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 * Graphic Novel Script **


 * [Pg. 4-5 spread] **
 * Chapter One--The Known **


 * [Penelope has to go to "gymnastics" where superheroes meet. The people of Three Oaks think it's a gymnastics center. Mr. Hector is the head superheroes of that town. Zoomzoid is Multipella's friend who has super speed. Multipella is Penelope's superhero name, and Zoomzoid is a superhero name too.] **

Penelope has just recently gotten her superpower of being able to duplicate herself. She is now going to the superhero headquarters of her town, Three Oaks, disguised as the gymnastics center.
 * [Text Box] **

[Penelope's Mom] "Penelope, come on out! It's for gymnastics!" [Penelope] "I'll be out in a minute."
 * [Dialogue] **

[Penelope] "Bye Mom, see you in an hour."

[Fingerprint scanner] FINGERPRINT ACCESS ACCEPTED. PLEASE CLARIFY YOUR SUPERHERO NUMBER. [Penelope] I'm #19.

[Zoomzoid] "Hello Multipella." [Multipella (Penelope)] "Hey Zoomzoid, how's it going?"

[Zoomzoid] "I'm good. Have you gotten to use your powers yet?" [Multipella] "No, but I hope I'll get to use them soon. It's so tempting to just make another me and have her go to school and do me homework, you know." [Zoomzoid] "I know what you mean. I joined track //before// I became a superhero and now I just want to use my super speed so bad at every practice." [Multipella] "Mr. Hector told me he needed me at this time, I gotta go."

[Mr. Hector] "Multipella, I got to show you how to use the watch screen." [Multipella] "What's that?" [Mr. Hector] "It's what we superheroes use to watch the villains around the world."


 * [Pg. 6-7 spread] **
 * Chapter 2 -- The Call **


 * [The next day Zoomzoid gets an important mission but become evil on that mission] **

The next day....
 * [Text Box] **

[Zoomzoid] "I hear that Mr. Hector might need a superhero to travel to Australia. I wonder who it will be. I hope me." [Multipella] "Why can't they just send some superheroes from Australia?" [Zoomzoid] "He's already defeated all of their best superheroes. Do you know who went on the last mission for Three Oaks? I'm #18, so if 17 went last..."
 * [Dialogue] **

[Mr. Hector] "Zoomzoid, can I see you in my office for a moment?"

[Mr. Hector] "Alright. We have an important mission. A very strong villain has taken down many good superheroes in Australia. They have heard of our dilligent superheroes, so they called us. You are the next superhero up, so you will take on this mission." [Zoomzoid] "YES! When do I go?!" [Mr. Hector] "Tomorrow. Get a goods night's rest, your flight is at 8 am."

[Mr. Hector] "Multipella, I have sent Zoomzoid on an important mission in Australia. If Zoomzoid fails, your up next."

Zoomzoid is convinced by the villain from Australia (Dragonfly) to become a villain. Dragonfly's power is the ability to fly really fast and cause earthquakes, but only with huge amounts of energy.
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 * [Dialogue] **

[Dragonfly] "You know how must easier it is to be a villain... right?" [Zoomzoid] "Being a hero is much better- without them the world would be a horrible place." [Dragonfly] "You don't know that. Besides, there aren't many heroes out there that have even a slight change of defeating //me//. With your skills alongside mine, we could attain control of the world. We could make the world better than it is now. Join me. We will work together." [Zoomzoid] "Alright."

[Dragonfly] "If you run really fast on this treadmill, you will provide enough energy for me to cause a small earthquake in Three Oaks."

BOOM (sound of earthquake) [Mr. Hector] "Oh no, that's not the sound of a natural earthquake. Lets load up the watch screen. It's not working!" [Multipella] "Must be Dragonfly." [Mr. Hector] "We can't be sure. I'll give Zoomzoid a little more time before I send you."


 * [Pg. 8-9 spread] **
 * Chapter 3 --- The Threshold **


 * [The earthquake was very small so it didn't affect Three Oaks much, but it did cause the watch screen to break. A repairman is fixing it. Meanwhile the new Zoomzoid and Dragonfly are planning on causing a bigger earthquake.] **

A repairman is fixing the watch screen while Zoomzoid and Dragonfly work on a new plan.
 * [Text Box] **

[Penelope] "It's a good thing the damage isn't that bad." [Mr. Hector] "I know. Well the repairman said that he'd be done in two hours, so then we can see who caused this."
 * [Dialogue] **

Two hours later... [Mr. Hector] "I loaded it up to the right place. I know that's Dragonfly, but who's helping him?" [Penelope] "Whoa.... It can't be.... Is that...? Zoomzoid?" [Mr. Hector] "No... Let me zoom in." [Multipella] "Yep. It's him. He's betrayed us!"

