Ashe was currently on break from patrolling her territory of Freljord, ensuring no unwanted guests were invading. Not far from her position was a small village slowly gaining residence to spread the Avarosan influence. Taking the time to find a lone log to sit on, the Frost Archer takes out a small sack with dried meat and fruit in it. Eating as elegantly as any queen should, she remained alert of her surroundings despite the vast clearing of snow and lack of cover. After taking a sip from her water bladder, a small shift in the snow catches her eye. The danger seemed to be absent as the thing tunneling under the snow was small, maybe a poro or something of that nature. Ashe just continued to slowly eat her blueberries watching the trail of raised snow come closer to her. The bump in the snow abruptly stops at the foot of the log causing her to pause during her meal.
Curious, Ashe tosses a berry on top of the bump and watches it disappear into the white powder. Next she placed one to the side making the bump move accordingly before taking another piece of fruit. Ashe's final experiment was holding a slice of mandarin in the palm of her hand just above the snow. The bump of snow gets closer and stops at her fingertips.
Waiting a few seconds, the bump suddenly grows a pair of furry white ears with dark blue tips, then a small snout pokes, pushing its wet nose against her hand. Ashe backs her hand up forcing the creature to step out of the snow and revealing a small snow fox with blue eyes, white fur and a blue-tipped tail. Ashe blushes lightly not expecting this type of animal and blushes a bit more when it rests its small head on her hand taking licks at the mandarin. Without a second thought, Ashe begins petting his head with her other hand while he licks her palm after finishing the fruit.
After giving him a few more pieces, his ears perk up and starts looking off in the distance. He suddenly runs off, surprising Ashe. Feeling a bit disappointed, she quickly reverts to her serious self when she felt vibrations from the ground. Something big was coming her way, so she prepares her bow. She soon spots the tip of a horned helmet followed by a flail being spun around in a violent manner. The Winter's Wraith was charging straight for Ashe for territorial dominance. The frost archer unloads a volley of shots that are effortlessly dodged by Sejuani and Bristle. It wasn't long before Ashe had to dodge their arctic assault preventing her from launching attacks effectively.
"Hold still, Archer, so I can break you!" Sejuani shouts, swinging her flail around.
"Silence, pig!." Ashe lashes back while evading her attacks.
Ashe then makes a fatal mistake and takes Sejuani's flail at full force plus Bristle's charge to her side. Ashe's eyes shake when she felt her ribs break and her insides rocked. The hit was on point, separating Ashe from her consciousness and bow. The attack launched her through the air and into a grove. Sejuani couldn't help but feel smug watching her rival knocked out and helpless, but now was the time to rid of her rival and become one step closer to being the true ruler of Freljord.
Yelling "Stampede" and lifting her weapon in the air, the warmonger charges toward the fallen archer. Bristle plows through the snow with the intent to kill which made him oblivious to the high speed creature tunneling underground. Though Sejuani took notice, the thing making the trail was so small she paid very little mind to it. Unfortunately for them, that lump that was on an intercept course got larger in size. Right before reaching Bristle the large mound of snow suddenly sinks further into the snow. Sejuani was at the edge of the grove before sensing danger. Her instincts were correct, but Bristle wasn't able to sense the attack from below.
Like a great white shark, the infant fox Ashe fed fruits to turned into a wild animal of a size on par with Bristle and attacked from below. The force behind this surprise attack stops Bristle's charge and lifts him by the neck. The once fluffy snow fox was now huge with dagger-size claws, razor-sharp fangs, beady blue eyes with black scleras and fur that could cut to the touch.
Bristle was squealing out in pain as Frozen Shen held him by the neck, immobilizing him. When the two beasts finally got back on all fours, Sejuani took the opportunity to attack him from above, but proved to be useless. Like a tank, he took the damage without showing any sign of letting go. Bristle tried changing his footing, but Shen took this opportunity to knock him off balance. Charging with all his strength, the warmonger and boar were being pushed towards a cliff overlooking the ocean. Bristle suddenly got a burst of energy and spun around, throwing the rabid fox off of him and towards the edge. Fueled by anger, the boar charges the fox ignoring Sejuani's commands. Just as Bristle was about to make contact, the fox in front of him reverted back into his small form. Unable to stop, the boar sprints right over him and off into the frozen ocean below.
After hearing a scream then a splash, Shen makes his way to Ashe, picking up her bow along the way. Upon reaching her, he drops the bow nearby and begins licking her cheek. Tugging on her hood and hair showed no results, so the only thing left to do was to wait. Crawling over her neck and into her hood, he curls up into a ball against her nape then falls asleep in hopes to be fed some more food.