Sleepy Fox Hollow Run for your life, little girl

When they began crossing the mountains, Alarian had been quick to wander off exploring. It was a bit of a surprise to him, actually, when the first pangs of loneliness started not too long after he had left the two.
At first he carried on, ignoring the feeling-- but that didn't last long. The boy turned around suddenly, at first walking slowly, but he found his pace picking up soon enough. A strange feeling was lurking in the shadows of his mind, a mixture of apprehension and urgency. He wasn't sure why, but he felt that if he didn't move faster, something bad would happen.

The boy was almost at a run when he had tracked his companions' scents far enough to catch sight of them. He froze at what he saw.

Alarian was approaching from the side, and he had a clear view of the situation; Lennon was being overwhelmed, attacked-- killed?-- but no, he was alive. And so was the mountain lion on top of him.
The boy's heart was instantly in his throat, breath catching, and for a moment he knew not what he would do. Run? He couldn't. The thought was dismissed instantly with a glance at tiny, terrified Korei, and before he could think any further and ruin his own resolve he moved.
Ali was a gray blur for a moment, streaking towards the cat with as deep a growl as he could manage. Then he made contact, slamming into the cougar's side and grasping with fangs and claws. He tore the beast off his friend with the impact, and it began to writhe and screech, sending them both rolling slightly away from Lennon.
The victory was short lived-- the boy was quickly becoming overwhelmed, tangled with the cat and fighting a losing battle. The cougar was eager to prove it had its own teeth and claws, raking easily through Ali's thin pelt and leaving deep marks down his side. He felt teeth sink into his jaw and whined, pulling away sharply and responding by clamping his jaws down on the cat's ear and ripping it away.