Thinking of Emma made Fios paw at the grass anxiously. She was the reason he had returned – it was easier to hear a call from the Meadow than from Emma's house. The foggy atmosphere of the Earth clogged up his senses, and while he could usually hear her summons, he couldn't take the chance of missing her this time. He had sensed she was in danger. Something had changed in his human's life, but he knew better than to dive into the fray. Though she was in trouble, he would have to wait for the right moment to intervene, so would wait until she called him. But waiting wasn't something he did well.

He tossed his mane, pacing backwards and forwards as he tried to distract his thoughts once more, but Emma was not an easy person to expel from his mind. Ever since the young girl had come into his life, he'd wanted to protect that fragile human, and she had protected him. They were a part of one another, and he couldn't bear the thought of another human harming her. The second that call came, he would gladly vanish from the presence of his own kind to be at her side.

Fios hadn't known where he would end up. He'd charged into the human realm too quickly to sense the surrounds. He materialized in the human world in a corridor, Emma's thoughts of him broadcasting clearly once more. Two men were holding onto each of her arms, and Fios didn't even hesitate as he lowered his horn to aim for the heart of the big one. He died instantly as he was impaled, and Fios reached out with his hind legs to kick the smaller man into the wall.