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08-25-03
A cool breeze whisked through the trees of the forest, sending with it a rustle of leaves overhead. It was dusk, that time of limbo between the night and the daytime. Long shadows flowed as the sun gave its last to the forest. It would die today, only to be reborn tomorrow. But for now it gave up its spirit to the coming moon and its opalesque hues.
A bright night it was this eve. A night of exploration. Kicking up from a short-lived dormancy, the wind howled fiercely now, whipping through the trees and plants of the forest. A flight of birds could be heard just seconds after a deafening scream. The wind seemed to stir up something else though, something more sinister than just the animals of the night. Another creature stirred.
Shadows moved as the wind seemed to "blow" them from their hiding places. Out into the open they travelled, pushed from the solitude of their crevaces and cracks. Abruptly they seemed to wish to return to their homes, quickly withdrawing back to the realm which they belonged.
In their wake stood a lone figure. A heavy cloak flapped endlessly in the wind as the tall figure stood stark still in the moon's eerie glow. From deep within a hood eminated a bright emerald glow. Two glowing orbs would be found beneath if one's sight would allow them that far. Hidden were his ever-glowing eyes beneath that hood. But still he saw. He saw and heard. And felt.. He could feel something brewing.. Something awakening.
This was a new place for him.. And already excitement reared its head in the direction of the cloaked one....
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