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[soft music]

[rain pattering]

[tense music]

[thunder rumbles]

[tires squeal]

[boy humming]

Matty! Matty, stop!

Matty, hold on!

[screams] Matty! Stop!

[tires squeal]

Matty, come back! No!

Oh! Matty, sit back, please!

[thunder crashes]

[mother] You have to help us!

-He's totally out of control! -[Matty humming]

He's trying to harm himself.

[humming continues]

Sorry. Emergency staff only. He's in good hands now.

When did his symptoms begin?

[rats screeching]

Is he on any medication?

[playing hypnotic melody]

-Matty? Where are you? -[doctor speaks German]

Where are you?!!

Look, Mummy!

-Watch me. -Matty, no!

[screams]

-[crashes] -[screams]

[hypnotic melody plays]

[soft music]

[voice speaking German]

[repeating in German]

I'm never going to get the hang of this.

Give it time. Now you're here, you just need to immerse yourself.

[driver] So, this is the exit to Hameln.

[chuckles] Look Mom!

You see? That said-- that said Ausfahrt.

And Aus means out. So what does Ausfahrt mean?

Very funny, Amy.

[mom] Oh, look, we're in Hamelin. It's our new home.

[soft music]

-Mrs. Hein? -Haines, actually.

Oh, yes, welcome. I am Beate Hofmeister,

Deputy Head of Hamelin International School.

And you must be Amy.

This is my daughter Daisy, also in your class.

And you will become the best of friends.

I'm sure they will.

[Beate] And tomorrow there's a big treat.

31st of October is our annual pageant.

Luckily you will have the rest of the weekend

to recover from your jet lag.

Look, Amy, the Pied Piper!

He who led the children away in 1284

in revenge for not getting paid after ridding the town of rats.

Whatev. Where's the Wifi?

Oh, we'll sort it out later, Amy.

So, when you've freshened up, I'll show you around your new school.

[soft music]

[bird caws]

It's a prison.

[Beate] It used to be, but there was no crime in the area,

so they turned it into a school.

No crime at all?

I can see how foreigners find that hard to believe.

[majestic musical]

[Mrs. Haines] It's extraordinary architecture.

Looks haunted to me.

Don't be so silly.

And this is the canteen.

Ew! Rat poop.

There are no rats in Hamelin. Those are poison pellets.

What, with all the children around?

And why poison if there are no rats?

We believe in prevention.

[Amy] Why did we actually come here?

You get a private education for virtually nothing,

and I get paid more than I would in the US system.

But I miss my friends.

Look on it as a chance to make new ones.

So you weren't running away from Dad?

I chose the best option for us. Let's leave it at that, okay?

Now, is the bed at least comfy?

It's a bit itchy.

Oh, you really are the Princess and the Pea, aren't you?

Nighty night!

[kisses]

[Amy] Good night.

-Door open or closed? -Leave it open.

[music fades]

[wood creaking]

Mom?

[squeaking]

[tense music]

[pattering]

[voices whispering]

[Mrs. Haines] Wakey wakey!

It's Pageant Day!

Amy!

What have you done?

There.

-[lively music] -[applause]

[speaking in German]

[playing flute]

[man continues speaking German]

This is fun, isn't it?

It's creepy. Come on, the masks, and the costumes.

You mean like Halloween? Which you love!

[applause]

[music continues]

[soft music]

[speaks German]

[speaks German]

Thank you.

[man speaks German]

Uh, no thank you.

Pay the Piper, please.

I don't have any more Euros.

[man] Luca!

Luca.

You are right about those masks being creepy,

and the people wearing them are even creepier. Let's go.

But, Mom, I was actually just getting into it!

Have one of these and then we'll go. I'm still really tired.

[intense music]

-No! -What the...?

Let's have a pizza!

[soft music]

Whoever thought of putting sauerkraut on pizza should be shot.

Oh, listen to this, Amy.

Recent heavy rains have uncovered a hitherto unknown

mediaeval burial area

beyond the borders of a Hamelin church graveyard.

Wouldn't that make a great field trip for our history class?

Mm!

Oh, my God!

I think I'm going to go to my room.

Okay. Night.

Fusspot.

[groans]

Ugh!

[tense music]

[grunts]

[groans]

[groans]

[groans]

-[rat squeaks] -[screams]

[grunting]

Oh!

[squeaking]

[screams]

[squeaking]

No rats in Hamelin my ass!

Mom?

Oh. Hi there, darling.

No, just, um, tidying up a bit.

Dusty here.

[intense music]

[indistinct chatter]

Ignore the stares. It's like a racial thing.

Swedes, total potheads.

I dated one once. Wouldn't recommend it.

Greeks are like, sexist or rude or something.

I don't know. It's cultural.

Brits are boring, and Americans predictable.

Well, I guess that makes me boring and predictable.

So that's it. Let me know if you need anything else.

Wait. Are you not going to introduce me to any of your friends?

[chuckles]

What about her?

Cassie? She used to be cool, I guess, but...

then she became all weird like Matty did.

Who's Matty?

Matty, no!

Mrs. Weiss's son. She strangled him to death.

Oh. And who's Mrs. Weiss!?

Our history teacher. Well, now your mom's replacing her,

they've stuck her in a loony bin.

You're staying in their apartment.

I'm surprised you didn't know all this. Everyone knows!

Hi, I'm Amy.

It's Cassie, right? I'm new.

