(We're back...did you miss me? Yes i've got another chapter here and i've had a little bit of a hard time writing it, guess i was a little 'i dont know what should happen in this chapter' but hey! It's done and i hope you all like it. I'll stop yapping now so you can enjoy!)
Hunters Moon
Slowly the mist started to cling to the outside of the cabin. Dark shapes moved in as the full moon hung overhead…shining brightly.
The gang sat round in a circle, a single candle being the only light. They'd switched off the movie to do something a bit scarier.
"Right" Lulu placed a pencil in a blindfolded Gippal's hand. "This is how this works Gippal. Your going to take a deep breathe and clear your mind of all thoughts. Then call on a spirit and let them guide your hand"
Hushes were uttered between the teens, Rikku had been giggling for the past 5 minutes. Gippal started to draw, the others eyes fixed on the paper as the lines came into shape. What in the world was he drawing?
"Candy!!!" Gippal belted out scaring everyone witless, he pulled the blindfold up grinning from ear to ear. "What? Did I scare you guys?"
"If your not going to take this seriously Gippal…" Lulu took the notepad away and ripped the blindfold from around Gippal's neck. "…Then don't waste my time…Yuna. Your turn"
Yuna tied the cloth around her eyes her heart beating with excitement, she was having so much fun. True she was a little worried…I mean…what if something stole her body. You know? Like when people got possessed? Or worse…what if one of those spectral fiends got her…or her spirit got lost.
"Lulu?" Yuna asked with an obvious hint of fear in her voice. "Is this safe?" There was a small chuckle
"Yes Yuna! Very safe. I won't let anything happen to you, I anchored everyone before we began" Lulu was being honest.
"Okay!" Yuna chirped now feeling very safe. When Lulu said you were safe, then you were safe. Plus she'd been practising this kind of stuff with her dad for years. "Am I done yet?" Yuna hadn't felt anything, maybe it wasn't working.
The small light of the candle stung Yuna's eyes as the cloth was removed from her vision. Everyone was looking at her in some amount of fear, Yuna's eyes dragged down to the notepad…she dropped the pencil and shifted away. What she had drawn…was nothing she would ever draw. A shaded image of some animal like creature…holding a severed head by the hair…
"That's…that's pretty disturbing Yuna, ya?" Wakka broke the deathly silence. "Does it mean anything ya?"
Lulu took the notepad a sheer look of confusion on her face, without a second thought she ripped the page out and burnt it over the candle.
"I'm sensing a that was bad…right?" Baralai got a very slow nod from Lulu. "What was with burning the paper?" The question was sort of poking at him.
"It was to ward off any evil spirits…a fail safe just in case. If we burn the piece of paper then our connection to the spirit, or whatever had Yuna, is severed"
"So what about the candle?" Nooj covered his eyes a little, the flame was casting a glare to where he was sitting.
"Can't draw in the dark can you…" Lulu put it simply, Nooj felt like a retard for asking. "Paine? You want to go next?" The crimson-eyed warrior smiled and nodded.
Yuna drifted back to the group after getting a drink from the tap in the kitchen. The heat from the candle was making her light-headed and her throat dry…or maybe the whole getting controlled thing.
"Yuna? You okay?" Paine pulled a small part of the cloth up.
"I'm…just feeling a little dizzy" Yuna's vision was swaying a little. "Ow…my heads swimming…" She felt like she was going to throw up.
A gentle touch came to Yuna's shoulder, she turned to Baralai who smiled. "Guess you need a little bit of air. Come on we can get you some more water and get some fresh air" Baralai helped Yuna to her feet, Gippal gave him a funny look. "Hey Rikku! You want to come to?" Rikku nodded right away quickly scrambling to her feet.
Paine watched as Rikku and Baralai took Yuna upstairs, she noticed the smirk on Gippal. She shook it away, not wanting to ask or dive into his sick thoughts. Paine smiled as she started drawing she had an ace up her sleeve…though she didn't have any sleeves.
The group watched as the artist went to work, Paine left small light lines behind her fingers as the image took form. She held it up a finger moving the cloth to see reactions. Wakka and Nooj laughed while Gippal stared blankly.
"Gippal on the weekends…" Paine stated at the small cartoon drawing of Gippal holding a bottle and looking very drunk.
"Well if she's not going to take this seriously!" Leblanc stood "Then I'm going outside!" She stocked off.
Paine replaced the cloth fighting back the urge to laugh. Lulu, Wakka, Gippal, Tidus and Nooj all watched as Paine sat with her pencil at the ready. Something nudged at Paine, her thoughts started to slow. She could feel a very gentle pushing on her chest, a numb feeling started at the top of her right arm…slowly spreading down like fog. Paine's head started to lower…as her hand started to draw.
Rikku flopped on the bed, she felt so happy to be away from all that magic stuff. Baralai pulled one of the windows open just an inch, the mist outside made the room a lot colder. Yuna was seated on the end of the bed sipping at her glass of water, she was only just starting to feel better.
"Hey Baralai!" Rikku flipped herself round on the bed almost causing Yuna to spill water everywhere. "You said your family rented this place out right? She who'd you rent it out to?!"
"Uh" Baralai looked out the window trying to remember, the mist was making small flowing patterns. "I think…I think it was a hunter or maybe a forester we rented it out to. Why?"
