kid’s done a runner on the horse. ADAM Yep, I’m on it, I’m on it, go. DORA Open the hold. ISSIE Hey, are you ok? FRANKIE Take it to the others. I’ll tell them we’re ready to move on this. ADAM What about the girl? FRANKIE Just leave her. NATASHA Hey, thanks for letting me stay, I couldn’t face dad. ISSIE Why are you dressed like a fortune teller? NATASHA It’s your grans, she liked forced me into it when I woke up, apparently I need to release my inner gold dust woman. I didn’t want to offend her. ISSIE You know you can stay for however long you like. Right? NATASHA I can’t believe dad, about the plastics and, he’s such a liar. He’s been texting me all morning. ISSIE It’s ten o’clock. NATASHA Yeah, you probably needed the sleep. What were you dreaming about, you were making noises all night. ISSIE It was about Blaze, and the rest of the herd, they’re in danger, I know it. It’s that Frankie whatever, she’s got to be stopped. I need to talk to Tom. NATASHA Ok, let’s do it. I’m in. ISSIE Ah, do you want to borrow some clothe? NATASHA Yes. AMANDA Hey mum. MITCH Did you fill up the car? AMANDA Oh, um… MITCH Amanda. AMANDA Oh I will, I will. I promise, so, what’s all this? MITCH This is everything I could get my hands on, you know, about all the land, Hexronn have bought up. ISSIE We moving out? AMANDA No, we’re just, wait, where are you going? ISSIE To the stables. AMANDA No, Is. I want you here today, with me. With us. ISSIE Mum, I have to. AMANDA Issie, you were concussed yesterday after galloping off, which even, by your standards… ISSIE My standards. What does that mean? NATASHA I should. Should I go? MITCH They’ll work it out, possum, what happened to the dress? ISSIE I need to find Blaze. AMANDA Oh, Issie. ISSIE She was stolen, mum, I saw it. Frankie took her. AMANDA Yeah, that Frankie is Blaze’s legal owner. ISSIE No, she’s not. Why don’t you believe me? AMANDA Tom spoke to Frankie, she doesn’t know where Blaze is. ISSIE She’s lying. AMANDA Issie. I’m sorry, but, no. ISSIE What? AMANDA You’re staying home today. Don’t look at me like that. Hey, this isn’t a punishment. You need to rest. Your friends can come here. Issie, wait. I’m sorry about Blaze, ok, I really am. I know it’s hard, but, you have to leave this alone. DAN You wanna what? ISSIE Call Frankie. Meet her, face to face. CALEB She’s not gonna tell you where Blaze is. ISSIE No, but I can keep her busy while you search her place for clues. There’s gotta be something that can tell us where she’s keeping Blaze and the rest of the horses. Look, I know you think this is a bad idea, but, this is all we’ve got, bad ideas. STELLA How we supposed to call her? We don’t have her number. CAROLINE Or know where she’s staying. CALEB Yeah, there’s a few holes here. DAN Her number’s on the bill of sale. In Tom’s office. STELLA Cool, let’s ask him for it. NATASHA If we ask, he’s gonna want to know why and we’ll say what? Oh, we want to lure her out and ransack her hotel room. He’s gonna love that. DAN Yeah, the adults don’t believe in us now, not after barn night, we have credibility issues. CAROLINE So, we’re sneaking into Tom’s office. CALEB Oh, good. ISSIE We do it now. ISSIE Stella, I need you and Dan to go to the stables, you cannot let Tom catch you. Just get the number. ISSIE Ok, so, who do the adults think is most trustworthy. Out of all of us. CALEB Oh guys, ok, maybe they do listen to me a bit more, I can talk to them on their wavelength. ISSIE Great, then you can get intel. CALEB Oh, I see, no, I don’t, I don’t do well under pressure, maybe, maybe Dan can… ISSIE I need you to go into the store, everyone in KP passes through