[TheUltraFish]

Many years ago, there was a young woman named Salem. Salem lived with her mother and three sisters in the forest. Her sisters, were named Octavia, Thessia, and Amber. There, they lived in peace, being a family, and interacting with the woodland animals. To Salem, this was all completely normal as it was all she had ever known. The only problems that ever came up was sibling rivalry, if one of her sisters took something without asking, or if a wild critter tried to get into the henhouse. 

One day, Octavia simply disappeared. It was as if she vanished overnight. Thessia, Amber, and Salem looked throughout the entire forest, in every nook and cranny that they did know of and even found some that they did not know of. Salem's mother appeared distraught as her girls were unable to find Octavia as time went on. As the seasons changed from summer to fall, the forest changed colors to match. Octavia still was never found nor was any trace of where she went could be found. Winter soon followed where everyone stayed cooped up in the house to stay warm, only going outside to play in the snow on the slightly warmer days or to do daily chores. After it's winter slumber, the forest awoke from its hibernation when spring came around and fresh life began making its way throughout the forest. Salem and her sisters began playing outside more often as the hopes for finding Octavia had faded into nothingness.

When spring came around, Thessia also disappeared. She vanished during a game of hide and seek in the forest. Amber and Salem looked day and night for her but they were not able to find her. Thessia had disappeared the same way Octavia had, suddenly, without warning, and no trace to be found. Salem's mother was sickly as she had now lost two daughters with no clue to where either had gone. At this time, Salem and Amber never left each others side, not even to do chores. Fall and then winter came with no joy to be found at the house in the forest. Most looks away from another was to check if anyone was there, either missing sister or foe. The family was now just consisted of individuals fearing that they were next of whatever took Octavia and Thessia.

Spring once again came but not even the awakening of the forest could bring a smile to Amber's or Salem's face. They did not play with another, do each other's hair, or do anything that loving sisters would do to one another, not even be mean to one another. Due to the lack of caring, the henhouse had fallen into disrepair and the chickens had gotten out. Salem and Amber did a quick repair job to fix the hole that the chickens had escaped from. Then, they had to recapture the chickens, which took some time. When only a few chickens remained, Amber left to go tell their mother what had happened while Salem stayed to finish capturing the remaining chickens. It took some time by herself, but she eventually got all the chickens back into the coop. She went into the house and found her mother, but not Amber. Salem's mother had not seen Amber. She had not known about the chickens' escape from their henhouse so Amber had never reached her. Salem looked diligently day and night over every inch and crevice of the house. No Amber. She looked every inch of the house property. No Amber. She checked every inch of the forest. No Amber. She checked every inch of everything again. No Amber. She looked everywhere again. No Amber. No Thessia. No Octavia. No one. By the time Salem had given up looking for her sisters, it was fall. She could barely keep up with the chores as the work that her and her sisters would do, now fell on one person to do. Mother helped but she did not say much anymore it seemed.

As winter came in, Salem hardly left her room. She slowly began to stop doing her chores, short of feeding the animals, but other than that, she never left her room. She barely ate and even when she did, it was very little. Salem mainly only ate when her mother brought food to her in her room. The same room that she shared with her sisters that were no longer there. Winter did eventually come to an end but the sorrow of not having her sisters remained. The love that was there was gone and was only replaced by loneliness and fear. Was she next? Where were they? What happened to them? These questions controlled Salem's mind as now she hardly took care of herself. Her clothes that she wore were never clean, hear hair was forever in disarray. If she was motivated, she would go sit on the porch waiting for something to happen.

The spring sun was hitting Salem's face on the porch. There she sat, accomplishing nothing, not even living. When the night began creeping in, Salem arose, and went inside. There, she found her mother waiting for her. Salem's mother said that it was meal time but there was no food on the table as her mother approached her. Salem was confused and asked what dinner was. Her mother chuckled and said, "isn't it obvious? It's you!" Salem grabbed for the front door but the doorknob had disappeared. From her confusion, Salem's mother grabber her arm and looked her in the eyes. "Don't worry," she said, "I'll make it quick, and you'll join your sisters soon." Fangs appeared out of the top of her mother's mouth into a grin. Her mouth opened and snapped down onto Salem. She did not even have time to scream.