Episode 3 hit hard — real, raw, authentic, with a mix of thriller, horror, and drama No sugarcoating, no fake movie vibes — this 1 feels alive.
Me: I hope your enjoy this episode

The Chosen 1s – Season 1, Episode 3: “The Map”

Written by Antoinette Lavonne Johnson – #QueenflixRealityDundidItAgainRCCOIN

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COLD OPEN – THE ANCESTRAL MAP

EXT. ABANDONED CHURCH – NIGHT

Thunder cracks across the city as Antoinette arrives at the coordinates Bishop Maalik gave her. The church is falling apart—pews rotting, stained glass shattered, rain dripping through holes in the roof.

Candles burn in a perfect circle on the floor. In the middle, a single wooden table with a rolled-up animal-skin map glowing faintly in the dark.

Antoinette approaches slowly.

BISHOP MAALIK
(quietly, like he’s talking to himself)
They never burned it… not all of it.

He unrolls the map. Veins of gold and red pulse across it like living blood vessels. When Antoinette touches it—the whole thing lights up.

BISHOP MAALIK
There. Under the city. Star City… the First Ones built it before history was even history.

Antoinette stares at him—still shaking.

ANTOINETTE
Why does it want me? Why not you?

BISHOP MAALIK
Because the covenant skipped me. And you… your blood hums with it.

ACTION SEQUENCE – DEMON AMBUSH

The church doors slam open—BANG.
Wind howls inside though the air outside is dead still.

VESPER (V.O.)
“She bleeds. Open the gate.”

A swarm of shadow-things crawl down the ceiling like spiders, limbs cracking backward. Their eyes glow faint white like static screens.

Antoinette grabs the map. Maalik cocks his shotgun.

BISHOP MAALIK
Stay behind me.

The creatures attack—fast, unnatural, like bodies moving wrong. Maalik blasts two mid-air. Antoinette screams—the HUM erupts from her throat, shaking the church walls, splitting the floor down the middle.

One creature grabs her arm—burns like acid on her skin—before disintegrating from her scream.

AFTERMATH – THE CHOICE

Silence. The rain stops. The candle flames burn straight up, no flicker.

Antoinette’s breathing hard, shaking. Her hands glow faintly under the skin like her veins are made of starlight.

ANTOINETTE
(voice cracking)
I didn’t sign up for this.

BISHOP MAALIK
Neither did the First Ones. But they bled so you could breathe. Now it’s your turn.

Antoinette grabs the map, still trembling but eyes hardening with determination.

ANTOINETTE
Then show me where this Star City is.

ENDING BEAT – EPISODE 3

Camera pulls back. Beneath the church, far below the ground, glowing tunnels shaped like constellations hum to life—one by one—like they’ve been waiting for this moment.

VESPER (V.O.)
“The key walks. The earth will open.”

Cut to black.