[center][h1][color=f6989d]Lillian[/color][/h1][/center]	

	A woman’s voice broke Lillian concentration on the beasts as she glanced back to find Maria. Although she was stunning to look at, Lillian’s gaze drifted beyond her, in search of the man who had helped her. He was okay, right? Lillian nodded to reassure herself he was fine and could probably take better care of himself than she could. 

	Directing her attention back to the task at hand, she took a few practice swings of the sword in her hands. Swing diagonally? Lillian’s eyes scrunched up in determination to wield the sword correctly. Following Maria’s directions, she held it parallel to the ground and swung the small sword. Although she improved slightly, Lillian still managed to look like a blind man attempting to paint. With practice though, she was sure she could master it! 

	One of the hooded things stepped forward, leaving the other three to continue dragging the poor thrashing women away. Before Lillian could blink, the hooded creature suddenly had the head of a ferocious, infested dog and attacked Donny. Why couldn’t there just be a giant squirrel? A hint of fear tingled within her, telling her to run far away from this but nothing could persuade her determination to leave. She clenched the hilt of the sword and marched toward the beast on top of Donny, ready to slash at it. Breath escaped Lillian’s entire body as the hooded creature trapped within Donny’s ropes, broke free and revealed the face of another horrible dog. It made eye contact with Lillian, whose hands were slightly shaking. 

	[color=f6989d][i]I can do this. Swing diagonally. 
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	In mere seconds, the beast blasted at Lillian, who was so focused on Maria’s instructions she barely had enough time to scream in fear. As instructed, Lillian slashed out diagonally at the creature with all of her strength, weak though it was. The sword, to her disbelief, made impact with the dog creature, but all she managed to do was make the creature even angrier. That was more than enough to send Lillian sprinting to find a better position. Hundreds of ideas flashed through her head, most of them including some sort of jump in the air. Instead of doing anything at all, Lillian tripped over a rock she hadn’t noticed before and fell for the second time that day, flat on her face. Lillian’s entire body cringed, waiting for the snarling beast to eat her entire body. Maybe now it was time to wake up and return to wherever she had come from. 

	Instead sharp teeth biting into her, a guitar ripped through the air and crashed right into the creature’s legs as it readied to attack her. Lillian gasped in shock. She had been saved by Donny! A wave of relief passed over her and she quickly stood up from her fall. A disgusting muck of dirt covered part of her face but she payed no attention to it. Gripping the sword in her hand, Lillian took a deep breath and swung at the dog’s head. A spray of blood splattered across her face as the head of the dog was ripped off. Lillian froze, the sword in her hand clattering to the floor. 

	Blood. No matter how hard she tried to not see it, the smell of it still filled her nose, suffocating her. Lillian’s stomach screamed with sickness. So much blood. She looked down at the dog, a pool of blood where its head had once been. Behind her, blood covered the ground at which Maria stood. There was no escaping it. Lillian’s entire face turned pure white and the last thing she saw were the other hunters finishing off the beasts before she collapsed into even more darkness.