Fendros and Janius weren't so enthused about Meesei destroying the door, as it let in destruction of all elements to anything that was in direct line of sight to the door. Fortunately, the pack was obscured to the witches outside and her plan of withdrawal was enacted quickly. Fendros was the first to dive through the hole in the wall, then Sabine made her way through, trying to just concentrate on running instead of anything else. Lorag tried to get through, but went at it from the wrong angle and was wedged in for a moment before Janius frantically shouldered him through and escaped himself. After Janius hit the ground and ran, he looked back to see Meesei's wolf form barge its way out, dodging a number of spells that were thrown out of the hole after her. Now they just had to make it to the meeting place.

By the time they had made it to the meeting spot, they found Ahnasha standing alert and Ariel sitting on a rock with her elbow in one hand and the bridge of her nose in the other. She had her head down and her eyes open, thinking. Sabine was the first to arrive, she came running in so fast that her sudden appearance made Ariel jump. She was quickly followed by the rest of the pack. Though some were smoking from being hit with fire, they appeared unharmed. Sabine was the only one that Ariel recognised. The rest were much larger than her. If anything, the first time seeing the entire pack in their wolf forms was imposing. Ariel rationalised the fear that she felt in their presence, reminding herself that they probably weren't out of control. At least, that was if she was to believe what Meesei had explained about werewolves on the way to and from their scouting mission.

As soon as Fendros laid her eyes on Ahnasha, he went up to her, placed his hand on her shoulder, and touched his nose to hers. There was an awkward instant as he remembered that he couldn't really kiss her in this form, so he followed up by embracing her, relieved to see her safe. It wasn't until now that the adrenaline was fading and his arm began to feel sore from the ice spell that had hit it. At least it didn't appear to be permanent damage. As he pulled away from the embrace, Fendros observed Ahnasha's less-than-triumphant expression. "Are you okay?" Fendros asked.

Despite finding it fascinating to find out that werewolves could talk in their beast forms, Ariel was more concerned about Sabine. From the moment that she had stopped in the meeting spot, she fell onto all fours and had her head down and her eyes closed. She was breathing slowly and didn't seem to respond to them. Concerned as to her state, Ariel got up from her seat and knelt down near Sabine, trying to look her in the eye but finding her completely withdrawn. Upon inspecting her this closely, Ariel saw that any part of her body that wasn't directly anchored to the ground was shivering. 

"Sabine..." Ariel said, trying to get her attention. There was no response from her, but Ariel didn't feel brave enough to touch her. Ariel looked up to Lorag, whom she mistook for Meesei due to the difference in size in their wolf forms and asked, "Is she okay? What happened?"