there, right, so if anyone knows where Frankie is staying, it’s Miri. All you have to say is… CALEB I’m looking for Frankie because she left her sunglasses behind at the stables. ISSIE: Miri will tell you everything. ISSIE Ok, so I’m gonna text Frankie and I’m gonna tell her that we have information on Blaze. STELLA Say you want to go to the police. NATASHA Yeah, yeah, yeah, but keep it open ended and she’ll be worried. CAROLINE I’ll do it, I’ll meet with Frankie. ISSIE Really, ‘cause she could be dangerous. CAROLINE Look, you said Caleb could help because he was the most trustworthy. We’ll, I’m the most. DAN Loud. CALEB Annoying. ISSIE All of it. STELLA Tall? CAROLINE I was gonna say talkative. NATASHA Sorry. CAROLINE Caleb, you call me a motor mouth. That’s my thing, nobody else tells stories as well as me. CALEB True. CAROLINE And Frankie and I totally vibed. I can keep her talking forever. DAN I guess if you’re gonna meet her at the store, it won’t be too dangerous. NATASHA You’re our secret weapon. ISSIE Ok. MITCH This is, gibberish. If only I had a daughter that was a lawyer who could help me. AMANDA Well, consultancy fees aren’t cheap, you know? MITCH Neither are avocados. I mean, it looks to me like Hexronn have bought up lots of the forest, but that would be… AMANDA No, they haven’t bought lots of it. MITCH Well good. AMANDA They bought all of it. MITCH Have they? Why would they need that much land? CALEB Hello, hello. Just, ah… AMANDA Was that weird? MITCH Those kids are up to something, I know it. CAROLINE How do you spell rendezvous? ISSIE Just say meet. CALEB I got it, she’s staying at, a holiday rental. Just out of town. ISSIE Send it. FRANKIE Can you believe dad made me stay here? This place is feral as. FRIEND I thought he was loaded. FRANKIE Yeah, and super-tight. He wanted me to blend in, whatever. FRANKIE Babe, hang on. STELLA Hey guys, give me your phones. NATASHA Why? STELLA So I can set up a tracking app. ISSIE Wow, that’s not stalkery. STELLA It can link up our phones. NATASHA So everyone can see where everyone is. Cool. STELLA Except me, I dropped my phone in a grain silo this morning. NATASHA Hold on, sorry, I just, never mind. Dad. Are you avoiding me? Blah, blah. ISSIE It’s ok to be angry, just maybe talk to him? NATASHA Why? What’s he gonna say? Sorry. Like that means anything. ISSIE I know what he did, that, yeah, it was stupid. NATASHA He is stupid. ISSIE Yeah, well, even when they are idiots, dad’s matter. Go talk to him. NATASHA But I said I’d help. ISSIE Oh, we’ve got it. Honest. CAROLINE The police seem extreme, let’s meet at the cafe for hot chocolate and a chat. Thirty minutes. Hot chocolate? What a creep. ISSIE Caroline. Stall Frankie for as long as you can, Dan, Caleb, go with her, keep watch. DAN Yeah, good. Oh um, hey, um. I like your room. ISSIE Um, thanks. NATASHA Issie, your mum said she’s not letting you out the door. ISSIE Guess I won’t use it then. SAM Hey, you wanna stay with your friends, fine, but you answer your phone when I call, alright. NATASHA Don’t have a go at me, dad. I was coming to find you. SAM Oh really? Why? NATASHA We found pellets, dad, the kind used to make plastic bottles. Treacle ate them and nearly died. SAM I don’t know what you think you found, you and your friends are very eco-conscious, which is great… NATASHA Wow, that’s not patronising. SAM I’m just saying that it’s complicated when you’re an adult and you’re trying… NATASHA When I’m an adult, I’m going to make sure I don’t lie to the people I love, which, as a concept, doesn’t feel that complicated. SAM Where did you find this? NATASHA Dan and Caleb found it on