(Ah the dawn sets again...nah im just kidding ya! Heya guys in back! So this idea has been buzzing around for a bit after i finish code red, well really it was there when i was writing it. And yes, i've kinda gone all spooky at the moment, guess halloween kinda got to me. So without further ado i'll let you read the very first chapter of, Howling Mist! Enjoy!)

The Gathering

The sun was setting casting an orange glow over the Moonflow. The tall trees of the wood blocked light from the world, only small patches of golden light shone through. Yuna glanced down at her map…her very poorly drawn map to be precise. Yuna squinted pulling the paper closer to her face, Yevon it was so hard to read these scribbles and the lighting wasn't helping. Regardless she kept walking, she didn't like the silence that had befell the wood.

"Then take a leuf a the pork? Take a left at the fork?" Yuna mentally kicked herself. Why hadn't she just gone there with the others? "Could finding this place be any harder?" She asked aloud keeping a constant eye out for the place…

Something rustled, Yuna blinked. She was getting jumpy, I mean it was a wood for Yevon's sake! Of course things would rustle, she walked on feeling a little more at ease. The rustling sounded again…Yuna stopped dead in her tracks. She froze, her imagination running away with her. Her heart starting to thump in her chest. Her adrenaline pumping priming her for fight or flight. Time seemed to slow as Yuna turned, her heart came to a pounding. Yuna's eye focused fully on the rustling…her pupils widened as a dark figure rose from it.

"BOO!" Yuna jumped with a scream falling on her backside. Rikku let the shaggy rug fall from her form as she broke out into laughter.

"Rikku!" Yuna gasped trying not to fall victim to a heart attack. "You scared me!"

"Sorry Yunie!" Rikku was rolling around in a fit of laughter "It was just- Oh Yevon you should have seen your face!!" Rikku started to settle after a moment. "What-what took you so long?" She still fought back a snigger, she really had got her cousin good.

"Well the map and direction you gave me weren't great Rikku…" Yuna frowned picking herself up then Rikku.

"Hey! I happen to think that my map was pretty good!" Rikku jumped a little on the spot. "And anyways I had to scribble it down in a hurry!" Rikku bounced again earning a smile from Yuna.

Rikku led Yuna to the place, the cabin door swung open. Yuna could hear all the voices inside, it sounded like everyone was having a good time. The two went upstairs, Nooj and Gippal were to busy having a drunken argument to notice either of them. Yuna quickly tossed her things in the room where she, Rikku and Paine would be sleeping.

"I'll tell you, I tell you this" Gippal slurred with the small part of his brain that hadn't been stupefied by the alcohol. "Dark Yojimbo…could beat Super Man and Penance any day of the week!" The two had been arguing about this for a while now, the funny part was the two her slouched on the couch as drunk as rats.

"No! Cause Super Man, I like…the man of steel and…Yojimbo's sword would just like…bounce off him and he'd be all like…I don't know what he'd be all like. And Penance would just…blow Yojimbo up, cause he's like invincible" Nooj was actually beginning very serious about what he was talking about…but mostly it was the drink talking. Five Tanket smoothes would do that to anyone.

Baralai, Paine and Tidus were going through a stack of films. Well it was more Paine and Baralai going through them Tidus was stuffing his face and every now and then asking to see one. The three and very different view on what to watch, Baralai was going for some of the classics or detective films. Paine was going for the straight up horror and Tidus was going for all the comedies. Yuna and Rikku sat down on the couch, well they had to squeeze onto the couch since Nooj and Gippal were not snoring. The two were leaning on each other for support, Rikku snapped a picture on her mobile of the two causing Yuna to giggle. The sound of the front door followed by multiple footsteps.

"What's happening ya?!" Wakka came round the corner a huge box in his arms, Lulu was only seconds after him.

"Do we really have to have this in…this dump?" Leblanc looked around disgusted.

"Hey! It's not a dump…" Baralai trailed off. "My family use to have this place looking really nice…in till they rented it out" Leblanc just huffed strutting off to find somewhere to sit.

"Hey Wakka! Why didn't you just call Baralai to give you guys a lift?" Small parts of crisps threw themselves from Tidus's mouth.

"Cause my mom and dad don't know I'm out here ya" Wakka was busy handing out soft drinks to everyone, but a coffee for Nooj and Gippal…provided the two are drunk.

"Does anyone's parents know their here?" Paine asked curiously, everyone shook their heads…even Yuna.

"We're all escapes!" Rikku shouted happily throwing her arms in the air. "Second star on the right and straight on till morning!" Everyone stared at her. "What?"

"That's Peter Pan Rikku…Yevon my head hurts" Gippal took a huge mouthful of his coffee, his head felt like it was splitting in half.

The group of young friends burst out laughing the light-hearted laughter droning out Rikku's protest. The sun sunk bowl the horizon the last of the light fading. The light of the teen's party was a small beacon that deified the darkness.

But for them…

From the window a shadow passed in the dark, it dashed from tree to tree. The eyes watched the cabin a low growl coming from the owner. A clawed hand scratching the tree trunk as it bared its long teeth, as the eyes light up with furry. The dark fur disappearing behind the as skilfully as it came. And the laughter continued as the full moon hung above with the cold mist creeping in…and more dark shapes move.

…Sometimes it is best to stay hidden…

(Well that's about it for the first chapter. And Yeah i decided to make everyone teens that have snuk out of their houses to have a big night with friends, you know...something has to go wrong! ^^ I'm going to try and work on the next chapter, hopefully i'll be a bit more into it and things will start to kick up, yay! Feel free to review, oh and guys anyone that can guess what our little monster is this time gets a cookie! But you probably already know! Bye!)