The sky was grey, an unusual change to the summer weather. They had received some rain recently but mostly the showers came and went, the sun peaking through fairly quickly. The grey overcast seemed to make most of Casa’s members feel lazy, with most hanging around the Fort. Jazper himself had taken to sharpening his sword under a tree close to the gates. The stables were fairly close and it didn’t go unnoticed to him when Alyssum came into view, retiriving her horse. His ears perked as he watched her, golden eyes steady and a smile on his face. She was a smaller girl but she had fight in her that even the sun king would not want to piss her off, he knew much better than that.
His concern started to grow when he heard the noises of the protesting horse and her brown hued figure left horseless. The horses normally spent their time roaming the Fort freely but even Vito ended up in the stable on grey days like today, unwilling to leave out of fear for his good looks. Curiosity over came the Knight and he resided to follow the de Fonte girl. Shifting down to his Halfling form he started off. Tracking her at a lazy pace he followed down wind. He didn’t dare get too close, and she would want her privacy but he needed something to do.
The scent of a gopher caught his attention, distracting him from his mission. With a grin he trotted over to where a fresh small hole in the ground indicated where a gopher had poked up moments before. Not really trying to catch it, but more so amuse himself, his large paws moved to dig at the ground. A sound in the distance caused his ears to twitch but his attention remained on digging until a terrible yowl, belonging to a wild cat of sorts, and a more familiar howl of pain immediately turned his head. Without another thought he pushed his feet to carry him as quickly as he could towards the scent of Alyssum.
As he drew nearer he could smell blood, the scent pushing him harder until at last he landed between the injured beast and female, his own mighty snarl completing his comrade’s. His large body crouched low to the ground, ready to spring on the cougar as soon as it dared attack. Unlike Aly, Jazper already had experience dealing with the wild cats. Golden eyes quickly noticed the creatures limp as it hissed back at him unwilling to back down. If it came down to it the cat would still be faster than the warrior, but with it’s injury he was confidant he would be able to kill it.
The cat took the opportunity, as his eyes were momentarily distracted by it’s wound, to pounce on the large canine. It’s sharp claws digging into his back. Another fierce snarl escaped him as he pushed the beast into a near by tree and scrambled to get the upper hand. His teeth found skin and began to pull desperately as it’s claws raked his back drawing blood as it tried to hold on.
.Jazzy-008 b {font-weight:bold; color:#446374; letter-spacing:1px; text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.2em #597a8c; }
.Jazzy-008 p {text-indent:0px; padding:5px 16px; margin:0px;}
.Jazzy-008 {margin:0 auto; width:440px; background-color:#0b222e; background-image:url(http://i51.tinypic.com/2edsf1h.png); background-position:top center; background-repeat:no-repeat; border:1px solid #0b052c; padding: 335px 0px 7px 0px; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size:12px; color:#3d4d56; text-shadow: 0.1em 0.1em 0.2em #; letter-spacing:.6px; word-spacing:.9x; line-height:13.3px; text-align:justify;}
.Jazzy-008 p b:before { content: open-quote; }
.Jazzy-008 p b:after {content: close-quote; }
</style>
[/html]