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Chapter 5 - Marked By Fate

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.

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