[Mr. Hector] "I know Dragonfly is more than capable of convincing heroes to become evil, he's done it before. I'm sorry Multipella. I know Zoomzoid was close to you, but now you must go. You have to defeat Dragonfly." [Multipella] "Not only that, but I WILL take Zoomzoid home. I have a very strong impulse to bring him back because he belongs here as a superhero."

[Dragonfly] "Ugh, the earthquake wasn't big enough!" [Zoomzoid] "I ran as fast as--" [Dragonfly] "That was pathetic! You need to run faster!" [Zoomzoid] "Okay, okay, I'll run faster next time."

Multipella is traveling to Sydney, Australia where she will meet Mic Sharp, the Head of the superheroes of Sydney. Multipella uses her powers to stop Dragonfly from causing any more earthquakes.
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[Mr. Hector on cell phone] [Text Message] Hello, Multipella. There has been another earthquake in Three Oaks, only this one is bigger. It broke the watch screen again, but I already saw that it was Dragonfly and Zoomzoid. I suspect the earthquake happened in other areas nearby too." [Multipella]  [Thinking:] Oh no! I wonder what other places they will strike.

Multipella has now arrived in Australia.
 * [Text Box] **

[Penelope] "Okay.... Mr. Hector told me I have to go to the Sydney Gymnastic Center. Where could it be? I should hail a cab."
 * [Dialogue] **

[Penelope] "I need to go to the Sydney Gymnastics Center." [Cab Driver] "You sure? If I were a tourist like you I wouldn't want to go there. That place isn't doing too well. I see less and less people going there every day." [Thinking:] //It must be worse than I thought.//

[Multipella] "You must be Mr. Sharp." [Mic Sharp (Head of superheroes of Sydney)] "And you must be Multipella. Call me Mic. We haven't heard from the last mate you guys sent, so you have to go get Dragonfly. You must do it quick, before he causes any more trouble."


 * [Pg. 10-11 spread]**
 * Chapter 4 -- The Challenges**


 * [Multipella is trying to convince Zoomzoid to come back home, while Dragonfly tries to get Mulipella to join the dark side]**

Inside Dragonfly's lair, Multipella is trying to persuade Zoomzoid to become a hero again.
 * [Text Box]**

[Multipella] "Zoomzoid!" [Zoomzoid] "I'm not Zoomzoid anymore. Well I am, but I'm not the same." [Multipella] "That's what I wanted to talk to you about."
 * [Dialogue]**

[Multipella] "Why would you choose being a villain over being a hero? Don't you know that it's all a big hoax? He's using you to get power, then he'll dump you." [Zoomzoid] "He said that we would rule the world together." [Multipella] "He SAYS that. Do you really trust this guy? Do you really think that HE can take over the whole world with just you and himself?" [Zoomzoid] "You just watch! We will take over the world as we keep getting more people on our side. I'm not coming back Multipella."

[Multipella] Thinking: What am I going to do with him? They're just going to create more earthquakes, unless.... That's it! I'll make a duplicate of myself and have her disable the power from the circuit breaker for this lair, and then break off all the switches so Dragonfly can't turn it back on.

CLICK (from the lair) [Dragonfly] "Who turned out the lights?! Great time to have a power outage! Now we can't even do our next earthquake. Check the circuit breaker, Zoomzoid." [Zoomzoid] "Sorry Dragonfly, it's totally destroyed.

The next day Multipella comes back to Dragonfly's lair to meet Dragonfly. Dragonfly is trying to cajole Multipella into becoming a villain. He has to light the room by a bunch of flashlights, since Multipella cut the power
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[Dragonfly] "Well, well, well, who do we have here? Another one wants to join my team?" [Multipella] "Sorry to rain on your parade but I'm actually hear to discontinue your team. In other words, defeat you." [Dragonfly] "I don't see why you would want to do that if by joining it you could make it so much better." [Multipella] "I will never become a villian." [Dragonfly] "But with your skills, mine, and Zoomzoid's, we will be the best team in the world. Zoomzoid would want you to." [Multipella] "Well... Zoomzoid... he shouldn't be here." [Dragonfly] "Yes he should. And you should too."


 * [Pg. 12 - 13 spread]**
 * Chapter 5 -- The Abyss**


 * [Zoomzoid tells Dragonfly Multipella's weakness and they fight Multipella]**

The next day Multipella comes back to Dragonfly's lair to fight him
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[Multipella] "Ugh. I can't believe that Dragonfly! He manipulates people into thinking they could take over the world with him! There are lots of heroes out there that are going to fall for his trick! I am definitely going to take him down!"
 * [Dialogue]**

[Dragonfly] "I presume that Mutipella will attempt to fight me." [Zoomzoid] "Well there is something I know about her that can help you..." [Dragonfly] "What?" [Zoomzoid] "Her weakness. She can't swim."