[bell rings]

[sighs] You're-- you're not gonna come to class?

[horse whinnies]

[Amy] Who is that?

Come on, let's go to class.

Come on.

I am Mrs. Haines. Pronounced Haines.

Not Hayness not Highness, not Hyenas, but Haines.

Your first history assignment is on 13th Century Germany in general,

and the Pied Piper legend in particular.

Your task is to separate fact from fiction,

and come up with your own plausible theory.

[playful music]

[bicycle bell rings]

-[bell rings] -[speaks German]

I'm looking for something original on the Pied Piper.

Uh, not a children's book. It's a history assignment.

Ah, you're a teacher! Follow me.

[clicks]

[mysterious music]

Teaching is such an undervalued profession,

considering teachers are responsible

for nurturing the minds of our future generations!

[blows]

It's no longer in print.

Oh!

this is wonderful!

But you can borrow it if you want.

I don't know how to thank you.

Dandelions. My favorite flowers.

Wouldn't you rather something other than weeds?

Some people see weeds.

Others see hope in being granted a wish.

Oh. I see.

[Mrs. Haines] I couldn't help noticing that the actual windows

don't match the diagrams in this book.

The church was destroyed by fire in 1660.

The windows are a reconstruction.

May I?

Oh.

A very rare work indeed.

You don't intend to use it as an educational tool, do you?

It's written a long time after the Piper's death,

compiled from hearsay and fantasy.

It's nothing but a collection of superstitious fairy tales

claiming to be a moral guide for humanity.

But we are wasting your time. You came for a confession.

Oh, a misunderstanding, actually.

I came out of historical interest.

But is your conscience clear?

Is there really nothing you need to confess?

Sure of it. Good day, Reverend.

[tense music]

[dog barking]

[soft music]

[whimpering softly]

[gasps]

[screaming]

Amy!

Bugs! They won't get off me!

[screaming]

There's nothing there!

[water shuts off]

There's nothing there, sweetheart.

It must have been a nightmare.

Are those insect bites?

See! How could I have dreamed those!

Sweetheart.

Shh.

[footsteps thudding]

Breakfast in five!

What the...?

Amy, did you go into the study last night?

What? No.

Are you sure?

Yeah. Why do you ask?

Never mind.

[indistinct chatter]

Okay, treat today kids!

Everyone, pay attention please.

This is Professor Fox.

Fuchs.

Fuchs.

And she is the lead archeologist on this dig.

So, hello, everybody.

As you can see, there are multiple layers

of catacombs and burial chambers below yet to be explored.

These graves date from the 13th century,

when very few records of births and deaths for Hamelin...

What happened to your fingers?

[Fuchs] Archaeology brings us closer

to cultures and peoples,

who, if not for their artworks and ancient buildings,

would be long forgotten.

[horse whinnies]

[indistinct chatter]

Has anyone seen Cassandra?

-[shatters] -[all gasp]

[girl] There she is!

Okay, stay back, everyone! Cassandra?

Cassie!

[tense music]

-Did you guys put her up to this? -What? No!

Beate! Cassie's on the roof. How do we get up there?

Oh, my God. Follow me.

Everybody inside, now!

-[humming hypnotic melody] -[pipe playing]

Cassandra! Cassandra!

Cassie. It's Mrs. Haines. Stand still!

Just try and turn around slowly!

[Beate] Cassandra!

-No! No! -[gasps]

-No! Oh! -[thuds]

-[Amy] Mom? -Mm-hmm.

Have you ever done anything real bad and gotten away with it?

Why on earth would you ask me such a thing?

It's just they say that Ca--

-well, before she stopped talking... -[water running]

Cassie said that knew she was going to die.

Because of something bad her parents did.

That is utter nonsense!

If you ask me, her death was drug-related.

she looked like she was on something to me.

Freakier still is what happened to Matty.

Yeah. That is very sad.

Understatement of the year.

Getting murdered by your own mother?

What? Where did you hear that?

Everybody knows it!

She strangled him with a cable.

And now she's in a loony bin.

And you've got her job and I sleep in Matty's bed.

Amy.

You can't believe any old BS you hear.

People just try to scare you.

[dog barking]

[rattling]

[rats squeaking]

[groans]

Oh!

[Amy screams]

Oh, no, not again!

Look here, stay there.

Oh, Amy.

Sorry.

[indistinct chatter]

Hey, guys, I'll catch you tomorrow.

-Oh, okay. Bye. -Bye!

[soft music]

[horse nickers]

Hi. Remember me?

I'm Luca.

Didn't your parents ever tell you not to talk to strangers?

Well, every friend you've ever had

or ever will have, started out as a stranger.

Here, climb up.

Thanks, but I have a bike.

Besides, I've never ridden a horse.

Well, there's a first time for everything.

you've ever done, or ever will do.

True. But what do you want from me?

To take you to see someone about your fingers.

There's nothing wrong with them!

Are those bites!?

Let me see.

You most certainly will not!

-Oh. -Oh.

Thanks.

You know, Auntie Aishe can help you.

Maybe I don't need any help.

Trust me. You soon will.

Wait!

Oh, I'll come back for you. Just be ready when I do.

Hup!

All clear, Frau Highness.

Haines actually. How many did you...

Kill? None. They must have known we're coming!

But for sure, they won't be back!

So the Piper was paid at long last.

Funny, Amy.

