Epona's tired ears rotated around listening to the sounds of shouts and steel meeting scaly flesh. Her eye's scanned the horizon. Dust was beginning to rise up tinted red by the rising sun. With her powerful hind legs she pounded her huge hooves into the ground toward the sound of battle. As she drew closer she could see the wolf, bear, fox and raccoon kin fighting the giant serpentine beast's. She quickened her pace. Rarely had she seen different races together in a fight. This could only mean one thing; the resistance had begun.<br/><br/>She began to chant an incantation but stopped mid spell. Her hooves stilled, her eyes stared in disbelief. Through the settling dust stood the victors with barely a scratch among them. The serpents lay dead in their gore.<br/><br/>"You.... you beat them." Epona let out a whinny of relief. She didn't know what to say. She wanted to blurt thank you, thank you for joining the fight. For so many years she had felt alone in her fight against these beasts.<br/><br/>"My name is Epona and I would like to join you."