Somewhere Between Screw and All

William had been wandering the forest for a long time. It gave him a false sense of adventure, and he pretended that he was actually going somewhere instead of just being lost. He walked with a confident hop in each step through the woods when a rustling sound and a throaty yawn alerted the boy to a towering brown beast. It had the juice of berries plastered around its muzzle. A bear stood over William, who unsheathed his sword and held it up to the chest of the animal.

"Aha!" William said, excitement flaring in his eyes. "Stand back!"

A couple of moments passed in silence, with the bear staring down at the student blankly before it made a mighty roar. William's face was covered in spit and berry juice from the lengthy roar, but his expression didn't waver, and he stood. Partially out of stubbornness, but mostly because of a stunning realization that he was very well fucked.

The bear slapped the sword away and then made a quick swipe for William, where he ducked and jumped back several feet and high in the air with help from his gift. "You cheated!" he said, a pouty frown and angry eyes changing his expression. The bear didn't seem to care, charging at William, who proceeded to run like hell.

Danielle was wandering deep in the forest, farther than she had gone before. The bears roar broke her concentration and made her look around. I wonder what pissed that bear off... she thought to herself, pausing ever so slightly. Danielle took a look around, casting away shadows to make sure nothing was hidden from her view.

William kept jumping over and dodging the various low branches, bushes, and fallen trees as he ran past one of Danielle's shadows. The bear simply charged through these obstacles without losing speed.

Danielle froze as the boy ran by. That must be the thing that pissed the bear off... vhe thought, looking around to try to find a way to help him. "Hey, over here!!" she called, not directing it to either of them.

William heard Danielle's call and slowed down to turn towards what he could only think of as help. Unfortunately, this gave the bear a chance to sharpen his claws on William's school uniform and his very fancy spine.

Emil was taking his morning walk, when he heard the faint sound of screaming and growling. He looked up to find a boy being chased by a bear. Emil blinked, wanting to run, but instead, waved his hand so that is glowed with bright light. "Huld un! I vill save you!" he shouted, and fired a beam. Once again, his wrist backfired suddenly, and he was thrown back, the projectile he fired flying into the air, not even close to the bear.

Maleia was out on a walk, when she saw the bear running after William. She decided to run after them, just behind the bear.

As William faceplanted into the dirt the bear turned around to face Maleia, standing on two legs and roaring to try and scare the student away when it was distracted by the glowing white projectile that fired off into the sky.

Maleia just stopped, but didn't flinch. She took a wild aim at the bear, and shot her acid.

Fear for the boy gave Danielle strength she didn't know she pocessed, and she was able to cover Williams body with shadows, hiding him from view. she hoped it would be enough to keep the bear away.

Emil quickly shot up. "Did ahnyune get eatun!? Uh gahd, to hurrur!" he cried.

"Emil, calm down." Danielle said, glancing at the boy. "No one has gotten eaten."

"Oh. Hullo Danielle!" he said with a wave, disregarding the bear that was still posing a major threat.

The bear got a good bit of acid onto its chest, which made it angry and scared with pain. It clawed at Maleia, ready to bite her head off.

Maleia got clawed on the arm, which made her mad. She sprayed a wave of acid at the bear.

Two highly dangerous beasts extremely pissed off at each other. It gave the others some breathing space, to say the least.

As William was covered with shadows, his beliefs came into affect. He lifted his face from the soil, not seeing a thing. "Oh, no! BACK OFF, DEMONS!" he reached for his sword, only to realize it was missing from his scabbard. Instead, he reached for a vile of salt that he had kept in his pocket and tossed it around himself in a circle. Long sleepless nights on the internet had told him this was the best way to protect himself from evil spirits. And unusually evil slugs.

Emil was running over, but was met with an eyeful of salt. "Ugh! Ahck! Whut was thaht for!?" he cried out, putting his hands to his eyes. He had the worst luck.

Danielle groaned, taking off the shadows on William. "stupid boy.." she growled.