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[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

Okay, so you just add a line to the story.No big deal.

Starts with:

It was a cold, ever-darkening evening, and the moon rose everhigher.

[Linda]

Up from behind the trees it hung as mist drifted slowly from the ground..

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

and it was dreadfully dull and boring, but that would all about to change.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

When on the road came roaming the highwayman in grey.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

His tattered cape, fluttering in the wind behind him, was nothing more than a blanket with a hole near the top.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

In fact, if you had seen him, you would have agreed that his finest attraction was the bright-cheeked, golden-haired woman at his side.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

Her beauty was unparalleled and made more lovely by the contrast between herself and her companion's apparel.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

They travelled slowly, keeping up a leisurely conversation that couldn't be heard at this distance.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

And I watched them from the bushes, imagining the paths they must have travelled.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

Presently, the man produced a lute from somewhere in his wrappings, and began to pluck to a lively tune.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

It was an old medley from his past, one he had no played in years.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

As they drew nearer and I could hear its melodic sound.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

It was so beautiful; there was a deep sadness to the tune, and it brought tears to anyone within hearing distances eyes.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

They passed me quite closely, humming with the tune, but I remained hidden.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

The woman suddenly stopped, feeling unseen eyes tracking her every move.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

The wind picked up at that very moment and a chilling cold ran up her body.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

With the wind came a shadow, a dark shape that slithered along the soft earth.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

It was unnatural; neither part of this world or another.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

And as such was a thing of living nightmare.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

A creature no-one sees, but feels the darkness anyway eminitting(?) from it.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

The Highwayman paused suddenly, a glint in his eye.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

He sensed a presence.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

I crouched lower in the bushes, shuddering, as the hairs on the back of my neck up-rose.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

He stared directly at me, his stare ice cold.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

At this point I began to feel that a hasty departure might be in order.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

I jumped at the sound of a horse attatched to a cart rattling by, and used the noise to make a get-away.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

I never saw when the cart creaked to a stop beside the two figures on the road.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

At home, I clapsed on my thin bed.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

Presently, after I had steadied myself sufficiantly, I decided that a nicely brewed cup of hazel tea would do me good.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

As I sat at the table things where going through my head, around and around.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

A sudden knock at my wooden door disturbed my wandering thoughts.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

"As of someone gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door"*

*(my shout-out to Poe)

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

I frowned, wondering whoever would bother to bother me on so cold a night.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

Surely only a madman would dare brave the extreme environment?

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

I shrugged.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

I rose stiffly, rather irritated at being disturbed, and moved to the door.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

As I opened it, I saw an unexpected sight.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

The Highwayman there stood, in his eyes a smuldering flame.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

"You were spying on us." He spoke with such authority used to being obeyed.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

And as he spoke I shrunk back, away from that penetrating gaze.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

"Did you think I would not have seen you?" he asked, stepping over my threshold.

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

"I.... I was just wondering what a pair of....." I stammered, trying to find the right words.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

A sudden and unexpected smile lit up his face, wherein was, to my surprise, no malice.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

Then he reached his gloved hands towards his nose and promptly removed his thick, glossy moustache.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

I blinked, unsure of what to do next

[Phoebe, TheInvincibleRabbit]

And then i recognised the smirking face.

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

It was my brother's!

[Jonathan , The Wise]

Fury mixed with gall filled the inside of my being: how dare the insolent wretch enter my abode!

[Julius, He Who Arises in Might (:D)]

Before I quite knew what I was doing, I lunged forward and struck him in the face.

[Jonathan , The Wise]

His smug expression splintered beneath the force of my palm.