... Right towards the dragon, Lily noted, who opened its mouth and sent a streak of flame right at the minotaur's head and shoulders. Ebonshield dodged back down to the ground as the two-legged cow's head melted right off, then she burst through the collapsing sand-creature's torso to strike the dragon head-on with a forehoof blade already extended. Slicing sideways, she caught it in the jaw, and as it tumbled over, she swept her hind legs forward to stab it through the chest. An abortive puff of flame was the final gasp of the dragon-creature, and now she was back down to the single pegasus in the sky once again. Standing on level ground, Ebonshield looked up, almost collapsing onto her forelegs, gasping for air.