I love hedgehogs to! It's sad but they're illegal here, in Australia =(
The visions of her horrific mother slowly faded into pure blackness as Enya returned to the world. In a futile attempt to open her eyes, she found her eyelids heavy and her mind sluggish. A voice echoed in her head 'Are you okay?'. If she could have, Enya would have laughed. Of course she wasn't okay. Uncurling one paw from around Hesper's, prickly body she managed to extend one claw and write in the dirt 'No'. Then, protectively she recovered Hesper with her hand. She wasn't going to let anyone hurt him.
She didn't know what sort of wolves had found her, she wasn't sure if she wanted to know... but it had been so long since she had interacted with another one, so long since she'd even seen another wolf. Her body was still racked with chills but she put all her effort into opening her coal, black eyes. Succeeding only when she was about to give up. What she saw was bliss. A real wolf. Someone with wide, violet eyes. The eyes weren't harsh, but friendly and concerned. Enya opened her mouth to try to speak but all that came out was the rasping sound that it had always been.
Feebly, Enya attempted to stand but immediately fell straight back down to the ground. Attempting to yelp, again she rasped instead. She hadn't been able to howl or speak for months and still she tried. It had never been such a disability to be unable to speak, but then again this was the first wolf she'd tried to communicate with since her voice was lost. Frustrated Enya stretched out her paw again to write something more in the dirt, but she was too exhausted and fell back. All she was capable of doing was staring into the violet eyes.
The eyes indicated she was safe, but she didn't feel safe. Enya felt worried. Here she was, helpless, in a strange place with strangers who she didn't know whether they intended to harm her or to accept her. Heart beating fast, her thoughts raced. She broke eye contact with the violet-eyed wolf and immediately felt herself beginning to calm down. Looking into other animal's eyes made her scared. Emotion in other's eyes made her feel like she was intruding and if she could see them then they could see through her eyes. They could see her past, her present and her future. The thoughts overwhelmed her and maintaining eye contact for too long scared her. Instead she kept her eyes low, so no one would see the raw emotion in them. [/html]