1. EXT. PARK – DAY
CAITLIN walks through the local park towards the town
that is visible just on the hill beyond her. It is early
in the morning, there’s a fine mist covering the grass.
There are dozens of noisy birds dotting the cover of
grass.
Caitlin is eighteen years old, a calm and intrinsically
excitable girl. She is carrying an over-the-shoulder
satchel adorned with small badges, and a carton of Ribena
juice. She sucks almost constantly the straw until the
juice has all gone, but keeps the straw in her mouth to
chew on it.
A boy is sitting on a bench further down the footpath
that she is walking down. He is dressed in an unusually
elegant outfit – well, unusual for the town that Caitlin
lives in. He sports a dark green blazer and utterly
creaseless black trousers. Caitlin’s cheeks flush almost
instantly. She fiddles with the bottom of her shirt and
sweeps her hair out of her eyes before realising she is
still chewing the end of a straw. She hastily pulls it
out of her mouth and shoves it into the side of her
satchel.
The boy looks up at Caitlin as she approaches. His smile
is slightly whimsical and stuns her slightly. The
corners of her mouth rise, but she does not smile.
The boy laughs breathily.
BOY
Morning
CAITLIN
Good morning
Caitlin cannot bring herself to stop and speak to him.
She appears dumbfounded, speeding up slightly to avoid
blushing even further.

2. She notices something unusual and slows down once more.
A group of the tiny birds have settled on the grass
across the park and appear to be entirely unmoving.
Their tweeting has stopped too.
She looks back at the boy to see if he has noticed too-
But the boy has vanished.
She tilts her head disconcertedly, staring at the bench
where he sat. She must be going crazy, so she continues
optimistically towards the hill forgetting about the
birds until –
The boy appears ten or so yards away stood next to the
tree far over to her right. He is leaning against it.
This time, he is wearing a dark red blazer and dark grey
trousers. He smiles at her again, strands of his hair
falling slightly into his eyes.
Caitlin is giddy with excitement. She fiddles with the
bottom of her shirt again and clears her throat.
BOY
Aren’t you going to introduce yourself?
CAITLIN
Do I know you?
The boy laughs calmly and so quietly that Caitlin can
barely hear.
BOY
My name’s Jack.
CAITLIN
Jack.

3. JACK stares over at Caitlin waiting for her to speak
again. The trees that the birds have settled in front of
start shaking violently as though there is a sudden
strong force of wind. But the rest of the trees in the
park are placid. Caitlin looks over immediately.
Her hair begins to blow backwards as the unrelenting wind
from the trees makes its way over to her. Her eyes are
wide and are beginning to water, but she does not move.
She cannot move.
JACK
So?
Caitlin ignores the wind as she is drawn in once more by
this alluring figure before her.
CAITLIN
Oh, right- Caitlin.
JACK
Do you believe in love at first sight Caitlin?
Caitlin titters and looks down at her shoes.
CAITLIN
I don’t know-
-He has vanished again.
She sighs to herself but retains a look of excitement on
her face. The wind from the trees is still blowing
outward. The mist that coated the grass has almost
completely gone, not only uncovering all of the docile
birds, but about two dozen white rabbits as well. They
are all disorderly on the grass, but appear very much in
sync.

4. CAITLIN
Awww!
Caitlin walks off the footpath and over to the group of
animals. None of them look up at her, they do not even
flinch. She kneels down beside the rabbit closest to the
footpath and pets it. It responds, nuzzling its head
into the palm of her hand.
CAITLIN
Well aren’t you just a fluffy ball of adorable
The wind from the trees slows down and all of the animals
begin to make their way into the thick woodland. Caitlin
appears hurt.
Suddenly-
A voice calls from within the woodland-
JACK
Caitlin!
Caitlin is startled and instinctively runs to the edge of
the woodland. She approaches the edge of the manmade
footpath and walks into the first few layers of trees.
INT. WOODLAND
Inside the woodland is dark but oddly calming. There are
still bright strips of sunlight cutting through the gaps
in the branches that make the swarms of gnats in the air
particularly visible, and there is a colourful assortment
of wildflowers dressing the woodland floor.
Jack is knelt on the ground, covered in blood and crying.
Caitlin gasps and cups her mouth with her hands. She
steps back and cracks a dead branch on the floor,
startling a creature nearby which fleets in front of her

5. and pounds down the footpath squeaking. She gasps again,
looking down at Jack.
One of the white rabbits is lying dead on its back, and
next to it, Jack is holding what appears to be a newly
born rabbit, still covered in blood and white amniotic
fluid.
JACK
I just found her here
CAITLIN
Oh my god...
JACK
Tear a strip off your shirt, anything.
Caitlin panics. She unbuttons her shirt altogether and
throws it down at Jack. The vest she is left in is thin
and does not keep her from getting cold fast.
Jack takes her shirt and places the tiny rabbit inside.
Tears start down Caitlin’s cheeks as she clamps her arms
around herself. Jack stands up, bringing the rabbit with
him in Caitlin’s blood-stained shirt.
JACK
Thank you, Caitlin.
CAITLIN
Yeah.
Caitlin is unresponsive, still gawping at the floor where
the rabbit is lying.
JACK
I’ll buy you a new shirt.

