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Day 26
Prompt: animal 
Characters: Bonnie Bennett, Damon Salvatore

They say an animal stalks the town.

The story spreads like wildfire, moving from house to house.  As it does so, it mutates; details melt together and come out as something new.  The entire thing takes on a life of its own.  

By the time it reaches the Bennett household, the animal is large, covered in black hair with glowing red eyes.  Caroline Forbes tells the story with flourish as she and Bonnie do their laundry in the river.  For her part, Bonnie manages to look properly afraid but deep down, she has her doubts.

This isn’t the first time a story like this has circulated around the town.

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