"I know, I know," Ash said, knowing that there wasn't time to find Bella or the Sorrentos to take Lyra away from harm. That meant that Lyra was now under his protection. He reached out to take her hand again, "Come on, we need to get to where we can apparate." And that wasn't where they were. Most of the people were running in that direction now and so he began leading Lyra that way. Once there they could apparate elsewhere, and chances were he'd just take them to her home, get her home safely because right now, that was probably the safest place.
He remembered the story she'd told him about her family. What happened to her mother. Blood purists seemed to be the popular trend among Lady Nyx's followers. Ash ran them a distance before he saw people turning in another direction. He moved them around the side of a tent and then paused, "Lyra." He turned to her and then placed his hand on her shoulder, "I need you to be ready to use magic if you have to."