Hello, all! For the second year in a row, I've committed myself to writing at least one spooky, scary or otherwise Halloween-themed drabble or ficlet for each of the six days leading up to All Hallows Eve. It's the Six Days of Spooky challenge! Some of them will be collected here, and I hope you will enjoy them!
And They Fled in Fear
By illwynd
Disclaimer: Not mine!
Rating: PG for themes
Anyone who lived in Ithilien and yet did not see the darkness approaching was blind. During the eerie calm of the past months, I had prepared, gathered my family's most treasured belongings into packs.
But when the moment came, I could not go, and my wife's face mirrored my resolve. Ithilien was our home. Our son implored us in whispers, but fell silent as I kissed his children goodbye.
We watched as our neighbors rode away, crying out to each other as they went. We waited on the step, defiant, calm. And then the storm came upon us, bringing fire.