Water
Aura looked out to the mountains and cringed. "Why water, right before winter comes full blast, and just before dusk to boot." She whined. Kero shrugged. Staring off into the distance, she soon saw the snaky form of the elemental burst up from a stream in other canyon. She turned to the wolves. "You may want to get out of here, fast." She said, twitching her tail in the cards direction. The alpha wolf, Ghorhom, raised his tail in the air. "No, we'll stay and try to help." He said. Aura lowered her tail and nodded. "If you wish." She said.
And then Water reached them. Aura jumped into the air and roared. Water's head turned, and she slid up through the sky after her. With another flap, and a wing tuck, Aura had dove down the cliff wall and away form the attack.
She flapped overhead and snarled, letting out a small jet of flame experimentally. She flapped away as the cards head burst through the wall of fire without even slowing down. Kero flew beside her, and roared at Water, diving down at it, drawing its attention away from Aura.
Below, the wolves were snarling, and some were snapping at the base of the watery head, where it had attached itself to the ground.
Aura slashed at the water with her claws whenever it came too close, but the card only flinched and drew back to strike yet again.
Kero wan diving at it from behind, blasting little distracting fireballs at the card. Aura snarled as she realized it was useless to try attacking this way, and began to think through the cards at her disposal.
'An elemental, I'll need a lot of power. Fire doesn't work at all on it, can't see what Wind could do, or Earth either. If only I had a sponge card or something. Something absorbent? Maybe bubble or shield could contain it, but I need to drain the extra water from the rest of this card so I can attack.' She thought as she dodged and fluttered around the attacks. ' But I need something with more power than that. Something absorbent or a container for water… maybe a plant, like Wood? She does seem to be stronger than most cards, almost her own elemental. Worth a shot.' She pulled out the card and summoned Wood.
Water squirmed, trying to avoid the growing, thirsty roots as they encircled her, leaching away the excess water from the card. Soon, Waters true form lay exposed in the circle of root, squirming away from them and trying desperately to stay free and rebuild her watery hiding area. Aura was determined to make sure that she didn't.
Water shrieked as she started getting sucked back into the card. She let out one last desperate attempt to break free, and splashed out huge waves of water out to the surrounding area.
The wolves yelped, and Aura squealed out a warning, but before they could do anything, Mo'jun, the low ranking white wolf, was swept over the edge of the cliff. Aura powered through the rest of the sealing spell, and dove after the wolf. Kero circled anxiously overhead.
She rose into the air, wings beating heavily in the cooling night air. She looked up as she landed and whined. "Fell to far, he was a mess, broken neck, blood. No way he survived." She said sadly, glaring at the card that had caused the latest death in the dwindling pack. Kero sighed also, and pushed the card to Aura. "We still have to sign her," He said cautiously. Aura nodded and signed the card with a bitter growl. The pack dipped their heads and walked off, tails low and ears back. Kero looked over the cliff and perked his ears.
"Aura, you might want to see this." He said as he peered down. She got up and perked her ears curiously, staring at a glow in the canyon below. A white glow rose, like a mist, and it swirled as the wolf below glowed. Aura leapt to a lower ledge, peering closer as its back squirmed and twisted. She gave a small gasp as little wings wormed out of the dead fur. Kero looked sick, but also fascinated.
The wolf shuddered as she wings shot out and began to flap hurriedly, as if trying to lift it off the ground. Out of the spine rose a white shape, fluttering and struggling away from the body. A head came and gasped, and soon arms pushed the last of the person from the wolf with a lot of effort. Kero gasped as the face turned their way, long white hair slinking from the last of the wolfs fur. Aura growled and felt her spine fur bristling as the person flew up towards her.
"Yue, so that's where you were hiding?"
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another shortie, but I hope the next one will be longer. Meep!
