The human man seemed surprised by her sudden question and talked about how lucky she was that had bumped into them and not a band of bandits and such. The he told her his name. "Anyway, my name is Conroy. Great to meet you." He extended a hand towards her and which she just stared at not really knowing what to do. He then motioned for her to shake it, which she did, but awkwardly. "So, you gonna tell me your name as well?" He asked, a subtle smile appeared on his face. His aura got friendly to her own surprise she answered him. "My name is Julie."

A bird suddenly fell beside her dead. She turned towards it and lifted it up in her hands. A lone tear fell from her eye and landed on the poor bird. Then she noticed that it was very silent. Too silent. She looked around and saw all the dead birds. She placed the bird in her hand slowly on the grass before standing up and cry silently for the birds. Sparkling tears fell onto the grass drop by drop. She felt the air grow colder, but didn't bother to care since the poor birds died for no reason. She knew that it had to do something with Conroy's companion, but she couldn't blame a vengeful spirit.

A sudden voice drove Julie out of her trance and she looked at the source. The source was from something she had never seen before. A pair of empty gray eyes over two row of teeth, then the rest of the creature followed. She can feel Conroy's companion appear, but not quite see her in the morning light. Julie didn't know what to do. She had never encountered a situation like this. Not that it had bee long since she started to travel, but she had never seen this creature in any book she'd read at the library.