As Enzo relaxes by the small fire he has set and slowly nods off into a light sleep.
A twig snaps behing him, he hears it as clear as anything but doesnt act just yet.
A few seconds pass and another twig snaps closer behind him than the last one.
Enzos hand sublty slides down to his sword next to him.
Another stick snaps behind him, this one couldn't have been more than 5 feet away
Enzo waits a few seconds more, then in a flash he whips around, sword in hand and there standing inches from the tip of his blade is the panther.
It stares at him with unblinking eyes that glimmer a spooky green when the fire light catches them at the right angle.
Enzo lowers his sword and extends his hand.
Slowly the panther approaches and sniffs his hand. The panther then comes right up next to him and lays down between him and the fire.
Well I'm glad to see you made it out of that swamp, looks like your as good as me at hiding in the shadows. *he scrathces the Panther on the head and stokes its fur down it's back*
Enzo cuts off a shank of meat that he had over the fire and sets it down in front of the panther.
The panther sniffs it and eats it. He begins to purr loudly as he eats the meat.
Enzo and the Panther sit by the fire for a few hours.
When the sun began to crest over the tree line that morning, Enzo got up, covered the fire with sand, gathered his things and set out on his way.
He looked back and said.... Well come on Shadow.... are you coming?
The Panther lept to it's feet, walked up to Enzo and stroked against his legs nearly knocking him over.
Enzo chuckled and scratched Shadow on the back of the head.
Come on now, you and I have allot to get done....
The two of them enter the forest and each of them vansih a few yards in.