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The soft breeze, slowly weathering away the stone that had sat there for countless moons.
Pawsteps line up in a row across the rock, edged by a layer of dust. Recent but undisturbed.
One lone tom stares out into the distance, claws kneading the ground, as if he were anxiously looking for something. But the night is settling, and the object of his search is cloaked under a shadowed veil.
The dark is chasing.
Signs in the abandoned den all point to a previous residence that must have exceeded one. Prey skeletons tossed up against the walls, two lonely moss beds sitting side by side, and shallow claw marks on the ground, scratched over the floor like tiny scars on a broken heart.
Something had happened here.
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A/N:
Not that a lot of people would actually notice or care, but...
Before we begin, I would like to say that this is my last fanfic for the fandom. It's going to be short, being less than 1,000 words, but I still plan to make it decent.
Then, after that, I'll go into the background and start to just lurk here from now on. No more new fanfics, though I'll occasionally still pop back up to read and review. Maybe I'll even start a forum, though how long that would last is debatable. Mostly, though, I'll start writing stories for another fandom from another account, and stay on this one just for PMs and forums and stuff.
(Some of you may be wondering at this point the reason for me switching accounts. One, I like fresh new starts as much as the next person, and two, uh... if you happen to know which fandom I'm moving into... you might already have a clue.)
Like the summary suggests, the following few chapters will be rather ambiguous and you will have to try to figure out what's really happening. This one was dedicated to descriptions, but the others will all be different. I'll also, thankfully, shut up after this chapter, so no more authors-notes-that-are-longer-than-the-actual-content.
Just to let you know, it might not be as obvious as it first seems. If something seems off, then, well, you might just be onto something. The final chapter might surprise you.
(Or make you roll your eyes. Probably the latter.)