Mael started when the creature charging her dropped like a stone, an arrow lodged in its neck. The plants around her were growing more wildly, and she watched as Andrew jumped into battle, taking more of the creatures down as he fought. She watched in awe as the others moved gracefully, fighting the creatures as she stood there, useless. Sarah's armor shone in the light as she swung her sword, cutting done her foes. Tyger was wonderful, his beast form truly lovely to behold. His movements were graceful, musical almost to here as she heard the the beast cry out in indignation. Andrew's fighting was rougher, but spoke of great experience. Mael felt useless. She had no weapons, and wasn't even sure how to use her magic to fight. She hadn't considered the necessity of fighting when she left the forest, and her anger was blunted by a feeling of uselessness as she watched her new companions fight for their lives.<br/><br/>She gasped when Andrew was knocked down. Her anger returned and she jumped at the creature that had struck him. She collided with it hard, taking it by surprise but not really having a plan. "No no no!" She screamed rolling on top of the creature and grabbing its head. "You can't hurt my friends! You can't you can't you can't!" The vines that had grown around her now grew around the creature as well, constricting it. As she screamed at it, shaking it and trying to bash its head against the floor, thorns started to grow out of the vines that had wrapped around the rat creature, growing into its body.