A split second warning is all it takes. Many don’t even have that.
Confrontations can start in an instant, sudden decisions need to be made immediately based on the extend of one’s options.
For the witch, she’s no trainer.
A traditional battle is not in her means.
Not at the cost of her own birds.
They may be able to protect her, sure, but in the long run,
they were good for a distraction at best. Or mobbing a single target at the worst. And that target would have to not have the upper hand for that to even remotely work.
Perhaps if she had the reserves and sheer stamina to pull off offensive moves, things would be different. But as that wasn’t the case, well…
Running would always be the best option.
That grip doesn’t falter -
In spite of her frail form, Bridgette would prove to be quick on her feet!
Though her own weight may not compare to a normal human’s,
a little bit of wind magic at her feet all it takes to pick up that missing momentum, that tailwind pulling them both along.
As if this maneuver had been practiced once a many time before.
Other pokemon may lay in wait in the tall grass, going about their own business, or perhaps simply in the way, but she’s giving them no time to react, zigzagging through the tall grass and bringing the other girl along for the ride.
That Murkrow may perhaps have startled that fox,
but it wouldn’t be long before it was back on their trail.
It wouldn’t let them run away that easily.
All the more reason to get that head start now, and lose it while they were ahead. The Lost Forest lived up to it’s name, all it would take is a few quick turns to wind up hopelessly off the trail, previous pathways swallowed up. Leaving pursuers off their tail, and the innocent lost.
But this was the fox’s home.
They were the trespassers here, her grandmother the resident witch.
This wasn’t her territory - she was the outsider, and the fox would be more than familiar with the paths she would take.
Oh, if only she didn’t have this lost soul with her!
Without the extra weight escape would be a pinch!
The sky was limitless, after all!
Ah, this girl was going to owe her by the end of this.
Left to right, back to front -
Round and round in circles the pair would go,
the forest’s own naturally looping nature being used to their own advantage.
Let the other ponder on the relationship between the humans of this world and the creatures they shared it with, let her situation sink in. For others to be a threat with such creatures under their own command, that was a very valid concern. One easily remedied by befriending a few creatures of your own!
But this situation would not allow for that, not easily.
And the witch has absolutely no intentions of stopping in mid-escape!
Not without a clear exit in route.
There were no cliffs to fly off from, no thickets in which she could change shape and disappear out of sight. Her usual tricks were not meant to be performed with an audience - outsmarting the forest’s trickster would take more cunning to outmatch than a regular human.
And she couldn’t keep running like this.
Her mana reserves weren’t an infinite pool. Only so much could be drawn from her surroundings before it became obvious as to what she was doing. There would be no quick roosts- no opportunity was available. If she kept on like this, she was going to tire.
And that rustling was still behind them, she can hear it already catching up.
A sharp cry of the creature’s call echoing in the trees behind them, the witch wincing at the language used.
Ah, someone was angry.
Did it collide with a tree in all of that confusion?
That must have left a mark!
“Well this one is rather persistent….
We may have to actually confront it.”
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