A creature howled furiously, shaking the cool night. The humans in town that were still awake shivered as a chill swept through town. Some kind of dark power was awakening. The humans instinctively recoiled from the night, sensing that some kind of horrible danger was lurking in the shadows. The moon seemed to fall behind a shadow, and the world suddenly felt ominously still and cold. A monster had awakened, and the humans even felt fear in their dreams.
Animals didn't even whimper in fear. They just cowered and made themselves as small, quiet, and hidden as possible. The birds sank down in their nests. The raccoons scrambled into the trees. Snakes slithered into their holes. The normal prowlers of the night tucked themselves away, not even letting their eyes so much as reflect the moonli
