Ayl swallowed hard, she stepped toward the humans and into the light of the flames, Leonis and Ayl instantly recognized the third man, he had shaggy brown fur atop his head and stubbly short fur accross his chin. His eyes widened when he recognized Ayl, "T-that's the one, the talking fox see!" He eyed them warily. "See it's pink, see it, I told you!" The other two men stared warily at their crazed counterpart. "Uh...Jerrick?..." they crooned carefully, just then Ayl cut in "He's right, I spoke to him, right after he tried to kill my friend"  she growled, the men jolted from the pure shock of it. "Did one of you dip some more hallucinogenic mushrooms into my drink again?" His eyes bulged from under bushy unibrow. The first man, who had graying beard, scowled, "Enough of this, let's kill them now!" The man raised their spears and gave a battle cry, Ayl flattened her ears against her head, this wasn't supposed to happen, could her friends hold their ground against these creatures who had slaughtered a whole clan<br/>---------<br/><br/>Dalia was walking past the dark huts dimly lit by lanterns, her mother had told her to bring her father a meal while they were on watch duty, she pulled her fleece coat closer to her skin, shivering in the early morning gales. She was a small girl of twelve, her dark hair flowed to the middle of her back and her hazel eyes glinted from the few lights. She got closer to the campfire, and there she saw her father and the two other men, wielding their spears at an odd set of creatures; a snow cat, a black and magenta fox, a blue wolf, and a gray wolf. She ran over "Papa, what's going on?"<br/><br/>The gray haired man looked at his daughter, "Stay away Daliah, there is some sort of possesed fox here". She looked to the group of animals, taught to attack the men, it was then she heard the fox speak "Listen, we only came here in peace, we've come to discuss some things with you" The men were fearful again, her father raised the spear. Daliah's eyes widened "Stop!" she cried and ran in front of the animals. "Daliah, get out this is dangerous" her father barked. Daliah looked at the fox who spoke "You talked. Foxes can't talk." She watched the surprised fox "You're not from here, are you?" she asked. The fox shook her head "No, I came her from another world. We all talked there, but then I fell in a small pond, and arrived here". The girls eyes glistened, it was just like what had happened to her.<br/><br/>A while back she was exploring the woods away from the mountains when her family was on a hunting trip.  she found a small cave hidden behind a misty waterfall, she clambered in, and she found herself in a whole different world entirely, she had been gone for months, but when she had finally returned, after walking through a forked tree, she found herself back home. It hadn't been more than a few minutes in her world. She ran back to the village, telling everyone, but they all dismissed it as childhood whimsy.<br/><br/>She turned to her father "Dad, it's just like what happened to me! When I was eight", her father scowled "Dal, enough of your childish games". She crossed her arms "Dad, I'm twelve and I still believe it. Can't you see with your own eyes!?!" She threw out her arms toward the animals. "The fox is talking! It's blantant proof dad!" She huffed angrily.<br/><br/>The adults lowered their weapons. Her father sighed "What do you propose we do then?" He spoke to Daliah, Ayl spoke up "We request a conference with al your hue-man species, we need to talk about something incredibly important." The men just stared as if a rock had spoken to them "err...yes, very well then. We must wait until morning to contact the elders however." He looked to Daliah "Take them away from here, by the outskirts of the village and come back later." Then he motioned to the dog "Beck go" He pointed to his daughter and the dog obediantly followed. So tgey all followed their dog and human wards into the outskirts.<br/><br/>Ayl translated the whole situation to her companions "They wanted to kill us, but the two-leg pup stopped them, and they have granted us the parley as soon as morning arrives."