Pepper Ridge (No Longer Accepting)

[Shellpepper]

She nodded, her face set i ndetermination while her curls bounced with the movement.

Aria's skin crawled as she heard the horses neighing outside as they pulled at their ties. Then, with a wet, sick sound, the calls and pacing stopped, but only two pairs of hooves thundered away while two thuds implied the death of the others. "Oh God they killed the horses and let the others go," Aria whispered, feeling nausious. "Bastards."

Rachelle drew her bow after getting it from wherever I had her set it down. Footsteps that seemed freakishly loud circled the house, as if trying to unnerve them into leaving.

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik glowered as he readied his sword and Kylar got his crossbow wound, he looked at the door whilst Erik waited by a window, ready to fight whatever this was.

[Shellpepper]

(((What do I dooooooo? Lol )))

[ShadowHunteress]

((.... Uh,,,,)))

[Shellpepper]

Haha this is bad... I'm sorry but I just really am at a loss for what I should have them do.

[ShadowHunteress]

((I really don't know...))

[Shellpepper]

(((Okay... Well for lack of another inspiration, let's do this for now.)))

The creatures stopped outside the front door and, as the cold chill they brought sent shivers up the girls' spines, the door began to swing open, inch by inch. Gabrielle yowled plaintively while the wolves lunged at the door, then retreated over and over as if they were tied to the table.
Rachelle drew her bow to her cheek and as soon as she could see out the door enough, let fly and arrow. It pierced one of the vile beasts and she smiled grimly, but only for a moment because almost instantly, a screach filled the room with enough power to drop her to her knees. She clamped her hands over her ears, but that did no good. The Wolves yelped and lay down, their paws scratching at their ears as if to make the pain stop while Liar's feathers ruffled and he shook his head side to side and Gabrielle screamed her aggrivation.

(((If you want, you can have it be that just the people who shot at them and the animals can hear, or it could be all of 'em Either way, I'm thinking I'll have it cut off short as a mob or something shows up outside, hunting the creatures cuz they killed someone important in a small town or something or other yadda yadda )))

[ShadowHunteress]

Nacht screeched and his feathers fluffed as he shook his head and tried to make the sound stop. Erik blinked as he looked at the animals, he looked at the creatures and Kylar shot at it with his crossbow. He cursed and dropped, covering his ears at the noise and he understood why the animals were freaking out. Erik ran at the door, hitting it with his shoulder, hoping to close it.

((Okay XD))

[Shellpepper]

Rachelle couldn't see, a red veil had blossomed across her vision and she fell to her side, her mouth open in a soundless scream.
"Rachelle?!" Aria cried, dropping beside Rachelle, then looking to Kylar as he fell. "What is this?!" She watched Erik ram the door and saw it swing closed a couple inches, then she launched herself to her feet and slammed into the door beside him. The screaching began to fill her own head and she gasped as the pain grew quicker and quicker, looking at Erik to see if it was happening to him too.
Then, all at once, an arrow pierced the door from the outside and the screaching stopped. Rachelle's body relaxed at once and her vision began to clear while she trembled on the floor. When she could see, she stood up on shaky legs and tried to sort out how to grip her bow, the action not coming to her jumbled, aching mind.
"W-what's happening?" she asked, her words slightly slurred as she blinked and tried to sort out her head. The animals too looked somewhat dazed.
"Stay down, Rach," Aria said, "Someone else is outside."
She ran to the window and saw that the entire front of the house was encircled by torch-baring, weapon-carrying citizens of the town they'd gone through the day before. One of them shouted something at the creatures, and the mob started sprinting for the beasts. They fled to their mounts and clamboured into the saddles while arrows flew at them and pierced their black cloaks and bodies. Then they were gone, and the mob screamed and ran after them, into the forest while their beasts ran through the trees.
"What the hell?" Aria said in surprise. "Seriously? That was damn swell timing." She laughed once in relief and then turned to Rachelle, whose face was becoming more and more aware, then she looked back at Kylar and cautiously went to him. "You okay?"

[ShadowHunteress]

Erik winced as he heard the screeching, he saw stars and his ears rung, but he relaxed as they left. Kylar laid on the floor, dazed and in pain. All he heard was ringing in his ears as he stared blankly out. Erik looked at him worriedly, Kylar always had amazing hearing, and he wondered what that screeching had done to it.