The Story

Okay. This is it. This is the story...

Outside shot of Elementary School.
Inside classroom, teacher is writing "Occupation" on the board.
She turns to the class, "What do you want to be when you grow up?"
Teacher's pet raises their hand first, "I want to be a teacher."
Teach points to other students:
"A doctor."
"A lawyer."
"A firefighter!"

Teacher turns to student busy drawing, "What about you, Petra? What do you want to be?"
Petra stops drawing and looks up, "I wanna be a boy!"
Teacher is taken aback, "A... a what? Don't you mean you want to be an artist or something?"
Petra, "No... I wanna be a boy!"

Cut to: Outside classroom, teacher's voice is heard saying, "So you see the problem--"
Cut to interior. Teacher is sitting behind her desk, Petra and her dad are on the other side.
Teacher: "Obviously Petra can't be a boy when she grows up--"
Dad interjects, "I just want what's best for her--"
Teacher: "You don't her growing up to be one of those freaks you hear about on the news, do you?"
Dad looks defeated, "And this is what you suggest?" He holds up a pamphlet.
Teacher: "Yes, Camp Conformity is exactly the place for kids like Petra..."

Dissolve to beautiful camp grounds. Dada and Petra approach the camp.
Petra: "I don't wanna go, please don't make me!" She hugs him around the waist.
Dad looks heartbroken. He pulls a pocketwatch/locket out of his pocket, "Here take this. Take way when you get homesick, part of me will always be with you..."
Petra takes the locket and puts in around her neck. Two counselors approach her, they are really big muscular guys. They take her to a cabin, her dad waves goodbye.

The cabin is riddled with pink girliness--pink pillows, big stuffed animals, frilly frills and other such things.
Counselor 1: "This is your cabin. Your camp uniform is on the bed."
Petra sees the uniform, its a pink dress. She turns to the counselors, "But its a dress!?"
Counselor 1: "Of course its a dress!"
Counselor 2: "You're a girl, girls wear dresses!"
Petra starts to protest, but they approach her carrying a ribbon and brush.

Cut to outside the cabin. Petra is walking down the hill, tugging on comfortably at her dress. She sees another cabin: PLAYROOM.

CUT TO PLAYROOM
Petra enters the playroom. She looks around and sees something she likes: trucks!

Petra is playing with the trucks, a counselor approaches her and directs her to the other side of the cabin. Petra sees a group of girls playing with dolls and brushing each other's hair. She cringes.

She picks up an ugly baby doll and holds it away from her as if it had cooties. She looks around and sees another girl playing with two dolls as if they wear action figures.

Rachel: "Vroom blam!" She makes the dolls hit each other's heads.
Petra: "You think this is stupid too?"
Rachel: "Yeah..."

Two baby dolls attack each other. Rachel and Petra are violently hitting their dolls. Petra smashes hers to the floor and its head pops off, the girls burst out laughing. Shadows cross over them. They look up and see two counselors.

Counselor 1: "Rachel, the Camp Director needs to see you."
Rachel looks worried. The counselors take her away. Petra is left alone. She looks at the broken doll.

CUT TO Outside the playroom.
The counselors are taking Rachel deeper in the woods. Petra decides to follow them. The counselors approach another cabin. Petra sneaks around the side and finds a window to look through.

The counselors put Rachel in a chair. The Camp Director approaches--she's beautiful, but in a scary evil way. Like the Queen from Snow White.

Camp Director: "We have a 100% success rate here at Camp Conformity. And since you have been here for over 6 weeks with minimal progress, more drastic measures need to be taken... to ensure your cure."

Bars swing down around Rachel's wrist, locking her in the chair. A big domey thing is lowered above her head. The Camp Director wipes open a curtain revealing a big scary 1950s-looking computer. The Camp Director pulls a lever. The machine turns on.

Blue energy is sucked from Rachel leading to the machine. Two large beakers are next to the computer. One containing blue energy, the other pink. After all the blue energy is sucked from Rachel, pink energy starts being pumped into her through the big metal dome thing. After a moment, the Camp Director turns the machine off. A counselor gives Rachel a baby doll. Rachel happily takes it and hugs it close to her.

The Camp Director is pleased: "Send her home, she's cured."

Petra sees this from the window and blurts out, "No!" She trips and falls from the window making a Thump! as she lands. The Camp Director and counselors hear the noise and turn.

Camp Director: "What was that?"

The two counselors run outside and chase Petra into the woods. Petra ducks behind a tree, losing them. As she watches them run past her, a hand grabs her shoulder.

Camp Director: "Hello my dear..."

The return to the cabin.

Camp Director: "Put her in the holding cell while the machine recharges."

Petra is alone in a small room by herself. She pulls out her dad's locket and opens it, crying. Suddenly the image of her dad blinks. Petra looks at it more carefully and sees a strange blue glowiness inside the locket. She touches it and it starts to suck her energy into the locket. After all her energy has been transferred, the locket closes and Petra passes out.

The counselors enter.

CUTTO Petra is sitting at the machine, seemingly dazed. The Director pulls the blue lever and the machine starts. Nothing happens. The Director tries again. Still nothing. The Director pulls the pink lever anyway and pink energy is pumped into Petra.

CUTTO outside a farmhouse.

Dad greets Petra with balloons and open arms, "Petra! I've missed you!" She is unresponsive. He gives her a huge bear hug, again she doesn't respond. He notices this and pulls away.

Dad: "Petra? You okay?" He studies her face.

Dad: "Here I got you a present!" He hands her a baby doll. She robotically takes it in her arms staring blankly at it.

Dad: "It even has a pretty bow on like yours!" He looks at her more carefully and sees that something is wrong. He gets up and turns from her.

Dad: "I don't know what they did to you at that place... but I just want you back. Tomboy or not..." He takes the doll away and replaces it with a football. Petra still doesn't respond.

Dad: "I just want you to be happy... cuz you're my little girl, my Petra..."

The locket around Petra's neck starts to glow blue. Dad notices this and takes it in his hands. He opens it slowly, Petra's energy is released and slowly reenters her body, pink energy floats out.

After a moment Petra's glossy eyes appear focused again. She looks around, confused for a moment. Then she sees the football in her arms. She hugs it to her chest and sees her dad.

Petra: "Daddy?"
Dad: "Petra?" They embrace.

Credits
Two action figures are fighting. Dad and Petra are playing together. Petra puts down her figure and grabs the football. She tosses it to her dad. He catches it and she tries to tackle him. He grabs her instead and picks her up, putting her on his shoulders...