Hero

Hero was loping swiftly through well known woods to the river crossing. Leaping over the last obstacle he swore as the banks stood steeper than what he remembered they were (how could it be, he patrolled here weekly), he scrambled landing in an awkward heap clipping an underwater stone on the way down to unconsciousness.

He came to the sounds of splashing, snarling and clacks of jaws in the air. Squinting though the worst headache he ever had he saw a tan shewolf snapping her jaws whirling in all directions sickly yellow wisps swarming around the two of them. Thankfully wisps seem to be dispersing as he shakily gets up on his paws. The other wolf back was to him, posturing and hollering at the last of wisps retreating into the forest. Some shiny wisp residue seem to be lingering on her fur. Did she bite them to shreds?

"That's right! Feck right off to where you came from! And tell your Faelcu casters should they show their ugly mugs around here again I will pluck them bald and chase them all the way to the tundra planes myself!" She turns to you and startles to see you up "Oh nice, I was not sure I could drag you out of the water myself! I'm Kremushka, what is your name? And did you always looked like this?"

Hero glanced down at his reflection in confusion and balked "Gah! No, no thats, I mean - the wisps!" And it was not coming off! He was covered in the shiny remnants and they were not smudging with his rough pawing at his face. He noticed his company was now sniggering at his struggle "Not that you are better off, your entire side and face is wisp-y too!"

With dismayed gasp Kremushka spun in tight circle muttering in dismay "Oh man, Caspian is still not over me getting my sides burnt in that weird pyre thing and now this" She plopped down on her rump straight into the shallow water "He is going to destroy me! Ysera will sit on me again..."

Suddenly she was in his face "Right! You are coming with me mister! "

Hero backed away but failed to create any distance "I am most certainly not!" The nerve of being so bossy! As if she is a lead or something while this tiny. He turned back towards the shrubbery "Have other things to do.... Uh" Hero froze midstep as the forest was darker than usual and shimmered ominously with green tint of the wisps.

"Something tells me you wont get to your 'things' today my friend" She was already splashing her way in the opposite direction "Come, you can stay with us for a bit! And I need you to tell Caspian its not my fault I look like this" Her tone turned whiny "You owe meee, there were so many wisps on you I didn't even see there was a wolf in the swarm as I jumped in it!"

That explained why his ribs felt like a moose stomped on them. She must have landed on me "You saw a swarm of supernatural wisps and jumped into it?"