Why's that always your reaction to my jokes?

Come on, it's not like yours are much better.

True.

[gargles]

[spits]

You seem in a better mood?

I've been making some friends.

I'm really glad.

[door slams]

What was that?

[whispering] Call the police.

How do I call the police in Germany?

He's going to the kitchen.

I'm just going to try 999.

Is it 911?

What is he doing?

That's American.

-[mousetrap snaps] -[man screams]

The rat trap.

What do you want?

Mercy! Don't hurt me please!

Who are you!

I'm Peter Weiss. This is...

was my home.

Kerry, she, uh--

well, she-- she just couldn't cope with it.

I heard that she'd returned to the UK.

So the, the rumors that she's in the loony--

um, mental institution, is that false?

Amy!

No. She's right.

She's in care in Hanover.

Oh.

Um, so why did you come back here and so late?

Sorry, I, um-- I've misplaced some articles of value.

What, here?

Files. Papers.

Kerry would hide anything to keep it safe from...

She became paranoid.

She started seeing and hearing things.

Mom, we've got school tomorrow.

It was great meeting you.

[chuckles] Yeah.

I am so sorry for your loss.

And now I feel as if I've lost them both.

[soft music]

I'm relieved you decided to come.

What makes you so sure? I was going this way anyway.

You left your bike at home.

[upbeat music]

[horse whinnies]

-[Amy laughs] -[Luca] Go!

[Amy] Whoo!

[laughing]

Quick, lie down next to me!

Whoa, what kind of a girl do you think I am? Ahh!

Whoa, Jackie, whoa!

It's really high.

-Let go. -I can't, I can't, I can't!

Let go, I've got you.

[squeals]

You need to start trusting me.

[birds chirping]

Are you going to lie there forever?

Come on, Jackie!

[Amy] So you live here?

[Luca] 700 years in the making.

[Amy laughs] That is so cool. Where do you sleep?

[Luca] Under the stars, mostly with Jackie.

[dog barking]

Hi.

[Luca] Aishe.

Um, this is Amy.

Who I told you about?

It's a pleasure to meet you.

[speaks in Romani]

[tsks]

Ah.

Hmm.

[chuckles]

Take off your top.

Oh, um...

Outside, Luca.

I won't look. I promise.

Too many mirrors in here.

[door shuts]

So, uh, here, I have these, um, I think, bug bites?

There was a whole swarm in my room.

Yet nobody else saw them, right?

Yes. Yeah. How did you know that? That's crazy!

Think of them as metaphors.

Metaphors don't bite.

Metaphysically they can.

Fundamental fears, beliefs, even wishes can manifest

themselves in this world from a parallel reality.

Now that you are afflicted,

you will see things others don't.

So are they real, or not?

Real enough to cause physical harm.

What else have you seen? Any rats?

Yes, yeah.

Well, um, well, they-- they bit my fingers, here.

Um, but I never actually saw them.

But my Mom, she-- she saw dozens.

Each pest is symptomatic of a mental state.

Rats are guilt

insects dread or foreboding.

Your mind substantiates them while you become a slave to the process.

What process?

You've been marked as a medium for someone else's penance.

You must free yourself from those shackles.

But it won't be easy, I'm afraid.

How hard is not easy?

So far impossible.

[door opens]

Amy, are you, you okay?

She's fine. Here.

-[rattles] -Take these.

An extremely potent recipe.

The oldest and most powerful there is.

[speaks in Romani]

Oh, Luca, Luca.

Oh, what's going on? I'm scared.

You're in the best hands.

Take the pills and you'll be fine. I swear.

[keys clatter]

-Mom? -Oh!

-[sniffles] -What's the matter?

My hay fever is back with a vengeance. Where have you been?

Oh. [chuckles] Oh, um,

I chose to walk home through the woods.

I don't know-- I don't know what this is.

It must be, you know, like a change in the weather.

-[coughs] -I've actually got a pretty bad headache myself,

so I should probably head up to my room.

-I'll be up soon. -Mm-hmm.

[soft music]

[sighs]

[exhales]

[sniffles]

[man speaking German]

[bird cawing]

[eerie whooshing]

[birds cawing]

Mom, Mom.

Daisy and I are going to do some Piper research stuff, OK?

Yeah, of course.

Slow down! Slow down! It's bumpy!

Hold on tight! Move with me!

-Hup! Hup! -[Amy laughs] Yes.

-I can feel it! -Hold tight.

Match my rhythm!

-[laughs] -Rock your body.

Hup! Hup!

Yes! Hup!

[uplifting music]

[horse nickers]

[horse nickers]

They're almost gone.

Your spots. The pills must be working.

And not just on my neck.

Good news. May I check?

I think you can take my word for it.

I think that Aishe would prefer if I did it.

-Don't you think? No? -[laughing]

You're so bad!

Hey!

We can make a wish!

You make one.

[uplifting music]

Did you make a wish?

Of course. I wished that--

No, no, no.

I swore that I would never lie to my mom,

but today I did.

I told her I'm researching for a school project with a friend.

What's it about?

It's embarrassing really.

We have to come up with our own theory on the Pied Piper myth!

Why invent it when the truth is amazing enough?

You know that the Piper was a Weser nomad, don't you?

Oh, like a-- like a Roma or a gypsy?

That's what you and Auntie Aishe are, right?

No. Like the Piper we are Weser.

Like the river.

