Alice POV
It was dark and the damp smell of the forest was the first thing I noticed before I scanned my surroundings. Dark figures that outlined trees and bushes were everywhere. I blinked a few times before my eyes adjusted to the dark and saw a yellow light flickering in the distance. A few other lights began to flicker, and if the voices of people didn’t reach my ears, I would have thought the lights belonged to will-o'-the-wisps. Although our folklore states they are blue.
The sound of twigs breaking close to me had my head snapping away from the lights. A girl emerged from behind a bush. I almost though she was looking straight at me, but she wasn't. She was staring behind me. I felt the danger before I saw it, slowly I turned around. The sound of another twig snapping as my eyes
