The screeching didn't stop until another Acromantula appeared. Dangling from one of the trees downward. She was much bigger than Groggy. Useless Groggy.

"Shut up before I eat you, Groggy." Moggy screeched. "You woke me from my beauty nap!"

Now where were these delicious hoomans? Oh, THERE they are. The smallest one had even lit up their location. They were even covered in ketchup-colored robes. Thank you, hooman.

They could almost taste the delicious juicy flesh of hooman skin. If only those tall hoomans weren't with them. They lowered themselves down to face them.

"Let's play a game.. tag you're it!" She made to pounce at the smallest hooman, but the mustard girl-hooman seemed to have cast a shield charm as her pincers met an invisible glass inches from them.

"Ooh, clever girl. You trained them well." She complimented the taller hoomans. "But I'm not picky, I'll take either one of you!" She was bigger, therefore not afraid of the tall hoomans and so she pounced again at their retreating figures.

First, she would wound one of them, then she could take them for a spin. Hehehe. Meanwhile, Groggy was still flailing in an effort to stand right-side up.

The exit wasn't going to be open for long.

Dhruv could always count on Ean to pick up right where they left off in terms of offering explanations. So while Ean spoke of Jaws, they kept a wary eye on the struggling acromantula, and a keen ear out for its friends. Was there panic within the DADA professor? Not in the least; they always taught the students that it was best to keep a calm mind in the presence of danger. So it was only logical they continue practicing in reality what they taught. They weren’t quite keen on the idea of Kara illuminating the path, not when the said light could make it just as easy for the other acromantulas to find the group as much as using their olfactory senses. Ariadne’s choice in spell, however, was the one that met Dhruv’s approval, and they hoped that it was strong enough to withstand…

That.

That second, bigger spider. Dhruv’s heart did feel like it skipped a bit at the sight of the creature above. And now their heart was hammering away the new acromantula lunged toward the girls. Had the circumstances been a relaxed one, they would have offered a compliment with regard to the strength of the Shield Charm. “Go. You're almost to the gate,’’ Dhruv repeated firmly once again to Ariadne and Kara, and at the same time putting himself between the gigantic spider and everyone else. Dhruv knew it would be useless to tell Ean to go as well so they didn’t waste their breath and precious time. Instead they raised their left hand. “Arania Exumai!” A bigger arachnid required far more intent and focus; Dhruv put exactly that into the Spider Blasting Charm. She wasn't about to claim either them or Ean this evening. Or any other time for that matter.

Jaws sensed her even before he saw her. If Groggy was menacing then Moggy was ten times more. Jaws knew they were all in deep trouble. The creature also knew how capable the human adults were.

Now. With Groggy still down it would be nice if these two human girls would just hurry along to safety. Jaws knew the professor humans would stand their ground until the youngest two were back on the other side of the gate.

Jaws snickered as Mogg y pounced. That snicker was due to a slight panic but despite that he swivelled to face her.

Just as she pounced again Jaws took off at a speed. He barrelled towards Moggy with his hooves clopping loudly on the path.

His first goal was to protect, this time the professor humans by putting himself directly in Moggy's path. As Moggy pounced again, Jaws took a running leap so that he sailed through the air. He sailed passed Feirgrund and Khanna and soared directly towards Groggy's girlfriend.

His second goal too was to crash into her with a force enough to stun her. After all Jaws wasn't confident he'd be able to knock her over.