6. Jack smiles and Caitlin does too, looking up at him and
seeing his eyes directly for the first time. Her cheeks
flush again. Jack’s eyes are a striking cornflower blue
and appear to shine as though they are animated.
CAITLIN
You don’t have to- this is odd... What are you doing in
the park this early in the morning?
JACK
What are you doing in the park this early?
CAITLIN
Brilliant.
JACK
I think we need to get this little thing to some of the
other rabbits.
Caitlin nods and drops her arms to her sides. She
appears undecided about Jack, but oddly drawn to him in a
way that she cannot contain.
CAITLIN
Did you see where the others went?
JACK
This way I think
Jack nods his head down the manmade path that leads
further into the trees. Caitlin looks down into the
thick of the trees for a sign of the white rabbits, but
all she sees are several hundred wild flowers covering
the path that grow increasingly brighter as they creep
into the centre of the trees. They are almost glowing.
Caitlin steps forward first and begins walking down the
path. She treads lightly and Jack follows closely
behind, still holding the rabbit in his hands. The
flowers the cover the path part as she steps nearing
them, revealing a path made of dark-grey stone. Caitlin

7. looks down, bewildered and fascinated at the sight before
her.
CAITLIN
This is like something from a fairy-tale
JACK
Magical, isn’t it?
CAITLIN
You know about this?
Jack laughs. Caitlin’s face is beaming; she cannot
believe what she is seeing. Upwards, the canopy of trees
has completely hidden the sky and all of the light from
the sun, yet the inside of the wood is bright. The air
is coloured in hazy orange light and filled with dozens
and dozens of dandelion florets that are swirling around.
They are lit up like tiny fireflies and are too making a
path for Caitlin and Jack to walk through.
Caitlin lifts up her hand, catching one of the florets.
She holds it in her palm and examines it. It is still
glowing as though the orange light has been injected to
it and these seeds have become bioluminescent. She blows
it back into the air so it can join the others as they
swirl in waves around the wood.
The bases of the tree trunks are thick with luridly
coloured mushrooms that are covered in white and yellow
spots and as the sun hits them, their colours shine onto
the woodland floor, illuminating the leaves incandescent
greens and blues.
The sound of the singing birds can be heard from even
further into the wood. The trees are getting thicker but
appear to be opening up into some kind of expanse that
brightens the woodland even more. Caitlin turns around.
Jack has disappeared and so has the footpath.

8. CAITLIN
(playfully)
Jack?
She walks towards the expanse emerging before her. The
clearing has the greenest grass Caitlin has ever seen and
is dotted with bright white daisies. Her eyes gleam.
EXT. MEADOW
The canopy of leaves has disappeared, and the sky above
is a clear blue. The sun bursts from behind the trees
across the meadow, revealing the silhouettes of three
people standing across from Caitlin. The sunlight is
getting more intense, beginning to hurt Caitlin’s eyes.
She goes to hold her hand up to shield them from the
light when-
-without any warning
Jack appears in front of her with a large shard of glass.
She opens her mouth to speak, but Jack swings his arm
forward with immense force and drags the glass across her
throat.
She tries, but she cannot scream. She is facing forward
and the haze of the inner wood is encroaching around her.
She falls backwards onto the floor and the silhouettes
begin to drift over to her.
Jack’s face is splattered with her blood, but he seems
almost entirely unresponsive save for the faintest smile
forming in his expression. His eyes are wide and still
swimming with the blue that Caitlin saw before.
CUT TO BLACK
EXT. MEADOW
Another fine layer of early-morning list has formed on
the ground. The meadow is quieter than before: there is
no buzz of energy, no swirling florets and all the

9. daisies have gone. Caitlin stands at the edge of a
rabbit hole.
The silhouettes are still around her, one of which
appears to be Jack.
At the edge of the rabbit hole, the small, new-born
rabbit that Jack found earlier on is lying dead on its
back. Caitlin looks at it, but does not react. She
remains expressionless.
She walks forward towards the opening of the trees where
the edge of the path creeps out into the meadow and
disappears into the blackness of the woodland.
INT. CAITLIN’S HOME – DAY
Caitlin unlocks the door to her house and enters quietly.
The walls to the hallway are decorated with family photos
in frames of varying sizes and colours. It is lined with
warm colours and carpeting, and the light is bleeding in
through the shutters across the windows.
Caitlin’s MUM is in the room connecting to the hallway.
She hears Caitlin enter.
MUM
Hi, sweetie!
CAITLIN
Hello
Caitlin ignores her and walks up the stairs. She stops
at the stop to read the plaque on the door that faces
her. It reads SALLY and is embellished with small white
flowers and rabbits.
She pushes the door open. SALLY is still asleep in her
bed, tucked under the covers tightly.

10. Caitlin kneels beside her bed and nudges her until she
wakes. Sally’s eyes open slowly and she looks at Caitlin
with disdain.
CAITLIN
Do you want to see something magical?
Sally’s eyes light up.
CUT TO BLACK.