Hear no evil

At first it were nothing bet rumors, a whisper about missing children. And as always those rumors reached Frederick's desk. Who in turn just waved them away, because it wasn't so strange for children to disappear. Or even to be found dead. It was after all the world they lived in. But then those rumors slowly turned into stories, and eventually it turned into a nationwide phenomenon. Hitting every newspaper there was.

Fellow citizens, again tragedy have struck us. As yet another group of children turned up dead. Laying around the fields that surround towns and cities. And what does our government do about this?! Nothing! Nothing at all. They just think as if it some sort of hoax. But let me tell you people, it is true! it does happen. And it doesn't make a difference. Rich or poor, boy or girl! No it takes them all. And any of your kids could be next. What is this vile and sick creature that....

Frederick sighed upon reading the first part of the article. And decided to stop reading it, it was nothing more then a journalist that tried to shout out loud against the government. And used this happening as the perfect excuse for it.
But that didn't mean it was any less true, even Frederick couldn't turn away from this anymore. He had to find out who or what was able to do this. And more importantly could it be a potential asset to the guild.

He tossed the newspaper aside, and gazed out of the window. Onto the streets of the mountain village. The latest place to be hit by this ill occurrence. While his own thoughts tried to process the happening, trying to figure out if it could be some sort of beast. But he came to only one conclusion and that was that even for him Frederick master of Savage Skull, this was quite macabre. It sounded almost like some grim fairy tale from local folklore.

Time passed by as he sat behind the window gazing upon the streets, when the night slowly started to make her appearance. And a dusk glow covered the town.
Frederick knew it was time, so he stood up and walked towards the exit of his room. For if that creature truly exists then tonight, it wasn't the only one that roamed in the darkness.

As Frederick wandered through the village, he started to notice in what for a miserable state this place really was. It was off course because of the grief that had struck these villagers, the incident were the young children from their community were ripped from their precious life. Had left a scar upon their lives that would never heal. And everything about this town showed that, for there was no light shining through the windows of their homes. And the withering flowers that laid around to appease their dead were just a macabre sight during the night.

His thoughts on the village were disturbed when he heard an enthusing melody. A melody that was hard to describe. It was mysterious yet warm. Eerie but strangely soothing. But while Frederick was trying to pinpoint the sound he noticed there was movement around him. Doors and windows that were being opened, and from out them came children. That each moved nimble enough to climb down, or to climb over obstacles. But all in one singularity.
And as Frederick moved his vision along the children towards were they were walking he saw an entity. At first glance it looked like it had the form of an angel and didn't seem to have even the slightest interest in him. But then it gave him a wicked smile, right before she turned around and walked out of town. With the children following her.

All but Frederick could do was to follow her as well. Not wanting to interrupt this process, for he wanted it to see what this enthusing entity with her raven black hair would do. Would she let them be the orchestra with their screams while she brought despair upon them. Or would their deaths as appealing as she was.

It still took a few moments before Frederick broke the silence, because for some reason it almost felt like a crime to disturb the serenity that the being had created. It was a strange and conflicting feeling what Frederick witnessed. A mixture of a gruesome display, yet peaceful at the same time. It was an darkness that he never knew that existed. And so very different then his own emptiness.

A few moments after the being had lowered her arms. Frederick finally started to speak. His cold and monotone voice that was devoid of any emotion felt out of place, when it pierced through the night during this serene moment of time.

'I've fought tremendous beasts, ventured through the most vile ruins. And I even saw what lies at the bottom of the abyss of darkness. But even I with all my power have never seen a display as this. So tell me my dear, what for an astonishing creature are you?'

As Frederick observed her closely, he could notice that even tho she did resemble a human she was far above that. And it awakened his craving for power, the only feeling he truly felt now a days. Specially after his loss at Rose Garden.