THIS IS HALLOWEEN

Shh... keep it down. Did this ghost just tell her to shut up? For a ghost, he had a wheedling tone. Not scary at all. In fact, it reminded her of... "Kuroki!" She croaked in surprise as he rolled her over. It was nice to see a familiar face in these dark woods. Wraithlike shapes still shimmered in the shadows just beyond the willow branches. Her ears flattened against her head as she felt her skin crawl with goosebumps. "I saw something. But I don't know. It's awfully dark out. Hasn't it been a very, very long night?" Fable stopped herself from stammering, but her words still sounded pathetic. When they came out of her mouth, she sounded like a sniveling baby. Vewy, vewy long night, indeed. But she was the older of the pair! If nothing else, she had to lead by example. She had to be brave. Fable rocked slowly to her paws, blinking in the darkness as she regained her balance. Everything topsy turvy. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw a shape slip further into the forest. "There!" A scent floated back between the trees, passing through the shadows between branches, warping into something entirely different as it went. "It smells like Abaven. Maybe someone got lost on patrol? I got turned around when I went out to..." What had she been doing again? Hunting! "When I went out to hunt. Let's track that smell!" Even if the whole world stopped making sense, she could fall back on her skills as a huntress. After all, she wanted to be the very best.

wc: 275
twc: 878