In the mist-covered hills of 18th-century Transylvania, a humble chambermaid discovers a music box once belonging to her great-grandmother. Its haunting melody grants her beauty and awakens a hidden power. One evening, she dares to try on the princess's gown. The young prince enters, expecting his sister, and is instantly enchanted. Believing her to be nobility, he invites her to the royal ball. That night, they dance beneath glittering chandeliers until a friend of the prince recognizes her- as a chambermaid. Laughter ripples through the hall. The prince, humiliated and furious, accuses her of witchcraft."Witch!" he cries. "You made me see beauty where there was none!" Thrown into the dungeon, tortured but unbroken, she waits for execution. Yet the whispers were true: she is a centuries-old witch, sustained by the dark magic of the music box. When the melody plays again, the castle burns. By dawn, only ashes- and the faint echo of her song.