[Luca] The Piper seeks out those who have gotten away with crime.

To punish them by taking away their children.

You say it like he still exists.

Some spirits are restless, growing from strength to strength.

Aishe knows a lot more about that stuff.

I thought she only does the future.

She says it's all the same thing because the past is very much with us.

Even here and now. She can even communicate with them.

No way!

-[phone vibrates] -Sorry.

[sighs]

Don't stop. This is actually really helpful!

Now you won't have to lie. You really are doing your homework.

[laughs]

Beate? May I speak to Amy please.

What?

[mysterious music]

Luca.

[rattles]

[gasps]

[crowd chatter outside]

[gentle music]

Reverend Kammermeier?

Reverend?

Hello?

[squeaking]

Rise up, my child.

Oh, Reverend.

I-- I-- I thought I heard rats in your cellar.

Scavengers.

They feed off guilt. Do you hear rats?

I-- I thought...

I want to confess.

Mom?

[keys clatter]

Mom?

[Amy] "Tracey, the second twin struck by the unidentified

hit-and-run driver has lost her battle for survival.

They were on their way to school that fateful morning."

[Tracy] Hey, I'll race you on green?

Deal. Last one across is a loser!

[girls scream]

I couldn't stop in time.

[Amy] "Eyewitness Joe Dawson,

a hardware store owner near the crosswalk..."

Someone call an ambulance!

Hey!

"But was unable to identify

the vehicle or driver in the fog."

I feel so guilty, so I've come to you.

Remorse is a start, my child,

but only penance can cleanse the soul and purify the heart.

I thought the Bible teachings were also about forgiveness?

Self-serving lax moral standards

have caused the Holy Book to be gravely misinterpreted.

Read the right chapters to get the truth

How can one forgive, when the evil stench

of guilt remains stained upon your soul?

True forgiveness can only come after retribution.

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth.

-[pounds] -[gasps]

[loud thud]

[gasps]

Ah, welcome Mrs. Hennes.

Have you come to make your confession?

[drawers opening, closing]

-Looking for these? -[rattles]

Mom, come on. Give them to me.

Give me those. You can't go through my private stuff.

What are they? You on the pill?

Don't be ridiculous. They're for my spots.

Well, they were working until now!

Who prescribed them?

It was Auntie Aishe,

but she said it's a secret recipe and it's tried and trusted.

Is she some gypsy friend of Luca's?

You can't go through my stuff.

You can't blindly trust some gypsy woman peddling voodoo pills.

It could make things worse.

Is that where you were this afternoon? With Luca?

Come on, remember, we're not meant any secrets between us.

Secrets? You'd know a hell of a lot more about that than me, Mother!

What does that mean?

The whole reason why we came out here in the first place.

I told you, there was a job opening.

You were driving that car that killed those twins, weren't you?!

[tense music]

And you left them there to die.

And now I'm going to have to pay the price for your sins with my life.

What? Where did you get such a ludicrous idea from?

You're asking me?

In your own words.

That's fairy tale stuff for the assignment.

You can't take it seriously.

Why not? You do.

No. You can't trust these pills, Amy,

or the people that gave them to you.

More than I can trust you.

Amy, hey, come back!

[tense music]

Amy!

[voicemail] Hi, you've reached Amy.

You should know what to do after this message

-because if you don't, you're an effing... -[beeps]

Amy, sweetheart, I'm so sorry.

Come back. Sweetheart, come back and we can talk about it.

Okay? We'll solve this together.

Whatever your mother might have done, be good to her.

You still need each other.

And don't forget...

parents love their children more than themselves.

They've taken on the responsibility of bringing a new life into the world.

That's a very big part of becoming an adult.

-Having children? -No.

The ability to love someone else more than yourself.

As long as you remain a child in heart and mind,

you'll remain an instrument of her penance.

Right!

If you two pick mushrooms, I'll make soup and dandelion tea.

[voicemail] Hi, you've reached Amy.

You should know what to do after this message

-because if you don't, you're an effing... -[beeps]

[floorboard creak]

[creaks]

[mysterious music]

[unzips]

[Peter] Thank you. Thank you.

That's a lot off my mind.

Oh, Peter, don't go.

Now I've got no one to talk to.

First, make up with your mother.

Try to defuse any mistrust.

-[Peter] Track her phone. -[chuckles]

-She's wise to that. -Hmm.

I use these.

Each tracker tag has an ID color code.

You should've had one in your files.

I have a spare one. Plant it on her.

I don't know. I mean, where's the trust?

Trust is good.

But control is better!

[door slams]

Oh! That might be her.

Amy?

[tense music]

It's just the locals playing mind games.

Just like they did with Kerry.

[bell tolling]

Sweetheart! Sweetheart, you're back!

-And you're safe! Oh, darling, I'm so sorry. -Okay.

- I'm so sorry. Everything okay? -It's fine. It's fine, honestly.

And I'm sorry for running off like that.

Okay, I'm not going to ask where you've gone, 'cause I trust you.

-Absolutely and implicitly. -Yeah, okay.

We're a team, aren't we darling? We're a team.

Yes, Mom, a team.

Oh, no, no. Stay for another drink.

Look, darling, I found Peter's files!

No, I really must go. It's really very late.

Okay. So, um, good night!

-Oh, Thank you for the tips. -[Peter] Welcome.

Night, Mom!

Night.

Drinking water, finger dip, pills.

