Footsteps.<br/><br/>Quiet, searching footsteps, creeping through the forest.<br/><br/>They would not find their quarry, hiding high in a tree a dozen yards away.  They would not stop looking until nightfall, when the creatures of the night posed a greater threat than an escaped elf.<br/><br/>Many before had tried and failed to catch this particular elf.  She grew up escaping pursuit, and it would take more than frightened town guards to catch her.<br/><br/>Soon, however, something more would chase her.  And she may not be able to escape that pursuit.