Will Tennant squinted, following the nearly nonexistent trail in the moonlight. He looked back with a smile, holding Carole’s hand in his. They had spent a lot of time hiking in the Barrens, and as Will patted his pocket, he hoped that this wouldn’t be the last time they did this together.
For the next few minutes, they walked until the trees parted, revealing a clearing over looking Pine Creek. They walked across the clearing, enjoying the view as the full moon shown down upon them.
Carol commented on the beautiful view, and Will replied that it wasn’t as beautiful as her. He turned to face her, looking into her eyes and telling her how much he loved her as he took a box from his pocket. Will fell to his knee and held the box open before him, asking Carole to marry him.
She held her hand to her mouth as she gasped with surprise, tears welling up in her eyes as she said yes. Will smiled and placed the ring on her finger as he stood, kissing her. They held each other close, looking into each other’s eyes, swaying as if they were dancing to music only they could hear.
After several minutes they were startled by a low growl coming from the trees. The couple turned, making their way towards the car as a creature jumped from the trees. It landed on Will, knocking him to the ground. He struggled with it, yelling for Carole to run, reaching out to her as it ripped out his throat.
Carole screamed in horror as the creature turned towards her, blood running from it’s mouth. She ran, branches scratching her as she ran through the forest, not caring if she was going in the right direction, just wanting to get away from the creature. She could hear it growling as it tore through the trees behind her.
She ran for what seemed like an eternity as she returned to the clearing, Carole ran to the center of the clearing kneeling over Will’s body, weeping as a shadow covered her. She looked up and saw nothing as the creature entered the clearing.
Carole turned to run as the creature leapt at her, knocking her down as it had Will. She cried for mercy as it stood over her. Carole saw a pair of glowing red eyes staring down from the trees as she reached for will’s lifeless hand. The creature tore her throat out as it had his.
As Carole lay there, blood flowing from her neck, she saw what looked like a winged creature dive from the trees, attacking the creature that had killed her.
Rose Hartnell walked through the Barrens as the last rays of sunlight disappeared beyond the horizon. She took out her Mag-Lite, illuminating the ground in front of her as she made her way towards the car. She had been out on a hike and sat down to rest, falling asleep. Now she hurried to return to her car, to get back home. No one wanted to be this deep in the Barrens at night. Not after what happened to Will Tennet and Carole Piper six months ago. No one know what had killed them, but until it was caught or killed. The authorities had advised that no one enter the Barrens at night.
Rose entered a clearing and realized that it was where they had died. She started to make her way across, knowing that her car was beyond the clearing. As she reached the center of the clearing she realized that she was not alone. She looked over towards the edge of the clearing, where it looked out upon Pine City. Standing there were two people, holding each other, looking into each other’s eyes as they swayed as if to music that only they could hear. Dancing by the light of the moon.
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