Edith's Song
Edith's Song Writing prompt by: The Annie For she knows that hearing music in the woods at night was usually a bad thing, but it was such a pretty tune.... I grew up in a middle of nowhere town surrounded by woods for miles on end. I haven't been here since I left for college but now that my parents are dead I am returning to take over the family business. It’s not an ideal situation, but it was a pact that my older brother and I made. I ran from there as fast as I could; not only from my first love that crushed my heart but the folklore that surrounded the town and was very prominent on our land. I was named after one of the main fables. Her name was Edith and she would lure people to the woods somehow and kill them in all sorts of horrific ways. I never wanted the details, and in reality I doubt I could stomach it. I asked my parents to tell me why they named me after the eeriest story and they would simply say “you heard the legend of Edith, but what is not told is t