A/N: Hey guys! Sorry it's been too long huh? Well here's the next chapter, and I hope you like it! Sorry about before, I forgot to mention that this story will have a lot of OOC stuff. I fixed that and put it in the description though, so that's that!

Chapter 2: The Shadows

It was almost nightfall, so Roy decided to find a place to rest.

Tomorrow, I'll find Wolt and the others…

There weren't many trees in the area, but the ones that were there were huge, with some low branches. Some of them were so low that Roy almost hit his head on one while riding his horse.

When Roy found a good spot, he set up a camp. He made a small fire, and after a while, he went to sleep.

However, he started hearing noises around him. They were pretty faint, and sounded like whispers. They seemed to say something, but Roy couldn't make out what they were saying. It started to make Roy anxious, because the whispers grew louder, though he still couldn't hear what they said.

Suddenly, the whispering stopped. This only made Roy feel worse, as if something was closing in on him. And out of the corner of his eye, he saw a moving shadow moving across the ground. Alarmed, he got up and quickly reached for his sword. But the shadow was gone.

The next morning he set off to find his friends, who were most likely waiting for him at the next town. He kept thinking about the shadow he had seen the night before on the way to the town.

Did I just imagine that? No, that's not possible. I wonder where it came from, and where it went…

"Watch out!"

Wha?

Regaining his senses, Roy realized he was going to hit someone. He quickly stopped his horse, the apologized to the person. He also saw that he had made it to the town. He looked around the town, searching for anyone he knew. After a few minutes, he finally spotted Wolt. Seeing Wolt made Roy happy, since they were close friends from childhood.

"Hey! Wolt, over here!"

Wolt turned, instantly recognizing the voice that called him. He ran over to Roy, and they looked for the rest of the group.

"Hey Wolt, I saw something really odd last night"

"Really? What was it?"

"Well, it was a shadow."

"That sounds pretty normal to me, what about the shadow was odd?"

"It moved on the ground, but there was nothing to make the shadow."

"Oh, really?! But how?"

"I don't know, but I also heard whispers."

"Did they say anything?"

"It seemed like it, but the voices were to quiet to make out what they were saying."

"Hmm, maybe we should tell-"

"No, don't tell anyone about it, I don't want to trouble them. I'm sure it was nothing. I guess I was just tired."

"W-well, if you say so…"

When they met up with the rest of the group, they all started planning what to do about the bandits that attacked the town the day before. They decided to continue the search for the bandits, but they would all split up to find them, and then notify each other when they had found them.

By the time they had figured out who would go in which direction, it was night again. It was decided that they would travel in pairs, and of coarse Roy and Wolt were partners in the search.

Roy and the others found a place to stay, then immediately went to sleep. But the whispers began again. Roy woke up and looked around, but nobody else seemed to hear it. Quietly, he stepped outside to see if he could get to the bottom of the situation.

Outside, he saw many of the shadows he had seen the previous night, wandering around the town freely. One came rather close to Roy, and whispered.

It's coming… it cannot be stopped… unless…

But before it could finish, something made it stop, and suddenly they all left, vanishing instantly.

A/N: End of chapter 2! Again, sorry this is so late, I'll try to update more frequently…

Roy: So much suspense!

Me: AAHH! Oh, it's you again.

Roy: Of coarse!

Me: Okay then, so anyway, hopefully I'll get chapter 3 out very soon, and feel free to leave a review. Wow, Thanksgiving is coming up! Can't wait!

Roy: What's Thanksgiving?

Me: O_O I feel bad for you…

Roy: ?