Come back in a few hours. We should have some results by then.

-Danke. -Yeah.

[man speaks German]

[phone chimes]

Hmm.

[beeps]

What the devil's she doing there?

[indistinct chatter]

That's Mrs. Weiss by the window over there.

[soft music]

Hello.

Hi. I'm Liz.

[child's humming]

Peter sent you, didn't he? Are you his new lover?

No. No. No, he doesn't know I'm here.

He told you I was bonkers, didn't he?

He put me here to shut me up.

How so?

I said I'd expose him.

All his dirty deeds.

Cheating people out of their life savings.

I knew all about it, so I was guilty by complicity.

What was your crime?

Never mind. I don't really want to know.

Is yours a boy or a girl?

Girl. Amy.

When all fingers have bled, the end is imminent.

She'll be fully under the spell.

No escape until she's taken away from you forever.

Unless...

Unless?

You pay the Piper.

Taking Matty away wasn't enough to appease him

'cause Peter hasn't repented or changed.

But I've got the evidence hidden in a safe place.

When I get out, I'm going to expose the thieving rascal,

and earn my absolution for good.

No use running.

[tense music]

He'll always get you in the end!

[cackles]

[traffic noise]

[man] So...

The finger dip needs more testing,

but the pills were a big surprise.

I don't believe it.

[flushes]

[Daisy] She would talk about.

-[girl] So strange. -[girl 2] So sad.

[indistinct chatter]

Did Cass ever describe that guy to you?

What guy?

The one that was stalking her.

She said he was coming to get her.

Amy, are you next?

The nails?

Oh, no. No. I'm okay thank you.

So did you choose a color?

[exhales]

[phone vibrating]

Hello?

[hypnotic melody plays in phone]

Hello?

So you think I should cut it?

I mean, you could, like take it up.

No, that's too short.

Do you reckon? I mean, just a little shorter could look nice.

Well, yeah.

[Liz] Hello?

[loud clatter]

[loud rumbling]

[playing hypnotic melody]

[rats squeak]

Oh!

-I don't know. -What's up with Amy?

[Daisy] Are you okay?

Oh, my God. Um, she's bleeding! Mom!

[Beate] What have you done to your fingers?

[Liz gasps]

[breathing heavily]

[groans]

Is you okay? Do you need an ambulance?

No, no, thank you.

It doesn't make sense.

You're not going to find the answers inside some old gypsy caravan.

Mom, Auntie Aishe is, like, the only person who is actually helping me.

Really? Then how come your fingers are still bleeding?

My spots are gone!

Well, you'd better keep taking them, hadn't you.

-Yeah. -Yeah. Take as many as you want.

Very funny, Mom.

Let me help you.

Open wide.

Oh, my God, what are you doing?

Those are really powerful.

Amy...

read this.

Look, compound powdered sugar capsules.

No active ingredients. They are fake, Amy. Phoney!

And to think, you trusted them over your own mother.

[soft music]

[door shuts]

[dogs barking]

[indistinct chatter]

[door opens]

I'm Amy's mother. What right do you have

prescribing bogus medications for my daughter?

It's highly irresponsible if not illegal.

Oh, no, you didn't.

What?

You can't have.

What?

Told her they were placebos.

Of course I did.

She is old enough to hear the truth.

You're just peddling false hope.

Better than no hope at all.

A placebo is the only effective cure

as long as the patient believes 100% in the efficacy.

You have now robbed her of that belief.

Without it, the void will be replaced

by the destructive forces of hopelessness.

-Unless... -Don't lecture me.

[door slams]

Unless love can fill that void instead.

Hey, Amy.

-You okay? -Go away.

You're a bunch of frauds!

You can take back your useless shit.

I don't understand. I thought they were helping, weren't they?

Amy. Amy.

I would never mess you about with anything that serious.

My mom was right. You can't be trusted.

Amy. Amy, please!

How about we rent a car this weekend, just you and me, and we just--

Just cause you exposed them, it doesn't make you squeaky clean all of a sudden.

I didn't leave those kids to die, Amy, I swear.

It's true. I was driving, but your father was in a hurry.

Blame it on Dad. Every single time.

Just let me finish, please.

That day we were running late getting your dad to the airport.

Did you have to take so long to get ready?

Yeah, well, someone had to make Amy's lunchbox, didn't they?

You can make it. Go. Go!

[Mr. Haines] Too late!

-[girls scream] -[thuds]

I wanted to help them.

[Mr. Haines] Shh, shh, shh.

-Oh, my God! -Lizzie, you don't want to see this.

[Joe] Someone call an ambulance!

I told him we couldn't leave them there.

Help is on its way.

Hey!

You do blame Dad!

No. I don't deny my part in it.

-Tom? Tom? -Hey!

-Tom, what are you doing? -[engine revs]

[Joe] Come back!

Tom?

I don't think he saw us.

We can't just go.

Oh, God.

[Liz groans]

Your father and I share it equally.

To make it easier on yourself.

No.

I feel guilty as hell, Amy.

I constantly beat myself up about it.

And what good is that doing anyone?

[phone rings]

Fairview Police Department. How may I help you?

I want to confess to a crime.

Full name please?

I am the driver of the hit-and-run car that killed the Payne twins.

Are you aware that the driver of the vehicle has already

turned himself in? He said he was alone.

That can't be. I-- I did it and I need to pay penance.

Uh, ma'am, this is not a church.

