The druidic flames licked at Diane's flanks as she led the charge, her packmates fanning out around her. Green fire danced in her amber eyes - a fierce determination to protect her family at all costs.

An earth-shattering boom shook the forest as one of the druids raised their gnarled staff, summoning a molten boulder that cracked the ground where it struck. Wolves scattered with yelps of pain and fear.

"Hold the line!" Diane commanded, her powerful voice cutting through the chaos. "We will not be driven from our ancestral home!"

Xavier and his former rivals formed a defensive circle around the perimeter, snarling defiance at the twisted druid forms...