Jacqueline shot up at the sound of the scream. She watched Lex look out after Winter. She took his hands, allowing him to help her up. She stepped outside into the snow.

Almost instantly, she was on edge. Jacqueline picked up two different scents. One was Loyal, ordinary and familiar. The other, she did not recognize. And she didn't like it either. Jacqueline hissed, bearing her fangs.

"Lex, Loyal's in trouble. I'm going after him," she growled before breaking into a run.

Jacqueline did as Winter had done, and followed the footprints in the snow. She passed the stallion, and kept running. The further she ran, the fresher the footprints became.

Finally, Loyal came into view. She walked up to him.

"Loyal? Are you okay?" she asked, placing a hand on his shoulder. The scent was stronger here. Jacqueline pulled her top lips back so her fangs were exposed.

"Loyal...where have you gone?"

Loyal felt a hand on his shoulder but that's all he could do for now, feel. It was only a moment before he fell forward caught by the other prescence.

There was a loud hiss, before a tail wrapped around Loyal's torso and pulled his forwards, into the air. The creature came into view, having a beautiful face of a woman and a body of serpant. A lamia. She pulled Loyal up until levelled wit her face, hissing and spitting at Jacqueline she hissed, "Do not intrude when I'm about to have my ssssupper."

"You are not welcome!!" She hissed, sending her claw at Jacquey. "But...that man who's coming...he seems tasty enough."

Loyal was barely conscious, only enough to hear what was going on and open his eyes a little. "Jacquey, get away from here..." He croaked. "She has a spell over me...if she asks I could attack you any...moment." It was all he could muster before he lost consiousness altogether.

The Lamia hiss-laughed and then looked at Jacquey. "Leave now, or I'll kill you."

Jacqueline could only watch as Loyal was snatched away by a lamia. She recognized the creature from the books she had read in the library. She side-stepped almost casually, dodging the lamia's attack. As much as it pained her, she ignored what Loyal said.

Jacqueline snarled at the lamia.

"I won't let you have him. You'll have to rip the heart from my chest before I'll let you do that," she snarled. Jacqueline's eyes began to bleed into a deep red colour. She was getting angry.

Time to play said a small voice in her head. She grinned, showing her fangs.

"Indeed," she agreed.

A guttural growl was let loose as Jacqueline launched forward. She sped forward with inhuman speed, kicking at the lamia's torso. She felt her foot connect and flipped backwards to get out of range. The lamia hissed at her again and swung it's talon at her. Jacqueline jumped, but got hit anyway. The talons cut deep into her skin making her cry out.

Grimacing, she kept moving. Jacqueline ducked and weaved up to close range. She swung around, taking a hold of the lamia's tail. With a sick crack, she tore the end off the tail.

At least Loyal's free now.

(Just a note you guys, you can control the monster as well as me. It's sort of unfair to have me controlling 2 characters right?
So yeah, you can tell it to do whatever you want, get hit and whatever... )

(Okay, I'll modify my post)

He heard the sick crack and the roar that the lamia made when Jacquey ripped off the end of her tail. He flinched at the sound, giving him a sick feeling to the stomach.

Loyal fell to the ground, the cold snow breaking his fall. He laid there, still for a while before he felt something take over his senses.

The lamia hissed and poited at Jacquey. "You...I warned you!!!" Loyal slowly stood up, staring at Jacqueline in the eyes, his green eyes blurred and misty. Lamia's clawed hand came to a rest on his shoulder. "Now you will face the ultimate foe!!"

Loyal charged forward, wind gathering around him. In a second the wind was released around them all, slashing everything it could touch. Straight after the attack, electricity charged up in his hands and he flung it at Jacquey...

Jacqueline felt a pit of dread form in her stomach as Loyal stood back up.

"No Loyal!" she cried, lunging forward to stop him. She screamed as the wind cut every inch of her bare skin. This forced her to her knees. But it wasn't over yet. Jacqueline's body jerked awkwardlyas the electrical current passed through it. When it was over, Jacqueline slumped forward, panting heavily.

The deep lacerations in her skin had started to heal already. She stood up, grimacing until she was healed fully. She crouched and was about to launch herself at Loyal when a small voice in her head screamed otherwise.

The lamia is controlling him! it screamed, Kill it and you free Loyal!

Jacqueline took the voice's advice. She noticed a sharp shard of rock lying near where she was. She ran forward, scooping it up as she went. She swung the shard at the lamia. It hit, digging deep into its back. The lamia roared.

Loyal jumped to life again, firing serveral icicles at Jacquey when the lamia was hurt. Quickly, he rushed towards the lamia and summoned up his ice spear, throwing it right at the vampire.

After the attacks, he healed the injuries that were made on the malia's back and rushed into battle again. He closed his eyes and began to chant, his voice monotone.

Leviathan, king of the sea
The binds I shall break
The cage I shall shake
I call on you now
My dear servant…
The tides will roar and the waves will crash
"TIDAL WAVE!!!"

A loud gushing sound erupted behind him and a protective bubble of air protected him and the lamia before the giant wave of water appeared behind them all, threatening to swallow everything. It was only a second before the wave crashed down upon everything making a deafening noise, the only thing heard was the spiteful laugh of the lamia.

Jacqueline cartwheeled out of the way of the icicles that Loyal sent at her. She barely had time to dodge the spear though, and it cut into her shoulder. She grimaced, but it wasn't as bad as it could have been.

"Loyal!" she screamed, "Loyal, listen to me! Snap out of it!"

But he finished his chant. And the water began gathering speed towards her. She jumped and shifted into her raven. She flew as high as her wings would take her. Then she waited for the water to disperse.

"Take this you...!" Jacqueline screamed a thousand different insults at the lamia as she swooped, shifting back so that she pummelled into the lamia and Loyal. She heard something crack. She wasn't sure whether it was her, the lamia or Loyal that had been injured.

Jacqueline stood up, and picked up a loose branch that had been caught up in the tidal wave. She brought it down on the lamia, again and again, relishing in the sickening crunch of bone.

When Lex finally caught up he stared, awestruck, at the scenario before him.

'Woah...' he muttered, then shook his head to clear his mind.

After making a decision, he jogged over to Jacquey and gently took the branch out of her delicate hands.

'There's a better way, Jacq,' he said solemnly into her ear, 'instead of killing the beast on your own, why not bring Loyal back and we can fight it off together?' he ran his fingers through her hair once then turned to the bloodied beast before him, swinging a punch at it's stomach just to warn it.

The elf looked sorrowfully into the sorcerer's deluded eyes.

'Hang on Loyal...' he whispered to himself.

Butterflies were the one thing that reached down into the man's maimed soul. They seemed to have complete control over him, their beauty sending him into an unknown void that even Lex could not explain.

An immense light grew around the elf as he summoned the will of nature to join forces with his power. A light hum started up and grew stronger as the air itself began to shake. It grew to a deafening pitch and a starnge scent filled the air. From all the surrounding trees standing tall in the area millions of small different coloured butterflies burst out, dancing around each other before swirling around Loyal, trying to tease and tempt him with their beauty.

Lex dropped to his knees, panting. The Lamia screeched and lashed out at the elf, ctching him unawares as he toppled over in the snow, vision slightly blurred.

((Hey Wrath, if you have any problems with what I said about Loyal, let me know and I will edit the post! ))