TEACHER
How did it get here?
INT TEACHERS BEDROOM IN THE TEACHERS HOUSE NIGHT OF THE SAME DAY
The teacher sits in his bedroom in his house on the second floor. He is about to go to bed.
Almost full-blown white nenufare stands in a glass of water. The teacher looks at it
TEACHER
(talking to the flower)
You are so beautiful
The flower in the glass begins to transform. The white nenufare seems to move, it opens its petals a bit more.
Droplets of water shine on its petals. Those are either droplets or blue eyes of a woman
TEACHER
(breathing the air with his nose)
What is this, a fragrance?
The nenufare no longer floats helplessly in the glass of water, but sways proud on its high stem, but this is no longer the stem, but a slim womans body (aka Countess Maria)
She has a pale face with big sad eyes and pale pink lips. Her golden hair falls in beautiful waves upon her breasts.
Her figure sways softly and with every movement grows bigger and bigger until becomes a normal woman, yet her body stays translucent.
Now she floats on air from the table. The room is filled with inaudible sounds.
Her figure as if floats on air. She comes closer and closer; soon she sways beside the teachers bed, whispering something. She leans over him. She stretches out her arms, as if begging for something
TEACHER
(pushes the ghost aside with his hands)
No! No!
A crash and sound of breaking glass are heard in the room.
EXT-WITCHES VALLEY SAME SUMMER NIGHT
The fog band moves away from the open window of the bedroom towards the Witches Valley. In the moonlight it seems magical glow.
INT TEACHERS BEDROOM SAME NIGHT
Frightened Mina appears in the room. The teacher sits in the bed and looks at the sister.
The broken glass decanter lies on the floor next to the bed in a puddle of water
MINA
(grumbling)
Why shouting, you have broken the decanter!
The teacher looks at the desk suspiciously: the nenufare dies helplessly in its glass. The teacher mops his brow slowly
TEACHER
(smiles, embarrassed)
Only a dream.
MINA
(picks up the pieces from the floor)
Scared to death.
INT TEACHERS BEDROOM IN THE TEACHERS HOUSE-MORNING
There is no nenufare in the glass on the desk anymore. The teacher looks at the empty glass half awake
TEACHER
May it be a spirit of a suicide?
INT-DINING ROOM IN THE TEACHERS HOUSE SAME MORNING
The teacher enters the dining room on the ground floor. Mina puts dishes for breakfast on the table
TEACHER
Mina, have you seen the flower in my bedroom?
MINA
(puts the dishes)
The faded one? Ive thrown it away.
TEACHER
(sits at the table)
Pity, I got used to it.
MINA
(stops and looks at her brother)
You are pale in the morning.
TEACHER
Just sleepy.
MINA
(continues putting the dishes)
You know, Heinrich has become an assistant to the church watchman.
TEACHER
Ah
MINA
(puts pies in front of the brother)
Eat, Ive baked in the morning.
She sits down in front of him, pours out tea
TEACHER
(bites off a pie)
My favourite. Thank you.
MINA
(pours out tea)
Maria is glad that Heinrich was found. Truly speaking, he has become odd. Silent. So the old church watchman invited him. The watchman is strange, has planted garlic everywhere in the garden.
She gives a cup of tea to the brother
TEACHER
(takes the cup from her hands)
I should go and see Heinrich.
MINA
Go-go. It wont be bad.
She puts a pie on her saucer.
EXT WITCHES VALLEY SUMMER NIGHT OF THE SAME DAY
The teacher stands in the Witches Valley near the water, on the lakeshore.
Mist rises over the lake, taking on different forms: now the white cloud takes shapes of a lady with nenufares in her hair.
And now nenufares on the water surface open their petals, fireflies float over them.
Blossomed trees, growing near here, give their white petals to the wind.
White snowstorm of petals whirls in the air over the lake and the schoolteachers head
TEACHER
(peers into the white whirl over the lake)
What if everything that the villagers say about the valley is true?
He goes into the lake
END OF THE MEMORIES
EXT CLEARING IN THE FOREST OF CARDIES CASTLE EVENING
Harry and the company enjoy their picnic, Smith accidently spills some wine on Harrys shirt
HARRY
(shouting)
What the hell is the matter with you, Smith? My shirt isnt a wineglass, damn it!
Smith spreads his arms in embarrassment
SMITH
Forgive me, it was an accident. For a moment I imagined that someone was looking at me from the forest. Someone with red eyes.
Everybody looks around nervously
JAMES
There is no one!
HARRY
I never took you for someone who suffers from a persecution complex, Smith. Oh well, pour me some more wine and, for once, try to aim for the glass and avoid my shirt.
Smith pours the wine but his hands shake. He shivers and points towards the forest
SMITH
My God, it is still there.
Captain Wright grabs a rifle and fires a single shot in the direction pointed by Smith. Black bat flies out of the forest
HARRY
Calm down, Smith, it is only a perfectly harmless bat.
Suddenly the bushes behind the resting men creak. Everyone jumps to their feet and grabs their rifles
CAPTAIN WRIGHT
Halt before you get a bullet in your guts. Who is there? Answer me, damn you!
A VILLAGE HEADSMAN, a fat middle aged man emerges from the bushes
VILLAGE HEADMAN
Gentlemen, calm down. It is only me.
HARRY
You see, Smith, he is hardly a demon.
Smith crosses himself and kisses a religious medallion at his neck
HARRY
Gentlemen, it is time to get going. We havent had the chance to explore the Western side of the castle yet. And now that we are so lucky to get a tour guide, the village headsman, we should really waste no time.
(addressing the headsman)
Have you got a horse?
VILLAGE HEADSMAN
No.
HARRY
Then Smiths mare will have to carry you both.
CAPTAIN WRIGHT
(quietly)
The poor mare a hysterical damsel and a fat man together on her back.
Everyone mounts their horses and rides away.
EXT-VILLAGE CHURCH GARDEN SUMMER DAY, TEACHERS MEMORIES