Nettlefold Princess — C.M. Simpson

All is not well in the suburb of Nettlefold Hollow. Amity sees shadows and refuses to go out at night, much to the amusement of her friends, but when she goes missing on her way home from school, everyone becomes wary of the dark. When her best friend, Samantha, searches Amity's locker and finds her diary, she learns of the fairy prince that's been haunting Amity. Who can she enlist to help her to get her best friend back?

At just under 3,000 words, Nettlefold Hollow is the fourth short story in the fourth Simpson Anthology - An Anthology of Worlds.