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Not too much longer into their hike, there was an aggressive buzzing. She actually didn't pay much mind to it until there were others reacting. Bees. Everyone yelled. Everyone ran. She was one of the lucky ones that managed to get away unscathed.

Xerxes blinked, slightly confused by the change in Niamh’s attitude towards the situation. Frowning, he watched as she turned away from him and looked down at the ground — he had hurt her feelings. His own awkwardness had caused someone else discomfort. Cursing to himself, Xer followed after her, debating on how to break the silence between the two of them. His tail swished back and forth behind him, small twigs and dirt getting caught in the fluffy fur. He didn’t pay no mind to it now, attention caught up elsewhere. Though later he would definitely need to clean it.

When Niamh’s wings came up, Xer raised an eyebrow, curious about what was going on. When he heard the screams, finally, and saw the panicked look on Niamh’s face as she ran off, Xer knew something was up. Finally, the familiar buzz of the bees caught his attention and he watched as some of the others in the group were obviously getting the brunt end of the bee attack. He hurried over to where Niamh was, concern etched onto his face. “Are you alright? You didn’t get stung, did you? You’re not allergic to bees, are you?” As he asked these questions, Xer found himself looking over her arms, and anywhere else he could see, to make sure that she hadn’t been stung.

The flight instructor visibly gave herself a check, "One pair of wings, functional~ Two arms with hands attached, working~ Two legs with feet at the ends, yup~ One head, hmmm~" she hummed, pursing her lips. "I think it's working~" she smiled.

"Are you enjoying yourself so far?" she asked before her expression turned horrified and she gestured, "BEES!"

Index didn't like physical activity and incidentally physical activity didn't really like him either. Hiking was about the least fun thing he could imagine having to do with a day. It wasn't even a situation he felt comfortable enough in to hassle his new "friend". For the most part he walked in grim and sullen silence and when taken off guard by the sliding and falling rocks, found himself hurt and in even more sour mood.

He escaped the bees a little more nimbly but still, in his concern and growing exhaustion was no longer as cocky.

Aurora turned to the girls, and nodded and then looked up the boulders they had to climb. Aurora got a few feet up when she lost her grip and fell down, hurting her ankle. Aurora closed her eyes for a moment, the pain in her ankle was going to slow her down for a while, but she didn't think it was broken. She pulled an ace bandage out of her backpack and wrapped her paw up. Then sat there for a bit, before trying to get up to try again. "Bridgette, Coralie, please be careful I don't recommend falling."

"I do not plan on falling," Coralie smiled, beginning the climb with the others. Strange enough her leg wasn't really bothering her now, so the climb wasn't too hard. The only real hard thing about it was she was still feeling really warm ", If there is a stream when we get there, I would not doubt it if I just jumped in."

Naosu had to admit that having wings was a benefit when you could fly and avoid problems entirely. Not wanting to be too easy on herself however--this was supposed to be a challenge, after all!--she used wingbeats for balance over attempted flight and was able to get over the obstacle without too much trouble.

Aurora took a deep breath and tested her ankle, it still hurt a little, but she decided to push through the pain and get moving with the girls. "I think I'll be ok, thanks, Bridgette." Aurora said warmly as she climbed more slowly and carefully this time. Then Aurora laughed trying to forget the ache in her ankle and said "I would mind cooling off too, but it takes longer for my fur to dry after getting wet."