Jenny Dolfen

Once upon a haunted forest: Shadowy Friends

Added 2021-10-04 20:09:48 +0000 UTC

Agnes had never been in the forest before. Desperately, she looked for the bright green and yellow speck that was Peef, but couldn't see him anywhere. Even the light looked unfamiliar, as if the bright mid-day had turned to twilight in an instant.

While she hovered on a clearing, unsure of whether she dared to go deeper into the forest to go after Peef, she heard a faint, barely audible swishing sound above her head. She looked up quickly, ready to sprint for cover, but it was only a little flock of Shadingales. Their wings hardly moved as they circled above her, their bright eyes disconcerting but curious.

Agnes gathered all her courage. "I'm looking for my little firecrest," she said. "Have you seen him? Can you help me?"

Their voices sounded almost exactly like their shadowy swishing wings, and she had to strain her ears to distinguish them. "A crest, a crest!" they said. "There was a crest! We saw him flying deeper into the Forest, towards the Grove of Faces. He was following the cry for help."

"A cry for help?" Agnes replied. "You heard a cry for help, but you didn't see what was going on? And left my poor Peef to investigate?"

"We do not leave our clearing," said the shadowy voices. "The Grove of Faces is a strange place indeed."

"Can't be any stranger than this, can it?" Agnes muttered as she leapt on, in the direction the Shadingales had indicated.

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I really had to wrestle this one into submission. I had meant to do more of a background, but seeing as I've never really done one in Procreate, this is as backgroundy as it gets. I now have three days to complete the next one; hope I'll find a better way (or more time) to do it! =)