A/N: Thank you to my wonderful reviewers!
Westernrider1098: Thank you so much for your help. And I looked it up and spidrens don't really have the means in which to hold swords. I was soo sad because I thought that was a cool idea! I will save it for later….unless I'm just being dumb and they really can hold swords…..
Imakeladrygirl: snickers I like Kel and Dom too! Keep reading to find out what happens…… muahahahhahaha
Anonymous reviewer: hahaha thank you for the review and like I said before, I like KD but who really knows what may happen in later chapters…… 3
Princess-Of-Everything: Thanks so much for your support! Sorry this chapter is a little late!
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The spidren gnashed its teeth, grinning at Kel and rearing. She felt Peachblossom shivering and mentally apologized to her horse before kicking him into movement. Peachblossom jumped to the side just as the Spidren unleashed its sticky web. Sparrows flew around the spidren's head, pecking at its eyes and temporarily blinding it. "Stop!" Kel yelled, calling the sparrows back. The last thing she needed was her friends to die, she could handle this. The sparrows relented, retreating to the treetops to watch out for more dangers.
Cursing herself for not bringing her glaive, Kel swung her horse around as she drew her sword and sliced at the spidren's foreleg. Screaming in fury, the spidren lashed out with some of its sticky web, narrowly missing Kel's head. She faltered, unsure where Dom had gone to and whether he was safe. But before she had time to think much on it, the spidren lurched forward. As she turned her full attention back to the monster, she faintly heard horn calls. Parrying blow after blow Kel neglected to realize another spidren had crept out of the woods and was now battling with Dom.
"Kel!" Dom yelled in a strangled voice. She allowed herself a quick glance and a look of horror quickly came over her face. Dom was bleeding sluggishly from one arm as he fought to fend of the spidren with the other. Peachblossom reared, forcing her spidren back before Kel got decapitated. Snorting in anger, Peachblossom stomped, daring the monster to come closer.
Dom couldn't be hurt! Kel thought, afraid for her friend's life. Dom's injury gave her new purpose, however, and she yelled as she jumped off of Peachblossom. Ducking under a swipe from the spidren, she rammed her sword into its belly and was knocked to the ground. Sword now firmly implanted within the spidren, Kel hurried to stand. The spidren screamed in pain and advanced towards Kel, the rage in its eyes deepening. Frantically glancing around, she noticed a stick on the ground. Reacting quickly, she grabbed the fallen tree branch and swung it blindly in front of her to keep the spidren at bay. Snatching another glance at Dom, she was relieved to see he hadn't been so stupid as to lose his sword to the creature's belly. He seemed to be doing okay for the moment.
Kel shoved the stick at the spidren, as near to its belly wound as she could, further angering it, and quickly brought her stick back up to rap it on the head. All of a sudden, a squad of men from New Hope swarmed through the trees with roped, ensnaring both spidrens and cleanly beheading them.
Kel swayed and searched for Dom. Breathing a sigh of relief to see him leaning against a tree, she made her way over to him.
"Kel," he gasped and fainted.
"I need a healer!" Kel screamed and bent down to examine Dom's wound. A gash ran from his shoulder down to his wrist and, from the looks of it, he had been bleeding for some time before she first noticed it during the spidren attack.
"I am a healer, Lady Kel," said a young woman who had came up silently behind her.
Jumping Kel nodded, "Please hurry."
Kneeling next to Dom, the woman closed her eyes and placed her hands over Dom's wound. "I need to get him back to New Hope, milady. We need to clean and dress this before it gets infected.
Again Kel nodded, feeling faint herself. Shaking her head to clear it she surveyed the scene before her. The spidren's bodies where being roped up and dragged to a clearing to be burned. Her eyes landed on Peachblossom and she whistled. "Help me get him up on the horse," she told the healer. Together, the two women slid Dom onto Peachblossom and loosely tied him to the saddle. Kel grabbed the reins herself as Merric wheeled up to her on his own horse.
"Milady," he nodded in the saddle.
Kel rubbed her forehead, "Send out trackers. I need to know where those spidrens came from. I'm taking Dom back to New Hope. No one goes off alone and make sure anyone out here carries a pole arm."
"Yes milady." Merric looked at her oddly, "Kel," he hesitated but continued when he saw her expression, "Dom will be fine."
She smiled weakly, "Thanks. Warn the men, they need to be careful." And with that she led Peachblossom away as fast as she thought she could, the young healer in tow.
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A/N Take Two: What do you think? Sorry it has taken so long to update, and I know this isn't very long but I need to figure out how to develop their relationship. I am greatly considering making it a Kel/Dom pairing, I probably will do that once I figure out how to continue. Be honest, let me know how the writing is and if I stayed true to the characters and just how you liked it in general. Thankssssss!