The battle for May Dale: Part three Impossible
The Stormwing nearly gets her as she bends under its wing and black flames engulf it. The screech is deafening and yet she knew it could not be long before they where the ones yelling. 'Riders take the left' the queen yells. A flock of birds attack a Stormwing to the right. She gently swerves through them and claws at a archer who was aiming for the inner circle.
Forty-nine ….Fifty, she mentally yells calculating the sum of men and immortals she and her animal friends had managed to take down. She knows that as they fight more men are approaching from near villages. They wore the armour of low peasants and lower nobles and Daine could tell they where Tortillians, this was a rebellion or at least the start of one. She hopes that the mages had managed to contact some help because if not even with it being just peasants and lower nobility. With the aid of the immortals, they would not make it.
A screech is emitted from a brown eagle as it plunders towards the ground an arrow in its wing, it barley misses Daine who swerves to avoid it and then looks in the direction of about thirty archers. 'Fall back' she mentally yells to her animal friends. The animals fly away as soon as they can, they have already lost many of there numbers fighting against the two legers.
The 'good' two legers had already lost twenty members, twelve dead and the other eight in critical condition. The enemy had still got two hundred men and with there reinforcements on the way it would not be long before… No she mentally scolds herself as she plunges at one of the archers and knocks him down, pecking at what ever part she can before flying up again, hopefully she has done some damage.
From above she notes that some of the enemy had gotten into the village and where attacking some of the people inside she sends the animals in to help and then she feels the piercing of an arrow enter through her dark feathers. She begins to fall she squawks in protest, if she falls now she would be in enemy territory, she must get up, she must fly, they would kill her. The ground flies towards her and suddenly she is flying in a different direction. A black cocoon of magic surrounds her as her world darkens, with her last strength she transforms into a human.
She awakes with a start, was it all a dream, Gainel please let it have all be a dream. There is a scream from outside and she sits up and looks out of the window before sighing. 'there is still a battle to fight' she whispers to herself. Outside the window are about fifty people fighting on the queens side. Thyet is surrounded by her soldiers. They would soon be over powered.
'Brothers, Sisters, I ask you to aid me again' Daine sends to her animal friends. A blue bird flies into the room. It was three inches tall with a sharp bright orange beak.
'Two legers coming from the west. they have the same kind of feathers as your flock' the bird informs her.
She pats the birds head and asks 'how many' her eyes wait until she hears the answer and the bird flies out. If they where the enemy they where doomed, but if they where allies then they just might, no they would win, they only needed to buy half a candle mark. She puts on a robe before leaping out of the window, bow and arrow in hand, she approaches the others and asks aloud. 'How much time can you guys buy' the others look at each other, Daine stabs an arrow into a mans stomach, he had gotten through the guard.
'Half a candle mark at most, maybe only half that' Alanna answers. Daine looks at the battle field and then at the men.
'Fall back, keep safe for just a candle mark and if help hasn't come then… I am sorry… so very sorry' Alanna looks like she is about to protest her eyes darken in defiance. 'Look at your men at the queen, they can barley stand fall back, I will buy you time, regroup and may Mithros be with you' Alanna nods as she yells the retreat.
'Mithros please protect them even if it means my own life' she whispers as she transforms into a bold eagle. The enemy stood strong but they only had three immortals left if they took down those immortals… then even if she died before help could come, there was a chance the others could fight and win. The animals are angry at these men, they have destroyed their homes and killed there people, they wanted revenge and so would fight harder, just half a candle mark she reminds herself, that's all the time she needs to buy.
'I shall watch your back Magelet' comes the raspy voice of Numair, he is exhausted his robe is singed and he has a stream of blood running from his cheek, but otherwise he was ok and Daine didn't have the time to argue with him so she nods before setting off into battle.