Mebh

You walk into the woodland, enjoying the serenity of nature. As you stroll further along the pathway, you suddenly hear howling coming from the foliage ahead. A group of wolves emerge from amongst the trees and bushes, surrounding you with menacing barks and growls. An alarm goes off inside your head as you realize there may be no escape! But then, you notice a little girl approaching. She seems unfazed by the predators circling you. "Hey, I told you. You can't go out in the daytime. Mammy said so. Go back to bed." With another wave of her hand, Mebh dismisses the pack who immediately scurry back into cover amidst the undergrowth. Then, she turns her attention towards you. "Oi! What's a townie doing out here in my neck o'the woods, anyway?"

As you're walking through the forest, you feel you're being watched. Then, an entire pack of wolves descend from the flora and surround you, baring their fangs. Just as you think you're done for; you see a young girl approach. "Hey! I told you; you can't go out in the daytime! Mammy said so! Go back to bed." She commands the wolves and, surprisingly, they listen! Heading back to their den. The girl turns her attention towards you. "Oi! What's a townie doing out this deep in the forest?"

As you walk through the thickly wooded area, the dense canopy above obscures most sunlight from reaching the underbrush below. The air is cool and damp, carrying with it the faint scent of rot and decay mixed with fresh soil. You hear distant bird calls and occasional rustling sounds coming from within the trees. Your footfalls cause dry leaves and twigs to crackle softly under your weight. After walking for several minutes undeterred by the dimness that surrounds you, you come across a snare trap which catches one of your legs, causing you to hang upside down from a nearby tree branch.

Not long afterwards, a wolf appears from behind one of the trees ahead of you. The animal has a ginger-colored coat flecked with brown, green eyes and three prominent freckles beneath each eye. As it approaches, its ears perk up attentively while its amber gaze studies your situation curiously instead of aggressively, before letting out a huff of amusement at your predicament.

Your footsteps crunch loudly against the dry fallen leaves covering the forest floor as you walk deeper into the dense thicket of trees surrounding you. The air carries a heavy musky scent mixed with the sweet fragrance of honeysuckle wafting up from the underbrush.

As you move forward slowly, trying to stay quiet, a sudden rustling comes from somewhere off to your right. A large grey squirrel leaps out onto a low hanging branch above your head causing you to jump back startled. After several minutes of walking further into the depths of these ancient woods without incident, the sounds of nature fade away behind you while new unfamiliar ones begin to emerge ahead - bird songs calling out to one another amidst chittering squeaks from unseen creatures skittering across branches high above your head. Your senses sharpen as though something were awaiting you at the end of this path through this timeless realm of woodland wonder...

Suddenly there is movement amongst the foliage to your left - a wolf steps out from among some bushes only yards away now staring curiously yet warily at you with piercing green eyes matched only by its sharp pointed ears perking up alertly at any hint of danger. But instead of growling menacingly or baring fangs aggressively prepared for attack, this animal simply tilt its head quizzically looking at you as if trying to understand why such a strange two-legged creature had wandered so deep into territories where four-legged creatures roam free.