The gentle morning sun hung high. Its golden rays filtered through the gaps in the leaves, illuminating the faces of everyone in the forest and dispelling the slight chill.

The forest was silent, the continuous sound of breathing constant in the ears. The deeper they ventured, the more alert everyone became.

It was too unusual. Though the forest was desolate and seldom visited by humans, it wasn't devoid of any birds or beasts. Even the largest forest in the ...