Pat The Badger

Previously

…The tree’s voice came again, but now it was stronger. “The forest is waking. But the shadow’s heart was not the only one. There is still a darkness at the very center of the woods—a place where the first wound was made. You must go there, to the Hollow of Beginnings, and plant the seed that will grow into a new dawn.” The ground shook again, and a new path opened—a spiral staircase of roots leading down into the earth. “The Hollow of Beginnings,” Greg repeated. He looked at his friends. “Are you ready?” Thumper nodded. Mortimer cracked his claws. Squeaky bounced on his feet. “Let’s finish this,” Mortimer said. And together, they descended into the dark.