Forest Road. SAM I don’t know anything about this. NATASHA Plastic, dad? You promised you wouldn’t, you’re a liar. SAM No, I didn’t lie to you. NATASHA Well, someone lied to you then. SAM Yes, yes, I’m beginning to see that. I found something else. They’re planning to ship it abroad, so that’s why that want to use plastic. NATASHA Ah, that would make sense. SAM But they’d need a whole second plant to do that, it’d have to be huge. NATASHA Well where would they put it? SAM Well, if I was them, I’d put it next to the primary water source. NATASHA But that’s. SAM I have to get down there. NATASHA I want to come with you. SAM Ok, I’d like that. ISSIE This is the place Caleb said. CALEB Just keep her busy. That’s all you have to do. CAROLINE I know, I know, stop worrying. CALEB How can you eat? DAN I can always eat. STELLA This place is gross. ISSIE Yeah, it suits her. STELLA Can’t see any wild horses. ISSIE No, well she’s probably not keeping them here. ISSIE Come on. Let’s look inside. ISSIE We search everything. FRANKIE Caroline. I’m so glad you texted. CAROLINE It was my civic duty. FRANKIE So, you said my horse was stolen, you have evidence? ISSIE We’re missing something. I’m gonna check the other room. CALEB I wonder what they’re talking about? DAN Looks serious, aye. CAROLINE But, ‘cause I got diarrhoea, I had to hide my undies in the forest, and then the orienteering group found them and cos my mum had written my initials on the tag, everyone knew they were mine. I just feel like I can tell you anything. FRANKIE Alright, Caroline, can we talk about Darcy? CAROLINE Oh, you mean Blaze? FRANKIE Blaze. Sure. You said you were going to the Police. CAROLINE Oh, yeah. Big time. The whole situation, Blaze being stolen. FRANKIE I mean, I’m not doubting you, but you said you had evidence, right? CAROLINE Totally do. FRANKIE Well, what evidence, what is it? CAROLINE We know, who stole Blaze. FRANKIE You do? CAROLINE He calls himself, the Goblin. FRANKIE What? CAROLINE Yeah, you see, my dad, he’s part of the Air Force, but like, not the New Zealand Air Force, ‘cause we only have one plane, the International Air Force, and he has access to this military grade drone, I’ve been using it to run field calls, that’s when I found out what he was doing. Adam can’t get away with this, not while… FRANKIE Adam? Who’s Adam? CAROLINE What? FRANKIE You said Adam. CAROLINE Did I? I meant, the Goblin. FRANKIE Ok, we’re done. CAROLINE Maybe we could talk a little longer? FRANKIE No. CALEB That can’t be good. This is way too early, she’s gonna catch Issie and Stella. Dan, text Issie. Now. FRANKIE You little mongrel. STELLA Nothing under the bed. ISSIE Nothing in there. STELLA Ha. Look at this. Vampire chicklet. ISSIE Ok, this woman is damaged. ISSIE Oh, it’s Dan. Frankie’s ditched Caroline, she’s on her way back. No, we can’t leave, not yet. We need more time. STELLA What’s this? ISSIE Rachel Marchetti. So she’s not Frankie Pines at all. STELLA We should send this to Tom. ISSIE Yeah, but then he’ll know we’ve been up to stuff. STELLA At least he’ll know Frankie’s a fake. ISSIE Ok, send him a picture. I’m gonna search the kitchen. STELLA Ok. TOM Marchetti. STELLA Anything? STELLA Ok, we better go then. ISSIE I know. STELLA Your phone Issie. ISSIE What? STELLA I must have dropped it. It was in my pocket, in the bedroom. Sorry. ISSIE Ok, go, get the others. STELLA But… MITCH Hey, this could be something. Kauri Point Herd. AMANDA What? AMANDA Henceforth, the forest shall be protected homeland of the free roaming Kauri Point Herd, for as long as the horses remain. It shall not be lawful for any persons to disturb