I never new my mother. She was a mysterious ghost haunting my dreams. A transparent ghost without a face, scaring my mind. She was probably avoiding me... hiding from me in a far off place. Or maybe she was kidnapped by other ghosts clawing at me through the sour wind that was tugging at my deep blue ears.

I was fine if she was dead, I didn't care. She probably never loved me anyway. Really, I never would love her either, I didn't care about anything, except for my amulet. My amulet, my, my, MY amulet that kept a secret, my secret. It held a power that helped me survive the wind, the monsters, the forest, the pain.

I sat on a smooth, cold stone, staring at the glittering, Aquamarine amulet in my paws. It was held in place by a silver frame that curled around the edges of the gemstone. The pendent was firmly tied to a flexible loop of leather that hung around my neck. The watery blue light of the amulet pulsed slowly in a lulling rhythm, illuminating my fur ever so slightly.

Maybe I loved her, maybe I was just angry with what my mother had done to me 6 Moons ago, abandoning me like that, if that was what she really did. No, she hated me! She was the only reason I was alone!

My mind blurred it's everlasting battle as a new sound grabbed my ears. The bushes around me rattled, sending a chilling snake down my spine. Just the wind, I thought, but I wasn't foolish enough to fall for that.

I lapped up a deep breath of the forest smells around me. I had to remember who I was, to think before the future scene that was about to touch me. My name is Aquora. My meditation had begun. I was 7 Moons old, all alone in the forest, vile creatures, monsters prowling stealthily around me. I was abandoned, by my mother left all by myself as a little kit. The only thing I remembered about her was her eyes, her glowing, perfect purple, jewel-like eyes. And those eyes left me to die in the darkening forest, but survived. My amulet protected me, and it is about protect me right now.

I jumped into defensive mode, readying for the monsters attack. But I was soon engulfed by a sudden, unexpected wave of sleep.