Sunset - A village tribe is gathered around a fire as the VILLAGE LEADER addresses the people.

VILLAGE LEADER

Thank you all for meeting here, I'll lead us to the matter at hand

Our last four seasons saw our village stuck with devastating lands

We stand here understanding why our land's so dire

Last year we prayed each day but failed to pay the god our fire

Tradition goes along, the chosen one will take our flame

Take it to the god, who lives across the country plains

VILLAGERS

Let’s forget last year’s select, he didn’t too well he-

upheld the flame but had no fire burning in his belly

VILLAGE LEADER

The god has woken for his payment

The arrangement will begin

I have no say in who is chosen

It's the will of the winds

Who? Who? Who? Who will mind the fire?

The village leader drops magic dust into the fire. The wind blows into the fire and a gust of fire swirls into the skies, before targeting an 8-year-old girl OLAYA, knocking her onto the ground.

ALL

Huh? Olaya?

OLAYA

Uhhh...hiya?

The background dissolves to Olaya’s room where she’s packing her things. She can see the villagers from outside her window (hut hole).

I hear them laughing at me

They'll blame the drought upon me

I can feel the shame around me

Hear them shame my name

The villagers are gossipping to each other while performing chores.

VILLAGERS

Olaya. Olaya.

I can't believe our village needs

This child, a child

To get us off our knees

Olaya. The crier.

Hey now don't be cruel.

You know it's rude to ridicule

A girl in need of a hug and love

I've seen her shadow even scared of its own shadow

What's the matter with her, yes I know her mother left her, she'll be with her soon

She'll be fine, alright I'm lying, she'll die beside the others.

But let's just keep that from one mother to another

Olaya talks to her deceased mother as she finishes packing. 

OLAYA

Mother, mother. I need to talk with you

Ever since you passed, I don't know what to do

Now I'm the fire holder

The whole village on my shoulder, it's an order

Why oh why did god decide that I'm the fire-

minder? I've got no might or right to fight this

Got no right mind, I'm not the kind for this

But I'm a trier, a trier

And I got that trait from you, got it straight from you

And now we're due to prove what you and I can do

Olaya leaves her room and heads towards the fire where the tribe and village leader give her the torch of the village’s fire.

VILLAGE LEADER

Olaya, this fire will guide the light for you

But it is up to you to toil through the soil and mire

Oh my I, can see your mother's eyes within your eyes

They're both comprised of loving times and a rising desire

The village leader gives Olaya the torch.

VILLAGERS

Olaya. Olaya

You’re our one and only hope

Olaya, Olaya

To stop our death toll growing

Higher, higher

The divine is waiting, no debating,

All our vegetation’s permeations rests its fate on your…

Olaya leaves the tribe and exits the village, carrying the torch.

OLAYA (ALL)

Fire, Olaya

(this village holds its breath for you)

I'll do whatever is required

(Olaya)

(We pray each step that you connect with sends you to the god's pyre)

I'll do what makes my mother inspired

And you'll be right by me (Olaya)

Your fire's right inside me (fire)

(God oh god, please get this light to you)

God oh god, I'll get this light to you

Olaya is just outside the village, and is unsure where to go. She turns to the villagers one last time.

...Uh, this way?

Montage of Olaya trekking through the land, going through wildly different terrain and weather.

OLAYA

One step, to get, to two, then another and then another

And then I'm gonna get a step closer to just what I got to do

My quest, it's just taking one flame to another.

Then the summer and winter cover will fill our fields with food

They say my shadow's even scared of its own shadow

What they don't know is my shadow and myself are scared of our own echo

Echo, echo, echo (echo, echo) Ahhhhh!

I hear the echoes echoing the voices of the past

VILLAGERS

Olaya. Olaya.

You’re our one and only hope

Please watch that fire! The fire!

The voices from the cave alert Olaya to water dripping from the cave that nearly hits the fire.

OLAYA

Woah. Thanks guys, that was close.

They said, this trek, will only take a day or two

Or was it a week? Or was it a month? I've really got no clue

Oh well, I'm set, I've got my fire and my mother too

Just cannot let this flame get wet

Is that rain? What do I do?

What counts as shelter? What's that noise? Why is this rash so itchy?

What blocks the pelter? Was that poison? Why's my eye so twitchy?

I'm following the moonlight, and I'm following the sun

Just hope I get these steps right. If not, oh god, we're done.

They say the villagers are starving, dying, no crops can grow

But once god has this fire, the water will flow

Crops rise from the ground as part of Olaya’s imagination.

And the plants will rise to the skies

Food for each family and feasts each night

And you'll be up there watching me with pride

Olaya, you just kept on keeping on

With one step, to skip and leap into the other, and my mother

Always had a phrase you'd mutter. Seemed to get me through

Ignore the unpleasant trees, and focus on the feeling that’s within

Just find the pleasantries of life, and you’ll be bright when lights are dim

Ignore the sunburn, that burns my skin

Ignore the dust storm, and the freezing winds

Ignore my mistakes and the sore aches and that roar that I hear

Ignore the silhouette of that animal, and- oh my god that looks near

Olaya sees the silhouette of animal approach her, unafraid of the fire.

It's coming here, can it smell my fear? What's the difference between a bear and a tiger?

This fire, I wave it but the beast's not caving. There's no saving me,

I see its claws, I see its teeth, I see it's-

The mysterious beast attacks Olaya and knocks her out. Fade to black.

Olaya lies on the ground and starts to regain consciousness. Her torch has been dropped and is barely flickering in the rain.

OLAYA

I hear them laughing at me

The echoes echoing the doubt

At how I could never do it

But though this fire's nearly dying

There's a fire still inside me

A memory of when

You tried to fight through it

Olaya stares into the fire and sees a memory of her with her mother resting in bed.

When you fell ill...when you fell ill...

When you fell ill, your body was tiring

But your heart kept beating on

And when you were dying

You told me, that you could keep on keeping on

Olaya gets on her feet, picks up the torch and gradually replenishes her and the fire’s energy.

You've got the skies, and I've got the fire

And I will fight to keep its heating on

My body may be tired

But I know that I can keep on keeping on

I'll reach my dreams, soar even higher

Fly the skies when my feet are numb

I know I will survive this

I'll just keep on keeping on

And on. Yes I will keep on keeping on…

Olaya confidently strides across the land, swirling the torch in the air like a fire dancer.

Olaya enters a brightly coloured haven on top of the hill. Her wound from the animal attack heals and the torch blazes a healthy fire.

OLAYA

Keep on keeping on

Yes I will keep on keeping on

Keep on keeping on

I am nearly there

Gotta keep on keeping on

Get ready god, because I got a little fire for ya

Oh gotta keep my feet and my wits together

Mother, do you see me arriving?

Olaya reaches the god’s pyre, a large pile of stick with a small ember glowing from the charcoals. The god’s face can be seen in the faint smoke above the pyre, like a little ghost.

Cos the god is in my sights now

One more step with this light      

And my quest is done

Olaya lights the pyre with her fire and an almighty fire god takes over the sky.

GOD

Wow what a flame, what a fragrant flavour

Hotter than the others,

That's a damn life saver

And it's not just the fire, it's one who had to keep it

The harder the heart, the higher the heating

And for your lot, I'll keep my end of the deal

Sensational seasons for a yearly yield

Now before I take you home

There's someone I know, who would like to see you

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