"What is it!" I hollered, picking up the handful of arrows I had sharpened and the crossbow, racing off in the direction that the scream had come from. I was dimly aware of Nicholas, Dave, and Felicia racing along with me, but my senses had sharpened and honed in on what I was hurrying towards.
Barely a minute or two later, I found the others. Elsa, Euphie, and Yvonne were standing in a huddle, facing down a wild boar! Yvonne was leaning heavily on Elsa, and I could see that she looked dazed. There was a scratch going down the length of the shin, and blood was trickling lazily out of it.
The creature grunted and snorted as it pawed at the ground from a short distance away, before fixing the girls with a glare. I had to act now, or risk having it charge the girls again, from the looks of
