The Moonlight Gardener
Haul Academy, an elite coastal boarding school shadowed by moonlit gardens, tangled secrets, and supernatural peril. The campus - bordered by haunted woods, hidden tunnels, and the ever-watchful sea - is a crucible where magic and menace collide after dark.
When Rossie Carter, a restless senior, stumbles upon the school’s forbidden moonlit garden, she meets Eli—the enigmatic Moonlight Gardener bound by a centuries-old curse. As strange phenomena and supernatural attacks begin to plague Haul Academy and its nearby town, Rossie inherits the role of Moonlight Bearer. Guided by the garden’s mysterious powers, she becomes the reluctant guardian of both her friends and the wider community—at war with a secretive occult group desperate to unleash an ancient entity.
Rossie’s accidental discovery of the moonlit garden—and her growing bond with Eli—awaken latent supernatural abilities. The garden is revealed as sentient, drawing in “restless souls” and blossoming with the truths and fears of those who enter. A broken covenant binds Eli, and only a new Bearer can end the curse—if they’re willing to sacrifice everything.
A powerful occultic group (led by Mia, Tom, and shadowy elders) seeks forbidden relics—the “Parador” pendant and the “Eyes of Mistura”—to amass supernatural power and awaken an ancient entity known for mind control and destruction.
Their campaign brings horrors: ritual attacks, animal invasions (bears, wolves), cultic kidnappings, and a wave of “marked” students wielding otherworldly abilities. The violence escalates—clubs, police stations, and the National Stadium all become sites of magical conflict and theft.
Rossie’s circle: Michael, Becky, Ethan, Angela, and Lila—each wrestle with secrets, jealousy, and suspicion as the occult war draws closer. Michael, Rossie’s old crush, is overtaken by possession after discovering a cursed book. He becomes a target for both the entity and Mia’s group, his rampages threatening everyone he loves. Angela, caught between family loyalty and fear, suspects her wealthy mother’s involvement with the occultists, even as Angela herself becomes both a victim (kidnapping) and an unlikely survivor.
The true history of Haul Academy, the cursed gardens, and the Pierce family legacy are revealed through journals, rituals, and confessions. Detective James Carter, Rossie’s father, uncovers financial and magical corruption that ties Angela’s mother to the occult group and its escalating crimes—while struggling to protect his daughter from the growing shadow. The lineage of the Moonlight Bearer and the entity’s tragic origins—rooted in betrayal, lost love, and a pact gone wrong—become the final key to breaking the cycle.
In a key episode, Rossie, using the moon’s power and Eli’s guidance, leads a daring rescue of Angela from an occultic stronghold, igniting a vendetta with Mia and Tom. Students vanish or are marked with dark runes during rituals. Michael’s destructive rampage destroys his home and garden, leaving evidence of supernatural possession. During the national handball finals, Mia and Tom steal the Parador and unleash chaos with magical beasts. The occultists’ influence spreads like a contagion—culminating in battle, betrayal, and public panic.
The group endures betrayals and tests of loyalty as misunderstandings (jealousy, Michael’s affections) fracture their unity. The hospital, the old tunnels, and the moonlit garden each become sites of final confrontations, sacrifices, and haunting choices. The occult group’s power grows as their grip over adults and students tightens through fear, supernatural possession, and ancient rituals. Rossie must unravel the truth behind the garden’s curse, the entity’s hunger, and the harrowing connection between her friends—and decide how far she’s willing to go for love, loyalty, and fate.
As betrayals surface and the threat of total destruction mounts, every bond—forged and broken—becomes a weapon or a wound in the battle for Haul Academy’s soul.
