She could barely think, chaos sparkling like scattered drops, drawn through with fire, flickering with white heat - all centred in the sharp pain at the back of her neck - teeth somehow not crushing her throat - her limbs struggling, twisting against the pulling, but useless for the moment in this sudden numb shock. Tigerpaw! The young tom had been - her heart burned with furious fear, a white-hot adrenaline. With a sudden lunge, she ripped free of the grip, feeling skin tear, hot liquid seep through her fur. Her breath raw in her lungs, heart pounding furiously, she whirled, arching her back and bringing sky-blue eyes - burning with the fury of a usually gentle heart thrumming to protect kin and Clan - to bear on this monster.
A creature with a russet pelt and dangling jaw, its empty, dead sockets sparking blue met her gaze. A sudden tremor of horror ran down her spine, lifting every hair on her pelt. What-? This... this wasn't a fox! Quills bristled on its back, teeth on its brow, and its scent- What Dark Forest forsaken creature is this? Something about it seemed oddly familiar, a hint of a scent, but- Her claws unsheathed, a cool fury replacing the horror, a grim determination as her tail lashed once, her muscles tensing for it to move. Whatever it is, it's clearly intent on harming anyone in its way.
I will not allow that to happen.
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