Golde giggled as her newfound friend squawked and nuzzled her, its combination of soft fur and feathers tickled her. She reached into her bag with one hand to acquire more berries to feed the griffin while the other petted its head. Never in her life will Golde ever dreamed of meeting a mythical creature such as a griffin face to face, much as making it her friend! 

[color=lightsalmon]"Oh you are very wonderful and majestic indeed! I bet my brother will-"[/color], she stopped, her feeling of elation gradually turning into despair. Meeting and befriending the griffin almost replaced the blight of darkness within her. Even if Golde left her family slowly succumbing into madness, the pain and sadness that came with this decision was always in her heart.

The griffin cooed and licked a droplet of tear off of Golde's cheek. She didn't notice she was crying until the griffin did that. She looked at the griffin and almost saw empathy in its eyes, as if it can relate to Golde's pain. Golde sniffled and hugged the griffin as newly formed tears wet the creature's hide while the griffin enveloped its wings around Golde and continued to coo.

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[color=a0410d]"Thaht's uh big cahtch yuh goh' there, Mhissus - shure youh cuhn handle 'im?"[/color], Ifor said.
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Golde just laughed and released herself from the griffin's embrace to go back rubbing its head while it continued to coo to show its pleasure. [color=lightsalmon]"Yes Ifor, I am sure I can handle it. I've handled bigger creatures than this majestic fellow, and they made this griffin look well-mannered!"[/color], Golde jokingly replied. 

Everything that occurred after that happened in the blink of an eye. A heavy net suddenly dropped from the sky on Golde's griffin friend, trapping it. She yelped in surprise and fell on her bum as she heard the unmistakable sound of plane engines soaring through the night sky. She recovered from the shock and desperately tried to untangle the thrashing griffin from its trap. [color=lightsalmon]"Don't worry friend, I won't leave you"[/color], she said as she persuaded the griffin to calm down to prevent it from being more entangled with the net. She glanced back at Ifor and Elliot, surprised by the glowing floating obelisk, two children wearing animal hide, and the other griffin. Elliot mouthed both to her and Ifor to get ready as the second griffin flied through the air, evading the falling net, and battled against the other planes. Just then, Ifor scooped up Golde in surprise and ran away, the griffin caught in the net continued to trash and cried. 

Golde also trashed and struggled to be free of Ifor's strong arms. [color=lightsalmon]"Ifor! What are you doing?! Let me go! We can't just leave them there! Elliot! Elli-"[/color], Golde stopped. While she forcibly struggles to be free from Ifor, he accidentally dropped Golde and her head suddenly hit something hard. Her consciousness gradually fades and the last things she saw and heard were the cries of the griffins, one in defiance while one in helplessness, the engines of the planes, a shadowy mass forming and coming from the beach, and Ifor's beefy hands as he lifted her again and ran away.