[Discontinued] Painted scarlet-A Fallacy and Encre story

~Prologue~

In a small town, somewhere in France, rumours and myths were started about dark beings in the night; Beasts that prey on the blood of living beings.

These beings became known as the Night Children, the Vampires.

Myth and Legend say the beasts live in the forest next to this small town, causing the villagers to name it as forbidden.

The forest had something dark and mysteriously evil about it. Shadows lurked, howls were heard.... The townsfolk were frightened.

Mother's never allowed their young outside the house. Men traveled to other towns for lumber,, not daring to take wood from the forest, in case of a curse.

People starved. Food came from the forest. No one went to the forest. They had no trade-worthy goods to exchange for food.

They eventually made gardens which helped tremendously.

Disappearences happened, but no one took note of it.

Then more people would disappear. There were sightings, bits of clothing, small drops of blood, as if the predator was in a hurry to take their share.

People panicked.

No one wanted to die. Children...women...men alike were supposedly​ devoured by the Children of the Night.

Soon, disappearences went down to absolutely nothing, as if nothing had happened.
But townsfolk still called the forest forbidden.

People claim to have seen these ghastly beings for themselves.

Others claim to have come face-to-face with them.

None of them went to the Forbidden Forest, still.

To this very day, people dare to venture to the forest, not yet daring enough to enter.

But, the same cannot be said for a certain individual, whom of which found something they'd never forget.