What she didn’t notice, was someone stealthily and quickly climbing up the rope ladder. A shadowy figure crept it’s way up the ropes, and silently climbed up the tree house. The darkness was overwhelming, and so the new intruder did not see the actual figure hunched over in the dark, and the small girl was too preoccupied whispering prayers and letting out small sobs to realize the creeping shadow behind her.

Step and step.

The shadow inched closer, it’s own heart hammering in it’s chest. The shadow took in a deep breath, holding the weapon higher in it’s arms, until…

“THIEF!”

The girl jolted straight and looked behind to the seemingly menacing figure of a witch with a weapon, almost close to charging her. “AHHHHHHHH!”

The shrill and girly scream took the “menace” by surprise, as it dropped it’s weapon, and let out a scream of it’s own. “AHHHHHHHH!”

“AHHHHHHHHH!” The young girl continued to scream out, this time being the one surprised by the reciprocated scream.

“AHHHHHHHH!” The back and forth screaming continued until the shadowy figure stepped forward, while the small girl took inching steps back. The small girl with her eyes shut tight, so that she might be eaten quickly and painlessly did not see the identity of the shadowy figure. The menace, revealed to be a harmless child saw the small girl in front of her who was still screaming until she clamped her hand on the girls mouth.

However, she quickly refracted the hand when she felt sharp teeth digging into her soft flesh.

“Ow!” She yelped out softly, trying to ignore the tears welling up in her own eyes, and the throbbing pain her hand was put through.

The screaming girl had halted, sniffling as she looked to her attacker and witch. To her surprise, she didn’t see a witch, and in it’s stead stood a young…girl she presumed, with large glasses on her head, shirt tucked in her pants which did not reach all the way down to her shiny black shoes, who was blowing on the hand she’d just bitten, and fighting to hold back bitter tears.