WILLOW: A NEW MUSICAL DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. This is only a reupload of the soundtrack.
GO TO THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT AVERNO AND THE ORIGINAL CREATORS:
https://exverno.carrd.co/

On the old Anderson farm on the outskirts of Averno sits a willow tree so tall that when sitting beneath it, you can barely see the stars. If you asked Beatrice Anderson how long it had been there, she would probably just shrug- or say something about sticking your nose in other peoples beeswax. The willow was a part of the land, permanent and steady and a little mysterious, as all things are that grow without permission.

When we first meet the willow tree it is surrounded by creatures less permanent,  though perhaps more mysterious than trees- Adelaide, Beatrice, Cassia, Grace, and Meg. They don’t know each other yet- but this summer, all of that will change.

Sweet Willow || Willow: A New Musical

WILLOW: A NEW MUSICAL DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. This is only a reupload of the soundtrack.
GO TO THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT AVERNO AND THE ORIGINAL CREATORS:
https://exverno.carrd.co/

Cassia is one of the Wild Ones- the children who are stolen away out of abusive/ neglectful homes in Averno and brought to the forest where they are raised by the Shadow Mothers. The Wild Ones are the Lost Boys of the forest, living in clubhouses of rusted metal, drinking mugwort tea and hunting deer in the predawn light, wild. 

But every Wild One must make a choice when they become an adult- leave the forest or follow the path of (eventually) becoming a Shadow Mother. Cassia made her choice long ago- she stayed in the forest, raised the other children, stayed in the twilight zone of her late-teens for a hundred years. 
She should have become a Shadow Mother long ago, but she always told herself she could wait just one more summer. But tonight, she has made up her mind. It is time. She goes to the edge of the forest for one last glance at the stars- and runs into Grace. 

Perhaps, Cassia thinks, death could wait one more night.

A Meeting Under the Willow Tree || Willow: A New Musical

WILLOW: A NEW MUSICAL DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. This is only a reupload of the soundtrack.
GO TO THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT AVERNO AND THE ORIGINAL CREATORS:
https://exverno.carrd.co/

Cassia didn’t plan on meeting a pretty girl the day she was supposed to die. After a hundred years, she should know better than to allow herself to be weak like that. She is a ticking time bomb, she is dangerous- and she might be in love. Beneath the willow tree, she convinces herself of what she already knows- that if she lets herself fall for Grace, and, more importantly, if Grace falls for her, all that can come of it is pain. 

But then Grace returns and asks if Cassia can sit with her a while, Cassia can’t say no.

Selfish || Willow: A New Musical

WILLOW: A NEW MUSICAL DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. This is only a reupload of the soundtrack.
GO TO THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT AVERNO AND THE ORIGINAL CREATORS:
https://exverno.carrd.co/

On her way home from church, Adelaide cannot decide whether or not to stop by the willow. She has been invited into a secret clubhouse by a woman who wears men’s pants and sits in the dirt like a child. A woman who makes Adelaide feel- confused. To stop at the willow tree would be a decision, a declaration, an admittance. 

But then she realizes- maybe that’s a choice she’s willing to make. Hell, maybe that’s a choice she WANTS to make. You can’t ask the universe for adventure and then say no when it shows up. When she gets to the willow tree, she finds two new chairs waiting- one of them occupied by Beatrice.

Beatrice takes Adelaide around the farm, picking flowers, showing her the forests and the glades.

Dawn || Willow: A New Musical

WILLOW: A NEW MUSICAL DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. This is only a reupload of the soundtrack.
GO TO THIS WEBSITE TO LEARN ABOUT AVERNO AND THE ORIGINAL CREATORS:
https://exverno.carrd.co/

Grace asks Cassia to be her girlfriend.

Grace knows something is going on with Cassia. Whenever she tries to kiss her, it’s like there’s a wall. Like if she kisses back, secrets will slip out. 
But in the end, it’s hard to argue when you’re so damn in love. At the peak of summer, they go down to pick raspberries by the base of the willow tree, and Grace thinks life can’t get much better.

Adelaide arrives at the tree early and gets a call from her doctor. When Beatrice arrives, she asks what’s wrong. Adelaide can’t bring herself to say.

|||Adelaide tells Beatrice about the cancer.|||

Lovers' Quartet || Willow: A New Musical

Student Body (ADAMANDI demo)

ADAMANDI is a new musical with lyrics by Mel Hornyak, music by Elliot Valentine, book by Mel Hornyak and Elliot Valentine.

Find Mel Hornyak and Elliot Valentine on YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, and Tumblr @melliotwrites.

Lovers' Quartet || Willow: A New Musical

misterpseudonym

Related tracks