PART ONE — THE GIRL WHO DISAPPEARED
SCENE 1
EXT. BLACKWOOD ACADEMY, SURREY — NIGHT — FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
A storm rolls across the English countryside.
Rain lashes the windows of an enormous Victorian boarding school. Beyond its iron gates, the road is empty.
The school clock reads 11:47 PM.
Inside, a light flickers in the upper corridor.
A teenage girl, EMILY BLACKWOOD (17), runs through the darkness.
She is frightened. Her school uniform is soaked. She clutches a small silver pendant in her hand.
Behind her, footsteps.
Emily reaches a door marked:
ARCHIVE ROOM — AUTHORISED STAFF ONLY
She tries the handle.
Locked.
The footsteps stop.
Emily turns.
A FIGURE stands at the far end of the corridor. Its face is hidden in darkness.
EMILY (whispering) Please. I didn’t tell anyone.
The figure takes one step forward.
FIGURE: You were told to forget.
EMILY: I can’t.
A flash of lightning illuminates the corridor.
For a fraction of a second, we see something pale covering the figure’s face.
A scream echoes through the building.
CUT TO BLACK.
