ALAENA’S POV
“Wake up moon child”
“Wake up moon child”
“Wak—
I shuffled and turned, interrupting the creature.
I groggily peeled my eyes open, my vision was still blurry, the world around me was still dark, and my eyes hadn’t adjusted.
The first thing I saw were eyes—large, round, and glistening—they glowed with the moon.
More of them appeared, tiny figures—I recognized them.
The Children of the Forest.
They were here.
They had led us to the Center of the Swamp, Mahina did say they were going to help us on this journey.
Well! Took you long enough!
I thought to myself.
One of them gave me a quizzical look as if it read my mind.
I looked away quickly.
They started tugging on my clothes.
“Let’s go”
“Let’s go”
They kept saying In random unison.
I motioned to show them my han