We fight crime.

Yah, and I'm a criminal. Please, I beg you.

My daughter's life depends on it.

How is her life being threatened, ma'am?

A stalker. He's, um--

he's playing hypnotic music and he-- he's trying to lure her away.

The Pied Piper of Hamelin, by chance?

Yes. Yeah. How did you...

I have to warn you, ma'am. We take crank calls very seriously here.

[static]

[sighs]

[hypnotic melody playing]

[speaking German in demonic voice]

[speaking continues]

Amy. Amy, sweetheart. Amy.

Amy, Amy, wake up! Wake up! Amy, wake up!!

You're sleepwalking.

Darling. What were you dreaming about?

I don't know.

Oh, sweetheart. Come here, come on. You're safe now.

Shh. You're safe. You're safe.

[bell tolling]

[soft music]

[groans]

-[Liz] Breakfast! -[sighs]

[pan sizzling]

Nice try, Mom.

-Where did that come from? -Okay, all right. Act all innocent.

[mysterious music]

Ah, hey, give that back, Amy! Give that back!

Give- give-- give-- give!

I get it. You wrote it to wind me up.

Nice try right back at ya.

So how did he get in?

Besides, you said he couldn't write.

[muffled] You got me.

[Luca] So I hope Aishe's explanation helps clear up the misunderstanding.

She was kind enough to help me write this apology

that I sincerely hope you will accept.

So, I wrote a poem that best sums up how I feel.

Your distance tears at my heart through the void,

as time and space work to keep us apart.

If you seek out my love in my absence,

it can transcend the abyss.

Open up like a flower

and let the warm rays of my love refresh your soul.

-[phone beeps] -Love is a double-edged sword.

-Ecstasy and agony. -[Liz] Shit.

-The joy of unity and the sharp blade of separation. -[Amy squeals]

Seek and you will find me all around you,

I dance in the flight of the dandelion

and whisper in the rustle of the trees.

Hello, Peter?

[Luca] This life is yours,

filled with love to give and receive.

Listen, I really need a big favor.

[Luca] Allow me in, and together we can fight the forces of darkness.

Ever yours, Luca.

[Amy] What I really want to know is, how did you sneak into my room?

[Luca] You should know, a magician can never reveal his secrets.

[Amy laughs]

[gentle music]

I really appreciate this. Go, go, go, go.

[Peter] Why are you so sure she's been kidnapped, huh?

She's heading for the cave at Koppenberg Hill.

A leading theory says that's where the Piper took the children.

Keep going. Go, go, go, go!

No wait, slow down, slow down! Slow down! Stop!

-[girls scream] -What? What then!?

[Peter sighs]

It was green!

I mean, what the hell's up with you?

[bird cawing]

[Amy] Luca?

[birds cawing]

Luca!

[eerie music]

[echoing] Luca.

[Luca echoing] Amy.

Stop now.

Turn around.

[playing hypnotic melody]

[music stops]

How did I get here?

That melody you heard from inside the cave...

try humming it backwards.

What melody?

See, music is a language that no one has to learn.

We feel its meaning.

The Piper's music reaches deep into your soul and takes command.

Like your fear, you have to expose it

before you can resist it.

Hum with me.

[humming]

[both humming]

-Kiss me! -[squirts]

-[playful music] -Oh!

Oh, I'm sorry.

[both laugh]

[explodes]

[laughs]

[Amy] Wait.

You haven't got any more spring-loaded surprises

that are going to squirt at me, do you?

[both laugh]

[Liz] Amy! Amy!

Wait, it's my mom! It's my mom! It's my mom! It's my mom! It's my mom!

[Liz] Amy!

This is the place.

-Shall I come back again tonight? -No! Now go, go.

[Liz] Here's her jacket!

See you later.

[Liz] Amy!

Mom, I'm here. I was on a walk.

I've always wanted to come and see this cave. It's for the assignment.

Without telling me?

You've been with that Luca boy again, haven't you?

Get this on. We're going to settle this once and for all.

So I'm a prisoner now?

Just in case you sleepwalk. Like Cassie.

It's for your own protection. Nighty night.

-[door closes] -[lock clicks]

[Liz] In case you need the bathroom.

[rattles]

Beat that, Houdini.

[sighs]

[dog barking]

[creaking]

[hypnotic melody playing]

[screams]

Amy! Amy! Amy! It's me. It's Luca. Shh.

-Are you okay? -There's somebody at the window.

Okay.

Whatever was there, it's gone.

How did you get in here?

-[Liz] Amy? -That's my mom. That's my mom.

[Liz] Amy! Amy?!

Are you okay?

I just thought I saw somebody at the window.

No, Mom, it's fine. It's fine. I'm fine. It's...

There's no one there.

Oh, baby you must have had a nightmare.

Do you want to come and stay with me?

No, no, no. I'm fine.

It was a nightmare. It's-- it's fine.

Okay, night, night.

[soft music]

Luca?

Luca?

No way!

Oh!

Oh, cool.

Have you ever seen a catacomb?

Careful here, it's very steep.

Hamelin is riddled with tunnels.

-[rat squeaks] -[Liz gasps]

[exhales]

Wow.

This cavern was underneath the Weser burial ground,

until it recently collapsed, taking down most of the graves with it.

To think that these slabs of stone

are all that's left to show for anyone's entire existence.

This one the name's even gone.

Let me show you something.

