<span style="font-family:Port Lligat Slab">Everything that crashed into her senses was overwhelming for Holly which didn’t make trying to run from that which she didn’t understand any easier to accomplish. The scents of the pine trees she wove between and through was enough to throw her off guard, but once she started crashing through underbrush and scaring birds out of their warm and cozy nests, there was certainly enough added in to completely disorient the poor girl who had no idea what was happening to her or why her human form simply didn’t seem to exist anymore. Her ears pricked at every sound and she became even more frustrated that it seemed like her body was acting without her willing it to. <br/>
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Though she didn’t quite know it yet, she’d gained another pursuer and that’s what her senses were picking up on. Everything her body did was in an attempt to warn her that she wasn’t running in a safe direction anymore, but Holly didn’t realize it. Who could’ve expected her to, either? To her, it just seemed like her body - her very life - was betraying her. <br/>
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Things were bound to happen fast at the speed that she was moving, though, regardless of the bloody paw print that marked all the snow that she touched. Within a matter of seconds, Holly found herself jerking to a stop, her whole body coiling up in the pain that jolted through her leg at the sudden change in movements and her lips curling back into a growl she hadn’t even known she was capable of releasing. Her ignorance of her senses got her trapped and now there was nowhere she could reasonably escape to. One good thing out of it all - not that she would realize it in her panic - was that this newcomer might not be quite as… well, quite as terrifying. <br/>
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Anxiety rippled through her fur and her growl transitioned into a whimper of fear and discomfort as her ears pricked again and her head glanced behind her. The mountain lion would hear it too. Something crashed through the trees in pursuit of her and although it likely smelled that there was another one now, nothing about its pace had slowed.</span>