Under the cover of the first June mists, when the sun was still lazily rubbing its eyes, a group of unusual animals met in the heart of Starolesia. The werewolf Nico, with his gleaming steel eyes, was always the leader of the pack. The squirrel Lila, who wouldn't betray her place even to owls by any sound, hid a map scrawled on a bark in her fur pocket. Philip the wild boar, although a bit clumsy, had a sharp tongue and a knack for solving riddles. Then there was Raven Leon - too intelligent to trust anyone and too curious to be left behind. For weeks, the forest dwellers had been whispering about strange noises coming from deep within the forest. Every night, something unusual was happening - the trees seemed to shift, the shadow became so dense that not even the moonlight could penetrate it, and sometimes you could sense someone's presence right behind you. In the morning, footprints in the mud suggested a visit from someone or something that none of the locals could name. One afternoon, Lila invited the others to a secret meeting at the Wolves' pond. - 'I found something,' she whispered, spreading out a map on a moss-covered stone. - 'Do you see this sign? It's not on the official maps, and it appeared here as if someone had added it just a few days ago. It looks like an eye. And it leads to a place that even old owls don't want to say anything about. Nico nodded his head. Philip sniffed at the air, as if trying to sense whether it was a trap. Leon, silently, crunched from paw to paw. - 'We're taking a risk,' he remarked. - 'But if we don't go, who knows who or what will come back into the forest next? They decided to set off after dusk, when the forest becomes most mysterious. They tore through the scrub, avoided the snares and recognised the marks burnt into the bark of the trees. The closer they got to the centre, the more the forest seemed to live a life of its own. Trees whispered, roots tangled their paws and the air grew heavy and sticky like a summer storm. Until suddenly they stood at the edge of a clearing they had never seen before. In the middle, between the mossy stones, a strange purple light pulsed. Something moved there - it was none of the creatures they knew. Everything around them fell silent, as if the whole forest had held its breath. Before they had time to communicate, Nico took a step forward and....