A sudden flare of sound from the band filled the room. The Dancer began to dance, and as she did, any thought of calling to her left him. She spun and leaped down the empty dance floor, moving like a bird in flight, seeming to not even touch the surface beneath her. All he could think of was her. All he wanted was to watch her. He had never seen anything as beautiful as the Dancer as she moved.
She reached the platform before the cave mouth. There she froze, up on her toes, her arms bent above her head.
The music changed. To the Song. The Song that had led him to this place.
And as the Song played, truly in his ears now, not just his mind, something moved inside the dark opening in the wall. Something big.
A monster from nightmares scrabbled from the hole and onto the platform. Some ki
