The Darkness is all around

[Jerred Boneman]

"I'll be fine with my lion!" Jerred said, standing his ground. "You just get away!"

[Kim Rivers]

"For gods sake! The lion will be fine. Come on!" she looked at him. She saw determination in his face and she leant against a tree. "Fine.. you can be stubborn? so can i. Im not going anywhere without you so.. you stay i stay you go i go" she folded her arms. "You can be really stubborn sometimes"

[Jerred Boneman]

"Ugh... fine then. Lion, keep the thestral away!" Jerred said, turning, taking Kim's hand and began running quickly.

[Erich Aubry]

Serpents form: stray spirits and dark fertile earth called to bear by the ambient energy of Jerred's summoning. Thirteen descend upon the lion, twinning between its legs and stifling its movements with dense coils of their thick ungiving weight. The the thestral rears back, slamming its colorless hooves down upon the lion as a hammer blow.

It misses three times. The lion rears back, breaking the attacker's brittle ankles, struggling against the suffocation holds of the snakes, their bitter venom already working on the sovereignty of its mind.

Two minutes before the lion turns, eyes red and seared by the heat of the ground. Seven of thirteen snakes decompress as salt on the earth and the thestral calls mournfully after the two fleeing students.

One minute before the lion reaches them.

[Jerred Boneman]

"Run, Kim!" Jerred cried, his voice full of fear as he turned back to see his lion being trampled. "Not so easily forest! Felinic Exdamentia!" Suddenly another male lion joined the fray, and launched himself into the battle.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim looked at the thestral "I think its hurt" she said. And doing the dumbest thing she had ever done, she ran through the middle of the battle and knelt down beside the injured thestral. It couldnt stand up. She stroked its head gently. "Its really really hurt"

[Jerred Boneman]

"Banishka." Jerred muttered as he stood where he was. Kim was soothing over the creature, making Jerred feel a little jealous. "I'm not moving any closer until I get this cut cleaned up."

[Kim Rivers]

She looked at him. "Why dont you just wipe the blood away? And i think he.. or she is to weak to care.. And uh, theres something real big and nasty looking over your shoulder" she smiled "Thought you should know" she carried on soothing the thestral

[Jerred Boneman]

"What is it?" Jerred asked, turning his head slightly.

[Kim Rivers]

"I dont know but running could be on the cards" she looked up at him "Its dark over there, its big, hairy.. i dont know"

[Jerred Boneman]

"Big, hairy and smells like wet dog fur?" Jerred said, suddenly catching a wiff of something that reeked.

[Kim Rivers]

"Im not close enough to smell it"

[Jerred Boneman]

"Well I am." Jerred said as he suddenly dropped and rolled onto his shoulder, spinning around and pulling out his wand to see the creature. "Bad doggy!" Jerred cursed as the creature came into view.

[Kim Rivers]

Kim just watched him as he seemed to roll around. Her attention never left the threstral. "Having fun are we?" she asked Jerred

[Jerred Boneman]

"No, no fun when that... that thing is there!" Jerred cried.