Hi! This is my first time writing in this category! I'm playing the game as I write this so please excuse any flaws in the story.

Thank you for reading this chapter! I own nothing except my overactive imagination.

Moonlight

Prologue

She only came out at night.

Her only companions were the bugs and animals that scoured the mountainside. The only lights came from the fireflies in the summer and the moon.

Most of the time she came out for samples for her research. But sometimes, especially in winter when the animals would hide from the cold, she would creep down to the bottom of the mountain to the village nearby. Usually, there would be no one around by the time she entered the town square. But occasionally there would be a festival. She would hide in the shadows as the villagers celebrated whatever they did. No one knew she existed, let alone knew she was there. They had their fun with each other, laughing and playing under the moonlight as they did under the sun.

When she saw them socialize with each other, a twinge in her heart would come along. She wished she could talk and dance with other people. She wished she could have human friends.

But she was scared.

Scared of how they would treat a stranger who didn't know how to act around others.

So she comes out in the night, the moon her only light. She hides in the shadows. Watching. Waiting.

Hoping.