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The branches creaked in the wind. And an 11-year-old girl could hear the howling of wolves. It seemed like the shadows were chasing her. Her heart rate got fast. How did she get there? She didn't know. The only thing that comes through her mind is, that it's cold. Her small arms press her tightly against her body. She is scared. 

The wind picks up. She feels like the wind is whispering to her. But the little girl is too scared, to hear the words. She only notices that the menacing trees are getting closer and closer. 

A scream escapes her lips. The trees are getting closer. 

Then suddely she can hear wispering. The tree in front of her, once large and dangerous, suddenly loses its leaves. Then he falls down without a single sound. 

The little girl is in shock. Her eyes widen as she notices that where the tree has fallen, there is a clear cut. It's like someone just felled it. 

Red blood comes from the felled tree and the girl can hear tears falling down and a silent promise. As if at the same time another person was standing in her place. Crying. Lost. Alone.

A last scream escapes the girl. Then she faints and greets the quiet darkness.

This moment haunts her forever in her dreams. Like a nightmare repeating itself from day to day.

She doesn't tell her mother. Not her father, and certainly not her brother.

"We have to do something! I know it is haunting her. 

Just like my brother! 

It can't end like it did with him!"

"We tell her."

"But-"

"We tell her everything."