The Anvil (24 page)

They
had
to
use
the
food
they
had
stored
,
dismantle
all
the
traps
,
undo
most
the
defenses
and
restore
the
camp
to
what
it
looked
like
before
.
They
decided
to
dismantle
the
traps
that
day
and
undo
some
of
the
defenses
.
They
went
flying
after
that
.
As
they
sat
in
a
field
eating
lunch
they
saw
a
cranto
slither
near
.

They
stared
at
it
but
it
didn
'
t
notice
them
.
As
they
flew
back
to
camp
they
saw
a
wild
forest
wyvern
.
They
landed
in
camp
and
spent
the
day
relaxing
.

They
spent
the
following
days
about
the
same
.
But
three
days
after
that
the
boys
flew
Madison
back
to
where
she
was
supposed
to
meet
Jessica
.
They
said
farewell
then
flew
back
.

The
boys
took
down
almost
everything
,
leaving
just
the
main
hut
.
It
was
big
enough
for
Tom
,
Zack
and
Dejoni
to
fit
in
there
if
needed
.
They
spent
the
next
two
days
relaxing
and
preparing
to
leave
.
They
woke
the
last
day
,
ate
the
last
of
the
food
and
destroyed
the
remaining
hut
.

They
waited
until
Alex
and
John
flew
into
what
was
their
camp
.
As
they
flew
back
to
Hilltop
Lake
,
Alex
asked
them
“
Where
is
that
girl
that
was
with
you
?
Madison
or
something
like
that
”
Tom
answered
“
She
left
two
days
before
us
.”
they
flew
the
rest
of
the
way
in
silence
.

Soon
they
were
resuming
the
old
schedule
,
almost
exactly
the
same
.
They
woke
up
,
ate
breakfast
then
ran
a
few
miles
.
They
flew
back
.
Tom
flew
and
Zack
rode
Dejoni
.
They
practiced
combat
,
in
the
air
and
on
the
ground
.
They
practiced
magic
,
then
learned
about
geography
and
other
subjects
like
that
.

Saturday
the
boys
after
doing
the
short
Saturday
training
,
went
to
the
village
to
meet
Madison
.
They
had
planned
to
meet
at
the
docks
.
They
reached
the
docks
and
tied
up
the
canoes
,
they
got
out
and
saw
Madison
walking
towards
them
.
They
spent
a
few
hours
wandering
around
town
then
went
swimming
.

Once
they
got
out
of
the
crowded
and
cramped
town
Dejoni
joined
them
.
They
saw
the
sun
setting
after
a
couple
of
hours
then
the
boys
flew
Madison
back
to
her
house
.
The
boys
got
back
to
their
cabin
and
ate
dinner
.
Right
after
they
ate
they
went
to
sleep
.

Soon
they
followed
that
schedule
every
week
,
Monday
through
Friday
train
,
Saturday
do
something
with
Madison
.
Sundays
they
had
completely
free
.
Then
one
Monday
,
Alex
came
up
to
Tom
and
said
“
This
week
you
can
visit
your
family
,
because
it
’
s
your
birthday
and
John
and
I
have
a
mission
.
You
leave
later
today
.”
Zack
and
Madison
decided
to
come
with
him
,
Madison
wanted
to
see
some
of
her
old
friends
and
Jessica
was
willing
to
let
her
go
for
the
week
.

Soon
the
four
,
were
on
the
road
,
or
more
correctly
in
the
air
.
Within
the
hour
they
landed
just
outside
Pine
Grove
.

As
they
walked
down
the
street
many
people
looked
out
of
doors
and
windows
,
wondering
what
was
making
such
a
loud
noise
soon
finding
out
it
was
Dejoni
.
Suddenly
they
heard
someone
yell
“
Tom
!”
they
turned
and
saw
Mykala
running
towards
them
and
Tom
walked
forward
.
Mykala
asked
“
How
have
you
been
?
I
haven
'
t
seen
you
for
so
long
.”
then
she
recognized
Zack
and
said
“
Hi
Zack
!
Is
that
your
wyvern
?”
finally
she
saw
Madison
and
gasped
“
Madison
!
It
'
s
been
so
long
!
How
have
you
been
?”
soon
all
of
Mykala
'
s
questions
were
answered
and
they
resumed
walking
into
town
.

When
they
entered
the
town
Madison
turned
away
from
the
other
three
and
said
“
Bye
,
my
parent
'
s
house
is
this
way
.
See
you
later
.”
As
the
boys
and
Dejoni
kept
walking
the
houses
became
too
close
together
for
Dejoni
so
he
flew
above
them
.
Soon
Tom
and
Zack
got
annoyed
of
all
the
people
coming
out
of
their
houses
and
asking
them
questions
,
so
Tom
flew
Zack
up
to
Dejoni
and
they
flew
the
rest
of
the
way
to
Tom
'
s
house
.