Giant Spiders
The owls flew toward Hogwarts. Soon they realized there was a problem though. It was a long trip to Hogwarts and they had to stay in formation so as to carry Cron. They hadn't wanted to leave him in the Other place. Soren looked down. There was a forest below them. "Hey guys, what do you say we rest there for tonight?"
Most of them nodded in agreement, but Elna looked nervous. "Soren, that's the forbidden forest. We could get in big trouble there."
Soren looked back down. He remembered that place, it was where he and Digger had seen that hooded figure who'd killed the unicorn. It wouldn't be a place he was looking foward to seeing again. But he wasn't sure what else to do. They had to land some time, and if they stayed out in the day light he wasn't too hopeful the crows would leave them alone. "We have to land Elna. We can take turns keeping watch."
Elna sighed. "Alright, fine. I call first watch."
So they all flew down and went to sleep, except Elna who sat watch. After a little while of sleep Soren got woken up by Elna screaming. His eyes shot open. She was fighting a spider, a huge, bigger than her spider! Soren jumped up to help and they got rid of him.
"What was that?" Gylfie asked.
Soren turned around. He realized the scream must have woken everyone else up as well. "I think it was a spider Gylfie." Soren answered.
"But-but spiders don't get that big! They can't!" she sputtered.
"With all the other strange things that can't be done but are around here it shouldn't be surprising." Digger pointed out.
Gylfie took a few deep breathes. "Sorry. That spider just sort of freaked me out."
Soren nodded. "It's all right."
"Can we get out of here now?" Elna asked.
"No." a voice hissed. They turned. There was another spider coming. The owls got ready to fight.
"Dinner." Came another hissy voice.
They spun their heads around. There was another spider, and another, and another. "One thing. I told you so." Elna said.
"Not a great time to say so." Soren said irritably. The spiders launched themselves at the owls. The owls fought. Soren tried to aim for the head. But considering the pinches on the spider it wasn't easy. He clawed a leg off instead. The spider lost its balance and Soren used the oppertunity to kill it. "Aim for the legs!" he called to the others. They took his suggestion but they were still losing.
Digger got wrapped up in one of their webs. That was when Elna started signing. That shocked the spiders enough for them to grab Digger and Cron and flap up. One of the spiders jumped up and tried to drag Gylfie back down. She clawed him off.
Once they were out of range Gylfie and Elna got the webs off Digger. He took a few gasping breathes. "Thanks for that." He panted.
"No problem. But will you be able to fly?" Elna asked.
Digger nodded shakily. "I think so." He could, though he was still a little shaky. It was better than having to carry him and Cron though.
"So, no more stopping in the forbidden forest." Soren said.
"We can rest in the owlery when we get there." Elna suggested.