Two Rivers Isle the midnight organ fight

Her heart skipped several beats as she went careening. All four legs wobbled and she did her best to stay upright. But she took after her mother; grace wasn't her forte. Her left hind leg buckled and sent her into a tailspin. A loud whoop of laughter escaped her, unbidden. What a thrill!

Bat's momentum slowed quickly after one, two, two-and-a-half revolutions. She found herself about five feet from the opposite shore. She could easily leap that distance, if only she could get her footing. Still laughing, Bat tried to climb onto all fours, though it was a treacherously slippery endeavor. She fell a few times, her laughter growing harder at the ridiculousness of being trapped by her own clumsiness just feet from safety and stability.

Suddenly, Tegan was there beside her, skidding to a stop a few feet away and even closer to the shore. Bat grinned in welcome, though the soft snapping beneath him made it flicker. The laughter died in her throat. It felt like her heart stopped in her chest as her eyes met Tegan's. What began as a gentle grating noise suddenly sounded like teeth ripping through fur.

She didn't think as she lunged at him, attempting to shove Tegan toward the snowy bank even as the ice suddenly gave way beneath them with an even louder sound, like a bone being snapped in half. Bat immediately plunged into the icy water below the broken ice with a heart-wrenching cry of, "Tegan!"