A strange light

The first two hours of your watch go by without incident. At first, you are scared of the silent, foreboding night. However, as time passes this feeling is replaced with boredom. You even feel sleep threaten to overtake you, though you do your best to resist that temptation. You would be mortified if Dukash found you sleeping on the job, or worse Thror. Besides, you do not want to leave the farm ****. So you endure the lengthy task of staring at the treeline.

It is around four in the morning when you finally see something. It is near the end of your watch and you are about to go wake Dukash when you notice it. Emerging from the forest is a soft, blue orb of light. It is not bright, instead just a dim glow like that of a large firefly. It seems to creep out from between the trees, almost shy in its movement. You are entranced by the little thing, unable to tear your eyes away from it. You know you should probably call Thror or Dukash or somebody but you simply cannot will yourself to do it. You do not want to hurt the cute little thing, after all.

As it finally breaks the treeline, you begin to see it in more detail. Inside the blue flame is a small figure. In fact, now you can see the figure is the flame, the orb simply a blue aura surrounding it. They have a tiny, featureless teardrop head on top of a thin body. Its arms and legs are small flickers of flame. It really is adorable, your only desire to get closer and closer...

It is only now that you realize you are halfway across the field. You had not even noticed your own legs moving, being so entranced by the wisp. Your brain begins to go into panic mode, but it is suppressed by your fascination. The tiny figure seems to beckon, willing you to follow him into the deep, dark wood.