Ember held her bow tightly, her fingers to her cheek as the man turned and raced toward her. She waited for the opportunity to shoot, hoping this arrow would put him down. She breathed slow, waiting. Her bright eyes caught the way he lifted his sleeve to reveal the flower on his arm, and before Ember could spare a thought as to why he was wasting the effort to touch it, he began to glow. The orb of light devoured him temporarily, spitting out a completely unharmed man with murder in his eyes.

[color=000000][i]'Demon!'[/i][/color] Glowy hissed. Ember felt suddenly so overwhelmed with the idea that she released her arrow prematurely, missing the man who neared her. It flew wide, flying into the trees on the far side of the road. He approached quickly, and Ember remained still until she caught the glint of the blade as he swung it toward her. Instinct took over and Ember sprang backward and out of reach. She turned, drawing a third arrow as she did, before she planted her feet and got ready to aim.

Her eyes widened as the man's visage shifted, darkening and mutating into its truer form. His face elongated, his jaws unhinging to reveal long, needle-like fangs as he screeched at her. A sound that made Ember's blood turn to ice. His taloned hands doubled, a second pair of black and scaly arms protruding from his armpits. So terrified was the half-drow that she didn't see the kick that came at her, only tearing her eyes away from the demon when utter agony erupted from her knee. 

Ember screamed and dropped, mustering her strength and training to roll backward and away. She was in such pain, however, that she only rolled three times before her body stopped obeying her mental command to flee, and she lay face down on the road. 

[color=000000]'Get up.'[/color]
[color=ababab]"I can't."[/color] Ember whined, dirt sticking to her face.
[color=000000]'Get up!'[/color]
[color=ababab]"Make the demon go away."[/color]

Her body hurt all over, pain flooding her from her knee out, her left leg no long her leg but the painful appendage Ember wished would disappear with the demon. Dazed from her agony, she opened her eyes and peered at the demon as it approached. It looked like a regular man again, except for the disturbing grin on his face as he drew near, lifting his knife to strike. Ember waited for it, feeling like death wouldn't be so bad. Not compared to how enormously her leg ached. 
Or would he kill her? What if he only meant to corrupt her with his demon blade and pull her into his demon realm? How rude of him to be hiding his true form again. At the very least he could do her the dignity of destroying her with his real face on, terrifying as it may be.

[color=f6989d]"Hey!"[/color] Came a shout.

The demon stopped and turned toward the sound, and Ember picked up her head to peer unevenly at Sunny as she held her staff boldly. 
[color=000000]'Get up!'[/color] Glowy ordered again, and Ember closed her eyes tight. [color=000000]'Listen here you sorry excuse for a fighter! Get up!'[/color]

Ember exhaled noisily, blowing dust from the road up in a cloud as she pushed herself up, her arms shaking. She regretted the action at once, her vision blurring from the pain the movement introduced. Blinking heavily, Ember picked up the arrow she'd dropped when she'd fallen and lifting her bow to aim it unsteadily at the demon. [color=ababab]"The demon heals itself."[/color] She hissed through her teeth, staring the man down angrily. [color=ababab]"How do I kill it?"[/color]
[color=000000]'How should I know?'[/color] Glowy responded to her question. [color=000000]'Try removing his head.'[/color]