Setheran and the girl floated away while Phoenix held on for dear life. The scene was completely unknown to Valon who was busy trying to save his own hide from getting barbecued. In a stroke of genius he took cover behind the same boulder that the frightened woman had used as a hiding place when he'd arrived. The drake had calmed down somewhat, since no one was pushing the attack anymore. It had stopped its chaotic attack and instead started to systematically smell the piles of burning forest and molten rock for burning flesh. "I know you were around here, shadow-man, you stink is all over the place... where did you go..." It said, which sounded like a low growl to anyone not trained in the art of magic. 
He stood there in relative safety with the world burning around him so hot he could feel the warmth even though the nearest fire was pretty far away. A gentle tug from within his clothes reminded him that Leyling was caught in there. The little blue menace always hid in his clothes except for when it felt safe. Something told Valon that if he forced Leyling to come out now it would never leave his pockets ever again. 
Taking a second to breathe and survey the area, he noticed somethong auburn downstream in the river. He would've dismissed it as a log or something, but the long stick that shot up into the air next to the brownish thing made it look suspiciously like the topmost piece of his comerade, the violent woman. But what was she doing in the river? This was no time for a bath, and he was convinced that at some point she''d told him that she couldn't swim.
The drake had started to turn around toward the river, following the scent trail Seth had left when he'd run off to help Krea. Ironically this now had the exact opposite effect as the drake was heading pretty much straight toward the maiden in need with its nose, figuratively, to the ground.

"Balls" He thought. He was indeed between a rock and a hard place. That hard place would soon be a giant reptilian-ish semi-divine being. Ironically it was still considered tiny, in the same way as a mountain can be described as tiny if viewed from very far away. Valon would also like to see the drake very far away. 
[i]”Alright, I can’t stop the thing, but I might be able to get Phoenix out of there.” [/i]He thought, and tried to remember the last time he’d taken a swim in full gear. He couldn’t think of a magical way of getting them both to safety, but we was a pretty good swimmer… Anyway, Setheran hadn’t showed himself in a while and if he was out there he’d hopefully see what was going on and retreat. Besides, even if the drake decided to follow them, the river would carry them along faster that it would be able to run through the forest. 
[i]”Alright, here it goes, quick dash to the water, ice blast ready if it tries to flame me. Jump in. Swim, swim, swim. Grab the girl. Swim, swim, swim. Yes, that’s exactly what I’ll do.”[/i] He thought and peeked out to see what the dragon was up to. Sadly enough it wasn’t looking in his direction and he probably wouldn’t get another chance like this again soon.