"Just wondering" Rikku smiled turning over and kicking her legs over the side. "Hey Yunie?"
Baralai turned back to the window as Rikku and Yuna started talking. The white mist seemed to stalk it's way across the group…as if it was living and waiting to get inside. Baralai shook his head, Paine's horror movie had got into his head. He pushed the thought away trying to think of the mist dancing or something. It rolled around the trees like some hungry monster, flattened itself along the ground, it- Baralai froze as his eyes fell on something. Something…crouched behind a tree…was looking back at him. The yellow eyes flashed open the thing knew he'd seen it, it dashed away pushing a puff of mist behind it. Baralai wrenched the window to the top, Rikku and Yuna jumped at the grinding noise it made and their friends' strange behaviour. Baralai looked in the direction the thing had run off in, he could hear the bushes being pushed aside by something in a hurry.
"Hey Baralai! What's wrong?" Rikku put her head out the window "Don't tell us your going all crazy on us now!"
"No…it's just that…I think Leblanc was running a lap around the house or something" He still saw the image in his head…was Leblanc playing some sort of prank on them? "Hey Leblanc!! You out there?!"
"On the porch love!!" Leblanc moved over a little so Baralai could see her.
Something haunting came over Baralai. If it wasn't Leblanc…then? "You might want to come inside Leblanc! I think there might be a fiend out there! Careful! Okay?!" There was a small silence.
"Okay love! Warning taken! And thanks for the heads up!"
At least she knows now. Baralai started closing the window, taking a deep breath…something was out there, but what?
Lulu grabbed Paine's hand pulling it from the notepad, she removed the blindfold. Paine blinked at her.
"What?" Paine asked plainly…then she started picking up the terrified looks.
She glanced down at the notepad, her eyes widened…the same image Yuna had drawn. Footsteps came from the stairs the three figures standing frozen on the steps…Paine started to open her mouth when from Rikku came.
"Is…is something…at the window" Her voice trembled as her finger rose.
Gippal turned his eye indeed catching something though to quick to take it in. He stood quickly more from shock than fear or from the sudden fright. His eye kept on the window but more noticeable…were the four sharp scratch marks left in the glass. Lulu, Nooj and Gippal all looked at each other Wakka slowly went over to the window.
"What in the name of Yevon? Where those marks there before ya?" Everyone slowly shook their head…a chill ran down Wakka's spine.
Creek! Tidus jumped from the noise, Leblanc stood at the door a look of confusion on her face.
"What's everyone looking so scared about? Loves…hello?"
A shape moved. Tidus jumped to his feet as it rushed closer at speed. "Behind you!!"
Leblanc raised an eyebrow to Tidus's behaviour, what in the Yevon could he be? Her neck was wrenched back as something pulled on her, panicked and terrified Leblanc caught the doorframe. The strength still pulled on her a low growl coming from whatever was behind her…her arm gave. Tidus grabbed Leblanc's hand just as it left the frame.
"Wakka!! Help!!" Tidus yelled as Nooj, Wakka and Gippal came right over.
The four boys pulled with everything, a ripping noise sounded as Leblanc was pulled into the cabin. Baralai slammed the door, keeping his back to it.
"What in the name of Sin was that?!" Nooj struggled to catch his breath. I couldn't even budge her an inch…did it let go?
"I got no idea man!!" Four of us! And we couldn't even get her through the frame!
"Maybe we should-" Baralai felt the door budge, his heart beat rose as he dug his heels in. "GUYS!!! CANT HOLD!!" He was being moved!
Wakka and all the others slammed their bodies against the door, it moved little by little as each one slammed his body against it…but still the door opened. Lulu ran over with Paine, the two added more force.
"PUSH!!" Tidus grunted as he heaved.
"GO AWAY!!" Rikku flying kicked the door making it close fully, she started pushing to hold it right after. "YUNIE LOCK IT!" The door began to open inch by inch.
Yuna sprinted over her fingers working in a panic to get the locks in place…she only had seconds before the door would be to wide again. The lock clicked, the force stopped…the bodies on the other side relaxed. The deadly silence started to fall…a large black shadow passed across the front window disappearing into the mist.
"What…what was that?" Leblanc was trying to slow her heartbeat from her possible near death experience…plus her dress collar had just been ripped off.
"Defiantly not Santa Claus that's for sure…or it's his evil twin" Paine tried to lighten the mood.
"Or…or maybe it's Yuna's dad came to take his daughter home, and he's pissed off" Gippal panted his face covered in sweat, Yuna gave a soft laugh.
"Or Super Man on a midnight bender…Yevon…all of us and we couldn't even close the door on a drunk!" Nooj sat on the floor panting heavily, the others gave a tired laugh.
A howl came, the hairs on the back of Yuna's neck stood on end. A moment passed, then six other calls came.
"What in the Farplane are those things?" Rikku back into the middle of the room, she felt safer there.
"Not a pack of wolf's…that much I can tell you" Lulu felt her blood run cold.
…The hunt begins…you can run…but you can't hide…
(Well guys that its again for another chapter. I'd like to thank Yuna of Besaid for reviewing, because she got me off my bottom to go and do this chapter. So thank you Yuna of Besaid! And i know this one probably didn't have as much humour in it as the first chapter, so sorry, i tried to make up for it at the end. I just sorta got really into what i was writing - -' Well...till next chapter everyone! Bye byeee!)