If the light strikes the stone

at a very shallow angle... you see?

-[Amy] Wow. -They're forgotten, not gone.

People say that the Piper's remains are down here somewhere.

In a tomb marked with his real name-- Zurla Bashalò.

Come on.

[Luca grunts]

Hey, Jackie. Hey, I know this place.

[uplifting music gets louder]

[Amy] All humanity has been fascinated by the same things:

the stars,

fire, trees,

water, the ocean.

It binds us to our ancestors somehow.

I've never seen the ocean.

Really?

I'll have to take you one day.

Hey.

Do you not look forward to it? The future?

Once you stop needing me...

you'll stop seeing me.

Don't be silly, of course not. You want that too, right?

It's not about what we want, it's about what's possible.

Oh, my God. You think I'm going to suffer the same fate as Cassie, don't you?

No. No.

Her symptoms were like mine, huh?

Only one finger left before...

I will do everything that I can to stop that from happening.

You are so different. You're so special.

I have never felt this about anyone, ever.

Well, there's no need to fear the future then.

You should consider calling in sick.

You need rest, the both of you.

We'll manage, but thank you.

Look at all those unfulfilled wishes.

Dandelions.

My favorite flowers.

Some people see weeds.

Others see hope in being granted a wish.

There's something I've been meaning to do for a long time.

If I'm not back at 2:30, please cover for me.

[doorbell rings]

[lock clicks]

[stammers] Does Wolfgang Geissler live here?

You know, the librarian?

This was the only Geissler' in the phone book.

Wolfgang doesn't live here since a very long time.

But we often have his visitations.

You mean he visits often?

Sorry, I'm a teacher.

Well, I brought these for him.

I can give them to him.

Oh, no, I'd so much rather do it in person.

Very well, but you have to prepare for a little shock.

Wolfgang was my great, great grandfather.

He passed away early last century, before my birth.

How did you encounter him?

[whispers] Wolfgang Geissler, 1852.

Chapter Nine.

[man] Only penance can cleanse the soul and purify the heart.

You pay the Piper.

Eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth!

[gasps]

Amy?

I gave her sleeping pills

and reported both of you as being sick.

Thank you so much for helping out, Beate.

[tense music]

Sneaky bastard.

[flushes]

[phone beep]

[computer voice] Proximity alert.

[beeps]

[phone chimes]

Proximity alert.

[water flowing]

The sneaky bitch.

Please. I need to speak to your elder.

What do you want from him?

Well, it's the marked girl's mother.

Take me to Zurla Bashalò's resting place

and I will reward you well.

I'm impressed that you know his real name.

But the location of his grave is a closely guarded secret.

Keeping his spirit alive is a hell of a deterrent, don't you agree?

The entire community benefits.

How big a sacrifice are you willing to make

to pay the Piper?

Anything. Everything to save my daughter's life.

I need to give these to him in person to be certain that he gets them.

Blindfold me if you must.

Impossible.

-You have no choice but to trust us. -[Peter] Get off!

[Peter] You have no right!

I caught him snooping around outside.

Don't give them anything, Liz. Kerry also fell for it.

Lost her diamond necklace, and much more.

Even if there's a small chance it can save Amy, it's worth it.

These valuables mean nothing to me.

Oh. [chuckles]

How is this a sacrifice?

It's not about the Piper's gain,

but about your suffering and pain,

which must equal the proper retribution.

-[Liz] Peter! -Be my guest.

[Liz] Give that back! Peter!

If you wish to put her daughter's life at greater risk.

Okay. Okay.

[beeps]

[computer voice] Searching for tag.

Beate?

[tense music]

[footsteps]

[stones grinding]

[stones grinding]

Bingo.

Ah! Kerry's necklace, at last.

[whip cracks]

[whip cracks]

[whip cracks]

[whip cracks]

-[whip cracks] -[groans]

-[whip cracking] -[grunting]

[phone ringing]

[whip cracking]

Liz! Stop, Liz!

I must suffer or else he'll take her!

Stop that! Stop!

[tense music]]

[child humming hypnotic melody]

This is gonna hurt.

Good.

[humming continues]

[groans]

Amy? Amy?

Amy, no!

-Beate! -Amy!

[Liz] Oh, God.

-Amy! -Amy!

-Wake up! -Amy!

We have to go to the hospital!

[children humming hypnotic melody]

Beate, can we go a little faster, please?

Ja, ja.

[children humming]

Keep still. You'll be fine.

Shh.

She's safe now, don't worry.

Wait here. She's in good hands now.

[grunts]

[phone rings]

Hey. I've found the thieving bastards' stash.

It must be worth a fortune.

You found Piper's burial chamber?

Yeah, underneath the church.

The tracker just took me straight to it.

No! No. Leave everything where it is. All of it!

As I told you, it was just a scam.

If it were a scam, they would have sold it themselves.

They also think he's for real.

Even if it's deluded spiritualism, it's still extortion!

You don't know what you're messing with.

Unless the Piper is appeased, his vengeful spirit

will reap even more havoc and suffering.

Kokolores! That's the sort of thinking

that only perpetuates superstitious bullshit.

[children continue humming]

Something urgent has come up. I need to borrow your car.

-Um... -Thanks.

-[speaks German] -Mm-hmm.

[horse whinnies]

[door opens]

[man] Stop it! It's forbidden!

-Oh! -[clatters]

Summoning the merciful spirit is to meddle with his work.

