[Eomer of the Rohirrim]

The villagers were remarkably placid on this day of days. It would either signal a new beginning for Storyland, or it would be its final and darkest day. Only 4 remained, and they had decided that 2 would be put to death. The villagers shifted uneasily when they had to decide how to do this.

Finally, The Only Real Estel spoke up: "I will go first. I want to show Fordim that I am innocent. Granted, that will only make him feel worse due to his mistake in accusing me so, but I want to redeem myself in front of his eyes."

So up to the gallows he went. "What are you lot waiting for? Hang me!" he screamed.

Up stepped Kuruharan to tighten the noose. Before he pulled the lever, Estel spoke his last words: "To all those who are not wolves, I forgive you. Even my friend Fordim." Kuru pulled the lever, and the snap of Estel's neck resonated throughout the ghost town. He hung very still with melancholy in his eyes.

Kuru and Oddwen turned to Fordim and gave him a stern look. In return, all the loremaster could do was shuffle his feet and mutter "So......I guess I was wrong."

He offered no resistance (which didn't strike the other two as strange in any way) and they tied him up quickly. "Well, you had us fooled for a long time" said Kuru "but we've finally got you."

Within seconds Fordim Hedgethistle was dead, hanging side by side with The Only Real Estel.


The two remaining villagers stood long in silence.

"He's not a werewolf" said Kuruharan.

"No, he's definitely not." replied Oddwen.

"And neither was Estel"

"Evidently."

Turning to look at his friend, Kuruharan had the strangest feeling that he had been through this scene before, only now there was a cruel twist to that dream.

Oddwen just smiled the wickedest smile Kuruharan had ever seen. In the seconds before she transformed into a werewolf and leapt upon him, Kuruharan had time to reflect upon the folly of the villagers of Storyland. They had come so close to salvation. However, with the way things worked out, under the decisions of its inhabitants, Storyland was no more.


WEREWOLVES WIN!