The Anvil (41 page)

Tom
motioned
for
Zack
to
stop
when
he
saw
Caleb
and
used
the
dragon
scale
spell
.
He
crept
in
the
shadows
until
he
was
just
behind
Caleb
,
who
was
in
the
kitchen
making
a
sandwich
.
Tom
stepped
out
of
the
shadows
and
put
his
hand
over
Caleb
'
s
mouth
and
pulled
him
back
.
Caleb
tried
to
yell
but
Tom
'
s
hand
covered
his
mouth
,
so
he
tried
to
get
away
until
he
heard
Tom
'
s
laughter
.

Tom
let
go
and
Caleb
said
“
I
thought
you
were
going
to
kill
me
or
something
.”
soon
after
Tom
'
s
various
family
members
arrived
home
.
Tom
and
Zack
spent
the
rest
of
the
day
with
Tom
'
s
family
,
and
spent
about
six
days
with
his
friends
and
family
.

But
before
Tom
went
to
sleep
one
day
he
flew
around
for
a
while
over
the
forest
like
he
did
every
night
.

Suddenly
he
saw
a
campfire
and
he
turned
himself
black
.
He
landed
at
the
edge
of
the
light
and
watched
as
two
women
talked
one
with
their
back
to
him
the
other
across
.

The
one
he
could
see
looked
familiar
but
he
couldn
'
t
remember
who
it
was
.
Both
women
sat
with
bows
near
them
and
Tom
could
see
odd
shapes
that
were
probably
more
weapons
.
Two
small
tents
had
been
pitched
near
the
fire
.

The
wind
suddenly
changed
directions
,
carrying
their
voices
over
to
Tom
.
He
recognized
one
immediately
.
He
stepped
into
the
light
and
both
quickly
spun
around
one
with
a
bow
drawn
,
the
other
with
a
short
sword
in
her
hand
.

Tom
put
his
hands
up
jokingly
and
the
two
lowered
their
weapons
. “
Hello
Samantha
,
hello
Bryn
.”
he
said
.
Bryn
put
her
sword
in
it
'
s
sheath
“
Hi
Tom
,
what
are
you
doing
here
?”
she
said
. “
I
'
m
visiting
home
for
a
while
and
decided
to
go
flying
for
a
while
.
What
are
you
doing
?”
he
asked
. “
We
are
trying
to
find
a
group
of
robbers
.
Would
you
like
to
help
?”
Samantha
answered
this
time
.

Tom
nodded
“
Sure
,
should
I
just
meet
you
here
tomorrow
morning
and
is
it
Okay
if
I
bring
one
of
my
friends
?
He
is
an
apprentice
Wyvern
Rider
.”
he
asked
.
Samantha
nodded
“
Okay
and
be
here
by
sunrise
.”
after
that
they
said
farewells
and
Tom
flew
back
to
Pine
Grove
.

Zack
was
in
the
backyard
with
Dejoni
when
Tom
got
back
.
Zack
turned
as
Tom
landed
on
the
grass
. “
Do
you
want
to
come
find
some
robbers
with
me
,
Bryn
and
her
master
tomorrow
?”
Tom
asked
. “
Sure
,
we
better
get
to
sleep
then
.”
Zack
replied
.
They
went
to
bed
and
the
next
morning
they
left
a
note
telling
where
they
were
,
ate
some
breakfast
then
left
.

They
landed
in
the
camp
just
as
Samantha
was
coming
out
of
her
tent
.
The
boys
waited
while
Samantha
and
Bryn
ate
,
then
they
all
set
off
.
The
search
went
quickly
with
Tom
,
Zack
and
Dejoni
in
the
air
.
Bryn
and
Samantha
stayed
on
the
ground
to
give
the
group
more
perspectives
.

There
were
about
twenty
robbers
in
the
group
.
Tom
flew
down
into
the
trees
and
found
the
two
others
and
they
made
a
plan
.
Dejoni
and
Zack
would
stay
in
the
air
,
Samantha
and
Bryn
would
get
on
either
side
of
the
camp
and
Tom
would
sneak
into
the
camp
.

As
Tom
neared
the
camp
he
concentrated
and
a
small
wind
blew
from
the
fires
towards
the
tents
,
sending
a
trail
of
sparks
.
The
sparks
landed
on
the
tents
and
Tom
made
them
catch
fire
.
Soon
the
whole
camp
was
trying
to
put
out
the
fire
and
Tom
sneaked
into
the
camp
.

He
made
a
sudden
strong
gust
of
wind
as
the
signal
he
was
in
position
.
The
robbers
got
the
fires
out
as
Tom
slipped
into
a
tent
.
He
looked
around
and
saw
a
cloak
on
a
box
,
so
he
put
it
on
.
He
heard
people
shouting
then
Samantha
'
s
voice
,
which
he
couldn
'
t
understand
.