They tried to warn her about the news from the human village, but Holly didn't want to hear of it. She firmly believed that no one could be so heartless as to bring harm to any creature in her beloved forest. She never wondered what happened to her parents, they simply went out in search of better flowers to eat and never returned... Holly never grew suspicious of the humans, after all, her parents taught her that all living creatures had worth and value. The humans were no different.

Holly let out a long sigh... It was days like these that made her so lonely. She'd never seen another faun in the forest and she'd yet to meet a human or any humanoid creature. Her friends now were the Cosmia moths and the birds, mostly. Since the humans built their village there some odd years ago when Holly was an young faun, the forest creatures have slowly been disappearing. Some went off in search of a safer forest, some simply vanished. Even the Cosmia moths were slowly thinning out.

"No one would do such a thing..." She spoke to the butterflies that fluttered and flew around her, all trying to convey the message of danger to her. She could understand without the sound of a voice, their movements said everything. "I'm not in any danger. I've been in this forest forever and nothing bad has happened yet..." She idly played with her tail. The humans couldn't possibly be so dangerous as the other creatures feared. "Look, I'll prove that there's no danger..."

. . . .

If Holly took one more step, she'd be at the edge of the forest, where the town began and the forest ended. It was a place she'd never dared to travel before, out of fear, mostly, for she was very shy and only preferred to converse with her animal friends. She stared out from the shadows of the trees and looked into the village. Too many people for her liking and she immediately wrinkled her nose and turned back. Another day she'd prove there was no danger... another day.

She decided to spend this time she had to herself to do something useful. Sleep.

Holly found a nice fallen tree truck in the middle of the forest right in the spot where the sun was peeking in through the leaves of the trees. The perfect spot for napping. Holly gently picked up her tail and held it to her chest as she sat down on the tree and leaned back, closing her eyes and finding peace in the nature that surrounded her.