This story was created from a dream I had. It was a small obsession for a while and then it slowly faded from my mind. I wish I could finish it but… so many other things to do.

Mirror

Shadows made by moonlight lit the darkened path. The lamps from the far off streets twinkled in and out are some trees stood in the ways. Vague buildings hid in the fog that lay close to Earth that night. Those who lived in Venocte could guess what some were while those not where lost. The stars stayed up in the sky as those belonging to Earth stayed on the ground looking up. Among the few who walked in the park that cold night was a traveler by the name of Sethry, a girl on her way through the town.

Sethry was trying to clear her mind. She tried to force her thoughts to what she wanted to think about, sick of feelings coming back to haunt her. Every time she tried to sleep she was trapped inside old nightmare and fears from days she had tried to forget. Sethry shook her head to get rid of her thoughts.

Looking at only the path before her, Sethry walked picking up every change in the path. She had only run into two people over the last half hour she had been wandering. She knew that there where a few people curious about 'the strange girl,' but not as many as she usually saw. It was a small town so she stood out more then usual.

The things around her distracted her mind. Finally she gave up looking at the path before her and looked around. AS she walked into a clearing, she saw a shape in the shadows. Sethry saw that it was a woman as she walked closer. The woman was starting to follow an animal in the thicket of trees, when she saw Sethry she stopped.

'My dogs,' the woman explained, sighing, 'they are very stubborn and will only come out when they decide to.' Sethry hid her smile, understanding. She had met people like that. Sethry had figured out that life was nothing like a tale soon after she had started traveling.

A shadow moved out from the eternal darkness in the trees. Sethry looked to see if it was one of the dogs coming out from hiding. 'Could that be?' she asked, gesturing to the shadows. The woman shook her head. By then Sethry could see why. The shadow was human size, bigger then any wolf she had ever heard of. She jumped back as the shadow threw something. As it landed at her feet, Sethry fought the urge to vomit. It was the body of a dead dog. One of the women's dogs. But that wasn't the worst part.

The body was torn and bloody, twisted almost beyond recognition. Sethry looked up as the shadow turned into a man with a sadistic smile. Something on his teeth gleamed and it took her a moment to realise he had fangs. He wiped blood off his face. Her face pale and she backed away, stumbling.

'Vampryes,' she whispered the name of children's nightmares. The moment she said it she knew she was right. Out of the shadows, more and more vamprye were materializing. Sethry turned and fled. As she left the clearing, she glanced back once. As if commanded, the vampryes started walked. Sethry wondered what they where doing. In a momment she did not care. As they reached the frozen woman, one reached out and broke her neck. Sethry's eyes widen as she turned to look forward again and quickened her pace. At that moment she realized what was happening.

It was a massacre.

Hunters by Night

Reaching the edge of the trees, Sethry paused. It was her second night in Venocte and she didn't know anything about it except the bare necessities. Which weren't where to go when being chased by nightmares from children's tales. She started to hysterically laugh. Her eyes widened as she heard herself and stop. Her mind suddenly reminded her to start running which she couldn't because she didn't know where to go.