The green bird buzzing and landing on a branch made Marigold feel more at ease, birds wouldn't perch down in immediate danger. The only question was, how long would she be safe, what if the beast would win over the Ki-rin... she would need to get safety quickly, she needed to find Hunter.

Her head jerked up when she heared footsteps. Fearing it would be the Beast again she tried to gathered some strenght in her unwilling legs that were wobbly from the earlier sprint. She stumbled backwards when the Wolf landed in front of her and she opened her mouth to scream when she looked into the familiar eyes. "Echo?" she asked. 
When the other Wolf slammed into a tree Marigold muffled a shriek. She recognised Hunter and a reliefed sigh came over her lips.
"Hunter," she said happily before tears welled up in her eyes and she started crying while her hands went through Hunters fur. "There was a beast...a leopard or something...at a lake closeby...it said Guardians and it muzzle was blood splotched.... It could have killed me if I didn't get help from someone in the lake...." she managed to say in between sobs. She had been afraid and now the adrenaline rush was subsiding and she was safe again she couldn't help herself, the tension just had been too much and she felt to inadequate to cope with situations like that.

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The witch had done what? Anger started to boil into  Hazels veins. "I'm part harpy." Hazel said through her teeth as she tried to keep her head clear. She couldn't let her focus down and go full harpy now. She was ready to track down that witch and see if she could find more evidence of malice so she could flag the hag. Although shredding the witch with her talons sounded like an awfully good idea. 

"what's the curse breaker?" Hazel asked, this would be very valuable information if she would ever get in a likewise situation. She would probably have to let Keith know too, just in case, eventhough she didn't like depending on him.