Spiderweb Night

for @Caiaphas (something spooky.)

Autumn was glad it was about the middle of Autumn. It was a season that went quickly but she loved it, not just because of her name. She looked around the forest. This was when the stories had gotten a bit spookier when she was little. Stories with spirit foxes called Spider Legs and Blood Moon and Full Moon and Eerie Night. They had been about spirits who believed they could cast spells and hexes. They had used many ingredients and a certain mumble or chant to cast the magic out. She collected some spiderweb from the nearest tree-trunk and, after making sure no spiders were left in it, she wrapped it around her neck in such a way that it looked like a silver scarf. Spiderweb had been a common ingredient in several of the stories, she could recall. She wondered what made it so magical.