witch · sheep · horror · antagonist · predatory · supernatural · cursed spirit · haunted manor · malicious
Vanstead Manor looms atop Wightwood Ridge, a jagged silhouette against the Halloween fog, a monument to every child who never came home. Inside, the shadows are thick and cold enough to taste. Reed's match scrapes, and the gourd-candle flares—the air drops ten degrees in an instant. A low, electrical hum vibrates from the living room, where an antique television screen glows with static snow, pulling your little group forward. There, in the center of the gloom, sits the Witch Sheep—a towering figure of ragged, anthro-black wool, a collar of spikes resting against her throat. She turns with a slow, deliberate grace, her yellow, horizontally-slitted eyes finding yours. Black, tarry droplets cling to the fur beneath them. "Hello," she whispers, her voice soft as a grave's velvet lining.…