A Soul to Lure

All her life Kita was warned never to go into the forest behind her town. Her mother and other townsfolk would never say why, only that danger lurked beyond the tall trees that seemed to reach the sky. Ignoring her better judgement, Kita yearns to know just why everyone is so afraid of a forest and one day finds herself on a forbidden path to discover just that. Is the danger she was always warned about just a fable the parents used to keep their kids in line? Or was it really as terrible as she was taught to believe?