or destroy the fauna and flora within the forest. Any person offending against any of the provisions on this section shall be liable. So, they can’t do anything to the land if the horses are there. Mum, do you think the herd was really out there? MITCH This is exactly what Issie’s been trying to tell us. AMANDA The barn. MITCH Yeah. So they were there, somebody must have moved them. Hexronn. AMANDA Sam. AMANDA Issie. CAROLINE Oh, I panicked, I forgot my talking points. DAN But then, bam. Custard in the face, what a legend. CALEB Not really. DAN Yes you are, dude, come on, say it. I’m a legend. CALEB Actually, I’m… DAN Dude. I’m a legend. DAN I’m a legend. I’m a legend. I’m a legend. I’m a legend. CAROLINE I’m a legend. I’m a legend. I’m a legend. I’m a legend. DAN I’m a legend. CALEB I’m, gay. I’m gay. Um, so, yeah, just, you know, by the way, I don’t know if that, we don’t, we don’t have to talk about it or anything, I… DAN Dude. You egg. I thought you were gonna say something bad for a second. Your face. That’s great. CALEB Don’t look at me like that, it’s weird. Stop. CAROLINE You are a legend. DAN Where’s Issie? CALEB What’s wrong? STELLA It’s all my fault. FRANKIE She said the name, Adam. No, don’t tell me not to… the police. No, she wants to, no, she, no, you listen to me, you get the vet on site now. If he wants to get paid, he will. ‘cause they need a final inspection before they travel… ISSIE Equine blood tests, clear. Export approval, Newhill Dock to Port Wallaroo. FRANKIE Well do that then. Yes. FRANKIE Congratulations Adam, you have the ability to think independently. MITCH We go into town. We tell everybody. Somebody has to know something about the horses. AMANDA Issie, she does whatever she pleases. MITCH If you call, you’ll only say something you’ll regret later. AMANDA I’m just texting her. I’m just gonna tell her to come home. Nicely. MITCH Well tell her about the horses, tell her we believe her. AMANDA I’ll tell her about that when she dains to come home. MITCH Give it here. AMANDA Mum. FRANKIE Yes, I’ll be there in fifteen. Loser. FRANKIE Issie, guess what? You were right. The KP Herd are real, found proof. Hexronn wanted the forest, so got rid of them. If you find them, Hexronn must stop. FRANKIE Oh, and this one’s from mum, oh, Issie, windows are not doors, get home, now. Issie, Issie, Issie, you send your friend to meet me, then you come here to, what? Find your horse? Smart. Then you leave your phone behind, naw, scratch, scratch, little mouse, where could you be? FRANKIE Ok, out. Now. ISSIE I know you’ve got the herd. FRANKIE Hilarious. Because, Issie, I don’t see any horses around here. ISSIE Well, Frankie, or is it Rachel, I guess you wouldn’t mind me telling everyone you’re keeping the herd at Newhill Dock, right? FRANKIE You really are annoying. ISSIE And you read Vampire chicklet. Sad. FRANKIE Get back here. ISSIE Let. Me. Go. FRANKIE Gladly. ISSIE No. Let me out. FRANKIE Oh, Issie, you’re locked up just like your horse. She’s fast, Blaze, yeah, Dad’s gonna get a lot of cash for her. ISSIE She doesn’t belong to you. FRANKIE She’s far too valuable for a little Bieber like you to be riding round on. ISSIE I’m gonna call the Police. FRANKIE Cool, well, the herd’s only in New Zealand for another forty-five minutes and you have no phone or car, so, good luck with that. Oh, the cleaners come Thursday. Ciao. ISSIE No. Wait. Wait. Wait. SAM I just gotta make a quick call. Hi, get me Julia, why not? Ok. I need to pop into the office, see Julia. NATASHA Dad? What it this? ISSIE No. ISSIE Newhill Docks. It’s so far. ISSIE You’re here. ISSIE I know where they are.