[shrieks]

[speaks Romani]

[horse whinnies]

[children humming]

[shouting] Go home, all of you!

[rat squeaking]

Get!

Get!

Nein, nein, nein!

[shouting]

[screaming]

[screaming]

[screaming stops]

[tense music]

[thunder rumbling]

[phone ringing]

[Liz] Peter?

[voicemail] This is Peter Weiss.

I'm sorry I can't answer the phone right now

but your call is important to me,

so please leave a message

and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

[intense music]

Please let my Amy go. Take me instead.

[playing hypnotic melody]

I'll return your valuables.

[rats squeaking]

[whimpers]

[intense music continues]

[speaking German]

[machine beeping]

[grunts]

[speaking German]

[phone ringing]

Hello?

[Beate] Get back as soon as you can!

[children humming]

[thunder rumbling]

[honking horn]

[man] Open the door!

[man shouting in German]

[window shatters]

Amy!

[humming]

[thunder crashing]

[shouting in German]

[Beate] Amy!

Amy! Come back inside!

[screaming]

[playing hypnotic melody]

[Luca] Amy! Amy, no!

Amy, no!

[thunder crashes]

[Luca] Amy! Amy!

Amy, no! Don't do this!

Amy, you have to ignore his melody.

Remember, backwards, Amy.

[playing melody]

Amy, no!

[straining]

-No! -[Amy screaming]

[screams]

[Beate screaming in German]

[brakes squeal]

Amy.

Don't move.

Breathe slowly.

What is it? What's happened?

There-- there was an accident!

No.

Ignore him. You're safe with me.

-[thunder crashes] -Go away!

Keep calm.

Don't look at him. Ignore him!

Tell yourself he's not there.

You must block him out.

Focus on me. Amy, focus on me!

He can do you no harm if you truly believe it.

He's going to kill us. He's going to kill us.

I love you.

No, Luca!

[Liz] No!

No!

[audio muffled]

[Luca] Amy. Come back to me. The pain is in your mind.

[whimpering]

The blade can do nothing. You're stronger than he is.

[Liz] A ladder. We need a ladder!

[Luca] Break free from her. Focus on me.

Believe in yourself and he can't harm you.

[shouting in German]

No!

The pain is meant for her, not you.

And though it will be fleeting,

the love I feel for you is eternal.

Your heart is pure and your soul unblemished.

I have bathed in its light.

[gentle music]

I know, because I love you

more than I love myself.

[uplifting music]

[rats squeaking]

[confused chatter]

They'll take care of you. I must go.

No, no.

Amy?

Don't go, please. Stay!

I can't.

I'll always love you, Amy.

Never forget that.

[gentle music]

Amy! Amy, are you okay?

Amy, shh. Shh. It's okay.

The Piper's gone. You're safe, it's okay.

-Shh. -[crying]

[Luca] Once you stop needing me, you'll stop seeing me.

[Beate] "Amy, the love-sick teen was attempting suicide

after her heart was broken by local gypsy boy, Luca Shandor.

Luckily the cable she had fashioned as a noose snapped,

saving her from an untimely death."

Who told them this crap?

Well, we did.

That makes Luca look so bad.

But none of us saw him there, sweetheart.

He saved my life, Mom. I need to see him.

As soon as we get out of here, we'll go and look for him.

We'll do everything we can, okay?

Okay.

[soft music]

[Amy] Auntie Aishe! Auntie Aishe!

Auntie Aishe, hey. Um, we're looking for Luca.

He saved my life, so we're going to help him.

Auntie Aishe, it's me. It's Amy. Where's Luca?

[speaks German]

[speaks German]

Luca! You must know!

Luca. Luca.

[Liz] Amy, sweetheart.

She either can't help or doesn't want to.

-Come on. -No.

We-- we really-- we need to find him.

Be very careful what you tell them.

I knew it. I knew you understood me.

That doesn't mean I speak your language.

I-- I don't understand.

Look in the mirror.

Do you see my lips moving?

Luca is long gone and won't ever be coming back.

That's not true. We're in love.

Now you don't need him anymore. You won't ever see him again.

That's what he said, but you're both wrong.

I do. I still need him!

By saving your life, you lost the chance to be together forever.

That doesn't make any sense.

Luca! Luca!

Luca!

[Auntie Aishe] Fundamental fears, beliefs, even wishes can manifest

themselves in this world from a parallel reality.

You will see things others don't.

Luca!

[Luca] The past is very much with us.

Luca!

[Luca] Even here and now.

Luca!

[Luca] Aishe knows a lot more about that stuff than me.

She says the past and present are all the same thing.

Some spirits are restless.

Aishe can even communicate with them.

She says anyone can, if you know what to look for.

Seek and you will find me all around you.

I dance in the flight of the dandelion

and whisper in the rustle of the trees.

[Auntie Aishe] Luca's days are numbered.

[Peter] You people are all the same.

Claiming that the future is carved in stone.

[Auntie Aishe] Medicine can do nothing for what is already written.

[Luca] Once you stop needing me, you'll stop seeing me.

[soft music]

[man singing]

[siren wailing]

[air whistling]

[whistling stops]

It's just through there.

It doesn't open.

[soft music]

[hypnotic melody playing]

[knocking]

[music stops]

[knock echoes]

[music resumes]

[knock echoes]

I knew it!

Mom!

Mom!

[music ends]