[h3]Niall[/h3]
'Sweet Moon' Niall thought briefly, just as he had feared the pretentious wolf had taken the tiny female as a threat. Juniper was of little help and Hadrian had run off. The Warlock, Fer, had gone quickly over there and begun yelling which probably was only going to escalate the situation. Just as he was about to head over there a small odd looking creature [i](#5 Small Mammal)[/i] ran through their gathering, it was bloodied and obviously injured. It paid them no mind, trying to escape something that must have been more worrying than they were. The creature gave an awful shriek, he assumed it was to alert any other prey animals to run for their lives. 

A beast [i](#3 Large Mammal)[/i] like nothing Niall had ever seen before came crashing through the trees after the much smaller animal. When it reached their gathering it changed its course, looking them over like pieces of meat and a delicious meal it had not had before. It was massive, much larger than even Niall's own father who was a truly massive creature pushing the size limits for a Lycan. Cain, who had been on his shoulder thus far took off towards the open door of the ship, as had some of the other prey animals. The beast was probably the size of he and Séamous put together and it would take all of them it seemed to run it off. If they were to survive this trip they would have to all be a pack and put aside their differences. He could only hope that Séamous' other instincts would kick in, the instinct to protect females from any and all threats, especially unmated ones like Elize. 

The beast had the head of a bird and the body of some predatory beast but its front legs were those of a bird of prey with what must have been six inch talons and it was nearest to Elize and the others there. It seemed to be pausing to evaluate the situation before it attacked but it was going to go for Elize first he could already see.