The Angry Duke By Bradley Higgins Based on Anastasia by 20th century Fox Rated PG I fell sooner or later someone would drag Anastasia back to her place in Royal Life This takes place after the end of the movie Marie walks into the ballroom She speaks to the crowd Marie : my granddaughter will not be here tonight , she has eloped with the man who returned her to me Applause starts to fill the room but a man steps forwards and starts talking Duke Davis : not so fast I traveled hundreds of miles to see the Grand Duchess and now she neglected her duty , this will not do. Marie : what are you going to do about this , she’s on a riverboat heading out of town Duke Davis : guards , go bring me the Grand Duchess Anastasia and this man she wants to elope with ,their on a riverboat , so hurry Marie : no , no Duke Davis : you moron ,you can’t even control your family , most of them are dead because of stupidly and you are letting the last heir to the throne make another mistake that could ruin the rest of your family Marie : not true Later on the riverboat Anastasia and Dimitri are heading to their cabin when they are surrounded by soldiers Anastasia : what’s going on? Soldier : we are ordered to return you to Empress Marie and take your friend prisoner Dimitri : where’s the captain The captain appears with the leader of the soldiers Captain : I have no choice , a Duke Davis ordered your arrest and we are pulling into the next dock to off load you They are taken to the palace where Marie is waiting with the duke Duke Davis : well at last we have the Grand Duchess Anastasia , take her to be cleaned up , I’ll get her a new gown and her crown Duke Davis : as for the kitchen boy lock him up, we will have he executed tomorrow morning Anastasia : why? Duke Davis : hes trouble , scum , a thief and forger Marie : not anymore Duke Davis : stay out of this , you had your chance empress , I’m taking over A servant takes Anastasia upstairs to change , Sophine joins her Anastasia changes , Anastasia : what does that Duke know anyway Sophine : nothing , he thinks Dimitri is just using you , but I know you were in love Anastasia : how can the duke just order an execution Sophine : if there’s a threat to the heir of a throne , then the threat must be eliminated Anastasia : Dimitri is no threat , that Duke just knows about his past Sophine places the crown on Anastasia’s head They head to the ballroom Everyone claps as Anastasis enters , she is wearing a gown identical to the first one before it was ripped Up Everyone is happy at the party except Anastasia , who dances with some people but later sits on the throne in grief Marie walks to her Marie : what is wrong Anastasia : Dimitri will be executed tomorrow , there’s nothing that can be done Marie : not true , if you love him stand up for him Anastasia : that duke won’t believe me Next day everyone heads out behind the palace , where Dimitri is tied to a pole Anastasia is wearing her coronation gown and crown Duke Davis : this man is charged with endangerment of the Russian throne , using its heir to gain power , fame ,etc Duke Davis : according to imperial rules, he must die Executioner : ready aim , …… Anastasia races in front of Dimitir Anastasia : stop , if you want to kll him then you must go through me Duke Davis : this is insane ,stop her Marie : shut up! , you blind fool Duke Davis : how dare you Anastasia : Dimitri tell him Dimitri : I may have been a thief , con man , and cheat at one time but not anymore Dimitri : I l….. Duke Davis : your nothing , just a kitchen boy Woman : nothing , why because he doesn’t have a title , throne or crown , are what make us something , she throws her crown down, “ now I am nothing “ Crowns and sashes are thrown to the ground , Marie simply removes her crown and holds it Duke Davis : what’s this Marie : we don’t have titles or crowns now , are we nothing ? Marie : why should rank or status decide who marries who Marie : its your attitude that got my son killed , he saw things the same way , so did I ,but not anymore Crowd : us too Duke Davis : this is insane ,your nuts Marie : guards remove him , and untie Dimitri as he is no threat to Anastasia Davis is thrown out of the palace grounds Anastasia and Dimitri kiis Marie : lets go inside and celebrate . They pick up their crowns and sashes and put them on Eveyrone has a good time Anastasia and Dimitri : waltz into the night , thinking of what lies in store for them Dimitri : I hope this doesn’t mean why have to take back Russia Anastasia : no we will stay here , I ‘m just a symbol really ,something for the Russian people to look up to Dimitri : they won’t find anything wrong with you ., I think they wanted you to run the communists out Anastasia : we can visit Russia , but we can’t do anything about the communists ,come on lets dance They kiss again The End