Aria looked at her brother, his face mirroring her own horror, and together they slowly turned their heads to stare back down at the strange phenomenon in front of them. They blinked, wondering who was capable of pulling such an elaborate trick, but knew no one could have. They were the only ones that came this far into Messhina Valley on a regular basis.
Their field had grown turnips. Turnips! Turnips don't grow in autumn! Yet, the spinach had been replaced with turnips and they were ripe for the picking.
Aria took a tentative step closer and squatted down before the vegetable. She grabbed the leafy top firmly and yanked it, expecting it to come out easily, but it didn't. The turnip had just come out halfway when Aaron pulled his sister away from it. He was panicked as he pointed at the skin of the turnip, which was nearly transparent, and then Aria saw it too.
The turnip had a face.
A face!
The scrunched face peeled open its eyes and screeched at them as the two scrambled away, covering their ears, as it rose up from the ground and ran straight for them.
Aria and Aaron ran away screaming, all of their combat skills forgotten. They bypassed several monsters, who were rather shocked at the outlandish event, and then, as they were nearing the entrance to Messhina Valley, Aaron tripped. His sister stopped a few feet away, watching in horror as the turnip descended upon him. It was then that Aria finally remembered that she could use magic. She roasted the turnip with a fireball, the vegetable's final screeches haunting them as they went back to the field to burn the rest of the possibly sentient turnips. By that time, the sun was starting to rise and when they arrived the field was once again filled with spinach.