Blackfeather Woods Lost in the Darkness

@Burke :D Potema, and later Meldresi, are going to believe that this voice is the Night Mother's by the way. The mystical reasoning behind this is that her eye is in a spirit realm and she can see visions. That kind of stuff. (aka she's the Listener now)

The poppy seeds have worn off, little one.

Potema awoke, swaddled like a human baby in the softest moss she had ever felt, though it could not beat her mother's fur. The white furred girl blinked as to adjust her eyes to the darkness of the infirmary, but quickly regretted the action. Pain exploded on the right side of her face, and her mouth opened in a silent scream of agony. She had forgotten about that.

Opium has that effect, especially on one so young.

She didn't recognize this voice. But yet she did. It was strange, hearing it. It was so unlike her other voices, yet so similar. Potema felt the urge to blink again, but decided to wink with her right eye instead, relieving her temporarily of the pain. The voice came from the shadows again.

This is no freak accident.

Potema's right eyebrow furrowed in confusion. The left was trapped under tightly bound cobwebs, the gossamer strands flecked with blood. A vision passed, here in an instant, gone in a flash, she saw dark gray fog all around her, and flaming eyes piercing through it, staring at her. Fangs bared themselves, gleaming in an unseen light, before flashing towards her. She shook her head, and again the voice came.

You had to lose in order to gain. One mortal eye lost, a spirit one found.

"What are you talking about..." Her voice was raspy and soft after her scream. The voice became silent then, as she heard the sound of footsteps heading towards her...