The sound of moving branches and roots quickly brought focus to both Jude and Wen.  But their desire to fight started to wane when they saw the trees coming.  It wasn’t just one or two; instead, it looked like the entire forest started marching their way towards them.

“What are we going to do about this?” Wen asked.  She was a tough girl, but their situation was like two against an army.  These treants weren’t small either; the shortest was easily double their height.

“We hold out as long as we can. Hopefully, Krinn and the rest will get down here soon,” Jude said.

Then Jude pulled out his giant brush, he no longer had any of his small brushes, but for what he was going to do next, he needed the large one.  The brush was nearly as tall as he was and the bristles were already wet.  Using the brush, he drew a large circle around both of them and then started writing runes both inside and outside the circle.

The treants were slow allowing Jude just enough time to complete the