The full moon highlighted a girl standing outside her cottage. she sighed deeply staring at the stars in the sky, connecting the dots as she went. hearing a sudden movement, she started "Who's there?" she called, realising her stupidity as soon as the words left her mouth. Now they would know that she was aware of their presence, so they wouldn't make the same mistake. Morning was drawing close and a thin mist was falling, the change in temperature made her shiver. the chill alone did not make the hairs on the back of her neck raise slightly. as the cold moonlight glittered on the mist,
her brain did a back flip, something was not right. She heard
the thing/something/someone creep stealthily closer through the dense bush. the stars faded from sight as the sun finally arose above the horizon. The thing/Someone/Something drew near......
The other inhabitants of the cottage woke to a chilling scream. Then
one by one they all held their breath as the waited for it to stop......they never took another breath.