Dragonfly takes Multipella by the lake where they will battle. Zoomzoid is already there. He knows Dragonfly's plan.
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[Multipella] "You are going down." [Dragonfly] "Nobody defeats Dragonfly and Zoomzoid!"
 * [Dialogue]**

[Flies across lake] [Dragonfly] "Come and get me!" [Multipella (creates duplicate)] "Clone, you get Zoomzoid, I'll get Dragonfly."

BAMMM! [Clone] "Take that, Zoomzoid"

[Dragonfly] "The only way to get across is to swim. There's no way you can catch me without going in."

[Zoomzoid] "Oh man. Multipella's clone got me good. Hey what's going on over there.... Oh my goodness! Multipella's going to drown herself! What have I done?! Multipella's right. I don't belong here. There's no way we can take over the world. Multipella's clone knocked me out in one shot! Multipella's my friend I can't let her get killed!"

[Multipella] "Okay. I'm going in. I have to do this"


 * [Pg. 14 - 15 spread]**
 * Chapter 6 -- The Decision**


 * [Zoomzoid distracts Dragonfly, so Multipella makes a bunch of clones to defeat him with.]**

[Zoomzoid] "Hey, Dragonfly" [Winks at Multipella] [Dragonfly] "What is it, Zoomzoid?"
 * [Dialogue]**

[Multipella makes a bunch of clones that surround lake]

SPLASH

[Multipella] "He was right. Nobody defeats Dragonfly and Zoomzoid. But you can trounce Dragonfly alone when you have Zoomzoid by your side." [Zoomzoid] "I distracted Dragonfly because I realized you were right, and I couldn't watch you die." [Multipella] "W**[**ell I got to go to the Sydney Gymnastics Center, you know where the headquarters is here."

[Mic Sharp] "You killed Dragonfly? That's great news! Do you know what this means? You could become the assistant head superhero for Sydney! You could outnumber any villain no matter how many of them there are! Think about it. Let me know where you want to go."

[Multipella] [Thinking:] "Hmm. Maybe I should stay here. I could be a very strong superhero. Mic is right. I could outnumber any villian! I could eventually become one of the storngest heroes ever!"

[Multipella] [Thinking:] "But if I stay I won't have Zoomzoid. I wouldn't have been able to defeat Dragonfly if it weren't for Zoomzoid. I have to go to back to Three Oaks. Zoomzoid and I could become a team. I better tell Mr. Hector and Mic."

[Mic Sharp] "I understand. You and Zoomzoid will work very well as a team. I wish you luck back in Three Oaks." [Multipella] "Thanks."


 * [Pg. 16 - 17 spread]**
 * Chapter 7 -- The Resoltuion**


 * [Multipella has returned home. Dragonfly is dead and Zoomzoid and Mr. Hector are seeing the changes Multipella made in Three Oaks.]**

Multipella has returned home with Zoomzoid in Three Oaks and has told Mr. Hector all about defeating Dragonfly.
 * [Text Box]**

[Mr. Hector] "I'm so glad you defeated Dragonfly! This is definitely a sign that you have become stronger! You knew exactly when to use your powers! I'm glad you decided to return home, otherwise I would have lost one of my best superheroes! But you can;t blame Mic for wanting you there. I'd readily take the opportunity to have such a good superhero." [Multipella] "Thanks Mr. Hector. Is it okay if Zoomzoid and I become a team? We'll be double the streangth!" [Mr. Hector] "That's a great idea Multipella."
 * [Dialogue]**

[Zoomzoid] "Hello Mr. Hector. It's good to be back." [Mr. Hector] "It's good to have you back. You made the right decision in choosing to be a hero.

[Multipella (peaks in)] "Mr. Hector, Zoomzoid, come see the newspaper!"

[Newspaper] "EARTHQUAKES MIRACULOUSLY STOP After the sereis of recent earthquakes, scientists predicted many more to come, but for some reason they have just stopped. Scientists cannot figure out what happened, all they know is that there won't be anymore. "[rest of paper]

[Mr. Hector] "Now that Dragonfly is dead, there will be no more supernatural earthquakes. Dragonfly and Zoomzoid made double trouble, but Multipella doubled herself and matched them. Now you two will become the double trouble. Only you will provide trouble only to evil."

[Mr. Hector] "You've both changed a great deal. Zoomzoid, you went from good to evil and back again, and surely you learned that being a hero is the best coarse."

[Mr. Hector] "And you Multipella, you have definitely changed. Now only have you gotten stronger, but you have realized the value of friendship over power and came home. Now Zoomzoid and Multipella, that you have been on your first missions, now you are officially superheroes.


 * About the Author**

Julia Ingram is 12 years old. She is a 6th grade student at JHS 194. She was born and still lives in Whitestone, New York. She has a nine-year-old brother named Luke and a pet cat named Misty. She has gone to dance classes for nine years. This is her first graphic novel. Julia’s hobbies include making crafts, playing with Misty, and biking. And no, she cannot make duplicates of herself.