She nodded, the sadness in his voice reflected in her dark eyes. She signaled to her mount to come and quickly, and the mare obliged. Mihiya tangled her fingers in the mane of the mare, but looked to Nalik before she mounted up. Something seemed to crackle in the air around him, tension which was only exemplified by the fact that he had drawn his bow. She froze, but sprung into action the moment, he shouted, vaulting onto her horse quickly and straddling the back of the mare.
"Nalik!" she screamed as she recognized the animal biting into Gruff. A Snarlwing, she'd never seen one before, but she recognized it for its beautiful coat. [color=#004040]"Damn it!" she cursed as she dismounted. What could she do? She watched as the dog and beast tumbled into the man, knocking him off his feet. She watched them tumble and mentally thought of things she could do. What could she do? She thought desperately as she tried to think of a way to fight.
She had no weapons. The stupidity in that reverberated in her brain as she desperately sought a way to help. Finally, she took a chance, launching herself at the Snarlwing, grasping for its wing and tugging at it. She gasped as the creature turned it's dark eyes on her, the creature snarling. She backed away rapidly, and the creature turned from her, back to the immediate threat, the dog.
"No!" she screamed, as she caught a hind foot of the creature, wrenching it from the dog, knowing there was a good chance that the creature would rip the pelt of the dog as it was drug from Gruff's back. Still, she hung on, knowing that it would be better that the creature was torn from the dog quickly rather than it continued to bite and tear and rend.
However, she was not prepared for the creature to take flight and turn on her, baring it's evil fangs and glaring at her with angry eyes.[/color]
"Nalik!" she screamed as she recognized the animal biting into Gruff. A Snarlwing, she'd never seen one before, but she recognized it for its beautiful coat. [color=#004040]"Damn it!" she cursed as she dismounted. What could she do? She watched as the dog and beast tumbled into the man, knocking him off his feet. She watched them tumble and mentally thought of things she could do. What could she do? She thought desperately as she tried to think of a way to fight.
She had no weapons. The stupidity in that reverberated in her brain as she desperately sought a way to help. Finally, she took a chance, launching herself at the Snarlwing, grasping for its wing and tugging at it. She gasped as the creature turned it's dark eyes on her, the creature snarling. She backed away rapidly, and the creature turned from her, back to the immediate threat, the dog.
"No!" she screamed, as she caught a hind foot of the creature, wrenching it from the dog, knowing there was a good chance that the creature would rip the pelt of the dog as it was drug from Gruff's back. Still, she hung on, knowing that it would be better that the creature was torn from the dog quickly rather than it continued to bite and tear and rend.
However, she was not prepared for the creature to take flight and turn on her, baring it's evil fangs and glaring at her with angry eyes.[/color]