Chapter 2 - In the Eyes of a Fawn

Emiva stopped talking and looked around. "What's that?," she asked. Corsair followed her eyes, and squinted. A dark shape was flying towards the gathering, two candles atop its head. Loop pricked her ears. "I think it's...a fawn?"

Indeed, it was. The little creature's name was Lightfoot, and he was scared out of his wits. Careening to a stop next to Vipin, he let out a stream of terrified noises and garbled speach. Vipin stared at the fawn for a moment. A lightbulb went off in his head, and he nudged the child sharply with an antler. "Slow down! What's going on?"

Lightfoot stared at him in horror. "I-I saw a lady sleeping in the rocks Twenty-one always told us not to go in, and she wasn't there anymore! And when I came back later, she didn't have her head!"

By this time, Aeros had trotted over. He smiled reassuringly at Lightfoot, even though his face was hidden behind his long mask. "Where did you see this...lady without a head?", he asked. The fawn's lip quivered. "At the Playground." Vipin smiled. "Okay, child. You go play with the other fawns here for a while. We'll go look for the lady's head." He grinned and nuzzled the little thing. Lightfoot sniffed, nodded, and ran to join the others. As soon as he was out of earhsot, Vipin's exoression turned grave. "What do you suppose is going on, old one?"

Aeros shrugged. "Who knows. The little one may be playing a game. Then again, maybe not." He glanced around. "You and I will go look in the Triangle. Find atiq, Toukan and Quamar. They'll come with us." The younger stag nodded and padded off. Aeros sighed, then looked around. "Loop!", he called.

The doe was beside him like she had been there the entire time - another little trick of hers. "Yes?"

"I want you to come with us. Lightfoot told Vipin and I that a deer was killed."

"Where?"

He paused. "I think it was in the Triangle."

Loop's ears fell flat onto her skull. "But - the Triangle's never taken a life! Perhaps he was just playing. Fawns joke like that!" Still, her friend remained serious. "No matter. We don't want to overlook it and have even more stumble upon something so gruesome. We'll go when Vipin returns with the others." He hesitated. "Tell no one. We don't want panic."

Loop bit her lip. "Alright."

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Wow, still short! Okay, chapter 3 will come soon. I just have to gather my thoughts. XD
[edit] Also, WATCH THIS. 8D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsjGlKMcEQk