Far away from Delaney, something stalked through the shadows of the forest. Eyes scanned the ground and picked up the trail of broken branches and crushed grass. Things weren't sitting as they would be naturally. Something had passed through here. Something large.
Moving silently forward, bright eyes flashed with the reflection of the moonlight. The beast that had made this trail could be easily followed. It wouldn't be long before this hunter found the thing it hunted.
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Delaney stood still looking towards the fairy ring. After the fairy music and then the buzzing, the forest seemed unnaturally quiet. She walked slowly forward, stepping lightly over the ring of toadstools left behind by the fairies dancing. Delaney now wondered if their forest was littered with rings of mushrooms from the fairies' night-time fun.
