While the young dragon was grounded, there was rustling in the bushes nearby. The voices of the mage and her wyvern were distant, but from the sound of the incoming steps it wasn't them approaching. From the grass and shrubbery, a large female wild boar emerged. This particular boar had just given birth to her young a month ago and was scouting out the forest for food. Snuffling along the ground, its snout picked the scent of a predator. At the sight of the dragon whelp, the sow gave out a loud shrieking squeal of alarm. Boars weren't typically ones to be angered, as their bites were far more painful than a wolf's. And an enraged boar was ten times more terrifying as their fury wouldn't subside until that which they considered a threat was eliminated.

The wild sow saw Aqua as a danger to her babies, regardless if she was a young juvenile dragon. The whelp's scent belied her parentage, and with a squealing snort the wild boar mother lowered her head and had her tusks ready to run her through. The next moment it charged head first, but before it could hit the dragonling an unknown force sent it flying back. It was like a mighty wind, rushing past Aqua from behind. A bolt of electricity hit the mother boar when it tried to get back onto its feet, paralyzing it temporarily. The squeals from the sow were deafening, and two familiar scents reached Aqua's nose.

"Oh sweet! I got a big one! Hey, Ryokuto what about this one? Let's bring it home and make it into boar hotpot!" Myouga's voice piped up as the vocal noises from Ryokuto followed in response. Whatever he said, it wasn't in full agreement with her as she then said: "Whaddya mean let it go? But but but–its legs are the perfect size to roast over an open fire! The more meat it has on its bones the better! …Oh so you want a bigger one? Fiiiiine. I'll go find an even bigger boar then–which'll probably be a male. Males normally are bigger than the females, right? Ughh, now you've made me hungry. It's almost time for dinner. I'm in the mood for barbecue tonight." 

The little dragon was safe, for now. But it seemed that the two visitors would be leaving soon. The sounds of feet walking grew fainter and fainter as they moved away into the other parts of the Virens Forest.

The bear scared her to and she froze. Unable to walk and the fear of a angry mother only made her leg hurt worse but one it was shot it was all a blur but the smells where some she knew. she let out a cry of fear and hoped that the two could hear it. one there was no response she kept crying.

The search for a bigger boar proved fruitless, and they ended up walking all over with the occasional distraction. Myouga's wyvern was at his wits end keeping his owner on track and preventing her from chasing down any animal she saw. She tried to knock a beehive down for the honey, pick a brightly-colored toadstool for 'research' purposes, scared some squirrels, and ran after a beetle. The arcanist then tried to feed him insects and grubs, which he showed great distaste for. The little mage claimed it was still protein, but he refused. They had come full circle, and were back to their picnic site. 

The dragon whelps cries drew the attention of more than just the passing chipmunk or songbird. The noise drew the attention of a great hawk which landed on a high branch above where the sound came from. Its sharp eyes found the whelp's bright colors against the forest floor with ease, in an open area perfect for it to swoop down. 

"Hey, do you hear that?" Myouga stopped in the middle of her humming and tilted her head to the side. She began moving towards the sound, against the protests of Ryokuto. She saw the little whelp they both had seen earlier. "Hey, what's wrong with it?" She whispered loudly to her wyvern. 'How should I know? It's not moving, so maybe it's injured somewhere. There's no way a whelp would leave itself out in the open normally. That's just asking to be eaten.' She checked if anything else was around, particularly the parent. It was then she saw the hawk preparing to leap off its perch. A gust of wind sent it hurtling into the sky where it flapped and left. "Whew, well that's one problem down." Her wyvern was still skeptical on what she was planning to do. 'What are you going to do?'  Myouga approached the dragonling slowly, keeping herself low to the ground. "I'm gonna try to move it somewhere safe.Maybe find it's nest and leave it there. You can track its scent, right Ryokuto?"

some time passed and soon her cries stopped as she herd a branch brake. The sight of a snake caught her attention. She did not try to move as to kept from being seen. she did not turn to see what was talking in that strange sound group as the two creatures did earlier. She looked up to see the snake was hiding from a bird that than flew off.

as the girl neared the snake came out the young dragon lifted her hurt leg and held it tight to her as she backed up and spread her wings in an impressive stance. The snake did not back down but lunged at her. She jumped just before it bit her and  landed on it. teeth ripping into its back as it tried to rap around her. She let go with a scratch when it raped around her leg. she than again bit down hard. The bracelet at least kept the snake from crushing her sumac. The snake went limp as she let go and also seemed to go limped. 

