the shadow monster lunged forward. She squeezed her eyes shut a second before it crashed down on and consumed them. Everything turned back as if they existed inside of the monster. She could see only Moonshine. "Wh-what's this?" the girl asked. The shadow seemed to eat her voice so that it came out small. Alec could no longer reach them in this world, but at least they had each other. She needed to somehow overcome this fear? But it was so very scary and Moonshine was quivering with the fear. "It's alright," she said to her friend. Even though she was afraid, she knew Moonshine was even more afraid of the dark. It gave her a little courage to comfort someone so the girl patted the cow on the back. "We'll get through this. Let's just...keep walking. That's what you do in these situations, right?"
So they kept walking and...