Asked by crimson_spree.
Wolfen One Halloween Drabble
The hunter sat close to the fire, watching as the sun slipped over the horizon. He moved a little closer to the flames, poking at the small wrapped bundles that sat on the coals.
"Dinner?" A voice said out of the darkness behind him and the hunter nearly fell off his makeshift seat.
"Don't do that!" He scolded as his partner sat down beside him.
"I thought you heard me."
"I never hear you. You know I don't. Did you find anything?"
Heero shook his head. "Not a thing. No sign, no scent. It is almost like it really is some sort of ghost bear."
"Don't you start. The villagers were bad enough." Duo huddled a little closer to the fire. "It just means we have to go a little further in. It's only been seen deep in the forest anyway."
"Or that it has already tucked itself away for the winter." Heero sniffed the air. "It's starting to get colder at night. I think once this is over we need to head South again."
"You said it was too warm there, remember?"
"In the spring it is too warm there- but you'll freeze if we stay up here."
"I-" Duo paused. "Heero," he said in a quiet tone. "Do you see that thing over there? Just beyond the big pine?"
"The flickering white shape?" Heero sat up. "I'm on it-" Before Duo could grab him; Heero had slipped away into the darkness.
"Damn wolf," Duo muttered under his breath as he reached for a torch, his eyes on the flickering white shape. He thrust the torch into the fire and waited for it to catch. Then he stood up, intent on going after Heero.
"Duo," his partner was suddenly beside him again. "You didn't unpack all the way, did you?"
"No-"
"Good. Let's go."
"What?"
"It IS a ghost bear- and she wants us to go. Now."
"Shouldn't we..."
"We're hunters, not exorcists."
"Good point. Let's go."
OWARI
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