Welcome back everyone. With the Stealer of Brood out of the way, an antagonist for the second half is needed. Enter the Gabaly. Enjoy and review.

The Gabaly

The Olitiau may have ruled the skies but they did not rule the earth. Metaphorically speaking of course. While the Olitiau ruled the skies in the Wilderness, there was one who ruled the earth.

A creature known as the Gabaly was this ruler. It was a creature with a large dog-like head with small straight ears, a wide chest and a large mouth, which exposed very large teeth. Its fur was bright red but the back was streaked with black. While the Olitiau would ultimately disperse when they realized their attempts were futile, the Gabaly would not stop until it had gotten its prey.

The children had escaped the Olitiau. The Olitiau had been crippled by Gruadh. Gruadh had found the children.

The Gabaly then appeared on the scene, however due to having been more well known in the farmlands of Thundera, the children did not know what the Gabaly was.

It stood there growling and walking from moonlight to shadow, circling them. As each paw touched the ground Gruadh started to become tense as she anticipated the Gabaly's next move.

The Gabaly's eyes, red as can be, were fixed on Gruadh. Whatever the Gabaly was, it was anything but stupid. It knew that Gruadh would have to be removed from the equation before it could ever get to the children. The Gabaly was not even hungry, it had merely been given a sadistic streak when whatever divine being created it had created it.

Gruadh bared her fangs as she waited for the Gabaly to strike. The Gabaly merely continued to growl as the fur on its back started to stand on end the moment it stopped circling Gruadh and the children.