Chapter 2: ...The Little Saboteur...

...Moments later, Wraith had manage to carefully tread down the steep hilltop and make his way to the entrance of the town. As Wraith walked deep towards the heart of the town, he decided to observe his surroundings. The town stretched in a wide distance of land, ironically the town looked nearly like any other old gothic themed city, only more moody and angered citizens populated it's streets. As Wraith move deeper in the town, more and more people began to pay attention to him, for they had never seen anything like him. Some of the children felt like going to see Wraith, if only the parents didn't stop them by holing then close to them and giving him enraged looks. Worry grew inside Wraith, along with the silence of the streets, he had gotten nearly most of the peoples attention. One man suddenly stepped in front of Wraith, halting his long walk. "What business do you have here!? Vile Creature!?" he asked Wraith. Wraith had to briefly lick his dried mouth a few times until he felt ready he could speak a bit proper, "...I mean you and...your people no harm. I've been lost in the forest for who knows how long and-" Wraith's sentence was suddenly cut short, "And that is where you SHOULD remain! You and your little saboteur friend!" yelled the man as the citizens yelled in agreement. Wraith gave a slight confused look from the response, "...What do you mean? I'm just here for food and water! I know nothing of this 'little saboteur'!" Wraith replied. "Then why where you in the woods where it lingers?" he asked Wraith, "I...I don't know..." Wraith answered. The man crossed his arms in disbelief and had a look that showed great impatience, "How very convenient..." he said, "It's the truth! Why won't you believe me!? I have no reason to bring harm to anyone he-" Wraith suddenly began to cough loudly and feel down to his knees once more. His loud coughing began to worry and nearly scare everyone around him...slowly Wraith stopped coughing as his breathing began to slow its average pace and changed to wheezing. "Quickly! Bring him inside!" demanded one person, "But he could be an ally of the monster!" said another. As the crowd went back and forth with conversation of panic, the man's patience finally dried out. "ENOUGH! I'LL DEAL WITH THIS!!!" he shouted as he went to kneel down beside the exhausted Wraith. "...Look...I'll tell you what...We will let you stay and live here under our circumstances under one condition. You are to slay the foul creature that's been terrorizing our people for years now. Here's a sketch of it:" the man slowly grabbed a small rolled paper from the inside pocket of his jacket and roughly placed it in Wraith's hands...slowly Wraith lifted his hand and opened up the rolled paper to see the sketch...

The creature looked about 3'5 feet tall and had skin as white as Wraith's own, and additional black patterning. It had long red-orange colored hair that was also ponytailed. Strangely to Wraith, he somehow slightly recognized the glowing light greenish patterning it had...but at the same time didn't know how he recognized it. Its eyes had red irises and orange-yellow colored sclera. To Wraith...this creature didn't strike him as a monster at all. "...It looks harmless...and small size to be a potential threat." said Wraith, "Believe me when I say that this creature is highly dangerous. It cannot be trusted either..." said the man with a less stern voice. "...Does it have a reason?" asked Wraith curiously, "It's not that complex! Do you want shelter here or NO!? Just kill the damned beast and be done with it quick so we can get back to our lives!!!" the man shouted. Wraith's eyes opened widely from the man's tone...Wraith sighed disappointingly and nodded. "...Glad we understand each other...now come inside. We have much to discuss before you go out on your hunt..." said the man as he slowly helped Wraith up, putting Wraith's arm over his shoulder and slowly making their way inside a large fancy cottage nearby...the sketch of the monster floated softly with the breeze and out of town. The sketch was soon out of the town and floated towards the forbidden forest that Wraith was inside of...the paper was snatched and looked at by the figure...slowly the figure growled in anger as the sketch was set ablaze...