"I think we'd all but like that." James replied with a faint twitch of his lips, his own eyes scanning the approaching trees. Although his hands were in his pockets and his posture screamed relaxed, he was anything but that and was ready to react if need be. The air slowly cleared away of humans and food, revealing the familiar comfort of trees and far off water. 

Not that they could enjoy it much. The walk was quiet with only the sound of nature filling the void, their steps silent despite the fallen leaves decorating the ground. It was like a calm before a storm and it set Enna's teeth on edge, Athena all but glued to her side. Straight paths began to morph slowly into hills and steep inclines, the scent of water and pine thickening the more they traveled. Stopping for a break sometime later felt like a bad idea by it needed to happen, they weren't at full capacity yet despite the strong front they insisted on showing. Food was passed around and a small fire courtesy of the twins lit the darkness around them, not that it helped much to chase away the feeling of eyes on them. 

The first issue arose when the forest opened up into a clearing with a large lake in the middle, with no other alternate route allowing them passage. Handing off Athena who was all but falling asleep to Adrian, Enna stepped forward and set a foot along the water. Only for all hell to break loose when spikes of earth split the ground, followed by a wall of water rising to meet the mwet them as well. Snarling out a growl as she back flipped away, Enna allowed her eyes to flare blue with the wolf to see where their attackers were. 

Except whoever they were didn't give them much of a chance to collect themselves, attacks came fromy every direction without pause. And the problem was that neither of them could really fight back, exhaustion of overuse of their powered drastically hindering them. They were being pushed back while also being herded closer together, and that infuriated her. Her head as well as the twins' shipped around when they heard the sound of high-pitched laugher, a hyena slowly walking out from the trees. It's fur was ink black with rocks hovering around it, a hiss followed and they watched as a dragon with navy-blue scales emerged from the water. The hoot of an owl came with shadows dancing around it as it flapped its wings, and a lion with pure-white fur followed with vines wrapped around its body. These were the ones watching them, all shifted and at full power. Enna felt her body shudder with the need to shift and fight, but she knew that would only end in disaster. With a swallow and a sharp inhale she's moving forward, thankful for the water even as she releases some of her magic. The air thickens with mist immediately, with needles added in that shoot forward. "Go!" Is her only word before she's turning away, the sounds of pained cries filling the air as the needles no doubt pierce into skin.

They need to move, and quickly. 

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