A "Party"

Dinner

Seth and Willow weaved through crowds of peoples dancing. For a second he had accidently bumped into Grandpa and Grandma, both of them seemed shocked to see him with a girl. He kinda felt embrassed for a second. But then he remembered it was nothing weird, he barely even knew this girl Willow.
Willow led him out the doors, through the lobby and down the grand steps of the mansion which he thought looked more like a castle. "Wow, there was more people than I thought in there." Willow said with a releaving sigh that they were out of the building.

Seth looked back, he could see people dancing through the windows, he couldnt help but feel that something was wrong. "Does this whole thing kinda seem weird to you?"

Willow bit her lip and watching him as they made their way towards the trees. "Something feels odd, its such a random time..."

"I agree, I wanted to talk about it with my sister but I had a feeling it would ruin it for her." Seth admitted.

"I wanted to tell my father, but he seemed so joyful that he would see people he knew. We dont see people very often anymore." Willow contiuned. They made their way into the forest, the sun growing distant through the tree tops. He always had a great love for the forest, even before Fablehaven he always loved the feel of all the unknown around him and all the lush trees and plants.

"What do you mean 'you dont see people very often?'" Seth asked as he led them forwards in the trees.

"I mean we live in the middle of nowhere, and he never allows people over. He's so over protective, he's been terrified ever since the war." Willow

Seth bit his lip, "was he in the fight when it ended?"

"He was, he said a building collapsed on him as you made your way up to Celebrant." Willow muttered, "he hasnt been the same ever since."

"Whats his name?" Seth asked.

"Sherwin Kalidan," Willow murmured.

"Dont know him..." Seth thought outloud.

"Most people don't, he's a but of an outsider..." Willow's voice trailed off.

About twenty minutes of them talking Seth was enjoying himself and Willow was too when suddenly Willow stopped, her face flushed of colour.

Seth was about to ask whats wrong when he looked down. There was a dead boy laying in front of them. He was pale and his hair was messy. His chest had a huge wound and was plastered in dried blood. He wasnt very old probably about seventeen. He was wearing a suit and had obviously been attending the party.
"What the..." Seth said, he moved forward he studdied the wound. He had been stabbed, no doubt. Over the past two years Tanu had taught him a lot about wounds and how to treat them.

Willow kicked the boy so he was laying on his stomach and his back towards them. His back also had wounds, but this time multiple. There was so much blood, it was probably one of the worst wounds he had ever seen.

"What is going on around here?" Seth asked, he stood up and looked around. This forest was much darker than Fablehaven and the sun was almost completely blocking out the sunlight. It was creepy, everything seemed very very wrong.

"I dont know...but somethings very very wrong." Willow muttered, she looked around as well and suddenly she bent over. She picked up a small dagger. The daggers blade was rounded and had a silver and black handle. It was covered in blood, blood was still dripping from the end onto the under brush.

Just as Willow opened her mouth to speak, a stick broke behind him. Willow's eyes widened, Seth turned around slowly a woman stood there. She wore a small tight dress and her nose was bleeding. Her eye was bruised badly and puss leaked from it, her fists were clenched and looked ready to kill them.