Alyxander lashes out at the troll, jumping back as it attacked with its sharp blade. The pained bellow of surprise that rose into the air caught him off guard, and he saw that John had managed to wound the monster on the leg while it was focused elsewhere. Alyxander turned as he heard the galloping of a horse, catching sight of Lord Lyons among the chaos of the battle. He quickly took the older man's hand and climbed up onto the horse before it darted off. Alyx had left his bow and arrows near where the archers were, as otherwise they would have ended up broken in the fighting close up. The boy leapt down and gave a small smile and curt nod in response before darting off to retrieve his weapons.<br/><br/>Alyxander clambered up into a tree a little bit into the woods, getting his well hidden bow and quiver of arrows. But before he jumped back down, he saw a shadowy figure not too far into the forest. It wasn't an orc, nor a troll; it was much too small. However, it wasn't a soldier of Lord Lyon's army either; cloaked in a black robe and no visible armor. He glanced over his shoulder towards the line of archers, still in view of the battle that continued to rage at the slope of the hill. In an attempt to keep anyone from being snuck up on, as he still had the element of surprise himself, he aimed at the shadowy figure and let the arrow fly. However, by the time the arrow had neared it, the figure had darted out of the way.<br/><br/>'Who is this? It can't possibly be Draco.'<br/><br/>The shadowed figure turned towards where Alyxander was hidden, but made no move otherwise. Alyxander stayed where he was, but knowing he was already caught, and wasting more arrows would do him no good, he leapt to another tree. The cloaked enemy followed his movement with flawless precision. "Surely you are not a coward." A voice rang out into the air. "Why do you hide in the shadows like a child? "<br/><br/>((No one you would know, it's not Draco nor Lady Malora, but you'll see who it is in a post of two... sorry, this kind of leaves you with nothing but fighting to reply with... if you want I can just play through this a bit longer or something))