Thornking Ash Music College is not an ordinary educational institution. The most gifted children gathered here, including harpist Deirdre Monaghan and James Morgan, a piper from whom even masters can learn. James is infatuated with the insidious muse Nuala, who must drain his talent to the dregs and take his life on the Day of the Dead, Halloween. But love overcomes even such obstacles. It is only thanks to her that James defeats the fairy queen Eleanor and saves the lives of Nuala and the harpist Deirdre.