Chapter 1. The Poe Hunter and The Treasure Hunter
The field was quiet in the middle of a forest, wind rustled through the trees and grass. The was nearing its end and through the dimming light a poe could be seen, it floated silently along with its lantern casting a soft glow on the ground. It stopped thinking it heard something but everything was silent. "HAHA! HEEAHHH!" Erupted a voice from a nearby bush, as a young woman carrying a giant scythe leaped from it. Before the poe could react the deadly blade similar to it's own sliced through it, with a shriek the poe disintegrated into a shapeless ball of spectrum. "Now I got ya!" The woman laughing while stuffing the poe spirit into a clear glass bottle. She closed the bottle up tight and looked in it shaking it with satisfaction. "The sun's not even down and I already caught one!" She said excitedly. "No poe can escape Trin the ghost hunter!" She added triumphantly, the poe shook angrily in the bottle. She stuffed the bottle into her bag and pulled out some goat cheese. She took a bite and sat down while lighting her own lantern.
Trin continued to to enjoy the serenity of the goat cheese as the sun continued to set. "Once all the light's gone, it'll be easier to see the poes." She said with a smile, cheering about the hunt to herself. She smiled taking another bite out of the small cheese wheel. Upon hearing a very faint sound from beyond the bushes, Trin slowly put down her cheese wheel. She went to grab her scythe but before she could react a curved saber lunged at her along with a short red haired woman. After collecting what little sanity Trin had to begin with, she realized that the woman who attacked her was apologizing. "I-it's okay." Trin tried to say. The other woman didn't seem to pay much mind to Trin's small panic attack. The red-head picked up her curved saber and put it back on her hip.
"You know, you really shouldn't just sit in the middle of this forest with just a lantern on." The red-head advised. "People will mistaken you for a poe. You're really lucky I realized that you were a hyli- human at the last second." She added. A small purple bubble with wings flew over to the red-head. The fairy started to hit the red-head's head angrily for some reason.
"You shouldn't even be in a place like this." Trin remarked, her pride hurt. The woman gave Trin a look that warned Trin to shut up while Trin could. "What are you doing here anyway!?" Trin demanded, ignoring the earlier warning. "This place is the poe's forest. You shouldn't be in a place like this. It's not for kids." Trin said smugly. The red-head gave her a intense glare.
"You shouldn't be here. This place isn't for idiots." The red-head remarked back the same glare. "You really don't know anything about this place do you?" Trin turned her head away with a huff. "There's a reason why this place has so many poes." The red-head started to explain but stopped when Trin started to drum her fingers on her arm. "I take it you don't know. The reason is because redeads roam this forest after the sun sets. And they'll eat anyone who they find." Trin's fingers stopped. She looked like she had a flashback, she shuttered. The red-head let out a exasperated sigh. "Come on. I'll show you the way out." Trin glared at her. "Fine don't follow me. You can fight them all night or get eaten."
"No! I know the way out!" Trin yelled frustrated at the red-heads attitude. The woman snickered at Trin's frustration. "It's that way!" Trin growled, pointing west.
"No, actually it's that way." The woman corrected, pointing east. "By the way, my name is Mika." The woman said as they made their way through the forest. Trin introduced herself as a poe hunter. "I'm a treasure hunter." Mika said with a grin.