LOGLINE
Ten-year-old Priscilla
discovers that helping someone solve their problems can often help you solve
your own—if you are brave enough.
PITCH
In “The Horse Gate,” 10-year-old
Priscilla must overcome her own fear of flying to help Spiridon, a young, winged
horse, learn to fly by hearing his missing father’s song. The evil Countess and
her Black Band of Bears capture Priscilla and Spiridon and pen them up with
other winged horses, including Spiridon’s father Mirabilis. After Priscilla escapes
the pen, she frees Mirabilis, flies through the Horse Gate in the sky into the
city of winged horses and recruits those horses to help free the others. Together, they defeat the Countess and the Bears. Having heard his father’s song, Spiridon
can now fly.
SYNOPSIS
Priscilla travels back to
Visus to return the magic music box and discovers that Spiridon, a blue-winged
horse, has mysteriously lost his father, Mirabilis. If Mirabilis does not
return and teach his son how to fly, Spiridon will lose his wings in a matter
of days. Priscilla understands Spiridon’s troubles because of her own fear of
flying. After a stirring dream of what it would be like to fly, Priscilla
departs immediately on Spiridon to save Mirabilis, captured along with the
other winged horses by the ferocious Black Band of Bears. She recruits the skillful
marksman Joshua and confides that she really misses her friends Effie and
Lucas, without whom she is vulnerable to all kinds of danger.
Joshua once faced the Black
Band of Bears and lost one of his closest cousins—facing them the second time
will not be easy. Soon after Priscilla and Joshua depart on Spiridon, the Bears
corner them and throw them in a pen with Mirabilis and the other missing winged
horses. The wretched Countess T’zila Tzigane, who wants to kill Priscilla,
plans to force the horses of Visus to help her overtake the neighboring land of
Unne, a cold, robotic place that merely uses dreams for practical purposes.
Despite Priscilla’s fear of flying, she follows instructions from a dream,
breaks Mirabilis’ chains, and she and Joshua fly on him through a magical gate
in the sky. The Horse Gate leads to Zione, a glass city in the clouds, home of winged
horses. The ruler of Zione assures Priscilla that she and the horses of Zione
can surely rescue Spiridon and the other horses of Visus.
Along the way, Priscilla reunites with Effie and Lucas. She encounters obstacles and makes new friends, including Albert, the son of the King of Unne. After a tumultuous battle in Unne, Priscilla rescues the winged horses of Visus and defeats T’zila and the Black Band of Bears. Spiridon learns to fly in the nick of time with inspiration from Priscilla’s song about overcoming her own fear of flying. Priscilla brings freedom to the land of Unne. She even finds its hidden treasure chest, which is filled with music. Priscilla returns to Visus, flying on Spiridon in triumph, all because of her brave and daring journey through the Horse Gate.
Copyright 2022 Jennifer Waters
Along the way, Priscilla reunites with Effie and Lucas. She encounters obstacles and makes new friends, including Albert, the son of the King of Unne. After a tumultuous battle in Unne, Priscilla rescues the winged horses of Visus and defeats T’zila and the Black Band of Bears. Spiridon learns to fly in the nick of time with inspiration from Priscilla’s song about overcoming her own fear of flying. Priscilla brings freedom to the land of Unne. She even finds its hidden treasure chest, which is filled with music. Priscilla returns to Visus, flying on Spiridon in triumph, all because of her brave and daring journey through the Horse Gate.
Copyright 2022 Jennifer Waters
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