(Bit of a hypothetical scenario for you guys to ponder over, since I've seen many people sympathize with Carrie and wish for her to get a happier ending. Question is, would she get one here?)
- In this scenario, Carrie and Tommy are still crowned Prom King and Queen - with Carrie getting the pig's blood dumped on her head and Tommy been hit by the falling bucket; knocking him unconscious and injuring him.
(In the novel he was simply knocked out by the bucket hitting him and later died from been trapped in the burning building, with it been the 1976 and 2013 movies where the bucket hitting him kills him, while in the 2002 film it severely injures him - with Tommy not breathing and it been difficult to feel his pulse).
- While the crowd laughs at Carrie and she hears her mother's warning about how they would all laugh at her - with her rage bubbling up inside from the humiliation - her attention this time returns to Tommy, since he was one of the few people who was genuinely nice to her and now his life is in danger.
The laughter stops as the crowd watches Carrie use her telekinesis to levitate Tommy's body into her arms; Carrie still been extremely furious at this moment but with her anger been more quiet and direct instead of the explosive outburst mixed with her telekinetic powers that we're more familiar with (like when someone who's extremely angry goes silent - which just makes everyone around them more tense).
- Moving off the stage, she uses her telekinesis to force the crowd to split apart and keep everyone away from her, as if trapped by an invisible wall.
Seeing Tina trying to escape and sensing she had something to do with the prank, however, she telekinetically slams the doors shut around the gym before telekinetically grabbing Tina - holding her in the air with no-one to help her and no way to escape.
Quiet but furious, Carrie demands to know who was responsible for the prank - pointing out that Tommy's life is at risk as a result and if he dies, then she'll find out who was responsible and bring her own "judgement" on everyone involved her humiliation.
- Tina initially refuses despite been afraid, to which Carrie telekinetically attacks her internal organs - causing Tina to scream in agony and tearfully admit that Chris Hargensen was responsible; revealing Chris wanting revenge for losing her prom tickets, the killing of the pig, putting its blood in the bucket and the swapping of the ballots with duplicates to make Tommy and Carrie win Prom King and Queen so the blood could be dumped on Carrie, with Chris and Billy been the ones to pull the rope after sneaking in - revealing in turn where the real ballots were hidden.
Having made Tina reveal the truth to everyone and with Miss Desjardin finding the real ballots, Carrie tossed Tina to the floor; telling her and everyone else involved in the prank to pray for Tommy's survival "or not even God will save you from me".
- With that, Carrie leaves the Gym and gets into Tommy's car using his keys; putting Tommy on the backseat while she sits in the front and uses her telekinesis to levitate the car; flying it over Chamberlain to the hospital.
(Considering she was able to toss Billy Nolan's car like a toy and devastate Chamberlain in the original story, I think her making the car fly isn't that unusual).
Upon reaching the hospital and carrying Tommy inside, he's immediately rushed off to the emergency unit to check his injuries, although Carrie has to leave due to the pig's blood on her and the fact she has no clean clothes with her - with her starting to walk home before been intercepted by Sue Snell, who was on her way to the hospital after learning what had happened at the Prom and offers Carrie a ride home.
During the drive, the two talk; Sue been understandably fearful of Carrie's powers despite Carrie's anger having mostly subsided (and with Carrie having telepathically learned that Sue was innocent and was pregnant with Tommy's child), with Carrie revealing more of the bullying she endured while younger from other kids as well as from her life at home - in particular regarding her mother's abusive nature and extreme religious beliefs where everything is "sinful".
- With Sue joining Carrie at her home (Carrie getting cleaned and putting on fresh clothes), Margaret's attempts at killing Carrie by stabbing her with a butcher's knife is prevented - with Carrie disarming and restraining her mother with her telekinesis when Margaret tries to stab Sue as well.
With Margaret restrained and screaming about Carrie having "the devil inside her", Sue - convincing Carrie that this is the best thing to do as Margaret is "not mentally well" - rings the Police to inform them of Margaret's attempts to kill her daughter.
With the Police arriving to take Margaret away and Tommy surviving this time thanks to Carrie's actions (along with everyone else at the Prom not been brutally killed), how do you think the story would change following this?
Curious to see what you guys think.
