Gotta fight another fight!

Lia took a few deep breaths, centering herself. Pushing past the exhaustion and pain that had started with the fight against the slavers. Letting the adrenaline do its work, making its way through her veins with a feeling of fire. They had to face this foe before they could reach shelter and safety. She was a long way from the helpless fae that had been led to the Hallows, wide eyed and skittish. She was a fighter now, with experiences hard won. The Hallows. She pushed aside thoughts of home and the people she loves. She would not and could not go home, not until she had finalised her strength and independence. The wolf that returned to them would be vastly different to the one that had left.

As she found her strength, Eltrys stood in its path, staring it down and daring it to make its next move. When it charged, the Polaris Guardian dived out of the way of the attacking antelope, giving them the opening she needed. She dove at its side. Her own crystalline antlers, stronger and sharper than bone, bore into its side. She felt a brief moment of regret for its suffering. But something had stirred it into attacking them. Some unhealthy craze. What they were doing now was a mercy killing.

As her antlers dug it, the momentum of her attack shoved the deer to the side multiple steps. Causing it to stumble, and ending its mad dash. It stumbled, confused, skewered on her crystals. There was a brief few seconds where it was just the two of them, and then Eltrys was there. She could feel the weight and push of his body as he attacked its flank. Through the position of her head bowed and antlers lowered, lessening her visibility of the fight.

She pressed a black dipped paw against the deers side and used that to leverage her antlers off its body. Tearing the wound further as she pulled herself free. The deer didn’t know it yet, but it was dead regardless of how this fight ended. A wound that bad would not heal. She shook blood from her fire toned antlers and lunged at its side, aiming to knock it over and off its legs. So it could not run, or charge. The main way a deer could fight. Of course, its hooves would still be a hazard.

Wc: 401
Total: 1028


"Lia"