It was a beatiful morning in town. Even the orphans at the local orphanage were laughing happily. and it was a poor orphanage. One kid in particular, an 11-year-old girl named Xandra was especially happy.She had finally gotten the permission to explore the forest. Normally the orphanage-director wouldn't allow it, but it was her birthday and even though she looked like a regular preteen, she had proven to be able to defend herself from any kind of danger. just 5 months ago she had beaten up a trio of criminals who tried to abduct her.
Today was the day she would finally see if the rumors she heard, about a spirit living in the forest were true or false. The director however was still concerned about her safety, so he gave her a whistle that she should use if she saw something dangerous(after finding a safe place to hide) and help would come immediately. And with that in mind she went on her way.
The forest was a peaceful place. no bears,no wolves, even the so-called spirit was said to only attack people who could represent a threat to this peace. The only thing that was really dangerous were robbers, though it had been a year since the last one left, and poisonous snakes, but those only came out at night, or fled most of the times. There was absolutely nothing for her to worry about. Xandra also had a compass so she wouldnt get lost.
It had been an hour since she entered the forest and still no sign of the spirit. "I'm starting to think those rumors were not true" she muttered to herself when suddenly she heard the sound of grass behind her. She turned around quickly only to see a bunny. a little dissapointed she sighed. Xandra really liked bunnies but mostly when they were cute and this one was incredibly fat an old. The bunny then dissapeared into the bushes and something inside her told her to follow it. Behind the bushes Xandra found something that would change her life forever. There was a lake and on a little rock at the shore of that lake...was the spirit! Xandra wanted to yell with joy, but she was afraid that she might scare the spirit away. Also she raelized it was no spirit at all. it was a human child(or so she tought)!
what was a child doing all alone in the forest? the parents must have been horrible people! At least HER parents had left her at the orphanage as a baby!
The kid was a 6-year-old boy with short grey hair and red eyes. instead of clothes it wore a fox skin with the mouth covering his head.
Xandra slowly approached the little boy who was eating a dead fish. when the boy looked up...
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