The small child sat outside his home, looking up at the mountain, and on top of it was a tiny castle, as small as a speck of dirt from where the child was sitting. "Grandma...what is up in that snowy mountain?" He asked the elderly woman, who had stepped out of a stone hut. "...Sit Down, and let me tell you a story" the woman told the child.
"Centuries ago...We were a large community, a kingdom even...our community had been prospering...until the Werewolves arrived" she explained, "the wolves...they came and ravaged everything. No one know where they came from and why they attacked...they were nearly unstoppable, arrows, swords, cannons, none of it was enough to kill the werewolves...but then...The Eldritch Family arrived and slaughtered the werewolves, saving the few remaining civilians we had left...as thanks, they requested a fortress, one that is secluded and blocked from the sun's view...so we constructed a castle on Mount Ignis, a mountain covered in snow...a mountain that has never been touched by the sun's ray...centuries after centuries, they have defended us from the werewolves...and as thanks, we hold a raffle every year...the raffle is only for children, those with young and flesh blood, and whomever is picked will head up to the mountain and into the Eldritch Family's castle"
"And what happens to the children that go up there?" The boy asked. "...They're taken care of...they grow to become strong like the Eldritch..." she explained, looking up at the sky. "Theo, it's time" the boy's mother said.
He got up and approached his mother, who placed a coat around him, along with a sack filled with food and other offerings. "...Goodbye" she said, forcing a smile. She wrapped her arms around the boy and gave him a long hug. "What are you saying goodbye for? I'll see you soon, right?" The boy asked. His mother nodded, patting him on the head, she planted a kiss on his forehead before sending him on his way.
"Goodbye Theodore...Goodbye" his mother and grandmother waved. Theo waved back, giving one final glance back at his parents before embarking on his journey up the mountains.
That was the last time the boy was ever seen again...