Demon in the Bottle

Mr. Lambert:
Hm, interesting report Amanda. But I hate to break it to ya but in this class we study History not Creative Writing.

Amanda:
But Mr. Lambert, this is a true story. It happened right here in New Orleans.

Mr. Lambert:
[Looks impressed] Mmmkay, documentation please? Books?

Amanda:
I really don't have any books. It's kinda like an oral history.

Mr. Lambert:
Oh so you mean some family history passed down from generation to generation?

Amanda:
Not exactly.

Mr. Lambert:
I have to say Amanda, the accuracy of sources is questionable.

Amanda:
I was personally told by someone who was there.

[the class of students giggle]

Mr. Lambert:
OK? So there's a 350 year old pirate here in town? Are you always this informed?

Amanda:
He doesn't live anywhere anymore.

Mr. Lambert:
You- you just said...

Amanda:
I interviewed him...

Amanda:
[mutters] With a Ouija board.

Mr. Lambert:
With a what did I just hear?

Amanda:
[Louder] With a Ouija board.

[the class of students laugh]

Mr. Lambert:
OK, OK, Hey! Amanda is entitled to her beliefs that's not the issue here. OK Amanda you have an assignment. It was a history assignment. I'm gonna have to give you an incomplete until you re-write that assignment. And please remember History is facts.

Russell:
[to Amanda] I just figured that you were the one that was CRAZY that's all.

Amanda:
Crazy? Crazy? If you think it's crazy to think that theirs more to life then video games and $100 running shoes, well then I guess I'm crazy. You know but let me tell you something there are a lot of very intelligent people that have had a lot of crazy ideas. Like Atlantis.

Russell:
My Aunt's from Atlanta and she's not crazy.

Amanda:
Not from Atlanta genius, Atlantis. Lost Continent? They has a civilization that was way ahead of us.

Russell:
Atlantis wasn't real. It was just a myth

Amanda:
Really?

Amanda:
Do you know what this is? [She takes off her necklace]

Russell:
Part of an old chandelier right?

Amanda:
Wrong. My Grandfather was given this in World War II. My an old woman he met in Italy. She was descended from the original inhabitance of Atlantis. She told him they used to use the crystals for power. It could extract energy from the crystals. Enough energy to power the whole continent.

Russell:
I bet Gramps had to give her a whole pack of Juicy Fruit for it.

Amanda:
You don't take anything seriously. Give me it back.

Marvin:
[Yelling to Russell at a distance] You'd better run Aladdin, you're dead meat!

Russell:
What can I say? I believe. The supernatural world is an amazing place.

Amanda:
To visit. [Amanda giggles] But I wouldn't want to live there.