Some might be bothered by the sight of a dead snake. Myouga however was not one of them. "Oh, good job!" She said, applauding the dragon whelp's self-defense. "Uh..uh-oh." Ryokuto looked at his owner when he detected a change in her tone of voice. 'What now?' "Uhhhh I'm just gonna say that first of all, this wasn't my fault. I think it…fainted. So how's that scent tracking coming along?" Quickly she jumped from one topic to the next, scooping up the baby dragon and dropping the dead snake. Maybe something else could eat it. 'Hey stop nagging. Finding a scent trail takes time you know? …I think I can smell a similar smell coming from over here.' Myouga followed her pet wyvern as he hopped along the ground and flapped his wings to gain altitude. He led her to a cave, stopping short to land. "Oooooh! Look–a cave! I bet that's where its nest is! Come on let's go inside!" Ryokuto hissed. 'No. Absolutely not! There's another scent in there and I bet that's the mother! She'll eat us as soon as she smells us in there!'

Myouga sighed, looking back at her pet. "Ok then. But if she's not in there and she sees you out here, won't she still try to eat you anyway?" There was a moment of silence, after which the wyvern made a snort and hiss before flapping its wings and perching on her head. 'Fine, have it your way. But if you're wrong we're not getting out of this one alive.' He said telepathically with a huff. Tiptoeing in, she created a fireball and used it to illuminate the cave. It was rather high, and she spotted the next in the center. Grinning, she crept towards it and set the little dragonling inside. "There we go~ Now time to get outta here. If this was a house, we'd technically be breaking and entering, but there isn't exactly a door to keep us out so…" Her voice trailed off as she and her pet walked out.

Vinsue had come home tired and stopped at the smell of a human, bear, reptile, and sweat cakes? The day was not going well for her as no one in the land had herd of a hatchling being traded off. it upset her in the least. She walked faster. at the sight of the two she stopped than hurried past into the cave and looked for the young hatchling. She called it once than found it in the nest. it looked dead. she turned and ran out of the cave and tackled the woman. between the claws of her feet she looked at the girl. she let a growl resign in her throat. "What happened twolegged." she snarled letting her teeth show even with it closed.

She knew it was not a good idea to leave her child behind but it was her only option at the time. now her one remaining baby may be dead. anger and sorrow could be seen in her eyes.

The next thing Myouga knew, she was thrown to the ground and subjected to a great crushing pressure on her torso and Ryokuto was screaming in her ears. Looking up she saw the mother dragon and her entire body broke out in a cold sweat. "Ohgodsohgodsohgodsohgodsohgooooodsssss-" The little arcanist squeaked as the air was being pushed out of her lungs. Completely unable to move from where she was pinned onto the ground, she closed her eyes and her life flashed before her eyes. This was the big one, no doubt about it. Her deepest regret was not being able to say goodbye to her parents one last time. Her pet was being pressed flat underneath her too. When the dragon demanded an explanation, the mage tried to squeeze out an answer to the best of her ability. 

"…Snake..fighting–" She coughed as she thought her chest was going to implode. "…It fainted…I swear." This was it. Myouga was starting to feel lightheaded. Any more and she'd be out cold. She wheezed as she struggled for air. "…Can't…breathe…" The small oni wasn't sure if she could keep this up. Weakly she began priming a gateway portal to open beneath her if it looked like she was going to bite the dust. 

the woman somehow got words out. The angered mother took some weight off the woman so she could talk but not enough to let her squeeze free. "Snake? She can easily kill a snake, also no snake was in the cave so tell the truth before I decide humanoid is eatable." She growled. thinking of her kid. She was angered even more that the girl thought that she could lie her way out of it.

The hatchling started to wine and the mother stepped off the woman and moved into the cave to her child. She whispered a healing spell and started cleaning her. She turned when the hatchling got on her head and quickly tracked down the woman and again pined her to the ground. She grunted to the child and the child grunted back.

When the dragon took its foot off of her she gasped for air, sucking in as much she could into her deflated lungs. Oh sweet air, sweet essence of life–she had never known how much she enjoyed breathing until now. Still not able to get up from being almost crushed, she laid there panting. When it asked further she answered in turn. "Outside…snake outside…cough cough…" Sucking in another gulp of air she felt a little better. "I carried it in…" Limply she pointed with her hand towards the nest. Ryokuto likely passed out from being pressed by her body weight, judging by the lack of response and movement from him. She'd have to apologize later.

When the mother dragon left her alone for a while, Myouga wasn't able to get away. Her arms were like wet noodles, floppy. Not like she could really do anything else in this state. Hopefully the parent believed her, or else the mage had better start reciting her last rites. She hated to admit it, but for once her pet did have a point, which was proven just now. Touching someone's kid while they are away was a bad idea.

Aqua was dazed a bit but she did manage to tell her mom that the two had saved her. Her mom looked at the girl and puffed some smoke before leaving to the cave and going over the rules and worry that she had broke or caused.

The two needed to sleep and Aqua felt safe with her mom home so she went to sleep. mom on the other hand did not. she was tired but she was extra vigilant as she was very worried. After a wile she to fell asleep.